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WSU awards $10.4 million construction contract to company founded by Regent, run by son

Miller wins thriller

BY MATTHEW KELLY

Wichita State has awarded a $10.4 million contract to Hutton Construction to build a new Student-Athlete Success Center on campus and renovate administrative offices in Charles Koch Arena. Hutton Construction was founded by Mark Hutton, a member of the Kansas Board of Regents. His son, Ben Hutton, is the company’s CEO. Groundbreaking on the two-story, 36,000-square-foot Student-Athlete Success Center is expected to take place in June, with an estimated completion date of July 2020, according to a university release.

The facility, which will be located just south of Koch Arena, will be “devoted to the academic and athletic development of students in WSU’s sports programs.”

The project is funded entirely through private donations raised

by WSU Athletics and the WSU Foundation. Hutton Construction got the nod over five other companies that presented proposals for the project last month, the release said.

Mark Hutton, who was appointed to the board of regents in 2018 by then-Gov. Jeff Colyer, founded Hutton Construction in 1992. His son took over as president in 2010 and became CEO in 2016. Mark Hutton retains the title CEO emeritus and is a 7% owner of the company, according to a statement of substantial interest filed with the secretary of state’s office when he was appointed to the board of regents.

This is Hutton Construction’s first job at WSU. The company recently renovated and made a large-scale addition to Koch Industries.

Before his appointment to the board, Hutton served as a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2013-2017.

Here’s everyone who won in this week’s SGA elections

KHÁNH NGUYỄN/THE SUNFLOWER Michael Bearth and Kitrina Miller of Together We Can celebrate after winning the Student Government Association election Wednesday. The Election Committee’s announcement took place on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

Kitrina Miller and Michael Bearth win SGA president, VP by 26 votes

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ichita State’s student body elected Kitrina Miller to be student body president for the 62nd session of the Student Government Association.

Michael Bearth will serve as vice president. Miller and Bearth’s ticket, Together We Can, won by 26 votes over Isaac Rivera and Anisia Brumley’s Perpetual ticket.

Out of the more than 12,000 eligible student voters, 16.2% voted in the election. Together We Can received 32.8% of the vote, defeating three other tickets. Perpetual

received 31.2% of the vote, All Voices Heard received 19.8%, and Unity Through Diversity received 14.4%.

“I’m extremely excited, and honestly surprised,” Miller said after the announcement. “I’m still processing at this moment.”

Miller and Bearth said their priorities for next year are expanding incentive and benefit programs, increasing the availability of student services, and ensuring transparent communication in SGA. “Our main concern is correcting SGA and some of the faults we’ve noted throughout our

involvement,” Bearth said.

One of those faults, Bearth said, is a trend of students applying to be senators in order to improve their resume. He said the issue has at least partially been fixed through this year’s senatorial elections.

“The team that has been elected by the students [is] dedicated to the task,” Bearth said.

Student Body President Shelby Rowell said she was pleased to see an increase in voter turnout compared to last year, citing a more competitive race.

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No candidates filed to run for for health professions senator, business senator, veteran students senator, underserved students senator, or outof-state students senator positions in this week’s Student Government Association elections. Write-in candidates will be announced Friday at 5 p.m. after a verification process.

Both constitutional amendments passed with large majorities of the vote. Below are all of the students who were elected to executive and senatorial positions.

Student Body President – Kitrina Miller Student Body Vice President – Michael J. Bearth At Large Senators – Maribel Sanchez, Cameron Morgan, Ivan Castillo, Walter Wright, Thane Reid Applied Studies Senators – Jordan Brown Engineering Senators – Matthew Madden, Olga Navarro Ochoa, Thu Mai Fine Arts Senators – Anna Grace Martin, Joseph Richey Honors Senators – Lucas Webb, Jacob Tubach LAS Senators – Rija Khan, Olivia Babin, Andrew Martin, and Crystal Zacarias International Senators – Boluwatife Kahinde Returning Adult Senators – Alyssa Bradley

‘I’m not done rebelling’ Meet Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, punk rock School of Music director

BY ANDREW LINNABARY

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Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, director of WSU’s School of Music, teaches a class.

Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn was, by his own admission, a mess-up as a teenager. He didn’t use the word “mess-up” to describe his younger self — the one he used isn’t fit for print.

Sternfeld-Dunn grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. He was bright but unmotivated, and kind of a jerk, he said.

His hair nearly reached his knees his sophomore year of high school. He hadn’t cut it since the fourth grade, when his sister told him to grow it out. He wanted to pierce his ears, but his parents wouldn’t let him. So he rebelled in the ways he could.

“I didn’t know what I was doing,” said a shorter-haired SternfeldDunn, now 38 and director of Wichita State’s School of Music.

Sternfeld-Dunn did have aspirations during high school, though. He wanted to become a circus clown.

