The Sunflower v. 127 i. 26 (March 30, 2023)

Paying for police: Security charge suggests strain

BY SALSABILA ATTARIA skattaria5@gmail.com

When Spectrum, an LGBTQ organization on campus, decided to host a panel to support gender non-conforming students at the same time as a controversial documentary screened by the right-wing student organization Turning Point USA, safety was of utmost concern.

Members were surprised when campus police informed organization advisor Jennifer Pearson that, in order to organize police presence, a charge would be billed to Spectrum.

“It wasn’t something I expected,” Pearson said. “I made an argument that I didn’t think Spectrum should have to pay for the police presence because of the motivation for the event and the safety concern.”

Through the counter-event, Spectrum’s goal was to protect LGBTQ students at a time when legislation surrounding LGBTQ

individuals continues to appear in the Kansas State Legislature.

“We wanted to counter (Turning Point’s event) with a more positive event,” Pearson said. “We felt it was important to protect the safety of students by having a police presence there.”

After speaking to Pearson, Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL) was able to cover the charge for Spectrum and the event went on as planned.

The charge led to individuals, like Amy Nguyen, asking why students would have to pay for police presence. Nguyen is heavily involved in student organizations on campus.

“Our campus is prominently promoting that students are safe here and they provide a lot of resources,” Nguyen said. “So what does it mean when students are not already covered when it comes to safety?”

Nguyen, as well as other students, think that placing the

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burden of safety on a student organization comes across as illogical, especially since most events take place on the university’s campus.

“A lot of it has to do with staffing issues. It has to do with how many people I have available that are working their regular shifts,” WSUPD chief Guy Schroeder said. “Oftentimes, we have to go outside of the guys that are on their regular shifts and mandate overtime for them then be present for specific events.”

Staffing issues in the police department point to the idea that when campus safety resources are stretched too thin, a larger problem at the administrative level may be present.

Due to raised enrollment numbers over the last few years, various student resource areas at Wichita State have felt a similar pressure. Resources like the Shocker Support Locker and university counselors reported an

inability to keep up with students after enrollment rates increased.

“We are getting bigger and bigger as a university and more space to cover means more things to cover,” Schroeder said. “One of the other issues that I run into is

Office of Disability Services hosts game night based in Deaf culture

BY COURTNEY BROWN browncourtney2002@gmail.com

The room was mostly quiet, except for bursts of laughter and the motions of sign language during a Deaf culture game night.

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) hosted a game night on March 24, welcoming all students to practice American Sign Language and play games rooted in Deaf culture.

Kelly Adams, the ODS senior sign language interpreter, organized the event. She hoped to provide deaf and hard-of-hearing students the chance to form relationships.

“We’re just trying to provide a comfortable space where people can gather, learn their language, hopefully build relationships and be able to communicate with these people,” Adams said.

Shauna Leuci and Grace Wigley, two Deaf members in the Wichita Deaf community, led the games.

“We just came to hang out with these cool people,” Leuci signed in ASL.

Maddie Fields attended the game night. Since Fields is an ASL tutor for the Office of Student Success, she hoped to be a friendly face for students she knows.

“They feel better about coming if they

know someone,” Fields said. “And it’s just always a good experience to see people here and practice sign and have people meet the Deaf community members.”

For the elephant game, participants stood in a circle. When cued, a participant extended their arm like a trunk, and those beside them cupped their ears like an elephant.

If a player didn’t react correctly, they were out.

“I love the elephant game,” Fields said. “It’s fast and fun.”

Other games included an ASL alphabet story game and a visual telephone game, where participants stood in a line, turned around and signed a message. Attendees also played Charades, using gestures and expressions instead of signing.

Telephone and Charades ranked as Wigley’s favorites.

“I like to see how all the expression and everything changes as it goes through,” Wigley signed. “And then also charades because I really like acting things out.”

Besides playing games, attendees also learned deaf history. Adams spoke about the oralist movement, which advocated teaching deaf people by speech and lip-reading instead of sign language.

Adams said this movement, promoted by

Alexander Graham Bell, contributed to the oppression of deaf people.

“In public schools, you would have teachers slapping hands with rulers because these little kids signed … and would make up their own sign language,” Adams said.

Adams also said differences between ASL and English can cause deaf people to write differently.

“(ASL) has a different syntax,” Adams said. “And in ASL, because it’s visual, the signs don’t represent any English phonemic element … So the way (ASL signers) write is going to be patterned more towards American Sign Language versus English.”

Leuci and Wigley said they hoped attendees enjoyed being immersed in Deaf culture.

“(I hoped they enjoyed) that they had the opportunity to hang out with us cool Deaf people,” Leuci said, “and learn some sign language and facial expression, learn about the Deaf world and Deaf culture.”

Adams hopes to host similar events in the future. Those interested in learning more about Deaf culture can attend events offered by the Wichita Associations of the Deaf.

Fields, who plans to add a second major in ASL in the fall, also recommends taking classes with Lorita Slieter, a deaf teacher at WSU who teaches ASL and Deaf culture.

being able to retain officers. I can tell you that part of that is simply because we’re one of the lowest paid agencies in the entire area.”

Motion to allocate funding increase to The Sunflower denied by SGA

BY DANIELLE WAGNER suzwagner65@gmail.com

The editor of The Sunflower suggested that Student Government and its student fees committee were self-serving after denying a small increase to the newspaper but giving larger increases to themselves, during Wednesday night’s Student Senate meeting.

At the meeting, the Senate presented the first read of the Student Services Fees Act, which if passed next week will raise student fees by 2.9% next year.

Jaycie Nelson, editor in chief of The Sunflower, spoke about funding allocations for The Sunflower. The Sunflower had requested $160,000 for their general budget for next year — a $15,000 increase from last year and about the same amount The Sunflower was consistently receiving 15 years ago.

“I’m asking you to do your job and serve the students,” Nelson said. “Because if you pass the budget without corrections, it’s clear to me and every other student who (Student Government Association) really serves.”

After requesting a $15,000 increase to support students’ wages, the fees committee recommended The Sunflower only receive a $5,000 increase, 33% of the originally requested increase.

“SEAL requested an increase of $100,000,” Nelson said. “They are getting $90,000 — 90% of their request. SGA requested an increase of $80,000. They are getting $45,000, 56% of their request.”

Nelson requested that the Senate send the bill back to the committee for changes to be made in order for The Sunflower to increase student employee salaries.

