A STATISTICIAN’S DREAM
TJ Williams powers Shockers during dominant win over Prairie View A&M
BY OWEN PROTHRO sports@thesunflower.com
When TJ Williams’ name echoes through Koch Arena, the crowd’s roar grows louder.
The Wichita native has been thrust into a bigger role as a redshirt freshman, starting Wichita State’s first two games amid earlyseason injuries.
Rust showed at times against UNC Asheville — understandable for a player whose last game was the 2024 Kansas Class 6A State Championship. Williams, a Wichita Heights alumnus, managed six points, two rebounds and two blocks in his debut after a meniscus tear sidelined him last season.
But Williams didn’t stay quiet for long.
Assistant coach Josh Eilert challenged him during practices in the days after the game against the Bulldogs to help the frontcourt by crashing the glass harder. He emphatically responded in the Shockers’ 105-62 win over Prairie View A&M, a victory that not only showcased a dominant team performance but also Williams’ potential. Williams was a statistician’s
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I don’t care if you’ve been playing 100 years or you’ve only been playing two games, that’s really impressive.”
PAUL MILLS Head men’s basketball coach
dream Saturday night: 14 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and five assists, two steals, and a perfect 10-for-10 clip from the free throw line. He also drew seven fouls against the Panthers’ aggressive defense.
With a stat line like that, Williams had reason to celebrate.
“It was really special,” Williams said. “Especially getting my first double-double here. I already got the jitters out last game, so just coming into this game with full confidence.”
Wichita State head coach Paul Mills agreed.
“A double-double is pretty impressive for a guy in his second basketball game at this level,” he said.
His confidence showed early.
Less than four minutes into the game, Williams pulled down a rebound, and instead of looking for a guard, took the ball up the
court himself. He weaved around a ball screen and delivered a no-look pass to senior forward Karon Boyd for a backdoor slam. Boyd finished with 12 points, part of a balanced attack that saw six Shockers eclipse double digits.
Later, with 10:24 remaining in the second half, Williams hauled in another defensive board and went coast-to-coast again, this time finishing with a right-handed layup despite being a natural lefty.
“He’s got some versatility, being able to play in both directions,” Mills said.
His versatility extended to the defensive end as well. Williams’ ability to stand in front of guards and forwards can create relief on that end of the floor. The Shockers outscored Prairie View A&M by 28 points while he was in the game Saturday.
Teammates have valued that quality.
“I just love having TJ on the team,” senior guard Kenyon Giles said. “He helps us out a lot. These guards are going to pressure us. TJ can relieve that pressure.”
Among all his highlights, Williams’ poise at the free throw line may have been the most telling.
Shocker teams have not fared well in this area in the recent past, watching late-game leads turn to losses, but his 10-for10 performance was a sign of progress for a program looking to shore up in that phase of the game.
“I don’t care if you’ve been playing 100 years or you’ve only been playing two games, that’s really impressive,” Mills said of Williams’ 10-for-10 performance at the free throw line. “Especially with the crowd and the environment, to be able to convert at that rate.”
Perfect free throws, a doubledouble, coast-to-coast drives — not bad for game two. And for Wichita State, it’s a glimpse of what’s to come.
“He’s got a really high ceiling,” Mills said.
Registration for spring semester begins Nov. 10
BY PIPER PINNETTI piperpinnetti12@gmail.com
Wichita State University’s online registration for the spring 2026 semester opened on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7 a.m.
Specific registration times depend on a student’s class, which is based on the total number of credit hours.
Non-degree-seeking Shockers can select classes starting Friday, Nov. 15.
Registration will take place through the MyWSU portal. Select the myClasses tab, and click “Student Registration Banner 9.”
From there, students can choose the Spring 2026 term, search for their classes and add desired classes. Students must click the “submit” button to complete registration.
The last day to register for classes or change courses is Jan. 26.
The deadlines for adding, changing and dropping classes can be found on the semester calendar. Students can find additional registration details on the Wichita State University registration page.
WHEN CAN YOU REGISTER?
Monday, Nov. 10 n Seniors (90 credit hours or more) n Honors College members n Graduate students n Student athletes
Tuesday, Nov. 11 n Juniors (60-89 credit hours)
Wednesday, Nov. 12 n Sophomores (30-59 credit hours)
Thursday, Nov. 13 n Freshman (29 credit hours or less)
‘Be a sponge’: Disney animator brings experience to students
BY MYA SCOTT opinion@thesunflower.com
To the animating world, Chris Buck is the heralded director of well-known Disney films like “Frozen” and “Tarzan,” but to his family, he is just a calm, patient goofball.
“He is a clown,” Chris’s 31-yearold son, Woody Buck, said. “He’s a big clown and a big goofy man, and it’s been so much fun.”
“He’s the calm to my storm,” Shelley Buck said about her husband of 36 years. “He’s patient beyond words … He laughs at the most ridiculous stuff, and I’m just like his wet blanket in the corner … He finds the silly in everything and has been a great dad.”
The School of Digital Arts hosted Chris and Woody to be the first speakers for the College of Fine Arts Connoisseur series. Chris reminisced on his time animating and directing, and shared lessons he learned over the years.
“I think I’ve learned to, especially as a director, to really trust the artists that I’m working with,” Chris said. “When you first start directing, you’re insecure, and you kind of over-direct and you over-manage people. And I think the more you can kind of ease off and let the artists do, just guide them a little bit, and let them do what they can do.”
Shelley said she has seen a boost in confidence from Chris over the years of their marriage.
“He’s gained more confidence in his voice. He is willing to say what he thinks and expresses opinions without really second-guessing himself,” she said. “He does secondguess, but when it comes to him being in a room with story people, I know that he speaks softly, but he carries a big stick. It’s like people listen because he speaks softly, and because he speaks his truth, it carries more weight.”
While Chris wasn’t at work, he spent time with his family. Woody said he demanded to be read to every night before bed when he was a child, and Chris obliged, even if he was dozing off in the middle of the stories.
“He would be so tired coming home from work, and I’d be like, ‘You have to read. Keep going,’” Woody said. “He’d be so sleepy, and I smack him on the back of the head. I’m like, ‘Keep going,’ and he’d be like, ‘Okay, scratch my head. Scratch my head, and I’ll keep reading.’ So I would, and then eventually he’d still pass out. And I’m like, ‘Okay, I give up.’”
Chris said he always had a love of drawing, especially characters from the “Peanuts” comic strips, even though no one in his family was interested in the arts.
“They [his parents] asked my teachers, ‘What would you do?’”