“I was going to go to the Ringling Brothers circus college in Florida. I was going to become a circus clown, and I was going to see the world,” Sternfeld-Dunn said Monday in the Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

“SPORTS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARE ABOUT CREATING A TEAM TO WORK TOGETHER TO WIN SOMETHING. YOU CAN’T WIN MUSIC.” ­—Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, director of the School of Music

He never got around to chasing that dream, but his attitude did leave him chasing something: a girl, Kristine, who he met in summer school between his freshman and sophomore years.

“I had a total crush [on her],” Sternfeld-Dunn said.

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OPERA PLAYBILL

GAME OVER

Rick Muma, Donald Trump, and Darth Vader all received SGA write-in votes.

Monika Maddux’s life-size dollhouse is the most powerful art experience in Wichita.

The WSU Opera Theater puts on a double feature this weekend in Duerksen.

Wichita State’s season came to an end in the NIT semifinals against Lipscomb.

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Calvin Coolidge highlights star-studded cast of SGA write-in candidates

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hrough a last-minute write-in campaign, I came within two votes of earning a spot as an engineering senator in the Student Senate, but I was nowhere near the top of the list of surprises in this year’s SGA election.

Write-in ballots are the crown jewel of our democracy. Despite write-ins almost never winning, the humor expressed in their casting is a timeless, publicly recorded embodiment of the issues facing a society.

With SGA elections results coming through Wednesday, we at The Sunflower have taken it upon ourselves to highlight some of the best write-in candidates featured on ballots submitted this year, per preliminary data from the Election Commission.

There were five humorless races in this year’s election. There were no glaringly obvious jokes among write-in candidates in the senate races for fine arts, health professions, applied studies, international, or graduate positions. If I listed a group that you’re a part of, shame on you. Have a heart!

Overall, among write-in candidates, Sunflower staffers shined brightly — receiving a grand total of 14 votes. Some other notable candidates tallying multiple votes included Donald Trump,

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OPINION EDITOR Harambe, and Thanos (on the Perfectly Balanced As All Things Should Be ticket).

Although many races had single noteworthy write-ins, the at large seats had a particular draw for the dramatic votes. Personal favorites on this list include Calvin Coolidge, incoming WSU interim president Andy Thompkins, and Willie the Wildcat. Just a reminder for future elections: please vote for your own mascot before casting ballots for other Regents schools.

Jim “Mad Dog” Maddis, John Cena, and the late John McCain all received votes for veteran senator, but were easily beaten by incumbent Student Body Vice President Michael Bearth, who received more than 10% of the vote via the write-in.

Several names I would have expected, however, were completely left out this year. Not a single

ballot was cast for Abraham Lincoln, despite Calvin Coolidge’s strong showing. Additionally, no cartoon characters were featured.

Neither Bart Simpson nor SpongeBob Squarepants could be reached for comment on their apparent snub by press time.

Notably, no Democratic politicians were featured on write-in ballots — despite the inclusion of Calvin Coolidge — in a Republican victory I’m dubbing the “Red Ripple.”

I know, I’m obsessed with the Coolidge thing, but honestly, it caught me off guard. Who the hell would choose Calvin Coolidge of all U.S. presidents to represent the student body? The stretch between Wilson and FDR is just so boring.

Overall, I’m somewhat disappointed with this year’s crop of write-in candidates. It seemed like only a couple of you were truly trying and that the majority of people thought it would be a good idea to do their “civic duty” and vote for a substantive candidate.

I expected more from all of you, and I hope I have much more content for this column next year.

I’m relying on you — don’t let me, or the lizard people, down.

And if you wrote in Calvin Coolidge, please come forward.

I need to know who would even think of him as a possibility. Please.

Wichita Art Museum’s Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit puts you physically close to the artist The Wichita Art Museum’s spring exhibition, Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style, is on display now.

Revered for her bold, transformative paintings, O’Keeffe is equally admired for her personal aesthetic and unwavering, unapologetic sense of self.

Stanford University professor Wanda Corn, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum, curated the show. It is unique in its vision to present a holistic, biographical inquiry into O’Keeffe’s life and art.

By all accounts, the two were impossible to separate.

In addition to her art, the show exhibits clothing and shoes from O’Keeffe’s everyday existence, media artifacts, as well as photographs and portraits of her visage by other artists. This unusual glimpse into her life gives dimension to O’Keefe’s clear artistic voice.

Upon entrance into the exhibit, the viewer steps into another world.

The second-floor foyer is decorated in cacti, rustic wooden benches, and the famous O’Keefe cow skull — bleached and intact. The exhibit itself is hushed, dark, and eerie. The display spans from her childhood in Virginia to her early days in Brooklyn, then concludes with her later years in New Mexico.

Black and white photographs of the artist grace the walls. In fashion,

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she treated herself as a blank canvas for dark, abstract cloths to be draped over in interesting shapes.

The eye jumps from childhood photos to physical displays of O’Keefe’s personal, worn clothing.