Currently, editors at the publication earn $10 an hour; the Board of Student Publications, made up of local professionals, faculty, and student representatives, voted to raise that pay to $12 an hour to keep up with the rising cost of living, tuition and other expenses.

The Board of Student Publications, granted authority by the president of the university, oversees the budget of student publications on campus.

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Illustration by Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

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On March 24, the Office of Disability Services hosted a Deaf Game Night event in Grace Wilkie Hall. Students, staff and community members gathered to play several games that shared Deaf culture.

After comparing the initial sign sequence to what was left in the end, the group bursts out in laughter. The group began as one big line, but was eventually split into two shorter lines.

‘We need some representation here:’ Indigenous students create organization to foster community

BY SALSABILA ATTARIA skattaria5@gmail.com

A new organization on campus plans to provide a space for indigenous students to connect and share their experiences. The Indigenous Student Collective held its first meeting on March 22 to write a constitution and start planning future events.

“We need some representation here,” Alicia Gangone, founder and masters student, said. “The only club available was the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.”

Gangone’s Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate identity and education at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence contribute to her mission to bring indigenous students together.

“If you're coming off of a reservation, you feel terrified because all you’ve ever known is your people,” Gangone said. “When you can go to a university and know there's an organization that is specifically made for you, you’re more willing.”

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ALICE GANGONE ISC founder

discussion and education is a priority for the group. Gangone hopes that non-indigenous students attend and learn as well.

“There's also that section of people who are not native and have some ignorant thoughts that kind of need some correcting,” Gangone said. “I would hope that through these discussions on campus, people will be able to be a little more informed as well as curious about what it is we have to offer.”

ISC is still in its early phases in terms of planning, but Gangone looks forward to spreading the word so that students can participate in the events she has in mind.

“I’m working with the Wichita Intertribal Powwow Council, which is a fresh group that wants to bring back powwows that

used to happen here in Wichita,” Gangone said. “My hope is that natives who attend here will have families in the area that can work with the organization to bring back that powwow.”

A powwow is a traditional gathering that includes music, dance and celebration of indigenous culture.

Another central goal is to dismantle stereotypes and misconceptions about indigenous students. Gangone said that many students complete their university education without being exposed to the indigenous history and culture of the land they are on.

“We surround you. We're present, and we're just looking for places to stay safe and be ourselves,” Gangone said. “There is a diversity of people here already, and we're a part of it.”

Gangone works alongside Trang Bui, assistant director at the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, to bring ISC to life. For Bui, ISC’s goals coincide with her work in education.

“My purpose in work in education has always been to

serve all students, especially looking at the missing voices at this university and how I can elevate them,” Bui said. “While I don't have the same cultural identity, I want to be an ally to help create a safe space for them. Knowing the history of our nation and of colleges really pushed me to support and help.”

Bui hopes that providing a safe space for indigenous students will have a lasting impact outside of ISC’s meetings. I just want for our students to have a space on campus where they can truly be who they are,” Bui said. “But also to inspire the next generation to continue going through higher education and continue adding to the culture.”

Both Gangone and Bui hope that ISC can be a driving force in inspiring university administration to improve education and celebration of indigeneity.

“If community members can reach out as far as they have, the administration can too,” Gangone said. “I want to see administration participate themselves.”

When the bill was brought to the floor, senator Nathan Atkinson proposed a change: to take 5 cents per student away from Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL) and allocate it to The Sunflower.

Senator David Liu spoke in negation of that motion, saying the student fees committee had established a policy to set student salary at $10 an hour. In Student Government’s Rules and Regulations, it states that “entities, when hiring student assistants, using student fee funds, shall compensate those positions at a minimum hourly rate of $10.00 per hour, starting in Fiscal Year 2023.” The minimum is $10, not the flat rate.

Liu said that there is an exception in SGA where senators in the association can be paid up to $15 an hour. His reason for not supporting the proposal is that the publication board is not a part of the student fees process.

With 15 votes in favor, 17 against, and 4 abstentions, the motion to allocate money from SEAL to The Sunflower failed. The student fees bill will return to the Senate for a second read and vote on April 5.

Student body president discuss controversial issues

BY COURTNEY BROWN browncourtney2002@gmail.com

The student government tickets for president and vice president debated for a second time to promote their platforms to students on Tuesday evening.

The candidates shared their stance on this session’s controversial bills and debated food insecurity and sustainability. They also continued to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion issues like in the previous debate.

When asked about their stance on the free menstrual products bill, a bill introduced last fall to provide free menstrual products in restrooms all over campus, all three tickets said they planned to continue it.

Iris Okere and Sophie Martins said they were in favor of the bill. Their campaign points are transparency, civic engagement, diversity, retention and accountability.

“I'm very happy that the Senate even passed it,” Okere said. “It’s something that’s been a long time coming.”

Noah Carter and Jonathan Stanger, whose platform is connection, reachability and advocacy, hoped to expand the bill.

“I would like to see it to be brought up to other campuses … where we have students paying

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fees, but then we are not providing them any support,” Stanger said.

Zane Berry and Nicholas Harmon said the university should be responsible for funding menstrual products. Their platform focuses on improving financial policies in SGA, freedom of expression and negotiating housing contracts.

“Focus on securing the right funding, which should actually come from the university and not from the student government,” Harmon said.

The moderator also asked candidates about how they responded when a bill condemning antisemitism was originally voted down this spring.

The bill returned to the Senate and was later passed.

After learning the bill had failed, Carter said he tried learning about Jewish students’ perspectives. He said he would support creating a Jewish student agency.

“The most important thing is to talk to Jewish students and make sure that what they have in mind actually happens,” Carter said.

Berry made similar points about helping a potential Jewish student agency during their transition. Berry’s running mate Harmon also noted that he co-sponsored the bill condemning antisemitism.

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but we need to make sure that it feels at home here,” Berry said.

To support Jewish students and combat discrimination, Okere and Martin said they would prioritize education and training in their administration. They would also help a Jewish student agency understand their responsibilities.

“As well as having statistics behind how many students we have and how we can better support them,” Okere said.

An Instagram meme page, known for making memes about Wichita State, made critical posts about certain SGA bills and the last debate.

When asked how they would handle outside criticism, all tickets agreed they would pay attention to it but not take it personally.

“You don't have to necessarily take it to heart, but just keeping it in mind and moving forward,” Martin said.

