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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
VOLUME 120, ISSUE 15
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STAYING TRUE TO THEMSELVES
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The cast of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” rehearses Tuesday before the premiere of the musical Thursday. Performances will last until Sunday.
‘Smokey Joe’s Café’ showcases actors’ real identities MARISSA CAMPBELL
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“Smokey Joe’s Café” is not the typical musical. It is a revue, which is a performance of short skits and songs that does not have an overarching theme. Since the musical has no plot line, actors and actresses in the musical are playing themselves through the 39 rock-and-roll songs. The performers sing and have no dialogue. The musical takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Wilner Auditorium. Tickets are free for WSU students with Shocker ID and $7 for the public. “I love playing as myself in this musical,” junior Dylan Harris said.
“Instead of studying a character and finding the meaning behind it, there is leeway to play and find our own meaning within all of the songs. The tough part has been not imitating the stars of the time, like Elvis, and trying to stay true to ourselves.” The actors rehearsed the music and learned the staging in two weeks, five days a week, for about four hours a day. “Preparations were different than a typical musical,” junior Da’Merius Ford said. “It took extra time since we had more choreographing to do than a normal musical.” The musical features classics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The show pays homage to some of the most recognizable musical legends such as The Drifters, The Coasters and Elvis Presley.
Petition for Muslim handheld bidets clogged by questions it is a cultural thing. Mosharraf’s Wednesday includes directing water from the sink to near the toilet in Ayesha Mosharraf presented smaller, family restrooms Wednesday her petition for around campus that would handheld bidets to Eric Sexton, seemingly solve the issue of vice president of Wichita State’s going into the walls to access a Student Affairs and executive water supply. director of Athletics. Wichita State would be the first “He didn’t say ‘yes,’ but he university in the United States to didn’t say ‘no,’ either,” Mosharraf install handheld bidets on its said of her meeting with Sexton campus, Mosharraf said. on Wednesday. “He said we “We’re just still trying to figure needed to do more research and that we would meet at a later time out what is possible,” Sexton said. “Because there are to discuss it further.” “I’m still hopeful really no implementaIn the last month, tions in public Mosharraf — who because Wichita takes six graduate State talks about buildings in the entire country. It might be a courses and works as a diversity. They great opportunity to be graduate research teach students first, but let’s make assistant — has to fight for their sure we know exactly gathered more than rights, and now how we can do it in a 600 signatures, I am fighting for respectful, first-class including signatures my rights.” way and a way that’s from 35 faculty cost-effective. We don’t members, in favor of Ayesha Mosharraf WSU GRADUATE STUDENT even know all of the installing handheld information, so we’re bidets in the recontinuing to investigate.” strooms of the Rhatigan Student Mosharraf said Sexton told Center, Heskett Center and Ablah her the university would look Library at WSU. into adding them in Innovation The petition started earlier Campus buildings, but he can’t this month to add the showermake any promises. heads to be used by Muslim “I’m still hopeful,” she said, students to wash themselves “because Wichita State talks about after doing the needful. Curdiversity. They teach students to rently, students have to rely on fight for their rights, and now I water and squirt bottles. For am fighting for my rights.” Muslims, it is a religious thing, Mosharraf said. For others, like students from Asian and India, SEE BIDETs • PAGE 5 CHANCE SWAIN
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“I’m hoping that this musical will bring memories back to the wiser people in the crowd,” Harris said. “I hope it takes them back to their younger years, that it’s fun and that they find the deeper meaning that is within some of the songs.” Although making sure all of the actors are prepared, checking the lighting, sound and scenery are just as important. David Neville, associate professor of set and lighting design, said this musical allows the set designers to be creative. Although he deemed the set as simple, it consists of four moving panels that form a picture, moving lights, staircases and platforms that the actors will dance on.
