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Faculty senate to talk provost search, tuition assistance

SGA election rules change

BY DANIEL CAUDILL

The Student Senate passed a bill to reform general elections during their meeting on Wednesday night. Provisions found in the bill will be effective for the upcoming election season, which begins in late February.

The bill, titled “The New Election Reform Act (ERA)”, was authored by the Association’s Cabinet, and features changes to campaigning restrictions, candidacy requirements, and protocol for incoming and outgoing student government officers.

One provision in ERA opens many of the previously-restricted areas for campaigning, allowing candidates to use areas like Ablah Library and the University Shuttle System to promote their candidacy. In addition, candidates may now campaign outside of university property.

Joshua Nichols, former Senator and member of the Election Commission, said that with the previous campaigning restriction around the University Shuttle System, it was unclear what areas were actually prohibited.

“We spent probably a solid hour debating what the University Shuttle System’s jurisdiction was,” he said. “Is it the stands where the buses come to stop? Whether that’s the entire road that the shuttle drives on…”

“It’s a very grey line to interpret that, and I think it’s just too hard to enforce as an Election Commissioner,” Nichols said.

The bill also changes some of the requirements for students who wish to run in the general election.

Candidates for contested seats must submit an individual application to the Association’s Office Manager or designee by noon on “the Wednesday preceding the third Monday of March.” For this year’s election, that deadline falls on the 14th of March.

BY JENNA FARHAT

The Faculty Senate’s first meeting of the semester will cover the university’s search for a new provost, updates on Kansas legislature, and other policies that affect faculty.

Senators who sit on the Provost search SHAW committee will provide updates to the senate. The committee is in charge of the search for a new Provost after Tony Vizzini was placed on paid leave from the university “to focus on his professional goals.”

A new tuition assistance policy will be discussed and sent to the Kansas Board of Regents for approval. The policy would remove the requirement that children of university employees enroll in 12 credit hours to receive tuition assistance. The policy would also allow tuition assistance to benefit-eligible employees who do not work full time.

A policy which provides a path for promotion for non-tenure track faculty will continue to be discussed. The policy has been approved by President Bardo’s executive team.

The Faculty Senate is a representative forum for Wichita State faculty. Members of the senate are elected to represent various colleges on campus. They meet at 3:30 p.m. every other Monday in Clinton Hall Room 126. The president of faculty senate is Carolyn Shaw.

Follow The Sunflower on Twitter for live updates during Faculty Senate meetings, @sunflowernews.

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Lacey Cruse leads the crowd in a chant encouraging people to vote during the Women’s March on Air Capital in front of Wichita City Hall. This is the second year the women’s march has been held in Wichita.

When the women go marching in

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BY DANIEL CAUDILL

ansas leaders and activist groups joined protesters Saturday at Wichita City Hall for the “Women’s March on Air Capital.”

Guest speakers stood before the protesters to raise awareness for issues such as women’s health and safety, intersectionality, diversity, and voter participation.

Among the speakers was Kristi Brungardt, founder of Jana’s Campaign, a non-profit organization to prevent gender and relationship violence.

Brungardt founded Jana’s Campaign with her husband Kurt Brungardt after their daughter, Jana, was murdered by an ex-boyfriend in 2009. “[Jana] served for several years in Lawrence as a volunteer advocate for victims of domestic

“WE’RE HERE TO PREPARE FOR THE KANSAS MID-TERM ELECTION.” ­—LACEY CRUSE, SINGER AND CO-ORGANIZER

and sexual violence,” Brungardt said. “She was known in Kansas for advocacy of women’s rights.

“I’m filling in for Jana today because without doubt, she would be here,” Brungardt said.

Brungardt explained that Jana originally attended the University of Kansas on a vocal music scholarship, but found her true passion in women’s studies.

After receiving her undergraduate degree, she lobbied in Topeka for three years over women’s issues.

“Kurt and I believe that it is our responsibility to use the story of Jana’s life and the story of her

death to reduce gender violence,” Brungardt said.

Lacey Cruse, a local singer and co-organizer of the march, kicked off the rally with the song “I Am Woman,” written by Helen Reddy.

The lyrics read: “I am woman, hear me roar/ In numbers too big to ignore.”

Cruse also read a list of the names of people who died due to domestic violence last year in Sedgwick County, and held a moment of silence in their honor.