Later in the debate, the candidates discussed ways to combat food insecurity.

Martin, a Shocker Support Locker employee, said she wants to help the food pantry cope with the rising student demand.

“Either adding more employees to create more hours … or having a better volunteer network,” Martin said.

After SGA planned a farmer’s market last spring, the event fell

through at the last minute, due to vendors backing out. Carter said he is working toward hosting a market this spring to support food insecure students.

Harmon said, while they support short-term solutions like that, he and Berry would also advocate for a grocery store closer to campus.

When asked about sustainability, each platform had different priorities. Carter said he would focus on ensuring campus recycling is collected.

“That's something that's always supposed to be happening,” Carter said. “It's not happening (currently).”

Okere hopes to raise awareness of campus composting sites, one which she said she helped create as vice president of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Berry and Harmon said they were concerned about water waste, specifically sprinklers angled onto pavement instead of grass.

“Not only is this a concern of wasteful water, but it's also a concern of wasteful spending,” Harmon said.

An audience member asked what the candidates considered ideal qualifications for serving a diverse student population.

Martin, a transfer student, said she helped organize transfer socials, and Okere said she served

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diverse students through her roles in Black Student Union and Alpha Kappa Alpha.

“Coming back from covid … I didn’t get transitioned into how I was going to be in those roles, but I made them my own,” Okere said.

Carter and Stanger met with the Office of Adult Learning, which they said the director called a first for SGA. Besides reaching out to adult and online students, Carter said it is also important to consider disabled students who need accommodations.

“As a student who has autism, I feel like our diversity efforts on campus do overlook disabilities a lot of the time,” Carter said.

Berry said they would focus on outreach, active listening and action when addressing students’ concerns.

“Not just have a file of opinions from the students, but actually put those into work and make sure that we're making great changes with the students here in Wichita State,” Berry said.

Other topics discussed include diversity representation, supporting agencies, changes from the current session and supporting their administration’s mental health.

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If you’re coming off of a reservation, you feel terrified because all you’ve ever known is your people.

Presidential candidate Iris Okere and VP canidate Sophie Martins speak at the first round of debate on March 23.

Candidates Zane Berry and Nicholas Harmon talk with audience members before the start of the presidential debate on March 23. |

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Candidates for student body president and VP Noah Carter and Jonathan Stanger answer questions proposed anonymously by the audience on March 23.

According to the 2023 fiscal budget, most regular WSUPD officers are paid between $35-47 thousand per year; Captains and sergeants, for example, make more comparatively though.

Schroeder said he plans to continue asking for staffing increases from the university.

While Spectrum found a solution to covering the charge, organizations with limited funds could find themselves unable to provide resources for safety.

“As an event planner, if I wasn’t able to get law enforcement out there, I would feel absolutely terrible if something were to happen,” Nguyen said. “I feel like it would fall back on me.”

Nguyen said that the administration should work to provide more support.

“All events are supposed to make students feel safe and make them feel like they belong there,” Nguyen said. “I want administration to cover this and provide more resources towards safety for student events.”

Shocker Support Locker workers develop 28 recipes through online recipe book

BY JAYCIE NELSON editor@thesunflower.com

With a little help from the internet, TikTok and Canva, Emma Gloverand and Bethany Hollingsworth created a free, online recipe book holding 28 recipes with ingredients usually stocked in the Shocker Support Locker — an on-campus pantry for students, faculty and staff.

Glover, a math education major, and Hollingsworth, a social work major, started creating the book last December with the intention of helping students cook nutritious meals.

“We were wanting to kind of make something that kids could look at and use food that they get here to make actual meals because a lot of the stuff we have is like, items you could put into a meal, but if you don't really know how to do that, it's kind of you're like, ‘what do we do with this?’” Glover said. “Like, a can of peas is great, but you can't just eat peas for your whole meal.”

The recipes are divided into sections: Stovetop meals, oven meals, Crockpot meals, microwave meals and no-cook meals.

With students living all over — from dorms to off-campus housing — Glover said they organized the book into sections

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based on the kitchen equipment needed to cook the recipe.

Recipes vary from a stove-top cooked “creamy gnocchi” to a microwave cooked, “omelet in a mug.”

“There's a lot of people … that have a lot of different backgrounds who may not know how to cook the food that we have, or they've never cooked with these kinds of ingredients,” Hollingsworth said.

Glover said it's common for students to come in and grab flavored drinks or snacks, but it’s good for them to branch out as well.

“I just hope that students can kind of see that they can use the resources they have to make healthy and full meals for themselves,” Glover said.

Hollingsworth said the recipe book is a great way to increase accessibility and address food security on campus.

“There's this whole stereotype of poor college students eating ramen noodles all the time,” Hollingsworth said. “And I think just being able to show students: no, you can have a nutritious affordable meal that isn't too intimidating to take upon because I think a lot of people are intimidated by cooking.”

The recipe book can be found here.

The Shocker Support Locker is located on the first floor of Grace Wilkie Hall Room 103.

The locker is open MondayFriday from 12-3 p.m. To find more information about the pantry, visit wichita.edu.

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Keep or kick: New restaurant could come to RSC next year

BY MIA HENNEN news@thesunflower.com

After having a Pizza Hut, Chaat House and now a Brkfst & Co. in the Rhatigan Student Center, a new restaurant may be in the near future for the RSC.

Wichita State Dining Services visited Student Senate on March 22 to tell senators about the possible food options to come, which students get to vote on.

The possible restaurants include Tu Taco, Ciao Bella or keeping Brkfst & Co.

Tu Taco

Tu Taco, compared to Chipoltle by Dining Services employees, would feature build-your-own tacos and bowls, plus chips and dip.

Vegetarian, halal and allergen-friendly options would be available.

If chosen, the restaurant would be around or under $9 a meal and potentially be open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ciao Bella

Ciao Bella, compared to a Faziolis, would offer pasta and sauce of your choice, as well as bread and salad.

Vegan, vegetarian and halal options would be available, as well as gluten alternatives. Ciao Bella’s price would be steeper than Tu Taco — around or under $13.

Dining Services speculate it would be open 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. as well.

Brkfst & Co.

Finally, students can choose to keep Brkfst & Co., a restaurant added this year following Chaat House’s departure.

The breakfast restaurant is open 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. and meals are priced around or under $10.