These run the gamut from cloaks and coats to white summer dresses.

The dress displays are particularly haunting. Reflecting the simple, unbusy aesthetic in O’Keefe’s artwork, her dresses are simple yet bold in design. Some of the garments were hand-sewn by O’Keeffe herself, and a careful viewer might catch a crooked stitch across the bodice of a plain white frock.

Other dresses reveal more detailed, painstaking work. You can recognize her imagination and attention to organic forms in both her art and dress. The garments are worn and well used. Some even feature visible stains. You can’t

help but feel physically close to the artist as you observe her clothes and shoes — items that she wore everyday under a beating New Mexican sun.

Perhaps the heartbeat of the show is public identity. The broad retrospective causes you to examine the context in which O’Keeffe rose to fame. One such piece is a LIFE magazine cover featuring the artist. The artifacts display a steadfastness of individuality and feminism within a masculine era. These aspects enrich her late-in-life celebrity status, which was unusual and fascinating in its own right.

By the end of the exhibit, the viewer is struck with the inspiring method in which O’Keefe curated her life — the seamless way she blended her daily aesthetic with her art.

The components of this complex show allow us to further appreciate the pioneer that O’Keefe was. Her nonconforming lifestyle was unflinchingly modern and prophetic. She was both weird and loved. From within the confines of our own era, that fact alone makes her life worthy of exploration.

The Georgia O’Keefe exhibit runs through June 23 at the Wichita Art Museum.

Admission is $10 for students and free on Saturdays.

Being a senior this year, I’ve been able to experience the era of Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet while also having the chance to experience a rebuilding year. When comparing this year’s team from the beginning of the season to now, it’s been really great to see how the team’s chemistry has developed into a very strong group of players.

I truly appreciate everything that Coach Marshall has done for Wichita State to make it a premier team to watch . . . I look forward to cheering on the Shockers for many years to come!

— KYLE KOPECKY, accounting, finance, and economics, senior

“I thought they were going to win yesterday. We lost in around the last two minutes. We were better than I thought we were going to be because It was mostly freshman, but I thought we did really well.”

— JULIA DALLUGE, psychology, freshman

“I would say that they shocked everyone. I think that they were just such a young team and so everyone was nervous because of the talent that we had last year. I would say that they were definitely underestimated because of that, and they really came out more on top then I thought they would.”

— SARAH WAPPELHORST, pre-dental hygiene, sophomore

“Well, they started off pretty slow and they had a few losses, and I think that was because they are such a young team, there were quite a few variables. It was a slow start, but after the beginning of the year, they started to pick up steam. I think it was kind of expected. Overall, it’s kind of a disappointment that they didn’t make the tournament. Me personally, I’m pretty happy with where they ended up. I would’ve liked to see them win the NIT to see them go forward, but it is what it is.”

— DENNIS ZAPOTE, finance, junior

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In Monikahouse, a Wichita State student has created the city’s most powerful art experience

BY JOHN DARR

Monikahouse is a hometurned-life-size dollhouse that seizes the hearts of visitors with unbelievable force. If you are doing anything else this Friday evening, cancel your plans and see it instead.

The walk-in art exhibit came to life at the hands of Wichita State MFA candidate Monika Maddux. Maddux struggled for years to give birth to a baby girl, and through that process, she suffered several miscarriages.

Her hope and grief resonates intensely through every room in the house. Baby clothes, pillows, photos, and toys — many of which are family heirlooms without a young girl to inherit them — radiate the loss of a child’s future.

In other rooms, darker exhibits present disturbing, obsessive portrayals of pain.

Baby names fill up a cage, adorn scrapbook pages, and call softly

from closets. Unused furniture for an absent girl looms menacingly against a wall. Pregnancy tests lie strewn on a floor. What’s incredible is how the rooms present nuanced portrait of loss that never become confusing in their complexity.

As such, Monikahouse is an emotionally haunted house that draws its power not from cheap scare tactics, but from a place of overwhelming and honest suffering.

Personally, I have never experienced art this powerful and probably never will again.

There’s something about being able to physically walk through a piece of art that engages the heart beyond its natural limits.

In Monikahouse, Maddux has truly created a masterpiece in which every intricate detail finds its way to the soul.

MONIKAHOUSE will be open from 7 – 9 p.m. Friday, featuring a performance at 9. The show is located at 1121 N. Bitting Street.

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A massive fetus sculpture stands as Monikahouse’s centerpiece.

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Together we dream: 2-mile run will raise money for DACA scholarship

BY GLADIS PALENCIA

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University Libraries hosted its first Edible Book Festival Monday at Ablah Library.

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Kristine was in the high school marching band. Sternfeld-Dunn — who attended a private Montessori grade school that didn’t offer many music courses — didn’t have any marching band experience before high school.

But he had a different kind of band experience. He had picked up the electric guitar in middle school, and was in a punk band: Novacaine.

