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2018
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CSH program deactivated for the second time
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Whitten gives Comprehensive Administrative Review update
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Sabrina Kerns | News Editor Faculty and students have expressed worry for their futures at Kennesaw State after university officials announced on Tuesday, Oct. 30, that the Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality program will be deactivated. According to an email to CSH students from University College Dean Dr. Lynn Disbrow, then-interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Linda Noble made the announcement that the program would be deactivated after the current CSH students graduate from the program in the Fall 2020 semester. This is not the first time that the CSH program has faced deactivation from the university. The University College originally announced that the program would be deactivated October 2017. The deactivation of the program in 2017 was meant to make way for a new bachelor’s of Business Administration degree program housed in the Coles College of Business that would be more focused on the hospitality side of the culinary industry. In October 2017, the university put a teach-out in place for students in the program through the Spring 2021 semester, giving students the chance to finish their degree program. The program was also not allowed to take in new students during the four-month period. The teach-out has now been pushed forward to Fall 2020 with the most recent deactivation announcement, potentially giving students in the program less time to try to graduate with a degree in CSH. Students must also follow a course rotation schedule throughout their time at KSU, according to Disbrow’s email. “The plan will be available to your advisors and to you to chart your progress toward graduation,” Disbrow announced to CSH students. “University College Advising Services will work closely with each of you to help create a clear path to completing your major. It will be important for you to meet with a member of the advising team soon to check your progress and create a semester-by-semester course plan.” CSH Program Director Dr. Christian Hardigree sent an email to students on Monday, Nov. 5, explaining that the course rotation schedule will explain what CSH courses will be available during certain semesters. Hardigree said that she still had not received the course rotation on Monday morning — the day that registration began for the Spring 2019 semester. “I know this creates some angst, but I am told we will offer courses in the summer, as well as the regular semesters,” Hardigree said in the email. “I was told that the Spring schedule will be maintained as currently identified, even for low enrollment courses. Further, I was assured that we would be allowed to run low-enrollment courses in future semesters to ensure that you had an opportunity to take classes to help you progress to graduation.” Disbrow informed Hardigree that if students have not completed their degree by Fall 2020, then the university will send a request to extend the deactivation period to the Board of Regents. CSH continued on pg. 3.
Kennesaw State President Dr. Pamela Whitten announced a new webpage created to provide updates on the university’s Comprehensive Administrative Review activities and action plans. The CAR is meant to take an in-depth look at administrative functions and gather information from all 27 USG institutions, according to the USG’s website. The USG will use information gathered from the CAR to restructure operations and realign positions as a way to be more effective with the university system’s resources. KSU was involved of phase one of the review, which was completed over the summer. With the results of the surveys and focus groups conducted on campus, the university has begun to come up with and implement action plans to improve the university. Whitten provided a link to the new webpage in an email to faculty and staff on Oct. 29. There are over 43 ongoing projects related to the CAR at KSU on the website. Evelyn Piazza, Juliana Piazza and Rae Ann Gruver spoke at the "Tragedy into Progress" seminar to inform Kevin Barrett | The Sentinel Each project also contains a link leading to more details about the status of the project. students about the dangers of hazing. The projects fall under several categories including academic affairs, communication, facilities and space management, fiscal affairs, human resources, UITS, procurement and travel, regulatory and compliance, senior administration and student affairs. On Thursday, Oct. 25, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources Karen McDonnell spoke at a staff senate meeting to address staff questions about the CAR. Marquis Holmes | Editor-in-Chief Many staff members brought up concerns about a lack of communication on campus and low morale among KSU staff. Many are As the sniffling of students associated Sorority Life Director Barbre Berris and United to Stop Hazing. Marquise Braham also concerned that the results of the CAR with fraternity and sorority life echoed Vice President for Student Affairs was a Penn State student that committed could mean that staff members will be throughout the KSU Convocation Center, Kathleen White. suicide in 2014 after being hazed. laid off as the university tries to reallocate Evelyn Piazza explained how her family Shortly after, the event welcomed Juliana “In the past year, the group was able to its resources. had to make the hardest choice of their Piazza, a KSU senior public relations pass legislation in Louisiana and we got Some were also disappointed that lives — to turn off the life support