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Wichita State lecturer found dead in office

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INNOVATION ALLIANCE

A public university in the State of Kansas, governed by the Kansas Board of Regents.

$984,467

A nonprofit organization managing Innovation Campus development.

Several university administrators comprise the Innovation Alliance governing board.

BY CHANCE SWAIM

Wichita State has been tightlipped about what it spends on a nonprofit managing Innovation Campus — an attorney for both the university and the nonprofit wouldn’t say if WSU contributes any money at all, and another attorney for the university tried to charge The Sunflower $1,500 for records of the nonprofit’s financial transactions — but tax documents show the university has put a lot of money into the Innovation Alliance.

WSU contributed more than $4.3 million to Innovation Alliance in 2015 and 2016 through grants and loans, according to

Innovation Alliance’s latest available Form 990s, which are required to be filed with the IRS and made available to the public on request for certain nonprofits.

The Form 990s provide a broad sketch of financial transactions involving Innovation Alliance, which leases land from WSU and subleases it to private businesses on Innovation Campus.

Last week, The Sunflower reported Innovation Alliance was formed almost two months before President John Bardo announced plans for Innovation Campus.

It was also discovered Bardo signed a nondisclosure agreement

INNOVATION ALLIANCE INVESTMENT COMPANY

$140,693

Tax documents shed light on WSU’s financial investment in nonprofit

BY JENNA FARHAT

A for-profit corporation formed to own and manage commercial interests regarding research.

President John Bardo is the sole board member.

C. Patric Mitchell, a lecturer in Wichita State’s math department, was found dead in his office Monday afternoon.

University spokesman Joe Kleinsasser confirmed that Mitchell, 52, died of natural causes.

A student found Mitchell dead in his office after he didn’t show up for her 1:30 p.m. class on Monday.

“Our professor is usually here really early, but we just thought he was late,” she said.

After Mitchell didn’t show up to class, the student went to the math department in Jabara Hall to ask about her teacher.

The student said she talked to a secretary in the math office, who went to Mitchell’s office and found the door locked and the lights turned off. She knocked on the door and heard no response.

The student said the secretary got keys to the office and went inside.

“We found him passed out in the chair,” the student said. “We thought he was dead.”

The student said the secretary then called an ambulance, who later pronounced Mitchell dead.

The student said Mitchell was seen on campus earlier that morning.

Kleinsasser said Mitchell had heart problems before.

Mitchell taught at WSU for ten years and earned his doctorate degree in 2017.

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between WSU, Innovation Alliance, and Innovation Alliance Investment Corporation that limits what university employees can say about Innovation Campus development.

The investment company is a for-profit corporation formed “to own and manage commercial interests regarding research,” the tax documents say.

Innovation Alliance’s attorney said the sole member of the for-profit company is President Bardo.

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Sunflower staffers snag regional SPJ awards

BY JENNA FARHAT

Five staff members of The Sunflower have been recognized for producing the best journalism in their region.

Chance Swaim, Matt Crow, Brian Hayes, Matthew Kelly, and Ray Strunk took home Mark of Excellence Awards Saturday from the Society of Professional Journalists awards ceremony in Ames, Iowa.

The Sunflower competed in Region 7, which comprises Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa.

The Mark of Excellence Awards “recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 7 with 2017 Mark of Excellence Awards winners,” SPJ said in a statement about the awards.

The Sunflower competed in the “Large schools” division, against universities like University of Kansas, Iowa State, University of Iowa, Missouri University, and Nebraska University. School divisions are based on student enrollment, including both graduate and undergraduate. Large schools have at least 10,000 students and small schools have 9,999 or fewer students.

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C. Patric Mitchell, a math lecturer, is pictured with his wife, Jenny.

Former visiting writer wins Pulitzer Prize in fiction for ‘Less’

BY JENNA FARHAT

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN HAYES / THE SUNFLOWER

Chance Swaim, Matt Crow, a cutout photo of Matt Kelly’s head on Andrew McMunn’s body, Brian Hayes and Ray Strunk pose with their Society of Professional Journal Mark of Excellence awards at Iowa State.

Swaim, The Sunflower’s editor-in-chief, won the editorial writing category for his editorials on the need for transparency, academic freedom, and urging the university administrator to tell the truth.

Swaim, Kelly, and Strunk won the news writing category for their story “Headcount Padding: Wichita State reports largest student increase in state.”