“Our slogan was ‘We’re so punk it hurts,’” Sternfeld-Dunn said.

So he had some musical experience when Kristen asked him to join the marching band, which was going to tour Canada the following year.

“I was like, ‘Okay, but I don’t know how to do anything in a marching band.’ And she’s like, ‘That’s okay, anyone can play bass drum,’” Sternfeld-Dunn said.

So he joined the marching band.

And then he joined orchestra. And that’s when music started to become a possibility, thanks to a teacher who took a chance on him and taught him well, he said.

He and Kristen didn’t last, but they’re still good friends.

Sternfeld-Dunn had some catching up to do to meet the musical skill level of his peers, so he started teaching himself music theory. Not long after, he fell in love with composing.

“The idea of creating music for others to play . . . resonated with me really strongly, so I started doing that,” Sternfeld-Dunn said. And as he worked his way through college, he found a growing passion to teach.

“That felt right to me, so it just kind of coalesced in that way.”

Sternfeld-Dunn met his wife, Emily, in a music theory class during his junior year of college at California State University East Bay. They’ve been married 15 years, and have two daughters — one of whom turns 10 today. The other is eight.

In his free time, Sternfeld-Dunn

likes to ride his bike. That’s when he’s happiest, he said. And he recently picked the electric guitar back up.

He noodles on it when he needs a break at work, or when he’s unwinding at home.

It’s a good hobby to have because there’s no expectation, like there is with composing, SternfeldDunn said.

“If you go hear me play guitar, nobody expects me to be great.

Having something that’s creative with no expectation is really nice, and it’s one of the ways I decompress.”

Sternfeld-Dunn has mastered the art of mixing professor-wear with personal touch. Both his ears are pierced now, which was the first thing he did when he turned 18.

“I’m corporate in some ways.

Especially as the director I’ve got to be more shirt and tie, right?” SternfeldDunn said.

He once had a colleague stop him in the hall to ask him, “What’s the deal with those earrings?”

“I said, ‘Listen, when I was 18-yearsold, this was my act of rebellion.’ And she goes, ‘You’re not 18 anymore.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m not done rebelling.’”

He’s got earrings and two tattoos, always wears brightly colored glasses, and on some days, can be spotted in Converse high tops. But he said he’s jealous of some of the other faculty on campus, “who are way more punk rock” than he is.

On Tuesday morning at 8 a.m., he wore Captain America socks to his aural skills class. He taught the lesson using a Shania Twain song.

He dissed Spotify. He jammed out a polka rhythm on the piano as his 15 students bobbed their heads.

And when Spotify crashed for the second time, his students asked him to pull up YouTube, which he did with reluctance.

“I mean yes . . . but that means you’ll see my YouTube history,” Sternfeld-Dunn said. The history included Potter Puppet Pals, among other searches.

Later in the class, after a student correctly gave the meter of one of the

musical selections, Sternfeld-Dunn bumped the student’s fist — and it didn’t appear forced.

“He just adds so much life to the classroom,” vocal performance freshman Hector Garcia said after class. “The things he does, he just does them with such clarity and preciseness. He adds another level of enjoyment to the class.”

Music is something SternfeldDunn enjoys on another level, he said, because of its uniqueness compared to other disciplines.

“This is a place where people from all sorts of walks of life come together with no agenda other than trying to make something great together,” Sternfeld-Dunn said. “You’re all working toward making something really great, and understanding that you need each other. You can’t ostracize anyone, because you need everyone.

“Sports can be like that, but the difference for me is that sports, at the end of the day, are about creating a team to work together to win something.

A two-mile run event to raise money for the DREAMers scholarship program will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on the east side of campus.

The Student Organization of Social Work, SOSW, and the Rho Beta Chapter of SLB International Fraternity Inc. joined forces to create and cohost Dream Run. The meeting location is at Innovation Blvd. and 19th Street. Students, faculty and staff pay $20 and community members pay $25 to participate.

All proceeds go to Wichita State’s new scholarship program for undocumented students. The scholarship was established by former Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson and his wife, Stacy.

Sandra Aurora, SOSW president, had the idea of creating Dream Run. She said she was inspired by social work and charity races to raise awareness of the lack of financial assistance for undocumented students. DACA students cannot legally receive

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“That shows that we’re on the right track,” Rowell said. “I would have liked to see more people run for Senate, and I’m hoping that next year that’s something the election commission will address.”

Rowell said Miller’s experience as student advocate gives her a useful perspective as student body president.

“She’s worked very closely with students, and she’s been able to build the trust of a lot of students through her work as student advocate,” Rowell said.

After officially taking office, Miller said the cabinet will prioritize soliciting applications for open senate seats that were not filled by the election.

Bearth said some of the losing candidates in this year’s elections would be prime contestants for those vacant seats.

any federal, and sometimes state, financial aid. This includes loans, grants, scholarships, or work-study money.

