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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019 • VOL. 123, ISS. 37

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Former Kansas governor, wife create scholarship aimed at helping DACA students

BY ANDREW LINNABARY

Wichita State now has a scholarship to help children of undocumented immigrants earn their degrees, the university announced Friday.

The scholarship supports undocumented students who are the children of immigrants, especially those in the DACA program, a news release said.

The scholarship has a preference for undocumented immigrants, but it’s not required that all recipients be undocumented or covered by DACA. Two high school seniors — Javier Martinez of Kapaun Mt. Carmel and Jonathan Lozano of Shawnee Heights — will be the scholarship’s first recipients. They will receive $34,000 each over four years, beginning this fall.

DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects individuals whose parents brought them to the U.S. illegally from being deported. WSU currently has about 60 students who have identified themselves as DACA participants.

The scholarship was established

by Former Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson and his wife, Stacy, through a $200,000 donation. It is

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The Ulrich Museum hosted a Family Fun Day Saturday

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named the Mark and Stacy Parkinson Scholarship for First Generation Immigrant Students, in recognition of their donation.

Mark Parkinson was lieutenant governor of Kansas when then-President Obama appointed Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to his cabinet. Parkinson became governor in 2009 and served nearly two years. He did not run for re-election in 2010.

Parkinson is currently president and CEO of the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing facilities and assisted living facilities nationwide.

In a news release, the Parkinsons said they believe the contributions of immigrants have helped the United States become the greatest country in the world.

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WSU Tech president joins Trump’s workforce policy advisory board

The 25 members will provide “varied perspectives WSU Tech President on workforce issues facing Sheree Utash joined communities and businesses Apple CEO Tim Cook across the country.” Other and 23 other public and prominent members private leaders in being include Apple CEO Tim appointed to President Cook, Walmart CEO Doug UTASH Donald Trump’s American McMillon, and IBM CEO Workforce Policy Advisory Ginni Rometty.

Board, co-chaired by Secretary of They’re charged with: Commerce Wilbur Ross and Advisor • “Developing a national camto the President Ivanka Trump, the paign promoting multiple education Department of Commerce anand training pathways that lead to nounced Wednesday. family sustaining careers The Advisory Board brings togeth• Recommending a specific course er leaders “from diverse backgrounds of action for improving labor market including the private sector, educadata to better match American worktional institutions, and state and local ers and students with the skills and governments,” a press release said. competencies employers demand “I look forward to working with • Identifying strategies to this exceptional and committed group improve private sector investments of leaders to advance the goals of the in American students and workers to National Council for the American establish a culture of lifelong learning Worker and ensure inclusive growth,” Ivanka Trump said in the release.

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Above, families participate in hands-on art-making activities inspired by the artists and materials featured in the Ulrich’s current exhibitions. Right, a mother and her kids participate in Family Fun Day at Ulrich Museum of Art, which was held Saturday.

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Emotional Landscapes: Emiliano Molina’s portraits turn the self into a revelation

BY JOHN DARR

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Emiliano Molina responds to questions during an interview with The Sunflower while he paints the background for two new pieces.

A silhouette of Squidward lurks in the corner of Emiliano Molina’s studio, yet amazingly, it isn’t guaranteed to catch the eye of a visitor right away. There are simply too many incredible things to look at in the small space where Molina creates and displays his new work.

One is equally likely to get lost in the rich, textured lines of Molina’s striking black & white portraits, or get swept in the rich evening violets of his landscape paintings.

Molina himself, however, occupies the studio as if oblivious to his past work. It’s a Friday afternoon, and the artist, a Wichita State senior, has just a handful of hours between his morning class and his shift at work.

On the worktable before him, he adds sweeping grey

brushstrokes to two canvases. The pieces look unlike anything else in Molina’s studio, and there’s a reason for that — he’s trying to challenge himself by moving away from his comfort zone. Instead of creating new versions of the stunning life-like portraits that adorn his studio, Molina is trying to do something new.

“I’m mostly a drawer, but I do love to paint,” Molina said.

“I’m trying to incorporate both elements. I’m going to draw on the canvas with my figures, then draw around it too.”

Molina’s figures — drawn portraits — have become his calling card. Each portrait in his studio melds experimental techniques and designs with lifelike faces.

The drawings are both precise and highly emotional, two qualities which stem from his surprising

— but perhaps not unfamiliar — first steps as a visual artist.