The restaurant offers vegetarian, halal and allergen-friendly options.

These restaurants are under the dining service Chartwells Higher Education, which creates similar restaurant ideas in colleges and universities across the country.

How to vote

Students can choose which restaurant to keep or kick by scanning the QR code.

Although the poll is targeted toward students, the poll is open to all. It closes on April 7. Dining Services also plan to host a taste test of the different restaurants on April 4 from 11 a.m.1 p.m. in Shocker Dining.

Attendees at the Arab Student Association Iftar Potluck came together to eat mostly traditional Arab courses.| Photos by Kristy Mace

Elliott Cotterill laughs while talking with friends at the Iftar Potluck on March 27. Cottterill was invited to attend the event by VP Banine Haidar.

ASA Vice President Banine Haidar laughs as she sits to eat with a group of friends at the potluck.

Yara Abdine eats while talking and laughing with friends at the Iftar Potluck. Abdine is a current member of the Arab Student Association.

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Arab dishes. The potluck was hosted in the RSC on March 27.

Brkfst & Co. may be replaced next year by another restaurant.|

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Track and field wins outdoor season debut

BY TRINITY

The track and field team hosted the Shocker Spring Invitational March 24 and 25. They took home a total of twelve event titles.

Friday saw Wichita State score first place for men’s hammer throw and women’s javelin throw.

Junior Creighton Camp broke his own personal record in the hammer throw by 11.7 feet when he threw for 174-7 to get first place.

The Shockers scored first and second place in women’s javelin throw. Freshmen Samantha Mark and Emma Bezdek threw 138-1 and 122 ½ feet respectively. This is Bezdek’s collegiate javelin debut.

On day two of the event, Brady Palen and Marissa Jensen scored first in men’s and women’s high jump. Palen recorded a 6’11 ½ clearance while Jensen cleared 5 ½ feet.

Palen is coming off an appearance at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships and is currently ranked eighth in the country in high jump for the outdoor season.

The men’s and women’s 4x400 relay teams also swept their races. The women’s team of Maya Fabri, Courtney Wilborn, Sydney Johnson and Sadie Millard won in three minutes and 58 seconds. The men, RJ Hutchison, JD Prinsloo, Trace Spires and Bryan Haney, cut the race close with Iowa Central Community College but came out on top with a time of 3:17.39.

The team will compete again March 30-April 1 at the Texas Relays at the University of TexasAustin and the Friends Spring Open at Friends University.

Baseball comes back against Oklahoma Sooners at Riverfront Stadium

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

In the eighth inning, Brock Rodden was at-bat against Oklahoma pitcher Carson Pierce with two runners on base and the team down 7-4. Sitting at 1-2, Rodden’s triple home run put the Shockers up 8-7 and secured a win against Oklahoma on March 28 at Riverfront Stadium.

Rodden had a career night on offense, tallying a career-high five RBI on 3-5 hitting.

The Shockers opened up the scoring against the Sooners when Kyte McDonald stole home after Chuck Ingram struck out in the second inning.

During that same inning, Rodden hit a single to right side that allowed Jack Little to score and put Wichita State up 2-0. It wasn’tuntil the seventh inning that the team would score again. Rodden was the culprit again as his double to left field let Ingram come in to home plate.

A Pennington double turned the table on Rodden as he came in for the score.

Before Rodden’s homer in the eighth, a throwing error at third base allowed Seth Stroh to score.

Both teams went through six pitchers in nine innings. Caden Favors started the game on the mound for the Shockers and allowed three hits in three innings.

Matt Wilkinson got his first win of the season (1-0) and Cameron Bye (3-4 on the season) was awarded the save.

Baseball will hit the road to test their four-game winning streak in a three-game series against Cincinnati to open conference play on March 31-April 2. The Bearcats are 11-15 on the season with their most recent loss coming against No. 11 Louisville 14-1 on March 28. They will complete their season trilogy against the Sooners on April 11 in Norman, Oklahoma. This is the first time since 2006 that Wichita State has beaten Oklahoma twice in the same season.

Samuel Calderón’s passion for bowling and Colombia brings team together

BY MELANIE RIVERA-CORTEZ

mxrivera-cortez@shockers.wichita.edu

Colombia is known worldwide for its premiere soccer team. As a little boy Samuel Calderón played soccer, but discovered his passion for bowling from a family friend.

“It all stems back from my Colombian roots,” he said.

From a very young age, Calderón was inspired to take up the sport when he met a female Columbian bowler and her family became friends with his family. She would invite them to see her bowling tournaments.

“I was about four or five years old when I started bowling league on Saturdays and when I started doing tournaments, that’s kind of when the whole thing started,” Calderón said.

By the end of 2018, he was encouraged by an international student to try out for the Colombian National Team. He said that after much thought he began researching the trials and liked how competitive it was.

“I’ve lived (in the United States) here my whole life, but I still have that kind of culture with me,” Calderón said. Now, Calderón is a member of

the Wichita State men’s bowling team and has been a member of Junior Team Colombia for about three years.

“I just really wanted to make my family proud like most of my extended family, I would say 90 percent of them live in Colombia,” Calderón said. “So I thought it would just be a great way to honor my roots.”

Calderón says that his Colombian roots influence much of his life, including how he communicates with his teammates. He learned ‘vamos’ from his time with team Colombia and it has brought it back with him.

“I just say ‘vamos’ and so they also started kind of using that too which is really cool,” Calderon said.

This year marks Nick Sommers first time playing alongside Calderón but said he has known Calderón for a few years. Sommers said that the ‘vamos’ saying unites

the team.

“All of us are super different and if we find a tick to motivate each other, that tends to work out in our favor,” Sommer said.

Sommer said that Calderón is a natural born leader and expects to see him win a national title.

“The cards are already laid out for him, like he’s already laid out the foundation this year of working hard, and it just gets easier as he gets better,” Sommer said.

Calderón said he enjoys sharing his culture with his teammates.

“It’s also pretty cool and they respect it,” Calderón said.

Calderón’s favorite memory with the Colombian national team is competing for a world championship. They won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. He said that the team had a really rough week but pulled through in the end.

“It’s just so cool, just to be on the world podium in bowling,” Calderón said. “It’s just a great feeling representing our country.”

Rick Steelsmith, Wichita State’s head men’s bowling coach, said he coached Calderón individually in high school.