Chris said. “They just said, ‘Give him lots of supplies, paper, crayons, pencils, whatever it is, and just so he has enough to draw.’”
Chris, when he became a father, helped foster his children’s imagination. Creating art was normal to Woody, even though it wasn’t to some of the other kids in his kindergarten class.
“Going to kindergarten, and just it was so normal to me that I was like, ‘Well, okay, so nice to meet you. What movie did your daddy direct?’” Woody said, smiling with his mom.
Learning to use his imagination wasn’t the only lesson he learned from his father. Woody said one of the most important things he learned from Chris was his humility.
“His humility is something that I’ve always aspired to, and it’s
difficult. It’s very difficult,” Woody said. “You kind of have to build yourself up to have that armor of ego a little bit… I’m still in awe of the humility that he sort of goes through life with.”
Woody said his favorite memory of his father was when he was touring colleges. He said his mother would “stress him out” despite her being the one he usually did everything with.
“I knew that I needed the calm waters of my dad to be with me,” Woody said. “And he jokes that … ‘I knew that I needed to be a coat rack while I was with you, just to hold things and be there for you. And it was more supportive than I could have imagined, and really
grounded me in one of the most stressful times in my life.”
Woody may not be searching for his college anymore, but the fatherson duo still traveled to Wichita State to share Chris’s stories and advice to students aspiring to become artists.
“Be a sponge,” Chris said.
“Meaning that you observe and you take in all of life around you … and you never know where that’s going to come out in your world. There’ll be an authenticity to the characters, something unique that you hadn’t thought of, you can’t think of on your own. Sometimes, you know, you’ll see it and be inspired by something else.”
the 105-62 win.
Photo by Ellery Prothro / The Sunflower
A student looks at their computer screen in the first week of the spring 2025 semester. (File photo) Photo by Garima Thapa / The Sunflower
Chris Buck smiles at the audience during his 2025-26 Connoisseur Series artist talk. The talk was first in the series, hosted by the College of Fine Arts. Photo by Peyton Eck / The Sunflower
CAC Theater update: full ADA compliance project to cost $20 million
BY KASS LEWIS news@thesunflower.com
Upgrades to the Campus Activities Center Theater will cost $20 million in total, the Student Government Association adviser confirmed Tuesday. Students may pay higher fees in the future to pay for the renovations, or the university may ask for a bond.
The Senate only voted on Phase 1 of the CAC Theater renovations, which would cost $300,000 — $150,000 from the SGA and the Rhatigan Student Center Board of Directors each. Wang and SGA Advisor Gabriel Fonseca told the Senate that the full project would cost $8 to $12 million.
Executive director of the RSC, Kevin Konda, said the total project cost was $20 million.
Fonseca clarified in an email to The Sunflower that the correct number is $20 million. He said his $8 to $12 million figure excluded the costs for additional square footage to the theater as well as an elevator and lower-level upgrades.
“I was so focused on the stage and the entrance I forgot about that
Joseph Shepard wins District 1 City Council
BY
TALIYAH WINN, KASS LEWIS & AIRIANNA SALLAZ editor@thesunflower.com, news@thesunflower.com & airiannarsallaz@outlook.com
Former Student Body President Joseph Shepard won the District 1 city council seat with 3,343 out of 5,952 votes (59.3%), according to unofficial election results.
“This race was about bringing our community together,” Shepard said after final unofficial election results came out. “Making sure we are focused on the kitchen table issues that matter to the hardworking families of not just District 1, but all of Wichita.” After the race was called, Shepard addressed those who did not vote for him.
“And for the folks who did not vote for me in this election, I have heard you. I’ve heard your concerns,” Shepard said. “And someone once told me when I was elected student body president (of Wichita State), ‘You see those folks not cheering for you? Those are the folks you must engage with first.’” His opponent, LaWanda DeShazer, received 2,295 votes.
Mike McCorkle, who ran for the District 100 seat in the Kansas House of Representatives in 2024, 2022 and 2020, spoke in support of DeShazer at her election night watch party.
“We see what’s going on with our democracy,” McCorkle said. “We need real, authentic representatives, not people that are just working the system.”
“They’re going to have buyer’s remorse,” DeShazer said to her watch party attendees after the unofficial results were announced. Election results will not be official until the election canvass on Thursday, Nov. 13.
part of the project, but yes, that’s included (too),” Fonseca said in the email.
When describing the full project to the Senate, Fonseca did mention the additional square footage, elevator and lower-level upgrades to the green room.
Konda said that he would like the full project to be completed “within the next three to four years.”
That means that the remaining pieces of the project — totaling around $19.7 million — would have to be done within four years.
When asked where that money would come from, Konda and Fonseca provided different options that they believe will be explored.
Fonseca said that zeroing out SGA’s special projects fund or increasing student fees would be part of the conversations in SGA.
“That’d be the only avenue to go to and get the funding on that would be through the student fee process, probably a bonding on it to be able to get it to that level,” Konda said.
Corbin Education Center honored with historic listing after closure
BY MALEAH EVANS arts@thesunflower.com
The Corbin Education Center, which houses Wichita State’s College of Applied Studies and was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
A place on the register is an honored distinction for the most significant architectural and
cultural landmarks in America. There are more than 95,000 properties on the register, according to the National Park Service.
The building, named for former University President Harry F. Corbin in 1964, was nominated by Friends of Corbin, a local group that advocates for the preservation of the education center. The group was formed in 2023.
The unexpected closure of Corbin in 2024 and the subsequent renovation and re-opening earlier this year was a push for the recognition, according to WSU Strategic Communications.
Corbin is one of only two buildings in Kansas designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The other –the Allen House – was added to the registry in 1977.
Amid SNAP delays, where can Wichita State students go for support?
BY PIPER PINNETTI piperpinnetti12@gmail.com
As federal uncertainty over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continues, Wichita State University and local organizations are supporting Shockers who may be affected by potential disruptions.
The ongoing government shutdown has disrupted SNAP payments nationwide, threatening food access for millions of Americans — including college students already navigating strict eligibility rules and living costs.
SNAP, the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, provides monthly food assistance to lowincome individuals and families.
On Friday, Nov. 8, the Trump administration ordered states to halt full November SNAP
payments, directing them to issue only partial benefits. A Supreme Court ruling and new legal motions have left future funding uncertain again.
The Student Government Association (SGA) has increased funding for the Kiah Duggins Shocker Support Locker, a free on-campus pantry offering food, hygiene items and clothing to students, faculty and staff. The locker, renamed in honor of WSU alumna Kiah Duggins in October, has been a lifeline for students facing food insecurity since its creation in 2016.
