The Sunflower v. 128 i. 14 (November 30, 2023)

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Nov. 30, 2023

Volume 128 Issue 14

Student senator’s privacy breached, SGA accommodation bill indefinitely postponed

BY ALLISON CAMPBELL news@thesunflower.com

After announcing his intent to resign from the Student Government Association (SGA), Fine Arts Sen. Garett Knight said that while seeking accommodations, his FERPA-protected information was shared recklessly amongst SGA senators by advisers, cabinet members and senators, impacting his status and involvement within the body.

To assist future senators in need of accommodations and prevent further privacy breaches, he drafted his own bill — dubbed Accommodations in the Senate — and planned to propose it to SGA before determining if he would resign from the Student Senate.

The bill, which he intended to present during the Nov. 1 Senate meeting, has since been indefinitely postponed due to pending revisions.

HOSPITALIZATION Knight, a music education and composition major, joined SGA in April for this year’s session after serving on the Freshman Leadership Council last year. As a new senator, he said he was excited to make an impact and apply what he had learned during high school as student body president.

“I’ve had experience, and I’ve seen a lot of things on campus that I wanted to change,” Knight said.

Knight said he did not have the introduction to the student Senate that he had hoped for. During the second week of classes, he said he woke up with a “huge, disgusting headache” that resulted in a threeday hospitalization.

“Lights wouldn’t help, sound hurt, and (I got) enough to the point where I was throwing up and like … my whole left arm and … my body went numb,” Knight said. He went to the hospital, where doctors

thought he might have had a stroke, he said.

As Student Government Association senators debated the Registered Student Organizations Appropriations Act in August, Knight watched the live stream while immobilized in bed.

“So I watched the whole night, and I was … talking to people,” Knight said. “I was specifically reaching out to people while this is going on — people who are upset and mad — and (I’m asking) ‘What can we do to fix this?’”

RETURN TO SGA When he returned to Senate, Knight said he was upfront with his peers that his absence was due to being hospitalized, but he intentionally did not disclose why he was admitted. In confidence, he shared his circumstance in greater detail with SGA’s adviser Brandon McClain.

Not long after his return to SGA, Knight went through one of his first formal grade checks.

All senators and SGA members sign a release form after they are confirmed to the body to enable SGA advisers Gabriel Fonseca, McClain and/or Abby Whistler to perform routine grade checks to ensure Senate members remain eligible to serve.

Fonseca primarily advises the judicial and executive branches indirectly, McClain manages student senator affairs, and Whistler works with cabinet directors and executive groups.

Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), advisers cannot disclose the academic or financial information of students to others.

‘ALL WALKS OF LIFE’

Debbie Smith drinks a coffee when she arrives at Church on the Street for a shower provided by ShowerUp on Nov. 12. Smith waited along with other unhoused individuals for a hot shower. | Photos by Cheyanne Tull / The Sunflower

Nonprofit provides clean showers, hygiene products for homeless of Wichita

BY CHEYANNE TULL

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ost of Wichita’s homeless population struggles to find safe spaces to shower each week. ShowerUp, a nonprofit that provides showers for the homeless population in the city, is hoping to change that.

ShowerUp launched its outreach in the fall of 2020 to serve those experiencing homelessness with hygiene items and services. The nonprofit provides units to shower, as well as offers necessities, like travel-size hygiene projects, socks, underwear, sleeping bags, backpacks and more.

ShowerUp also sets up a table for welfare checks.

Charles, a local homeless man who uses ShowerUp’s services, said the showers alone have had an impact on his motivation and self-esteem.

“I was at a low point; I was dirty. I didn’t really want to do anything, like go to the library,” Charles said. “Man, I came out of that shower, and I was like 100% happier, and I went straight to the library.”

ShowerUp volunteer Sara

Beardmor said that the homeless community is unseen. Just by talking to them, she said it seems like they are looking for human connection.

Several misconceptions surround homeless people; Charles said he wished more people knew that homeless people would like to work.

“It ain’t like everybody says all the time that they don’t want to work — oh yeah, they do,” Charles said. “But it’s hard for them to get a job and a place to live, and you can’t get a place to live without a job.”

ShowerUp deploys its mobiles in the parking lot of Church on the Street (COTS) Wichita.

Robert “Paki” Vifinkle, the current pastor at COTS, helps homeless people, those with mental illness, and others in need through his ministry.

Vifinkle said he is passionate about what COTS and ShowerUp do, and he protects individuals from the public eye if their circumstances require that.

“We got good, bad and ugly here, from all stages, from all walks of life,” Vifinkle said. “Our main thing is safety for the people that we are here to serve.”

There are many outreach

teams in Wichita for the homeless, but unlike ShowerUp, not all seem to help, according to Kristy Cook and James Green, two homeless people. Cook and Green said they had called the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT), which is meant to respond to 911 calls from homeless people and support those on the streets due to health reasons.

Cook and Green said they’ve called HOT several times, including when Green had a heart attack. They waited five hours before getting any response.

“We’ve been having problems with the HOT team,” Cook said.

“We’ve been trying to get a hotel voucher to get us off the streets.

See, (James) has congestive heart failure and chronic COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). The doctors told him to not be outside if it goes below 34 (degrees); his heart could seize up with a heart attack.”

Both Cook and Green, who use ShowerUp’s services every Sunday, wanted to bring awareness that this is happening to many more homeless people in Wichita than just them.

Throughout spring and the end of the summer, ShowerUp deploys its mobile trailers

Amy Welch, a volunteer at ShowerUp, cuts the hair of an homeless man of Wichita on Nov. 12. Welch and her husband Jason show up most Sundays, and Amy usually cuts hair during that time.

every Sunday and occasionally Wednesdays and Thursdays.

During fall and winter, showers are only provided on Sundays from 8-11 a.m.

On the first Sunday of each month, ShowerUp also offers haircuts, courtesy of volunteers from Salon Lavish. Additionally, the salon serves as a drop-off site for ShowerUp donations on the west side of town.

Anyone can volunteer at ShowerUp by just showing up at the COTS parking lot or complete a volunteer form on their website.

