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THE STAFF EDITORIAL

Editor in Chief Matthew Kelly Digital Managing Editor Andrew Linnabary Visual Managing Editor Madeline Deabler News Editor Jenna Farhat Projects/Assistant News Editor Daniel Caudill Culture Editor John Darr Sports Editor Evan Pflugradt Multimedia Sports Editor Aliyah Funschelle Photo Editor Selena Favela Assistant/Sports Photo Editor Joseph Barringhaus

ADVERTISING

Advertising Manager Kylie Cameron

We promise another year of seeking truth, providing forum Welcome to Wichita State. If you’re new, here’s the rundown.

WSU is on a mission to redefine higher education by championing the ideals of public-private partnership, applied learning, and community engagement. The Sunflower, WSU’s independent student newspaper since 1896, is here to present the facts, hold authority accountable, and provide a forum for discussion in the WSU community.

I walked into the Sunflower newsroom as a freshman with a backpack, a resume, and very few expectations. I was looking for a job. What I found was a passion.

Now I’m editor in chief.

One of my goals for this year is to not spend too much time reporting on The Sunflower. Last year, that wasn’t an option.

Threats to our funding — which coincided with award-winning investigative coverage — dominated the back half of the spring semester. It was deeply rewarding and humbling to have the community rally in support of The Sunflower.

But we’re not here to report on

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Send letters to the editor to editor@thesunflower.com or submit at thesunflower.com. Please keep letters to 400 words or less. All letters are edited for clarity and length. Please include your name, WSU affiliation and a phone number for verification purposes.

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us. We’re here to report on you and for you.

Sure, it looks great for The Sunflower when we raise hell and prompt the state legislature to make student fees deliberations public, but shouldn’t students have the peace of mind of knowing they attend a university where information is readily available — not withheld, redacted, or hidden behind a closed door?

They should. It’s time for some preemptive transparency.

This year needs to be different.

The new university website has a Public Information page with an open records log. I would

encourage you to make use of it. I know I will.

Who knows? You might have what it takes to join the Sunflower staff. But even if you don’t feel like venturing down to the basement of Elliott Hall, we want to hear your voice.

Find something you care about and take a stand. Write a letter to the editor. Comment on a story.

Don’t keep it to yourself.

Starting this year, you’ll have another option. The Sunflower is picking up an opinion line, a feature The Wichita Eagle dropped last month after 24 years. If you have an opinion — 40 words or less — submit it anonymously on The Sunflower’s website. You just might see it in the paper.

I want to be clear — the Sunflower Opinion Line won’t be a forum for gossip or slander.

I want to feel the pulse of the WSU community. Be creative. Be original. Take a stand.

I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve the WSU community as editor in chief of The Sunflower. I’ve always loved this school.

When I was little, it was an uncomplicated love — the kind of love that meant half my wardrobe was black and gold. I imagined bouncing a super ball from the third floor of the McKnight atrium while my dad installed art shows for his MFA. I cried when the Shocker baseball team fell a game short of making the College World Series in 2008.

My two years at The Sunflower have endowed me with a healthy dose of skepticism. I no longer accept things at face value. That doesn’t mean I love WSU any less.

There’s more to love than blind loyalty. I’ve learned that, to really love this school, you have to fight for it. You have to make it a better place. That’s what I hope to do this year as editor.

Please reach out to me at editor@ thesunflower.com if you think there’s something I need to know about. I’ll always listen.

A letter from WSU President John Bardo

ADVISING

Faculty Adviser Amy DeVault

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Hello, Shockers, welcome to fall semester. Whether you’re a recently graduated high school senior or a senior citizen enrolled to broaden your knowledge, we’re glad to have you here.

Our campus is a dynamic environment, meaning that change is always part of it.

Some of those changes are visible, like new streets signs and crosswalks, another new residence hall going up near The Flats, Freddy’s and

JOHN BARDO

WSU PRESIDENT Panda Express coming to the Rhatigan Student Center,

fountains and firepots in the lake near Braeburn Square and a new name for the College of Education, which is now the College of Applied Studies There’s also a new Wichita. edu website and plans are well underway for a new YMCA and Student Wellness Center.

Other changes will be more felt than seen. WSU is actively pursuing its mission of becoming internationally recognized for applied learning and research.

The top goal in our Strategic

Plan is to “guarantee an applied learning or research experience for every student by each academic program.” We think that’s important to the future of our students, city and state.

My goals for each of you this year are the same ones I set for myself: learn a lot, grow as person, help others and have fun.

Today, and every day, is a great day to be a Shocker!

Our Mission

The Sunflower — both in print and online — will be a timely resource of information about the Wichita State University community. It will report on news, issues, activities, academics and athletics, in addition to offering a forum for discussion, reviews and commentary. It will also be an effective learnig experience for students, who will have the final authority over what is published.

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The Sunflower (published for use by WSU students, faculty and staff) is private property and unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable. One copy may be taken for free. Additional copies must be purchased for $1 each. The Sunflower is also partially funded by the Student Government Association at WSU. The opinions expressed in The Sunflower editorials, columns, guest columns, reviews, advertisements, letters and editorial cartoons are not necessarily those of the staff, publications board, student body or university. The Sunflower reserves the right to edit or reject any submission. We also reserve the right to edit or reject any advertisement.

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WSU police: Everyone is welcome and everyone plays a part Dear Students, Welcome back to WSU, perhaps for the first time! Your WSU Police Department has two primary goals: One, providing quality law enforcement services; and two, helping you enhance your educational experience through guidance and support whenever possible.

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both on and off campus. Users can create a profile, and invite family and friends to their safety network. The app provides instant access to resources — including contacting us directly or even sending anonymous tips via direct link to us or Crime Stoppers!

Just search “rave app” at Wichita. edu. You can also sign up for the ShockerAlert System to text you safety alerts in “real time.”

Which, by the way, the Rave Guardian app is linked to that alert system as well.

Look us up on the university website, Wichita.edu/services/ police. Lots of good information

on Active Threats on Campus.

Currently we are working on a scenario based Active threat training that we hope to have rolled out during the fall semester — so look for that announcement.

A new program we are excited to start offering for the first time this semester: Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) training for women. Two classes are already scheduled. Again, welcome and savor your experience of being on campus.

We are one community — we can’t do this alone. We encourage you to “see something, say something.” In the words of Sir Robert Peel, “The police are the public and the public are the police. The police being the only members of the public that are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen, in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

On behalf of the men and women of the WSU Police Department, Interim Chief Bob Hinshaw.

A letter from the student body president

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to help keep you safe and informed. Some examples of information you will find on the police website include: daily crime log, university emergencies, identity theft, domestic violence, tips on personal safety, and more. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @WichitaStatePD. While we have an extremely safe campus (check out the statistics on the police website), we firmly believe in being prepared and responsive to you, our community. For that reason, we offer safety escorts. Leaving a night class or other activity? You can call us and we will send an officer to escort you from your on-campus location to where your car is, or housing. We also can jump start your car (really nice in winter) if the battery goes out on you.

With your safety as our priority, we welcome invitations to come speak to any groups about any topic where the police and the community intertwine. One example we have is a presentation

Shockernation, I’m a student, and, like many of you, I’ve been one for some time now. Many of you are the first in your families to take your academia this far. Many of you are traversing the seas and putting your best foot forward on foreign land. Many of you are buttressed by scholarships or part-time jobs. No matter what challenges you may face as newly made or outgoing Shockers, as a fellow student, I offer you two things: a welcome and challenge.

Welcome to the paragon of Fairmount, the place of possibility and fruition, where the classroom and real world collide.

Unlike many other universities, Wichita State is not an institution that expects greatness of its

KENON BRINKLEY SGA PRESIDENT

students, but rather invests in the development of their withstanding greatness. At Wichita State, we the students are not the product. We are the project. We are the infrastructure, and the application of your potential is all that’s needed to succeed. At WSU, you may feel you represent your family, or your hardship, or

your respective community. Be that as it may, most importantly you represent yourself, and the challenge therein is one we all share as Shockers.

I challenge you to surprise yourself. Every collegiate experience is bound to be different, and wonderfully so, but the common denominator should and always will be transformation. No matter what you seek to do, or who you are, or where you’ve come from, there is a home for you on this campus that will stretch and grow you beyond your expectations.

As your student body president, my task is not so much to lead, but rather empower your own grip on the reigns of your college experience. Apply for that scholarship. Go to that informational. Organize at that rally. Rave

at that party. Wake up early to attend that Friday study group.

What you have to offer and the legacy you will leave is completely dependent on the extra miles you are willing to walk.

As a fellow student, I could not be more proud of the vibrant growth of this community — this Shockernation, and I am eager to stretch and grow along with you as a result of your active presence. Allow me congratulate you in advance on your success, and endorse the new heights thereafter.

Plus Ultra, Kenon Brinkley WSU Student Body President

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Overcoming adversity After his mother’s death, freshman finds healing in helping others

BY DANIEL CAUDILL

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eaders, like the rest of us, face adversity. But how do you lead while facing the most difficult loss of your life?

Incoming freshman Ngoc Leaders, like the rest of us, face adversity. But how do you lead while facing the most difficult loss of your life?

Incoming freshman Ngoc Vuong found the solution by helping others overcome their own struggles.

The night after Vuong’s sophomore year homecoming at Wichita South High, he was at temple with his family when his mother suddenly collapsed. She was admitted to the hospital, where doctors soon discovered she had suffered a brain aneurysm.

“We didn’t get much sleep,” Vuong said. “We were just kind of waiting to hear some good news, but good news never came.”

As Vuong’s family waited in a private room, the doctors updated the family on his mom’s chance of survival. Forty percent.

Twenty percent. Ten percent.

Eventually, zero.

She died Sept. 28, 2015 at 4:24 p.m.

“Even now, every time it’s 4:24 p.m., I just look back and think of what happened,” Vuong said.

Vuong graduated this spring from South, where he served as student body president his junior and senior years and was a member of the leadership advisory council for all four years. His passion for leadership took root when he was in middle school.

“A lot of my teachers noticed this passion I had for politics, and some of them even dubbed me a ‘future president,’” Vuong said.

“Politician can have a negative connotation to it, but I kind of saw myself as a leader in my community — a statesman, if you will.”

As a first-generation Vietnamese-American, Vuong said

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A family tragedy prompted freshman Ngoc Vuong to form ICTeens in Mind, a citywide organization that supports youth affected by mental illness and promotes student-led awareness initiatives.

a strong sense of cultural pride taught him about his own identity and shaped his view of others.

“We were kind of just expected to speak Vietnamese at home as a way of preserving such a significant part of the culture,” Vuong said. “Being acclimated in that kind of environment made me appreciate who I am and where I come from.”

After his mother’s death, Vuong was in a state of disbelief and confusion.

“If there was anyone who cultivated my leadership and my passion for helping others, it was definitely my mom,” Vuong said.