keeping major and niece of Evelyn Piazza. Juliana legislation passed in Pennsylvania, making Whitten and other members of the her son, Timothy Piazza, alive. Piazza spearheaded the connection hazing a felony,” Evelyn Piazza said. “But administration were not there to speak with In February 2017, Penn State University between the mothers and the Department now New Jersey is going to introduce staff and address their concerns. student Timothy Piazza died from injuries of Student Life. legislation to make their current hazing law “Why isn’t the president here? Not sustained from falling down stairs multiple Clutching on to tears, Juliana Piazza even tougher.” times during a Beta Theta Pi event after reminisced about her cousin Timothy The mothers followed with a presentation even here, but just meeting with all of the employees,” one staff member said during drinking toxic levels of alcohol. Timothy Piazza and spoke about the importance of that covered types of hazing, consequences, the meeting. “You feel like they don’t really Piazza’s death led to 18 fraternity members hazing awareness. She explained that her trauma, effects of hazing and the aftermath appreciate the staff because they’re not even being indicted. cousin’s fate could be the fate of anyone and of the lives affected. A few months later, in September 2017, that university communities should make Rae Ann Gruver concluded the event with here to express something that will affect everyone’s day to day life.” Maxwell Gruver died from acute alcohol themselves aware of issues involving hazing. a quote from a paper that Max wrote when McDonnell said that she plans to put intoxication after being found unresponsive “Tim isn’t just my cousin,” Juliana Piazza he was 16 years old — “God works in funny by Phi Delta Theta members at their said. “He is all of Greek life.” ways. He does bad things sometimes because, together a working group with staff, HR and Louisiana State University fraternity Juliana Piazza then introduced both in the end, they are good. Something bad can “anyone who needs to be involved” to try to include representation from the staff senate house. Gruver’s blood-alcohol content was mothers, Evelyn Piazza and Rae Ann Gruver, happen to you, but it may happen because and remain transparent. more than six times the legal driving limit to the floor, evoking a cheer from the stands it will make you better. He does bad to Jeannine Jones, an administrative assistant that night. as niece and aunt hugged in empathy. ultimately create good.” within the School of Communication and “Max was ready to start the next chapter The two mothers spoke about their The stop at KSU is one of many efforts of his life, but the next chapter was very respective sons’ ambitions, family life, final PUSH is making to stand alongside national Media, said that staff is usually informed on university updates through KSU Inform, but short-lived,” Rae Ann Gruver said of her memories and tragedy. They also spoke about sorority and fraternity organizations to decisions brought upon by the CAR were son’s fatal journey to pledging. the statistics and hazing laws, which has expunge hazing, not just in the Greek Sharing their sons’ stories to spread claimed 42 deaths in the last decade and six community, but for all campus-based groups. instead verbally communicated to deans. awareness about the fatal realities of hazing in 2017 alone, according to “I do understand that most people believe Jones said that it was expected that deans led them to Kennesaw State on Monday, their presentation. that hazing only impacts students, but that’s pass the information along to departments and staff, but the message was only relayed Nov. 5, to lead “Tragedy into Progress,” a Rather than standing against Greek life, so far from the truth,” Berris said. “The to a small portion of staff members. public discussion about the effects of hazing the Piazza and Gruver families, alongside the amount of people that have actually been on Greek life communities and students. Braham family, teamed up with fraternity hazed by the time they get into college is CAR continued on pg. 3. The event, organized by the Department and sorority organizations across the country astounding and if so, if hazing is affecting of Fraternity and Sorority Life, began with to push tougher legislation against hazing you by the time you get to college, it actually excerpts from Department of Fraternity and and to raise awareness by forming Parents has nothing to do with Greek life.”
MOTHERS OF HAZING VICTIMS TURN “TRAGEDY INTO PROGRESS”
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PROVOST FINALISTS PRESENT AT KSU
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OPINION
ARTS AND LIVING
JUULS AS HARMFUL AS CIGARETTES?
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KSU HOLDS 11th ANNUAL HAW
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WINS AND LOSSES FOR VOLLEYBALL
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PROVOST FINALISTS GIVE PRESENTATIONS ON KSU CAMPUSES
Sasha Avchukov | Staff Writer
Dr. Larry Singell spoke in front of faculty and staff on his goals if he were to become KSU’s new provost.
Amy Casto | Staff Writer Kennesaw State’s Provost Search Committee has announced four finalists for the position of KSU’s next provost and vice president of academic affairs after months of searching. The final candidates are set to visit both campuses, as well as hold public presentations that are open to all of the KSU community beginning on Monday, Nov. 5. According to KSU’s website, the presentations will be held from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. in HS1000 on the Kennesaw Campus, and from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. in Q202 on the Marietta Campus for each candidate on their specific dates.