Student Body President Jia Wen Wang said SGA is allocating additional funds through the locker’s foundation account to prepare for possible increased demand in November. Wang
said $3,340 was spent during the week of Oct. 26 to purchase extra supplies, emphasizing that while there is no fixed budget for supporting the locker, student support remains the priority.
The student resource, however, was closed from Oct. 31 to Nov. 10 and will close again during the upcoming Thanksgiving Break.
Students who rely on SNAP face additional challenges: pandemic-era exemptions that made it easier for college students to qualify ended in 2023, tightening eligibility. To receive SNAP, students now must meet certain exemption criteria — such as participating in work-study, having an expected family contribution of $0 or being under 18 or over 49.
Local resources are helping
alongside campus efforts. The Helping Hands Pantry offers food assistance through its College and Grad Student Assistance Program, providing help to students in need through online registration and direct outreach.
Kansas is among the top states for SNAP usage, with more than 198,000 residents receiving benefits in fiscal year 2024. But with payments potentially reduced to 65% and the USDA’s emergency fund depleted, even short-term disruptions could have long-term effects on students’ wellbeing.
University officials are urging students to stay informed about available resources and to visit the Kiah Duggins Shocker Support Locker if they are struggling to afford groceries.
One side of the Corbin Education Center. The building is located on the north portion of campus. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
Cecillia Rivas, an exchange student from Paraguay, goes through items at Shocker Support Locker in 2024, before it moved to the Shocker Success Center. (File Photo) Photo by Garima Thapa / The Sunflower
‘YOU VS. YOU’ Purdue transfer finding confidence at Wichita State Elkana Kipruto makes history in first season as a Shocker
BY EVAN LONG evan.long.soccer@gmail.com
Coming out of Stockholm, Sweden, with national-team experience, Will Berg had a great deal of confidence when he arrived at Purdue. Like most incoming freshmen, he expected to make an immediate impact, especially since he often towered over his competition at 7 feet, 2 inches.
However, standing between Berg and a starting center spot at Purdue was Zach Edey. Edey, 7-foot-4 and 285 pounds, would win back-to-back National Player of the Year awards.
Berg practiced daily against the intimidating Edey, which wasn’t an easy task. However, he said it made him a much stronger basketball player.
“It was difficult, especially coming here as a freshman and coming across the world. You kind of get thrown into the fire straight away,” Berg said. “I think every freshman comes to college thinking they’re going to be a major impact off the get-go. You get that state of mind in high school when you’re the best kid on the floor, and then coming here and being put up against a guy like Zach kind of threw me off and, yeah, hurt my confidence a bit.
“But after a while you see the development you make and you start believing in yourself again. It was mutually beneficial for both of us because I think I helped him too because he didn’t have a lot of 7-foot guys to play against. It definitely put my mindset in a
BY MACK SMITH mackred22@gmail.com
Wichita State’s volleyball team played two of its last four games of the regular season against East Carolina and Charlotte over the weekend.
The Shockers swept the Pirates in their first game on Friday evening, but fell to the 49ers in four sets Sunday afternoon, which snapped a three-game winning streak after Friday’s sweep.
After splitting the games over the weekend, Wichita State’s overall record is 17-9 and 9-5 in the American Conference. It currently sits in fifth place in the conference standings and can’t fall out of contention for the American Conference Championship from Nov. 21-23 in Tampa, Fla.
vs. East Carolina (11-14, 3-11)
The Shockers took advantage of a short-handed Pirates team, who had six of 15 players on their roster not play in the match, winning 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-14).
“They’re down a couple of starters and so they’re shuffling the cards,” Wichita State head coach Chris Lamb said. “They just didn’t have a lot of firepower. So tonight, what happened needed to happen.”
The Shockers took advantage and held East Carolina to a .049 hitting percentage and 26 kills during the match, both seasonlows for the Pirates.
Since Wichita State played Tulane Oct. 24, senior middle Emerson Wilford has averaged nine kills a match on top of a .245 hitting percentage. She hit .348 against the Pirates.
“I think that just trying to find different ways for me to score and bringing me inside and pushing me back out,” Wilford said, “I think it keeps me on my toes,
After a while, you see the development you make and you start believing in yourself again. It was mutually beneficial for both of us.”
WILL BERG ON HIS TIME WITH ZACH EDEY Redshirt junior, WSU men’s basketball “
unique place where nothing can break me.”
With his confidence on the rise, the Wichita State newcomer is expected to be a force inside for the Shockers this season. Through two games this season against UNC Asheville and Prairie View A&M, he’s averaged 11.5 points a game on 53.3% shooting.
At times, Berg said he has struggled with confidence on the basketball court. The redshirt junior even has a tattoo that reads “you vs. you.”
“It’s most often myself that is my biggest enemy,” Berg said.
“That’s just a quote that makes me more rounded and a little more easygoing on myself.”
Senior guard Kenyon Giles has seen Berg find more confidence in himself since arriving at WSU.
“When he was popping (off screens) in the beginning, he wasn’t shooting it confident,” Giles said. “Now, around this time, he’s shooting it with a lot more confidence.”
Berg, who played for Sweden’s
under 16 and 18 national teams, believes that his main strength is his range on the court.
“I’m very versatile; shooting, scoring in the post, passing the ball,” Berg said. “I feel like if something is not clicking for me on one particular night I can always provide something somewhere else.”
Berg said that he needs to continue to work on his agility because of his tall stature.
“A guy my size obviously mobility is always something you have to take into consideration,” Berg said.
After limited playing time at Purdue, Berg entered the transfer portal, choosing WSU because he liked how intentional and straightforward the coaches were when they recruited him.
Berg hopes to repay the coaches’ confidence by working hard and stretching the floor, and by sharing another passion: cooking. When his father visits him in a couple weeks, they plan to make a nice meal for the coaching
staff and players. He said he makes a “mean mushroom pasta sauce” and Swedish meatballs.
“When I cook for other people, I like seeing how happy they get,” Berg said. “I really like being able to spread happiness and joy through food.”
Berg has shown flashes that he could be an impact player at Wichita State. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year against High Point, he scored four points and secured four rebounds off the bench for the Boilermakers.
Furthermore, in his final season at Purdue, Berg recorded an 84.2 shooting percentage from the field — the eighth-highest percentage in NCAA history for players with at least 15 field goal attempts.