Vuong recalled his mother telling him as a child, “I’m not sure if I’m going to live that long to see you grow, but I have complete faith that you’re gonna do a lot of good for this community.”

In spite of his own grieving, Vuong eventually realized he could help others who had also

shocker street speak What advice would you give incoming freshmen?

“Do everything ahead of time. . . But also have fun in school because otherwise you’ll hate life.” ­­- Dimitri McCaffery, senior, nursing

“Make a lot of friends in all your classes. . . They can help you out with sending notes or be a study buddy.” ­­-Christal Bach, junior, strategic communication “Check out Handshake.

It’s a website where every company, local, national, posts opportunities for jobs and internships.” ­­- Jose Nepius, sophomore, pre-med “I regret not getting as involved, besides working on campus. You have to get involved or you’re not going to enjoy your time as much.” ­­- Spencer Buchanan, sophomore, exercise science

“IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO CULTIVATED MY LEADERSHIP AND MY PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS, IT WAS DEFINITELY MY MOM.” ­—NGOC VUONG, INCOMING FRESHMAN

faced tremendous obstacles early in life.

As a junior in high school, Vuong’s continued his work with the leadership advisory council under a new position: mental health chair. Through that role, he developed a campaign to destigmatize mental illness and promote dialogue about mental health.

“There’s countless other people in this situation after a loss,” Vuong said. “Sometimes they’re not fortunate enough to have a close support group that cares about them.”

Vuong hosted seminars with

the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), presentations with former Student Body President Joseph Shepard and WSU graduate Tracia Banuelos, as well as a student-focused talent display called the Hope Show.

Orchestrating the campaign inspired Vuong to form ICTeens in Mind, a citywide organization that supports youth affected by mental illness and promotes student-led awareness initiatives.

Courtney Bell, career and college counselor at South High, serves as the staff sponsor for the leadership advisory council.

She described Vuong’s growth as a leader.

“When he first joined (the leadership advisory council) as a freshman, he was actually, believe it or not, a pretty quiet, shy guy,” Bell said. “Intelligent, but just kind of weary about being outspoken or finding his place.”

Bell said that, over time, she

saw Vuong’s involvement in the community expand through leadership roles in his school and city — including the Mayor’s Youth Council.

“Before (ICTeens in Mind), he wanted to make a positive difference in our community and our school, so he would get involved with everything,” Bell said. “His focus was really broad, and then after his mom died, it really narrowed to his own depression, how he felt after that, and how he recovered.”

For their mental health efforts, ICTeens in Mind received two $1,000 grants from the Wichita Community Foundation.

“The truth is, a lot of our teenagers go through a tremendous amount of adversity, whether we like to think so or not,” Vuong said. “Everyone needs a little help sometimes. Sometimes that’s me, sometimes that’s someone else.”

Vuong was recently appointed as a community mobilizer for the Partners of Wichita.

He said the next goal for the group is to become integrated under the non-profit organization through their Safe Streets coalition.

“During my senior year, one of the biggest things I wanted to do was turn (ICTeens in Mind) into a nonprofit,” Vuong said. “(Partners for Wichita) definitely saw a lot of potential with ICTeens in Mind.”

Vuong will join the WSU honors college as a Lenora McGregor scholar. He also received the Aaron Joel Smith Youth Volunteer Scholarship from United Way and a scholarship from the Head Start Foundation.

“Winning the scholarships wasn’t about bragging about it,” Vuong said. “It was kind of like showing it to my mom.”

As a psychology major at Wichita State, Vuong said he hopes to get involved with the student mental health organizations on campus and to someday be involved with Student Government Association.

“This is where I am now. Even though [my mom] isn’t here now, I’ve applied what I’ve felt from this experience to try to better myself.”

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LAS Dean Andrew Hippisley admires Eck Stadium from the outfield. Hippisley is a “huge” baseball fan because the sport embraces failure.

New LAS dean embraces positive risk-taking

BY ANDREW LINNABARY

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ndrew Hippisley — the new dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences, replacing Ron Matson — wants students to live a little on the wild side. He wants to see students take risks, he said.

By taking risks, he said, you might find something you love.

Hippisley talks about his now teenage son, Max, when he brings up positive risk-taking.

“We were heading out for dinner one night, and all he wanted was a cheeseburger. We were about to go into Five Guys — his favorite place — and we saw this little sign saying ‘Kim Chi, Korean restaurant, open.’

“I said, ‘Let’s go there,’ and Max said, ‘I don’t want to do it.’”

So Hippisley and his wife told Max to live on the wild side. Then they dragged him into Kim Chi. “He had no idea what to do, so we ordered him a bibimbap,” Hippisley said. “And he was in complete heaven eating this dish. He said, ‘This is my most favorite thing I’ve ever had.’”

“What happened was, by taking a risk, he found out who he was. So with four years at a university, if students can just take a risk, they may discover something about themselves that they never knew was there.”

Hippisley remembers his own risk taking when he was in college. One of the universities he attended was on a river.

So — because the opportunity was there — Hippisley joined the rowing team.

“Do something because your school has it,” Hippisley said. “Do a course because it’s there. Something like the anatomy of the brain. Or something in fine arts. Or something in

“EVERYBODY SAYS ‘FIND YOUR PEOPLE.’ I SAY FIND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT YOUR PEOPLE. SIT AT A TABLE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOTHING LIKE YOU.” ­—ANDREW HIPPISLEY, LAS DEAN

computer science. If it’s there, do it.”

College is an opportunity to step out of your comfort zone, Hippisley said, so don’t surround yourself exclusively with like-minded people. That won’t lead to any new ideas or growth.

“Everybody says ‘find your people,’” Hippisley said. “I say find those people who are not your people. Sit at a table with people who are nothing like you.”

Humans are very tribal, Hippisley said.

Tribe members are very loyal their tribes, he said, but shy away from embracing different opinions or ideas.

“One of the saddest things to me about universities is how students tend to get into tribes. It’s all of this, ‘I’m a firm believer in “x,” so let’s find people who also believe in “x,” and let’s all meet on a Thursday and tell each other we believe in “x.”’ Is that interesting? No. So break out of the tribe and find other people.”

College, Hippisley said, is a kind of training ground for positive risk taking.

“If you do not train yourself to take risks, you will not be a risk taker,” Hippisley said.

Maybe that’s why he’s such a big baseball fan. Though he was raised in Scotland, where cricket reigns supreme, Hippisley became a big baseball fan after spending time in the States. Why? Because baseball embraces failure.

“You strike out, then you go to the dugout, and then you get another chance to bat,” Hippisley said. “Now, in cricket, once you’ve batted and you’re out, you have to wait two days to get to hit again.

But in baseball, swing, try, sometimes you connect, sometimes you don’t. Work out what went wrong, take another risk, and try again.”

It was fitting, then, that one of the first things that impressed Hippisley at Wichita State was Eck Stadium. No pressure on the players, he said, but he will be going to many of the games — so hopefully the team does some amazing things, he said.

“The noises, the mits, the dust flying up … I just love it,” Hippisley said.

When Hippisley arrived on campus in May, the red tulips were in bloom, the weather was warm, and Hippisley was treated to a tour of the campus while seated on the back of a “buggy,” he said — a service cart.

One of the first things on campus he noticed was a particular statue — the Reclining Figure outside Ablah Library.

“One of the students was driving me (around campus), and I thought I saw a Henry Moore sculpture,” Hippisley said. “I thought, ‘It just can’t be a Henry Moore,’ so I said, ‘Go over there, please! I think it’s a Henry Moore!’ So she put her foot on the accelerator, and there it was.”

Hippisley has already fallen in love with the older part of campus, he said.

“It’s quiet, it’s shady, you can gather your thoughts.”

And while he hasn’t fully explored Wichita yet, he’s already seen some of the sights, including the Keeper of the Plains.

But one of the most impressive things he has seen, he said, is something most Wichitans probably don’t think too much

about.

“I really love those grain elevator silos,” Hippisley said. “Those great, big hulking buildings … I’ve never seen anything like that. They’re scary. I like that though. It’s unique.”

Hippisley was drawn to Wichita State, he said, because of its location in a city. Many state universities are “in the middle of nowhere,” he said. He compared Wichita to his former school, the University of Kentucky, where he served as the chair of linguistics.

“You could connect to the community, you could have a relationship with the mayor,” Hippisley said. “There were challenges, too, of course. So I think there are all sorts of opportunities for the university to be a partner with the city, but also for the city to provide really great hands-on opportunities for the students.”

Everyone on WSU’s campus is so close together, Hippisley said, that he’s hopeful for “a lot of collaboration between disciplines.”

“I’m a real believer in the idea that, yes, there’s a department of anthropology, but there’s a particular problem that needs an anthropologist, a psychologist and someone from women’s studies to solve it,” Hippisley said.

If students and faculty are willing to embrace something different, and maybe partner with someone from a part of the university that they’ve never interacted with before, more problems will be solved, and more of us will be more closely connected, he said.

“America is the country of risk taking.

I really do believe that universities have got to teach students that that is a good thing to do. If you fail now and then, that is not a disaster. You tried, and you took a risk.”

Combat to campus: SGA veteran senator impacts campus life

BY LARISSA LAWRIE

Veterans who go back to school have lived — a life defined by obligation, responsibility, and often death. For Student Government Association Veteran Senator Michael Bearth, his military life was structured around routine, leadership, and service. But so is his academic life.

Bearth is just one of nearly 1,000 veterans and their dependents involved in campus organizations and leadership roles across Wichita State. The addition of the veteran senator position to student government during the 59th SGA session is an example of increased veteran involvement on campus.

Bearth was appointed in the 60th session by former Student Government President Paige Hungate and again in the 61st session by current President Kenon Brinkley. The veterans senator position for the 62nd session will be elected by the student body during the spring semester.

Bearth, who originally dropped out of college to join the Marines, said he sees his returning college experience as an opportunity to give back.

As a senator, Bearth said he works with administration to develop protocols to protect veteran personal information from accidental release. In addition to SGA, he’s involved in the Student Veterans Organization, the Academics Committee, Student Involvement, and the National Society of

Collegiate Scholars WSU chapter.

“The university has really given me a lot and created a lot of opportunities for me,” Bearth said.

“I believe that if you get something, then you need to give something back.”

Through his role in SGA, Bearth said he hopes to rebuild and establish partnerships with the university and veterans. One of his goals is to work with the Student Veterans Organization to inform the campus community on what it means to be a veteran and what services are available.

“I am fully aware that this is a two-way street — it is hard to invest in something that is not that interested in you,” Bearth said.

“That is why I am attempting to increase this sense of investment on both sides — the university towards veterans and veterans towards the university.”

“One of the ways I will be attempting to accomplish this is simply get the veteran community more active with other organizations and groups across campus.”

Gabriel Fonseca, assistant director for Student Involvement, said he is happy that veterans are being represented and getting involved.