You can also donate through their website or in person at Church on the Street any Sunday.

While Knight had a high enough GPA to retain his seat in SGA, he said he was identified as being in the “worry area,” a GPA between 2.5 and 2.7. Knight said that he was told if his grades continued to slip, he would be suspended from SGA without a probation period.

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The Wardrobe offers safe space for gender experimentation

BY TRINITY RAMM

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Students looking for a way to explore their gender expression should look no further.

The Wardrobe is a closet for gender diverse students to explore different gender expressions through clothing, makeup, accessories and shoes. The closet is open from 12-3 p.m. on Mondays, and students do not pay for the items they select.

Kat Fishwick, a fourth-year community psychology doctorate student, works with The Wardrobe during the full 12-3 p.m. window. Three other prevention ambassadors from Health Outreach Prevention Education (HOPE) services use their internship hours in the program to help set up The Wardrobe and create inclusive systems for clothing organization.

Mckenna Stump, a sophomore criminal justice major and prevention ambassador, said that as an LGBTQ+ student, she enjoys being part of a “judgment-free” place on campus for those wanting to explore different gender expressions.

To use The Wardrobe, students can ask about it at the front desk of the Student Wellness Center (SWC).

They will be asked to sign in, like any other student visiting the wellness center, and then directed to HOPE services.

When students come into The Wardrobe, they will not be asked about their gender identity or gender questioning. Prevention ambassadors and HOPE staff will guide visitors through different clothing racks and answer any questions.

“We want to be available but also not intrusive,” Cora Olson, wellness program and outreach manager at HOPE, said.

If the items a student selects doesn’t fit right or doesn’t match the look or feel that they were looking for, Olson said that they are welcome to “wash it, return it and try something different.”

According to Rachael Gladden, a project specialist with HOPE, most of The Wardrobe’s visitors since their opening have come with friends to explore their selection. Fishwick said visitors were enthusiastic about the space.

“It brought up some interesting questions (for us), but they were really excited to be able to pick through different things, take some things off the shelves and try them on,” Fishwick said.

The Wardrobe is always looking for donations. Gently used clothing and jewelry, unopened makeup and other hygiene products, can be brought to the front desk of the YMCA or SWC. the front desk of the YMCA or SWC.

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Club provides community, support for students with Type 1 diabetes “

BY COURTNEY BROWN

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Julie Angleton’s insulin pen is covered in colorful dog stickers.

Her sensor has nature-themed ones. One of her backpack pockets is filled with diabetic supplies, including needles, snacks and a pouch with “all my diabetes shit” written in rainbow letters.

Angleton, a Wichita State student, is part of T1DShockers, a group for WSU students with Type 1 diabetes and caregivers of those with Type 1 diabetes. She transitioned from vice president to president in October and said the group functions like a support system, including a Discord server where members chat together.

“It’s nice to contact them, be like, ‘Hey, my blood sugars have been really, really crazy. How about you guys?,’” Angleton said. “(It’s) also really helpful to have when you’re just like, fed up with everything, and you can rant, and they’ll be like, ‘Yeah, same.’”

Caitlyn Bruner, an academic adviser at TRIO DSS and a former T1DShockers member, said that the club members are able to support each other because

KNIGHT FROM PAGE 1 “It says nowhere in the Student Government Association constitution or bylaws that if you are between a 2.5 and 2.7, that you have to do a (separate) grade check form, and if you’re below it, you are booted (without probation),” Knight said.

As part of his Office of Student Accommodations and Testing (OSAT) accommodations, Knight said he receives extra testing time on exams. Because the testing office receives and must send off his scores, it takes longer for the professors to grade his work. He said SGA grade checks did not consider this.

“The professor grades (my tests) after already grading everyone else’s, and so it takes longer to get into that system, and a lot of it wasn’t ready by midterms,” Knight said.

According to Fonseca, while SGA attempts to adhere to all necessary accommodations, there is no policy in the SGA constitution or by-laws that requires the body to abide by OSAT accommodations.

“I will say it is imperative to me as one, an administrator, but two, as an adviser to student government, that we provide the necessary accommodations for someone to be successful in that space,” Fonseca said.

Knight said SGA’s lack of an accommodations clause inspired his accommodation-oriented bill.

He said it led him to feel that SGA doesn’t consider it to be “their problem” that accommodated grade results are late.

Over the following few weeks, Knight said that he began to hear talk circulating within leadership regarding his private mental, physical, financial and academic information.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Later in the semester, Knight applied for pro-temp and clerk positions within the Student Affairs Subcommittee. Knight said that following his interview, from behind a lobby door, he heard adviser McClain tell Student Affairs Subcommittee Chairperson

What I try to make sure people know is that they have a right to (accommodations).

CAITLYN BRUNER TRIO DSS adviser

they understand each other’s experiences. “(People) don’t get it unless you live with it,” Bruner said.

Bruner said that T1DShockers has provided a sense of community where no discussion is “taboo.” She said when she was first diagnosed, a lot of information was thrown at her with little guidance, and she encourages those newly diagnosed to find a group of people with diabetes they can vent to.

“Everybody’s been so welcoming and supportive,” Bruner said, “that I think if someone were to ever say like, ‘Hey, I’m low (blood sugar), I’m out of glucose tablets or whatever.

Is anybody near this hall?’ I don’t doubt for a second anybody in the group would be like, ‘Yeah, I got Victoria Owens that Knight couldn’t “be trusted to make it on time” to meetings because of his medical history. According to Knight, the adviser recommended that Knight should not be selected for either position.

“I was like, ‘Okay, I just pray to God they don’t let that influence them,’” Knight said. “It can be scary when an adviser like that, with so much power, tells you to do that, and if you go against that, it can become this battle.”

Owens and McClain did not respond to The Sunflower’s requests for an interview.

In May, when Speaker of the Senate Kylee Hower was considering committee chairs, McClain also discouraged Hower from selecting Knight, but Hower said McClain’s reasoning didn’t involve Knight’s personal information.

“Brandon had talked to me and just been like ‘I don’t really think that he’s super reliable, so I don’t think you should put him in a position of leadership,’” Hower said.