The Shockers are coming off a 19-15 record and NIT appearance, and Berg’s focus is how he can contribute to the team’s improvement.
“When my time is over,” Berg said, “I want to leave the program a better place than where I found it.”
Volleyball splits weekend games at home
hopefully keeps the other team on their toes too.”
Redshirt senior right side
Brooklyn Leggett notched more than 10 kills for the 21st time this season in the win with 12. Leggett has made double-digit kills in 15 of the last 16 matches.
“I feel like the team kind of knows what to expect out of me at this point,” Leggett said. “So I think me, just staying consistently scoring is what’s gonna help us win because my teammates can rely on that.”
Lamb said East Carolina didn’t do much to stop her on offense.
“There wasn’t a lot of resistance for Brooklyn,” he said. “So, we were trying to ‘feed the kitty’ as we used to say.”
Leggett led the team with her 12 kills. Junior setter Jordan
Heatherly assisted teammates a game-high 35 times. Redshirt junior libero Gabi Maas made 13 digs, also a game-high.
vs. Charlotte (16-10, 7-7)
Wichita State dropped the first two sets to Charlotte and hit its season-low against a conference opponent en route to a 3-1 loss by scores of (21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 24-26) to snap the team’s threegame winning streak. Lamb said the last week would seem abnormal. The Shockers swept South Florida in Tampa, snapping the Bulls’ 17-game conference winning streak in the Yuengling Center on Nov. 2. Then, they hit a combined .088 in the first two sets against the 49ers Sunday and .125 for the match.
“It’s kind of a weird one for me,” Lamb said. “Because statistically we held a team to .192 hitting, and you’re like, ‘Well, that’s a decent defensive effort,’ yet I felt like we left so many digs out there.”
Wichita State finished with only two aces at the service line, its second-lowest mark this season.
BY MACK SMITH mackred22@gmail.com
When Elkana Kipruto decided he wanted to transfer to Wichita State from Stephen F. Austin in Texas after his freshman year, his reasoning was simple.
“I like Wichita State because in Texas, it was too hot,” Kipruto said. “But here (in Wichita), temperatures are moderate. It’s not too hot like Texas.”
Despite the “moderate” climate in Wichita, Kipruto is on a hot streak in his first year as a Shocker.
“He ran very well at Stephen F. Austin. Can’t take away from that,” head cross country coach Kirk Hunter said. “The level that he competed there was very high. I think he has done very well here.” In his debut in a WSU uniform at the JK Gold Classic in September, Kipruto ran away with the race and won by five seconds. A few weeks ago at the Pre-National Invitational, he finished in second with a time of 22 minutes, 29.5 seconds, setting the program record in the 8-kilometer.
“The race was good,” Kipruto said about his performance at the Pre-National Invitational. “I think because it was a big race, that’s why I did that. They pushed me, the strong guys from the big schools.”
Kipruto also raced at the American Conference Championships on Nov. 1, where he placed first with a time of 23 minutes, 16.6 seconds. He became the first Shocker to win a cross country individual title in a conference championship since 1992.
“It felt good, I didn’t expect this,” Kipruto said during an interview with ESPN+ after the race. “I said to myself, ‘I’m ready, I’m very very ready,’ because I didn’t know that I’m coming to win, but I was very ready for the race.”
“I’m really proud of him,” Hunter added during the interview. “He’s my first individual champion on the men’s side and for the American Conference, and he ran a spectacular race.”
“We’ve been doing really well in a couple of the standard measures, and climbing our survey numbers have been relative to the league getting stronger,” Lamb said. “Obviously, today (Sunday) was not the same.”
The Shockers made 30 attack errors during the match, the second-most in conference play. They caught up to them quickly, as Charlotte jumped out to a 3-0 lead to start the first set because of errors.
“When certain parts of our game aren’t going well, other parts of our game need to pick it up,” Maas said. “So if we’re not scoring, then my mentality is ‘all right, my hitters can’t seem to figure it out in the front row. That’s okay, because little army is going to dig every single ball.’”
Four Shocker freshmen made appearances, all of whom haven’t played in at least the last four matches.
“You have a tough decision to stay with people. Maybe they can turn it around, or we got people that are fighting for playing time,” Lamb said.
Leggett led the team in kills with 13 and hit .135, her lowest hitting percentage since the Shockers played Rice on Oct. 19.
Heatherly made a team-high 32 assists, good for a 35.2% assist rate in the 91 attacks she was a part of. Maas made a game-high 19 digs, her ninth game this season with 15 or more digs.
Up next Wichita State plays its final two games of the regular season on Friday and Sunday.
Friday’s game is scheduled for 6 p.m. against Rice in Koch Arena, which is also senior night.
Sunday’s game is scheduled for 11 a.m. against Temple in Philadelphia.
Despite all the success, Kipruto has remained humble. After he was awarded the trophy at the PreNational Invitational, he gave it to Hunter.
“When you’re that level in the NCAA, you can start being a little cocky,” senior Adrian Diaz Lopez said. “He’s the opposite. He’s just super humble — such a great guy.” Hunter said that that side of Kipruto can get overlooked.
“Everybody talks about his athleticism and how strong he is as an athlete, because that’s what everyone sees,” Hunter said. “But they don’t see that he’s a good person too, and I really like this young man. He’s a huge addition to our team in every aspect of the word.”
The arrival of Kipruto has also changed the way the team has worked out this year.
“It’s just that (we) had to up the game a little bit in terms of the type of workouts that we were doing, in terms of how fast we’re doing them,” Hunter said. “We had to split up the team a little bit more because he’s just such a higher talent.”
“I can see (Hunter) is a good coach,” Kipruto added. “This program, I like it. It’s a profession. That’s why I am running well.” Lopez likened Kipruto’s approach to the adage that you practice how you play.
“The way they (Elkana) race is the way they train,” he said. “He’s helped the team as a team and then as a runner. He (has) made the team better in both aspects, like as a team environment and as a runner.”
Lopez added that he’s excited for what Kipruto is going to be able to accomplish as he weathers more seasons.
“He’s going to hopefully destroy all the records here, go all the way to nationals, and bring a bunch of trophies to the school,” Lopez said.
Wichita State men’s basketball center Will Berg (44) looks for a pass at an open practice Sept. 18. Berg, who is 7-foot-2, is one of the tallest players in Wichita State history. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
Wichita State’s volleyball team cheers after a kill against East Carolina on Nov. 7. The Shockers hit .276 in the sweep over the Pirates. Photo by Garima Thapa / The Sunflower
Men’s basketball knocks off rust
vs. UNC Asheville
BY OWEN PROTHRO sports@thesunflower.com
A lot of unknowns surrounded Wichita State’s men’s basketball team in its season opener.
