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WSU police arrests reach four-year high for second month in a row BY JENNA FARHAT
Wichita State police made eight arrests in September, tying with the month of August for the most arrests made in nearly four years. Before August, WSU police hadn’t arrested that many people in a single month since December 2014. The Sunflower originally reported that WSU police arrested seven people last month, based on the information on the online crime log. When The Sunflower requested additional information regarding the arrests, WSU police included information about an eighth arrest that was not mentioned on the crime log. The Sunflower requested that information on Oct. 1 but did not receive it until Tuesday — eight days later. Here is the list of arrests made by WSU police in September. It includes an arrest — the second one made on Sept. 6 — that was not on the online crime log.
LAST SEPTEMBER’S ARRESTS 1. Sept. 6: Two people were found in the Rhatigan Student Center after hours. One of the people, a 35-year-old man, had an outstanding warrant for the possession of marijuana/hallucinogenic drugs and was arrested. 2. Sept. 6: A 54-year-old man was stopped in traffic for expired tags. He had three citation warrants for parking meter violations and was arrested. 3. Sept. 11: A 34-year-old woman was stopped in traffic on E Aloma, near Harry and Hillside. She had an outstanding warrant with the city of Wichita for parking on a private lot and was taken to jail. 4. Sept. 17: A 57-year-old woman was arrested on campus near Perimeter Rd and Yale for driving while on a suspended license. 5. Sept. 17: Police tried to make a traffic stop for an “incorrect taillight.” The 58-year-old man first fled but was eventually stopped and found to be intoxicated. He was arrested for fleeing/eluding an officer and driving under the influence. 6. Sept. 23: A 32-year-old woman was stopped in traffic for an expired tag, gave false information to an officer, and was found with a suspended license and an outstanding warrant. She was arrested for interference with a law enforcement officer. 7. Sept. 24: A 31-year-old woman was arrested on campus at parking lot 16 near Perimeter Rd. She was stopped for expired registration and was found to have an outstanding warrant with Sedgwick County for no driver’s license and no proof of insurance. 8. Sept. 30: A 19-year-old man was stopped in traffic on 17th near parking lot 17 for driving without headlines on after dark. He was arrested on a warrant for driving without a license and running a stop sign.
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Julio Villa speaks during the Student Government Association meeting Wednesday. Villa was appointed to the Election Commission along with five other students.
New Election Commission will oversee SGA special, general elections BY DANIEL CAUDILL
In preparation for the upcoming special election, Student Government Association appointed members to this year’s Election Commission. The Election Commission is a body that forms guidelines for student elections. Members on the commission are appointed by the student body president each year, subject to senate approval. Election commissioners this year are Julio Villa, Amrutha Dasyam, Michael Brown, Sierra Brown, Mackenzie Haas, and Chad Michaels. This commission will also be responsible for creating guidelines for the general election in spring 2019.
Michael Brown, one of the new election commissioners, is currently a staff member at The Sunflower. Editorial policy at the newspaper bars Brown from future news writing. Typically, the Election Commission is not formed until the spring semester, when general elections are held. But SGA needs a regulating body for the upcoming special election, which is the first of its kind in recent history. The special election will fill underserved populaces senator seats — introduced this session by a constitutional amendment — as well as vacant freshman senator seats. Only freshmen and those belonging to “underserved” populations, as defined by the university’s Strategic
Enrollment Plan, will be eligible to vote in the special election. A date for the election will be determined by the Election Commission. Traditionally, vacant seats are filled by appointment. If all the freshman seats are not filled by the upcoming special election, Student Body President Kenon Brinkley said the association will fall back on traditional means. Brinkley nominated eight candidates to the Election Commission. The Senate then held a hidden ballot vote, wherein the commissioners were selected. The next Student Senate meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 17 in the Santa Fe Trail Room (RSC 233).