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Ulrich Museum awarded final grant for mural restoration ALEX PERRY
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Famed Spanish artist Joan Miró’s most unique work of art adorned the Ulrich Museum’s outer wall until exposure to weather forced its removal in 2011. Now, after receiving a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the funds needed for the mural’s restoration are complete. Its reinstallation is scheduled for November 2016. Jennifer Lane, spokeswoman for the Ulrich Museum, said the piece’s uniqueness is part of what makes it important. “It’s an amazing piece,” Lane said. “It really doesn’t compare to anything in the world, not even his own work.” “Personnages Oiseaux” is just one of 11 murals of its type Miró created in his lifetime. It is the largest of the four that reside in the United States, and is Miró’s only mural made mostly of glass. Lane said when the museum heard news about the grant, it was a relief. “The mural is iconic and it’s so important to our community,” she said. “Being able to share that with the community is very important to the museum.” Miró’s iconic marble and glass mural was removed before most
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An art conservationist removes particleboard from a panel in Miro’s “Personagges Oiseaux” in the first stage of restoration. The painting has been in restoration since 2011 and will return to campus in 2016.
current WSU students had enrolled for their first semester. Lane stressed the importance of having great works of art on campus. “Art inspires everything around us,” Lane said. “Studies have shown a strong correlation
between our cognitive functioning and looking at art.” Since the mural will be housed outdoors, it will be visible to anyone whether they go into the museum, or not. “You just can’t put a price on that,” Lane said.
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Released: Sept. 18 Genre: Indie/alternative Queen of the indie-alternative genre, Lana Del Rey released her fourth studio album that comes with a different sound. Most of the album features her slow, sultry voice and haunting instrumentals, which are heard on the title-track “Honeymoon.” This album perfectly showcases Del Rey’s broad vocal range within each song, like “Art Deco.” Her vocals remain elegant and fragile on “God Knows I’ve Tried,” and become strong and fierce on “High By the Beach.” Del Rey released yet another album that shows off her beautiful vocals and creative stylistics. Download: “Art Deco” ‘GO:OD AM’ by Mac Miller
Released: Sept. 18 Genre: Rap “I put the hero in heroin,” Mac Miller raps on the song “100
Grandkids.” This verse alludes to the greater context of Miller’s latest album and his constant struggle with addiction (although his addiction was not to heroin but other drugs). After changing producers to Warner Bros. Inc., many fans were worried his sound would change to the cookie-cutter music that tends to be released by the company. While most of the songs are fun, “Ascension” misses the mark and may be the most boring, basic rap song out there. With such a dud, though, Miller stays true to his crazy, weird raps and verses that his fans enjoy on the rest of the album (“In the Bag”). Miller’s album is also sprinkled with features like, “Cut the Check,” which features Chief Keef, another current rap star. Download: “In the Bag” ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana
Released: Sept. 24, 1991 Genre: Alternative Happy TBT to Nirvana with their 1991 album “Nevermind.” With the ridiculously overplayed hits “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Come As You Are,” Nirvana fans love this album. Many people have romanticized and idolized the death of Kurt Cobain, but that does not mean the music should be ruined for everyone else. The band released some of the greatest classic alternative music out there, which has shaped many alternative bands today. Without songs such as “Lithium” and “In Bloom,” “Nevermind” would not be one of the greatest grunge albums to date. Although the band ended in tragedy, without their presence in the alt-rock world, the music we listen to today would not be the same. Download: “In Bloom”
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Depp shines in inconsistent ‘Black Mass’ Johnny Depp is so frustrating. His performance in 1994’s “Ed COLUMN BY Wood” is ALEX PERRY absolutely masterful, lending an unkillable vibrancy to Tim Burton’s black-and-white classic. He perfectly embodied the drunken antics of Jack Sparrow in the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” film. But then came the “Pirates” sequels where Depp was merely imitating his work in the original without any of the spirit. Recent Depp vehicles such as the painful “Transcendence” and “Mortdecai” made it seem like he just doesn’t care anymore. While it isn’t a great movie, “Black Mass” shows us that Depp still cares. With its odd narrative structure and somewhat tedious pacing, Depp’s excellent performance is its greatest accomplishment. Depp stars as James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston crime lord who acted as an FBI informant for 20 years. “Black Mass” depicts the true story of Bulger’s rise and inglorious fall, which ended in his arrest outside a Santa Monica apartment building in 2011 at the age of 81. Seriously, Bulger was not a nice guy. About 80 percent of the movie depicts him intimidating, beating up or straight up killing folks for any manner of perceived wrongs. He was able to do this primarily because of FBI agent John Connolly ( Joel Edgerton), a childhood acquaintance of Bulger’s. Connolly sold his superiors on the idea that
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turning the other cheek to Bulger’s crimes would benefit the greater good, as Bulger’s intel on other crime gangs would help the FBI gain the upper hand throughout the city. It’s a fascinating story but one that spans a lengthy period of time without much escalation or excitement. Bulger and Connolly did a bunch of bad things for two decades before being discovered, and that’s pretty much the end of it as far as “Black Mass” is concerned. I applaud any movie that ditches the rising action/climax/ falling action formula you’ve likely seen in any literature class,
but the result here is a story where the mood and stakes are mostly on a straight line throughout. So much focus is put on Bulger’s crimes that his 16-year fugitive manhunt is almost completely ignored. That could have been an excellent second act, but instead it’s relegated to some text before the end credits. It’s great, then, that Depp so perfectly embodies Bulger’s ghastly pallor and insidious demeanor. He humanizes Bulger enough that his hard-to-believe true crimes feel realistic. I wouldn’t protest if he got an Oscar nomination out of this.
