On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Kennesaw State announced its summer semester 2019 honorees for the President's List and the Dean's List, with hundreds of KSU students on each list. According to the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, over 600 KSU students were honored by the President's List for their studies this summer. According to Merit Pages, over 700 KSU students made the Dean's List....
By Emily Rubin (Rio as copy editor) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
Candlelight vigil held for Stadium Village shooting victim
Photo credit: Autumn Edmonston
A candlelight vigil was held Monday, Oct. 14, at the Kennesaw State Legacy Gazebo for a student murdered in the Stadium Village apartment complex the week prior. Following KSU freshman Oluwafemi "Femi" Oyerinde’s death on Sunday, Oct. 6, KSU students held a candlelight vigil on the Kennesaw campus. KSU Student Government Association Senator of American Minorities Dasia Jones and senior...
By Alex Guevara (Rio as copy editor) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
UPDATE: Stadium Village suspect turns himself in
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The suspect of the Oct. 6 Stadium Village shooting turned himself in Tuesday, Oct. 15, to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit and members of a United States Marshal Task Force in response to an arrest warrant, according to the Cobb County Police Department's Public Information Release. Kashman Rael Thomas, 22, is accused of killing 18-year-old Kennesaw State freshman...
By Alex Guevara (Rio as copy editor) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
OPINION: Latino representation must increase in Hollywood, KSU clubs
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The United States has always been considered a melting pot of diverse cultures and groups. However, when looking at how the blend of cultures is reflected in industries such as Hollywood and student organizations, Latinos are severely underrepresented, and so change is needed in both Hollywood and Kennesaw State. Latinos are projected to make up 19 percent of the U....
By Alex Landwerlen (Rio as copy editor) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
Professor takes fight against obesity to the community
Dr. Katherine Ingram is an associate professor of exercise science at Kennesaw State and the director of KSU for FitKids, a program where KSU students volunteer to promote healthy lifestyle choices to local children. "More than one out of every three children has an unhealthy body weight, and this rate appears to be climbing," Ingram said. "My goal is to...
By Marisa Hart (Rio as copy editor) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read
Alumna celebrates passage of time with ancient bronze statues
An exhibit at Kennesaw State's Bentley Rare Book Museum features over 40 bronze statues from several ancient civilizations. The statues featured in the "Discovering Bronzes" exhibit are on loan from the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, New York, where they were hidden away in a vault for several years before coming to KSU. After KSU obtained the statues in...
By Arielle Robinson (Rio as copy editor) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
BREAKING: Cobb County PD issues arrest warrant for suspect in Stadium Village shooting
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The Cobb County Police Department issued an arrest warrant Thursday, Oct. 10, for the man accused of killing Kennesaw State student Oluwafemi Oyerinde at the Stadium Village apartment complex Sunday, Oct. 6. CCPD is charging Kashman Rael Thomas with murder and two counts each of aggravated assault. Thomas is accused of killing 18-year-old Oyerinde Sunday at around 11:30 a.m. Two...
By Jeremy Kariuki (Rio as copy editor) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
The Kennesaw State Police Department recovered a stolen handgun and 90 grams of marijuana on Friday, Sept. 6, from a student's vehicle during a traffic stop near the Kennesaw campus. Shortly after midnight, Officer Christian Shepherd pulled over a vehicle with a broken taillight near George Busbee Drive, according to a police report. The vehicle was occupied by KSU student...
By Emily Rubin (Rio as copy editor) + 5 others for KSU Sentinel - 3 min read
A Coca-Cola reverse vending machine was installed in the Carmichael Student Center on Feb. 15 with the intent to encourage students to recycle. “Our goal is to help the environment by encouraging our students to recycle while providing them with a way to give back to their community,” Executive Director of Campus Services Lauren Gleason said. Currently, the only machine...
By Abigail Marmurowicz (Rio as copy editor) + 4 others for KSU Sentinel - 4 min read
Police still searching for suspect in Stadium Village shooting
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Cobb County Police sent out a release that officers responded to a call for a person shot at approximately 11:40 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Stadium Village apartment complexes in Kennesaw."Upon arrival, officers located a male, lying on the ground near the 4000 building, with a gunshot wound to the back," the release said. "The male was deceased."Police confirmed...
