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‘THE BIG DANCE’ OF DEBATE
College of engineering dean leaving WSU in June BY ANDREW LINNABARY
College of engineering dean Royce Bowden is leaving Wichita State June 30 to “invest the next chapter of his life to BOWDEN philanthropic and scholarly interests,” according to a news release. Interim Provost Rick Muma will work with the engineering faculty and staff to select an interim leader and conduct a national search for the next dean, the release says. Bowden will have completed 30 years of higher education work when he leaves the university, with the last five of those at WSU. He became dean of the college in 2014. Before coming to WSU, Bowden served as associate dean for academic affairs at Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. In that time, Dean Bowden “has done a tremendous amount of work on the progress of the university’s mission by advancing STEM education, research and developing new cutting-edge teaching spaces in the Experiential Engineering Building,” Muma said in the release. “Royce has been a great colleague and he will be missed. We wish him well.” Bowden said he’s “grateful to have had the opportunity” to oversee and help grow the college of engineering. “I am proud to be a Shocker and will forever cheer for Wichita State’s continued success,” Bowden said in the release.
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Lee Thompson, one of the debaters that won the National Debate Tournament for WSU 50 years ago, laughs with Jeff Jarman during the NDT award ceremony in Marriott.
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it into the elimination round. The next year, Shields and Thompson won the nationwide tournament held at the Brooklyn College in New York. “Bob Shields and I went to that tournament (in 1967) and made the elimination round,” Thompson said. “We were seniors in school years ‘67-’68.” In their victory tournament, Shields and Thompson defeated schools such as Michigan State
BY DANIEL CAUDILL
ichita State hosted the National Debate Tournament for the first time this weekend, aligning with the 50-year anniversary of Shocker Debate’s victory at the tournament. The tournament was held at the University of Chicago in 1967, where Shocker debaters Robert Shields and Lee Thompson made
and Butler University. Shields served as the WSU student body president during this time, and Thompson, a political science major, served on his cabinet as treasurer. Fifty years later, WSU hosted the tournament for the first time. Director of the Elliott School of Communication Jeff Jarman has been a director for WSU’s debate team for 22 years. “When I came in ‘96, we were not actively attempting to qualify to this tournament,” Jarman said. “We’ve become increasingly competitive among the national caliber programs that do this.” WSU qualified for the tournament by winning enough
district-wide competitions against regional schools in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. “To me, (debate) is the single hardest thing we ask an undergraduate student to do,” Jarman said. “The amount of time it takes to research and the depth of research and preparation that’s required has often been compared to writing a master’s thesis.” Jarman described the National Debate Tournament as “unique” because it is a competition without divisions. “This tournament has elite private schools. Harvard is here. They were the top-seed at the tournament,” he said. “Schools SEE DEBATE PAGE 3
A son’s promise BY MATT COOPER
Six thousand miles separate Gary Kinard and the last link to a life and family in Yokohama, Japan, to whom he swore a promise 28 years ago. Kinard, a WSU graduate, now 64, intends to track down his mother’s family in Japan and make good on a promise made to a cousin nearly 30 years ago. Via his native Japanese mother’s niece, Masoko Sanada, Kinard plans to renew ties to his roots abroad. In spending the upcoming spring semester studying Japanese at Aoyama Gakuin University, Kinard will have the ideal setting to do just that. During his first stint in college at WSU, Kinard’s cousin Masoko came for a visit to Wichita from Yokoyama. During her stay Kinard extended a promise to her which would determine the course of his later adult life. “I promised her that I would visit her and give a return visit in Japan,” Kinard said. This was 1980. Kinard extended this promise to his mother in her dying days in 1992. How Gary Kinard got here Kinard was born to Taeko Koyanagi and U.S Airforce operative Graze Kinard in Japan in 1954. Kinard recounts his early childhood in Japan and playing with cousin Masoko. “We didn’t understand each others’ language,” he said. “But when we played, there was no