“He’s had a strong work ethic then too, so it’s something that

is figuring his parents have kind of instilled in him as he grew up, and he’s carried that right into the program,” Steelsmith said.

Steelsmith said that from a team standpoint, Calderón was the perfect fit because he has a lot of experience and his personality fits in with a team sport.

Calderón is currently pursuing a degree in engineering and is looking forward to combining his degree to his love of bowling. Calderón said that ball returns on the lanes and the design of bowling balls take engineering into

consideration.

“I would still like to do something with that degree,” Calderón said. “I’ve been thinking maybe (something) kind of related to the bowling world like the machines, the ball returns, even the design of bowling balls. That takes a lot of engineering.”

With bowling, Calderón’s biggest goal is to go on tour with PBA but the Colombian national team is alway on his mind.

“In regards to team Colombia, I want to continue until the day I retire,” Calderón said.

Sophomore Robert Cranz (#14) pitches for 1.0 inning during the second game against UMass. Cranz allowed no hits, runs, or walks in the top of the 7th inning.

David Herring (#6) swings at a ball in bottom of the third inning. Herring was at bat 3 times on Saturday. | Photos by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Freshman Samuel Calder ón bowls at Northrock Lanes on March 28. |

Photo by Madeline Bell / The Sunflower

SAMUEL CALDERÓN Freshman

I thought it would just be a great way to honor my roots.

Kyte McDonald (#1) is safe at first base after bunting the ball. McDonald was able to score a run on a wild pitch bringing Wichita their 11th run of the game.

Emily Whorton jumps 1.50m in the high jump on March 24. Whorton placed 5th in the heptathlon.

| Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

‘PEOPLE ARE PRIORITY’

Women’s tennis sweeps brief homestand

Paul Mills formally introduced as next head men’s basketball coach

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

In his introductory press conference, new head men’s basketball coach Paul Mills described himself as “about people” before anything else.

“As much as I wanted my gift to be playing basketball as a kid growing up, my gift was helping,” Mills said. “I realized that people are priority. I will prioritize these players over everything else that I do.”

Along with Mills, university president Rick Muma and athletic director Kevin Saal gave remarks about Mills’ hiring and the future of Wichita State’s men’s basketball program in Koch Arena on March 23.

Mills emphasized the “rich history” of Wichita State basketball and how the program is still recognized as a powerhouse on the national stage.

“Winning is important,” Mills said. “You just knew so much about Wichita State. Ten years ago, Wichita State is in a Final Four. Nine years ago, they have an undefeated season. There is a winning tradition here with a passionate fanbase.”

Fans and the atmosphere of basketball games are important to Mills because he knows what it is like to be behind enemy lines in Charles Koch Arena.

“Having been here a few times, I understand the decibel levels that it gets to because I was on

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the wrong side of those games,” Mills said. “I couldn’t believe that Wichita State was ranked eighth in home court advantage. Our goal is to get to number one.”

Muma said he connected with Mills in his interview when they realized they were both products of the same school district, Aldine ISD, in Houston, Texas.

“He has an upbringing in Houston, in a neighborhood and schools that are known for lifting up young people,” Muma said. “We immediately had that connection, this passion for lifting up young men.”

After receiving a partial scholarship to Southern Wesleyan and breaking a vertebrae in his back in his first year, Mills transferred to Texas A&M University. There, he got his degree in finance in 1996.

Mills was a high school coach from 1996-99 in the Houston area at North Belt Christian Academy, where he led the team to a 63-17 record and three district titles in three seasons.

Rudy Tomjanovic, the coach of the Houston Rockets at the time, gave Mills advice about the key to putting together a good team.

“When I was a high school coach, I lived right next to the

Houston Rockets practice facility,” Mills said. “And (Tomjanovic) said it’s not about getting together talent, it’s about creating a team.” Mills has already dived into spring recruiting, trying to keep an eye on the transfer portal and says he and his coaching staff have a list of about 25 guys they want on the roster.

There will be no carryover from the previous coaching staff and Mills already knows his four assistants. Kenton Paulino, former Texas guard and assistant under Rick Barnes, and Iain Laymon, who worked under Indiana coach Tom Crean, are solidified as part of Mills’ staff.

They were both members on his staff at Oral Roberts. In six seasons at ORU, Mills went 106-83 and completed a 30-win season this past year.

“(The transfer portal) changes by the hour,” Mills said. “The framework has really changed and you have to be positioned as a university to help. You can fill holes a lot easier than you could years ago when transfers had to sit out.”

Through the long recruiting process, Mills is looking forward to that first tip-off in the fall.

“I wish this stuff tipped off tomorrow,” Mills said. “We graciously accept the opportunity here. We are not timid about this process. We know people expect to win and I can assure you that my entire family expects to win too.”

Shammah Scott transfers to Akron

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Sophomore guard Shammah Scott has announced his commitment to the University of Akron. The announcement comes ten days after Scott initially entered the transfer portal.

Scott and his family touched base with new head coach, Paul Mills, to let him know that Scott would be moving on from Wichita State. Mills confirmed this during his introductory press conference

this afternoon

“Super excited for the next chapter of my story,” Scott said in a Tweet. “I want to thank Coach John Groce and the rest of the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity to continue my college career here at The University Of Akron! Let’s Go Zips!!!”

The Cleveland, Ohio, native is now just 39 miles away from home in Akron.

Because Scott transferred to Wichita State from Northwest Florida State College, a junior college, he will not have to sit out a year before playing.

During his time as a Shocker, Scott averaged 2.6 points across 25 games and four starts. He had a season-high 19 points against East Carolina on New Year’s Eve.

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

For the first time in seven weeks, women’s tennis was back in Wichita for two matches over the weekend against South Dakota and Omaha. The Shockers went 2-0 on March 24 and 26.

During their long trip on the road, the women went 3-7 with a tight standout win against #49 Nebraska, 4-3. They are 9-8 overall this spring season.

Wichita State 7, South Dakota 0

Women’s tennis opened their Friday afternoon matchup against South Dakota by going 2-0 in doubles, securing the doubles point.

The combo of Jessica Anzo and Kristina Kudryavtseva won 6-1 against South Dakota’s Paige Alter and Grace Chadick.

Lingwei Kong and Natsumi Kurahashi defeated Selena Bird and Anna Medvyedyeva 6-2.