Fonseca said he thinks student veterans are a unique population that need to be represented in SGA. “(Bearth) cares about veterans and students on campus and their experiences,” Fonseca said. “His time in the military and his service transferred into what he does with

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SGA Senator Michael Bearth interacts with other student senators and Vice President for Student Affairs Teri Hall at an SGA meeting in the Rhatigan Student Center.

veteran students here on campus.”

“He tries really hard to speak on their behalf — support them and make sure that their voices are heard. He advocates hard for them from a genuine place.”

SGA Business Senator Ciaban Peterson is also a Marine Corps veteran. Peterson said he thinks veterans, like Bearth, provide a lot of value to WSU because of their experience.

“As president of the Student

Veterans Organization, I’ve seen everything veterans do on campus,” Peterson said. “Veterans coming out of the military are trying to find what value they provide and those at school are already trying to find that. Leadership positions help them find their value and contribute to something.”

Military veterans provide more than a diversified student body.

They provide a sense of leadership, pride, and patriotism both in and

out of the classroom — within student organizations and other student activities while on campus.

Bearth expresses appreciation for the attention he receives on campus.

“When someone thanks me for my service, I turn around and thank them for their support,” Bearth said.

“Without citizens being interested or invested in the military, it wouldn’t have a purpose. Thank you for your support because otherwise my service would mean nothing.”

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Health insurance cost rising for international students across Kansas

BY MATTHEW KELLY

Health insurance costs are increasing by hundreds of dollars this fall for many international students across the state, thanks to a change in the Kansas Board of Regents’ (KBOR) health insurance standards.

International students must legally have health insurance.

In June, the board updated Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance requirements to state that insurance providers must be “authorized to do business in Kansas” and provide “coverage under a policy that has been filed and approved by the Kansas Insurance Department.”

This addition renders it illegal for two popular insurance brokers — PSI and ISO — to sell cheap plans to international students.

The UnitedHealthcare Student Services plan has a $709 premium this school year — up from $625.

Last year, PSI and ISO offered the same plan for $309.

PSI and ISO sold plans that were hundreds of dollars cheaper than the UnitedHealthcare plan KBOR provides its institutions, by covering mandatory examinations without incidental coverage.

Sri Krishna Vastav Alla, president of the Indian Student Association and an international senator in the Student Government Association, said his constituents were panicked to hear their insurance providers could no longer legally cover them.

“I received about 30 to 40 calls in just a matter of a day once the International Office sent out that email saying that PSI and ISO cannot take our insurance, because that is literally more than 50 percent cheaper,” Alla said.

He said his girlfriend, who has just one credit hour left to take at

WSU, now has to pay a $709 premium for one semester of insurance.

Before this year, Student Health Services provided waivers to students who found alternatives to the United plan through providers that met KBOR requirements. This year, the board hired ECI, a Coloradobased waiver company, to manage waivers for international students.

ECI President Laura Evans said KBOR’s decision to tighten provider restrictions will safeguard against unlicensed providers that face no consequences for failing to make claims payments to students.

Brokers such as PSI and ISO can pull out of insurance plans with no liability.

“There’s a lot of insurance carriers out there — or marketers — targeting international students to get on these cheaper plans just so they can make more money, and there’s issues with claims payment and all kinds of things,” Evans said.

Student Body President Kenon Brinkley said he approves of KBOR’s decision to ensure that providers will be held liable for mistreating students, but that international students’ favored brokers have a track record of operating on good faith. ”This seems like an arbitrary distinction,” Brinkley said. “We’re trying to prevent liability that hasn’t been an issue.”

Brinkley said he sent the owner of PSI an application to become registered with the Kansas Insurance Department and encouraged him to draft up his history of service to international students.

Evans said that if the brokers followed through with the steps required to get licensed by the state, their plans would be just as expensive as United’s, and that, despite the years of honest coverage

“THEY DON’T KNOW HOW THE INSURANCE IS TO COMPARE, BUT ONCE THEY LAND IN HERE, THEY’D UNDERSTAND THEY’RE PAYING A $709 PREMIUM AND THEY’RE STUCK HERE BECAUSE IT’S A HIDDEN FEE.”

­—SRI KRISHNA VASTAV ALLA, INTERNATIONAL SENATOR AND PRESIDENT OF INDIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

PSI and ISO may have provided, trusting brokers to operate on good faith can backfire.

“I can understand where students are coming from, but at the same time, I’ve been on the other end where I see claims not being paid by these carriers, so well it might not have happened to them, it’s happened to plenty of other international students,” Evans said.

Alla said insurance prices are not something prospective international students take into account when choosing a university.

“They don’t know how the insurance is to compare, but once they land in here, they’d understand they’re paying a $709 premium and they’re stuck here because it’s a hidden fee,” Alla said.

He said increased premiums detract from the benefits of a program like the Global Select — a Wichita State initiative that allows high-achieving international students to pay 150 percent of in-state tuition instead of out-ofstate tuition. The Global Select was also approved at the June KBOR meeting.

“They’re trying to decrease [tuition] and they’re trying to do something really, really good to pull in people, and on the other side, there is a $709 premium which the

students have to pay and they have no other option,” Alla said.

Brinkley said that, even if increased premiums don’t discourage international students from coming to Kansas schools, they could have a negative impact on retention.

“Who’s going to stay here if insurance prices are going up every year and tuition is going up every year and they’re just here to get their damn degree?” Brinkley said. “When you go just up I-35 to Nebraska, they’re treating students a hell of a lot better there.”

Evans said the United plan is likely the most cost-effective option for international students who can’t get a waiver through a supplemented employer plan.

“I think it’s an excellent plan for the money,” Evans said.

She said she’s surprised more people don’t go back to school just to get on such a plan.

“If you’re a 60-year-old student going back to school and you can be on a plan that’s ACA compliant at a cost that these plans are — if I was that person, I’d be going back to university to get on one of these plans.”

Sheryl McKelvey, WSU’s representative on KBOR’s Student Insurance Advisory Committee, said it’s unlikely the board will seek another provider any time soon.

“The reason we go with United is because they’ve been with us for quite a number of years and have provided good coverage to the students,” McKelvey said.

She said a $709 premium isn’t unreasonable.

“That averages out to about $4.63 a day, which, yeah, in the grand scheme of things, that does seem like a lot, but that’s a trip to Starbucks,” McKelvey said.

In years past, PSI and ISO have

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sponsored international student events on campus as a platform to market their products. With limited understanding of how health insurance works in the U.S., international students have been saddled with not only increased premiums but also unanswered questions, Alla said.

“No one’s willing to sit down and talk to us and tell us ‘Okay, this is a better way — this is a better way to do it’ or maybe ‘This is an illegal way — this is the way you shouldn’t be doing it,’” Alla said.

“No one was invited to speak about it, no one was told about it, and everything has been done.”

Director of Student Health Services Camille Childers said that by the time the decision had been made to tighten requirements, it was summer and students were largely unavailable. She said Student Health is a place where students can go to ask questions about insurance.

“It’s a complex issue and we’re happy to answer questions,” Childers said. “Unfortunately, some of those answers are not what people want to hear.”

Brinkley said international students need to know their concerns are being heard.

“International students — even if there’s not a concrete solution that can lower these prices for them — they at the very least need to know that someone is pushing for them.”

Brinkley said there are seven international senators in the 61st session of SGA and that international student issues, along with mental health issues, will be a top priority of his administration.

“This is not going to be the year that international students feel left behind,” Brinkley said.

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Q&A WITH THE PRESIDENT INTERVIEW BY ANDREW LINNABARY & MATTHEW KELLY

For the first time since April 2017, WSU President John Bardo had a sit-down interview with The Sunflower Monday.

A president’s job is to look to the future, Bardo said. The responsibility of handling the here and now is largely for vice presidents.

Bardo said this and many other things Monday in an hour-long interview with The Sunflower.

Vice President for Strategic Communications Lou Heldman accompanied Bardo during the interview. Bardo was asked about innovation, The Sunflower, badge courses, a campus YMCA, and other topics that The Sunflower hadn’t been able to ask him directly about before.

Responses have been edited for length and clarity.

DO YOU READ THE SUNFLOWER?

Bardo: Not really. I don’t think I want to talk about The Sunflower.

You’re an independent student newspaper, and I think you need to stay that way.

Heldman: Not really.

CAN WE AT LEAST TALK ABOUT THE $25,000 IN ADVERTISING STUDENT AFFAIRS PUT FORWARD AS A WAY OF SUPPLEMENTING THE SUNFLOWER’S CUT BUDGET?

Bardo: That’s pretty straightforward. I had no intent to cut the student newspaper’s budget — that’s not my interest.

It’s not unusual for universities to buy advertising in the student newspaper, so when Teri (Teri Hall, Vice President of Student Affairs) suggested to me that that could be a good solution and to not have to overrule students, I think it is a good solution. It’s one that is pretty typical and normal, and, you know, happens regularly, so you know, why not?

My intent wasn’t to cut anything. So let’s not undo student government, but let’s do what we need to do.

THERE WAS TALK OF OUR FUNDING BEING RESTORED DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN MORE FUNDING POTENTIALLY BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Bardo: You know, that’s going to come out of student government.

I’ve been trying to keep this as an independent paper, and so I haven’t really got involved in any of that. So it’s really a conscious … if you’re going to be independent, be independent.

DO YOU SUPPORT WHAT THE SUNFLOWER DOES AS A WHOLE?

Bardo: I think it’s important we have student media.

DO YOU SEE WICHITA STATE AS YOUR LEGACY SCHOOL?

Bardo: I’ve been connected with WSU since I was 24 years old, in one way or another. So I’m not going anywhere. This is home.

And, you know, I’m trying to put the university in a position to be successful where a lot of universities aren’t going to be.

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS PRESIDENT A FEW YEARS FROM NOW?

Bardo: I don’t know. You tell me.

I see myself trying to continue to move the university forward.

WHERE DO YOU SEE WSU 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

Bardo: I’ve been watching this for about 20 years now, and have seen this movement. And so I anticipate that 10 years from now, we’re going to be quite different

than we are now. We’re still going to have residential students. We’re still going to have full-time students.

But we’re also going to have a lot of people who are taking courses in ways we can’t even think about right now.

Like I said, the technology of how you teach, the information we have on brain science cognition is changing so fast. Let’s say you’re someone your age who’s living on campus or a full time student.

You may be taking two courses on campus, two courses via artificial intelligence programming — who knows, it’s just going to be very different.

WHY HAS WSU PUT SUCH AN EMPHASIS ON BADGE COURSES OVER THE LAST YEAR?

Bardo: Badge courses really aren’t any different from any other course. They’re just shorter. One of the things we’re proposing to the Regents (Kansas Board of Regents) in September is that they allow us to offer badge courses to degreeseeking students as well . . . Instead of a transaction with a student, you create a lifelong relationship with that student.

DO YOU EVER GET TIRED OF THE WORD ‘INNOVATION’?