Following each speech, she led the crowd of protesters in chanting, “Hear our vote.”

“We’re here to prepare for the Kansas mid-term election,” Cruse said. “In November, we get a new governor, a new secretary of state, and 125 House seats are up.”

Women’s basketball team wins 4 straight

BY CHANCE SWAIM

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Forward Rangie Bessard (35) drives the lane past defender Tamara Henshaw (23) at Koch Arena Sunday. The Shockers rolled the USF Bulls 64-56 on their way to a four-game win-streak.

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Wichita State’s women’s basketball team rolled the South Florida Bulls at Koch Area Sunday, winning its fourth game in a row.

A win over USF signified the most important victory yet for head basketball coach Keitha Adams in her first season at the helm for the Shockers.

After defeating three teams with losing records in the American — Memphis, Tulane, and SMU — the Shockers upset the No. 23 team in the USA Today coaches poll and perrenial top-brass in the conference with a strong showing in the fourth quarter.

The Shockers outscored the Bulls 20-4 in the final period of play, with suffocating defense that threw a bubble over the rim for the Bulls, who shot 2-18 in the fourth quarter. ““They’ve got a great program and they’ve had that thing rolling for quite a while,” Adams said.

“For us to get this win, it’s a great confidence-booster for our players.

We played a great team and we found our identity.”

The Shockers are now 9-12 on the season and 4-3 in the American.

Rangie Bessard and Diamond Lockhart led the Shockers with 16 points each.

The Shockers will try to get a fifth win in a row against the Memphis Tigers (7-12) on the road Saturday.

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Director of Koch-funded economic institute search committee forms

BY CHANCE SWAIM

A search committee for the director of the Koch-funded Institute for the Study of Economic Growth has been formed.

Anand Desai, dean of the Barton School of Business, said the committee will consist of four faculty DESAI members and one graduate student.

“The advertisement will go out this month and we will then begin receiving applications. A public announcement will be made when the director is hired, in late spring/early summer,” Desai said in an email.

William Miles, an economics professor, will serve as the chair of the search committee.

Business faculty Jodi Pelkowski, economics; Chris Broberg, management; and Anthony May, finance, will help with the search.

Graduate student Bita Mansouri Garekani is the lone student on the committee.

The institute will be part of the Barton School of Business and could open as soon as August. It

will be housed in Clinton Hall until enough money is raised to build a new business building on Innovation Campus, Desai said.

The institute will follow the business school to the new building.

“Everything will be consistent with the mission and vision of the institute and the university,” Desai said in September.

Desai said the institute will fund two faculty members with research and teaching expectations, lecturers, two research fellowships for graduate students, and two graduate assistant positions. Those positions will be funded by the Koch donation, Desai said.

Wichita State will pay the institute’s faculty benefits, which include health insurance and retirement, through a “re-allocation” of the business school’s funds.

The faculty members hired by the institute will be vetted by the Barton School’s faculty and will have full rights and responsibilities of other WSU faculty.

“What this institute is trying to do is look at ways to grow the economy, what role markets play in that growth, and how to lift society and enhance the quality of life for the region.”

“The normal university processes will be preserved. We will not short-circuit the process.”

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CELEBRATING CULTURE

ULRICH WINTER EXHIBIT

SLIDING INTO SPRING

Breaks in the game kill the momentum.

Cultural talent show celebrates diverse array of skills.

‘We the People’ art exhibit curated by students for students.

Baseball and softball release schedules.

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In-game promos are crowd killers, detrimental to Shockers’ home success

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ednesday night I witnessed something quite rare: Wichita State losing at Koch Arena.

In fact, it was only the second time in my three years at the university such a thing has happened. Before the Shockers dropped to Northern Iowa in 2015, they had won 43 home games consecutively; and that streak was back up to 27 before Southern Methodist stormed into victory on Devlin Court earlier this week.

Losses at Koch Arena are unpredictable. Yet, losses can somewhat be expected when you upgrade competition to include teams like SMU, Houston and Cincinnati.

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Wichita State’s in-game promotions are killing the energy in Charles Koch Arena.

I’d be lying if I thought the Shockers — who have the 68th best strength of schedule in the country — would get through the season without losing at Koch Arena, and I’d be lying if I said I was confident it won’t happen again this year.