All but one of Wichita State’s singles players won in straight sets. Bird took freshman Marlene Förster to three sets by winning the first 3-6 but Förster came back to sweep the final two sets. Kong, Kurahashi and Theodora Chantava all needed the extra point to win in two.

In the second set of their

match, Kong and South Dakota’s Bea Havlickova were tied 6-6 and went into a tiebreak game when Kong won with four points.

Wichita State 6, Omaha 1

The doubles teams from Wichita State were able to clench the doubles point again with a sweep against Omaha. Kong and Kurahashi played their second match of the weekend against Ines Absisan/Zoe Adkins that was left unfinished.

The duos of Anzo/Förster (6-1) and Chantava/Harriet Hamilton (6-2) won their matches in single sets.

The Shockers’ lone defeat in single play came in the No. 1 spot. Kong lost in three close sets (6-3, 7-6(5), 1-0(10-0)) against Omaha’s Jessica Aragon.

All other singles competitors won in two sets against their opponents. In the No. 3 spot, Kudryavtseva needed the extra point in the first set to put away Absisan.

Women’s tennis heads back on the road to Cincinnati to face Cincinnati and Xavier on March 31 and April 1.

After this, they’ll go on a bit of a break until they face Creighton at home on April 15 in their last regular season match before the American Athletic Conference tournament.

Jaykwon Walton commits to nationally ranked Alabama

BY MELANIE RIVERA-CORTEZ mxrivera-cortez@shockers.wichita.edu

Wichita State men’s basketball player and leading scorer

Jaykwon Walton committed to Alabama on Tuesday

2022-23 season.

He scored a season high 24 points against Houston and Tulane.

His transfer to Alabama is the third move of his college career. Walton played for the University of Georgia and Shelton State prior to his time with the Shockers.

WALTON

The 6’7 guard entered the transfer portal a little less than two weeks ago, shortly after former head coach Isaac Brown was fired. Walton averaged 13.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists over 32.3 minutes per game during the

Walton is the second player in a row to commit to an SEC program after the conclusion of the season. Ricky Council IV entered the transfer portal after the 2021-22 season and committed to Arkansas. Council received several accolades as a Razorback this season.

WSU Athletics hosted a press conference to introduce the new head men’s basketball coach Paul Mills. New head men’s basketball coach Paul Mills says he is all about family in the press conference held on March 23. |

Photo by Madeline Bell / The Sunflower

LingWei Kong and Natsumi Kurahashi celebrates after a point during their set against Omaha at Gensis Rock Road on March 26. | Photo by Baswanth

Naidu / The Sunflower

MILLS Had men’s basketball coach

I will prioritize these players over everything else that I do.

OPINION

STREET

SPEAK

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TIKTOK BEING BANNED IN THE UNITED STATES?

The ‘TikTok trial’ is rooted in ignorance and racism

LUCAS HAFER

Freshman

Collaborative Design

“I have mixed opinions. I think that TikTok has a lot of benefits and it’s very good for people starting out and trying to get their careers going. I think TikTok is a tool that I would like to start using for myself, but also, I know there’s been a lot of rumors and talk about spying and things of that nature. I also think it’s very addicting and can cause a lot of problems in our society as well.”

NICOLE TRAN

Freshman

Computer Engineering

“I don’t have TikTok because mainly I think it can be very addicting, but I think [it] being banned is a little extreme.”

Any American can attest that the bipartisan mentality in the nation is pretty out of control. But the possible ban of TikTok has been one of the greatest uniters of Republicans and Democrats in power, and potentially one of the greatest dividers between older and younger generations.

If you’re active on TikTok, or anywhere on the Internet, you’ve heard about the congressional hearing with the CEO of TikTok. For those of you that haven’t, U.S. leaders are considering banning TikTok from America.

According to NPR, a lot of the issue lies within TikTok’s ownership. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a company based in Beijing. ByteDance is therefore compliant with Chinese laws that would force it to hand over user data to the government.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced an ultimately inconclusive hearing with U.S. lawmakers. U.S. leaders implored him to make a decision: remove ties with ByteDance’s Chinese roots or risk being banned in the United States (and losing a good chunk of its users and, therefore, revenue).

In the hearing, lawmakers grew pretty nasty with Chew. Chew remained dignified, though clearly unsettled, and kept to his facts, reminding lawmakers that “you can’t

prove a negative” in reference to ByteDance having given the Chinese government American data.

Either way, though, lawmakers don’t believe Chew’s claims. The hearing seemed to be more about getting Chew to “crack” than reach an understanding or even make any leeway.

Now, having your data sold sounds scary, especially in light of the spy balloon incident with China, but hear me out.

TikTok has become so ingrained in our culture that a ban would be simply unprecedented. TikTok has risen from 100 million to 150 million users since 2020. TikTok is a source of demystifying the human experience.

If you open TikTok, you’ll find just about anything: dances, comedy, recipes, body acceptance and, most of all, you’ll find people of a different human experience than you.

TikTok has become so important that virtually every other social media platform has attempted to replicate it: YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, whatever Facebook has going on. If it’s not a vain attempt to remake TikTok’s unique setup, then it’s literally just reposted videos from TikTok.

Here’s what a Texan Republican Congressman, Dan Crenshaw said: “You may not care that your data is being accessed now, but it will be one day when you do care about it. And here’s the real problem — with data comes power. They can choose what you see and how you see it. They can make you believe things that

SANGER SHANTHANAM

Sophomore

Electrical and Computer Engineering

“I think it’s a good idea.

Sometimes there are TikToks that some minors may not understand or like. It also might not help them focus on their studies or they might lose their track.”

CARLA CUMMINGS

Freshrman

Psychology and Graphic Design

“I feel like TikTok is a good way to explore different points of view and lifestyles and just good to have for entertainment. But there’s also two sides of it. I don’t know for sure exactly, but that’s what I think.”

are not true. They can encourage you to engage in behavior that will destroy your life. Even if it is not happening yet, it could in the future.”

If that quote strikes fear in your heart, open up Facebook for me really quick. Look at the ads: oh, that t-shirt you liked from a promoted post on Instagram. That weird pasta maker you almost bought from Amazon. We all joke about our phones listening to us, but if you think your data is anything sacred, or has ever been, then you’d be better off living off the grid, or at least in another country.

Make no mistake: the problem with TikTok is not one of data (Chew even promised to delete U.S. data by the end of the year), but of racism, and the same kind of fear mongering Asians faced during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The differences in how American officials have treated Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew are stark. And, if you were curious, Facebook is still alive and well.