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Unfortunately, that performance is often the only thing that carries the action. None of the individual scenes are particularly bad, but they aren’t strung together in a way that builds tension at all. Ultimately, “Black Mass” will be lauded as brilliant by some and excruciatingly boring by others. Its dire mood and deliberate pacing make it feel like a chore at times. But Depp is so, so good in it. For that alone, it’s worth seeing.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Stuffing dragons for ill children
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Students stuff plush toy dragons to be sent to children with cancer Wednesday in the Rhatigan Student Center. The booth was sponsored by the Community Service Board.
Fine arts students, professors shooting feature film TJ RIGG
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Bret Jones decided to embark on a new adventure, trading the stage for the camera. A background primarily in stage theatre, Jones started to become more involved with film recently. Jones, program director of theatre at WSU, wrote and directed a 16-episode web series called “The Opposite of People,” starring Wichita State students. The series, which is available on the WSU theatre YouTube channel, follows — in “mockumentary” style — the life and times of college actors, how they have big egos and think they are superstars, Jones said. In addition, Jones shot a feature-length film called “After Midnight” two years ago. That movie received a screening at The Barebones International Film and Musical Festival in Oklahoma earlier this year. Jones is directing a feature-length film starring several WSU theatre students called “Redux” this semester. “It is about a girl who is undergoing experimental treatment for schizophrenia who must solve the murder of her friend,” he said. Jones said the study of optogenetics, which explores how neurons can be controlled when they have been genetically made sensitive to light, inspired him to make the film. The script was finished in the spring and casting took place during the first week of fall classes. Shooting began during week three of the semester and is expected to be finished within three weeks. Jones said casting his students in film projects is educational because it exposes them to a different medium of acting. He said there is a difference in acting and speaking styles in film than in theatre because the audience is closer in a film. “They’re learning that less is
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Director Bret Jones discusses the next scene with actress Rian Leigh last Tuesday night in the Rhatigan Student Center. About a dozen Wichita State faculty and staff are part of the filming of “Redux,” a feature-length film.
more when they’re acting,” Jones said. “It’s been a big education for them in trying to figure out, ‘How do I do this when I’ve been doing nothing but work on the big stage for so long?’” Senior theatre performance major Allison Claye, who is starring in “Redux,” said performing in a film is much more intimate. “It’s much more compacted than it is on a big stage,” she said. “I kind of like that. I think it’s more realistic.” In “Redux,” Claye stars as Naomi, a friend of Lorraine’s, the main character undergoing experimental treatment for schizophrenia. The film is Claye’s seventh. Assistant Director Brandi Bailey said the experience with her first film is different because it is more technical than stage theatre. “The theatre is kind of an equal balance between technology and performance, and this is like 80 percent technology and 20 percent performance,” Bailey said. Jones said the daily filming schedule varies by day, depending on student schedules and if the weather is cooperating. For Claye,
shooting while taking 23 credit hours and as a teaching assistant for three online classes while filming, the experience can be stressful. She said Tuesday that she was up until 2 a.m. the night before working on homework. “Not a lot of sleeping is going on, but I think it will be worth it,” she said. The film is made with the goal of achieving the mission of the
Fine Arts department — to educate students with as many skills and techniques as possible, Jones said. He said the 21st Century performer does everything. “They do anything and everything: stage, TV, film, commercials, voice-overs, cartoon voices — they do it all,” he said. “We’re trying, in our own modest way, to try these opportunities for our students in their education.”
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ODI hopes to ‘Break the Cycle of Violence’ during week celebrating international peace
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Wichita State’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity were awarded the Buchanan Cup last month for its accomplishments the last two years.
Concerted effort brings national recognition to WSU fraternity near the front, watching the announcements for Buchanan Cup award recipients. They waited through about 23 awards. Then, the announcer mentioned some of SigEp’s achievements at WSU, and the members knew they had won. The Buchanan Cup, better known as the “Buck Cup” by SigEp members, is an award that is only given to the best SigEp chapters in the nation.