What should have been recognized this season, was the number of 20- and 30-point blowouts would be traded for single-digit victories, and in some cases loses. But what strikes me as odd, is the unpreparedness of the athletic department to realize what challenges it might be to keep the crowd energized when the beloved Shockers faced adversity.

Wednesday night, WSU struggled earlier and fell into a hole against American Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the

Year, Shake Milton. Milton scored with ease as he wowed with a career best 33 points.

After trailing the Mustangs by 13 points in the second half, WSU miraculously pulled the game to within three points — forcing SMU coach Tim Jankovich to call a timeout to settle Koch Arena’s 10,000-plus person crowd.

Instead of bumping up the noise and playing hype videos on the big screen, WSU did Jankovich the honors cut to the next promotion — a kiss cam — and settled the crowd all their own. And in that instant, the energy was dead.

Former fifth-year Shocker Zach Bush took to Twitter to chime in.

“BRUTAL,” he tweeted. “The energy is killed EVERY time there is a TO cause we go to announcements and

slow lethargic promos.

“Crowd killers.”

He’s right. By the time the two teams came out of the timeout, the crowd was mostly silent, and SMU capitalized.

In years past, an unpredictable game like basketball was rather predictable. For years, WSU’s athletic department has been able to prepare for soft promotions and schedule them for various points of the game, and in games where the Shockers lead by more than 10 points, the promotions did little harm. Blowout games like that are a thing of the past, and there needs to be more consideration to from the promotion’s staff on how to build crowd energy.

One fan called the attention of Athletic Director Darron Boatright, and Boatright replied, “I feel your pain. We would prefer to not have promos at all.”

Promotions aren’t the problem — they’re a piece of every sporting event — but the timing and production could be altered, and the way it looks ideas haven’t been explored in a long time.

To succeed in the AAC, WSU — now two games back out of first place — is going to have to defend home court, and that might not come easy without some help.

There’s a demand for change, and the athletic department should not be afraid to discuss new alternatives to how they handle in-game promotions.

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College survival tips Correcting a mistake from a fifth-year senior You’ve probably already heard the usual tips for college students. Don’t skip class. Don’t pull an all-nighter, and do your homework. That’s some pretty solid advice that I definitely endorse, but how do you navigate it? College is a struggle largely because all of a sudden you’re given so many options: options for classes, options for career paths, and options for your social circles. All these options can be overwhelming, and if you’re not taking care of and prioritizing your emotional well-being, it can be too much to handle at some points.

For much of college, I overindulged and didn’t take care of my emotional needs. My third year was the worst. I was working 30 hours a week as a supervisor at a fast food restaurant, was the president of a club, took a full load of classes, wrote regularly for a blog, took a leadership role in Model United Nations, and served as an active At-Large Senator on SGA, on top of being a campus activist. I routinely had 18-20 hour days and never had a day off. That work load caused me to hit breaking point that almost quite literally killed me, and I went through extensive therapy because of it.

The pointers that I can pull

from my experience are as follows: I know it’s tempting to stay up all night and knock out a 10 page paper the day before it’s due, but don’t. If it’s a certain time at night and I don’t have something done, I go to bed and worry about it the next day. If that means it’s not done, it’s not done. You can always ask your professor for an extension. You’d be surprised how many professors will work with you especially if it’s not habit. Next, schedule down time for yourself that’s not at 2 am. Try to plan a daily routine and healthy release. Finally find a community, a core group of people who know you, your limits, and your values. I found my core group of people, and I cannot be more thankful for the support they gave me through the hard times and they continue to give me. I wouldn’t have made it through if it weren’t for my friends, family, and mentors.

Being a college student is hard, but if you take time to deliberately prioritize your needs, you will get through it. I promise.

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Thursday night, The Sunflower published an article about The New Election Reform Act, a bill that was recently passed by the Student Senate.

Most of the changes in the bill are focused on the general election, specifically campaigning and post-election protocol.

While covering the news of the bill’s passage, I mistakenly referenced an outdated draft, which was notably different from the one that passed Wednesday night.

Although the story was corrected, I want to explain and personally correct my errors.

In the original article, I erroneously reported that a provision from an earlier draft of the bill — that would have separated celebrations for incoming and outgoing SGA officers — was also in the final draft passed by the Student Senate. his was not the case.

In fact, following its tabling in December, the legislation received some major changes, including the removal of said provision.

Also in the original article, I mistakenly listed the Grace Memorial Chapel as one of many newly unrestricted areas for campaigning.