“These individuals are so resilient in the face of adversities,” Aurora said. “I feel it’s my duty to be an advocate and do my part to help my peers.”

Aurora approached the SLB fraternity for its involvement in the DREAMer scholarship. The fraternity’s principles are brotherhood, scholarship, community service, and cultural awareness.

The groups reached out to Neza Tires, Azteca’s Boutique, Camarena Adelante Foundation, and eight other sponsors for support.

SOSW and the SLB encourage everyone to participate in the run.

Food, trophies, and t-shirts with the “Together We Dream” motto will be available at the event.

“This event shows the compassion and the care that the university has,” SLB President Tony Ibarra said. “This city supports all walks of life — regardless of race, religion, sex, and even immigration status.”

“There were a lot of them that are very qualified for the positions, and I would love to see them further involved,” he said.

Miller, a junior social work major, currently serves as the WSU student advocate — an executive position in SGA. In a previous interview with The Sunflower, Miller said her role as student advocate has given her valuable insight that her opponents might not have.

“I was able to, you know, get a different perspective of student issues and concerns that maybe the other senators or other cabinet members might not have,” she said.

Bearth, a former Marine Corps battalion maintenance management chief and a junior majoring in mechanical engineering and physics, is currently an SGA veteran’s senator. Miller and Bearth, along with senator-elects, will be sworn in during an inauguration ceremony at 12:30 p.m. April 25 by the north RSC patio.

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A weekend at the opera Dreamy double feature of ‘L’Enfant,’ ‘Gianni Schicchi’ on weekend playbill

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BY ELLA DOMINGUEZ

he most beautiful and boisterous vocals on campus are featured in this weekend’s operas, “L’Enfant” and “Gianni Schicchi.” This dreamy double feature showcases two whimsical one-act operas featuring the students of Fine Arts.

“L’Enfant” follows a troublesome young boy who treats everything around him with aggression and carelessness. When his furniture and the local animals gain consciousness to enact their revenge, he is forced to deal with the consequences of his actions.

This short opera is dreamy and fantastical — taking viewers on a colorful trip through the boy’s

mischievous adventure.

The second opera, “Gianni Schicchi” follows a family’s unconventional attempts to find their distant relative’s will. Each member of the family is desperate for a cut of the profit and is willing to go to uncanny lengths to achieve it.

A rambunctious comedy, “Gianni Schicchi” is quick-witted and explores complicated familial relationships with a light heart.

Performances are at 7:30 Thursday through Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Miller Auditorium in the Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

Tickets are free for students with a Shocker ID. Non-student tickets are $10 for children, $18 for faculty/ military, and $20 for adults.

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Wichita State’s Opera Theater is performing this weekend. Performances are at 7:30 Thursday through Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Miller Auditorium in the Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: HOTEL TEMPUS BY TASHA WENTLING Time: All Day Location: RSC Cadman Art Gallery Cost: Free!

Hotel Tempus is a fantastical art exhibit held at the Cadman this weekend.

It’s maybe the only creepy hotel worth a stay. Dabbling in the bizarre, the fearful and the utterly unexplainable, Hotel Tempus is an exhibit that you won’t want to miss. Make sure to stop by during one of your detours through the RSC.

“LOVE, SIMON” FILM SCREENING

SENIOR SATURDAY

Time: 7 p.m.

Time: 9 – 11 a.m.

Location: CAC Theatre

Location: Larksfield Place, 2828 N. Governeour St.

Cost: Free for students!

“Love, Simon” is a delightful take on the classic teen romance novel filled with humor, mystery, and love. A true revitalization of a worn-out genre, the film keeps you on the edge of your seat while recapturing the highs and lows of high school relationships. Don’t miss out on this one.

Cost: Free!

Get in touch with your community by participating in Senior Saturday, an event where volunteers can hang out and play games with senior citizens in Wichita. It’s a great way to give back to the community and meet fellow service-oriented Shockers. Make sure to register ahead of time at wichita.edu/CSBVolunteer.

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Hatch shines as Shockers claim NIT championship

BY AUSTIN COLBERT

It was the perfect ending to the season, and an unforgettable finish to Graham Hatch’s career at Wichita State.

Hatch buried back-to-back 3-pointers in the final minutes of Thursday’s NIT championship game, sending the fans in black and gold into a maniacal frenzy and the Shockers into uncharted territory.

WSU (29-8) defeated Alabama (25-12) in New York’s Madison Square Garden, 66-57, claiming its first postseason championship in school history.

Hatch was the catalyst in the win, going 4-for-4 from the field, all of which were 3-pointers.

“My shots felt so good today,” Hatch said. “I was never as confident shooting the ball as I was tonight. It was just an unbelievable feeling, and I’m just so happy that I was able to be there for my team when they needed me.”

The game was back-and-forth most of the way, until Hatch’s final shots helped turn what minutes before had been a four-point lead into an insurmountable 14-point lead with just over two minutes of play.