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The first finalist presentation will be given by Dr. Larry Singell, executive dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University on Nov. 5. Singell was previously a faculty member for 23 years at the University of Oregon before being named an executive dean at Indiana University in 2011. Finalist Dr. Melanie Perreault, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at SUNY Buffalo State College will be giving her presentation on Nov. 7. Perreault has a background as a professor of history, department chair and associate provost at Buffalo State. Giving his presentation on
Nov. 12, Dr. Mike Ferrara is both dean of the College of Health and Human Services and the Kent P. Falb professor of kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire. Ferrara also previously served as the associate dean of research at the University of Georgia. The final candidate presentation will be given by Dr. Teresa Dahlberg, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, on Nov. 14. Dahlberg has served at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City as well as at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.
“The Search Committee has been impressed with the quality of the candidates who applied for the position,” head of the Provost search committee, Dr. Jon Preston said. “We have worked since President Whitten formed the committee in late July and are pleased to host Drs. Dahlberg, Ferrara, Perreault and Singell to KSU in the next two weeks. “All four finalists have extensive experience in higher education administration [and] leadership and are well qualified, and all come from strong institutions,” Preston continued. “The quality and quantity of candidates that applied
Kevin Barrett | The Sentinel for the position speak to KSU as a destination university that has everincreasing national prominence.” For those who cannot make it to the finalists’ presentations, they will be live-streamed on livestream. kennesaw.edu. The 20 members of the search committee include faculty and staff members from both the Kennesaw and Marietta campuses and each of KSU’s 13 colleges. KSU President Dr. Pamela Whitten sent an email to the university deans and chairs on Oct. 9, stating that they hope to have a new provost on campus by winter 2019.
Rebranding project progresses Cade Lanktree | Staff Writer Kennesaw State’s Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing recently conducted surveys of participating students, which will satisfy the research and discovery phase of the university’s ongoing rebranding process. The research and discovery phase incorporated focus groups of students and a voluntary survey that was emailed to all KSU students in October. The survey closed on Nov. 5, and it aims to evaluate the effectiveness of KSU’s current brand and to ensure it is “built to grow alongside our university,” according to the Strategic Communications and Marketing website. “Kennesaw State has a strong brand today,” Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing Alice Wheelwright said. “The aim of this effort is to refresh the brand
to make it even stronger and more clearly articulated, memorable and differentiated.” KSU Marketing sent out an email to all students in October that said KSU “has embarked on a branding initiative to better communicate our distinctive brand story, let the region and beyond know with certainty who KSU is and to continue to attract students who will find success here.” Upon completing the short survey, students had the chance to win one of 150 Amazon gift cards, each worth $10. The Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing collaborated with the Office of Procurement to select Tailfin Marketing as the agency that KSU will partner with for this rebranding initiative. Tailfin Marketing teams up with
clients such as Chick-Fil-A, Georgia Power and Lyft in order to “help those brands find their stories and tell them far and wide,” according to their website. Wheelwright said that this rebranding process will refresh KSU’s Visual Identity Program, mission, vision and values among many other visual and verbal elements. Do we need to capitalize these? The individual elements to the rebranding phases have been laid out as deliverables on the Milestones timeline, according to the Strategic Communications and Marketing website. Wheelwright said that although President Whitten arrived at KSU after the rebranding initiative was already underway, she has embraced the project fully and is actively involved as they move through the project phases.
A recent survey sent to students aims to test the effectiveness of the university’s brand.