If TikTok was a company based in Dallas or Portland, the CEO would not be facing this debate. The issue that U.S. leaders have with Chew is not because he is in possession of Americans’ information (Chew even promised to delete the data by the end of the year). If you need a reason why Chew is being interviewed, it’s right in front of you.

And, to quote Wendigoon’s trending TikTok audio, “the next time that somebody tells you the government wouldn’t do that, oh yes, they would.”

A college girl’s guide to staying healthy

As someone with a weak immune system, I’m not sure if I’m overqualified or shouldn’t be discussing sickness at all.

This week I was struck with my third case of strep throat this school year. Yes, you heard me right — third time.

Prevention is the first step. If you can avoid getting sick all together it will make your life a whole lot easier.

Eating right, getting enough sleep and drinking water are going to be your best friends. Without mastering those three skills, chances are you’re going to get knocked down by the next bug that washes through campus.

Three meals a day is an important step. In order to take care of your body, you need to be giving it the nutrients it needs to keep you going.

I’m not going to get into specific serving sizes or items to eat because the truth is that not everyone is the

same. Some people need more food and some need less. You know what your body needs — don’t ignore it. Along with eating right comes water. Dehydration is the worst way to go if you get sick. Not only will you be trying to hydrate from the sickness, but you also have to make up for all the water you haven’t been drinking. You don’t need to go crazy with this, but at least try to remind yourself to drink water. I promise, beer and Starbucks are not going to make you feel better when you’ve got a fever and haven’t stopped coughing in four days. If you’re gonna be picking up a venti iced mocha anyway, you may as well add on a glass of water for free.

When it comes to sleep, you have to be slightly more give and take. In college, it’s hard to get your eight hours when you’re going to school and working. Just keep in mind that sleep is a necessity and you can’t avoid it with caffeine.

Vitamins can also be a great way to prevent illness. Keep in mind though that taking vitamins does not give you an excuse to not keep up with taking care of yourself in other ways.

A good multivitamin can change a lot, along with a little extra vitamin C. A lot of ailments can be helped, at their root, with vitamins.

I shouldn’t have to be telling grown adults this, but I’m not surprised I am: wash your hands. It is not that hard, it takes 30 seconds and it’s just common decency.

After you go to the bathroom please use some soap and water. Your immune system, and everyone else’s, will thank you. Remember, there are people out there who are more easily susceptible to germs, so do your part.

If you do happen to get sick, don’t

be afraid to go to the doctor. It’s one thing to get sick, but it’s another entirely to do nothing about it. Take care of yourself, you’ve only got one body.

Most importantly, listen to your body. Most of the time it’s going to tell you that somethings wrong before you feel sick. It’s normal to get sick and can’t always be avoided so don’t take it out on yourself.

If you need a doctor to visit, Student Health Services is available on campus. Their website has all the information you need to create a new patient profile and schedule an appointment.

Illustration by Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

Illustration by Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

CULTURE BEYOND BORDERS

Eastern European art professors talk cultural identity

BY SASCHA HARVEY arts@thesunflower.com

Graphic design professor Irma

Puškarević rides her bike to class.

She starts her day with a spoonful of honey, something that she’s been told to do since childhood. She learned it in the country she was born in, in a country that can no longer be found on any world map.

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, split in 2003, contained six different republics: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (home to Sarajevo, where Puškarević was born). Puškarević covered her experiences as an immigrant in an artist talk in collaboration with painting and drawing professor Levente Sulyok on Tuesday.

Growing up in Socialist Eastern Europe, Puškarević experienced a great political divide, even within her own circles.

“(I grew up) in a country that was condemning the past on one

Pokéfest:

hand and romanticizing the past on the other,” Puškarević said.

“(My mom and I) love each other but we have our differences.”

Her artworks are very much informed by her experiences as an immigrant, especially from a country in conflict. Her works on display at the Ulrich right now are a series of letterforms with controversial political undertones. Only two of the languages used are still in use today.

If these works were presented in Eastern Europe, “(the reception) won’t be nice,” Puškarević said.

“My work is about borders,” Sulyok said. “I think about nationalism and the politics of Hungary … and the cultural implications of that.”

Both having grown up in a country marked by conflict, Sulyok was born in a border town between Serbia and Hungary. The Soviet Union held control over Hungary before troops left from 1990 to 1991.

“In 1985, (my father) lived a life that did not fit into a communist

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era context,” Sulyok said. “We didn’t have very much money, but I lived a life that didn’t look like what you would imagine the late ‘80s being in Eastern Europe at all.”

Sulyok has turned his experiences into art, namely two intricately painted chairs that greet visitors at the front of the exhibition. Many of his artworks explore the relationship between two objects.

“In some ways, I was always between two places,” he said. “I also like the idea of thinking about two things, because there’s also a gap between them, which is a third thing.”

Hungary lost about 70% of its territory following World War I, leading to a huge spread of Hungarians around Eastern Europe.

“There are about five million Hungarians living outside the current borders,” Sulyok said. “Culture tends to not obey national borders.”

review from a lifelong Pokémon master and trainer

favorite character is, your favorite type of Pokémon, etc.

After the bingo game, the thing we were all there for started: the scavenger hunt. For the scavenger hunt, you needed to have the app Pokémon Go and, within the app, you would go around campus taking pictures of your buddy Pokémon in front of various gyms and Pokéstops, and we would get a badge that we could make into a button on day two of the event.

BY VICTOR DIMARTINO vvjjdd@yahoo.com

My oldest memories are me playing, watching, thinking, talking about and just overall being obsessed with Pokémon. When I was about 3 years old, I went to work with my mom one day because I was sick and didn’t want to go to daycare. At my mom’s work, I played the beginning of Pokémon Fire Red on my Gameboy advanced. This was the birth of my goal to one day become a Pokémon master just like Ash

Ketchum.

On Wednesday, beginning of a two-day event of the first-ever Pokéfest, run by the Student Activities Council (SAC), spread across WSU campus.

DAY 1 — POKÉMON GO SCAVENGER HUNT

First, there was a “get to know you” bingo game with lots of Pokémon-related ice breakers, such as; have you ever competed in Pokémon competitively, who your

I have been playing Pokémon Go since day 1 back in 2016. About eight years before that, I told my friend at daycare, “wouldn’t it be cool if we could walk around the real world and catch Pokémon on our DS?” After young Victor said this, a spy from Niantic went to the Pokémon Company International and told them my idea and stole it for their own. Thus, Pokémon Go was now in the works and on the way to the market.