Live captions to accompany SGA meeting livestream BY DANIEL CAUDILL
The Student Government Association will use a live-captioning service in its endeavor to livestream senate meetings to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Grady Landrum, director of the office of disability services, said that unlike an interpreter, captions can make video content more accessible for people who don’t know sign language, like the hard-of-hearing or newly deaf. Student Body President Kenon Brinkley said SGA made the decision between an interpreter and live-captioning based on which was more compliant with ADA. “Live-captioning wasn’t the easiest option to come to, but it seemed like, Grady [Landrum] was telling us that would be the most compliant,” Brinkley said. In September, SGA allocated $5,000 to pay for two wall-mounted PTZ (position-tilt-zoom) cameras. The PTZ label indicates that the cameras can be repositioned and zoomed by remote. David Kidd, director of information technology for the Rhatigan Student Center, said the cameras will be positioned in a way that allows for the widest coverage of
the Santa Fe Room, with one in the front and one in the back. “Our plan is to kind of mock set them up, look and see what the view looks like, so we can maximize how many people we can see or the area we can cover to determine where they will be mounted,” Kidd said. The overall cost of the livestreaming project comes to about $17,500, including the cameras, switching equipment, streaming equipment, and installation. Potential maintenance on the equipment will be covered through the RSC’s repair fund. Livestreaming is a multi-faceted operation that isn’t as simple as recording video on your phone, Kidd explained. A video switcher will be used to connect both cameras — enabling SGA to alternate which camera’s view is displayed, or to use a splitscreen feature. A separte hardware component will share the video source with a captioning service, which will then caption the video and upload the captions to a streaming platform. SGA has not decided whether it will use Facebook, YouTube, or both platforms. Installation is expected to take two days, although
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The Student Government Association stopped livestreaming Senate meetings last October.
an official installation date has not yet been set. Kidd said that, based on when the equipment was ordered, it will not arrive until at least the end of October. In addition, SGA will look into hiring someone to manage the technical equipment that goes along with the livestreaming process. “In this session, our conversation has been more into understanding the complexities that go into making sure we do [the livestream] right,”
said SGA Co-Adviser Gabriel Fonseca, assistant director of student life. “If we’re going to do it, let’s do it right.” Fonseca said SGA is considering either an internship, co-op opportunity, or student assistantship wherein the student assistant’s sole job would be to manage the livestream. It is unclear when the livestream project will be finished, but Fonseca said SGA will use the equipment as soon as it is ready and hopes to start livestreaming by next semester.
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‘ORIGAMI HARVEST’
‘RIGHT DIRECTION’
You can’t separate the art from the artist.
Check out how WSU handled accessibility 40 years ago.
Trumpeter’s latest release gets political.
Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner likes where WSU softball is headed.
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When art & artists shouldn’t be separated
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teve Roggenbuck was the first writer to make me believe that poetry can still change our world. Roggenbuck’s work, which incorporates the language of internet to explore personal politics and joy in the age of technology, felt vital in an artform often seen as exclusive and out-of-touch. I shared and discussed Roggenbuck’s work constantly with my friends. We stood on tables and recited his work in the middle of college parties, incorporated his videos into school projects, and used his work to convert our poetry-suspicious friends to the art form. One of the most enchanting things about Roggenbuck was how
he didn’t just write his work — he lived it. When he felt like his work was being misunderstood by academics, Roggenbuck ditched his poetry MFA program at Columbia College Chicago to independently publish and promote his work. He lived as a drug-free vegan and toured relentlessly. Eventually, he found a way to do the impossible — to live off of poetry without compromising his vision. When I drove five hours from Notre Dame to Oberlin College to see Roggenbuck perform, I was able to talk to him for ten minutes about the excitement and strangeness of being a poet in the Internet age. He read with an infectious joy — leading the audience in goofy but sincere chants for social justice. In every way, it seemed that Steve was a writing, breathing representation of the mission established by his art — to incorporate your values into your lifestyle, and to inspire others by harnessing your passion for good. On Oct. 2, that illusion was shattered. On Twitter, one woman came forward to identify Steve as a sexual predator.
e as a society are not accustomed to the idea of stripping power from those who commit acts of sexual, physical, or emotional violence. These actions have been swept under the rug for practically the entire history of our civilized society. If victims decide to report their abusers, our justice system does not treat allegations of abuse as a serious enough offense to warrant any sort of legitimate punishment. More often that not, victims who come forward with their stories are shamed, harassed, and murdered into silence.