Bardo: I can’t imagine ever running for governor or president.

Can you imagine giving the same speech 10 or 12 times a day and you have to act like you’re so excited each time? For most people, they pay attention to something when it affects them. So you have to keep saying the same things with the assumption that the person you’re talking to hasn’t heard it yet.

YOU AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION HAVE RECEIVED CRITICISM FOR WHAT SOME SEE AS DECISIONS MADE WITHOUT INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THESE DECISIONS — FOR EXAMPLE, TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT FELT OVERSTEPPED WHEN IT CAME TO ANNOUNCING A KOCH-FUNDED WONDER SCHOOL, OR STUDENTS THAT FELT FORCED TO PAY FOR A NEW YMCA THROUGH STUDENT FEES. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?

Bardo: Oh, you know, we’re in a time of massive change. We’re going to try to continue to expand our capacities to hear people — uh, we’ve been doing more of that, I think you’ve seen that this year. One of the things in times of change, as you know, it’s difficult. It’s just simply difficult. We’re going to keep working at trying to do better at it.

SO YOU’D SAY EVERYONE HAS BEEN GIVEN INPUT?

Bardo: Would they say they’ve been given input, oh heavens no.

Because that’s 100 percent of the time that you’ll hear that. Are we trying to find ways of doing that?

Yes. Did we miss anybody? I have no way of knowing that. But we’re going to keep trying to expand it and keep trying to move forward with giving people opportunities to say what they need to say. And we’ll take into consideration what they need to say.

YOU’VE PREVIOUSLY SAID YOU DON’T WANT STUDENTS TO FOOT THE BILL FOR A FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND WOULDN’T MOVE FORWARD WITH FOOTBALL UNLESS THERE WAS INVESTMENT, BUT WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE YMCA THAT’S COMING TO CAMPUS?

(Editor’s note: The 59th Session of Student Government voted against a YMCA proposal that would affect student fees in spring 2017. Once the 60th Session began, administration approached the new executive team and had the YMCA

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reproposed, where it was then approved with a different student fees structure.)

Bardo: There’s a really big difference there (between football and the YMCA). It’s easy when you live on a campus to say, ‘This is us, this is only going here.’ It’s not. This is pretty much going on around the United States. The question is, how do you offer services that students need while at the same time preserving your capital, right?

Right now, to offer the services that are demanded and needed, you’re going to do a lot more of these public-private partnerships over time. It’s going to be the future of higher education. It’s not unique to Wichita State in any way.

A lot of what we’re doing here, people say ‘Oh my gosh, that’s just radical!’ And it’s like, well, some of the stuff.

SO IS WICHITA STATE AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON EMBRACING THESE THINGS?

Bardo: No, no, no. Not even close.

What’s so funny to me, when I hear about the Innovation Campus, the first corporation that created something like the Innovation Campus was done two years before I was born. It’s new for around here, but it’s not even close to new.

The public-private partnerships, there are hundreds of those out there in all kinds of public entities.

So it’s ‘Oh my gosh, this must be,’ … We try to keep it all in house so whoever is president ten years from now can say this is where we want to take this.

Heldman: It’s not that what we’re doing is innovative. It’s

that we’re trying we’re trying to spur innovation in our students, faculty and staff so it’s a place for innovation, not a name.

Bardo: We aren’t doing anything different than we’ve ever done.

All of a sudden people go, ‘Woah, you’re doing that,’ but it’s nothing different than what has been traditional. I don’t think anything has changed since I’ve been here, to the best of my knowledge.

The badges are a mechanism to get us in the game. They’re a mechanism, just one, and I have no ideas what the others will look like, but they will be there, and there will be a number of them.

WHY DON’T OTHER KBOR UNIVERSITIES COUNT LIFELONG LEARNING COURSES TOWARD ENROLLMENT?

Bardo: Others offer them, sure they do.

(But they don’t count as credit, correct?)

Heldman: You may be hanging your hat on one short quote from Pat Bosco at K-State (Editor’s note: Bosco is quoted in an October 2017 issue of The Sunflower as saying ‘It’s not how we do business at K-State,’ in regard to counting their badge course-equivalents towards enrollment) and when Dr. Bardo and I were at the Regents meeting last week, one of the things they were talking about is how K-State has really suffered in enrollment.

It’s been the hardest hit institution.

And the president of K-State was talking about how they need to bring their enrollment practices into modern times. And so, if you’re using that example as what you

think stands on a pedestal, I’m telling you, K-State itself doesn’t think it stands on a pedestal when it comes to enrollment practices.

Maybe what you’re doing is you’re thinking that one final enrollment on the 20th day of fall represents all virtue in university practices, and if you look across higher education in the United States, enrollment has been really heading down for years.

GOING BACK TO THE YMCA — WHAT IF THE SGA 60TH SESSION HADN’T VOTED YES ON THE Y?

Bardo: I have no way of knowing.

I have no way of knowing. They did (approve it), we move forward.

I’m not good with hypotheticals, because I just don’t know how to answer.

Heldman then encouraged The Sunflower to seek out the stories of innovative students, rather than focusing on student government and the administration.

Heldman: You know student government is going to meet at a certain time and you can be there. And you know that the administration is going to do a certain number of things you can criticize and you can focus on and you can be there. But capturing the actual experiences of being a student at Wichita State …

(WE’RE REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR CULTURE SECTION THIS YEAR.)

Heldman: Oh, that’s great. I don’t know anything about it. That’s neat.

Bardo: I want you to be independent. Whatever you all do is fine at the end of the day.

WHAT YOU MISSED: Campus news from the summer

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$12 MILLION DONATION FROM WICHITA OIL COMPANY FOUNDER

Wichita State accepted the largest donation in school history from Wayne Woolsey, a Wichita oil producer. Woolsey and his wife, Kay, gifted $10 million towards the building of a new home for the Barton School of Business. The new business building will be located on Innovation Campus and named Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall in their honor.

The remaining $2 million were gifted to the geology department for the petroleum geology program and for scholarships in the department.

Wayne Woolsey is the founder and chairman of Woolsey

Companies, an oil and natural gas company that drills in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Construction on the new building is set to begin in 2019. The total cost of the project is roughly $50 million. According to the university, the Woosley’s donation brings the total amount raised for the business school to $21.5 million.

PREPARATIONS FOR DEMOLISHING FAIRMOUNT TOWERS

The university started making preparations to tear down Fairmount Towers in May. Crews began the process of removing asbestos from the former student housing building to prepare for the building’s demolition.

Fairmount Towers, located at 21st

and Hillside, sit catty-corner from the WSU campus. They are set for demolition by the spring of 2019.

Last summer, the university announced plans to close and eventually demolish Fairmount Towers. The nearly 300 students that had signed up to live there were moved to The Flats, a newly-built private apartment complex located on Innovation Campus. The decision to close Fairmount Towers in July 2017 led to a student housing shortage, and some student rooms were fitted with extra beds to make up for the loss of space.

WSU TECH LAUNCHES

The former Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) officially became an entity of WSU July 1 and

was renamed the WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, or WSU Tech.

The affiliation does not affect tuition rates for students at the former WATC. This year, students at WSU Tech will be counted toward WSU’s enrollment.

Campus YMCA will include an urgent care center The YMCA coming to Innovation Campus in early 2020 will include an urgent care center, WSU announced earlier this month.

For the second year, WSU students are paying additional student fees to fund the building of the future YMCA. Students already have access to healthcare on campus through Student Health Services, located in

Ahlberg Hall. The new urgent care center will be open on weekends and will include an X-ray machine, which Student Health Services does not have.

The urgent care center, which is the result of a partnership between Wesley and the YMCA, will provide care to non-students.

BASKETBALL MARCHING BAND

WSU is bringing back its marching band this fall. The Shocker Sound Machine will perform at halftime during Shocker men’s and women’s basketball games and other campus events.

WSU hasn’t had a marching band since 1986 when the football team was discontinued.

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As the independent student voice of Wichita State since 1896, The Sunflower has documented life in the WSU community for the last 122 years. A copy of each print edition has been saved, bound, and stored in our archives.

This school year, we want to give you a glimpse into our history. The Sunflower Archives will be a weekly feature highlighting an event, headline, or photo that appeared in The Sunflower on any given week.

Here, we’re showcasing the Survival Guide covers from 1985, 1986, and 2008.

We hope you enjoy the Sunflower Archives, and remember, you’re living history.

A guide to parking on Wichita State’s main campus

BY DANIEL CAUDILL

Students with ePermits are allowed to park in green and yellow-and-green lots. ePermits cost $75/semester.

Motorcyclists must have an active ePermit to use purple stalls, which are found in most student lots and on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the RSC parking garage.

The RSC parking garage has a red lot on the ground floor, a yellow lot on the top floor, and paid parking for $1.50/hr on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

Red lots are for reserved parking stalls, which are available to anyone at Wichita State for $275/semester.

Wichita State will enforce parking rules from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays during the school year.

To learn more about parking, visit wichita.edu/parking.

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BURNT GENERATION Contemporary Iranian Photography SEPTEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 9, 2018

Newsha Tavakolian, Look, 2013

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

FALL EXHIBITION OPENING | 6-8 P.M. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Burnt Generation is an exhibition of contemporary Iranian photography that surveys the profound impact of decades of political unrest and social upheaval on the Iranian people. The title comes from the moniker given to Iranians born between 1963 and 1980—a generation whose youth was profoundly marked by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which brought down the ruling monarchy and had major social, political and economic consequences, and the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted for eight years. Featuring an array of approaches to photographic storytelling, Burnt Generation has three central themes: the isolation, loneliness and desolation of youth; the common threads that unite the country in spite of decades of tumult; and the personal, political and social consequences of war. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to move beyond cliché—an invitation to forget the stereotypical images of Iran and enter the worlds of eight highly original, intellectually engaged artists.

Burnt Generation is an exhibition curated by Fariba Farshad and organized by Photo London.

The Ulrich Museum of Art exhibition is made possible by generous support from the Gridley Family Foundation, Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri, J. Eric Engstrom and Robert Bell, Bud and Toni Gates, Sangeeta Khicha, Ron and Lee Starkel, Mickey Armstrong, the City of Wichita and Wichita State University.

Additional funding for this exhibition is provided by Humanities Kansas, a nonprofit cultural organization that connects communities with history, traditions, and ideas to strengthen civic life.

ALSO ON VIEW:

Frederick Judd Waugh: Waterscapes | September 7, 2018 – March 31, 2019

Sara Angelucci: The Anonymous Chorus | September 7 – December 9, 2018

Neighborhood: PALIMPSEST/ Barrio: PALIMPSESTO | September 7 – December 9, 2018

Tues-Fri: 11am-5pm | Sat-Sun: 1-5pm | Closed on Mondays, University & Major Holidays @ulrichmuseum | ulrich.wichita.edu | Free Admission | 316.978.3664 | 1845 Fairmount

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Good Eatin’ on the Dime Baked beef bourguignon is not just snobby french food

Lowering the heat slightly, place shallots in the skillet and simmer until all are yellowish-brown and halved in size. Within remaining the olive oil and seared shallots, pour your tomato paste and stir in crushed garlic. Stir the mixture, then drizzle in small amounts of red wine so as to avoid too much congealing of the ruby-red shallot sauce.

