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Author: Zack Hill

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Student revives award-winning literary magazine
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Student revives award-winning literary magazine

  • Zack Hill
  • November 18, 2019
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A new literary magazine focused on creative writing is coming to Kennesaw State in May of 2020.

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KSU student stars in baseball feature film

  • Zack Hill
  • November 4, 2019
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Alumnus shows vulnerability on sophomore album

  • Zack Hill
  • September 30, 2019
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KSU student ensures gig workers are paid with new company
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KSU student ensures gig workers are paid with new company

  • Zack Hill
  • August 26, 2019
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Gig workers worry no more.

Blogger covers latest in entertainment with help from her family
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Blogger covers latest in entertainment with help from her family

  • Zack Hill
  • June 17, 2019
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A KSU senior has been making waves in the world of blogging and has interviewed several famous celebrities.

Queer Quest has students slaying (dragons)
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Queer Quest has students slaying (dragons)

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  • June 17, 2019
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Students were recently given the opportunity to role-play in a Dungeons and Dragons hosted by the LGBTQ Resource Center.

Musician uses Braves game to launch her performance career
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Musician uses Braves game to launch her performance career

  • Zack Hill
  • April 22, 2019
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A Kennesaw State student performed at a Hawks game in March and is set to have several other performances in the near future.

Dancing to Deanship: an academic artist rises to success
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Dancing to Deanship: an academic artist rises to success

  • Zack Hill
  • April 15, 2019
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Ivan Pulinkala, the founder of KSU’s department of dance, was named the new dean of the College of the Arts in March.

Local rapper uses musical comeback to inspire peers
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Local rapper uses musical comeback to inspire peers

  • Zack Hill
  • March 18, 2019
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After almost giving up on his career, a KSU senior has been making a name for himself in the Atlanta hip-hop scene.

Students use imagination to navigate, solve escape rooms
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Students use imagination to navigate, solve escape rooms

  • Zack Hill
  • March 4, 2019
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Student Activities hosted a free escape room event last week that was open to all students.

Black History Month film screening addresses issues of racial injustice
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Black History Month film screening addresses issues of racial injustice

  • Zack Hill
  • February 25, 2019
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The African American Student Alliance hosted a screening of “The Hate U Give” last week to celebrate Black History Month.

Student film ‘Stories About Blacks Leading Equality’ addresses racism, black feminity
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Student film ‘Stories About Blacks Leading Equality’ addresses racism, black feminity

  • Zack Hill
  • February 11, 2019
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A new student film uses dance to address systemic racism and explore the experiences of black women.

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KENNESAW, Ga. — Since October 1963, KSU Student Media has dedicated itself to authentic storytelling and exceptional journalism written by the students, for the students. Over the past two academic years, Student Media at Kennesaw State University has seen significant traction and promise through strong student leadership and ambitious
initiatives.

OWL Radio, The Sentinel Newspaper and The Peak Magazine have grown into organizations whose reach, whether through written word or radio broadcast, touches tens of thousands of students.

Despite the lack of institutional support, Sentinel and OWL Radio have been nominated for the Atlanta Press Club 2026 Awards of Excellence and the GABBY awards for Student Radio, respectively.

Kennesaw State University administration is hindering progress by stripping the key funding for The Sentinel, The Peak and OWL Radio.

On March 23, KSU announced that there were no remaining funds for Student Media. This eradicated the possibility for additional physical prints for The Sentinel or The Peak and drastically cut funding for OWL Radio’s event programming. The justification of the funding removal does not come with a promise of better housing, parking, or safety on campus for students. Rather, it comes with KSU’s neglect of their debt to their music licensing budget.

For the fiscal year, Student Media was allocated a $97,000 budget by the Division of Student Affairs. However, instead of the entirety going to Student Media, $61,185.99 of the budget paid for music licensing fees for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) and Student Affairs as a whole.

This move through budgeting resulted in Student Media paying not just the debt for the music licensing, but Kennesaw State University’s ability to play music across campus freely.
Despite only being responsible for part of the music licensing costs, Student Media’s budget covers almost all of KSU’s music licensing fees, excluding athletics. These fees take up 63.08% of Student Media’s total budget, meaning OWL Radio, The Peak and The Sentinel are only receiving a fraction of the funding they need to function.

Here’s the truth: Kennesaw State is disinterested in the growth of Student Media.

We are in a dangerous and pivotal time in American History. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, under the Trump Administration, Press Freedoms have been dubbed “no longer a given” by the organization.

Student reporting and radio operations are becoming more crucial by the day to cover important topics larger media outlets look away from, and the stripping of funding follows a dangerous step for KSU’s perspective on Press and Broadcasting Freedoms.

This follows a concerning enrollment pattern in KSU’s journalism program while other university papers, such as the University of Georgia’s Red & Black and Emory University’s The Emory Wheel, continue to thrive. Editorial Board: KSU’s Neglect of Student Media Is Unacceptable

The university’s journalism program, which did not exist until 2017 according to Campus Enrollment Data, saw early success, with peak enrollment numbers in 2018 and 2020. However, the program has seen a steady decline since 2021.

Instead of taking the time to invest in its journalism students, KSU has opted to invest into their athletic department, pouring millions of dollars into sports and freshmen generations, including a $15 million dollar naming deal with FifthThirds Stadium and a lack of housing or class priority for students who classify as non-freshman.

Fundamentally, Kennesaw State’s recent history has been defined by an administration that has neglected the student body and proven repeatedly that KSU’s priorities are financially tied to athletics and tuition revenue from incoming classes.

To have a thriving campus community, KSU must invest in its student body. Students want a university that cares for each student, not how many students it can accept and pack into a classroom or a stadium. A university is only as great as its students’ success, and without true support, KSU will always fall short.

OWL Radio, The Sentinel and The Peak are calling for the support of the student body, faculty and alumni by donating to Student Media through KSU’s Giving Day. Any amount helps and will allow Student Media to continue quality, student led content.

Signed Kennesaw State University Student Media Editors and Managers, Zaire Breedlove, Devyn Byers, Alexis Barton, Tye Brown, Devyn Woodard, Joey Hawthorne, Mary Wingate, Mafe Gomez, James Harris, Jordan Scruggs, Scott Daniell, Jackson Louneoubon

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