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Lady Owls off to best start in over a decade heading into A-Sun play
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Lady Owls off to best start in over a decade heading into A-Sun play

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  • January 7, 2015
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Chris Raimondi, Sports Editor  After finishing last season in eighth place with a 6-24 record, Kennesaw State’s women’s basketball team has rebounded dramatically into a […]

Men’s basketball prepared to ‘make noise’ in A-Sun
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Men’s basketball prepared to ‘make noise’ in A-Sun

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  • January 7, 2015
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Chris Raimondi, Sports Editor Kennesaw State men’s basketball team will begin Atlantic Sun Conference play with a 5-11 record, with its most recent contest ending […]

Miracle Lady Owls Continue Winning Ways against Xavier
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Miracle Lady Owls Continue Winning Ways against Xavier

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  • December 23, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Just two days removed from Karly Frye’s game-winning 3-pointer against Gardner-Webb, Deandrea Sawyers hit a 3-pointer with one second left in regulation […]

Owls come up short to Elon
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Owls come up short to Elon

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  • December 23, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor In a game where Kennesaw State held a lead as large as 15, the Owls could not find any answers to slow […]

Frye’s late 3-pointer helps Lady Owls top Gardner-Webb, extends win streak to six
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Frye’s late 3-pointer helps Lady Owls top Gardner-Webb, extends win streak to six

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  • December 21, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Point guard Karly Frye made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to help Kennesaw State women’s basketball keep their six […]

Men’s hoops comes up short to UMBC
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Men’s hoops comes up short to UMBC

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  • December 21, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor After scoring 90 points on the road against Youngstown State with just eight players seeing action, the same depleted Kennesaw State men’s […]

Pruitt’s 29-point effort lifts Owls over Youngstown
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Pruitt’s 29-point effort lifts Owls over Youngstown

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  • December 18, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Nigel Pruitt went 6-10 from 3-point range and finished with 29 points to lift the Kennesaw State men’s basketball team to a […]

Owls Fall to No. 15 ranked Butler
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Owls Fall to No. 15 ranked Butler

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  • December 9, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Fifteenth ranked Butler had no problems putting away Kennesaw State on Monday night in a 93-51 rout of the Owls. KSU had […]

Opinion: Despite Growing Uncertainty from UAB Decision, Kennesaw State Should Give Consideration to FBS Possibilities
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Opinion: Despite Growing Uncertainty from UAB Decision, Kennesaw State Should Give Consideration to FBS Possibilities

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  • December 4, 2014
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Mike Foster | Staff Writer Someone, I don’t know who, once said, “What’s one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” With a small football program […]

Kennesaw State Wins Third Straight Game, beats UTC 77-69
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Kennesaw State Wins Third Straight Game, beats UTC 77-69

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  • November 30, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Yonel Brown put in a career-high 32 points to lift Kennesaw State over Tennessee Chattanooga, 77-69, for the team’s third straight win. […]

Kennesaw State tops Bulldogs in Home Opener
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Kennesaw State tops Bulldogs in Home Opener

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  • November 26, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor Kennesaw State’s men’s basketball team had an early feast on the eve of Thanksgiving after the team earned its second straight win […]

KSU loses to Life U. to end Fall schedule
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KSU loses to Life U. to end Fall schedule

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  • November 24, 2014
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David Almeda—Staff Writer On the road in Marietta for their last game of 2014, Kennesaw State’s club ice hockey team started well but ultimately snapped […]

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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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