Fonseca said it’s not unusual for advisers to provide personal opinions or advice regarding selections for positions, but ultimately, students make their own choices.

“My job (as an adviser) is to help (senators) make the best decision they possibly can because there are always consequences for every decision, good or bad,” Fonseca said.

Due to the weight that FERPA violations carry, Fonseca said that advisers and staff operate on a “need-to-know basis,” where only necessary information is shared with those in Senate leadership.

“I can’t foresee a member of leadership across the student government and whichever branch of government they’re in ever sharing need-to-know information with anyone who doesn’t need to know,” Fonseca said. “It is an expectation that I set with them.”

Because senators are not bound

by FERPA or other privacy policies, privacy breaches can occur among senators.

“If a senator or member of SGA shares that information with someone else, and that other person

some. Hold on.’”

According to Angleton, T1DShockers started a couple of years ago when the former Office of Disability Services asked Angleton and the former president Carlie Hurtt if they wanted to create a chapter at Wichita State. Angleton didn’t know others with Type 1 diabetes around her age and jumped on the chance.

Lately, Angleton’s focus has been educating members about the American with Disabilities Act and requesting accommodations at Wichita State.

“What I try to make sure people know is that they have a right to it (accommodations) … and they should use them, even if they don’t need them, just as a precaution,” Angleton said.

Angleton said she hopes T1DShockers can engage in more awareness and advocacy projects, including working with the Wichita State nursing department to better educate about Type 1 diabetes and partnering with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). shares it with other people … we can’t control that,” Fonseca said.

After his information was breached, Knight said he planned to draft and present two bills. The first, which is currently pending revisions, will extend OSAT accommodations to SGA. The second, which hasn’t been written, will apply some form of FERPA-like protections between students and advisers in SGA and registered student organizations.

ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE SENATE Knight’s Accommodations in the Senate bill aims to require SGA to uphold OSAT accommodations within Senate proceedings. It will also provide support services to “facilitate the full participation of all student senators, including those with disabilities.”

“It’s just the same as if it was in the classroom, except of course, some of the accommodations aren’t the same,” Knight said. “It’s more of protecting their rights.”

The draft of the bill also calls for the establishment of an American with Disabilities Act Commission, which will create a space for student senators to request specific accommodations for meetings or events.

According to Hower, the bill needed to undergo a few revisions, which were to be managed by accessibility subcommittee chairperson Adriana Owens. As of Nov. 29, no modifications to the bill have been submitted. Adriana Owens did not respond to The Sunflower’s requests for an interview.

“I would say it was kind of both ends dropping the ball a little bit,” Hower said. “Hopefully, we can get this fixed.”

While the bill will likely not see the Senate floor until next semester, Fonseca said that nearly all accommodations can be met as long as advisers are made aware.

“I’m not going to allow Student Government to not create an environment in which people can’t be successful in that space, (even) if it requires that we have to invest money in certain things or spend money … it’s worth the expense,” Fonseca said.

In September 2022, T1DShockers participated in a walk run by JDRF to raise money for a cure to Type 1 diabetes on Wichita State campus. While Angleton said construction has made a walk difficult to do this year, she said she enjoyed speaking with others last year.

Angleton said she has rationed insulin before due to the high costs. According to Time, the patent for insulin, a medication that people rely on for diabetes, was sold to the University of Toronto for $1 each to make it accessible. But in the U.S., insulin’s price has dramatically increased, and according to NPR, insulin costs increased 600% over the last 20 years in the United States.

Angleton said that delaying insulin can cause brain and nerve damage. A lack of insulin can also cause diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition.

“That’s why I think the prices are so important to us. We (T1DShockers) also help with that,” Angleton said. “We find ways to make sure that people have what they need, if we can.”

BY JACOB UNRUH

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The department that handles Title IX and equality services at Wichita State got a new name last April: the Office of Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA Compliance (CTAC).

The department, which used to be called the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, received the label change to make its mission more clear: ensuring regulations that protect students and staff are enforced.

Courtney McHenry, the CTAC associate vice president and university Title IX coordinator, said he wants to “help everybody get to where they need to be.”

“I want to make sure that our faculty, students and staff have rights, and they’re not forced to do anything that they don’t want to do,” McHenry said. “But I think that it’s also very important to make sure that both sides are heard, and they can go through a fair and neutral process.”

The office handles Title IX investigations, sexual misconduct, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaints, among other issues of discrimination.

CTAC’s compliance mission says the office is “committed to preventing and eliminating discrimination or harassment based on race color, national origin, pregnancy, sex age, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation or political philosophy.”

McHenry was hired to the director position in January. He recounted that after talking to students and staff, he learned that many on campus didn’t know what his office did.

“I said maybe we should change the name so people know where to go if they have problems as it pertains to Title IX, their civil rights, disability claims and all of that,” McHenry said. “So I got

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Diet and lifestyle do not contribute to the likelihood of a T1D diagnosis.

People with a family history of T1D are at greater risk. People can experience the onset of T1D at any age.

Those with Type 1 diabetes must regularly take insulin, such as through injections or pumps.

According to Healthline, people with Type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance. While the body can still produce insulin, it cannot use insulin effectively.

Several factors, such as sedentary lifestyle, excessive weight, and age, can contribute to the risk factors of Type 2 diabetes.

Both types of diabetes can lead to chronically high blood sugar levels and require those diagnosed to monitor their blood sugar.

with several campus partners …

And that’s how we came up with CTAC.” According to McHenry, the name change has led to more fraternities and student organizations asking him to conduct trainings on misconduct.

“We want to make sure that we have the right conversations in the right spaces in the right ways,” McHenry said.

McHenry described CTAC as “customer service based.” He said he has focused on hiring staff that can “work with a smile” to make investigations less threatening to students.

“I think there’s a negative connotation when it comes to the term ‘investigations,’” McHenry said. “People think that is going to be loud and harsh, interrogative.

That’s not how we do things here … At its core, it’s about making sure we have a place where students, faculty and staff can thrive.”