Kevin Barrett | The Sentinel
KSU department adds world-class computing course
Research aims to assist pregnant women with drug addiction
Peyton Elliott | Staff Writer
A Kennesaw State professor plans to conduct a one-year long research study aimed at combating opioid addiction in pregnant women across rural North Georgia. Assistant Professor of Sociology Evelina Sterling said that pregnant women, in particular, will be examined during the study because they are often overlooked and stigmatized. “People don’t like talking about drug use and pregnancy, so often women are afraid to talk to their doctor because they are afraid of being reported and going to jail or being stigmatized,” Sterling said. “So they often do not seek prenatal care which then increases the risk for both mother and newborn.” The risk of overdose continues to heighten with 918 opioid-related overdose deathsin Georgia alone in 2016, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The opioid crisis was even declared a nationwide public health emergency last year by President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. With pregnant women, there also becomes the risk for neonatal abstinence syndrome, where the baby becomes addicted to the opioid in the womb and then
Kennesaw State’s Department of Computer Science plans to offer students a new course called Parallel Computers and High-Performance Computing in the upcoming spring semester. According to the course syllabus, the course is designed to teach students how to write parallel programs to solve issues in science and engineering, design parallel algorithms to address these same issues and use both CPU supercomputers and GPU clusters. The course is intended to be of use to students from different departments and backgrounds. However, the course will assume students have reasonable programming skills in a conventional language and mathematical skills to understand both the problems and algorithmic solutions presented, according to the syllabus. There are 28 lecture topics covered in the course including roofline and performance modeling, supercomputers and super intelligence and quantum computing, to name a few. The course originates from the University of California Berkley and is made available through the Ohio
Supercomputer Center. Interim CS Department Chair Dan Lo said that the course is also offered at over 10 other universities in the U.S. Both graduate and undergraduate courses will be offered to students. Lo said that the class will be crosslisted with the Advanced Topics in Computer Science course to allow seniors an opportunity to take the class. According to the syllabus, the meeting time for the course will be on Monday and Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Dick Gayler, a professor of computer science and information systems, will be the instructor for the new course and any prerequisites are entirely dependent upon the consent of Gayler. “I am looking forward to helping some KSU students learn HPC concepts and skills from world-class instructors using world-class tools,” Gayler said. According to the department’s webpage, the program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. The department emphasizes providing “applied computing education with a good solid foundation in basic computing principles.”
Megan Butler | Staff Writer experiences withdrawal symptoms and possibly other complications after birth, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center. “We’re trying to figure out why these women are not getting the treatment, the resources and the support they need,” Sterling said. She describes the research as “multifaceted” as there are many different influencing factors to be analyzed. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this type of collaborative approach is urgently needed in order to fight this epidemic. “We are going to be collecting data from the women themselves as well as the professionals that work in these areas including criminal justice, social services and the medical community,” Sterling said. “Then from that, we can figure out what the best intervention options are and then apply for a larger grant around that.” A Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration grant awarded to KSU from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focuses on rural North Georgia specifically as it is an area of increased risk. Sterling said that communities in these areas have
less access to treatment programs and facilities. “No corner of our country has gone untouched by the opioid crisis, but the impact of this issue on small towns and rural places has been particularly significant,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. Sixty percent of the 55 Georgia counties with drug overdose rates higher than the national average in 2014 are located in rural areas with limited access to substance use disorder treatment and/or medication-assisted treatment, according to Georgia’s Substance Abuse Research Alliance. The findings of the research study will also be used to help decrease the spread of HIV, which often is attributed to injection drug use, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Sterling has previously conducted research with a focus on mental health and women’s health, and she sees the new study as an opportunity to expand on her research. “We are trying to take a more holistic family approach,” Sterling said. “Mothers don’t want their children taken away from them and it’s bad for the children to be taken away from their mothers as well.”
Kennesaw State’s yearbook collection was recently made digitally available through KSU Archives’ Scholarly Online Access Repository. Digital Archivist Alissa Helms said that KSU Archives wanted to make the yearbook collection available for all students, faculty and staff to access online through SOAR. SOAR is a resource provided through KSU’s library system that “offers on-demand access to digital materials, both born-digital and analog-to-digital conversions, from the collections of the Archives,” according to KSU’s website. The KSU community can also use SOAR’s online channel to transfer digital files directly into the archives. The collection includes approximately 30 yearbooks, the oldest being from 1967 — one year after KSU, then-called Kennesaw Junior College, opened its doors to students, according to an archived webpage on KSU’s website from 2011. The yearbooks range all the way up to 1995, showing the KSU’s progression from a junior college to a university. “We decided to put them online because it’s a fan favorite,” Helms said. “A lot of people want to go back and look at their yearbooks, and maybe they don’t have them anymore.” The online accessibility also benefits other departments at KSU that occasionally request images or other historical information from KSU Archives. “We may not necessarily have that in other collections, but it’s recorded in yearbooks, so it’s a good source of information to have out there online for people to look up,” Helms explained. The collection documents KSU’s transition from a college to a four-year university. Helms said that the yearbook montage reflects the increase of sports teams, the formation of Greek life and the continuous development of student organizations.
