Abigail Marmurowicz

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Worked on 487 assignments, created 49, named on 11 bylines for KSU Sentinel.

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read

New cybersecurity institute appoints new executive director

Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw State recently selected Dr. Michael Whitman to serve as the new executive director of the Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development."The institute will strive to increase the quality and availability of security-related instruction on campus, as well as serve to increase the public and private sectors’ awareness of what KSU has to offer," Whitman said. Whitman said he is both...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read

Football gets to flying start to begin season with 59-0 triumph

Photo credit: Vanessa Banks

The Kennesaw State football team won its first game of the season for only the second time in program history last night, scoring eight touchdowns in a 59-0 victory over Point University. Fielding an offense that returned only one starter from last season, the Owls wasted no time by scoring three rushing touchdowns in the first quarter. The opening drive...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read

Big Owl Bus drivers deliver twofold perspectives

Photo credit: Houida Aldihri

Kennesaw State Big Owl Bus drivers have been a vital piece of the school's operation for more than a decade. These drivers ferry students around the Kennesaw and Marietta area, getting to know them and making sure they have a comfortable and safe journey. They come from a variety of backgrounds, tolerate negative behavior and enjoy the positives of the...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

Club of the Week: American Sign Language

Photo credit: Photo Courtesy of the American Sign Language Club

Kennesaw State students Jess Osborn and Debbie Caleb wanted to learn American Sign Language on their own but struggled to find the time. After finding a defunct Owl Life page for a previous ASL club in 2018, they revived the club to learn the language as a community. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports that one...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 3 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

Baker and Harris score twice as soccer splits matches to begin season

Photo credit: Rosemary Geller

The Kennesaw State soccer team began its season by splitting two matches, falling 2-1 at Mercer on Thursday, Aug. 22, before defeating Georgia State 4-1 Sunday night. Head coach Benji Walton is looking to take a veteran team to an Atlantic Sun Conference title this year, beginning the season by facing two teams that KSU played last year in close...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

OPINION: Democratic nominees have oversaturated the primary election

Photo credit: Kevin Barrett

With 21 candidates as of Monday, Aug. 26, bidding for the Democratic Party nomination in November, potential voters are overwhelmed with options and many have become apathetic or simply uninformed. The candidates are very diverse, representing demographics never before displayed in a presidential campaign. Yet the diversity of candidates holds little value if the Democratic electorate does not take the...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

Outside the Nest: First possible death linked to vaping in U.S. alarms health officials

What Happened? The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Friday, Aug. 23, that a patient who contracted a severe lung disease after vaping has died — marking the first death possibly linked to vaping in the U. S., according to CBS News. NBC News reported Aug. 23 that the department has not released any information about the patient who died...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read

Upcoming football season to begin with high expectations

Photo credit: Cory Hancock

The time has come for the Kennesaw State football team to kick off its long-awaited 2019 season as the 10th-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision, hosting Point University this Saturday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m. This season may be the most highly anticipated of the program’s brief history, as the Owls are coming off their second consecutive Big South...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

College students losing part-time, low-skill jobs to machines

Photo credit: Photo Courtesy of Airman Josh Harbin

College students need to make money and low-skill part-time jobs are an easy way for them to do so — as long as their jobs are not given to machines. Even though college students are in school, they still need to work, whether it is to pay rent, tuition or to buy food for the week. According to PayScale, the...

By (Abigail as editor-in-chief / approver) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read

Transgender student finds acceptance amid prejudice

Photo credit: Kevin Barrett

Kennesaw State computer science major Samantha Melton expressed the trials of being a transgender woman on a college campus while being in a male-dominated field. According to the Human Rights Campaign, transgender is defined as "an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth." Of...