McHenry pointed out that because CTAC has built partnerships with numerous other organizations around Wichita, they can advise students on where to go for support even if CTAC isn’t the right place.

“It’s kind of like a one-stop (shop),” McHenry said. “We may not have everything for you here, but we know how to get you to where you need to be.”

CTAC usually has to adjust its policies to interpret regulations released by the current national presidential administration. The Biden Department of Education has yet to release official updated rules, which McHenry expects to happen in the spring. Once those rules are released, McHenry said he’ll put together a team to update their Title IX policy.

“We need to make sure that we are doing right by our faculty, students and staff,” McHenry said.

“So it definitely takes time, but I’m fine with that because I want it to be thorough.”

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According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Type 1 diabetes is when the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. After these cells are destroyed, the body cannot produce insulin.

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Harlond Beverly passes the ball to a teammate during the second half of the Nov. 29 game against Richmond.

Xavier Bell holds onto the ball during the first half versus Richmond. Bell scored 17 points and five rebounds.

Quincy Ballard prepares to shoot a basket. Ballard scored 10 points and eight rebounds.

Tre’Zure Jobe jumps to make a basket during the fourth quarter of the Nov. 28 game against Southeastern Louisiana. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

BY SHAYLEE JACOBS-WILLIAMS shaeryann2@gmail.com

Wichita State women’s basketball struggled against Southeastern Louisiana in Tuesday night’s game, losing 64-36.

During the first quarter, the Shockers were only a few points behind.

By the end of the second period, though, SLU gained a 20-point lead, and the Shockers were not able to catch back up.

Head coach Terry Nooner attributed the loss to offense.

“We just started struggling offensively, (which) just kind of bled into the way we play defense,” Nooner said.

The Shockers had a low scoring percentage of 26.3% compared to SLU’s 49.2%.

Nooner said the Lions were a tough team and all the Shockers could do is build off the loss for tough matchups in the future.

“I think the biggest thing is going back to our fundamentals and our basics of following the game plan,” Nooner said.

Senior redshirt guard Tre’Zure Jobe led the Shockers, scoring 10 points with three rebounds.

Junior forward Ornella Niankan followed, scoring 8 points and seven rebounds, a career high. All together the Shockers had 33 rebounds.

Jobe said improvements need to be made for the team’s 24.2% turnover rate.

She said if the teams’ not making baskets, they’ll need to work on forcing more turnovers, saying that getting a win starts with competitive defense.

“We’re gonna have to get deflections; we’re gonna have to win basketball games on the defensive end if our shots aren’t falling like tonight, like if our defense was how it should have been (in) the first half,” Jobe said.

Nooner said the defensive fundamentals the team has done throughout the season went away once their offense began to struggle.

He said he plans to focus on the basics in order to prepare for the team’s next matchup.

“I’m going to do everything I can to help these ladies get things turned, and we’ll be ready on Friday,” Nooner said.

Wichita State returns to Charles Koch Arena to face off against Saint Louis on Friday, Dec. 1. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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TERRY NOONER Head men’s basketball coach

Outside hitter Brylee Kelly celebrates with her team after a successful play. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

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Women’s basketball gets learning opportunity after tough loss I’m going to do everything I can to help these ladies get things turned, and we’ll be ready on Friday.

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Dalen Ridgnal and Xavier Bell pose for a photo after their win against the Richmond Spiders on Nov. 29. The Shockers won 80-68 on Charles Koch Arena’s 20th anniversary. | Photos by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Men’s basketball exterminates the Richmond Spiders in double-digit win

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BY MELANIE RIVERA-CORTEZ sports@thesunflower.com

t was on Nov. 29, 2003 that Charles Koch Arena hosted its first men’s basketball game. Twenty years later to the date, Wichita State men’s basketball beat the Richmond Spiders, 80-68.

Paul Mills, head men’s basketball coach, said it was impressive to see five players finishing with double-figure points.

“I just thought there was contributions by everybody,” Mills said.

In a match where the Shockers never trailed, a fast-paced first half saw the Shockers take an early 13-2 lead before the first media timeout.

With less than 10 minutes left in the first half, the Shockers had a 12-point lead over the Spiders, 24-12, yet Richmond cut the lead after a 12-2 run, eventually making it a two-point game at the half, 33-31.

Wichita State did not stop its momentum as they took the first points in the second half, going for a 10-0 run to extend the lead to 56-43.

Junior Xavier Bell had 17 points

and five rebounds and said the game was a team win.

“We came in at halftime and kind of knew what we had to do offensively and defensively to come out with a win,” Bell said. “I think all of us just bought in with each other and came up with the right mindset.”

Although the team was great offensively, it was redshirt junior Harlond Beverly and junior Quincy Ballad who were integral on the defensive end.

Beverly was personally responsible for shutting down Richmond’s Jordan King, who averages close to 20 points on the season. King went 7-17 against Wichita State.

“I feel with those types of players you kind of just have to kind of wear them down, get them tired,” Beverly said.

Mills said Ballard was responsible for stopping 7-foot senior Neal Quinn, which allowed the team to maintain the lead.

Beverly scored 13 points and five rebounds. Mills said Beverly is getting better at understanding how things should flow.

“He did a phenomenal job, led us in deflections in the game and was able to get his hands on a lot of basketballs,” Mills said.

Mills said that every day the team watches film, he knows the team wants to get better.

“I know guys care about helping the team and that means a lot when you have guys that have a growth mentality,” Mills said. “You realize that you’re dealing with a group that’s going to make strides through the course of the year.”

During the second half of the match, there was a moment where players could not hear each other because the fans were so loud.

Redshirt junior Colby Rogers said that the energy the crowd had was the loudest he has experienced during his time at Wichita State.

“The more and more help we can get, the better,” Rogers said. “ And I think a packed roundhouse will be valuable to us.”

Wichita State men’s basketball will play an on-the-road game against the University of Missouri on Sunday, Dec. 3. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Sideline spotlight: Kylie Marneris remains supportive, optimistic despite no playing time

BY SHAYLEE JACOBS-WILLIAMS shaeryann2@gmail.com

Although redshirt junior Kylie Marneris has been confined to the sidelines during gameplay this year, she’s always the first one on the court following a Wichita State volleyball win.