“We decided to put them online because it’s a fan favorite. A lot of people want to go back and look at their yearbooks.” Helms said that the Archives uploaded a few images from past yearbooks on social media and saw a positive response from the Kennesaw community online. When Kennesaw Junior College opened in 1966, Horace W. Sturgis, the namesake of the Kennesaw campus library, became the college’s first president. He led the college to success and to its transition into a four-year institution in 1976, according to KSU’s website. Sturgis awarded the first bachelor’s degrees at Kennesaw College during his last commencement ceremony as president in 1980. Betty L. Siegel, the namesake of the student recreation center on the Kennesaw campus, later took over as the first female president of Kennesaw College in 1981, according to the archived webpage from 2011. The college finally gained university status in 1996, earning the name Kennesaw State University. For more information on KSU’s history, visit KSU’s archives through the university’s library system.
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Staff members who have been working as employees at KSU for several years also brought up concerns about new staff members being hired and brought into their departments. Jones said that recent changes to the university mean that jobs being posted may have a new title, class code or salary, meaning that new employees with the same job as employees who have worked at KSU for longer could make a higher salary. Several members also brought up concerns that staff members have not been allowed to continue to teach as a second job at the university. “Students are losing since specific
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Continued from pg. 1 classes aren’t offered when we don’t have anyone to teach the class,” Jones said. McDonnell said that an increased salary may be implemented in some job descriptions because “we want top talent here to really continue to happen. There are people that are more than willing to come for a pay cut, so it is not always the case, but it is a possibility.” University officials are still working on many of the proposed projects related to the CAR, meaning that many of the decisions and projects have not yet been finalized. Information and all communications about the CAR can be found on KSU’s website.
Two killed in Florida yoga studio shooting Sasha Avchukov | Staff Writer
What Happened? A Florida man opened fire on Friday, Nov. 2, at a Tallahassee yoga studio, killing two and injuring several others. The gunman, 40-year-old Scott Paul Beierle, walked into a yoga class at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Hot Yoga, a studio at a northern Tallahassee shopping center. He shot six people before shooting himself, according to the
Tallahassee Democrat. The 911 call came in at 5:37 p.m. When police arrived within three minutes of the call, the gunman was dead, Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told the Tallahassee Democrat. Beierle has also had a history of arrests for groping women, according to the Washington Post.
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According to the email, Disbrow ensured that CSH students will not be encouraged during advising to change majors. Hardigree said that if a student in the CSH program changes their major, they will no longer be able to enroll in CSH courses. Before the deactivation was announced in October, the CSH program was undergoing a curriculum review conducted by the university and the University System of Georgia. Noble originally announced the review during a faculty senate meeting in March and said it was being conducted to decide if changes that were made to the curriculum warrant a substantive change approval by the USG. “The CSH department submitted a new program curriculum, Sustainable Food and Event Management, for review in the Kennesaw State University curriculum process,” Disbrow wrote to students. “After reviewing the program, it was determined that the new curriculum does not address concerns regarding proper content focus and fit with the standards and academic nature of other KSU degree programs.” Hardigree sent an email to CSH students after Noble’s announcement with a spreadsheet comparing the changes that were made to the program’s curriculum during the review. Changes made to the curriculum were based on recommendations from the university. Courses that were changed or added to the curriculum were based on the structure of courses within programs at other institutions, including Georgia State University. When asked more specifically about why the curriculum was not approved, University Spokeswoman Tammy DeMel sent a copy of an email from Disbrow to the Sentinel that simply stated that the “changes to the curriculum were deemed insufficient.” A source close to the matter said that CSH faculty were not informed that the continuation of
the program was dependant on the university’s review of the program curriculum. The Board of Regents’ Degree and/or Major Deactivation Form was signed by Noble and was officially submitted on Oct. 31. The deactivation announcement came as a surprise for many CSH faculty and students after the program avoided deactivation earlier this year. Noble announced during a faculty senate meeting in March 2018 that the university did not put together any official documentation to start the deactivation process for the CSH program — approximately four months after the original announcement that the program would be terminated. Jonathan Brown, a senior lecturer within the CSH program, said in March that the university did not communicate any information about the status of the program to faculty after making the deactivation announcement in 2017. Later in April, Noble sent an email to students, faculty and staff announcing that the CSH program would continue. With the continuation of the program, the university removed the “hold” on allowing new students into the major, meaning that current KSU students have been able to declare the CSH major, and prospective students saw it as an available degree option when applying. CSH faculty members have questioned why the university would allow the program to take in new majors if the program’s existence at KSU was dependant on the review of the program’s curriculum. “I want to assure you that the faculty and staff are committed to providing exceptional educational experiences in the CSH program, and that commitment will not wane in light of the circumstances,” Hardigree said in an email to students. “I don’t care if there are 3 students in a class - we’re doing [sic] to provide an exceptional educational experience.”