Crow, The Sunflower’s sports editor, won the news photography category for his photograph

“Special Delivery.”

Crow and Hayes, The Sunflower’s photo editor, were finalists in the sports and breaking news categories for their photographs “Shooting on Market” and “Nearing victory.”

Winners will compete at the national level against other regional Mark of Excellence winners from the 12 SPJ regions in the fall.

National winners will be notified in the late spring and will be recognized at the Excellence in Journalism conference in Baltimore.

Andrew Sean Greer, who taught at Wichita State for a month as a visiting author in the creative writing program, won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

He won the award for his novel “Less,” which was praised by the Pulitzer committee as “A generous book, musical in its prose and expansive in its structure and range, about growing older and the essential nature of love.”

Margaret Dawe, interim director of the creative writing program, said Greer was a “caring teacher” while he worked with students at WSU in 2015.

Dawe said Greer visited WSU “back in the era” when the program could afford to bring two distinguished writers — an author and a poet — each year.

Visiting authors stay in Wichita for a month while they teach at WSU and work with students one-on-one.

Dawe said the WSU creative writing program took a hit after the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences budget was cut.

Daw said the cut forced the creative writing program to “move back a notch.”

Following the cut, the creative writing program could no longer bring as many distinguished writers and poets to WSU to teach and work with students.

“We used to have a distinguished writer and a distinguished poet each spring. But now we have to alternate the ‘distinguished,’ and what we sub in is an emerging writer,” or a writer just getting started in their career.

Dawe said the distinguished visiting writers are a recruiting tool for the creative writing MFA program.

“We won’t have the writers as often,” Dawe said. “It’s much harder now to recruit students to the MFA program.”

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SOFTBALL STRIKES

An ad in the Sunday Eagle calling for action from the Kansas Board of Regents.

A second candidate for LAS dean visited this week.

A new exhibit is coming to the Ulrich Museum.

WSU softball faces a ranked opponent.

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The ad, titled “WHOSE UNIVERSITY IS IT ANYWAY?” outlines seven examples of WSU leader actions that have “eroded the bedrock policies and values upon which the university was founded,” the ad said.

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The group that paid for the ad, called Friends of the University, says WSU’s leaders have “assaulted the free press,” “sublet public university land to private developers, thereby evading the requirements of the Kansas Open Records and Open Meetings Acts,” “undermined the liberal arts and sciences, an insult to the university’s original purpose,” “saddled present and future students with millions in future debt obligations,” “evaded accountability to the university’s owners, the people of Kansas,” “undermined public confidence in their integrity — and their stewardship,” and “flouted the

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Grievances included intimidations and threats to The Sunflower’s funding, the creation of the nonprofit Innovation Alliance to manage projects on Innovation Campus, underfunding faculty positions in certain disciplines, use of student fees on Innovation Campus development, building a multi-million-dollar housing complex and diverting 5 percent of scholarship money to non-academic purposes, inflating enrollment numbers, and leasing a university building to a private school.

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Rodney Clark named new police chief students, faculty and administration of Wichita Rodney Clark, assistant State University,” Clark professor of military science said in the release. “To my for the U.S. Army ROTC fellow law enforcement ofprogram at the Rochester ficers and members of the Institute of Technology, has WSU Police Department, been named Wichita State I look forward to learning police chief. from you and your comCLARK Clark, a major in the Army bined years of experience at retiring with more than 20 the university. I am honored years of law enforcement experience, to have been chosen for this position is expected to start July 2. Clark will and am excited to get there and get replace Robert Hinshaw, who has started.” served as interim chief since October Clark previously served as a miliafter Sara Morris retired in the tary police commander at Fort Still, middle of the semester.

Oklahoma, where he led a unit of “I look forward to learning and 200 military police officers, accordgrowing as I continue to serve the ing to a university news release. He

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also served as provost marshal and director of emergency services for the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey in South Korea, where he held 175 military police officers in patrols.

Clark received his Master of Arts in criminal justice at the American Military University in West Virginia, his Bachelor of Science in applied arts and sciences from Texas State University, and his Associate of Applied Science in criminal justice from Alvin Community College in Texas, the news release said.

The search committee for the position included members of the department of criminal justice, student affairs, student government, USS and UP senates, physical plant,

diversity and inclusion, strategic communications, finance and administration, general counsel and human resources, the release said.

Finalists also met with members of the campus police department, Wichita Police Department, and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office.