Marneris, a libero, was redshirted after her first two years of WSU volleyball, but her determination and love for her teammates and the sport keep her rooting on the sidelines every chance she gets.

“It’s really not about the playing time,” Marneris said. “It’s more about the experience and finding joy within all those other amazing aspects.”

Head coach Chris Lamb said when he’s recruiting for the team

he looks for players who love volleyball and their teammates.

He must have extra players for each position and those secondary players, like Marneris, have to understand that coming in.

“Kylie did everything she was supposed to do for us, and I hope she feels good at the same time,” Lamb said.

Marneris has also suffered multiple physical setbacks while at WSU, primarily back injuries.

“I’ve struggled with my body a lot when it comes to injury, and just kind of working back from that, I think, has taken a toll, but honestly, mentally, I just tried to stay in it,” Marneris said.

This led Marneris to make a difficult decision for her volleyball career.

“I’ve decided that this is going to be my last season,” Marneris said. “That was a very hard decision to make knowing that I still have eligibility, but I kind of had to make that decision based off of my body.”

Despite giving up her eligibility, Marneris may have the opportunity to take her major to the next level as a WSU strength and conditioning intern, and she has every intention of taking it.

“It’s definitely in the books to potentially stay here if there’s an opportunity,” Marneris said.

“I’m excited to move forward in my field and learn more and do something that I’m passionate about and get my Master’s while doing it.”

In a match that never felt close from the opening serve, Wichita State volleyball dominated the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-10), to close out the regular season.

On senior night, it was fitting that senior hitter Brylee Kelly scored the opening kill for the Shockers and junior hitter Morgan Weber finished the match with two kills of her own.

Wichita State led the entirety of the first set. The Shockers started the match with a 7-2 run and never allowed UAB to cut its lead below 4 the rest of the way.

The Blazers kept the second set close at first. Wichita State led 6-5 before a 7-1 run gave the Shockers momentum that carried into the third set, where the team opened with a 6-1 lead that wouldn’t be relinquished.

Junior blocker Morgan Stout led Wichita State with 13 kills on an efficient .524 hitting percentage. Stout attributed her success to continuous reps in practice, even though she claims that she wasn’t working well with senior setter Izzi Strand this week.

“It’s just a blessing to go out on the court and just connect like that,” Stout said. “When everyone’s on the same page, and everything’s just clean.”

Strand led the Shockers with 35 assists, including 15 in the first set, while senior opposite Sophia Rohling had 12 kills in the match. As a team, Wichita State played excellent defense, holding UAB to a .012 hitting percentage.

Sophomore libero Gabi Maas led the way with 11 digs.

In her final regular season game at Charles Koch Arena after six years with the team, Kelly had 7 kills and five blocks.

She said that after joining the team during a “rebuilding” period, she’s happy to leave with the success they had this year.

“This has been home,” Kelly said. “Many of the people have impacted me. This program has impacted me, and now we’re back to being great Wichita State volleyball, and that was the goal when I came here.”

While most volleyball teams around the country prepared for conference tournaments last weekend, the AAC only grants an automatic NCAA Tournament bid to the regular season conference champion. Wichita State finished second in the conference, three games behind Southern Methodist University.

Head coach Chris Lamb claimed that coaches who “aren’t here anymore” voted against a conference tournament for “selfish” reasons.

“Every other sport in our conference has a tournament,” Lamb said. “They’re hung up on Thanksgiving when all the other conferences are playing.”

Lamb said the AAC will have a conference tournament next year, but for this season, both Kelly and Stout referred to the lack of a tournament as a “lost opportunity.”

“We’re kind of used to being the underdog, and it’d be kind

of nice to beat those big dogs out there and show people what Wichita State is about,” Stout said.

At 21-8 and 15-4 in conference play, Wichita State accepted a bid to participate in the 2023 National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The Shockers will open play on Thursday, Nov. 30, in Charles Koch Arena against Arkansas State.

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ARTS & CULTURE

In “ Twice Removed-Native American Life After Relocation,” a visual art piece shows the tribes of Kansas as a reminder. This gallery closes on Nov. 26.

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Tattoo artist Megan Shelton of the Ponca, Creek, Seminole tribes reflects on her start in tattooing and how she incorporates tradition and respect into her tattoos at the Wichita Art Museum on Nov. 24. | Photos by Cheyanne Tull / The Sunflower

‘Putting on armor’: Indigenous artists share creative process, blending culture with art

BY SALSABILA ATTARIA arts@thesunflower.com

Three Native artists across multiple creative facets — film, music and tattoo art — came together for the Wichita Art Museum’s most recent artist talk, hosted by the creative director for the “Twice Removed” exhibit, Daniel Pewewardy, DJ Marc Lujan, tattoo artist Megan Shelton and filmmaker Rod Pocowatchit spoke on being indigenous artists as part of “WAM Nights.”

All three artists touched on the thought processes and personal experiences that affect how they use their respective mediums.

Lujan, a DJ who began his exploration of electronic music in eighth grade, said that he is largely influenced by the work of

lesser-known, local musicians — Native and non-Native.

“There’s so much out there,” Lujan said. “With Spotify and all the other streaming sites, I think what gets lost is the little local people trying to make it because the system’s not built for them.”

Shelton’s focus as a tattoo artist is creating a holistic view of her “canvas,” including how the tattoo will look as the body ages and keeping in mind how the human body’s natural movements might distort the piece.

“I’m a big fan of artists who kind of bridge the gap between traditional Americana and traditional Japanese,” Shelton said. “Artists who pursue putting full bodies of work on people, not necessarily just a smaller, single, one-shot tattoo, but a bigger piece

that uses the body truly.”

Shelton, who is Ponca, Creek and Seminole, touched on the challenges of being historically accurate when incorporating indigenous culture into tattoo art.

“There’s just a huge lack of reference,” Shelton said. “People will be traveling and be like, ‘Oh, I’m going to buy this postcard with this Native American on it,’ but it was actually a white lady in a wig.”