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Junior Thamer Nass answers the question, “What does healing look like?” through writing and drawing during the Partnerships for Peace: Dignity for All event Monday in celebration of the International Day of Peace. AMANDA HANSEN
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The Office of Diversity and Inclusion celebrated International Day of Peace on Monday by letting students express their feelings about violence in the news with chalk. Students used a mural painted by ICT Army of Artists as their inspiration. The mural portrayed nine silhouettes of people holding signs, representing the nine people killed in a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier this year. The silhouettes held signs in front of a church and city hall building. Many students approached the chalkboard silently yet deliberately, and wrote with vigor. Junior Thamer Nass described the opportunity to participate and express his thoughts and ideas as “perfect.” “It gives students an opportunity to express themselves,” he said. “For people who are shy,
they can say what they want.” The office worked with The Seed House’s ICT Army of Artists and WSU Campus Ministry. The Partnerships for Peace: Dignity for All event was part of a week-long Break the Cycle of Violence movement. According to a flyer at the event, “[I]f we stay silent in the face of racism, we allow violence and marginalization to continue unchallenged… in this context, remaining silent about the targeting of people of color means that we enable racism to persist. By not actively resisting racism, we proclaim it to be acceptable.” One sign stated “black lives matter” and another sign proclaimed “silence equals consent.” “The hope is to solicit responses about hate crimes,” said Margi Ault-Duell, artist for the ICT Army of Artist. “We also wanted to grow the conversation about how to address racism. A lot of
violence today is racially motivated, so we need to get more people talking about it, and we do that using art like this mural.” Ault-Duell said the words painted on the signs in the mural came directly from actual signs held during a rally in Wichita after the shootings. Director of Student Ministries Jonathan Flesher said having students express their thoughts about the Charleston shootings gives them a chance for their voices to be heard about hate crimes, racism and violence. “The faith-based community is too silent about racism,” Flesher said. “I think that’s because there is no platform or space for them to speak out.” ODI Program Coordinator Danielle Johnson said the event proved to be cathartic, relaxing and healing. “This is the first time we’ve had a mural like this,” she said. “We will definitely do it again in the future,” she said.
The Buchanan Cup is a prestigious award that can be won by a Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) Fraternity. “There is nothing that beats [the Buchanan Cup] in SigEp,” said Jaren Johnson, chapter president of the fraternity. The night of Aug. 13 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, members of Wichita State’s SigEp chapter sat waiting
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Academics Committee to commence brainstorming ideas to serve students TJ RIGG
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Student Body President Joseph Shepard said several students have come to Wichita State’s Student Government Association with concerns about the plus/ minus grading system the university uses. It’s concerns such as these that will be addressed by the newly formed academics committee, which was created earlier this semester when SGA approved its creation. Junior Dalton Glasscock serves as the chairman for the committee, and he met with Shepard and Student Body Vice President Khondoker Usama on Wednesday to discuss ideas for the committee.
Glasscock said the main goal is to invest SGA in academics. “ We’re looking for systematic ways to enhance communication and enhance the Shocker experience throughout the whole way,” he said. Another goal, he said, is to engage specific college SGA senators with each of their respective colleges. “In the past, they’ve just always been an at-large senator,” he said. “We want to figure out a way to make the situation unique and have that connection with their deans, have that connection with their students and department chairs so everybody in the school knows that they represent that specific college at all times.”
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Senior Aleksandra Trifunovic practices her serve Wednesday before the season opener this weekend in Norman.
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The Shocker women’s tennis team is looking for a hot start to another successful season when they head south this Friday for the Oklahoma University Fall Invitational in Norman. All 11 members of the team will suit up as they look to maintain the current streak of success maintained over the last several
years, intent on getting in their groove and setting the pace for the season. “The goal is to win,” senior Aleksandra Trifunovic said. “I’m just looking forward to competing and improving the things that I’ve been working on. If I improve for myself, I will help the team, which just goes hand in hand.” The Shockers spent all of last season in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s team rank-
ings, peaking at No. 23 before finishing the year at No. 41. In May, the team made its seventh-straight trip to the NCAA tournament. “We have had success as a team for several years now, and we just keep getting stronger,” head coach Colin Foster said. “But it’s a new year with new challenges, and we have a really good schedule that will challenge us.” The team starts its season with
two athletes ranked in the ITA’s Division I preseason rankings. Senior Julia Schiller and sophomore Gabriela Porubin are ranked 121st and 125th, respectively. “That is a good accomplishment that is indicative of the successful year ( Julia and Gabriela) had last year,” Foster said. “It is a good starting point, as well. But for the individuals and the team, it is all about where you end up that means more.”
