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Category: Outside the Nest

Outside the Nest encompasses newsworthy events outside of the KSU campus.

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Kim Jong-un issues rare personal apology for military killing

  • Sara Sehhizadeh
  • September 29, 2020
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The death of a South Korean citizen caused by the North Korean military resulted in dictator Kim Jong-un sending a rare and personal letter to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea.

OTN: Kremlin opposition activist poisoned
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OTN: Kremlin opposition activist poisoned

  • Alex Guevara
  • September 1, 2020
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A preliminary investigation was launched on Thursday to look into the circumstances surrounding the suspected poisoning of a Russian opposition activist.

Outside the Nest: Authorities investigate disappearance, death of Mexican butterfly conservationist
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Outside the Nest: Authorities investigate disappearance, death of Mexican butterfly conservationist

  • Alex Guevara
  • February 3, 2020
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The body of Mexican monarch butterfly conservationist Homero Gómez González was found in a retaining pond two weeks after his disappearance in the Mexican municipality Ocampo.

Outside the Nest: Tropical rainstorm Barry still a threat
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Outside the Nest: Tropical rainstorm Barry still a threat

  • Peyton Elliott
  • July 15, 2019
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Barry has been downgraded to a Tropical Depression but flash flood worries still remain.

Outside the Nest: Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka stun the world as death toll increases
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Outside the Nest: Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka stun the world as death toll increases

  • Quintin Hunter
  • April 24, 2019
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Around 87 detonators were found in the city of Columbo after an orchestrated suicide bombing in several cities throughout Sri Lanka killed at least 290 people and injured hundreds more.

Outside the Nest: Political tension brews as Venezuela faces third major blackout in 1 month
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Outside the Nest: Political tension brews as Venezuela faces third major blackout in 1 month

  • Quintin Hunter
  • April 15, 2019
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Vice President Mike Pence urges the United Nations to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s official president amidst blackouts and surging poverty rates under President Nicolas Maduro.

Outside the Nest: President Trump signs executive order to require free speech on campus
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Outside the Nest: President Trump signs executive order to require free speech on campus

  • Jake Drukman
  • March 25, 2019
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The order can deny federal funding to public schools that do not uphold the First Amendment.

Outside the Nest: Celebrities, others arrested in college admission scandal
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Outside the Nest: Celebrities, others arrested in college admission scandal

  • Peyton Elliott
  • March 18, 2019
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Some of the top universities in the U.S. are under investigation after they accept collected to accept students.

Outside the Nest: States ask for new voting machines before 2020
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Outside the Nest: States ask for new voting machines before 2020

  • Peyton Elliott
  • March 11, 2019
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State and local election officials in 31 states are asking for their outdated or “inadequate” voting equipment to be replaced before the 2020 presidential primaries.

Outside the Nest: Kenya helicopter crash leaves 4 Americans, local pilot dead
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Outside the Nest: Kenya helicopter crash leaves 4 Americans, local pilot dead

  • Sasha Avchukov
  • March 4, 2019
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Four Americans and a local pilot were killed in Kenya when a helicopter crashed on an island Sunday night.

Outside the Nest: Hijacking suspect killed after Dubai flight makes emergency landing
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Outside the Nest: Hijacking suspect killed after Dubai flight makes emergency landing

  • Sasha Avchukov
  • February 25, 2019
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A Dubai-bound flight from Bangladesh made an emergency landing on Sunday after a man attempted to hijack the plane, according to NBC.

Outside the Nest: Bar shooting in Mexico leaves five dead
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Outside the Nest: Bar shooting in Mexico leaves five dead

  • Sasha Avchukov
  • February 19, 2019
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Five people were killed and another five wounded Saturday after gunmen opened fire at a bar in Cancún, Mexico.

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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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