“I’ve been doing art ever since I was little,” Molina said. “The very first time I started doing art, I used to trace Pokemon. I’ve loved Pokemon ever since I was a kid.”

The process of recreating figures, combined with the emotional tenor of the subject material, radiates that primary foundation for Molina’s art. Now, he filters his personal emotional experiences. Perhaps the most striking piece in his studio is a self portrait in which Molina’s eyebrows radiate in waves upward from his face, where they ultimately merge and blend into a texture that enshrines the central face. The stunning artwork is a product of feelings that Molina said he has grappled with for most of his life.

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INSIDE

TASTE BUD VACATION

WINNING IN STYLE

STREAK SNAPPED

There’s no guesswork when it comes to sexual consent.

Sorrel’s Jamaican Food brings authentic Caribbean to Wichita.

Shocker softball is off to a 5-0 start.

Cincinatti snapped WSU’s four-game winning streak Sunday.

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CONSENT MATTERS

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Sexual consent has no guesswork Sexual consent is mutual. It’s explicit. Retractable. Specific.

Independent. Informed.

Kenon Brinkley resigned as student body president last week amidst accusations that he sexually assaulted multiple women — women who stood and delivered emotional accounts of alleged interactions in which Brinkley violated the terms of their consent.

In all of these women’s stories, they gave consent for a specific sexual encounter. That consent was retracted the second their pre-discussed expectations were breached.

The second the condom was removed without her knowledge.

The second she asked to stop and was ignored.

Maia Cuellar, the first woman to come forward with her story, said she will not pursue legal action against Brinkley. Although legal definitions

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EDITORIAL are murky, Cuellar is steadfast in describing her encounter as a rape.

Some students and Wichitans have said Cuellar’s use of the word “rape” is stretching the truth — making a bad sexual experience into more than it was. By doing that, they are defining the experience Cuellar allegedly had, based on their own assumptions and beliefs.

We are not the judge and jury of someone’s personal experience.

Sexual assault is not something black and white, regardless of the public’s “I believe her” or “I don’t believe her” inclination to rush to judgment.

“Why now?” some have asked.

“Why not contact the police?”

Sexual assault does not have to be

reported for it to be “real.”

The most intimate details of these women’s personal lives have been irreversibly placed in the public domain.

Some say Brinkley’s accusers have destroyed the reputation and future of a smart, involved young man. They say, barring legal action, that this issue has no place in the court of public opinion.

But when Brinkley won the student body presidency, he became a public figure. When he assumed that role, his actions and mistakes were put under the microscope.

Student leaders are elected to be advocates. The student body president is supposed to be someone you can confide in. Someone you can trust.

These women’s claims have not been verified. We do not know Brinkley’s side of the story. But he

resigned almost immediately after the allegations came out, and has yet to say anything else publicly.

Cuellar is just one of at least 13 women who say Brinkley abused them in the past, Cuellar said. She and two others, Jozie Caudillo and Emily Raine, spoke to a crowded room during Wednesday’s Student Senate meeting. They told their stories of abuse and put their sexual histories out there for everyone to see.

As the Wichita State community comes to terms with the events of last week, it’s imperative that we take the guesswork out of consent.

Consent is a mutual, explicit, specific, independent, and informed decision made by adults embarking on a sexual encounter. And yes, it can be retracted.

Source for terms of sexual consent: Wichita State Community Psychology Association.

Jamaica in the Heartland Sorrel’s is a Caribbean vacation for the taste buds

OPINION LINE How many people at this school knew what Kenon did before these allegations came to light and did nothing?

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FOOD CRITIC

My car is covered in a thick layer of ice, but the promise of hot Jamaican jerk chicken gets me out the door. It’s 19 degrees outside — 1 with the wind chill. It’s a bit surreal to be dressed in a parka, snowflakes falling, and ordering Jamaican food in the landlocked Midwest.

Native Jamaican Sorrel Rhoden and his wife Christine officially opened Sorrel’s Jamaican Food in November 2017, transitioning from food cart to brick and mortar.

They’ve become one of the only places to find Carribean food in Wichita, Kansas.

“A lot of people have never tried Jamaican food,” Rhoden tells me in a brief pause between preparing food for the day. “They lovin’ it because they have never had it before. [The meat is] tender, slips off the bone. We trying to give the people a little bit of what’s going on in Jamaica. Getting a Jamaican experience, you know?”