Werner Golling, vice president for finance and administration, said WSU is excited for Clark to get started as chief.

“He brings a wealth of experience and significant leadership skills to the position,” Golling said in the release. “Importantly, he resonates strongly with the mission and values of WSU and of our police department.”

LAS dean candidate visits WSU campus

BY ANDREW LINNABARY

Robert Matz, one of four candidates for dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, presented to Wichita State faculty and staff members as part of the dean search committee’s selection process. The chosen candidate will replace current dean Ron Matson, who is retiring after 48 years at WSU. Matz used his presentation to emphasize that his experience as interim dean of the college of humanities and social sciences at George Mason University, a role he’s held since October, gives him the expertise needed for the role at WSU. Matz stressed that WSU is “very much like George Mason.”

Matz, whose expertise is in renaissance literature, has worked in academic administration for 15 years, he said Monday. He directed the English department at George Mason University for five years, then served as chair of the department for five years. He held the role of senior associate dean from 2013 until taking on the role of interim dean.

“Both schools see themselves as drivers of the regional economy, and even more as developers of local talent,” Matz said. “There are funding challenges, enrollment challenges. I see both the opportunity and the challenges as a good fit for me.”

George Mason doesn’t allow interim deans to apply for the dean

position they’re filling, so Matz said he decided to look for a full dean position elsewhere.

Matz talked about seven goals he’d set as dean, to be achieved by 2023. They included enrollment, innovative approaches to liberal arts, transformative student experiences, retention, diversity, community and research, of which he said “the sum is greater than the parts.”

LAS will “increase enrollments across all areas by 2023,” Matz said, but without a proposed number or percentage of growth. “I thought that would be premature.”

He said WSU reflects the national trend of enrollment being down from its peak in the 90s.

“I understand from my conversations today that the enrollment here is on the way up, but still, numbers are down from where they were in 1990.”

LAS also deserves more attention by the university, Matz said.

“There’s an eclipse of attention to liberal arts. It’s bad for us as a society to only think about STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), which is often what happens now.”The faculty and staff in attendance were prompted to write their perceptions of Matz, for consideration by the dean search committee.

Five questions were asked by the 40 or so staff and faculty in attendance during the Q&A portion of Matz’s presentation, with no more

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Robert Matz speaks to faculty and staff during his presentation on April 16, 2018.

than one hand going up at a time and pauses in between questions.

The first question, from a staff member in the philosophy department, was about administrators nationwide being “less than courageous” in the face of “targeted harassment” towards “faculty that say things that are pro-LGBTQ or pro-Islamic.

“It’s a national thing,” the staff member said. “I don’t know about any personal cases here, but this is Kansas. Can you say something about that?”

Matz talked about President Trump’s travel ban and George Mason’s president’s office issuing a “wonderful statement” to faculty, staff and students in response. “That was important for our community to hear,” Matz said.

When asked about the best practices for recruitment, Matz said “you can never say what pays off.” He went on to say that websites have to

be accurate, attractive and engaging.

His presentation was accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation with more than one typo.

When asked about budget cuts, Matz said he oversaw a $2 million budget in the English department, and “helped generate around $3 million to my unit through examination of my budget” while serving in his associate dean position. He said he’d provide specifics if necessary, but nobody asked for further detail.

As the attendees filed out, with two faculty members approaching Matz for a quick word, Matz was asked what he’d like to tell the readers of the WSU student newspaper.

He said he thinks “there are a lot of exciting possibilities” at WSU. “I’m excited about the prospect of serving as dean here. The other thing is, I really like to talk to people, and I really like student involvement, so I’d hope to have more conversations with students, as well.”

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‘Isle of dogs’ is a beautifully-crafted tribute

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Set in a world where all dogs in Japan have been banished to Trash Island due to a viral outbreak of “Dog-Flu,” Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” follows a group of exiled canines led by Chief (Bryan Cranston) as they assist boy pilot Atari Kobayashi in his search for his banished dog Spots.

One of the earliest known interactions between humans and canines dates back to 12,000 B.C., where the remains of an elderly man were found buried with a five-month-old puppy in now modern-day Israel.

Dogs have been a staple of human civilization for many centuries now, and that same association holds true for their place in human culture.

Pablo Picasso had a dog. Wagner had a dog. It must be assumed that Wes Anderson is also in possession of a dog. His latest film, “Isle of Dogs,” is a lovely and beautifully crafted tribute not only to man’s best friend, but also Japanese culture and tradition as well.