To avoid this, Shelton stressed the importance of researching the specific styles of headwear and dress worn by indigenous tribes before sitting down to create.

Pocowatchit, who is Comanche, Pawnee and Shawnee, said that the increasing presence of Native Americans in film motivates him to keep

creating.

“One of my goals is to see more Native Americans represented in pop culture,” Pocowatchit said. “With ‘Reservation Dogs’ being such a hit … that level of creativity being out there makes it seem possible.”

One way Pocowatchit incorporates his indigenous background into his films is by including the lessons and stories indigenous children grew up hearing. According to him, he does this for other Native Americans to recognize and identify with it, not to explain it to a non-Native audience.

“One of the things you grew up knowing is you’re not supposed to whistle in the dark,” Pocowatchit said. “So I put that

in one of my movies (and) didn’t really explain it.”

He also spoke on facing the daily challenges of being an artist and how a creative person’s environment often requires resilience.

“I often liken it to putting on armor,” Pocowatchit said. “You’ll get knocked down and knocked around … it’s not always friendly.

It’s tough to be an artist, any artist.”

For younger, upcoming artists, Lujan said that networking is a crucial tool in growing an audience.

“Get your face out there. Show people that ‘yes, I’m here,’” Lujan said. “That’s really going to be your backbone going forward is just meeting people and being a face in that sort of crowd.”

Wichita musician represents his heritage on the big screen

BY SALSABILA ATTARIA arts@thesunflower.com

A musician since the age of 16, Wichita-raised AJ Harvey didn’t expect to be acting in a movie alongside Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Of Ponca and Pawnee heritage, Harvey and his two younger sisters grew up participating in the music and dance of the Indigenous tradition. Harvey’s Osage blood comes from his mother’s side, with his father’s side having relations with the North Dakotan tribes of the Hidatsa and Arikara.

As a young adult, Harvey added an impressive experience to his career in the arts when he was cast as Charles Whitehorn in Scorsese’s most recent box office hit, “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

This wasn’t Harvey’s original plan. He and his sister first auditioned to be extras at the suggestion of their mother. A year after driving to Oklahoma and back for the casting call, which included standing in a six-hour line, Harvey received a call on his way home from work in Wichita.

“I got a call from an LA area code. And I’m thinking what everyone else thinks. ‘Okay, this is a telemarketer. This is a scam,’” Harvey said. “I went ahead and picked it up, and they said, ‘Hi, we’re from Apple Productions. You did an open casting call last year for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’

Would you still be interested?’”

Harvey said at first he thought he was being asked to play an extra.

“And they said, ‘No, we actually want to have you read for a part,’” Harvey said. “I pulled over and was like is this for real?”

After confirming that this was, in fact, for real, Harvey submitted

a self-taped audition and joined Scorsese’s cast. He was cast as Charles Whitehorn, an Osage man murdered in Oklahoma during the 1920s.

According to Harvey, the hot summer months of 2021 affected filming, cutting his time on set short — a total of two days. But Harvey didn’t let the heat stop him from making the most of the experience.

“Being on set was exactly what I had hoped it would be,” Harvey said. “I got the full cast treatment with my own small little trailer, my name on it with my costumes in there ready to go, what you see in the movies.”

When asked what his favorite memory from set was, Harvey recalled an impactful one-on-one with a certain Academy-Awardwinning filmmaker. “(Scorsese) had an assistant walk him out, and everyone got quiet. It was like the president of the United States was walking on set,” Harvey said. “You know, everyone shut up: Scorsese is on set. He had a little lens and a big Stetson cowboy hat on.”

Due to pandemic restrictions, Harvey’s interaction with Scorsese were limited to taking direction via walkie-talkie — until he unexpectedly got some face-to-face career advice from the director.

“He really got in-depth and was like, ‘It’s up to you. We can try whatever you want to, whatever feels comfortable because you know, you’re the one on camera,’” Harvey said, recalling the memory.

“That’s something I won’t ever forget.”

Harvey revealed a relation to the real Charles Whitehorn, which he uncovered after speaking to an aunt on his mother’s side.

AJ Harvey on the set of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which was filmed in Oklahoma during 2021. | Photo courtesy of AJ Harvey

This surprising connection made the role, no matter how short the screen time, a source of pride for Harvey.

“I got to put a face to his name and his story,” Harvey said.

For Harvey, “Killers of the Flower Moon” does more than tell the story it is based on.

“This is the most seen I’ve felt as an Indigenous person,” Harvey said. “To see our small ways, down to even our namings. To see Robert De Niro speaking full Osage on a big screen was pretty incredible.”

Harvey said that when he watched the movie in theaters with his loved ones, seeing the Indigenous practices he was raised participating in on-screen was a moment of recognition he thinks many Indigenous viewers will

appreciate. He points out a scene where Molly (Lily Gladstone) refers to the practice of staying quiet when a storm rolls through.

“Everybody in our row looked around. We’re like, that’s what we heard growing up, you know, storms are coming through.

That’s our grandpa’s needing some time … They’re talking,” Harvey said. “So to see something like that expressed in this movie, even for just a small second. It was like an Easter egg for everybody who comes from this.”

With media like “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Reservation Dogs” trending, Harvey said he hopes for a wider scope of Native American representation in future stories.

“We’re more than just what happened to us in the 1920s,” Harvey said. “There are stories that need to be told and need to be seen. I think with ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ being released almost 100 years (after) all of this was taking place — I think we’re in a prime time now for these stories to be out there.”

Harvey plans on continuing his career in the arts on and off screen, with a special focus on developing his music.

“Being an Indigenous singer, songwriter, there’s not very many people out there on the mainstream that are doing that,” Harvey said. “I hope that I can be a small part of that and what’s to come in the future.”

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How to come up with ideas and develop them Tyler Guthrie

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Thinking, organizing and creating ideas into a congruent structure can be difficult to execute. Whether it’s outlining a 10,000-word paper for an English class or writing a thought-provoking and moving speech to give to the public, coming up with an idea for a professional project can be dreadful, draining and sometimes riddled with uncertainties.

There are a multitude of ways to come up with ideas and develop them in full, though.