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For 231 years, the United States Constitution and its amendments have reigned as law of the land — explicitly granting Americans rights and privileges that are to be protected by and from the government. Americans can’t seem to agree on whether voting is a right or a privilege — and it’s important to note that the two are not interchangeable. The distinction between right and privilege plays a key role in voter suppression in the United States. The purpose of a democracy is to hold our elected officials accountable for their actions. If a politician in any office is doing their job poorly, it’s up to the electorate to remove them from their position and vote in a capable candidate. When voting is treated as a privilege, more and more potential voters become disenfranchised. If citizens don’t get registered in time, can’t afford an ID, or aren’t able to miss work or drive to the polls, constituents don’t have the ability to hold leaders responsible for actions that affect everyone. Without this steady system of accountability, the entire concept of American democracy will crumble beneath us. Under the status quo of the Constitution as it stands, voting rights and parameters are left to the states to decide. SEE VOTING PAGE 4
Live! Alexander Heffner of PBS’s “The Open Mind,” presents, “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age: The Quest for a Post-Partisan Citizenship.” 7-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18 in the CAC Theater. Free admission. Media Sponsor
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MIKRO MIKRO
Braille console panels help blind student to learn
Give us your Best Words, whatever their forms –
BY MIKE HUTMACHER
a Poem or Tale or a Thing Beyond Norms,
Audio-Radio Production is considered to be a fairly difficult course by most standards. The technical aspects can be tedious and confusing for many, and for a blind student the obstacles can be quite discouraging. But one blind student considers the obstacles a challenge. Gary Gregory, a junior majoring in administration of justice and speech communications, said the only possible difficulty he anticipates is a lack of time to learn the location of various controls. Tuesday Handicap Services equipped the audio control console with Braille stickers so that Gregory and other visually impaired students could learn the functions of the unit, such as volume and balance controls. Gregory, who was born blind, took “Introduction to AudioRadio Production” during the fall semester of 1978, but wasn’t able to memorize the control console and keep up with class assignments at the same time, so he had to drop the class. Gregory said he doesn’t know how difficult the course will be for him because the school’s
a Tweet or a Status or Snap-witted Chat, if it’s funny or stunning, well — please send us That! Our minds have been opened along with submissions, So dig out your Writing and make some revisions. Or grab your Best Photos, your Graphics, your Art, Selecting the best, Mikro Mikro will start! Just send some words to us, 500 or fewer: Send poems, flash fiction, or pics for a viewer, email: mojoeditors@gmail.com. Get published, get printed, then share with your mom. Mikro Mikro is a collaboration between Mikrokosmos Literary Magazine and The Sunflower. To submit work, send either 500 words of poetry, prose, or hybrid work OR up to three images to mojoeditors@gmail.com.
ROGGENBUCK FROM PAGE 2
She posted a series of highly disturbing messages that Steve, then 24, had sent her when she was 16. From the messages, it is clear that Steve was not only soliciting her for sex, but also pressuring her to finance a secret trip where they could meet for that purpose. Though Steve soon replied with an apology that admitted to the messages but claimed that the behavior was not “a habit,” many accounts of similar behavior surfaced in the wake of the first allegations. In the week that followed, the woman who published Roggenbuck’s messages reported that she had received more than twenty messages from others who were similarly pressured and abused by the poet as minors. Roggenbuck’s admission to predatory behavior and the scope of his apparent abuse place him at the extreme end of cases. There’s really no question that Roggenbuck is guilty, or that
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FROM PAGE 2 Punishing abusive individuals is something that our country as a whole needs to learn how to do, and it starts with us. If artists did not directly benefit from people consuming their art, then it would be possible to separate the art from the artist. However, since the summation of an artist’s success relies on an audience consuming their work, “separating the art from the artist” is not applicable. In the simplest of terms, you cannot consume art without directly supporting the person who created it. By consuming the art of an abuser, you are supporting an abuser. By ingesting their art, you are actively validating them — supporting them financially, increasing their platform, and ultimately giving them more power and invincibility.
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FROM PAGE 2 Very few are federally protected. The 15th and 19th Amendments guard against voter discrimination on the basis of race or sex, respectively. The 24th Amendment outlawed the poll tax. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. The status quo on voter rights allows states such as Kansas and Mississippi to implement voter ID laws. These laws make it substantially more difficult for voters who are historically disenfranchised on the basis of such traits as race, sex, or income. Voter impersonation is almost non-existent and these laws cost states millions of dollars that could be spent elsewhere. Leaving voter rights up to the state to determine gives room for local biases that create voter registration laws and other
his work — which trafficked in feminist ideas and language — is beyond salvaging in the light of the accusations. If anyone ever deserved to be “cancelled” as a public figure, it’s Roggenbuck. I was devastated when I found out about Roggenbuck’s real character, but the clarity of his crimes made it easier. Though his work remains relatively unique, I can’t see a situation in which I’d want to read or share it again. When someone’s actions run counter to the persona their work presents, the beauty of the work is perverted and becomes disgusting. The less clear-cut the situation, the harder it becomes to decide what to do. Many cases of accusations against artists become cases of he-said, she-said in which one party stands behind an accusation while the other denies it repeatedly. However, we must understand that when we continue to support artists who have been accused of sexual abuse, we place our own entertainment before respect for victims. That’s the sort of prioritization that no one can take pride in.