Hatch’s efforts throughout the NIT earned him the honors of Most Outstanding Player for the tournament.

Hatch came to WSU from Mesa, Ariz., after serving two years on a Mormon mission.

“I had never met him when he walked into my office his freshman year,” said WSU Coach Gregg Marshall. “Mark Turgeon had recruited him the year prior. I should have red-shirted him.

“I had never coached a young man coming off a mission, and he was rusty that first year. He was kind of chunky. His body wasn’t cut up. He was a guy that was slow.”

Four years later, Hatch is an Academic All-American and the MOP for the 2011 NIT champions.

Outside of a lone 3-pointer, Hatch wasn’t much of a factor in the first half of Thursday’s game.

J.T. Durley, omn the other hand, was stellar, ending the half with 11 points, including a dramatic 3-pointer that gave the Shockers their largest lead of the half at eight points.

But by the time the game was over, Hatch had stolen most of the spotlight. And if anyone had earned the right to that spotlight, it was him.

“He just came into my office after freshman year for the end-of-theyear meeting, and he said, ‘Coach, I feel inadequate,’” Marshall said.

“And I had never had a player say that to me.”

“And I said, ‘First of all, never tell anyone in authority or especially me, I don’t ever want to hear that word coming out of your mouth again.

You’ve got two choices: Change and don’t be inadequate, or go.’”

Hatch seriously thought about leaving. He didn’t feel he was good enough to play at this level.

But Hatch has bever been one to take the easy way out.

“You’re talking about a testimony to hard work; I’m telling you, in 26 years, I’ve seen a lot of players, and I can’t tell you one that’s worked harder than Graham Hatch,” Marshall said.

Hatch’s story resembles the Shockers’ season in many ways. The hardships, the tough losses. But they kept on battling and improving.

And it has led to an NIT championship.

“Just a really cool experience,” said Garret Stutz. “A great trip to New York. Some things our team is going to have for the rest of our life, the memory of winning at Madison Square Garden.”

For Hatch, it is a fairy tale ending to an improbably successful career.

“This is what you do it for, these moments when you need to knock down a shot for your team; all of those times, all of those hours in the gym, this is what it’s all about,” Hatch said.

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Wichita State falls short of reclaiming 2011 NIT championship glory

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Wichita State senior Erik Stevenson Markis McDuffie muscles his way to the basket against Lipscomb defenders.

Wichita State freshman Jamarius Burton goes up for a layup against Lipscomb.

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Wichita State freshman Erik Stevenson dunks during the second half of the game against Lipscomb Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Library campaign hopes to fund digitization of The Sunflower archives from 1896-1977

TIGERS DOUBLE UP SHOCKERS Wichita State dropped its doubleheader against the University of Missouri Wednesday. Missouri scored seven runs in both of their games against the Shockers.

WSU doesn’t play at home again until their series against East Carolina on April 18.

BY AUDREY KORTE

Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives are working to digitize The Sunflower archives.

The time-consuming process, which will cost roughly $8,100, is being funded by donations.

The WSU Foundation’s fundraising campaign began months ago, but a lack of advertising has limited the contributions. To date, there have been nine donors, who have contributed $525 towards the project — accounting for 6% of the amount necessary to finish.

According to givecampus.com, the “Digitize Historic Sunflower Newspapers” campaign ended Tuesday, but The Sunflower was told on March 27 by Jessica Mirasol, curator of Special Collections and University Archives that the deadline can be extended.

“We have raised a little bit of money with it,” Mirasol said. “We haven’t had a whole lot of publicity so far for the fundraiser, but it is something we do want to work on.

“So far, we kind of have relied on word of mouth, and that has not gone very far.”

If the campaign is unsuccessful overall, it could affect the library’s ability to complete the project.

“If we are not able to raise the funds, we may have to make a smaller portion of it available, or it will take a lot longer.”

The Sunflower has been reporting WSU news since it’s first publication in 1896. It has been an independent, student-run newspaper since 1898.

The newspaper has provided coverage of political campaigns, arts and culture, university policy and leadership, student government, and sports for over 123 years.

One thing that’s currently missing from the library is a searchable, digitized version of decades of Sunflower news. WSU Archives and Special Collections is working to change that now. They’ve begun the process of digitizing issues of the paper.

“We are digitizing the very first issue, which was Jan. 1, 1896, all the way up through the very last issue in 1977,” Mirasol said.

They are not digitizing issues published between 1978 and 2019, due to changes in the copyright

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Print archives of The Sunflower date back to the paper’s origin in 1896. An online campaign hopes to raise enough money to digitize Sunflower archives.

laws. In order to digitize and make any of those issues public, Special Collections would need to get written permission from every writer, designer, photographer, and advertiser who contributed to each paper — an impossible task.

But Mirasol said as copyright laws change, they will continue the process.

“Because it’s an independent newspaper and we pride ourselves on that, and it’s a good thing that it’s independently owned, but that interferes with what we can do with it in terms of the copyright,” Mirasol said.

