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What I would tell my freshman self

Anne Akpabio, Managing Editor April 22, 2022

From the first moment of novelty and excitement as a college student, there is the lingering possibility of graduation, the reality that seems distant at the start of the college experience. The thrill...

English senior Dallas Wabbington will be graduating this semester after three years with the Wichitan.

Senior Goodbye – “Make the Change”

Dallas Wabbington, Reporter December 1, 2021

"If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make the change" - Michael Jackson. For the longest time, I was an individual with lots to say but with no voice to convey...

Alexis Martin will be graduating with a bachelor's in mass communication.

Business manager Alexis Martin says goodbye to The Wichitan

Alexis Martin, Business Manager December 1, 2021

I joined the Wichitan a year ago and this place has felt like home ever since. Coming into it, I was a little nervous because I didn’t know anyone or really what I was doing just yet but everyone on...

Social work senior Alicia Phinney leads the dance team during a practice

Stang’s Stories: A spotlight on Prancettes’ captain Alicia Phinney

Thalia Doe, Feature Editor September 15, 2021

For a team to be successful, the captain leading needs to be just as successful in their own life. This is the story of how despite challenges or unexpected transitions in life; every circumstance can...

Letter from the editor: How student media changed my college experience

Alyssa Mitchell, Editor December 3, 2019

Most freshmen come in wide-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready for new experiences. As a senior in high school, I was so ready to have the freedom to do what I wanted whenever I wanted, get away from my three...

About 200 students attend first Senior Walk

About 200 students attend first Senior Walk

Justin Marquart, Editor May 10, 2018

About 200 students marched around campus May 10 for the first Senior Walk, visiting cheering faculty and staff from each college. "It gives us a chance for the faculty and staff who have worked with...

Senior Walk first steps on May 10

Cortney Wood, Managing Editor May 9, 2018

To enrich campus traditions through celebrating graduates, James Johnston, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and Tony Vidmar, vice president for university advancement and public affairs,...

Students take goofy photos at the Photo Booth station in the atrium for Finals Frenzy, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Students stress of upcoming finals ‘fly away’ during Finals Frenzy

brittni vilandre December 9, 2017

In tradition to giving students a break the Thursday before finals week, the University Programming Board celebrated the 29th Finals Frenzy on Dec. 7 in the Clark Student Center. With events focused...

Haleigh Wallace, mass communication senior, works in the broadcast department editting bay on her and her groups senior production final video project that is due Monday, Dec. 10, 2017. Wallace's group's 15 minute documentary is titled 'Mom: Mother of Many'  and her group members include Hanna Heuring, Kara McPherson, and Noah Fazekas. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Senior documentary screenings to be held Dec. 15

Tyler Manning December 5, 2017

To showcase the documentaries students made in the senior production course this fall, the mass communication department will be hosting a screening of the projects on Friday, Dec. 15 in the Fain Fine...

Craig Tidmore

College: the final frontier for father of two

Craig Tidmore November 14, 2017

College: the final frontier. Well not really, but it can have an ominous feeling regardless of your classification. Freshman students feel the pressures of moving out on their own and having to juggle...

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