This change was not included in the final draft of the bill either, meaning that the chapel will remain a campaign-restricted area.

My referencing error does not

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accurately reflect the quality, depth, and thoroughness of The Sunflower’s work at Wichita State.

Free press is important because it protects every person’s right to the truth. For this reason, free press and higher education should go hand-in-hand.

I am proud to be a part of a university where I have the opportunity to inform my peers through a respectable newspaper.

As a reader, I value transparency and reliability in the news above all else. The students at Wichita State deserve nothing less when reading The Sunflower.

The credibility of our paper is something I take seriously, and in order to maintain it, I want to learn from this experience.

Throughout the spring semester, and the rest of my career at Wichita State, I will work to ensure that my coverage is thorough, accurate, and to the standard established by The Sunflower’s legacy.

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CELEBRATING CULTURAL TALENTS

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MUSIC CRITIC Pop music has always carved out a little air time for the weirdos.

Artists from David Bowie and Björk to Frank Ocean and Gorillaz have managed to crack charts with tracks that are downright bizarre either in vocal delivery, song structure or musical arrangement. Yet what we think of as ‘pop music’ has often remained somewhat stable.

A pop song has a catchy melody or vocal hook, straightforward yet memorable lyrics, and pristine production value. Production costs kept the ability to make music we recognize as ‘pop’ in the hands of artists backed by record labels who saw in their talent an opportunity for profit.

With the opening of an economic floodgate that allows artists to produce and stream their music easier, there is a wave of artists making demented pop music that sounds both infected and infectious.

Fittingly, the global chaos of 2017 was accompanied by some of the best avant-pop yet. After all, if the world is going crazy, why not throw your hands up and dance?

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Left: Members of the Vietnamese Student Assocation perform at the beginning of the Cultural Talent Show Saturday evening at the RSC. Above: East High Cultural Dance Group performs in the Cultural Talent Show.

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Insub Kim sings and plays piano during the Cultural Talent Show Saturday evening at the RSC.

BY ABBI FAFLICK

“SOFTWARE UPGRADE” BY POPPY

YouTube enigma Poppy may or may not be a robot pop star building a cult through pop music and bombastically fashionable outfits. Much of her appeal is the weirdness of her online presence, yet her debut EP “Bubblebath” pretty much ignored that in favor of straightforward pop songs. Her 2017 record “Poppy.Computer” finally married her music to her personality, resulting in gems like “Software Upgrade” where Poppy contemplates an unsatisfactory relationship with a hologram. With earworm vocal hooks straight out of the uncanny valley and a hard drive’s worth of synthesizer hooks, “Software Upgrade” makes a great case for jamming tomorrow’s robo-pop today.

“S.A.D.” BY KIRIN J CALLINAN

The Australian singer/songwriter attained meme immortality this year for his ridiculous “Big Enough” video, but “S.A.D.” — or “Song About Drugs” — stands as his most ambitious and wildly successful pop music send-up. “S.A.D.” takes pop music’s lyrical obsession with drugs and injects it into every aspect of the track, leaving the listener with hilarious non-sequitur lyrics.

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Barely three years ago, “Boom Clap” leapt from the soundtrack of teen romance blockbuster “The Fault in our Stars” into the Billboard top ten. Since then, she’s taken a startling left turn by aligning herself with avant-pop UK collective PC Music. 2016’s collaboration with PC Music member SOPHIE, the “Vroom Vroom” EP, often fell on its face as its pushed its experimentation towards grating yet ungratifying extremes. Yet Charli stuck to her guns in 2017 and found her stride on two excellent mixtapes which notably featured many overlooked artists from the LGBTQ community.

“I Got It” stands as a representative gem, pairing one of Charli’s most relentless vocal hooks with an absolutely relentless industrial trap beat and a slew of killer vocal features.

Pop music has never sounded so uncompromising.

In a culmination of culture and the elements that define it— language, dance, music, and people— the first Cultural Talent Showdown showcased local student talent. The Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) and Miss Vietnam Wichita (MVNW) committees partnered to showcase eight talent acts from varying cultures Saturday.

The eight acts performed songs or dances that represent different cultures. The acts were judged on elements of originality, showmanship, and cultural interest, for cash prices up to $400.