The Shockers’ starting five — and the whole team, practically — was made up of players who’d never weathered a season in Koch Arena or under third-year coach Paul Mills.
Inexperience together showed early Tuesday evening against UNC Asheville. Wichita State toyed with lineups on the court, went on offensive lulls during stretches and broke down on defense at times, which led to easy buckets for the Bulldogs.
The Shockers ended the first half by giving up 20 rebounds, eight on the offensive glass, and turned the ball over five times. On a few occasions, they ran down the shot clock for desperation heaves.
“We gave up too many rebounds in the first half,” senior guard Kenyon Giles said post game. “That’s not who we are. We’re going to be one of the best teams in the country at rebounding.”
It wasn’t until there were under four minutes left in the game that they took control. During that time, Wichita State went on a 15-2 run to close out the win against UNC Asheville, 75-58.
“Guys understand that we need to shoot it (with) more than one (second) on the shot clock,” Mills said. “I thought there was way too much — the basketball being dribbled, and the ball wasn’t moving.”
At the 15:24-mark of the first half, junior guard Dre Kindell came off the bench and provided a much needed spark on both ends of the court. Within 20 seconds of entering the game, he scored on a crafty move to get by his defender for an easy layup.
Kindell, listed at 5-foot-11 and 168 pounds, played tenacious defense for 94 feet and knew when and where to make the right passes. He ended the game with 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting. More importantly, he made five assists to a single turnover.
“I thought Dre was the spark plug,” Mills said. “You could tell a big difference when he came in and the ball started moving. I thought there was energy with the ball.”
Wichita State opened up a nine-point lead a few times in the second half — 48-39, 50-41, 53-44 — but it never fully pulled away from the Bulldogs until that 15-2 onslaught.
Giles, who scored a game-high 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting, scored his final five during the run. A pair of free throws and a layup with 26 seconds left from Kindell sealed it.
“That’s a hard team to beat,” Giles said. “So I already knew it was going to take a lot for us to get a lead like that. To win by doubledigits like that, it just shows that we prevailed.”
Overall, and aside from the game-sealing run, rebounding was the biggest differentiator between the two halves. The Shockers were plus-one in the rebounding margin at the end of the first 20 minutes but managed to pull down 14 more boards during the second.
“I feel like it was just the energy and effort,” senior forward Karon Boyd said. Boyd, the Southern Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year a season ago at East Tennessee State, scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
“It was our goal that no one got punked on the glass, if we were going on the defensive glass, offensive. And rebounding wins championships, I always say that.”
The Sunflower
Small guards packed big punch in season opener
BY OWEN PROTHRO sports@thesunflower.com
They’re the smallest players on the court, but the hardest to ignore.
Guards Kenyon Giles and Dre Kindell stand 5-foot-10 and 5-foot-11, respectively. The average height of a Wichita State men’s basketball player is 6-foot-5.
But in a sport where length is an advantage, their game rises to the occasion. With every drive, steal and bucket, the Shockers’ tiny terrors rewrote what it means to man the backcourt by the end of Tuesday evening’s 75-58 win over UNC Asheville.
Giles, a preseason First Team All-American Conference member, started slow — just five points on 2-of-7 shooting in the first half — but like a boxer feeling out his opponent, he grew stronger as the game wore on. By the final round, he was throwing haymakers.
He finished with a gamehigh 20 points, hitting 8-of-16 shots from the field and finding multiple ways to score.
“He can go get his own,” head coach Paul Mills said. “That’s why he’s here.”
His signature moment came with 3:21 left in the second half when he caught the ball in the left corner on an inbound pass.
Two seconds. Two dribbles.
Shockers drop 100 points for first time since 2021 vs. PVAM
BY OWEN PROTHRO sports@thesunflower.com
The offense clicked. The defense was stout. And for 40 minutes Saturday evening, Wichita State’s basketball team put on a masterclass against Prairie View A&M.
Six Shockers scored in doubledigits during a 105-62 routing against the Panthers. It’s the first time they’ve eclipsed the century mark in a game since 2021.
Coincidentally, Prairie View A&M was the last team to suffer this kind of onslaught from a Wichita State team.
Within the first four minutes the Shockers jumped out to an 11-2 lead and dictated the tempo throughout. A 10-0 run to start the second half widened the gap to 63-38, effectively putting the game out of reach.
If I’m shooting it, I don’t care who’s in front of me, on the side of me I expect it to go in.”
KENYON GILES Senior, WSU men’s basketball “
A rise. A splash. A foul.
After sinking the free throw, the Shockers led 65-56. From that moment on, UNC Asheville couldn’t recover. The Bulldogs never got within that nine-point cushion Giles opened up.
How he made the shot was “short and simple,” as Giles put it. But with 7-foot-1 and 6-foot-7 defenders towering over him, it’s the kind of play that separates talent from the rest.
“I make those,” he said with a smile. “I couldn’t even lie to you and say, ‘Oh, I was surprised.’ If I’m shooting it, I don’t care who’s in front of me, on the side of me — I expect it to go in.”
While Giles delivered the knockout, Kindell kept Wichita State on its feet.
The Shockers made just two shots in the game’s first five minutes — too much dribbling, too many late-clock heaves. Then Kindell checked in and scored within 20 seconds, lighting a fire underneath the offense.
He played 24 minutes off the bench, dished five assists, turned the ball over just once, and added 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting. His presence was felt immediately.
“When Dre came in in the first half, that was a huge spark,” Mills said. “I thought the ball started moving. There was some execution on some sets that were able to get some opportunities and some buckets.”
That spark didn’t go unnoticed by his teammates. Senior forward Karon Boyd called Kindell’s entrance one of the game’s biggest turning points.
“Having him be a dog on the court,” Boyd said, “and really just (being) a pest. Then both of us bouncing off the same energy, it really makes it (hard) for the opposing team.”
Their energy wasn’t just felt on offense. Both guards brought heat defensively, too.
Kindell pressured the Bulldogs for 94 feet and erased his lone turnover with a steal during a 15-2 run at the end of the game. Giles added a game-high four steals to his box score total.
Even when matched against bigger opponents, they held their own. Mills thought they handled that pressure well.
Giles threw the final punch. Kindell kept the rhythm. In a game built for giants, the smallest players landed the biggest blows.