Somebody’s identity as an abuser overpowers their identity as an artist. Artwork in the realm of abuse becomes insignificant. There is not a single piece of art out there that is more valuable than a victim’s trauma. No matter how groundbreaking, revolutionary, catchy, or beautiful it may be, it will never be more important than the pain the artist inflicted upon others. Art powered by manipulation — the deliberate infliction of pain onto others — is not worthy of being consumed. In the information age, the art we have access to is virtually infinite. This world is overflowing with artists, musicians, cinematographers, and poets. There is other art to consume. There are other people to support. Take pride in stripping power from those who do not deserve it. Take pride in supporting victims of abuse. Take pride in supporting artists with good intentions, integrity, and respect for others. It is the right side of the fight.
discriminatory legislation. When someone comes of legal voting age, they should automatically become a registered voter — just as the federal government automatically enrolls adult men in the draft. This will eliminate the need to remember to register at all, and can motivate citizens to be more civically engaged. If voting was treated as a right instead of a privilege, voter suppression would drastically decrease and voter turnout would exponentially increase. Without the need to purchase a valid government issued ID or register to vote, citizens more citizens would go to the polls on Election Day. It is not a privilege to hold elected officials accountable for their actions. It is a right as an American citizen to be in control of the government. The U.S. was founded on the grounds of being “by the people and for the people.”
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Gary Gregory reads the Braille radio console markings with his fingertips.
facilities are different than his own equipment at home. But if he has access to the control room with the new braille markings he said he should be able to learn to use the equipment without too much difficulty. Gregory said he’s always been interested in sound equipment. In 1974 he worked as a disc jockey
for a small club in Kansas City for six months while attending school at Northwest Missouri State. He still does recording at home on his own stereo system. After he graduates from Wichita State University, Gregory said he plans to go to law school and record for a record company part time.
Ambrose Akinmusire’s ‘Origami Harvest’ inspires with ‘lingering velocity’
MARIAH PERKINS MUSIC CRITIC
Ambrose Akinmusire is a trumpeter and composer who, for the past ten years, has been creating jazz fusion tunes that communicate with culture while holding a steady hand on the constraints of genre. His new album, “Origami Harvest,” comes out On Oct. 12. After the release of the single, “a blooming bloodfruit in a hoodie,” “highly-anticipated” became an understatement with regard to the album’s release. “A blooming bloodfruit in a hoodie” is a twelve-minute poetic conversation. It opens with a beautiful but standard composition highlighting soft piano and strings. At around the two-minute mark, the listener begins to hear the melancholic hopefulness pushing on the sound and increasing the tempo. Then, the rapper Kool A.D. — best known for his work with Das Racist — enters the scene. Kool A.D.’s stream of consciousness lyric takes the form
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of a self-aware poem testifying to the importance of rap, poetry, and music. The spirit of the song, though contemplative, cements its positivity with lines like, “love only loves/it couldn’t begin to discriminate.” Gradually, the rapping retreats and the quartet, trumpet, and drums takes the focus again. In light of the recent release of the Quincy Jones documentary, “Quincy,” we are reminded that the pairing of jazz and hip-hop is an obvious marriage. A memorable quote from Jones is that he never saw the clear distinctions between genres; the only distinction was good and bad music. And this — this is good music. Along with Akinmusire’s innovation in genre, he is also consistently commenting on important cultural moments. In “Free, White, and 21,” the listener is presented with a list
of names. These names are black Americans who have died at the hands of police brutality. Meanwhile, the instrumentation is whimsical and joyous. The darkly comic juxtaposition makes the track extremely difficult to listen to. Akinmusire’s composition deftly captures the stark divide between a white and black experience in America. Another standout is “The lingering velocity of the dead’s ambitions.” With an earnest energy and dissonance, the song opens with a barrier of cacophonic sound. The track situates the reader as pushing against an immovable wall. After two difficult minutes, the piece softens, and the trumpet begins playing a more comfortable melody. Dramatic string arrangements and an ambitious trumpet rebuild the foundation of the piece. In the last two minutes, the listener is hit with zipping strings at a higher intensity — much like the opening. Framed in this way, the track seems to suggest that barriers will reconstruct themselves even after breakthroughs occur. As the album winds to a close, we are left with the sense that the music is still pushing forward, always pushing. Akinmusire’s compositions inspire us to do the same.
