Hallelujah, even SNL loves the Shockers
WICHITA — Wichita and Wichita State University have taken a bit of gentle razzing since the Shockers’ NCAA tournament loss. There was Jimmy Fallon, who teased that the Shockers said they were able to...
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“Of course you can. This is your building.” – Lou Heldman’s response when Tom Devlin asked if he could make a couple of statements before the start of a WSU entrepreneurship forum at Devlin Hall Tuesday
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“If you’re on TV, put it on your anchor desk so everyone can see it.” – Matt Cecil, director of WSU’s Elliott School of Communication, on the alumni mugs he gave to seniors at the school’s awards...
View ArticlePR News offends Kansas PRSA chapter two months after causing uproar
UPDATED — The Kansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America recently issued an invitation to Diane Schwartz, senior vice president and group publisher for PR News. That’s the group that,...
View ArticleKarla Burns remembers Maya Angelou
WICHITA — With the Wednesday death of Maya Angelou, 86, Wichita’s Karla Burns remembered the poet for the simple yet significant way she affected her. Angelou was a guest professor at Wichita State...
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“I’m thinking more kindly of Bambi now.” – WSU spokesman Joe Kleinsasser, who has had half a dozen deer accidents on the road and on Tuesday narrowly missed being hit by a refrigerator that fell off a...
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“I’m old enough that I know now that not smelling the roses is not a good thing.” – WSU President John Bardo, who says he’s listened to his wife and is on a rare 2-week trip to Europe
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“The good news is they didn’t take out my funny bone.” – WSU spokesman Joe Kleinsasser’s comment while telling a co-worker about his recent surgery for a kidney stone “That’s because they couldn’t find...
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“I knew it! This totally explains why each year, starting in November and ending sometime in March, schools from all over the country try to stay as far away from me as possible—they’re just scared.” –...
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“I usually like to start by asking if there are FBI officials in the house. Probably not, but they’re probably listening.” – Matt Cecil, director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State...
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