Dancers from Sigma Psi Zeta

placed first. Justin Lewis, Darrius Ray, and NaQuan Jones, a singing trio from Wichita High School East, placed second. Kenon Brinkley, amateur musician, placed third.

“I was really happy and excited that Sigma Psi Zeta won,” Lilly Tran, external VP and performance chair, said. “This was the first cultural event that I had to incorporate our cultural backgrounds with our Greek traditions.

“To execute this, I decided that it would be neat to stroll to songs from different Asian cultures and make a story out of it. I did not know how the audience would react to our performance but

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Danh Luu sings in the Cultural Talent Show at the RSC Saturday evening.

seeing how we placed first, I was overjoyed. As a team, we plan to use this money and give back to our sorority because they had done so much for us.”

Bryant Ngyuen, emcee and VSA president, said that events like the talent show helped him stay in touch with his culture.

Likewise, audiences and participants have the opportunity to connect with other cultures as well.

“As a teenager in high school, I wasn’t very connected to the Vietnamese community,” Ngyuen said.

“But my first touch with the Vietnamese community was a talent show just like this.

‘I was a part of it, and it really helped me to give back to the community with whatever they have given me.”

After the success of the event, organizers are hopeful for years to come in the purpose established.

Because of the cultural significance for performers and audiences, VSA and MVNW plan to organize an annual show.

“We want to spread cultural awareness of any culture displayed,” Nguyen said.

“I definitely want to see this be an annual event.

‘This could be something that could continue to go, and continue to grow larger.”

Ulrich Museum opens spring exhibit for ‘We the People’

BY ABBI FAFLICK

Drawing from the nearly 7,000-piece collection that make up the archives of the Ulrich Museum, a class of 11 students curated the “We the People” exhibit.

Pieces on display speak to the message of societal injustices from the mid-nineteenth century to present day.

Accompanying each piece is a student’s interpretation and historical contextualization providing insight on why the piece fits in the exhibition.

“The pieces we chose are all about a social injustice,” said Kacey Green, a graphic design senior. “All of the pieces in here are pointing to that whether it be social injustice, gender, rich or poor.”

The fall 2017 course gave graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to learn and practice curating art with the guidance of professor Brittany Lockard.

Green explained how the class went through creating the exhibit, which was structured in two basic parts.

First, students learned through art history lectures, and then practiced the curation process by researching what pieces in the Ulrich archives best fit into the exhibit’s theme.

“We were divided into groups, and each group chose sections,” Green said.

“The sections of what we came up with were not cookie cutter, but a flow of unified pieces.”

The pieces transitioning from each decade appear side by side, each speaking to art’s relevancy in modern culture with similar issues of social concern.

The largest focal piece of the gallery, Benny

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Another guest speaker was Elle Boatman, an Air Force veteran and member of the Wichita Transgender and Community Network.

“Trans people can be denied a job, housing, and healthcare in Kansas,” Boatman said.

“When I see things that say, ‘All women welcome,’ I often wonder, ‘Do they mean me?’”

Lavonta Williams, the first woman elected to the Wichita City Council for District 1 and first black woman to serve as vice mayor, spoke about the importance of voting: “If we are 51 percent of the state representation, as women, then we need 51 percent of our names on the ballot.”

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Sophomore Herra Hameedi takes in the mural titled Symbols by Benny Andrews at the WE THE PEOPLE exhibit at the Ulrich Museum.

Andrews’s mural “Symbols,” runs colorfully across three walls in the middle of the gallery.

“There is so much going on, that even if you look at it multiple times you’ll see something differently,” Green said. “This is my favorite because it hits on all of the diverse issues.”

Green said the most challenging part of the show was focusing on a range of injustices.

While featured pieces span across different time periods, they still relate to each other through common themes of inequality.

“Curating the show opened my eyes up to different lanes of artwork that can be viewed by people,” Green said.

“All of this artwork has different elements in it, but everyone who likes artwork about a certain subject can still like the whole show.”

Accompanying the “We the People” exhibit is a portion of the D.J. Scanlon Political Button Collection.

The buttons span presidencies from Truman to Reagan to Bush, showing how Americans have expressed political views.

The rest of the collection is housed in Lindquist Hall, while a portion is outside of the exhibit in the Polk/Wilson Gallery. Both will be on display until March 25.

Carole Neal, a member of the League of Women Voters, said that there were thirty-two volunteers with federal voter registration forms at the march.

