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Author: Alex Guevara

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Caribbean Student Association teaches Carnival etiquette

  • Alex Guevara
  • March 9, 2020
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Outside the Nest: Heavy rains cause multiple deaths in Brazil
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Outside the Nest: Heavy rains cause multiple deaths in Brazil

  • Alex Guevara
  • March 9, 2020
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Heavy rains have caused dangerous floods and landslides in southeast Brazil, causing injury, death and displacement across the region.

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Outside the Nest: Top Marine issues ban on Confederate paraphernalia

  • Alex Guevara
  • March 9, 2020
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SATIRE: Students working to survive great flood
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SATIRE: Students working to survive great flood

  • Alex Guevara
  • March 2, 2020
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A heavy deluge is causing students to get creative in finding ways to make their days dryer.

Library system experiences smaller budget, fees compared to other R2 institutions
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Library system experiences smaller budget, fees compared to other R2 institutions

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 24, 2020
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The Kennesaw State library system sees underfunding that, despite efforts from the staff, impact what the library is able to provide to students at KSU.

Skateparks improve health, increase safety on college campuses
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Skateparks improve health, increase safety on college campuses

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 24, 2020
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Kennesaw State students would benefit greatly from an on-campus skatepark, which would allow for increased safety of all students.

Outside the Nest: Candian First Nations halt rail travel to protest pipeline
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Outside the Nest: Candian First Nations halt rail travel to protest pipeline

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 17, 2020
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The Wet’suwet’en First Nation has protested the construction of a pipeline through their traditional lands, which has led to other protesters halting rail travel in eastern Canada.

OPINION: Students should rethink using TikTok
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OPINION: Students should rethink using TikTok

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 17, 2020
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Because of the number of security threats and censorship issues related to popular application TikTok, students should reconsider how much they use the application.

OPINION: Coronavirus panic disguises racism, xenophobia
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OPINION: Coronavirus panic disguises racism, xenophobia

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 10, 2020
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In the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, people worldwide are using the disease as an excuse to express xenophobia against people of Asian descent.

OPINION: Political Super Bowl ads expose politics to wider audience
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OPINION: Political Super Bowl ads expose politics to wider audience

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 10, 2020
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The Super Bowl, America’s most-watched sporting event annually, allows politicians to inform people nationwide about their platform.

University System of Georgia enacts Chinese travel ban
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University System of Georgia enacts Chinese travel ban

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 10, 2020
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The University System of Georgia has enacted a ban on university-related travel to China in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

MLK speaker selection process remains despite student backlash
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MLK speaker selection process remains despite student backlash

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 10, 2020
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The keynote speaker selection process will remain the same in the future despite backlash facing the decision-making process for the MLK Legacy Luncheon.

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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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