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Bredbenner: softball is ‘moving in the right direction’ BY MARSHALL SUNNER
For Wichita State softball, fall ball is a time for fine-tuning and asessing areas that can be improved. WSU (5-1) is “moving in the right direction,” according to Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner. There are new faces on the team — four freshmen and transfers Wiley Glover and Erin McDonald. Bredbenner said team chemistry is “the best it’s been.” “Last year, I thought chemistry was great, but this year it’s even better,” Bredbenner said. “Everybody is getting along well. The two transfers, Wiley Glover and Erin McDonald, are meshing well.” WSU has played a schedule of mid-level competition this fall, and the team has dominated opponents in 10-inning games. In Thursday’s contest, WSU defeated Seminole State 21-1. The Shockers’ only loss came to Oklahoma State. “We need to understand that
the competition we are playing now is nothing what we are going to play in the spring,” Bredbenner said. “It was nice to play Oklahoma State, and it’ll be great to play Kansas because it will give us a better idea of where we are.” The team will travel to Lawrence to play Kansas Thursday. So far, WSU has scored 85 runs to their opponents’ 16. “We are getting a ton of swings in, and that’s the one thing I think we saw the biggest improvement on,” Bredbenner said. This fall, Bredbenner and her staff have started to use a new technology called Blast Motion. Blast Motion uses an attachable sensor that players attach to the end of their bats to combine sensor-based swing metrics. The technology allows player to get real-time feedback with a solution to fix their swing. Bredbenner said the team has “been wearing out” the technology with use.
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Wichita State catcher Madison Perrigan tags out an Oklahoma State runner at home plate. Wichita State lost to Oklahoma State on Sept. 27, 2018 at Wilkins Stadium.
“We’ve bought into that type of process,” she said. Defensively, WSU needs to improve, Bredbenner said. “We have to decrease our walks,” she said. “We are excited to get after the individual work that you do in the
offseason. We really want to work on our gloves and our throws.” Last season, WSU won the American Athletic Conference and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Bredbenner signed a contract extension with WSU at the start of the year.
“Our expectation is to win the conference, win the conference tournament, and make it back to the postseason,” Bredbenner said. “We need to use our one-year experience in the American to our advantage. I feel like we can make an impact this year.”
Freshman Chandler under concussion protocol
BY EVAN PFLUGRADT AND MARSHALL SUNNER
Wichita State freshman Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler might have given himself a concussion during a filming session last week, according to Head Coach Gregg Marshall. Bear-Chandler reportedly injured himself after filming shots for a hype video on Thursday, the team’s day off. The video board had been lowered in Charles Koch Arena for the video shoot. It’s unclear how exactly Bear-Chandler might have injured himself, though Marshall said players might have been “horsing around” following the shoot.
The freshman did not suit up in WSU’s public scrimmage on Saturday. Marshall revealed news of the injury following Saturday’s scrimmage. “You know you have a young, inexperienced, and sometimes dumb team when you do stuff like that,” Marshall said. Bear-Chandler reportedly entered Friday’s practice with a black eye. Marshall said he asked him where the black eye originated, and Bear-Chandler did not reply. Marshall said Bear-Chandler started experiencing headaches, and has since been placed under concussion protocol.
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Wichita State’s Tabitha Brown stares at the ball before serving during their game against Tulane on Sept. 21, 2018 at Koch Arena.
Cincinnati brings offensive firepower to weekend volleyball BY MARSHALL SUNNER
Shocker volleyball will face an expert in kills this weekend. Cincinnati junior Jordan Thompson leads the nation with six kills per set. She has 431 kills this season. Thompson, a 6-4 outside hitter, was the American Athletic Conference player of the year in 2016. She’s been AAC offensive player of the week four times this season. Thompson redshirted last season.
Wichita State will face both Cincinnati and East Carolina, teams at the top of the AAC’s standings, this weekend at Koch Arena. East Carolina (12-4, 4-1) is tied for second in the conference, and Cincinnati (14-4, 5-0) is tied for first place with Central Florida. UCF defeated WSU Sunday in four sets. WSU (8-8, 3-2) was projected to win the conference, according to AAC coaches. WSU finished one vote ahead of Cincinnati in the AAC’s preseason poll.
Chasers, and keepers, and seekers (oh my)
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Damon Penner, a sophomore majoring in History, is the vice president of the Wichita State Quidditch team. Penner scores by throwing the quaffle ball through the hoop at Wednesday’s practice. Wichita State Quidditch will compete in their first tournament of the season this weekend in Columbia, Missouri.
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Wichita State’s Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler walks onto the court at the start of the Black and Yellow Scrimmage on Saturday.