The restaurant came to life organically during the Rhoden family’s transition to Wichita.

“When I came here, my wife couldn’t get me work, so I was sitting here not doing anything, but in Jamaica, I was cooking a lot of food,” Rhoden said. [We want people to] enjoy the Jamaican music and food. Over the years, we’ve been looking for a place to open, and finally, we opened.”

The restaurant itself is cozy and no-nonsense. A few small tables are set up, and a small boy watches cartoons on a large TV. Reggae music pumps through the air. A menu, posted above the front counter, boasts an impressive variety of foods.

When asked what the most popular item on the menu is, Rhoden rattles off a long list. “Jerk chicken. They like the fish. The red snapper. The most meals I’ve sold is jerk chicken, fish, oxtail, curry goat, curry shrimp, and fried dumplings.”

MOLINA

FROM PAGE 1 “Whatever you see in my art is what I’m feeling,” Molina said. “I used to always be self-conscious about my eyebrows. Naturally, I do have a unibrow. And so I took a serialist approach to this – I emphasized the eyebrows. I projected my insecurity into my work with art — try to

UTASH

FROM PAGE 1 • Increasing transparency and outcomes of education and job training programs, as well as enhancing skills-based hiring to better identify the needs companies seek in job applicants” The Board will work directly with the National Council for the American Worker, established through President Trump’s Executive Order 13845 in July. The members’ terms last until July 2020.

In a phone interview Wednesday afternoon, Utash said she thinks

Daily homework shouldn’t be a thing in college. Some people have jobs.

Could we have Teri Hall explain the following? “Women aren’t supposed to be engineers, you know,” joked Vice President for Student Affairs Teri Hall. “Don’t take me out of context, please.”

This misogynist comment should not come from the administration. #StickerShockTheFuture

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Jamaican jerk with pork, served with rice and peas, slaw, and coco bread from Sorrel’s Jamaican Food.

I decide on the jerk with pork, which is served with rice and peas, slaw, and coco bread. I add a “sorrel” to my order, which is a beautiful red drink made from sorrel blossoms (a cousin to the hibiscus plant) and spiked with ginger.

Today, they are out of coco bread — a traditional yeasty bread made with coconut milk — so I get the fried dumplings instead.

These dumplings steal the show with their slightly crispy exterior and soft, bready middle. They steam as I tear them open. The slaw, though fresh and refreshing, is plain and barely dressed.

But this meal is really about the meat. Sweet and spicy, the sauce provides a flavorful glaze that laminates chunks of smoked pork. The pork itself is pure meat candy that melts in your mouth.

Thankfully, this dish comes in a huge portion. Each meal could easily be split into two servings, which is nice, considering the slightly higher prices.

Jerk is offered with a choice of three meat — chicken, pork, or shrimp. My friend orders the chicken version, which is slathered in the same jerk sauce.

But getting the chicken means navigating every bite for shards of bone. Although the cultural difference in deboning suggest authenticity, we still find it a bit of a challenge.

If the restaurant’s success demonstrates anything, it’s that the food is worth the dive into unfamiliar territory. Now, Rhoden and his wife plan to enrich the transportive eating experience by opening a sand bar out back, where no shoes will be allowed.

“We are going to give your feet some enjoyment — like you are in Jamaica,” Rhoden says.

Patio plans include reggae music, light beer (think Red Stripe), Guinness, Smirnoff Ice, Malta, white rum, and rum punch. He will serve mainly Jamaican liquor.

When I ask Rhoden if he ever misses Jamaica — the beach, the weather, the sand — he quickly replies, “My wife is like Jamaica.

Every time I see her, I feel at home.”

Conversely, if Wichitans want to feel like they are away on a Caribbean vacation, Sorrel’s is always there to transport them.

make into something more aesthetically pleasing.”

Now that Molina’s honed his craft through both technical and emotional growth, he must turn to the more business-side of art — crafting a portfolio that will function as a resume of sorts for graduate school applications.

Molina must create a series of works that showcase both technical ability and emotional

impact. Then, he plans on taking a break from school to gain the type of real-world experience that graduate programs like to see in their applicants.

Thankfully, Molina’s got a bit of an advantage in that regard already. He’s worked time and time again with the Wichita art community to help turn his abilities into a practical asset. He works at ShiftSpace to help bring

the Advisory Board “can bring higher education and industry together” to create something new and “innovative.”