Shocker golf finds success in the mountains REECE BURNS
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The Wichita State men’s and women’s golf teams each traveled to the mountains of Colorado at the beginning of the week. The men traveled to Boulder to compete in the Ram Masters Invitational, while the women traveled to Highlands Ranch to compete in the Ron Moore Intercollegiate tournament. Women The women finished the Ron Moore Intercollegiate tournament in 10th place out of the 17 teams present at the tournament. Head women’s coach Tom McCurdy said the course was just as difficult as they imagined it. “It was hard,” McCurdy said. “[The course had] the fastest greens I’ve ever coached on. They were
mowed close, rolled out and had steep slopes.” McCurdy said these challenging greens gave the team a lot of problems with putting, as well as trying to get ball placement onto the greens. “We had a lot of issues with putting and chipping, particularly three-putts, in the first round,” he said. By day three, the women’s team had gotten used to the severity of the course in front of them, finishing the last round with 19 birdies and one eagle, giving the women a score of 297. Many of the teams the Shockers faced in Highlands Ranch will not appear again in the women’s schedule. For this reason, McCurdy said they hope the teams that came out ahead of the Shockers do well
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Glasscock said the committee will compile ideas until mid-October, and then start prioritizing each idea. Shepard said it is important to get students involved in academic discussions. “My goal is to cultivate and shape a relationship with the deans so they can see that the students care about their academic education,” he said. The committee will have to move quickly, Shepard said, because it is slightly behind the other SGA committees, since it was created just a few weeks ago. Glasscock, however, is confident the committee will reach its goals on time. “I don’t not meet goals,” he said.
“I wanted to create a sense of nostalgia for the time period,” Neville said. “I very loosely based the design on a jukebox and RPM records to create that feeling. The lighting patterns are simple but add to the sensation, as well. The best part is being able to bring the story to life and add detail.” Neville and more than a dozen students created the set. Through all of the preparations, Harris and Ford agreed they are excited for the performances to begin. “People should come because it feels like a rock concert the whole time,” Harris said. “It’s a time to put our difficulties aside, get away and have a fun time.”
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to live in the chapter house Senior Jakob Gutierrez, SigEp vice president of membership development, said the previous chapter president pushed everyone to increase campus involvement and recruitment. Johnson, then vice president of membership development, promoted the idea by encouraging brotherly love and friendships, Gutierrez said. “We used to not be active in other fraternities’ philanthropies and we completely flipped that around,” Johnson said. “Instead of getting down about it and slacking, we improved in other areas.” The WSU chapter also increased incoming donations during its philanthropy events. The chapter collected about $4,100 for Pennies for Wishes in the spring of 2014, up from only $1,000 in 2013. The
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FROM PAGE 4 SigEp has the fourth most chapters of any fraternity in the nation. Of those 234 chapters, only about 40 at a time will earn the Buchanan Cup. According to the SigEp website, the Buchanan Cup awards — engraved silver bowls —are given out every two years when the largest national gathering of SigEp members get together for the grand chapter conclave. The chapter won the award for its accomplishments in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, at the Dallas conclave, Johnson said the chapter was told in order to receive a Buchanan Cup, it needed to increase its membership size and get more members
in their respective seasons, as it will help the Shockers’ rankings. Despite the 10th placing, the women did beat Nebraska and New Mexico State, both who are normally ranked higher than the Shockers. McCurdy said everyone contributed to their team’s scores in this tournament. Senior Meghan Schuetz was able to finish the last round with the two-under par score of 70, the best and only under-par score of the tournament for the Shockers. The team finished the tournament with scores of 301-318297-916. The women are scheduled to play again Monday and Tuesday at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, hosted by the University of Missouri. Men The men finished the Ram
Masters Invitational in fourth place with scores of 295-295-283-873 Tuesday in Boulder. The Shockers finished behind Fresno State, University of Kansas and Colorado State. Junior Grant Bennett tied for eighth in the tournament, his second-straight top-10 finish of the season. Bennett started the tournament off in 11th place after shooting 75 and 68 in the first two rounds, leaving him three-over par. Sohpmore Conrad Walcher tied for 31st place after shooting a total of 221, leaving him 11-over par for the tournament. Senior Alec Heinen tied for 35th, junior Max Mason tied for 38th, sophomore Jacob Bishop tied for 49th and Gage Ihrig, competing as an individual, tied for 70th place, shooting a total of 20-over par.