language barrier. We all fit right in.” Kinard’s childhood was marked by constant moves. At six, his father was re-stationed to Taiwan. The family would return to Japan intermittently over the years. However, the Kinards finally returned to Graze Kinard’s hometown: Wichita. At a young age Kinard realized a certain humility in his mother’s native language. “The mannerisms are polite,” he said. “It’s not like when I’m speaking in English. There’s just more politeness when I’m trying to speak to somebody.” After graduating from West High in 1972, Kinard joined the Navy as an aviation electrician. He served at Atsugi Naval base in Japan working in avionics. Later he served a stint in the Philippines and just before being medically discharged, aided in Operation New Life, receiving Vietnamese refugees at Orote Point Guam after the fall of Saigon in April of 1975. When Kinard was discharged, he enrolled at Wichita State. By 1982, he had earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. While a student, Kinard worked as a DJ for KMUW and played a part in petitioning the station to bring the first Soul and R&B radio time-slot to Wichita. After college, Kinard worked for Boeing until being contracted by aerospace defense contractor Northrop Grumman in Los Angeles, Calif. There he contributed to testing
on explosives and even the Stealth B2 bomber until retiring in 2012. As with the passing of time, comes the passing of the ones who gave us life. Kinard’s mother Taeko fell ill in 1992. Immediately he flew home to Wichita to accompany his mother before her passing. Kinard, with a solemn countenance, tells of his sense of cultural disconnect after his mother’s death and how in her wake, his connection to Japanese was severed. “When my mother passed that knocked out all communication,” he said. After witnessing his mother’s last breaths Kinard developed a resolve which to this day he has not lost. “I want to keep my promise to Masoko,” he said while holding back tears. “I want to keep my promise to my mother and to my cousin.” Awaiting departure for home Despite military service, a full career, travels all over the world and a well-rounded education, one task remains for Kinard. In 2016, Kinard enrolled at WSU with one goal: Learn Japanese and get back to Japan and Masoko. Since then he has taken four Japanese classes and is now comfortable with the basic mechanics of the language. Kinard commented on his esteem for WSU Professor of Japanese Yumi Foster. “She has been a wonderful teacher.” he said. “She has inspired me to continue.”
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Kinard, second from the right, and his mother, Taeko, pose for a photo. The Kinard family lived in Japan, Taiwan, Tampa Fl., Washington, D.C. and Wichita, Kan. during Gary’s childhood. Throughout the years he maintained contact with his cousin by writing letters and talking on the phone.
With this new-found connection, Kinard traveled to Okayama Japan in the Summer of 2017 as a part of the WSU study abroad program. He studied there for three weeks and is determined to return. WSU Director of Study Abroad Ann Burger commented on Kinard’s will to make his promise to his family a reality. “[He] is very passionate about learning the Japanese language and culture”, Burger said. “After a lot of perseverance, he has made it happen.” Now, Kinard prepares for an even gutsier endeavor. During Japan’s spring semester, which begins at the end of March, he will attend
Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. “I just want to be able to talk to my relatives,” he said. “I want to find Masoko.” Masoko, Kinard’s only connection to the maternal side of his family, will be the first person he wants to track down while abroad at Aoyama. Kinard plans to travel to Okayama City and present officials at city hall with all of his family documentation: Births certificates of himself and his mother, social security cards and his Visa. All of Kinard’s effort comes at a risk that Masoko and the rest of his mother’s family may no longer SEE KINARD PAGE 3
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BASEBALL SWEEPS
SOMETHING TASTY
WSU wants hands-on learning, but the student paper may have its funding cut..
Rethink mammoth-sized music.
The Shockers sweeped Furman.
The dish with a Hawaiin twist.
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SO MUCH FOR APPLIED LEARNING Wichita State wants to ‘guarantee applied learning to all students.’ Why is The Sunflower being threatened?