The first thing to consider: What is the main focus of the piece? Do you have a prompt to work with or do you have to come up with one? If it is the latter, I feel that the best way to come up with any sort of idea is to take a step away from the brainstorming and then come back to it later. That way, the mind has cleared itself of the stresses the project has already dumped on it. While keeping distance from the project, it is crucial to carry a pencil and pad to write anything down that comes to mind — it’s best not to type any ideas down because when they

are handwritten, they are easier to remember and are more clearcut. Even if the idea itself seems insignificant, it can be developed into something stronger by the time of production.

During this mind-clearing time, you should take advantage of the break to seek new things out or engage in new experiences. This can be going on a study abroad trip, listening to new music, learning a new craft, trying a new food, etc. This way, new things can be explored that the creator never thought of touching on before.

When it is time to return to the project, take all the ideas written down and look through them and choose the one (or multiple) that speak to the project and/or your passions. Next, with your idea in hand, you should ask: What direction should this project be taken in? How many things need to be thought of and executed until everything feels complete? How will you know if the project is finished or if things need to be added to it?

This is where research will take the lead, which will help formulate ideas, directions, biases and more to help you steer your project.

From here, the last job is organization and presentation

of your research. To tackle this, the facts, notions, and elements of the research content need to be analyzed to see how well it all works together, how certain things work with one another, and how individual ideas work on their own. For instance, if the main topic covers a series of events, it can be written in either chronological order or from least important to most important.

Another example is highlighting the flavorful aspects of a topic and how they add to the specialty of it. The creator needs to review and re-review what the best organization will be to bring the most out of the topics.

To develop ideas further, it is always crucial to receive someone’s opinion, whether it is during the brainstorming process or developing ideas. New eyes offer new angles.

Even if there will only be one name on the final project, conceptualizing ideas and developing them shouldn’t be a lone wolf’s process. It is about creating something dynamic and encompassing. It adds the creator’s flair, perspective, and bias to the subjects they are covering. It not only shows how something can be taken in a new direction, but how well it is executed and how it can be perceived.

EDITING, FROM FIRST TO FINAL DRAFTS

BY SASCHA HARVEY

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According to a Scribendi article by Chandra Clarke, editing is the key to a good piece of writing regardless of skill or comfort level.

Every piece of writing should be edited in some way, whether it be through a digital spellcheck, an editing checklist or an edit conducted by an outside, unbiased source.

For writing, a first draft is comparable to a rough sketch for a piece of artwork. A first draft often contains everything from grammatical errors to holes in the argument.

Peer editing, or editing with someone else, is beneficial for both the writer and the editor. By editing someone else’s draft, one can spot errors that might pop up in their own writing, leading to self-reflection and growth.

A bad critique or edit might focus on the opinions of the writer whereas a good critique will focus on how to improve the writing itself while highlighting the original meaning of the content.

Whether a piece is at its first or final stages, editing is crucial to growth.

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ a crucial yet underwhelming character study Salsabila Attaria

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REVIEW

I’ve had to remind myself multiple times that in order to be fair in my opinions of “The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes,” I have to let go of the expectation that the movie would give me the same “feel” as the original story of “The Hunger Games.”

A revival of that nostalgic, early 2010s dystopian atmosphere was why I was so excited for this movie to come out. However, I’ve made peace with the idea that it serves a different purpose.

“The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” follows Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his role in the 10th Hunger Games. When Capitol students are assigned tributes to mentor before the games, he is paired with a flighty, musically talented Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) from District 12.

As the games and their aftermath unravel, Snow finds himself caught between his feelings for Lucy Gray and climbing the steep social ladder of the Capitol.

Knowing Snow’s fate in “The Hunger Games” makes it clear which he chose. In its role as a prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” tells us a little more

about why Snow hated Katniss Everdeen so much — to him, she was a threat to Panem’s security, but just as much to his need for control. To Snow, she was just like Lucy Gray, who Snow quickly learns will not be as easy to bend to his will as his life of “moves and countermoves” in the Capitol.

The illusion of a life together away from Panem fades when Lucy Gray flees from Snow without telling him, sending the Capitol-bred boy into a rage that solidifies his decision to choose power over love.

The pair never really had a shot at a future together because, outside of the arena, Lucy Gray was no longer under his control. Panem’s system may be cruel — but it is consistent and unwavering in its rules, and therefore much easier to conquer for Snow.

This movie did its job in fleshing out all the gory details of President Snow’s backstory, but the book, of course, does a better job of depicting just how calculating and obsessive he is.

Suzanne Collins made this part of Snow impossible to ignore with lengthy descriptions of Snow’s cold, scornful thought processes before each action. For most of the run time, I felt that the movie made Snow out to be a pretty normal, ambitious student — which isn’t helped by the online craze over Blyth.

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I know “the book was better” is a cliche that no one wants to hear, and a movie would obviously have a harder time depicting a character’s inner thoughts than a book would, but I expected more.

I wasn’t truly feeling Snow’s selfserving craziness until that final scene of him emptying his rifle into the trees as Lucy Gray’s voice echoes around him.

The last half hour of the movie justified this story’s existence as a prequel for “The Hunger Games” for me. With Snow accepted back into the graces of Capitol life and Lucy Gray in the wind, there is no

doubt that Snow will spend the next 65 years developing Panem into the world Katniss Everdeen faces in the original trilogy.

With an incredible cast (special love for Hunter Schafer and Viola Davis’ performances) and impressive costume and set design, I don’t hesitate to say this is an enjoyable movie, and I appreciate the opportunity to step back into the world of Panem. But if you’re looking for that Hunger Games-Divergent-Maze Runner story we all miss and love, you need to be ready to accept that you won’t find it here.

When I saw Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” for the first time, I couldn’t help but feel like I just walked out of Elvis Presley’s funeral. More than a year later, Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” invites audiences to the painful rebirth of Priscilla Presley as she navigates the fact that first loves and global icons mix like oil and water.

Based on her memoir, “Elvis and Me,” “Priscilla” walks through the relationship of one of America’s most iconic and increasingly problematic couples, Elvis and Priscilla Presley.