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Photo by Celeste Thompson
The cast of “Smokey Joe’s Café” rehearses Tuesday before the premeire of the musical Thursday. Performances last until Sunday.
improvement continued this year as SigEp raised about $7,700 to help fulfill wishes of children diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions. “When we try to be the best we can be is when we realize we have a shot to get the Buck Cup,” junior Wyatt Clark said. SigEp improved in recruitment after the 2013 Dallas meeting of SigEp fraternities. Membership increased from 60 in early 2013 to 80 in fall of 2014. By fall of 2014, the chapter house was at maximum occupancy with 32 members. Gutierrez said Johnson influenced others to have the mindset of a team attempting to win a championship. “That last year down the stretch we wanted to hammer that (mindset) home,” Gutierrez said.
BIDETS
FROM PAGE 1 George Schroeder, a supervisor with WSU’s Physical Plant, said he hasn’t heard anything about the installation of handheld bidets in any of the buildings on campus. However, he said he has previous experience with the installation of handheld bidets in residential restrooms. “Since [the RSC, Heskett and Ablah] are commercial buildings, we would have to get into the walls and run a smaller water line out from inside the walls,” he said. Paul Lytle, building systems engineer for WSU Architectural & Engineering Service, indicated he had not heard about handheld bidets, either. “I would have to look into it,” Lytle said. “It sounds like we would
After two big wins last weekend against Wichita State alumnae and St. Gregory, the Shocker softball team is getting ready for a big, two-game weekend against Creighton University and the University of Tulsa. Offensively, third baseman senior Paige Mason was the biggest contributor to last week’s game against St. Gregory with two homeruns and five RBIs on only three at-bats to help WSU in their 10-3 win. Mason continues to be confident about the team’s talent to execute in every game. “I know that whoever is behind me or next to me will get the job done,” she said. Defensively, junior Katie Maloner pitched a no-hitter through six innings, striking out 11 against St. Gregory and the 21 batters she faced. The Shockers play at noon Saturday against Creighton and again at 4:30 p.m. Saturday against Tulsa at Wilkins Stadium.
Volleyball to play first MVC games at home MEGAN LOOPER
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The Wichita State volleyball team (9-5) returns this week to its home court at Charles Koch Arena to face Indiana State (11-4) and Illinois State (10-3). Wichita State takes on the Indiana State Sycamores at 7 p.m. Friday. Coached by Traci Dahl-Skinner, the Sycamores are led by Bree Spangler, averaging 2.85 kills per set. As a team, INS is hitting .224 this season while opponents hit .170. The Shockers’ next match is 7 p.m. Saturday against the Illinois State Redbirds. Leader Ashley Rosch is the biggest threat, averaging 3.84 kills and 2.84 digs per set. ILS is coached by Melissa Meyers. Wichita State leads the overall series against Indiana State 45-12, and is behind against Illinois State 28-34. The team competed against both teams last season and defeated INS 3-0 and falling to ILS 0-3. The Shockers are historically 16-16 in season openers overall, and 10-5 under head coach Chris Lamb. As of Monday, WSU statistically stood at No. 6 in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), while ILS is No. 2 and INS is No. 3. Last week after the Marquette Invitational, senior Katie Reilly was named to the All-Tournament Team, and sophomore Abbie Lehman was awarded MVC Defensive Player of the Week after having match- and career-high blocking numbers. All games will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and online at goshockers.com/watch.
have to replace the entire units in the buildings.” No matter the decision of WSU’s administration, Mosharraf said she remains hopeful, but said it’s still frustrating to not have a definitive answer. “Sexton said some students may be concerned with the hygiene of the Muslim showers,” she said, “or they may be irritated by their presence on campus, but I don’t think it would cause a problem. It wouldn’t harm anyone, it would only give people more options.” Mosharraf said Sexton provided no timeline for when to expect a decision on the handheld bidets. “I don’t know what happens next,” Mosharraf said. “I don’t want it all to be for no reason — all of the signatures I gathered. People signed [the petition] because they want these things.” — Contributing: TJ Rigg of The Sunflower