After two to three minutes, place beef back into the skillet. Add remaining wine and simmer for about five minutes. At this point, you’re ready to add the chicken broth, thyme, ginger. Reraise burners to medium-high heat until the burgundy comes to a boil.

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tews of beef, fungi, fish, veggies, and fowl have been comfort food staples for a long time.

As Greek historian Herodotus tells us, Scythian peoples in modern day China started boiling up meat soups found on the coast of the south China sea.

According to his writings, they “put the flesh into an animal’s paunch, mix water with it, and boil it like that over the bone fire.”

Flash forward and European indigents and beggars need something both tasty and cheap to fill their bellies. The Burgundians of Dark-Ages France had a unique penchant for sophisticated poorman dishes. It is this curiosity that gave us beef bourguignon.

For us non-Francophiles, let’s just call it beef burgundy. This is Kansas after all, not Chablis wine country.

Beef burgundy is a rich stew of dry red wine, tomato paste, thickly sliced braised beef, shallots, carrots, button mushrooms, and chicken stock that is a staple in French cuisine — and for good reason.

Sage chef and gastronomy author Julia Child once referred to beef burgundy as “the best beef stew known to man.” While Childs’s recipes for it were notoriously complex, beef bourguignon is still a dish of the people. Its

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A dish that has been referred to by multiple gourmands and chefs as essential to calling one’s self a cook, Beef Burgundy is a mix of sweet, savory and bitter all in one package.

ingredients are cheap and it can be prepared rather easily. In the end, beef bourguignon makes for a wonderfully sultry dinner entree.

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ lbs lean boneless beef chuck ½ tbsp. onion powder 1 tbsp. fresh ground ginger ⅓ cup olive oil ½ cup all-purpose flour Kosher salt 5 shallots 2 tbsp. tomato paste 5 garlic cloves, crushed 2 cups red cooking wine 2 cups chicken stock 1 tsp. thyme 2 bay leaves 4 medium-size carrots cut into thin medallions

OPTIONAL

8 oz. mushrooms (button or portobello) Chopped parsley, for garnishing Toasted bread for serving

*These ingredients will yield enough beef burgundy for three medium-sized servings, or enough to feed 2-3 people. Total cost, according to data collected from Aldi Groceries, Dollar General, Dillons, and Walmart, should not exceed $26.00. That’s about $8.30 per head.

INGREDIENT PREP

With a sharp kitchen knife, slice boneless beef chuck into two-inch long, index finger-thick hunks. Trim off fat if so desired. (Your beef may lose a bit of flavor post-braising and baking in doing so.)

Season the beef with salt, pepper, and onion powder, and let it rest while preparing the rest of the ingredients.

Next, crush the garlic cloves. First, mince all cloves as thick as possible.

Then, using the blunt handle of your kitchen knife, crush garlic until all is a uniform, sticky powder. This will ensure that the garlic disperses well through the beef.

Next, slice the shallots in half

and cut all into discs crossways.

Chop into desired length.

For the rest of the wet ingredients, measure each out into small bowls or measuring spoons. If you want to use a cooking oil that has a lower fat content, try one of the canola or coconut varieties. Make sure to avoid crumbling the bay leaves — this will leave the finished beef burgundy tasting chalky, and, at meal time, you’ll feel as though you’re shoveling in mouthfuls of autumn leaves.

BRAISING THE BEEF

To prepare the slices of beef, pour the olive oil into a medium saucepan and let it simmer for about five minutes over medium-high heat. Once the meat is browned, remove from saucepan and rest it on a plate off to the side.

SEARING SOME VEGGIES

It’s time to preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Now, back to your saucepan.

Once the beef and veggie mixture reaches a boil, toss in a couple of bay leaves. Cover and let simmer in the oven for about an hour, until all the meat is tender.

After removing from the oven, mix in carrots and mushrooms. Return pan to the oven and cook for 30 more minutes until the carrots are soft and bright orange and the mushrooms are a deep brown.

When finished, remove all bay leaves.

Garnishing and chowing down Sprinkle bits of parsley on top of the finished beef burgundy.

Note: the dish is awesome served with toast for dipping in the wine reduction sauce you’ve just made.\

WHY THIS BEEF BOURGUIGNON BUSINESS?

Ultimately, beef bourguignon is a dish that, if prepared just right, is affordable and easy to make.

It will please your stomach and those of your dorm friends alike.

But, readying the French classic will prove something more.

Cooking it will cement that you, the poor college student, rackbrained with that post-pubescent angst with which young scholars live and die by, will have created something of refined taste.

You will have achieved a self-reliance in cooking and eating something that is, simply, good food.

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, is venturing into a new market — college campuses.

The Wichita fast food staple, started by Wichita State graduate Freddy Simon, will open in the Rhatigan Student Center when fall classes resume Monday. The WSU location is the first of its kind. Panda Express is expected to open Wednesday.

WSU announced the addition of Freddy’s and Panda Express to the RSC in late June. The two eateries replace Chartwells retailers Mondo Subs and Sono, which opened at the start of the 2017 school year.

Kevin Konda, associate vice president of student affairs auxiliaries, said said construction crews are “ahead of schedule” fitting the spaces for the two new retailers.

“From the beginning of our time — since the announcement on July 1 — we’ve been pushing for the start of school,” Konda said. “We’re optimistic that we’re going to get it done.”

Konda said Mondo Subs and Sono were intended as temporary options while the university determined long-term options.

“Freddy’s was part of the plan all along,” Konda said.

The RSC holds a board of directors, which Konda said is comprised of 18 members — half of whom are students. The board shared their recommendations for retailers with Chartwells.

Freddy’s is expected to have extended hours. Matt Pray, Chartwells manager, said Freddy’s, along with Panda Express and Chick-fil-A, will stay open until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Chick-fil-A will hold hours on Saturdays, and the university will judge the demand based on Chick-fil-A’s Saturday sales before expanding the hours of other retailers, Pray said.

Since Starbucks replaced Fast Break, WSU’s offering of ice cream was limited to soft serve available exclusively in the university dining hall — and that required the purchase of a full meal.

Konda said the university recognized the need to satisfy the

BY JENNA FARHAT In two years, the Wichita State community has seen four coffee shops pop up on and within walking distance of campus. This is your guide to the campus coffee craze.

FAIRMOUNT COFFEE CO.

Location: Just south of campus, across 17th street.

What makes it stand out?

The Lutheran Student Center converted its space into a coffee shop, study space, and hangout spot aimed at WSU students. They also serve paninis, salads, and baked goods. And you might catch a live music act while you’re there.

CREDO COFFEE

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Top, the new Panda Express on campus can be found in the Rhatigan Student Center. Above, the Freddy’s located in the RSC will open the first day of classes on August 20.

demand for ice cream on campus.

At one point, Konda weighed adding ice cream options to Shocker Sports Grill in Lanes, he said.

“There’s been a large demand for ice cream,” Konda said, “And with that in mind, we knew we couldn’t close our ice cream place at 2 in the afternoon.”

Freddy’s will offer their 20 best-selling toppings with their line of custard.

Freddy’s will offer almost their full menu. They won’t, however, sell chicken strips. Chicken sandwiches are off the menu, too.

That’s because of vendor competition, Pray said.

Chick-fil-A Express will be located adjacent to Freddy’s.

Vendor competition also means

Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes might change its menu.

Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes takes into account what options aren’t already available in the RSC, Konda said.

Before Mondo Subs and Sono — a Mexican food retailer — the RSC housed a Taco Bell and Erbert’s & Gerbert’s subs.

With Freddy’s opening and the absence of a sandwich or Mexican food retailer, Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes may shift their focus from hamburgers to more sandwiches and Mexican food.

Soup, which was offered at Fast Break — now Starbucks — is also on the table.

“We’ll try our best to provide a balance of options,” Konda said.

Location: Basement of the Newman Center/St. Paul Catholic Student Center on the south end of campus.

What makes it stand out?

Credo sells some reasonably-priced coffee. The space is also unique in that it includes a pool table and generous study space while still being on campus.

THE GROUNDHOUSE

Location: Attached to the dining hall in Shocker Hall.

What makes it stand out?

The Groundhouse is located conveniently near several

lecture halls on the northern side of campus, making it a good place to pick up a quick cup of coffee in between classes. The Groundhouse also has a mini convenience store inside that sells chips, granola bars, pre-packaged sandwiches, salads, and more.

STARBUCKS — RHATIGAN STUDENT CENTER Location: The newest campus Starbucks stands where Fast Break once did on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

What makes it stand out?

It’s located in the heart of campus. The Rhatigan Student Center location means you can grab a cup of coffee while having lunch at any of the fastfood restaurants in the RSC.

STARBUCKS — INNOVATION CAMPUS

Location: The stand-alone Starbucks is located on Innovation Campus in the upand-coming Braeburn Square on the east edge of campus.

What makes it stand out?

Touted as the largest Starbucks in the state of Kansas, this Starbucks features large tables and plenty of room for studying. This is a good place to go if you need a break from the main campus, since Innovation Campus is a little ways from where most students take classes.

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Welcomefest is Here!

Welcomefest is an opportunity to welcome students to campus and show them all the amazing services and programs Wichita State has to offer. There are many exciting events planned during Welcomefest. For a complete list of events, pick up your Welcomefest book in Student Involvement, RSC 216.

OrgSync is now ShockerSync! For all your recognized student organization needs, log onto shockersync.wichita.edu.

for all your health care needs

Events Include: SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 Back 2 School Bash 6 – 8 p.m.

RSC East Patio

MONDAY, AUGUST 27 Volunteer Fair 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

RSC 1st Floor

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 Outdoor Movie: Black Panther 9 p.m.

Duerksen Amphitheatre

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 SGA Open House 12 – 2 p.m.

SGA Office, RSC 219

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 Meet the Greeks 6 – 8 p.m.

RSC East Patio

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 Involvement Fair 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

RSC North Patio, Sidewalk outside Shocker Hall Rain Location: RSC 3rd Floor, Beggs Ballroom

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Shocker Resource Fair 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Shocker Hall Plaza

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 PaintU Dance Party 9 p.m. – 12 a.m.