During the scavenger hunt, I got to know and make friends with lots of people that play Pokémon Go. We participated in raid hour together (an event that happens every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. where a legendary Pokémon

appears and you need a large group to defeat and hopefully catch it) and we walked around campus trying to find all of the places on the list for our scavenger hunt.

DAY 2 — TOURNAMENT ON POKÉMON SHOWDOWN

For this day of the event, there was going to be a tournament using the Video Game Championships ruleset. Pokémon Company International runs various tournaments around the world. You can participate in various games such as: the Trading Card Game (TCG), the video game (VGC) Pokémon Unite and, my favorite of them all, Pokémon Go. If you earn enough championship points or do well enough at a tournament you can qualify for the world championships, which this year will happen in Yokohama, Japan.

Before the pandemic, I participated in two regional tournaments for the VGC. At the time, these were the two biggest regional tournaments ever held for Pokémon. I got to meet my favorite YouTuber

WolfeyVGC and play my favorite video game with a bunch of other nerds that love this franchise. I didn’t do very well but I was still learning and was happy to be there in general.

On day two of Pokéfest, there was a tournament for the VGC run on the very popular website, Pokémon Showdown. Pokémon Showdown is basically the same as playing the video games but it’s much easier and faster to build a team. Most people use Pokémon Showdown to test out pokémon and teams they want to use before making them in the game.

I participated in the tournament and got second place. I used a team I found online and it had my favorite Pokémon Dragonite, so I knew I had to use it.

After the tournament, everyone hung out, ate, made custom Pokémon cards and succulent plant Pokémon, hung out and talked. There was a raffle, sadly I didn’t win anything, but the prizes were Pokémon plushes and Pokémon legos.

Overall, I hope SAC continues to have more Pokémon-related events.

Illustration by Sascha Harvey / The Sunflower

Levente Sulyok, a faculty member at WSU, details his creative processes for his display. Sulyok used his Hungarian origins as his own creative inspiration, as he explained Tuesday afternoon.

Artist Irma Puškarević is one of two presenters at Tuesday’s Artist Talks. Puškarević considered the political implications behind the many languages depicted in her pieces. Her birth nation and cultural identity informed this series of letterforms.

Irma Puškarević speaks about her display of regional alphabets as interpreted through art. Puškarević is a graphic design faculty member at WSU. | Photos by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Exhibit A, an antique hand-painted chair, is one of three pieces on display as part of Levente Sulyok’s presentation. The chair is Hungarian in origin.

MAKING A FLASH

UPCOMING EVENTS

NOCHE DE CIENCIAS (NIGHT OF SCIENCE)

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

4:30 - 6:45 p.m. | North High School

BIG READ 2023: MINI FILM FEST SHOWING OF ‘THE FAREWELL’

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

5:30 p.m. | Advanced Learning Library

2023 CRAIG BARTON SPEAKER SERIES

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

6 - 7 p.m. | Wiedemann Hall

WORDS BY WOMEN LECTURE SERIES

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

6 - 7:30 p.m. | Lindquist Hall BUILDING ACADEMIC-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS IN PUBLIC FINANCE

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m | Woolsey Hall

DR. VIRGINIA VALIAN: THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMENBETTER, BUT STILL TOO SLOW

Members of the Indian Students Association presented a flash mob in the RSC on Tuesday afternoon. | Photos by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

10 - 11 a.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER

DAY OF VISIBILITY

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

GIVE BACK AT THE GIV WAREHOUSE

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. | United Way GIV Warehouse

Dancers from the ISA came together to promote the upcoming spring festival in April. The promotional flash mob event hosted in RSC gathered a lot of attention by students.

ISA put together a flash mob routine on March 28 to promote the upcoming VASANTH event.

LECTURE SERIES IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

2:30 p.m | Jabara Hall

DR. VIRGINIA VALIAN: DISCUSSION ON GENDER EQUITY WITH STUDENTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

3:30 - 4:30 p.m | Rhatigan Student Center

As part of the routine, all the flash mob dancers turned to create a circle for a unique dance aesthetic. Dancers wore bright colored dresses, common in Indian dance styles.

Tuesday afternoon there was a flash mob dance in the RSC. The mob started with just a couple of dancers but grew to a larger group of about 10.

GENERAL FACULTY ASSEMBLY AND VOTE

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

3 - 5 p.m. | Woolsey Hall

13TH ANNUAL DRAG SHOW

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

8 - 11 p.m. | Hughes Metropolitan Complex

KANSAS SCIENCE OLYMPIAD STATE TOURNAMENT

MONDAY, FEB. 27

All Day | Rhatigan Student Center

SENIOR SATURDAY

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

9 - 11 a.m. | Larksfield Place

Participating dancers in Tuesday’s flash mob did a combination of routines, including dancing with a partner. Pictured above, the dancers swayed back in forth in beat with the music.

Sneha Tomy, the General Secretary of Indian Students Association (ISA), introduces the surprise promotional event Tuesday afternoon. The flash mob was an advertisement for the flagship event VASANTH.

Men and women a part of the Indian Students Association join to participate in a flash mob in the RSC on Tuesday.

2ND ANNUAL LET’S PAR-TEA BOBA SOCIAL

SATURDAY, APRIL 1 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

MONDAY, APRIL 3 All Day | Online

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY STUDY SESSION

MONDAY, APRIL 3 10 a.m. - Noon. | Rhatigan Student Center

EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL 2023

MONDAY, APRIL 3 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Ablah Library

of the Japanese mokuhanga printing technique and its history, and connect that with contemporary use and her own art, with an emphasis on how the work is made.

a.m. | Tuesday, April 4 • Polk/Wilson Gallery • Ulrich Museum •

WALTER H. BEECH WIND

TUNNEL 75TH ANNIVERSARY

RECEPTION

MONDAY, APRIL 3 Noon - 6 p.m. | Wallace Hall

MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION

MONDAY, APRIL 3 2 - 3 p.m. | Heskett Center

Learn about these members of the WSU School of Art, Design & Creative Industries as they discuss their inspiration and processes. Presented in conjunction with Transmissions: The XXIV Faculty Biennial on exhibit through April 22 at the Ulrich.

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