WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Fall 2008

FEATURES

Sweet Obsession

An age-old obsession, it was used by the Maya and Aztec as money and in royal and religious rituals. It's made fortunes for some, the Ghirardellis, Nestles and Hersheys among them. And it seems it's always counted, along with jewelry and flowers, as one of the truest gifts with which to complement love - chocolate.

Captains Future: Composites, Biomaterials — And Beyond!

What collective could be summoned to challenge the disintegrative forces massing to imperil our city's economic well-being — indeed, readying to invade our own frail-fleshed human bodies? Certainly no ordinary partnership of entities! But when the crossing of intellectual powers and scientific collaboration brings into being the mighty Captains Future — well, that's a different story.

All the Way to China

They may not be globetrotters the likes of Monty Python's Michael Palin, but if Jason Harper '06 and Justin Nicholes '07 have their way, eventually they may come pretty darn close.

No Humble Pie

A funny thing happened to Dan and Frank Carney on their way to business degrees at Wichita State University. Both were sidetracked, at least temporarily, by the chore of building an international business empire.