Multiple witnesses at stores and restaurants nearby reported hearing unusual noises coming from Hot Yoga before seeing people running out of the studio. Megan Nixon was eating in the restaurant below Hot Yoga when she heard the commotion, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. “The gun shot six or seven times,” Nixon said. “I saw five different ambulances picking people up. It’s scary it’s so close to home.” Police started investigating the motive of the shooter Friday evening, the Washington Post reported. The Tallahassee Democrat reported on Monday that police are
now searching through electronic records about Beierle to determine why he chose to attack at the yoga studio. Police have determined that Beierle has no ties to the studio or anyone attending the yoga class. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo announced after a vigil held for the victims on Sunday at Florida State University that information that police have gathered from Beierle’s house, computer, academic and military histories, cell phone and other electronics are being cataloged, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. These catalogs could point to a motive for the shooting, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
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Proper education of rendering first aid, such as knowing how to administer CPR, will help reduce occurrences of the bystander effect.
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EMERGENCY EDUCATION CAN HALT BYSTANDER EFFECTS Anderson John | Staff Writer From time to time, everyday people find themselves thrust into situations where they have to render emergency aid, regardless of their skill level or competency. By no means should students be passive bystanders, but rather they should educate themselves in basic first aid and take action when appropriate. When lives are on the line in an emergency situation, the worst thing someone could do is nothing at all. Even without knowing exactly what to do, recognizing that something is wrong prompts bystanders to call 911 or someone who is qualified to render aid. Doing something, even as simple as calling 911 at the right time, can mean the difference between life and death. The thought that weighs heavily on many people’s minds and probably deters people from intervening is that of legal ramifications that an individual may face as a result of making a mistake while rendering aid. According to Georgia’s Good Samaritan law, anyone “who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or emergency to the victims thereof without making any charge therefor shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering emergency care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the injured person.”
This law protects people acting within a reasonable scope of their training and education. The law continues on to clarify that “emergency care” includes the rescue or attempted rescue of people in danger or incapacitated in a locked vehicle. The decision to act or intervene should not be based on legality, but rather ethics and morality. The question should not be “What can I do” but rather “What should I do” The golden rule, as juvenile as it may seem, absolutely applies here — “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If you hope and expect that someone renders aid in your time of need, it is only fitting that you be willing to do the same for them. Like any endeavor we undertake in life, education is tantamount. Students can expand their knowledge by reading articles on first aid and emergency response from reputable sources such as the Journal of Emergency Medical Sciences. Additionally, Bleeding Control and CPR/AED are both free courses — among many others available to students, staff and faculty — offered through KSU’s Office of Emergency Management. These courses teach participants how to respond to medical crises and what actions to take before emergency personnel arrives. By understanding the basics of first aid and personal skill sets, students can prepare themselves for an emergency.
E-cigarettes have become widely popular in recent years, also calling into question their long-term health effects.