“I’m looking forward to learning about how we can build the future of the workforce with some new innovations, and bringing some of the things we’ve learned at WSU Tech and Wichita State in order to accelerate those conversations,” Utash said.

Utash applied for a position on the board after being encouraged to do so by Scott Stump, assistant director for career, technical and adult education at the U.S. Department of Education, Utash said.

Utash thinks WSU Tech

— formerly Wichita Area Technical College, or WATC, before merging with WSU — and Wichita as a whole have done “a lot of things to put us on the forefront of being recognized at a national level, especially at the National Center for Aviation Training.”

One of the first things the Advisory Board plans to address is how artificial intelligence can complement — instead of damage — the workforce as it becomes more common in the near future, Utash said.

“It’s a question of, how do we ensure that we have a workforce for the future that can adapt to the changes that AI will bring to technology in the workplace?”

Students are being asked to pay higher fees to build a new building for the Charles Koch Foundation Institute for the Study of Economic Growth, which will run parallel and contrary to the extant economics department. Why doesn’t this bother anyone?

Yeah, f*ck Carrie Nation though. Overrated.

It’s shameful that VPs are ditching the Innovation Campus concept the second President Bardo gets sick.

They owe their entire careers to him; the least they could do is show a little respect.

Dear WSU, Quit selling student tickets to the public. The 10-year-old on his iPad in the third row isn’t good publicity.

I doubt Mr Strunk would want to “ bench Austin Reaves” this year.

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WSU art to the city at large, and he’s dived into the local scene to find inspiration among those who live and work in the same space as himself. At the heart of his success is a passion for his studies that goes far beyond the classroom.

“When I’m making art, I don’t think of it as my homework,” Molina said. “I just think of it as my practice — what I want to do with my life.”

SCHOLARSHIP FROM PAGE 1

There are some who have forgotten what [the United States is] all about,” the Parkinsons said in the release. “They belittle and intimidate our new generation of immigrants. Stacy and I want these new pioneers to understand that they are not alone. Immigrants are not only welcome, they are a vital part of our country’s future success.”

The Parkinsons said they were inspired to establish the scholarship by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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Former star bowler passionate about student success as academic adviser

BY AUDREY KORTE

Ricki Ellison has been busy in the decade since she was an undergraduate student and champion bowler for Wichita State.

After spending three years as Delaware State’s head bowling coach, Ellison returned to WSU in 2012 to begin working as an admissions representative. She spent six years in the admissions office, earned her Master of Arts in Communication in 2016, and is currently working as a clinical educator and academic advisor in the sport management department.

“When I wanted to come back to Kansas, I started working in the office of Admissions recruiting and fell in love with that,” Ellison said.

“I was the multicultural recruitment coordinator, working with developing and recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and looking at that in a holistic view of diversity.”

Ellison loves teaching and advising. She said she feels she gets to make an impact on students’ lives and help them get to the finish line. Ellison said she likes being able to sit down and map out the plans that will help students finish their degrees.

“If a student has a situation, you know, life happens and they fail a couple classes or they need to stop

and work — any of those situations — you kind of get to be the puzzle pieces to help make everything fit together and help students walk across the stage,” Ellison said. “Being an advisor is like the best of both worlds. You get to celebrate with students in their successes.”

Ellison said one of the struggles she faces as an advisor is dealing with students whose expectations and anxieties clash.

“I think it’s a comparison issue, because there are so many expectations placed on people,” Ellison said. “I feel like there’s just this anxiety to rush, rush, ‘I’ve got to get this done.’ I’m like, ‘You haven’t even live a third of your life’ if I’m talking to someone who’s 20.”

Ellison said she thinks new students often don’t know how to respond to life in college. Students get hit with a lot of issues that they’re ill-prepared to face.

“If you think about it, nobody talks to you more than you talk to yourself, so if you are self-talking negatively, frequently about the things that you’re not capable of doing or the things that you’re not succeeding in, than that’s what you’re constantly going to see, portray, and put out,” Ellison said.

Ellison understands the struggles of being a WSU student. She said she attributes her success here to the

women’s bowling team.

“That team did so much for me,” Ellison said.

In addition to being on the Shocker bowling team, Ellison took part in the 2007 World Games.

Bowling isn’t an official Olympic sport, so the World Championship Games is “the Olympics of Bowling.”