The digitization idea came out of conversations between Mirasol, Dean of University Libraries Kathy Downes, and Special Collections and University Archives Program Consultant Mary Nelson.

“The Sunflower has so much information in it, and it’s such a useful resource for us,” Mirasol said. “It’s a great resource for our researchers, and it would be great for alumni to have access to it and just researchers in general.”

She said they have all the issues on microfilm, which can be digitized.

“The originals are very fragile in a lot of instances, so we’ve taken the microfilm and we’re having that digitized so that people can get to it online,” Mirasol said.

“Microfilm is harder to access, and you need certain equipment. We have limited equipment.”

To digitize the issues, her team

scans every page of a paper and then labels them by volume and image. The information goes into spreadsheets including the publication date, volume number, and page count. They then mark any preservation concerns such as brittle or torn pages or loose individual issues. Once the information gets uploaded, it can be made searchable.

It’s a slow process. Mirasol said they hope to have at least one year done and web-ready in the next month or two. By the end of the year, they hope to have half of the archives up and ready for people to interact with. She said people should be able to download issues of the paper as well.

What that timeline will look like without more money is unclear.

The digitization process is what the library focuses on. The fundraising is a little outside of their wheelhouse.

That’s something that the WSU Foundation has expertise in.

Mirasol said the WSU Foundation helped them set up the campaign, set goals, and make sure the links worked on the website.

“There was some talk of teaming up to do some publicity for the campaign, but I don’t know how much of that was done,” Mirasol said. “I don’t know whose fault — I’m not saying any fault was done on either side.”

Mirasol said the library has not made much of a publicity push since Christmas.

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Lipscomb’s double-digit rally ends WSU’s season in NIT semifinals

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

NEW YORK CITY — Garrison Mathews’ 3-pointers were painful.

Wichita State trailed Lipscomb 35-30 when Mathews hit a dagger 3-pointer over the Shockers’ Markis McDuffie. Mathews already had 23 points, and now had put the Bisons ahead by eight. He was scoring from inside, outside, and hitting every second-chance shot the Bisons had — and he was in McDuffie’s head.

Gregg Marshall raced to McDuffie at the media timeout. He pulled him into his arms and started yelling.

“You need to calm down. You need to calm down. Calm down,” he barked at his four-year senior.

McDuffie struggled to fight frustrations. He turned the ball over, missed step-backs, and was off the mark on nearly every 3-pointer he tried to take. It wasn’t until WSU took an encouraging nine-point lead — its first of the second half — that McDuffie, and the rest of the Shockers for that matter, finally felt like there was a chance. Then, the Bisons stormed.

WSU lost to the Lipscomb Bisons 71-64 in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament Tuesday night in Madison Square Garden. Lipscomb took the lead from with 70 seconds left in the game after Mathews hit a deep 3-pointer over the outreached arms of Dexter Dennis.

“He’s a hell of a player,” Dennis said of Matthews. “I tried to slow him down as best I can, but he made those shots.”

Lipscomb scored 14 unanswered points in the final 3:25 of the game.

McDuffie finished with 12 points on 4-15 shooting and one made basket

“IT’S HARD TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS GROUP. IT’S DISAPPOINTING THAT WE’RE NOT PLAYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.” ­—Gregg Marshall, head coach

in the second half.

“I can remember a lot of nights where it just felt like the ball couldn’t go through the rim, and tonight was his night,” Dennis said of McDuffie’s off shooting night. “It sucks, but that’s how basketball is. We didn’t want it, but that’s how it goes.”

The Bisons cut a double-digit to a five-point game with under four minutes left in play. WSU’s Jaime Echenique was irate. A foul was called, but that wasn’t the cause of his misery. WSU had won the game, and only time stood in the way. Then, the Shockers went into a seven-minute scoring drought, and all of a sudden, the team had to compete to win the game.

“That was a tough way to end the season,” Marshall said. “We went stone cold.”

The Bisons brought the score to 64-60 with 3:07 in play. Echenique was stopped with the ball in his hands and as the buzzer sounded for a shot-clock violation out of the timeout. That’s when the Bisons cut it to 64-62.

Marshall stood in awe. How did this one get away?

“It’s hard to be disappointed with this group,” Marshall said. “It’s disappointing that we’re not playing for a championship.”

It was a tie game with two minutes

Loyalty to school and community

McDuffie, Haynes-Jones reflect on WSU careers

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Wichita State senior Markis McDuffie drives past a Lipscomb defender during Tuesday’s game.

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

NEW YORK CITY — Markis McDuffie will have a place in the Wichita State history books.

McDuffie scored the third-most points of any Shocker in a single season, behind Xavier McDaniel and Dave Stallworth, who's numbers hang in the rafters at Charles Koch Arena. At the heart of it, McDuffie doesn't have a regret from his four-year career as a Shocker.

