When attending college, students have newfound freedom to discover and create their own perspectives. When students allow their parents' political influence to control their views, students close a door on learning about different political ideologies. According to Pew Research Center, a person's political views change significantly between adolescence and early adulthood. This indicates that a student's views start developing when...

The Kennesaw State Mandatory Fee Committee is trying to remove the international fee from students' tuition until its gradual disappearance projected for 2020. The KSU faculty senate will vote on a proposal that could overrule the MFC's choice to remove the international fee in place. The MFC announced to the faculty senate in January 2019 that the international fee would...

What Happened? A spokeswoman for 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Elizabeth Warren announced Friday, Oct. 4, the firing of one of Warren’s senior staff members for what was said to be inappropriate behavior. According to CNN, Warren’s campaign team received multiple complaints over the past two weeks of national organizing director Richard McDaniel. The campaign’s decision to fire McDaniel came after...

The Kennesaw State soccer team continued its season by splitting two matches, falling 1-0 to North Florida on Thursday, Oct. 3, before defeating Stetson 3-0 on Sunday, Oct. 6. On Thursday night, the Owls faced off against North Florida at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The inability to complete a sequence of passes and break into the opponent's third of the...

Junior Lauren Chastang has been dominant on the volleyball court ever since she arrived at Kennesaw State in 2017. Chastang’s achievements in her two completed years as an Owl include being selected to the 2017 Atlantic Sun all-freshman team and the 2018 ASUN all-conference team. Before Chastang decided that she wanted to commit to volleyball in college, she explored several...

Rolled toilet paper has not been around for long, yet it has already caused a major division among society. The debate over whether the toilet paper roll should go under or over is intense, yet the answer is obvious — toilet paper belongs hanging over the front of the roll. According to the Toilet Paper History website, Chinese emperors started...

Kennesaw State's living mascot is no longer with the university following a decision between KSU and the owl’s owner earlier this year.“Sturgis the Owl is no longer with Kennesaw State," Assistant Vice President of Communications Tammy Demel said. "The University and the owl's owner were unable to reach an agreement during contract negotiations and came to the mutual decision to...

Where can Kennesaw State students get the chance to build life-like robots and show them off to the entire world? Look no further than KSU's very own Vex Robotics Competition Team. Vex Robotics provides a learning community where people from all majors can become proficient in programming, modeling software and building. The team meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at...

Toilet paper is used to aid in the process of a not-so-glamorous task and is not about aesthetics, but rather convenience — and that convenience depends on the position in which the roll is situated. Despite the debate over whether toilet paper should be rolled over or under, having toilet paper rolls positioned under is the superior, more useful and...

Cobb County Police responded to a shooting Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Stadium Village apartment that left one victim dead and an additional two wounded. At approximately 11:40 a.m. Cobb County officers from Precinct One were dispatched to 3044 Hidden Forest Court in reference to a person shot. "Upon arrival, officers located a male, lying on the ground near the...