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Men’s basketball adds Alabama to 2025-26 schedule
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Men’s basketball adds Alabama to 2025-26 schedule

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  • June 4, 2025
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Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics Kennesaw State will face coach Antoine Pettway‘s alma mater Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama as part of its 2025-26 non-conference schedule. Per […]

Women’s Basketball, Blue add three new faces out of transfer portal
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Women’s Basketball, Blue add three new faces out of transfer portal

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  • April 28, 2025
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Photo Courtesy of KSU athletics Following several key departures at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, women’s basketball picked up three new players out of […]

Baseball wins seventh straight, outscores FIU 26-7 in sweep
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Baseball wins seventh straight, outscores FIU 26-7 in sweep

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  • April 21, 2025
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Baseball kept things rolling at home

Cash breaks home run record, McGee walks-off extra-inning thriller against West Georgia
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Cash breaks home run record, McGee walks-off extra-inning thriller against West Georgia

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  • April 15, 2025
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More history was made in baseball’s latest midweek matchup

Football adds Tennessee to schedule in 2026
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Football adds Tennessee to schedule in 2026

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  • April 9, 2025
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Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics New Owls coach Jerry Mack will return to his old place of employment in 2026. Kennesaw State football announced on its X account on […]

Fans get first look at Jerry Mack’s Owls in annual football spring game
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Fans get first look at Jerry Mack’s Owls in annual football spring game

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  • April 5, 2025
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Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics The Jerry Mack era of Kennesaw State football took stage for the first time during an open practice and scrimmage […]

Transfer portal gives and takes away from men’s basketball
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Transfer portal gives and takes away from men’s basketball

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  • April 3, 2025
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The Owls lost three, but gained two last week

Men’s basketball comes up short against Liberty in Conference USA semifinal
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Men’s basketball comes up short against Liberty in Conference USA semifinal

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  • March 14, 2025
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The Owls were unable to stave off the Flames comeback attempt in Huntsville

Cottle’s record-breaking night helps men’s basketball past New Mexico State in Conference USA quarterfinals
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Cottle’s record-breaking night helps men’s basketball past New Mexico State in Conference USA quarterfinals

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  • March 13, 2025
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The Owls escaped a nail-biter in their first CUSA Championship test

Men’s basketball heads to Huntsville for first Conference USA Tournament
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Men’s basketball heads to Huntsville for first Conference USA Tournament

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  • March 13, 2025
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The Owls will take on New Mexico State to open postseason play

Men’s basketball upended by FIU, upsets Liberty on road trip
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Men’s basketball upended by FIU, upsets Liberty on road trip

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  • March 3, 2025
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The season of ups and downs continues for men’s basketball

Men’s  basketball makes history with victory over UTEP at home
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Men’s basketball makes history with victory over UTEP at home

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  • February 21, 2025
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The Owls cemented themselves as one of the best teams in program history

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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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