RSC East Courtyard

Rain Location: RSC 3rd Floor, Beggs Ballroom

• Preventive Health • Acute Illness & Injury Care • General Health and GYN services

• Immunizations and Allergy shots • Lab Testing • On-site Pharmacy

myShockerHealth Portal - studenthealth.wichita.edu Student Health Services | 209 Ahlberg | 316-978-3620 | wichita.edu/shs

STUDENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS ON CAMPUS

Student Involvement RSC 216

Housing and Residence Life Shocker Hall

Counseling & Testing Center Grace Wilkie 320

Office of Diversity and Inclusion RSC 208

Disability Services Grace Wilkie 203

The Child Development Center

Student Affairs RSC 210A

Student Health Services Alberg Hall 209

Campus Recreation Heskett Center

Student Conduct and Community Standards Grace Wilkie 170 Rhatigan Student Center

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Whether it’s your first or last year on campus, there’s a lot to know about Wichita State. The Sunflower compiled this quiz to test your knowledge of the current state and history of the 128-year-old school.

The first five people to submit a 100 percent correct quiz at The Sunflower’s move-in day booth Friday will receive a free t-shirt.

Answers will be shared to The Sunflower’s Facebook page at 4:00 p.m.

1. WHAT SEASON DOES THE SHOCKER VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLAY IN? A. FALL B. SPRING C. WINTER D. PAPRIKA

2. JOHN BARDO IS THE PRESIDENT OF WICHITA STATE, AND HIS WIFE’S NAME IS . . .

A. JANE B. DEBORAH C.INNOVATION D. ANNE

3. WHEN DOES THE SUNFLOWER PRINT? A. EVERY WEEKDAY B. MONDAY C. WHENEVER THE EDITORS CAN MAKE DEADLINE D. MONDAY AND THURSDAY

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES WSU NOT HAVE?

A. QUIDDITCH TEAM B. PARKOUR/FREE-RUNNING CLUB C. YEARBOOK D. NERD UNION

5. PEOPLE LIKE TO SIT ON THE CRITTER STATUE ACROSS FROM THE ULRICH MUSEUM OF ART. WHAT IS HER NAME?

6. WICHITA STATE’S BRANCH OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, KMUW IS ON WHICH RADIO FREQUENCY? A. 97.3 B. 103.4 C. 95.6 D. 89.1

7. WHICH OF THESE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS ONCE ATTENDED WICHITA STATE? A. UNDERTAKER B. THE BIG SHOW C. “STONE COLD” STEVE AUSTIN D. JOHN CENA

8. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT KENON BRINKLEY LEADS THE ______ SESSION OF WICHITA STATE’S STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION? A. 79TH B. 50TH C. 61ST D. 83RD

A. CYNTHIA THE CENTIPEDE B. GRACE THE GRASSHOPPER C. MILLIE THE MILLIPEDE D. CATIE THE CICADA

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 2018 9. PROFESSOR NEAL ALLEN IS CHAIR OF WHAT DEPARTMENT? A. COMPUTER SCIENCE B. POLITICAL SCIENCE C. EXERCISE SCIENCE D. FORENSIC SCIENCE

10. HOW MANY LEVELS ARE IN WICHITA STATE’S NEW PARKING GARAGE? A. THREE B. FOUR C. FIVE D. SIX

11. WICHITA STATE HOUSES STUDENTS AT SHOCKER HALL AND THE FLATS, BUT THEY RECENTLY CLOSED ANOTHER RESIDENT HALL. WHAT WAS IT CALLED? A. FAIRMOUNT TOWERS B. WHEAT TOWERS C.SHOCKER HEIGHTS D. INNOVATION INN

12. WICHITA STATE HAS TWO STREETS NAMED AFTER IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES. WHICH ARE THEY? A. YALE & HARVARD B. PRINCETON & CORNELL C. YALE & PRINCETON

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D. DARTMOUTH & COLUMBIA

13. BUSINESS MAJORS ARE IN THE _______ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. A. CLINTON B. KOCH C. BARTON D. JOHNSON

14. WICHITA STATE WILL HAVE A MARCHING BAND THIS YEAR. WHAT IS IT CALLED? A. WHEAT WILL ROCK YOU B. SHOCKER SOUND MACHINE C. MARCHING SHOCKERS D. SHOCKER PRIDE MARCHING BAND

15. IN 2017, WICHITA STATE TRANSFERRED TO THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. WHAT CONFERENCE WERE THEY IN BEFORE? A. THE BIG 12 B. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE C. SUN BELT CONFERENCE D. THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE

Useful resources Shock Stop — What your Shocker ID can do for you for students

BY DANIEL CAUDILL

HOW TO USE THE Y MEMBERSHIP YOU’RE ALREADY PAYING FOR

As part of its Wellness Partnership with the YMCA, Wichita State is projected to have its own YMCA fitness center by 2020. Until then, currently enrolled Shockers have membership access to local YMCA facilities through the student activity fee paid by all students.

Students are automatically enlisted for a six-month membership after paying their student fees. The six-month period is renewed every semester.

To initiate your membership, simply take your Shocker ID card to the front desk on your first visit to the Y. HOW TO PRINT FOR FREE

All students at Wichita State have access to free printing at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, located on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

The office does not have color printing, but each student is allowed to print ten black and white sheets per day. Some of the sheets used in ODI’s printers

are recycled and may have ink or writing on them. Don’t worry, students can always ask for clean sheets of paper from ODI’s front desk.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday and Friday, and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.

The Office of Adult Learning, located in the Gracie Wilkie Annex, also offers free printing services and asks that students print no more than 10 pages a day.

STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES

Student Health Services, located at Ahlberg Hall, offers preventive and routine services, including, but not limited to immunizations, pharmacy, Men’s & Women’s Health, physical examinations and l.aboratory services Ahlberg Hall is located on the south side of campus near N. Harvard Ave. and WuShock Dr. Their office is open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.

You can contact the Student Health Services office at (316) 978-3620.

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Businesses participating in the discount program will display the Shock Stop window cling at their storefront.

To receive the discount, present your WSU student, faculty, or staff ID at the time of purchase. Some items may be ineligible for the discount, such as alcohol, gas, and lottery tickets.

The Art of Escape: ICT: 10 percent off 3540 W. Douglas, Ste. 4, Wichita AT&T: Students: Up to 10 percent off, faculty/staff: Up to 17 percent off 3300 North Rock Road, Suite J, Wichita 2404 N Maize Rd., Wichita 11661 E. Kellogg Ave., Suite 101, Wichita Aviate at Wichita Sports Forum Hour-long jump for $10. (Regular price is $13) 2668 N Greenwich Ct., Wichita Barn'rds Roast Beef Restaurant: 10 percent off 2037 N. Woodlawn, Wichita Bionic Burger: 10 percent off 6121 E. 21st St. N., Wichita 2404 S. Meridian Ave., Wichita 660 N. Ridge Rd., Wichita 3257 E. Harry St., Wichita 243 N. Main St., Haysville Bliss Bouldering & Climbing Complex: 30 percent off day passes after 4 p.m. on Tuesdays,* $10 off student monthly memberships* 1111 E. 28th St. N., Wichita Bricktown Brewery: 10 percent off 2035 N. Rock Rd, Ste. 101, Wichita 2142 N. Tyler Rd., Wichita Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates: 10 percent off 2132 N. Rock Rd., Ste. 100, Wichita Dickeys Barbecue Pit: 10 percent off 2244 N. Greenwich, Wichita 2768 N. Maize Rd., Ste. 100, Wichita

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Students work on projects at a computer lab at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The office offers free printing for students.

Doc Green's: 10 percent off 1096 E. 13th St. N. #102, Wichita 410 N. Hillside #1000, Wichita 2441 N. Maize Rd. #1607, Wichita

Dudley's: 10 percent off 8550 W. 21st St., Ste. 500, Wichita

Entrap Games: 10 percent off 443 N. Mosley St., Wichita Felipe's Mexican Restaurant: 10 percent off* Not applicable with other coupons discounts, etc.

Alcohol excluded.

2241 N. Woodlawn Blvd., Wichita 3434 W. Central, Wichita 445 S. 119th St. W., Wichita Freezing Moo Rolling Ice Cream: 10 percent off 2684 N. Greenwich Ct. #200, Wichita Heroes Sports Bar & Grill: 10 percent off 117 N. Mosley St., Wichita HuHot Mongolian Grill: 10 percent off 2035 N. Rock Rd., Wichita Il Primo Espresso Caffe: 20 percent off drinks, 10 percent off food 6422 E. Central Ave., Wichita Jimmie's Diner: 10 percent off individual meal. Offer not valid with any other discounts. Excludes 5-Star Breakfast, Blue Plate Special and Burger Basket.

3111 N. Rock Rd., Wichita 1519 George Washington Dr., Wichita 2121 N. Tyler Rd. #144, Wichita Limitless Yoga Studio: $9 single class, $50 monthly unlimited 357 S. Pattie, Wichita Mel Hambelton Ford Service: 10 percent off any service 11771 W. Kellogg Dr., Wichita Mel Hambelton Quick Lane: 10 percent off any service 11625 W. Kellogg Dr., Wichita

Moxie Boutique: 10 percent off 2431 N. Greenwich Rd, Ste. 107, Wichita Located in front of Cabela's

Nothing Bundt Cakes: 10 percent off 2035 N. Rock Rd., Ste. 113, Wichita Oak & Pie: 10 percent off 2244 N. Greenwich Rd., Ste. 900, Wichita O'Brien's Irish Pub: 10 percent off 5205 E. Kellogg Dr., Wichita Papa John's: 10 percent off 8918 W. 21st St., Wichita 625 N. Rock Rd., Derby 3236 N. Rock Rd., Wichita 2530 S. Seneca St., Wichita 430 S. Andover Rd., Andover 7800 E. Harry, Wichita 220 W. Douglas, Wichita 8620 McCormick St., Wichita Peachwave: 10 percent off 10096 E. 13th St. N. #101, Wichita Pig in! Pig Out!: 10 percent off 1003 E. 13th St., Wichita Pie Five Pizza Co.: 20 percent off 2035 N. Rock Rd. Ste. 103, Wichita Pizza Hut / Wing Street: 10 percent off 2129 N. Woodlawn, Wichita 6505 E. 37th St. N, Wichita Public at the Brickyard: 10 percent off 129 N. Rock Island, Wichita Puzzle Plex: 10 percent off with coupon code WSUSTUDENT 614 N. Mulberry Rd., Derby Sabor Latin Bar & Grille: 10 percent off 309 N. Mead, Wichita

Mike Seltzer Jewelry: 40 percent off year round 2929 N. Rock Rd. Ste.155, Wichita

Tad's Locker Room: 15 percent off 7447 W. 21st St. N., Wichita 9747 E. 21st St. N., Wichita

Miller's Dry Cleaners: 10 percent off dry cleaning and laundry services 10555 W. 21st St., Wichita 323 S. Maize Rd., Wichita 2619 W. 13th St., Wichita 1210 S. Rock Rd., Wichita 7777 E. 21st St. N., Wichita 550 N. Webb Rd., Wichita 2002 W. 2nd St. N., Wichita

Todd Brian's Brick Street Cafe & Tavern: 10 percent off 315 N. Mead St., Wichita Wendy's: 10 percent off 2120 N. Woodlawn St., Wichita 160 S. Rock Rd., Wichita 1705 W. 21st St. N., Wichita

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After Judo

A band of engineers

BY STEVEN GATTIS

T

wo years ago, five freshman met in a dorm room after their judo class. These five engineers, who became quick friends, are taking their passion for music and applying it towards something most people only joke about — having a band.