Set in a world where all dogs in Japan have been banished to Trash Island due to a viral outbreak of “Dog-Flu,” “Isle of Dogs” follows a group of exiled canines led by Chief (Bryan Cranston) as they assist boy pilot Atari Kobayashi in his search for his banished dog Spots.

The film has a fairy-tale like quality to it, as if it were being told around a campfire or by an elder.

Partially this is due to the subject matter — talking dogs and the streak of the fantastic that runs through the film, but this idea is also built by the beautifully handcrafted stop motion animation that the film was constructed with.

Delicately crafted puppets and people populate Anderson’s vision of Japan, a brightly colored and eye-popping locale whose bright reds and stark whites add up to a dazzling dream. Clouds of cotton act as the cartoon-esque dust up from a scuffle; stop-motion animation affords the animators the human-like picadilloes and ticks that make movement so unique. Each frame of the film has an attention to detail not often seen in animated films or even live-action ones. It’s a product of passion.

Some movies construct a world and part of their appeal lies in that element of worldbuilding. “Isle of Dogs” is one of those films. I felt as if I could stay in this world forever, watching these dogs and their adventures as they journeyed across this otherworldly Trash Island.

The interweaving of Japanese culture and Anderson’s own fabricated world occurs almost seamlessly.

There are still the usual Anderson aesthetic touches — symmetrical

Leslie Brothers, a candidate for director of the Ulrich Museum of Art, presented to about 50 Wichita State staff and community members Monday, stressing that “providing access to art and meeting need is fundamental to achieving relevance” as she talked about her accomplishments.

Brothers has spent 17 years as director of the McDonough Museum of Art at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Before that, she served as curator of contemporary art at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois.

If chosen, Brothers would succeed Bob Workman, who is retiring after five years as the Ulrich museum’s director.

The Ulrich director reports to the university Provost, according to the position’s job description, and supervises a seven-person staff. The director oversees a $1.2 million annual budget, eight to 10 exhibitions each year, and a permanent collection of over 7,000 artworks. The director also manages an endowed fund for collection acquisition.

Brothers, whose area of expertise is contemporary art and culture, said that collaboration is part of the creative process. She used the

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framing; a clean color palette; the clever brand of deadpan humor that defines his approach; but there’s also a wider and more universal appeal present for those who don’t normally gravitate towards Anderson’s films.

Recently, there have been attacks leveled against the film, accusing it of appropriating Japanese culture.

I’ve always imagined these remarks coming from the same group of people who find “Fargo” disrespectful of the culture in that part of America. It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of how the culture operates within the context of the film. Much like the aforementioned “Fargo,” “Isle of Dogs” use of a different culture within the narrative symbolizes a deep appreciation of that culture.

Obviously influenced by the legendary litany of Japanese animation, “Isle of Dogs” acts as a loving tribute to that historic style, not as a parody. While there are jokes made against some aspects of that culture (haikus in particular), I never got the impression that Anderson was reviling against that part of the world, but only expressing reverence. The heroes and villains of this film are Japanese. They are people.

To suggest otherwise through an artificial storytelling deference is hypocritical and more insulting than the original attacks against the film.

“Isle of Dogs” is Anderson’s second animated feature, following “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Yet, it proves that that first outing was no fluke, proving himself to be just as adapt as animated filmmaking as live-action. “Isle of Dogs” is a fairy tale transposed to the modern age, and with it comes all of the whimsy and effervescent nature of those types of stories. It is a film that makes a world so lovingly and so convincingly that you may wish it was a world of your own.

Candidate for Ulrich director visits campus

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BIG SUN, video still, 2014. Image courtesy of the artist.

bulk of her presentation to show how collaboration and access to arts were key to her most successful exhibitions and shows.

She finds joy in linking different areas of art together in the spirit of collaboration, she said.

Her museum’s most popular show, which drew over 2,000 people in less than six weeks, was an exhibition on 3D printing.

The show featured 3D prints of Warhol soup cans and things for the curious to touch and play with. Every attendee got to take a 3D-printed piece of the show home. “(Attendees) loved that they could interact with the show, and they loved that they got to take something home,” Brother said.

Brothers also emphasized her ability to get collectors to put their pieces into shows.

“It was a real challenge and a real labor of love to talk them into taking these pieces off their walls, packing them up and bringing them to the museum for six weeks,” Brothers said. “I know many of you collectors might find that hard to imagine.”