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JUULs as hazardous as cigarettes Sharonjeet Kaur | Staff Writer Many students have walked through clouds of e-cigarette smoke before or have possibly even taken a few puffs themselves as vaping and other alternatives to cigarettes have increased in popularity. However, these new devices pose a major health risk similar to other forms of smoking. JUUL, a brand of e-cigarettes, has recently become widely popular among young adults. They have dominated the U.S. e-cigarette market since 2014 and their sales have grown over seven-fold from 2016 to 2017. According to the CDC, the U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that e-cigarette use among youth and young adults is a public health concern and that e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless. This battery-powered device heats a nicotine-containing liquid to produce an aerosol that is inhaled. According to the CDC, a single JUUL pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes. As JUULS’s popularity grows, so does the e-cigarette’s social media presence. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators General Assembly’s “The Young and The Vapeless” conference session, led by peer health educators from University of North Carolina Wilmington, explained that social media only shows the “vocal minority [that uses e-cigarettes]” and not the “silent majority [that does not use e-cigarettes].” When seeing these social media posts that promote smoking and vape-culture, we should recognize that these posts are not the norm, and instead promote healthier lifestyles overall. Based on the National Collegiate Health Assessment administered at KSU every two years by the American Collegiate Health Association, there is a significant
gap between perceived and actual use of e-cigarettes at KSU. When students were asked how many KSU students they perceived never used e-cigarettes, they responded 11 percent. However, 81 percent of students reported never using e-cigarettes. According to the peer health educators, the disposal of the e-cigarette cartridges and batteries into the environment can lead to pollution, and the chemicals and aerosol of JUULs go directly into the air, which is also pollution. Thus, not only are they hazardous for our immediate physical health, but they are also an environmental health concern. The peer health educators from UNCW also explained that long-term use of nicotine can lead to “heart disease, COPD, cervical cancer, and lung cancer” as it can negatively affect the “brain, heart, lungs, and stomach.” Their opinion was that all universities should proactively work towards having a smoke-free campus, and explained that individual universities cannot adopt smoke-free campus policies until the entire state university system has a smoke-free campus policy. Fortunately, in March 2014, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia adopted a tobacco and smoke-free campus policy to make USG completely tobacco and smoke-free effective Oct. 1, 2014. JUULs and other e-cigarettes are extremely harmful to one’s health as the nicotine poses detrimental long-term health risks and they create pollution in our environment. We will need to further enforce our smoke-free campus policies to ensure that we are building an environment that supports a healthy community. Because they threaten student wellbeing, students should avoid JUULs and other forms of e-cigarettes.
Reality of climate change is far worse than perceived Robert Thomas | Staff Writer With increasing talk of the importance of taking action to prevent climate change, environmental activism has made a resurgence. Even with this lastditch effort to save the environment, the reality is that it is already too late, and at best we can attempt to alleviate the worst of it. Climate change is best made analogous to a speeding car that has no brakes and is gradually accelerating toward a brick wall
in the distance. Even if the world somehow managed to cease 100 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, because this planet-sized car has no brakes, it will still take a significant amount of time for the greenhouse gasses that we have already released to be naturally scrubbed from the atmosphere, or for the car to decelerate. According to a recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the planet has 12 years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Surpassing this number by even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of catastrophic events, such as drought, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, food and water shortages, mass migrations and poverty for people worldwide.
The world is currently 1 degree Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. However, headlines on this report such as “We have 12 years left to act on climate change, UN warns” from the Atlanta JournalConstitution, can be extremely misleading and give the implication that things may not be as grim as they actually are. Despite many claiming that the media hypes up the danger of climate change, it actually significantly undersells the reality of climate change. The U.N. report states that carbon pollution would have to be cut by 45 percent by 2030 to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius and come down to zero by 2050. This would require an unprecedented level of change to achieve, which seems very unlikely given the
current global outlook. According to a Yale University article, in Sept. 2016, the planet’s atmosphere broke a startling record of 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide year around. The significance of this number is that it has long served as a clear red line into a danger zone of climate change by climate scientists. The last time that there was this much carbon in the air, over 2 million years ago, the sea levels were 80 feet higher than they are now. This is important considering the fact that about 40 percent of people in the world live within 100 kilometers of the coast, and that humans can’t breathe underwater. Despite such a grim outlook, the public is largely uninformed on the reality of the
situation. Matt Bershadsky, a sophomore psychology major, said that he believes it is possibly worse than most people believe. “Even myself, I don’t think about climate change ever,” Bershadsky said. “Because it doesn’t seem as bad to me since I just don’t have the knowledge ... that would be necessary to make a decision on it.” With conflicting reports and studies, it can be difficult to understand the direction in which our planet is heading. While the planet may be in an irreversible path to a deteriorating environment, the best we can do now is make small efforts to slow it down.