After Judo, a name that hints at how they came together, uses the band as a method of stress relief from the hectic pace of engineering school.

“Without the band, I would probably be stressed all the time,” co-lead singer Ryne Carballo said.

“It was just a nice thing to do that did not involve integration and derivatives — you could just forget all of that and just let your creative mind flow,” co-lead singer Joe Hagen said.

Carballo and bassist An Nguyen are studying mechanical engineering. Flavio Perez studies electrical engineering and Robert Mabrey studies aerospace engineering.

Hagen used to study mechanical engineering before switching his focus to audio production. Perez plays drums. Mabrey plays the trumpet and electric triangle.

Their musical influences include popular Indie bands such as Cage the Elephant, The Arctic Monkeys, and The White Stripes.

Formed in early 2017, After Judo bonded over their shared love of music and instrumental abilities.

Carballo and Mabrey met as dormmates their freshman year.

“We would go into the courtyard of Shocker Hall every so often and play together,” Carballo said.

There are many reasons to walk into a building, but perhaps the best reason is if “Walk In” by MAXXJAMES & BLACONATOR is playing inside.

Anchored by a slimy synth lead and a thick drum machine, the track walks the listener through a dozen-some types of grand entrances one can make upon busting through a door. Some require legs and some don’t. Some are smelly and others are deadly.

Even if you’re not watching its midnight hallucination of a music video, listening to “Walk In” feels like repeatedly entering a party where all your friends burst into cheers upon seeing your face.

It’s the perfect single for “BUBBLE RAP,” a collaborative project from rapper MAXXJAMES (Maxx James) and producer/rapper BLACONATOR (Blake Draper) that’s as accomplished as it is carefree.

Both artists are Wichita natives and recent West High graduates who

Perez joined the band after Carballo posted a drummer wanted poster, but Hagen found him in his Calculus 2 class.

Perez impressed Hagen by naming all the famous drummers featured on their poster, so he was offered the gig.

“They all had a talent in some degree for the instruments we played, and so I think, because of that, we kind of were able to experiment with one another and push each other to create,” Carballo said.

“It is a sustainable thing that they can do, and it was a big driving factor” Carballo said.

The band members said they hope to make it big one day. After Judo has four gigs around Wichita and close to campus within the next few weeks.

They play at The Fog Hookah Lounge and Fairmount Coffee Co. on Aug.25, and at Shift Space gallery on Aug 31 during Final Friday festivities.

After Judo is on Spotify, Apple Music, ITunes, YouTube, and on social media through Facebook and Instagram with @afterjudoband.

The band is currently recording their next studio album, which they said will be released in the near future. The album will feature “Lackadaisical,” — a song about fighting procrastination and getting out in the world to do something.

Also featured is the band’s first single, “Wanna Love”.

“The best thing I could mention about the album is that we are incredibly proud of it, and we hope that listeners enjoy it as much as we love to play it” Carballo said.

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Ryne Carballo performs an intimate show at Fairmount Coffee on Aug. 10.

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collaborated on videos long before recording music together.

“It (“BUBBLE RAP”) was obviously just for fun,” James said.

It’s both easy and hard to believe him.

On one hand, the project is loaded with blatantly silly songs like “Boy Sleepover” and “Salt Pepper.” On the other hand, those songs are absolutely infectious — boasting earworm hooks and absolutely delightful production. Even as a project that’s playful to its core, “BUBBLE RAP”

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Rapper MAXXJAMES (Maxx James) and producer/rapper BLACONATOR (Blake Draper) collaborated to create “BUBBLE RAP,” a “delightful fifteen minutes of hip-hop fun.”

contains the polished mixing and passionate performances of any big-budget record release.

This ultimately comes down to the craft of the artists as, remarkably,

“BUBBLE RAP” is very much an independent production.

“We’ve always worked with what I’ve got,” James said. “We’ve never went out and paid someone to film a

BY MATTHEW KELLY Wichita State students will see a 2.5-percent tuition increase and a 0.9-percent fees increase this school year.

WSU’s tuition and fees proposal was approved at the June Kansas Board of Regents meeting in Topeka.

Regent Dennis Mullin called across-the-board tuition increases a “reality of the times.”

“As I look at the difficult decisions we’ve had to make on our campuses of not only cutting programs and cutting opportunity but cutting staff to meet the challenges before us, we are not seeing the end of this,” Mullin said. “And we’ve got to do a

better job of balancing the income in the state of Kansas so we can be even more proud of driving down these tuition increases.”

Resident tuition and fees at WSU have more than tripled in the last 20 years. Last year, WSU students saw a 2.5-percent tuition increase and a 2.45-percent fees increase.

According to the written proposal submitted to the board by WSU, the tuition increase will generate an additional $2,185,428 in revenue and will “offset mandatory expenditures related to employee fringe benefits, utility costs, promotions in tenure track academic rank and tenure, and student retention and enrollment efforts.”

Students will see a 1.8-percent increase in the Intercollegiate Athletic Fee from last year, and a 1-percent increase in the Student Services Fee. The tiered Health and Wellness Fee, instated last year to bring a YMCA and updated wellness center to Innovation Campus, remained flat.

Other Regents universities had their tuition and fees proposals approved in June.

The 2.8-percent tuition hike at the University of Kansas marks the largest increase in the state, while Kansas State’s 1.1 percent increase is the smallest. The board approved 2.5-percent tuition raises at Emporia State and Fort Hayes State, and a 2.6-percent raise at Pittsburg State.

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senate president last year, was on the initial task Kaye Monk-Morgan and force that developed the Carolyn Shaw have filled university’s strategic enrollthe academic affairs posiment management plan. tions vacated by Provost Her duties will include Rick Muma and former providing “leadership for Assistant to the President university-wide enrollment for Strategic Planning MONK-MORGAN management and the Cindy Claycomb. continued implementation Monk-Morgan, former of the university’s strategic assistant dean for students enrollment management in the college of liberal plan,” the release said. arts, is now assistant vice “I look forward to president for academic working with many affairs, and former chair wonderful staff and faculty of the political science members across campus to department Carolyn recruit and retain students SHAW Shaw is the new associate at WSU,” Shaw said. vice president for strategic In July, Muma told The enrollment management.According Sunflower that the academic to a university press release, Monk affairs positions would be filled by Morgan will be responsible for “individuals who have the skills “providing leadership on assessnecessary to navigate the compliment activities of the university, cated and rapidly changing higher regional and specialty accreditation education environment.” activities, and university-wide Both positions were open to strategic planning.” applications from internal candi“I look forward to continuing dates only. my service to Wichita State Other finalists for the assistant University by serving in this newly vice president for academic affairs created role,” Monk-Morgan position included Jeffrey Jarman, said. “A campus culture steeped distinguished director of the Elliott in innovation, entrepreneurial School of Communication, Deepak enterprise and experimentation Gupta, director of engineering also needs to foster a spirit of technology, and Michael Jorgenson, assessment and evaluation.” associate professor with a focus in Shaw, who served as faculty ergonomics and biomechanics.

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video for us or paid for someone to record music for us. We have what we have and we got what we got — even when what we had was a bedroom mic with a sock on it and an iPhone.”

The equipment has gotten a bit better since those days, but the freedom of spirit remains. The songs tackle hilarious, oddball topics — from Tom Brady’s philanthropic posturing to the out-of-touch enthusiasm of anti-drug campaigns.

The songs also move at a breakneck pace — most clocking in at just over a minute. It’s all perfectly fitted to a modern audience.

“People’s attention spans are really short,” Draper explained.

“Yeah, we don’t have large attention spans ourselves,” James added.

This sort of self-awareness — present, humorous, but never laid on too thick – permeates the record.

“The hook for ‘Donald Trump Diss Track’ is literally as simple as

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Dude the Dog, Moler’s Camera’s employee of the year

BY MATT COOPER

The fall semester is here, and for students returning to campus, the ceaseless class work is now at hand. But this summer, while the pools were blue and barbeques sizzled across the Sunflower state, one full-time canine employee at Moler’s Camera was working his tail off.

His name is Dude and he has been employee of the month at Moler’s for twelve months straight.

Dude’s owner, Jessie McCullough — a WSU grad — has been a sales clerk at Moler’s since January of 2017.

Not long after joining the Moler’s Camera staff, McCullough sought out Bob Moler, who has owned the business since 1946. In the meeting, McCullough asked Moler if he could start bringing his Golden Retriever, Dude, to work.

“I’ve been here since January 6, 2017,” McCullough said. “But I did not ask if Dude could start joining me until about August of last year.”

One year later, the rest, as they say, is history.

Since then, Bob Moler said, Dude has been an unrelentingly reliable employee.

“It’s impressive, you know,” Moler told The Sunflower. “Dude is the absolute best employee we have. Since he walked through the front door last year, wagging his tail at customers, we’ve sold more cameras than ever. It’s just that simple.”

As per the sales clerk staff, Dude provides Moler’s with a

better atmosphere compared to in the past.

“It’s hard to stay mad after Dude comes up to you,” McCullough said. “He always does that. He keeps the morale up and he works really hard at being a dog.”

“DUDE IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST EMPLOYEE WE HAVE. SINCE HE WALKED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR LAST YEAR, WAGGING HIS TAIL AT CUSTOMERS, WE’VE SOLD MORE CAMERAS THAN EVER. IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.” ­—BOB MOLER, OWNER OF MOLER’S CAMERA

Moler’s employee and local photographer Brennan Barger agreed with McCullough that Dude’s deserves the title of perennial employee of the month status.

“He’s always chilled out because he’s a dog,” Barger said.

“He was a little wiley at first but, he’s definitely calmed down.”

“Consistency,” Barger says, is the biggest part about what makes Dude such a good employee of the month. “He gets here on time, he helps out and he’s quiet too.”

Dude keeps Moler’s senior customers and children who enter the store entertained as well.

McCullough said that when the store is frenetic with clientele, the furry employee of the month keeps things light-hearted and slow paced.

“Dude is sensitive to other people emotions,” he said.

“If somebody is not interested in dogs, he picks up on that and leaves them alone. On the other hand, if somebody loves dogs, he’ll hang out right by their side. He’s the first one to greet everybody.”

Given the reality of a fourlegged, no opposable thumbs existence, Dude isn’t so inclined towards manual labor. However, what he lacks in leg work, he makes up for in customer service.

“He doesn’t stock inventory or anything yet, but the morale boost is the best thing we can have in a coworker,” McCullough said.

As with all minimum wage employees, Dude has his foibles.

