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Hockey sweeps Florida State
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Hockey sweeps Florida State

  • Julien Benjamin
  • November 18, 2014
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Julien Benjamin—Staff Writer Kennesaw State’s club ice hockey team continued its strong play over the weekend, defeating the Florida State Seminoles to extend its winning […]

Hooping for the Holidays
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Hooping for the Holidays

  • Tyler Duke
  • November 18, 2014
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  Tyler Duke, Staff Writer For most students, getting home for the holidays is an event they look forward to for most of the semester. […]

Club Football Championship Bound
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Club Football Championship Bound

  • Chris Raimondi
  • November 18, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor While all the hype has been around Kennesaw State’s new Division I football team, KSU’s club football team has been playing games […]

Women’s Basketball Wins Season Opener
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Women’s Basketball Wins Season Opener

  • Taylor Blackmon
  • November 18, 2014
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Taylor Blackmon—Staff Writer Kennesaw State’s women’s basketball team opened their 2014-15 campaign by defeating the College of Charleston 68-61. “It was an exciting game,” KSU […]

Men’s basketball preview: Kennesaw State vs. Mercer
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Men’s basketball preview: Kennesaw State vs. Mercer

  • Chris Raimondi
  • November 18, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor After traveling across the country to New York and California for their first two games, the Kennesaw State men’s basketball team returns […]

Men’s basketball drops season opener to Syracuse
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Men’s basketball drops season opener to Syracuse

  • Chris Raimondi
  • November 16, 2014
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Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor The 2014-15 season got off to a rough start for Kennesaw State’s men’s basketball team as they fell to No. 23 ranked […]

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Adoption Month: Adoptees Share Their Stories

  • Anna Streetman
  • November 13, 2014
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Jane Smith, Anonymous Writer In celebration of Adoption Awareness Month and to help bring awareness to the issue, The Sentinel interviewed other adopted Kennesaw State […]

Hockey Coasts by Coastal Carolina in 11-4 Win
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Hockey Coasts by Coastal Carolina in 11-4 Win

  • Chris Raimondi
  • November 8, 2014
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David Almeda—Staff Writer On a weekend road trip to North Carolina, Kennesaw State’s club ice hockey team began its slate of games on a high […]

Cross Country races at A-Sun championships
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Cross Country races at A-Sun championships

  • Mason Wittner
  • November 4, 2014
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Mason Wittner, Staff Writer Both of Kennesaw State’s cross country teams traveled to Debary, Fla. Saturday for the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship with the men […]

Daniel Garcia’s Cross Country Journey
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Daniel Garcia’s Cross Country Journey

  • Mason Wittner
  • October 28, 2014
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Mason Wittner, Staff Writer Cross-country is a sport in which individuals race one another while running long distances on various terrains. For one member of […]

Owls Soar To A-Sun Tournament
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Owls Soar To A-Sun Tournament

  • Chris Raimondi
  • October 25, 2014
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Julien Benjamin—Staff Writer The Kennesaw State women’s soccer team claimed a spot in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament on Friday with a 1-0 home victory […]

  • Golf

Men’s Golf Wins Pinetree Commandingly: Nilehn breaks school and Pinetree record

  • Chris Raimondi
  • October 22, 2014
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Tyler Duke—Staff Writer and Chris Raimondi—Sports Editor The Kennesaw State men’s golf team closed out their fall season in record-breaking fashion on Tuesday with a […]

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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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