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Author: Samuel Sinclair

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Early childhood education professor combats online teaching restrictions
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Early childhood education professor combats online teaching restrictions

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • April 20, 2020
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Katy Basch has found a way to recreate the face-to-face, hands-on learning essential for early childhood education students.

Professional sales duo wins online 2020 National Collegiate Sales Competition
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Professional sales duo wins online 2020 National Collegiate Sales Competition

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • April 13, 2020
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Two Kennesaw State students represented their team in a digital version of KSU’s annual sales competition.

Mental health counseling veteran brings past expertise to KSU classrooms
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Mental health counseling veteran brings past expertise to KSU classrooms

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • April 13, 2020
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Lecturer of psychology Amanda Wolfe capitalizes on her experience as a counselor to give insightful guidance in the classroom.

President’s Emerging Global Scholars names outstanding student
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President’s Emerging Global Scholars names outstanding student

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • April 13, 2020
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Danielle Griffin demonstrated outstanding service to and care for the community, making her an award-winning student.

Culture clubs share European Carnavale tradition
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Culture clubs share European Carnavale tradition

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • March 9, 2020
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Students learned about Carnavale and made their own masks last week at an event hosted by two Kennesaw State language clubs.

SEGD department recreates patient experiences to aid nursing students
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SEGD department recreates patient experiences to aid nursing students

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • March 9, 2020
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The Educational and Serious Design course at Kennesaw State created a virtual reality game for nursing students to build empathy with their future patients.

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Poet retells southern life using musical infusion

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • February 10, 2020
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Visual exhibition honors KSU, SPSU integration

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • February 3, 2020
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Chinese Language and Culture Club celebrates Lunar New Year
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Chinese Language and Culture Club celebrates Lunar New Year

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • January 27, 2020
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To welcome the turnover of Lunar calendar, the Chinese Language and Culture Club invited students to participate in cultural novelties and educational activities on the Chinese New Year.

Club of the Week: Game design & development club
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Club of the Week: Game design & development club

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • January 20, 2020
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Honing student skills so they can tackle the challenge of creating video games in the real world.

Community centers foster discourse on student struggles
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Community centers foster discourse on student struggles

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • January 20, 2020
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Attendees discussed the challenges of college life and gave their opinions on various aspects of KSU.

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Student creates mushroom cultivation technique to aid farming industry

  • Samuel Sinclair
  • November 18, 2019
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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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