"It's just been an amazing ride," McDuffie said. "I knew when I wanted to commit, I wanted to make sure I'm loyal to this school — loyal to this community, and I have been, and it's been nothing but amazing."

"These are my family forever and ever," McDuffie said. "I appreciate the brotherhood we've had here. They've helped grow me as a man."

McDuffie said it still felt like he had another year left. He was a part of four years of Shocker basketball, filled with four post-season trips. From his freshman year as the Missouri Valley Freshman of the Year to his year as a senior leader, he said he feels fulfilled.

McDuffie wanted fans to remember his always-positive, friendly attitude. He said that was more significant than any series of wins or records.

"I just want to be remembered as someone who is always positive, always worked super hard, and never let anything get to me," McDuffie said.

That was before McDuffie led the Shockers to the National Invitation Tournament semifinals in Madison Square Garden and delivered Head Coach Gregg Marshall his 500th career win. His career ended a game shy of the NIT championship.

"It's hard to be disappointed with this group," Marshall said.

"It's disappointing that we're not playing for a championship."

Marshall reflected on his two seniors.

"I told them I loved them," Marshall said. "I told them I would be there for the rest of their lives.

"I told them that they were a bridge for what was a very, very bright future."

Ahead of the game, Marshall said McDuffie and Haynes-Jones “never wavered.”

"They didn't throw the young kinds under the bus,” Marshall said. “They were positive. They were disgruntled. They were upset, angry at times, as we all were — but they never threw anyone under the bus."

Haynes-Jones, McDuffie’s roommate, praised his ability to stay poised through adversity.

When the team was three games below a .500 record, when the Shockers lost to Oklahoma by 32, and when they lost six of their first seven conference games, McDuffie stayed poised.

“He was our leader — our backbone,” Haynes-Jones said of his roommate. “He made me grow up in a lot of ways. He was always positive, despite all the adversity in his life and with this team. He always stayed poised. It reflected on us in a great way.”

McDuffie and Haynes-Jones checked out of the game in the final seconds. In the locker room following the game, Haynes-Jones was processing the moment. A media relations liaison pulled him away for a press conference. Smiling, he tried to hide his expressions. He still couldn’t process that this was end of his brief two-year stint with WSU, the home team of the city he grew up in.

“I’m just reflecting on all of it right now from my high school year to right now,” Haynes-Jones said. “It’s been a blessing.”

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Wichita State guard Dexter Dennis is fouled as he goes up for a basket during the second half of the game against Lipscomb Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

left. McDuffie slipped on the court and traveled. Echenique was on the bench with four fouls. Mathews was poised for a big moment, and he delivered — knocking in a long 3-pointer with 40 seconds left. The crowd was stunned.

Lipscomb hadn’t lead since early in the second half, and now they were seconds from stepping on the throats of Wichita State players.

Lipscomb was called for a 10-second violation getting the ball up court. WSU had one final

shot to tie it. WSU freshman Erik Stevenson traveled trying to put up a 3-point shot to tie it. McDuffie was depleted, frustrated and upset.

Lipscomb’s Mathews, who scored 44 in the quarterfinals, wasn’t willing to wait for anyone.

He scored 10 of Lipscomb’s first 14 points. WSU’s well-traveled fan base was put to an intense silence.

WSU’s only hope to stay in the game was to match Lipscomb’s pace. Haynes-Jones in transition put the Shockers ahead for the

first time in the game. In the second half, Haynes-Jones broke free for a quick two-handed slam.

Stevenson had one of his own a couple of minutes earlier when WSU led by 11 and had the game all but put away.

The task at hand was clear: stop Mathews and advance to the NIT championship. The Shockers matched his pace for a while, but Matthews prevailed with a barrage of transition baskets and quick-trigger 3-pointers.

Teddy Allen after year-long wait: ‘I’m ready’

BY MARSHALL SUNNER

NEW YORK CITY — When Teddy Allen arrived in Wichita, he quickly became the talk of the town.

Allen was a transfer from West Virginia. WSU was visibly lacking experience with three players who had Division-I playing experience. Allen not only had Division-I experience — he had Big 12 experience. With a knack for scoring, he earned the nickname "Teddy Buckets."

The NCAA never granted

Allen an eligibility hardship waiver. He was forced to sit out a season.

"I got over not playing," Allen said. "It was about being the best teammate I could be — whether that be calling out what I see, giving my opinions, or just practicing hard."

Allen assumed the lead role on the scout team this season. Late in the season, he opted to stay home on road trips and work on his game. He wanted to grow, on and off the court, he said.

"The way you act off the court is just as important off of the court," Allen said. "Things you do off the court can affect the way you play on the court. It's about being humble and being patient."

Now, the Shockers' season is over. The next time players suit up for a game, Allen will suit up with them.

"I'm going to give it my all, night-in and night-out," Allen said. "It's for them, this city, for coach, and my teammates.

"I'm ready."