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Starbucks baristas are brewing change through unionizing
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Starbucks baristas are brewing change through unionizing

  • Mary Wingate
  • March 4, 2025
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“Its empowerment.” Baristas from the Atlanta area reflect on what a union means for their jobs, their stores and the Starbucks corporation as a whole. […]

Systematic issues and budget cuts in American education persist
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Systematic issues and budget cuts in American education persist

  • Devyn Byers
  • February 27, 2025
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“Teachers are struggling”: Aspiring educators express concern over troublesome future of the American education system KSU education majors express their concern about the American education […]

RFK Jr. to “Make America Healthy again” with Magic Rocks and Injectable Bleach
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RFK Jr. to “Make America Healthy again” with Magic Rocks and Injectable Bleach

  • Staff Writer
  • February 25, 2025
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[Disclaimer: This article is written for satirical purpose only. All interviews, statements, and statistics are fabricated.] Robert F. Kennedy is willing to fight vaccines, bring […]

How Trump’s tariffs will impact the lives of students
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How Trump’s tariffs will impact the lives of students

  • Devyn Byers
  • February 25, 2025
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Trump recently made threats of a high tariffs on America’s biggest trading partners, raising concern among its citizens. What is a tariff? A tariff is […]

KSU students protest Trump’s immigration policies
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KSU students protest Trump’s immigration policies

  • Devyn Woodard
  • February 25, 2025
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One of Donald Trump’s most polarizing campaign planks was his pledge to begin a program of mass deportations of migrants living in the country. He […]

Southern California Left Devastated by Historic Wildfires
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Southern California Left Devastated by Historic Wildfires

  • T.J. Lewis
  • February 20, 2025
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Southern California has been combatting a variety of wildfires, which have burned over 50,000 acres, resulting in 29 fatalities, and billions of dollars in economic […]

Softball Goes 3-2 in Home Tournament
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Softball Goes 3-2 in Home Tournament

  • Scott Daniell
  • February 18, 2025
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The Owls earned their first three victories of the season at home this weekend. After dropping all of their first five contests, Owls softball bounced […]

Women’s Basketball defeats UTEP For Second Straight Win
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Women’s Basketball defeats UTEP For Second Straight Win

  • Scott Daniell
  • February 18, 2025
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The Owls cruised on Saturday, taking their third conference win over the Miners Women’s basketball defeated UTEP 84-70, thanks to a pair of double-doubles from Keyarah Berry and Prencis […]

Students react to the latest TikTok ban drama.
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Students react to the latest TikTok ban drama.

  • Staff Writer
  • February 17, 2025
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In 2020, Trump wanted TikTok gone. In 2024, he’s being credited for keeping it alive. How did we get here? For college students, TikTok isn’t […]

Issue of the week: executive order threatens birthright citizenship
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Issue of the week: executive order threatens birthright citizenship

  • Mary Wingate
  • February 14, 2025
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KSU Students reflect on birthright citizenship and what an executive order ending it would mean for the country. Donald Trump has officially begun his second […]

Recent controversies spoil public confidence in USDA
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Recent controversies spoil public confidence in USDA

  • T.J. Lewis
  • February 14, 2025
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Following a series of prominent and detrimental controversies within the past year, public trust in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun to […]

Maternal mortality rates on the rise in Georgia and across the U.S.
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Maternal mortality rates on the rise in Georgia and across the U.S.

  • T.J. Lewis
  • February 10, 2025
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Maternal mortality rates have seen a shocking rise across the United States in recent years, with the state of Georgia being a focal point. Defined […]

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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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