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

  • Scott Daniell
  • 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 […]

Built on Resilience: How Selena Collins-Patterson found her way home to KSU softball
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Built on Resilience: How Selena Collins-Patterson found her way home to KSU softball

  • Laila Arfaoui
  • February 4, 2026
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Selena Collins-Patterson high-fives a player rounding third base. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics As Selena Collins-Patterson takes over as head softball coach at Kennesaw State, she brings […]

Track and Field turns in strong showing across split meets
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Track and Field turns in strong showing across split meets

  • Jackson Louneoubonh
  • February 3, 2026
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Photo credit: Photo Courtesy of Karen Arnold Track and field split competition across two meets last weekend, earning multiple event wins, a school record and […]

Five Owls earn weekly awards as track and field shines in Conference USA
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Five Owls earn weekly awards as track and field shines in Conference USA

  • Jackson Louneoubonh
  • January 30, 2026
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Athlete Gage Voyles poses in preseason photo. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics. Track and field earned five Conference USA weekly honors this past week, spotlighting […]

Track and Field wins one event, sets several school records records at Clemson Meet
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Track and Field wins one event, sets several school records records at Clemson Meet

  • Jackson Louneoubonh
  • January 28, 2026
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Simon Seid at a meet speaking with a member of the Kennesaw State track and field staff. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics. Track and field […]

Women’s basketball snaps losing streak, dominates UTEP 83–52 in home win
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Women’s basketball snaps losing streak, dominates UTEP 83–52 in home win

  • Laila Arfaoui
  • January 23, 2026
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#25 Madyson Elliot with the ball in an early-season game at VyStar Arena. Photo by Jackson Louneoubonh. Women’s basketball dominated UTEP 83–52 on Thursday night […]

Track and field delivers multiple impressive performances at Vanderbilt Invitational
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Track and field delivers multiple impressive performances at Vanderbilt Invitational

  • Jackson Louneoubonh
  • January 18, 2026
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Kennesaw State competing at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee in 2025. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics. Kennesaw State track and field recorded several top […]

Women’s basketball extends losing streak, crushed at home by Jacksonville State
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Women’s basketball extends losing streak, crushed at home by Jacksonville State

  • Scott Daniell
  • January 18, 2026
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Kennesaw State women’s basketball huddled during a timeout during an early-season game at VyStar Arena. Photo by Jackson Louneounbonh Women’s basketball’s lackluster start to conference […]

Women’s basketball rolls against Thomas
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Women’s basketball rolls against Thomas

  • Scott Daniell
  • December 7, 2025
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#21 Keyarah Berry soars for a layup against Thomas on Dec. 6 at VyStar Arena. Photo by Jackson Louneounbonh. After a 79-65 loss to Alabama […]

Volleyball set for CUSA tournament
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Volleyball set for CUSA tournament

  • Laila Arfaoui
  • November 21, 2025
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#13 Manu Johnsen rises to hit the ball against UTEP at VyStar Arena. Photo courtesy of KSU Athletics. Volleyball wrapped up its 2025 regular season, […]

Women’s basketball knocks off undefeated Tennessee Tech 61-60
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Women’s basketball knocks off undefeated Tennessee Tech 61-60

  • Scott Daniell
  • November 16, 2025
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Coach Octavia Blue huddles with her team at VyStar arena in a game during the 2023-24 season. Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics Women’s basketball returned […]

Women’s basketball dominates Shorter 85-36 in season opener
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Women’s basketball dominates Shorter 85-36 in season opener

  • Scott Daniell
  • November 5, 2025
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Several Owls huddle near the basket against Shorter. Photo Courtesy of KSU Athletics Kennesaw State women’s basketball began its season Tuesday night with an 85-36 […]

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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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