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pplied learning is a sensitive issue at Wichita State. WSU officials often like to boast about the many applied learning experiences the university offers. The latest installment of WSU’s recruiting pitch, called #WSUNOW, advertises the university as a destination for “hands-on learning” opportunities and “student organizations for virtually every interest.” This advertising campaign aligns with both the mission statement for Innovation Campus and WSU’s strategic plan. What it doesn’t align with is reality. WSU described the value of Innovation Campus as another venture to continue to “provide students with the kind of hands-on learning that often translates to real-world success.” WSUInnovationCampus. org says WSU has made its No. 1 strategic goal to “guarantee applied learning or research experience for every student.” The idea of putting private businesses on university property hasn’t exactly translated to an overload of applied learning opportunities. This is far from reality. The Wichita Eagle revealed in September that Airbus employed just 11 WSU students during the fall semester, far short of the university’s claim that the partnership would result in “as many as 200 WSU engineering students.” Lou Heldman, vice president for strategic communications, pointed out to The Eagle that Airbus was in its first year of operation at WSU, and “those are good numbers.” He expanded to say the partnership was “working well” from both perspectives. In a comment posted on Facebook, Heldman
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complained that facts were left out of the story. But as The Eagle’s editor Steve Coffman pointed out, the story was based on two accurately reported facts: 1) According to a Wichita State Innovation Alliance meeting in 2015, Airbus would “grow its work force and employ as many as 200 WSU engineering students” and 2) Eleven students were employed at Airbus in the Fall. WSU has been defensive of its applied learning experiences. While touting successes over the course of the last few years, WSU has made strides to add degree requirements that include applied learning. In 2015, the Strategic Planning Phase 2 Steering Committee, composed of faculty representation from all WSU colleges, developed a set of criteria for applied learning experiences with the hopes that implementation of applied learning will create “competitive advantages for both our students and the university. “Our students graduate with know-how that extends classroom lessons through direct practical experience.” The plan has continued to move forward as part of WSU’s
strategic plan. In fact, the first goal of the plan is to “guarantee an applied learning or research experience for every student by each academic program.” As the strategic goal states, “this goal will be a condition of graduation rather than merely an opportunity.” Adding a degree requirement for every student who passes through the door will be a challenge, won’t it? Not quite, says the strategic plan. “This may seem like an obstacle for some,” the plan reads. “It is not—it is an opportunity.” But that doesn’t make sense. If applied learning wasn’t really a challenge, why is The Sunflower, an applied learning experience for more than 30 students, facing such difficulty being funded this year? The Sunflower is facing relentless budget cuts, and if Student Senate votes to approve the Student Fees Committee’s recommendation on Wednesday, and it is later signed by President Bardo, The Sunflower’s funding will go from what was supposed to be a temporary allocation of $100,000 to half of its request — down to $75,000. With the decline in funds will go the applied learning experiences of nearly 30 students as The Sunflower looks to find ways to survive on scraps. Applied learning is important to the university — to the point that they’re willing to get defensive about the subject. And that’s why it’s ironic that the oldest applied learning experience on campus is facing the possibility of fading to nonexistence.
The Sunflower is a family
KYLIE CAMERON COLUMNIST
The $100,000 The Sunflower receives affords applied learning experiences for 300 students. For two years, I have been fortunate enough to be afforded a hands-on learning experience. However, The Sunflower is more than a job for me. It’s also a family. I don’t have family in Wichita because I’m from Kansas City, but I chose to stay at this university because I love The Sunflower and the people I work with there. As soon as I walked in the newsroom my freshman year, I knew that it would be my second home. I can also tell you that it’s a second home for many other students on our campus, and sometimes we spend more time in that room than we do our own homes. I’ve been on a newspaper staff since my junior year of high school, but the staff at The Sunflower is the staff that I’ve felt closest to. This group is passionate about journalism and keeping our publication alive. I think what members of the Student Fees Committee forgot in their proposal, is recommending such a significant cut not only hurts student experiences, but also breaks apart a family.
LETTER to the EDITOR For those of you who are impressed by these March For Our Lives students, I want to address you all for just a moment. I think it is important to understand and remember that even so-called “average kids” are quite eloquent and intelligent. Children can be silly and at times difficult to comprehend, but when the circumstances demand it, children are fully capable of constructive, critical thoughts and commentary as well as becoming advocates. There is a problem in our culture where we put children down and exclude them from intellectual conversations and debates. They are silenced when they share their opinions and adults lash out at them when young people question their logic crying disrespect. This includes elementary students, middle school students, high school students, university students and even young adults. We absolutely have a lot to learn from them, but they have a great to deal to learn from us as well. Adolescents are told to shut up because of our age; they are told we do not understand because we are so young. This needs to stop. We should be empowering young people and encouraging them to be thoughtful, introspective and intellectual. That includes bringing kids into “adult” discussions and listening to them when they speak up. Perhaps instead of shutting them up for not understanding, why not enlighten them with your wisdom? Sit down with them and help them understand instead of turning them away. Simply dismissing young people when they try to take our place at the table is both lazy and socially reductive. You can’t complain about them not caring when you don’t allow them to raise their voices on things we should all care about. Don’t complain about them becoming apathetic when you never allowed them to have deep and difficult conversations with you. Having “adult” discussions with young people contributes to their development in the long term and helps them deal with reality as adults. You cannot continue to condescend upon them and expect them to care when you need them to. You are not entitled to respect simply because you are older. If you disrespect them, do not be surprised when we return the favor in kind. Respect is a two-way street. Remember that.