McCullough admits that his best friend and coworker occasionally has slips of the bowel on the company carpet from time to time.

“He does it when I leave him here after work or we go out for drinks,” McCullough said. “One time he came to me whining and he looked across the room. He had pooped right on the floor.”

Despite accidents, Dude is an indispensable part of the Moler’s staff, McCullough said.

“If I’d have left him at home, he’d have just torn some trash up and maybe even pooped on the floor,” McCullough said. “But now he’s a happy boy here at work.”

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Dude the Dog has been the Moler’s Camera employee of the month for twelve straight months. Basking in the sun, Dude awaits the 5 p.m. rush of customers just getting off from work downtown.

Meet the Wichita State police officer who lip-synced his way into students’ hearts

BY ANDREW LINNABARY

Superheroes fascinated Brandon Dorion as a child.

Superman had his strength, Batman his stealth and gadgets, Spider-Man his friendly charm.

The heroes had different skills, but collectively, they made a team.

Their goal? To answer the call to crisis, and to fight crime.

Dorion wanted to be like those superheroes. So he became the closest thing he could think of — a police officer.

He’s just wearing a uniform and badge instead of a cape and tights, Dorion said.

And just like all the superheroes had different powers, all of the officers at the WSU police department bring something different to the table.

Dorion’s role within his department? Community engagement.

He’s the department’s community liaison, in many ways.

Dorion spends a large amount of time monitoring campus events.

Police officers at these events usually aren’t the most animated attendees. They tend to stand away from the crowd, observing the happenings, talking amongst themselves.

But officer Dorion goes all in.

Take, for example, last October at the student-run Cut H8 event in the Rhatigan Student Center courtyard.

Dorion isn’t a good dancer, he said. But when the “Wobble” came on, he cut loose — and the crowd loved it.

“That was the first time I danced at an event,” Dorion said. “When everyone was doing it together, it became more than just dancing …

We were united, and just having

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Wichita State police officer Brandon Dorian lip-syncs in a video that appeared on his Facebook page.

fun.”

The moment was immortalized on Facebook, and has racked up hundreds of likes and dozens of shares.

It was a fun, funny moment for the WSU police department. But Dorion wasn’t done there.

The Fourth of July means fireworks, but for Dorion, it meant one specific “Firework” — the one sung by Katy Perry.

Wearing his police uniform, Dorion — a blonde-headed, boyish-faced 24-year-old bearing a passing resemblance to the rapper Macklemore — lip-synced his way through the 2010 Katy Perry hit,

wagging his finger, bobbing his head, pumping his fists, and opening his jaw wide as he fake-belted: “Baby, you’re a firework/c’mon show ‘em what you’re worth!”

The video has over 66 thousand views, 650 shares and nearly 1,000 reactions. For a police department, it’s the kind of virality you want.

“When I saw the lip-sync challenge, I saw an opportunity to show people we’re more than police officers — we’re human beings,” Dorion said. “We like to have fun, just like everybody else. I thought this was an opportunity to give everybody a laugh, and to see us behind the badge and uniform.”

That’s the goal for Dorion. He wants better interactions between students and officers. He wants conversations. Laughs. Memories.

He doesn’t want to just hand out tickets, or be the authority figure silently brooding in the corner. He wants to be a part of it all.

It wasn’t long ago that he was just a student dreaming of being an officer. A Wichita native, Dorion got his first taste of law enforcement while still in high school at North High.

He did ride alongs, learned about law enforcement, and then decided to chase his dream at Wichita State.

He graduated in four years with a criminal justice degree, and was hired on by the department shortly after. Now he’s been there just over two years — and he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.

“Right here is where I want to be,” Dorion said.

And his department is happy to have him.

“You’ve seen how outgoing and engaging he is,” Police Captain Corey Herl said. “We want somebody that finds it easy to talk to people and interact with them … not just on law enforcement, but more along the lines of having that familiar face, that contact, and that connection.”

Dorion doesn’t know a stranger, Herl said.

He might be chatting with students in the RSC. Or he might be providing security at any number of campus events.

And it’s not just WSU students Dorion spends time building relationships with. The kids at WSU’s Child Development Center have gotten to know him well — just ask CDC director Jillian Hoefer.

“He’s talked to the kids, played with the kids, read stories to the kids,” Hoefer said. “They love him.

He’s a police officer, and he’s not shy.

They’re asking him crazy questions, and, you know, he’s answering the questions for them. He’s been great with them.”

Hoefer said she distinctly remembers Dorion coming over one afternoon, about a year ago, and saying, “Hi, I’m officer Dorion. I want to be your community partner from WSU. I want to come over and interact with the kids. I want to be a positive force for them.”

Prior to that, she said, the CDC had little interaction with the WSU police department. Dorion took the engagement to the next level, she said.

“It shows a commitment beyond his job, because his job is completely different from that,” Hoefer said.

“He doesn’t have to come over here.

He doesn’t have to interact with kids on that level. I think it shows a man who’s committed to WSU, his job, the community, and kids.”

As a kid, Dorion dreamed of being a superhero. But unlike those heroes who thrived on fighting crime, he’d rather things on WSU’s campus stay tame.

“I want to make positive interactions, rather than meeting somebody on a call or at their worst,” Dorion said. “Normally, when people call the police it’s not for something good. If I can change that and give them an interaction that’s positive and something that they normally don’t see a police officer doing, for me, that’s building a better relationship with our students, staff, and anybody else who’s on campus.”

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Intramural sign up for fall sports ends soon

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

Seasons for 11 intramural sports are starting soon.

Students can sign up online now through early September for sports ranging from wiffleball to sand volleyball.

Students can sign up on www. imleagues.com/Wichita.

FALL INTRAMURALS Cricket Flag Football Backyard Olympics Sand Volleyball League of Legends Tennis Wiffleball Golf Madden Virtual 5K Kickball

BRIAN HAYES/THE SUNFLOWER Wichita State was ranked first in the AAC’s Preseason Coaches Poll, released Wednesday. WSU finished 20-0 in their inaugural season in the American.

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New fencing in the outfield of Wilkins Stadium is one foot taller — up to 6-feet tall. Installation is expected to be completed in late August.

Wilkins Stadium gets new fence

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

Hitting one out of the park may be slightly more challenging this year at Wilkins Stadium.

Wilkins Stadium, home of the Wichita State softball team, will be upgraded with padded fencing.

The updated structure will be one foot taller — up to six feet — extending three feet in center field.

Renovation plans were enacted after “significant work” was needed to maintain the old fencing, said Brad Pittman, associate athletic director and head of facilities and operations.

“When you have a wood structure that old, it needs work from time to time,” Pittman said.

“It got to the point that it needed significant work.”

Safety pads will be installed to the structure, which, Pittman indicated, was a necessity.

“At the forefront of the project was player safety,” Pittman said.

Safety pads are expected to arrive on campus later this month, and installation is set to be completed before WSU hosts Avila on Sept. 22 for the start of their fall season.

The project costs $100,000, and is paid out of the athletic department’s general use fund.

Wilkins Stadium — a $1.3 million project at its inception — has served as the home to WSU softball since the 1998 season.

The stadium has not been updated since $90,000 worth of improvements were made in 2013.

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Wichita State guard Conner Frankamp hustles for a rebound against Temple on Feb. 15.

Frankamp signs overseas pro deal

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT

Conner Frankamp joined the growing list of Shocker basketball alumni to sign a pro deal.

Frankamp signed a contract with BC Beroe, a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Stara Zagor, as first reported by Orazio Cauchi of Sportnado.

He joins teammates Shaquille

SEE BUBBLE RAP PAGE 14

This sort of self-awareness — present, humorous, but never laid on too thick – permeates the record.

“The hook for ‘Donald Trump Diss Track’ is literally as simple as Donald Trump sucks.,” James said.

“We don’t even know anything about Donald Trump, we just think it’s funny.”

While “BUBBLE RAP” may not exactly enlighten the masses, it often provides an accurate and amusing reflection with more than enough value in and of itself.

With its crackling wit, punchy production and charming personality, “BUBBLE RAP” is a delightful fifteen minutes of hip-hop fun. It’s also a great display of the group’s potential, and James says there’s more to come.

“Now me and Blake know we can

Morris, Zach Brown, and Rashard Kelly, who all signed contracts overseas this summer.

Frankamp played for Wichita North High School and is the City League’s all-time leading scorer.

He averaged 10.6 points and 2.3 assists per game at Wichita State his senior year. He was a career 39-percent three-point shooter with WSU.

make music together,” James said.

“It’s a move in the right direction.

There won’t be a “BUBBLERAP 2” or anything. I think we’re just gonna go harder.”

When asked about his influence on the group’s music, Draper offered an insight into not only the group’s sound, but its mentality.

“Chief Keef, Waka Flocka, trap music, you know,” Draper said. “I take not the sound production but the idea where you don’t care about what the listener thinks — just make what you want to make.”

“BUBBLE RAP” stands as a testament to such an approach.

MAXXJAMES & BLACONATOR are in the studio doing something completely their own — creating a fresh style that would make anyone want to walk in and join them.

SHOCKER VOLLEYBALL FACES BIG SEASON

BY EVAN PFLUGRADT & KYLIE CAMERON

SHOCKER VOLLEYBALL FAVORED TO WIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Wichita State volleyball could be set to dominate the American Athletic Conference for a second season.

The Shockers were picked first in the AAC's Preseason Coaches Poll, released Monday.

WSU earned six first place votes — one more than Cincinnati.

Last season, The Shockers were also picked first in the Coaches Poll. They then went on to win the conference undefeated.

They hosted the first NCAA Tournament game in school history, before an early loss to Missouri in the second round ended their season.

VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE INCLUDES NO. 1 STANDFORD

Wichita State volleyball’s

non-conference schedule is jampacked with talent.

The Shockers’ schedule includes Stanford, who was voted No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll. Stanford finished in the semifinals of the last year’s NCAA Tournament. The Shockers’ schedule follows with tournament host, No. 8 Brigham Young.

WSU received votes in the preseason ACVA Top-25 poll.

With a record of 8-3 in the non-conference and 21-0 in their debut to the American Athletic Conference, Wichita State starts their season at James Madison on Aug. 24.

Their first home game at Charles Koch Arena is Sept. 21 where they open up conference play against Tulane.

Students can get tickets to hoem volleyball games with their student IDs.

AAC COACHES POLL 1. Wichita State (6) 113 2. Cincinnati (5) 108 3. Temple (1) 106 4. Southern Methodist 94 5. U. of Cenrtal Florida 74 6. Tulsa 70 7. ECU 68 8. Houston 44 9. USF 41 10. Tulane 33 11. UConn 29 12. Memphis 12

GAMES TO WATCH Sept. 1

Stanford (No. 1) — (Neutral Court) Brigham Young (No. 8) — (Away)

Sept. 8

Iowa St. (No. 21) — (Neutral Court)

Sept. 9

Creighton (No. 13) — (Away)