13-point halftime deficit sinks women’s basketball in first loss this season
BY EVAN TONG evantong3@gmail.com
Wichita State women’s basketball team fell into a 13-point hole at halftime and eventually lost, 55-42, against Northwestern State (La.). Its record dropped to 1-1 on the season in the team’s first game against a Division I opponent.
The Demons, on the other hand, bounced back after their brutal 103-46 loss against Nebraska, and rose their record to 1-1 after their win.
“This is not our team,” Shockers head coach Terry Nooner said. “This is not how we play. Our defense is good, and we got to get the offense fixed … (You) usually can’t win a game if you only make 15 shots in the whole game. That’s not a good formula for winning.”
The track meet Wichita State displayed in its season opener was a 180-degree turnaround on Thursday evening. Graduate guard Taya Davis showed frustration after graduate forward Treasure Thompson’s errant pass at the 7:52 mark in the first quarter.
“I just told her to calm down and just breathe, because she was moving a little too fast,” Davis said. “So I told her calm down because I didn’t want her to get in her head, so I just told her, ‘next play.’”
The Shockers were aggressive out of the gate, racking up four team fouls in the first four minutes of the first quarter. The early fouls were even felt on offense. Instead of driving
to the paint for efficient field goals, the Shockers racked up six charging fouls. Passes went awry, either creating turnovers or pushing open players out of position.
“The telling stat is five assists and 25 turnovers,” Nooner said. “We just couldn’t execute like we needed to execute on offense.”
Wichita State’s defense even fell victim to a 3-point massacre by NW State. The Demons hit 8-of-24 attempts from deep for the game.
Graduate forward Sophie Benharouga provided the muchneeded defense in the post, while also showing up on offense. In 19 minutes off the bench, she scored five points but was busy on the glass, tallying a team-high nine rebounds, but the early mistakes were too much to overcome.
“She’s a good player,” Nooner said. “She played almost 20 minutes. We’ll get her to play more. I mean, we (were) happy
with her.”
Despite holding the Demons to a 32.3% shooting percentage, Wichita State hit an abysmal 25.9% of its shots. NW State’s sophomore forward Vernell Atamah made her shots count, scoring a game-high 25 points and hitting 7-of-12 shots from 3-point range.
“We want to be shooting in the high 40s,” Nooner said. “We needed to make another 15 shots that we would normally make.”
The stalled offense of WSU barely created any trips to the charity stripe, shooting just 10 free throws for the game.
“We just (have) to continue to evaluate the team,” Nooner said. “The whole structure of the team, how we want to start, having energy off the bench … You want to make sure you have great energy off the bench, also.” Next up, Wichita State hits the road to play Western Kentucky on Thurdsday at 6:30 p.m.
Much of that dominance stemmed from exploiting Prairie View’s aggressive style, a focal point in Wichita State’s game plan. The Panthers entered the game averaging 16.5 steals. The Shockers attacked downhill early, earning 41 free throws and converting 31 of them.
“We knew that they were really disruptive on the ball,” redshirt freshman forward TJ Williams said. “So just coming in, taking care of the ball, getting downhill knowing that these guys don’t really help on defense. It was going to be a lot of backdoor cutting, a lot of rebounding opportunities.
“We took full advantage of it early.”
Williams finished the game with his first collegiate double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. The Wichita native made all 10 of his shots at the charity stripe.
By halftime, the Shockers had built a 17-point lead, 53-36. They outrebounded Prairie View A&M 20-10 and never trailed during the first 20 minutes — in fact, the Panthers never led at any point in the game.
Senior guard Kenyon Giles set the tone early, draining five first-half 3-pointers en route to 15 points by the break. Redshirt junior center Will Berg added 10 points on perfect shooting, going 3-of-3 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line.
Despite the hot start, Wichita State wasn’t flawless. The Panthers’ press defense caused problems, leading to eight first-half turnovers — most of them direct results of pressure looks.
“To be honest, we’re up 17 at halftime, and it feels like you’re down 10,” head coach Paul Mills said. “I just didn’t think we were sharp.”
That changed after the break. Wichita State cleaned up its ballhandling, committing just two turnovers in the second half while forcing 12 from Prairie View A&M.
“You’re going to have a few hiccups,” Giles said. “We had a few and we fixed it right there. We just have to keep playing through that. And it helped — we used that pressure against them.”
The Shockers finished with 42 points in the paint, matching their total from the season opener. They also dished out 15 assists on 32 made field goals, a testament to crisp ball movement.
From beyond the arc, Wichita State was equally efficient, hitting 10 threes at a 54.5% clip — a feat they accomplished only twice all of last season.
“We could, for sure, (have) room to improve,” Giles said. “But I feel like this was a good night. I feel like we shared the ball at an elite level today. Hopefully we can keep it like that. We’re not going to score 100 every game, but we should share the ball like that every game.”
With two wins to open the season, the Shockers are building early momentum under Mills in his third year at the helm. Their next test comes Thursday, Nov. 13, against Loyola Chicago — a familiar foe from their Missouri Valley Conference days — at 6:30 p.m. in Koch Arena.
“It’s hard to nitpick after a 43-point win,” Mills said.
Senior guard Kenyon Giles (1) pump fakes his defender on Nov. 4. Giles is listed at 5-foot-10. Photo by Ananda Smith /
Wichita State graduate guard Jaila Harding (4) drives against a Demons defender on Nov. 6. The Shockers lost, 55-42. Photo by Mack Smith / The Sunflower
Senior Karon Boyd (0) slams down a dunk past the UNC Asheville defense on Nov. 4. Boyd grabbed 10 rebounds and scored 11 points during the game. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
FRUSTRATED
Once upon a time, fans across the Greater Wichita area — especially Wichita State students — could flip on a local TV channel and catch the Shockers playing live inside Charles Koch Arena. The voices of local legends like Mike Kennedy filled living rooms, and the games were accessible to nearly everyone. But that changed in 2019, when a new broadcast deal took effect for the 2020-21 season. Since then, most WSU basketball games have aired exclusively on ESPN+, a streaming service that costs $12.99 a month or $129.99 per year. For those who want access to additional ESPN channels, the ESPN Unlimited bundle runs even higher — $29.99 monthly or $299.99 annually. While these prices might seem fair to sports enthusiasts who also follow the Professional Golfers’ Association, National Hockey League, The
Ultimate Fighting Championship or top-tier soccer leagues, they place an unnecessary burden on college students who just want to support their school’s basketball team.