—Paul Raymond
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Sunflower Soundtrack: Mammoth Jams
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MUSIC CRITIC Few phrases are more American than “bigger is better.” Franchise restaurants and movies dominate the cultural landscape while streaming services and social media platforms provide infinite content. Yet while consuming massive works of film through television binges has become somewhat common, music remains a medium digested mostly in small chunks. Songs longer than four and a half minutes rarely break the Billboard charts or find their way onto popular playlists. That’s a shame as longer tracks often stand as an artist’s most ambitious, rewarding output. In the case of 2018, that’s especially true. This year has already seen the release of several massive tracks that are worth every minute of their runtime. Each track mentioned is longer than six minutes and plays out like a short film, navigating structural detours with elegance. Set aside some precious time, kick back and ride the wave. “PILLAR OF TRUTH” BY LUCY DACUS
Indie-rock songwriter Will Toledo had pumped out five full-length albums in less than two years before he struck gold with “Twin Fantasy.” The lo-fi masterpiece gained a cult following shortly after its release in 2011 due to its striking emotional narratives and ambitious song structures, and remained the lynchpin of Toledo’s discography even after his major label debut. This year, he re-recorded the album with a sizable budget and the results are magnificent. Album highlight “Beach Life-In-Death” stands as a 13-minute opus featuring the best of everything Toledo has to offer. Majestically fuzzy guitar riffs propel the song through twisting lyrical conversations, confessions, and shouted declarations of humanity. By the time the track arrives at its final, haunting image, you’ll never want to look away. HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“The Truth, The Glow, The Fall” by Anna von Hausswolff “If You Talk to Symbol / Hostility Voyeur” by of Montreal “I Never Dream” by A.A.L (Against All Logic) “Time” by U.S. Girls
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Baseball shuts out Furman in weekend series
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BY JACQUELINE ELSON
he baseball team sent Furman home with three losses this weekend and now have a 17-4 record so far this season. Friday, starting junior pitcher Codi Heuer went for six innings and recorded a career high 11 strikeouts by the top of the sixth, topping the eight he collected in the team’s series at McNeese State in February. “As a starter, getting off to a good start is big momentum,” Heuer said. “Just being efficient and letting the guys play behind you is always good.” WSU was the first to score in the bottom of the first, putting them ahead 2-0, and they were just getting started. In the bottom of the sixth, the Shockers scored again when senior Gunnar Troutwine homered out of left field, keeping WSU in the lead 4-1. Then in the bottom of the seventh, the Shockers brought home seven more runs to give them the final lead of the game 11-1. Junior Jordan Boyer hit a home run out of left field, then doubled to right center field with two RBI and ended the game 2-for-3, also leading the team with three RBI that day. “I’ve been trying to consistently have good at bats and bring a good at bat to the table at the bottom of the order every night,” Boyer said. “Any time I can get on base when another guy is behind me at the top of the order is probably gonna drive me in.”
