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Baseball comes up short in tight series against Louisiana Tech
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Baseball comes up short in tight series against Louisiana Tech

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  • April 19, 2026
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Wesley Alig hitting the baseball at Mickey Dunn Stadium on March 22, 2026. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics Struggles for Owls baseball continued over the […]

Fans get first look at 2026 Owls in football spring game
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Fans get first look at 2026 Owls in football spring game

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  • April 11, 2026
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Head coach Jerry Mack talking to his team on the field . Photo by Jackson Louneoubonh Fans got their first look at Kennesaw State football’s […]

Tianni Kelly named next Head Coach for Women’s Basketball
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Tianni Kelly named next Head Coach for Women’s Basketball

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  • March 30, 2026
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Several Owls huddle near the basket against Shorter. Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics At 3:26p.m. on Monday, Kennesaw State University confirmed Chattanooga associate head coach Tianni […]

Baseball steals series finale from Liberty
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Baseball steals series finale from Liberty

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  • March 22, 2026
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KSU’s #27 Charlie Jones catches at Mickey Dunn Stadium on February 13, 2025. Photo Credit: Tye Brown/The Sentinel Owls baseball continued their homestand with a […]

Women’s Basketball’s season ends in loss to Delaware in CUSA Championship tournament
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Women’s Basketball’s season ends in loss to Delaware in CUSA Championship tournament

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  • March 11, 2026
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Women’s basketball huddles around coach Octavia Blue in a game during the 2025-26 season at VyStar Arena. Photo by Jackson Louneoubonh Women’s basketball saw its […]

Baseball takes one of three from No. 24 West Virginia
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Baseball takes one of three from No. 24 West Virginia

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  • March 1, 2026
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#24 Jackson Chirello homers against West Virginia on Mar. 1 at Mickey Dunn Stadium. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics  Baseball returned to Mickey Dunn Stadium […]

Men’s basketball looks to stay hot, upset Liberty
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Men’s basketball looks to stay hot, upset Liberty

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  • February 24, 2026
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#6 Frankquon Sherman and #21 Jaden Harris help #11 RJ Johnson up in KSU’s win over La Tech on Feb. 21 at VyStar Arena. Photo […]

Women’s Basketball drops close home game to Sam Houston
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Women’s Basketball drops close home game to Sam Houston

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  • February 20, 2026
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Photo by: Jackson Louneoubonh Following split results on its road trip, women’s basketball returned to VyStar Arena on Thursday to take on Sam Houston State, […]

Baseball uses eight-run inning to crush Evansville on Opening Day
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Baseball uses eight-run inning to crush Evansville on Opening Day

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  • February 14, 2026
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KSU’s #27 Charlie Jones catches the ball. Mickey Dunn stadium. February 13, 2025. Photo Credit: Tye Brown/The Sentinel Baseball broke in the newly renovated Mickey […]

Longtime Owl Harry Cain looks to go out on high note in final season
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Longtime Owl Harry Cain looks to go out on high note in final season

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  • February 12, 2026
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Harry Cain pitches in a game during the 2025 baseball season. Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics Baseball’s Harry Cain is beginning his final season at Kennesaw State […]

2026 Baseball Preview: Coe, Owls look to build on first-year CUSA success
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2026 Baseball Preview: Coe, Owls look to build on first-year CUSA success

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  • February 9, 2026
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New Mexico State’s baseball team takes on Kennesaw State in game 5 of the Conference USA tournament at Worthington Field on May 22, 2025. Photo […]

Women’s Basketball drops overtime thriller to Delaware
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Women’s Basketball drops overtime thriller to Delaware

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  • February 6, 2026
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Women’s basketball huddles around coach Octavia Blue in a game during the 2025-26 season at VyStar Arena. Photo by Jackson Louneoubonh. Women’s basketball returned to […]

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The Sentinel is the student newspaper of Kennesaw State University. Since 1966, The Sentinel has provided an open forum to the campus community. It is published in print monthly and online weekly.

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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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