Brothers said art can be impactful to all people, so long as you give them access to it and meet the needs of every kind of audience.

“You can see things in a whole new way,” Brothers sadi. “It’s a transformative experience.”

lthough the weather forecast calls for rain this weekend, the Ulrich Museum of Art is inviting everyone to experience a warmer climate through the music, dance, parade, and pageantry of the Caribbean.

The Ulrich spring exhibition “En Mas: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean” opens at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The show contains the works of nine exhibition artists exploring the history of performance art related to the traditions of Caribbean carnival. The exhibition has shown at several institutions around the country and one in the Caribbean.

The Ulrich Museum is the final stop on the exhibition’s tour.

Sally Frater, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Ulrich museum, described the exhibit as a dynamic and deftly-curated exhibition.

“Art functions as a portal that can collapse distance, broaden perception, and facilitate deeper understanding,” Frater said.

“I feel that ‘En Mas’ does that in a way that showcases the multilayered-ness of the Caribbean to those in Wichita who might be unfamiliar with the region while introducing the work of an accomplished group of artists to visitors to

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Actor Boy: Fractal Engagement, performance, April 21, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica. Photograph: Marvin Bartley.

the Museum,” Frater said.

The first traveling exhibition that the Ulrich has hosted in more than a year comes jam-packed with opportunities to discuss contemporary art discourse.

Museum-goers will also have the chance to try Creole favorites, roadside fare, regional ingredients, and spice blends of the Caribbean with fresh fruit drinks, and rum punch while listening to reggae, calypso, and soca music.

Jennifer Lane, public relations and marketing manager at the Ulrich, said ‘En Mas’ provides an opportunity to have a conversation about the duality of carnival.

“You will find people celebrating carnival in almost every country with a population of

people that come from the African diaspora, most Caribbean islands participate in some form of carnival, and even Mardi Gras in the United States is an offshoot of Carnival,” Lane said.

“While the work in ‘En Mas’ is beautiful and sometimes playful, carnival originally began as a subversive act of performance art, and this exhibition explores that as well,” Lane said.

Curated by Claire Tancons and Krista Thompson and organized by Independent Curators International (ICI) in New York, the exhibition considers the connections between carnival and performance, masquerade and social criticism, diaspora and transnationalism.

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Kansas Board of Regents to redress these abuses of the public trust, and to protect students, faculty members and community residents from further such abuses,” the ad said.

Matt Keith, a spokesperson for the Kansas Board of Regents, said he had seen the ad and “The Board of Regents has no comment on the advertisement.”

Joe Kleinsasser, a spokesperson for WSU, responded to an email request for comment from the university by providing a link to the Kansas Board of Regents Foresight 2020 strategic goals and said the university’s actions are aligned with those goals.

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or by Innovation Alliance, including those going to the for-profit company. WSU’s General Counsel David Moses said the public records include at least 400 documents. The Sunflower declined to pay that amount for public records.

Innovation Alliance leases ground from the university

“Change is both uncomfortable and inevitable,” Kleinsasser said.

“We respect those who love the university and may disagree with some of the decisions being made.

“We believe WSU’s focus on applied learning, economic development and education at every stage of life is fully aligned with the Kansas Board of Regents Foresight 2020 strategic goals,” Kleinsasser said.

The advertisement listed 75 names and said “in addition to these names, forty-five participants wish to remain anonymous.”

A full page ad in the Sunday Wichita Eagle costs more than $3,000.

Anne Woods, who is listed as the Treasurer of Friends of the University, was not available for comment at press time Wednesday.

and then leases that ground to private developers on Innovation Campus, a campus expansion project doubling the size of campus by building on what used to the university golf course directly east of campus. The nonprofit also recently leased a university building to a Koch family-funded private elementary school. Several university administrators, including President Bardo, comprise the nonprofit’s board of directors.

Top left, Mackenzie Wright celebrates at 3rd after hitting a triple against Oklahoma State University on April 18, 2018 at Wilkins Stadium. Top right, Paige Luellen watches the ball after a hit during Wichita State’s victory over Oklahoma State. Left, Oklahoma State’s Maddi Holcomb slides home during their game against Wichita State on April 18, 2018 at Wilkins Stadium.

Above, Kaylee Huescker reaches for the ball during Wichita State’s 9-6 victory over Oklahoma State.

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