“Codi Heuer was good tonight, he pitched well and gave up one hit and one run,” Head Coach Todd Butler said. “Offensively it took us a while to get going, but we played good defense tonight with no errors so that was good.” Saturday afternoon, the Shockers would further their lead in the series after winning 14-3. WSU had another head start in the first inning when they scored two runs. Junior Alec Bohm had reached on a fielder’s choice, and then stole second when freshman Paxton Wallace was at bat. Then Wallace hit a home run out of right field, bringing them both home to score 2-0. Later in the third inning the Shockers scored again. Junior Greyson Jenista, who was 3-for-3, singled to left field and then stole second when Bohm was at the plate. Then Bohm doubled to right field, letting Jenista score, SELENA FAVELA/THE SUNFLOWER keeping the lead 3-0. Wichita State’s Luke Ritter runs the bases after hitting a home run against Furman Sunday afternoon. In the bottom of the fourth, Troutwine hit another home run for the weekend out of right field slower at the plate for most of “We’ll practice as normal,” with two RBI, bringing him and the game until the eighth inning Butler said. “We’re 4-3 on the road. Boyer home to score with the when Ritter homered out of left We’d like to get a win against Shockers still up 6-0. field, keeping WSU in the lead Central Arkansas on the road, and Freshman starting pitcher Liam with a win 3-1. get ready for East Carolina which Eddy went for six innings and had “We could always get better at will be tough, they have a good six strikeouts that day, only giving staying in the zone and swinging team.” up two hits with zero runs. at better pitches, and today we hit The Shockers are on the road Furman scored three runs in a couple pretty hard,” Ritter said. Tuesday when they face Central the eighth, but the Shockers had “The pitcher was really good, Arkansas at 6 p.m. WSU will be scored five alone in that inning, he was mixing a lot of fastball away the rest of the week starting the last run with Boyer scoring changeups against us. I’m just Thursday when they play East after junior Luke Ritter singled to happy we got the win, we stayed Carolina starting at 5:30 p.m., and right center field. in the zone and we keep swinging continuing through Friday at 5:30 Sunday, the Shockers were the bats.” p.m. and Saturday at noon.
PokeMix: A Hawaiian Twist on Something Tasty
At the heart of rock music lies the blues, and nowhere does that heart hum as vibrantly as in Lucy Dacus’ music. On her debut record, “No Burden,” Dacus staked a claim as “the last of [her] kind” with distorted guitars and intimate vocals that burned with the familiar warmth of beloved local venues. Yet Dacus brings to the sound a voice all her own, and on her excellent new record, “Historian,” her songwriting is more ambitious than ever. Majestic slow-burner “Pillar of Truth,” which is lyrically anchored in the loss of a grandmother, unfurls as a devastating yet forward-looking reflection on family. As Dacus builds towards the track’s apex, she prays, “Lord have mercy on my descendants / for they know not what they do.” No aspect of grief is more overwhelming than the simultaneous need to look forward and back, and “Pillar of Truth” manages to do justice to this ricocheting pain while acknowledging the limitations of a single perspective. “BEACH LIFE-IN-DEATH” BY CAR SEAT HEADREST
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A fresh bowl of Poke’ artfully prepared with spicy tuna and smoked salmon, drizzled with eel sauce and tangy mustard is one of many combinations available at Poke’ Mix.
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in our state like Wichita State and Emporia State are at this tournament as well.” In the first round of the tournament, 78 two-person teams compete against one another. Each team must compete eight times, and the teams with at least five wins advance to the single-match elimination bracket. In competing with teams like Wake Forest of North Carolina and Dartmouth of New Hampshire, WSU’s debate team garnered only four wins, and did not move on to the elimination bracket. “Our goal every year is the same,” Jarman said. “Take any student who wants to be on the team … train them, and help them get better.” Seniors Daniel Saunders and Jamie Welch represented WSU at this year’s National Debate Tournament for the fourth year in a row. As one of the debate team’s biggest events of the year, Welch and Saunders refer to it as “The big dance.” Saunders and Welch explained the process by which they have researched topics over the years. “There’s a resolution which suggests the likely things we’re going to debate about, and then we have to systematically figure out all the details of that resolution,” Saunders said. Saunders and Welch said that researching this year’s topic — health insurance — forced them to learn
the nuances of such a “timely” issue, and that it better prepared them to discuss healthcare. “We had to learn the different mechanisms to pay for it, the different mechanisms the government can use to expand it, the kind of things (insurance) covers, and the potential problems with all those different strategies,” Saunders said. As Saunders and Welch prepare to graduate, this is their final year competing for WSU’s debate team. Welch said that she hopes future generations of WSU debaters will maintain the reputation they have developed. “We try to get to know our opponents and actually form the relationships, and I just hope they uphold the hard work and talent that comes from the Wichita area,” she said. “One of the things that’s nice about Wichita State debate is that we have a consistent history of being able to get teams prepared and sufficiently capable to hang in these debates, and even beat people who have come from very powerful backgrounds,” Saunders said. Welch said that all students who are interested in debate should try to be involved with WSU team. “You don’t have to have a debate background to be a member of the debate team,” she said. “One thing that’s great about debate is that it’s competitive. It’s like playing a game,” Saunders said. “But it’s a game that the process of playing it makes you a lot more informed about all sorts of different issues.”
