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	The Ultimate Road Race You signed up weeks in advance, told all your friends about it and now the day has finally come. There’s nothing quite like getting up early, breathing in the crisp, cool air and feeling the adrenaline rush through your body as you prepare for a road race... Read More

	A Peek into the Wild The Wichita Wild has officially begun its season, and although not victorious against Omaha on March 20, there is still much promise for this young team. We can balance that loss with our wide receiver Clinton Solomon being named IFL Offensive Player of the Week... Read More

	Chasing Annie Oakley: Part II Just imagine standing on Douglas Street, 1872 in the dirt, driving away some patron of ill repute. Surly and drunk. Read More

	Chasing Annie Oakley: part I Between James Bond and Roy Lichtenstein, the gun is looking pretty good these days. Read More

	Getting Together One Solo at a Time Does the smell of burning rubber turn you on? Find out what Wichita Region SCCA has to offer! Read More

	getDisced I’ve never had any luck getting a Frisbee to go where I want it to go. I mean sure, it might land in the general vicinity of my target, but even then I give good fortune all the credit. Read More

	BEEPbalI It’s a real game—very similar to baseball—except its participants share a unique characteristic: visual impairment. While awareness of this variation of the game isn’t wide-spread, our very own Kansas Beep Baseball team knows what it feels like to be world champs. Read More

	Shocker Tenacity They’re insurmountable and intoxicating. See why WSU Volleyball is so hot! Read More

	Climbing Kansas style OK. We’re all agreed that Kansas is flat. Really flat. For those of us who have acquired a taste for vertical travel, this can present somewhat of a problem. And yet, for whatever reason – love, work, family, roots – we still call this fair city home. So what’s a vertically-challenged Wichitan to do? Read More

Geocaching

There's one in China that contains some batteries, along with a couple of American compact discs and a camera to record faces. There's one in Petra, Jordan, hidden near a lookout to an ancient castle known as the Habees Crusader Fort. There's even one in Scottsbluff, Neb., conveniently located in the Riverside Zoo, and searchers are urged to take in the zoo before finding it.

Happy Thoughts, Happy Life

What if you could live peacefully and happily just by listening to music or thinking positively? This might not be as far fetched as it sounds up front. People are on a mission to find inner peace, and they’re trying various methods to achieve it. There’s therapy, exercise, journals, study groups, prayer and more, depending on what works for you. While looking for a way to come to terms with my own self, I stumbled across two very intriguing concepts.

	MORE THAN A BEATDOWN It was funny pulling into the JanJira Thai boxing parking lot on south Oliver. Read More