Freakishly young until the final moments of the film, Cailee Spaeny flawlessly cycles through wonderment, pain, unconditional love and a desire to please as Priscilla Presley.

Elvis, played by Jacob Elordi, is a perpetual teenage boy with a hot temper, drug addiction and infidelity issues. Throughout their entire marriage, he continuously does abusive and atrocious things to Priscilla, from controlling where she goes to constantly threatening to send her back to her parents, all culminating in an attempt to sexually assault her.

Elordi, as an actor, is a good stock image for this version of Elvis: intimidating, charming and dopey, with the ability to flip a switch and go into a blind rage.

While the film certainly shows the glitz and glamor of being a Presley and Presley-adjacent, Graceland seemed more like an established space here than in any other presentation of it. Instead of being Elvis’ base camp, it is Priscilla’s home.

The viewer, like Priscilla, is trapped in Graceland for the majority of the film while Elvis is off filming movies and having affairs with his costars. This is all but confirmed in a moment where Priscilla, in her need to please, is left behind at Graceland yet again with her beehived, dyed black hair and heavily lined eyes, and the gridded windows slash across her face like prison bars.

The film builds up a lot of anger toward Elvis and his mistreatment of Priscilla, but, of course, this comes crashing down too, as their marriage and his fame begin to deteriorate.

Spaeny has the tall task of spanning the age of 14 to about 30 in around two hours and successfully does so, but her babyface hangs around until Elvis and Priscilla’s marriage has collapsed, and they are both leading separate lives.

Only when she is able to see through Elvis the Myth to Elvis the Man can Priscilla stop relying on looking like his little girl and become her own person.

When she finally drives through the gates of Graceland with tears in her eyes to Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” that hatred for Elvis begins to dissolve into this deepcut pain in letting go of someone you never really had a grasp on.

In a story that is so often told from Elvis’ perspective, it is refreshing to see the chaos and turmoil of Elvis’ fame from someone who was unexpectedly thrown into his life at such a vulnerable age. Another side to this neverending piece of Americana, “Priscilla” is a mustwatch for Elvis fans and haters alike.

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UPCOMING EVENTS SHOWVEMBER: DROP-IN ARTIST DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES - ‘LEANING INTO THE WIND’ THURSDAY, NOV. 30 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Ulrich Museum

STUDY DAY

THURSDAY, NOV. 30 4 - 6 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

HEAD IN THE

MIDNIGHT STUDIO OPENING RECEPTION

GAME

THURSDAY, NOV. 30 5 - 7 p.m. | McKnight Art Center

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS MEETING

THURSDAY, NOV. 30 7 - 8 p.m. | John Bardo Center

WSU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FEATURING DR. MARK FOLEY, STRING BASS THURSDAY, NOV. 30 7:30 - 9 p.m. | Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center

Over the Thanksgiving week, women’s and men’s basketball still delivered in Charles Koch Arena, with women’s winning against the University of Nebraska Omaha and men’s against Norfolk State University.

FIRST FRIDAY POP UP MARKET

FRIDAY, DEC. 1 4 - 7 p.m. | Paradise Baptist Church

Freshman Salese Blow screams after scoring another two points in the fourth quarter of the Nov. 20 game against Omaha. The guard from Texas scored 19 points in her 22 minutes of play. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

WSU 60TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT CONCERT

FRIDAY, DEC. 1 - SATURDAY, DEC. 3 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. | Wiedemann Hall

FILM SCREENING: MIDNIGHT TRAVELER SATURDAY, DEC. 2 2 - 3:30 p.m. | CAC Theater

CANDLELIGHT HOLIDAY RECEPTION & CONCERT

SUNDAY, DEC. 3 2 - 6 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

DE-STRESS FEST Junior guard Xavier Bell points to a spot on the court before putting the ball into play on Nov. 25. Wichita State played Norfolk State, winning 80-67. | Photo

by Mia Hennen / The Sunflower

Jayla Murray sets up to pass the ball to a teammate during the Nov. 20 match versus the Omaha Mavericks. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Junior guard Bijan Cortes cheers on the sidelines after a successful play by Wichita State on Nov. 25. | Photo by Mia Hennen / The Sunflower

MONDAY, DEC. 4 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Wichita State University

FINALS SURVIVAL KITS

MONDAY, DEC. 4 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

WEDNESDAYS IN WIEDEMANN WITH LYNNE DAVIS, ORGANIST WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 5:15 - 6 p.m. | Wiedemann Hall

WEDNESDAYS IN WIEDEMANN: ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ORGAN CONCERT WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 5:15 - 6 p.m. | Wiedemann Hall

ELF MOVIE EXPERIENCE Junior forward Kenny Pohto looks to pass the ball during the game against Norfolk State University on Nov. 25. Pohto played in 36 minutes of the evening’s game. | Photo by Mia Hennen / The Sunflower

Daniela Abies extends her arm to prepare for a passed ball. Abies scored 18 points throughout the game, and also made eight rebounds against Omaha. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 7 - 9 p.m. | CAC Theater

WSU CLUB VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 7 - 10 p.m. | Heskett Center

LAST DAY OF FALL CLASSES THURSDAY, DEC. 7 All Day | Wichita State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FALL OPEN HOUSE

FRIDAY, DEC. 8 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. | John Bardo Center On the sidelines, the team celebrates the three pointer made by Tre’Zure Jobe in the fourth quarter. Wichita State defeated the Omaha Mavericks in the Nov. 20 game 92-86. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Jeniah Thompson dribbles the ball down court during the third quarter. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

MADRIGAL FEAST

FRIDAY, DEC. 8 6 - 9:30 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

FINAL EXAMS BEGIN SATURDAY, DEC. 9 Wichita State University

HAVE AN EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE LISTED? Junior center Quincy Ballard dunks the ball during the evening game against Norfolk State. | Photo by Mia Hennen / The Sunflower

Jayla Murray struggles with an opposing player to maintain possession of the ball. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Freshman guard Joy Ighovodja cheers on the sidelines after a successful play by Wichita State during the game against Norfolk State. | Photo by Mia Hennen / The Sunflower

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