Imagine Subway and Chipotle conglomerated with a traditional sushi dinner. That’s what’s going on over at 8918 W. 21st St. PokeMix has been open on the west side since last year and has been wildly popular among those that know about this space. Why? They offer something reasonably uncommon in Wichita: Hawaiian fish salad, or poke. Poke is simple and elegant. First, patrons choose between a bowl of steamed white or brown rice. Then comes the protein options. PokeMix offers, salmon, ahi tuna, spicy tuna, shrimp, crab salad, octopus, albacore, yellowtail and tofu. The last step is choosing your fixings — and there are tons to choose from. My personal favorite is the smoked salmon with
ahi tuna mixed with masago, edamame, corn, crab salad, cucumbers and fried onions. This jumble topped off with a bit of ponzu and a smothering of unagi sauce is a kind of tasty that can’t really be found anywhere else in Wichita. However, there are a million different ways to mix up a bowl at PokeMix. To add to their originality, PokeMix adds a couple of menu items that separate them from the competition. As an appetizer, they offer a traditional Hawaiian dish called usubi. This is basically rice and seasoned egg sandwiched between two slices of marinated spam which is then wrapped in Nori seaweed. Again, simple, indulgent and awesome. As far as price is concerned, if you are on your own, PokeMix is fairly easy on the wallet. A large poke bowl won’t cost you more than about $11. If you are just wanting a quick snack, the usubi is only $2.50. Also, don’t forget to try the Taiwanese shaved ice for desert. Poke’s brand of icy treat comes served as your choice of fruit served over green tea, strawberry, taro or mango shaved ice and condensed milk.
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be in Yokohama or Japan at all. Nonetheless, Kinard will attempt to make due on his word. “Now I have my chance,” he said. “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time and my family is in Yokohama.” Kinard’s hope is that this information will lead him to his family. Burger said Kinard’s journey should act as an example for other students with lofty goals. “Gary is an inspiration to all students that you should never count yourself out, regardless of the odds,” she said. ‘It’s part of me that I notice…’ Kinard doesn’t feel weary of relocating to Japan. He noted that he already feels a comradeship there after studying at Okayama. “It’s part me that I notice,” he said.
“I already do some of the same sort of things.” Kinard being a man of many thank yous and excuse mes, it’s hard not to imagine his mother Taeko impressing upon him the Japanese ethos of humility, gentility and a higher level of politeness which he ambodies. After telling his story and making plans to find Masoko and the rest of his family, Kinard outlined one simple vision for their first meeting in over 30 years. “I would just like to take them out to dinner,” he said with an excited smile. Maybe I’d do something really nice for them and share my mother with them. I’m just going to let myself be in the moment.” Kinard departs for Japan in two weeks, in the hopes of recapturing another version of home which has been up to now, lost.
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Alex Perry 2013-16 Tech writer International Business Times New York, New York Danielle Prewitt 2013-16 Script writer and content manager NMCO Media and NewMexi.co Las Cruces, New Mexico Shelby Reynolds 2012-16 Features reporter Naples Daily News Naples, Florida Michael Rusco 1996-99 Petroleum landman Murfin Drilling Co. Wichita, Kansas
Shari Stephens Burckhardt 1996-2000 Author, ESL teacher Düsseldorf, Germany Nicole Stockdale 1997-2000 Deputy editorial page editor The Dallas Morning News Dallas, Texas Jake Trease 2011-14 Copywriter and producer Brothers & Company Wichita, Kansas Jennifer Wegerer-Bertematti 1993-96 Manager of project management Intrust Bank Wichita, Kansas Anonymous