Ellison said there are about 1,400 kids from across the U.S. that come to the games to compete in the Junior Gold.

“They select the top eight bowlers. There are some really tough patterns, so it’s some hard bowling,” Ellison said. “I made it into the top 10, and then the top five automatically make it onto the team, and they select three others to move forward. I was one of the selected.

The following year, she bowled her way onto the team.

“When I made junior team USA after my first year here at WSU, I really attribute my ability to make that team to what I learned here,” Ellison said.

In 2009, Ellison was a part of the women’s professional bowling tour.

“Once I graduated, I actually went out on the women’s tour for one year before they folded.

And then we all had to go get real jobs,” Ellison said.

The Professional Women’s Bowling Association (PWBA) made a

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Sport management academic adviser Ricki Ellison speaks to The Sunflower during an interview on January, 16.

comeback in 2015, but it was too late for Ellison, she said.

“By now, I have a daughter and a family, and traveling like that?”

Ellison said.

But that doesn’t mean she’s given up the sport.

“I bowled a couple of pro stops, different pro stops in the last two years, and I’ll bowl two of the stops that are coming to Wichita this summer,” Ellison said.

Ellison uses her sports background every day, she said. She now advises 223 sport management majors and facilitates recruitment and retention strategies for students of diverse backgrounds.

“There are a lot of programs out here to help students get to college, but what’s getting us through college?”

Ellison said she hopes to be part of that answer.

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The RShatigan Student Center is hosting a special exhibit this Monday orchestrated by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The exhibit, which focuses on the traditions and history of African art, is sure to delight as much as it informs. The exhibit aims to also engage with African art’s influence on modern artists and pieces. Be sure to stop by during your strolls through the Rhatigan.

Are you a media nerd who loves literature and radio? Then KMUW’s Literary Feast is for you! The event is an open-book discussion that features food for both the mind and the stomach. Discussion is led by KMUW book nerds Lu Anne Stephens, Beth Golay, and Sarah Jane Crespo, while food is provided

by Public at the Brickyard. Get in the literary groove with “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee” by David Treuer, this month’s focus of discussion, then grab your tickets at http:// www.kmuw.org/kmuw-literary-feast.

It’s always better to be safe than sorry — especially when free pizza is involved. Get tested for STI’s and receive a slice of heaven this Wednesday! It’s as easy as peeing in a cup. No appointment is needed, and free sexual health supplies will also be provided.

Rustle up some good friends and get ready for top-of-the-line spooks at the Wichita State library’s free escape room! You’ll be solving puzzles and orchestrating team maneuvers to help Mary Shelley complete her masterpiece, Frankenstein, and defeat other writers in a ghost story contest. Make sure to register with six to eight friends ahead of time at https://libraries.wichita. edu/wihm to get in on the fun. If you can’t make the first time, don’t worry! There are also time slots from 2 - 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Shockers misfire on 26 three-pointers in loss to Cincinnati

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BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

ichita State had a chance to add to its fourgame winning streak and snag a marquee win on the road against Cincinnati.

Opportunity was there. The Shockers traded the lead in the first half, and cut down a second-half deficit to six and seven points all the way until the final minute of the game. But without Dexter Dennis, WSU couldn’t come close to knocking in a three-point shot.

Dennis, who posted a double-double with a career-best 13 rebounds and 14 points, including two threes in the final minutes of action, was largely all WSU could get going against the Bearcats.

WSU missed 26 three-pointers.

Subtract Dennis, who made four of eight attempts from distance, and the Shockers shot 19 percent from beyond the arc.

“This effort is usually good enough against a lot of teams in our league,” WSU Head Coach Gregg Marshall said. “But it’s not good enough against Cincinnati.”

Marshall said the team had a hard time “emulating” Cincinnati’s size and athleticism in practices this week. Although the Shockers out-rebounded the Bearcats by nine in the game, just five Shockers had a rebound in the first half, compared

to Cincinnati’s nine.

“You have to have five guys motored up like they’re life depends on it,” Marshall said. “Cincinnati has five guys at any time that have a high motor.”

Cincinnati's Jarron Cumberland single-handedly held off WSU’s late second-round pushes, breaking the Shockers' four-game winning streak.

Cumberland, a contender for American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, showed out with 27 points. He scored 18 of his 27 from beyond the arc.

WSU’s Markis McDuffie had 13 points, shooting 4-15 from the field. He finished well below his league-leading 19 point average.

