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Author: Luke Gardner

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Black History Month committee aims to “dig deeper”
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Black History Month committee aims to “dig deeper”

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 29, 2018
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With Black History Month around the corner, KSU prepares to launch a series of events commemorating the legacy of the minds that started a revolution in civil rights and culture in America.

Opinion: Study tools benefit student learning
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Opinion: Study tools benefit student learning

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 22, 2018
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Study tools can be anything a student uses to help them digest information, but the most helpful ones are planners, tutors and scanner pens.

Student-formed metal band finds quick success
  • Arts & Living

Student-formed metal band finds quick success

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 22, 2018
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The newly established outfit formed in April 2017 already has songs featured on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and a multitude of other streaming services. The band is made up entirely of college students — three of them currently attending Kennesaw State.

KSU Miracle raises $25,000 using social media
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KSU Miracle raises $25,000 using social media

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 15, 2018
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KSU Miracle, a student-run fundraising organization that donates its proceeds to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, has managed to raise over $25,000 using a social media-related fundraiser.

Opinion: The Georgia Board of Regents could fail students again
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Opinion: The Georgia Board of Regents could fail students again

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 15, 2018
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The Georgia Board of Regents has a chance to do better in selecting a new president for Kennesaw State, but its lack of diversity and current track record suggest they might not use the opportunity to create positive change.

Opinion: KSU needs to increase CARE Services budget
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Opinion: KSU needs to increase CARE Services budget

  • Luke Gardner
  • November 6, 2017
  • 1

Kennesaw State University plays a leading role to confront student homelessness, but a bigger budget is needed.

Opinion: Rate My Professor requires discretion
  • Opinion

Opinion: Rate My Professor requires discretion

  • Luke Gardner
  • October 30, 2017
  • 0

Ratemyprofessor.com is a convenient resource available to college students, but deciphering reviews is not always cut and dry

The New Meal Plan is Overpriced and Wasteful
  • Opinion

The New Meal Plan is Overpriced and Wasteful

  • Luke Gardner
  • July 17, 2017
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Beginning fall 2017, all students living on campus will be required to purchase a meal plan that is overpriced and wasteful, with the possibility of extra swipes being squandered at the end of the semester.

Opinion: Textbooks are criminally overpriced
  • Opinion

Opinion: Textbooks are criminally overpriced

  • Luke Gardner
  • February 27, 2017
  • 0

Textbooks cost a fortune, and nobody knows why.

Opinion: The Democratic Party has failed Progressive voters
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Opinion: The Democratic Party has failed Progressive voters

  • Luke Gardner
  • February 20, 2017
  • 2

The Democratic Party brought about their own undoing by abandoning the party’s historic tradition of being the “people’s party,” and the fault is exclusively its own.

Opinion: Trump’s new slogan: ‘Make Swamps Great Again’
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Opinion: Trump’s new slogan: ‘Make Swamps Great Again’

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 30, 2017
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We are only a few days into the Trump administration, and things are already catastrophic for both sides of the political spectrum.

Opinion: Higher education should not be treated as a business
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Opinion: Higher education should not be treated as a business

  • Luke Gardner
  • January 17, 2017
  • 0

As the University System of Georgia becomes more and more like a business, students seem to become less and less important.

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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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