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Author: Emily Rubin

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Underground Atlanta offers college week at Banksy exhibition
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Underground Atlanta offers college week at Banksy exhibition

  • Emily Rubin
  • October 25, 2021
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Underground Atlanta is offering a college student discount for The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits” during Banksy College Week.

E-sports tournament sign-ups open through March 25th
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E-sports tournament sign-ups open through March 25th

  • Emily Rubin
  • March 22, 2021
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KSU students can sign up for Red Bull Campus Clutch esports tournament for the PC game Valorant until March 25.

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Black Lives Matter flag repeatedly torn down at the Blake

  • Emily Rubin
  • September 29, 2020
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A Kennesaw State student living at the Blake has had multiple flags hung in support of Black Lives Matter torn down in late September.

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KSU Dining employee gives insight into COVID-19 on campus

  • Emily Rubin
  • September 22, 2020
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A KSU dining employee came forward with information about a campus Chick-fil-a employee who continued to work after taking a COVID test, which later came back positive.

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Increase in packages at Kennesaw campus

  • Emily Rubin
  • September 9, 2020
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The KSU Talon Express mail department has seen an increase in packages this semester on the Kennesaw campus and expects an average of 150 packages a day for the remainder of the semester.

Undergraduate receives esteemed Goldwater Scholarship for gene research
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Undergraduate receives esteemed Goldwater Scholarship for gene research

  • Emily Rubin
  • April 13, 2020
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KSU junior biology major Trae Dunn was awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship for his research on C. elegans on March 27.

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First scholarship, fellowship workshops of semester offers free skills to students

  • Emily Rubin
  • February 10, 2020
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SGA director proposes Student Disability Services name change
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SGA director proposes Student Disability Services name change

  • Emily Rubin
  • February 3, 2020
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KSU SGA Director of Academic Affairs J.J. Lopez proposed a new name for Student Disability Services for students who feel uncomfortable identifying as disabled.

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KSU accepting applications for student mental health advisory board

  • Emily Rubin
  • January 20, 2020
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KSU’s Counseling and Psychological Services is accepting student applications for volunteer positions in a student mental health advisory board intended to spread the word about services CPS provides.

Chemistry professor awarded Petroleum Research Fund grant
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Chemistry professor awarded Petroleum Research Fund grant

  • Emily Rubin
  • January 19, 2020
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Altug Poyraz, an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry at KSU was awarded a $55,000 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant to conduct research on petroleum coke with his students.

Wellness on Wheels event helps KSU students relax before finals
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Wellness on Wheels event helps KSU students relax before finals

  • Emily Rubin
  • November 18, 2019
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KSU’s Health Promotion and Wellness November event, Wellness on Wheels, helps students de-stress before finals.

LGBTQ Resource Center holds monthly pop-up shop for transgender students
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LGBTQ Resource Center holds monthly pop-up shop for transgender students

  • Emily Rubin
  • November 11, 2019
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KSU’s monthly “TRANScend Clothing Closet” pop-up shop provides transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming students with clothes at no cost.

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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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