Today, if students can’t attend a home game in person, their alternatives are limited. They can go to a local sports bar, but that often means spending more than $30 on food and drinks just to watch a game that used to be free on TV.
A student ticket to Koch Arena is a free option, but for away games, students are out of luck — ESPN+ is the only option.
There are some pros to the new arrangement. ESPN+ provides a convenient streaming option that allows Shocker fans to watch from anywhere in the country. It also gives WSU broader national visibility through the network’s extensive college sports coverage. For dedicated sports fans, the subscription can be worth the cost.
However, the cons far outweigh the benefits for the average student.
The lack of a student discount is a glaring oversight, especially considering that student tuition
and fees already help fund the athletic department. Partnering with UniDays or another student discount platform would be a simple way to show appreciation for student support. Additionally, the broadcast quality on ESPN+ can be inconsistent, with some games streamed in low resolution. It’s frustrating to pay for a service only to get pixelated footage that resembles “Minecraft”— something that never happened when the games were broadcast locally.
Most importantly, the move to ESPN+ disconnected the community from the familiar local coverage that built the Shocker brand. Wichita fans lost not only the free access but also the personal touch of hometown commentary and production. While radio listeners can still hear Kennedy’s play-by-play, it’s not quite the same as seeing the game on screen.
At the end of the day, ESPN+ does give fans a platform to cheer on Shocker athletes — and for that, there’s gratitude. But accessibility shouldn’t come with a price tag that shuts out the very students who fill
the stands and fuel school spirit. If Wichita State University and ESPN truly value student engagement, they should prioritize making it easier — not harder — for students to watch their teams. According to Sports Business Daily, the American Conference’s media rights deal with ESPN is worth nearly $1 billion over 12 years, averaging $83.3 million per year — about four times more than the previous agreement. That boost provides each membering
school, including Wichita State, with roughly $6.94 million annually, an increase of nearly $5 million per school. With that kind of financial gain, it’s only fair that some of those profits be used to ensure students can access ESPN+ coverage without additional cost. If Wichita State truly believes in fostering community and pride among its student body, then supporting the Shockers shouldn’t be treated as a luxury — it should be a right.
Scooters diminish the campus experience for everyone involved
I often see many students around campus riding scooters. Sometimes they’re electrical, other times manual, but always mildly irritating. While I am not one to knock a hobby or finding a creative mode of transportation, I think a lot of these scooter riders could benefit from a better sense of direction and
knowing the rules of the road. Too often, I see students walking on campus having to duck and dodge due to an oncoming scooter flying down the sidewalk in their direction. I believe it is common knowledge to people who are familiar with American road laws that you should walk, or ride in this case, on the right side of the road, or path. However, I have noticed that scooter riders prefer to make their own road laws and ride in an S-shaped kind of pattern, leaving pedestrians scrambling to move out of the way.
I think a lot of these scooter riders could benefit from a better sense of direction and knowing the rules of the road.”
SALLAZ The Sunflower Reporter
Additionally, I believe that walking to and from your on-campus classes is a great way to teach yourself time management skills and get some great exercise in. When you are able to zoom on a scooter from class to class, you will
more than likely wait until the last possible moment to arrive, creating a false idea that it is quicker to go from class to class on time than it actually is.
Walking the campus is a great way to actually take in your
surroundings and enjoy having the on-campus experience. Wichita State is home to many historic buildings and many beautiful sculptures. It’s also never a bad idea to get your steps in. Walking increases your endorphins and serotonin, improving your mood and overall well-being.
Next time you think about taking your scooter for a ride, take this opportunity to not only be a better campus citizen but also slow down a bit and improve your own experience on campus.
An ESPN videographer films the Wichita State vs. Prairie A&M game underneath the basket on Saturday. The Shockers won 105-62. Photos by Ellery Prothro / The Sunflower
Students watching Shocker basketball isn’t a luxury
An ESPN videographer films the Wichita State basketball game against Prairie View A&M.
ARTS & CULTURE
‘BEST OF BOTH WORLDS’ Campus Greeks compete in Songfest
BY AIRIANNA SALLAZ airiannarsallaz@outlook.com
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity took home first place in this year’s Songfest, a competition hosted by Student Engagement and Belonging, in which student organizations participate in a lip sync battle. Each year brings a new theme for Songfest, and this year was “The Best of Both Worlds.”
The theme for Sigma Phi Epsilon’s routine theme was “Latin Hip Hop vs. American Hip Hop.”
“I remember when I did Songfest back in the day and it was always a culmination of weeks of hard work,” said Fraternity and
Sorority Life coordinator Nate DeGraffenreid. “That’s the stuff you don’t get to see – is what they do behind the scenes, the nights of practices, the bonding, the sisterhood, the brotherhood that they all built together. And then you get to see that play out on the big stage. It’s just one of those core college memories that they’ll always remember.” Teams in first, second and third place won $250, $500 and $1000, respectively. “It feels great to win,”
The place doesn’t matter. It’s the memories that matter.”
CARLEY REED Gamma Phi Beta member
and our other Songfest director, Brooklyn, choreographed and had so much fun doing it. This is my fourth year doing Songfest and I am just so happy that we placed.”
Delta Gamma sorority took second place with their performance, “Britney Spears vs. Justin Timberlake,” followed by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity with “Hip Hop vs. Pop.”
Sigma Phi Epsilon member Samuel Hamilton said. “The process was gritty. A lot of long nights in the basement, working hard. We have our philanthropy event coming up, Chili Feed. We’ll use (the award money) for that.”
“It was so fun,” said Abby Allen, a member of Delta Gamma. “Me
Carley Reed, a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, said, “I’ve been a dancer since I was three, and this is kind of a way to channel my inner dancer. We do it every year. The place doesn’t matter. It’s the memories that matter.”
Editor’s Note: Airianna Sallaz is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. Independent editors were a part of the review process.
Artist couple finds collaboration despite different mediums
BY MALEAH EVANS arts@thesunflower.com
In late October, John and Connie Ernatt re-opened their shared gallery space, showcasing their work, including a new project –their first collaborative project in their 25 years of marriage.
It’s a series of 14 pillars, made with a combination of brass work by Connie, and painting, done by John.
Despite working with different mediums, the couple found a way to bring their skills together.
“We started with a premise of having these really tall skinny (pillars) … we started with all the same format, but each of them is very different from each other,” Connie said.
John said that the death of the family member who first introduced him to art felt like it was a sign to collaborate with Connie. For him, the project is a response to that loss.