Cincinnati took away shots under the basket and forced WSU's forwards to step away from the basket.

“You better shoot the ball in the basket and defend like it matters,” Marshall said. “That’s what we’re going to get back to.”

Starting point guard Jamarius Burton missed all nine of his shot attempts.

Having won their first road game of the season a little more than two weeks ago at Tulane, WSU rejoined its season-long struggle on the road.

WSU dropped to a 5-7 record in the AAC, two-and-a-half games behind Memphis and South Florida. WSU remains in seventh place in the AAC standings.

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Wichita State freshman Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler goes up for a basket against Cincinnati sophomore Trevor Moore on Jan. 19, 2019 at Charles Koch Arena. The Bearcats completed a season sweep of the Shockers Sunday.

RUN RULE RAMPAGE

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Senior Laurie Derrico scored six RBIs for Wichita State åin the team’s fivegame invitational tournament in Louisiana. The Shockers won four of their five games via run rule. WSU improved its record to 7-3, and will continue on the road next weekend for another weekend invitational. AAC coaches picked WSU to finish second in the conference this season.

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Wichita State freshman Nick Sommer practices with the men’s bowling team on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Rhatigan Student Center. Sommer wants to own his own business after college, preferably in the bowling industry.

SWING AND A MISS

Rockford’s kingpin Nick Sommer makes a splash for Wichita State

BY SEAN MARTY

Rockford, Illinois, is recognized as the home of Wichita State superstar turned NBA pro Fred VanVleet. But the Rockford community is just as well recognized for its bowling community.

At least, that’s the way Nick Sommer sees it.

Sommer is a freshman on the Shocker bowling team. Since he was a kid, Sommer’s passion has been bowling. In his teen years, Sommer

gave himself a mission — he wanted to bowl for WSU. “This was my goal for a really long time,” Sommer said.

It was greats like PBA player Chris Barnes and other legends from the program that led Sommer to pick WSU, he said. Sommer didn’t have to look far before he was sold on WSU. It was his only college visit.

As a freshman, Sommer is contributing as a team player — supporting his teammates when he’s not on his A-game.

He said he’s learned just as much about bowling in a little more than a semester at WSU than he did in three years of high school.

“You eat, sleep, and drink bowling when you’re here,” he said.

In 2015, Sommer led the country in high school bowling average, posting an average score of 252 a game. His successes include state bowling titles, individual titles, and even a short blurb in Sports Illustrated.

Sommer said he’d love to help lead WSU win its 12th men’s national title.

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Wichita State left its season-opening invitational with a 1-3 record. Senior Luke Ritter clubbed a home run in Saturday’s game against No. 5 Stanford, but the Cardinal broke the tie in seventh inning. The Shockers’ weekend included a 1-9 loss to Grand Canyon, an 8-7 win against Grand Canyon, a 4-5 loss to Stanford, and a loss to Pepperdine on Sunday. WSU scored four runs in the eighth inning, but couldn’t match Pepperdine, who racked up a combined eight runs in the seventh and eighth on their way to a 13-8 victory.

Shocker women maintain 19-point halftime lead, hold off SMU

This will be my final stamp on this campus! I’ve made many beautiful relationships and connections in my four years here. The steering committee is my final chance to leave my mark at Wichita State.”

BY SEAN MARTY

Wichita State’s game Sunday was a tale of two halves.

In the first half, the Shockers shot 50 percent from the field and ran up a 19-point lead. In the second half, WSU scored 16 points and shot 17 percent from the field. Still, WSU’s halftime lead was enough to topple Southern Methodist, as the Shockers won 52-43.

“In the second half, [Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage] got in foul trouble, and it made for a tougher second half with our shots not falling like they were in the first half.”

Lozada-Cabbage lead WSU in scoring with 12 points, despite playing limited minutes. Trajata Colbert exited the game in the fourth quarter with an apparent shoulder injury. Her status is yet to be confirmed.

WSU honored cancer survivors by wearing pink jerseys and recognizing cancer survivors during halftime and after the game. Adams shared a personal story with the team prior to the game about losing her father to cancer after a 6-year battle.

“Pretty much everyone knows someone or has had someone in their family that has dealt with it,” Adams said.

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Hubbard Hall, Room 211

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Wichita State’s Seraphine Bastin goes up for a shot during the game against SMU Sunday at Charles Koch Arena.

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