Guest speakers also celebrated feminist movements across the United States, such as the #MeToo campaign, that have grown prominent since a series of women’s marches last January.

Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women — an abortion and reproductive rights foundation in Kansas and Oklahoma — said that the rally served as a healing process for women after President Donald Trump’s first year in office.

“One year ago today, millions of us marched in protest of Trump’s maniacal policies and statements,” Burkhart said.

Burkhart said that she founded Trust Women

after her boss and mentor, physician and abortion provider George Tiller, was killed in 2009.

Kathlynn Short, a freshman at Wichita State, is an intern for Trust Women and has aided in their lobbying efforts in Topeka.

“We want to repeal laws against abortion,” Short said.

“This rally is important to me because it shows me that I’m not alone in my beliefs in Wichita,” she said.

Danielle Johnson, program coordinator for Wichita State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion, attended the rally with her family.

“The best way to civically engage is to vote,” Johnson said.

“It’s also important to encourage women to run for office, that’s how your voice can really be heard.”

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ELECTION

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After submitting an application, all candidates must attend a reading of the election’s regulations from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Any candidate who fails to attend the reading will be disqualified.

The New Election Reform Act also removes the outgoing president from the selection process for Treasurer, Student Advocate, and Cabinet positions;

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however, the outgoing Treasurer and Student Advocate will be involved in the interview process for respective incoming officers.

During the bill’s first discussion, several senators expressed that the outgoing president could hold insight about the best candidates for the positions, and that they should not be removed from the selection process.

“The outgoing president knows what kind of people need to fill those positions,” Senator Kyler Sanders said. “The incoming

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3/10/2018, 12:00 P.M. MISSOURI STATE VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS • WICHITA, KAN.

4/7/2018, 3:00 P.M. TULSA • WICHITA, KAN.

3/10/2018, 2:30 P.M. MISSOURI STATE WICHITA, KAN. 3/10/2018, 5:00 P.M. WESTERN ILLINOIS WICHITA, KAN. 3/11/2018, 11:00 A.M. MISSOURI STATE VS. WESTERN ILLINOIS • WICHITA, KAN.

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3/16/2018, 1:00 P.M. IOWA • OMAHA, NEB.

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3/16/2018, 3:30 P.M. CREIGHTON • OMAHA, NEB.

4/20/2018, 6:00 P.M. UCF • WICHITA, KAN.

3/17/2018, 11:00 A.M. IOWA • OMAHA, NEB.

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3/17/2018, 4:00 P.M. CREIGHTON • OMAHA, NEB.

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3/23/2018, 6:00 P.M. MEMPHIS • WICHITA, KAN.

4/29/2018, 12:00 P.M. ECU • GREENVILLE, N.C.

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5/2/2018, 4:00 P.M. MISSOURI • WICHITA, KAN.

3/25/2018, 11:00 A.M. MEMPHIS • WICHITA, KAN.

2/25/2018, 11:00 AM VIRGINIA TECH • AUSTIN, TEXAS

3/27/2018, 6:00 P.M. OKLAHOMA STATE • STILLWATER, OKLA.

3/3/2018, 1:00 P.M. NEBRASKA • LINCOLN, NEB.

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3/3/2018, 3:30 P.M. NEBRASKA • • LINCOLN, NEB.

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president might not exactly know what to look for.”

Senator Greg Bucchin shared another perspective. “I think that the incoming president should be able to choose whoever they want to work with,” he said. “I don’t think the [outgoing president] has any place in this.”

The bill was originally tabled at SGA’s final meeting of the fall semester after multiple senators expressed concerns about a provision in the bill that would have separated celebrations for

4/8/2018,12:00 P.M. TULSA • WICHITA, KAN.

incoming and outgoing officers.

During the student government banquet last May, Hungate’s parents were accused of battery and anti-black, hate “fighting words” after an altercation with outgoing Student Body President Joseph Shepard. The district attorney did not file criminal charges against Hungate’s parents, but the incident incited student protests that set the tone for her first weeks in office.

“I don’t believe that we need to have two separate banquets

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coming out of two separate funds,” Senator Yang said during the final SGA meeting of the fall semester. “And I really believe that we could use the funds from the separate reception for something that is a little bit more useful considering tuition is going up.”

Ultimately, the provision separating the incoming and outgoing officers was removed from the bill, meaning that both incoming and outgoing SGA officers will attend a single banquet.