“My uncle Michael … was the person that was my original introduction to the artwork and all the joys,” John said. “I didn’t really feel like working alone, and I thought it’d be more fun working with Connie.”
The pillar set has a motif of monkeys and chimpanzees, but each is different and unique. They offer a
blend of abstract art and humor.
The monkey motif comes from Connie’s time volunteering and doing commissioned work for the Sedgwick County Zoo.
“I was asked to do the big portrait of their big chimpanzee, Marbles, and so I spent a lot of time with him,” she said. “I was really blown away by how human he was … like a primitive human.
“Animals are so timeless … they could represent all of humanity as primitive humans … no race, no gender, just a chimp.”
Connie’s part of the project, brass work, is a medium she’s been working with for years. Connie said that she originally began in ceramics, but switched to brass for a simple reason.
“I didn’t like how the ceramic would break … I would spend a lot of time doing all these little details and then it would break,” she said. “I started experimenting with bronze, and I really liked it, how strong it was, and I like the finishes I could get.”
Other pieces Connie has designed are the Riverside troll by Exploration Place, the WuShock statue outside WSU’s campus YMCA and the Sedgwick County Law Enforcement Memorial.
They all start with a found object, and so the inspiration comes from the found object ... it’s an assemblage of stuff that I collect.”
CONNIE ERNATT The Diver co-owner
Connie’s individual pieces all tell a story, and they all have their own unique start.
“They all start with a found object, and so the inspiration comes from the found object … it’s an assemblage of stuff that I collect,” she said.
One of her pieces started with her finding and collecting nut carvings, so she started with the idea of a nut salesman, but then kept finding baskets and he became a basket salesman.
“He’s like a little nomadic basket salesman,” she said. “Every piece kind of has a little narrative or story that kind of goes to it.”
John, in contrast to Connie’s brass sculptures, works with paints and canvases, and he said that his process doesn’t always start with a plan or story.
“I might have a real small idea about where I want to go, and that might be like a color or sort of a
more obscure idea,” he said. “I’ll just start drawing, sit back and see where (it goes) … It’s kind of just, I want to say a call and response sort of thing, which is a little corny but that’s kind of the way I work.”
John is a co-founder of Fisch Haus on Commerce Street, a multi-disciplinary art facility that he opened in 1990, along with Patrick Duegaw, Eric Schmidt and Kent Williams. He also designed the large brass sculpture, “The Attendant, 1923” in Botanica.
The Ernatts originally opened their gallery, The Diver, at 424 S. Commerce, in 2006 but closed it for renovations during the COVID pandemic.
The couple’s column collection, titled “The Collaboratives”, will be on display at The Diver through the new year.
Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity celebrate after winning Songfest. The fraternity was awarded a new trophy and one that had been passed from winner to winner. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
Members of Delta Delta Delta hit the final pose of their performance. Their theme was “Pop vs. Rock.”
Photo by Airianna Sallaz / The Sunflower
Delta Gamma sorority members celebrate coming in second place at Songfest. 10 groups competed at the event. Photo by Zachary Ruth/ The Sunflower
Members of Gammi Phi Beta hit their final pose. Gamma Phi Betas theme was “Kesha vs. Pitbull.”
Photo by Airianna Sallaz / The Sunflower
CULTURAL BEADWORKING
Artist Molly Murphy Adams teaches sculptural beadwork to attendees at the Ulrich Museum of Art
Upcoming performance of ‘Company’ embraces tension between independence and connections
BY MALEAH EVANS arts@thesunflower.com
Wichita State’s School of Performing Arts is putting on a production of “Company,” a Stephen Sondheim musical and book by George Furth.
The musical, whose first run was in 1970 on Broadway, explores contemporary dating, marriage and divorce on stage. Most notably, it is a famous example of a concept musical, lacking a linear plot.
It follows the main character
Bobby and his interactions with his married friends as they throw him a party for his birthday.
Gabe Almodovar, who is studying performing arts, is playing the role of Bobby, and this is his second role at Wichita State.
He previously played Orcus in last year’s Empty Space production of “She Kills Monsters.”
Kaete Mokrynski, a senior studying performing arts, dance and music theatre, is playing Joanne in the production. She previously had credits in the
Wichita State production of “Spring Awakening.”
Lexye Collins plays Amy.
This production is her third at Wichita State after Young Jane in “Express” and Thea in “Spring Awakening.” She is studying music theatre with a minor in entrepreneurship. Throughout the musical audiences see Bobby in various stages of his life, in nonchronological order, visiting his friends or on a date.
Jacob McGlaun is the director
of Wichita State performances, and an assistant professor of musical theatre at the university.
“We’ve all felt the tension between wanting independence and craving connection, between the comfort of routine and the fear of being alone,” McGlaun wrote on the show’s webpage. Tickets can be bought online, or at the box office in Duerksen.
At Welshacher Theatre n Nov. 12-16 at 7:30 p.m.
n Nov. 15-16 at 2 p.m.
n The Nov. 15 afternoon performance will have American Sign Language interpreters
Tickets
Students receive one free ticket with their student ID. After they are:
n $20 for adults
n $18 for military, senior and faculty
n $12 for children and students
Attendees focus on threading their needles at the beadworking class on Nov. 6. The class was focused on the lane style of beadworking, and led by Native American beadworker Molly Murphy Adams.
Molly Murphy Adams gives a demonstration and explains the process of beadworking to a room of attendees on Nov. 6 in the Ulrich Museum of Art. She led the event with a beadworking demonstration and presentation about the history and cultural significance of beadworking. Photos by Maleah Evans / The Sunflower
An attendee holds pieces of beadwork that were passed around before the demonstration started. The demonstration was over the lane beadwork style.
Pow-wow regalia that Molly Murphy Adams wears when performing. The piece was passed around, with others, to show attendees examples of beadwork before the demonstration started.
Rachelle Meinecke, the director of the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology looks at the pattern provided. The beadworking class was held in the Ulrich Museum of Art and led by Molly Murphy Adams on Nov. 6.
An attendee works on her beadworking piece in the class. Attendees were making one-fourteenth of a border pattern on a pair of moccasins.
STARTING STRONG
Shocker basketball teams begin the season with 3-1 record
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
The men’s basketball team celebrate after
season. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
Sophomore Dillon Battie (8) jumps over a defender for
layup in the third quarter. Battie finished his first game as
shocker with six points. Photo by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower
Graduate student Bre’Yon White (12) goes for a shot on the basket on Nov. 3. White is one of eight graduate students on the women’s basketball team this season. Photo by Garima Thapa / The Sunflower