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I removed Rader from "Famous" alumni of WSU as he is more infamous than famous. And, quite frankly, Rader isn't that famous and listing his name along with other famous WSU alumni is more of an insult to his victims if anything. Elrosewood 18:50, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- I put him back on. Infamous people are still famous, and BTK is in every criminology textbook written since the 1970s. It doesn't insult BTK's victims to list him here, unless you would like to delete him from wikipedia entirely. - Richardcavell 07:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Calling Wichita a mid sized city is clearly an opinion. The city proper has slightly more people than St. Louis, which is clearly a large city. Not sure how the MSA stacks up.Kenallen 06:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Tom Otterness Controversy
Shouldn't there be some mention of the $450,000 (plus $150,000 "shipping costs") being taken from student fees to buy art from someone with a past like this?
From his Wiki: Journalist Gary Indiana criticized Otterness for an independent work done while part of the East Village art scene in the mid-eighties called "Shot Dog Piece", in which Otterness "adopted a dog and then shot it to death for the fun of recording his infantile, sadistic depravity on film."[3] When student Matthew Goad, a candidate for student government president at Wichita State University, learned of this act, Wichita State began questioning a USD$450,000 commission, which would cost an additional USD$150,000 for shipping, however, at present it looks as if the project continued may as planned.[4] Otterness commented that "In 1977, I was a young artist having a very rough time. I had anger at myself and at the world. What I did was symbolic of how I was feeling internally and it is something I would never do today."[5] It should be noted that although the event happened in the "70's" he showed the film in the mid-eighties as referenced in the Gary Indiana quote. The validity of the apology comes into question when it appears he was still willing to show the piece a decade later.
[edit] Antoine Carr
I added NBA players Cliff Levingston and Antoine Carr to the famous alumni. I hope that someone can add an entry for Carr; I was surprised that Levingston had one and he didn't. Phillip was the heart and soul of the team during the years he played at WSU, and he had a longer NBA career than levingston. Longer than X, too, I believe.
[edit] Wichita State People
Is there a category established for notable Wichita State alumni and faculty? Absolon S. Kent 18:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Possible Wichita State Shockers page
After reading through the WSU page, I thought of the possibility of creating a separate page for the athletics dept, titled "Wichita State Shockers," respectfully. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedarcinator (talk • contribs) 16:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
I have created a Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team wiki page. I linked it in this page, within the athletics section of this article. The men's basketball wiki page is incomplete, but complete enough to present and use to a degree. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_Shockers_men%27s_basketball -TheDarcinator —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedarcinator (talk • contribs) 17:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