SAT, ACT admission essays demonstrate writing abilities Elizabeth Nouryeh | Opinion Editor
Since this past summer, fewer than 25 schools including Harvard and Yale, have made the decision to not require the essay portions of the SAT and ACT for applying students. However, the essay portion of the SAT and ACT should be required, as they give the admissions office an idea of the applying student’s writing abilities. While the SAT and ACT have become controversial to some, with different learning styles in mind, the tests remain a mandatory part of college admissions. The
College Board added the essays in 2005 as a way to judge student’s writing and communication capabilities. Not only does requiring the essay section provide universities with an idea of writing abilities, but it also helps the students who are not great test takers. Standardized tests do not accurately capture a student’s intellectual abilities. Many students encounter test anxiety, lack of confidence or outside factors that affect their grade. “The essay portion gives the students who have a hard time with normal, multiple choice standardized tests to show their understanding,” senior integrative studies major Lyndi McCloud said. “It gives the students who strengths aren’t in test taking a chance.” Standardized tests also pressure teachers to teach the answers to the test, rather than
ensure students fully grasp the information. According to the Whitby School, “educators may also stop trying new techniques and teaching methods in the classroom.” When teachers have to juggle teaching to a curriculum, their students’ learning styles and an international exam, they often become overwhelmed and just want their students to pass the exam. This could result in skimming over the surface of the material, hindering both teachers and students. According to the Washington Post, Duke University’s Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag said he relies on essays from prospective students. “It’s a singular opportunity for students to take some time and present themselves to us,” he told the Post. “There’s real value in that.” As of 2016, both the SAT and ACT essays are optional and timed. Because the essay is
timed and students do not know the essay topic beforehand, the test also examines the student’s ability to communicate on the spot. Writing and communication, both spontaneous and planned, are vital to student success during and after college. Regardless of a student’s career goal, correct grammar, spelling and syntax are essential to being successful, whatever their definition may be. “Essay questions are so essential in understanding a prospective student’s literacy and ability to communicate,” senior public relations major Catie Murphy said. “Writing is such an imperative part of the professional and educational environment. If SAT/ACT exams are designed to calculate the student’s ability or rank to be in a specific university, then writing is the opportunity for personalization
and showcasing.” The College Board stands by its decision to continue to include their essays, even if universities stop accepting scores. “We believe that the SAT Essay provides a strong complement to the multiple-choice section by asking students to demonstrate reading, analysis, writing and critical thinking skills in the context of analyzing a provided source text,” the College Board said in a statement. With so many different learning styles and abilities, standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT should adhere to as many learning styles as possible. By dropping the essay section, colleges will not have a way to judge a student’s communication skills. Students deserve the chance to demonstrate their writing abilities as they will in college.
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ACROSS 1. Newton or Stern 6. Hot springs resort 9. Gene Simmons’ band 13. Cuban dance 14. Anticipated outcome 15. Type of rug 16. Shiny suit 17. Red area between Saudi Arabia and Egypt? 18. Telephone company 19. *Which Thursday is Thanksgiving? 21. *Gathering 23. To boot 24. India location 25. Deli order 28. Walked on 30. Authoritative declaration 35. Milano moolah 37. Swear, not curse 39. Kappa Alpha ____ 40. Battery fluid 41. Long-necked wading bird Located in the center of the Clendenin Building, the Oasis is maintained by Dr. Joel McNeal. Kevin Barrett | The Sentinel 43. Biz bigwig 44. Chirp 46. Gauche or Droite, in Paris 47. On one’s guard 48. Take for ransom 50. Gingrich of politics 52. Female sib 53. Hoodlum 55. Comic cry 57. *Early Thanksgiving celebrant 61. *It’s on the final Thanksgiving Lauren Hohn | Staff Writer Parade float 64. Convex molding As the days grow shorter and colder, this plant’s uniqueness, it gives us The Oasis, left largely in the 65. High or low Kennesaw State students passing some insight into the ancestor of all hands of attentive faculty members 67. “Roots” author behind the College of Math and flowers and how flowers evolved in such as McNeal, has a pond that 69. *Post-Thanksgiving song Science may long for a place on the first place.” hosts several species native to the 70. Yoga accessory campus that is not bitterly cold. Another uncommon plant in Southeast. Members of the faculty 71. Accustom The Joyce and Ira Pegues the greenhouse is the Welwitschia have added different species of fish, 72. “The Man Who ____ Too Memorial Greenhouse is a warm and mirabilis, which grows two including tiny mosquitofish and Much” bright conservatory shielded from spiraling leaves over its lifetime. As large sunfish. 73. Possessive of it the chilly temperatures and stormy the plant is native to the Namib The faculty have worked to keep 74. Opposite of digest weather. Located behind the science Desert of Namibia in South Africa, the fauna in the Oasis as close to a
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building on the Kennesaw campus, the greenhouse is home to orchids, mosses and several rare species of plants from across the world. Dr. Joel McNeal, an assistant professor of biology at KSU, takes care of the greenhouse and spoke about some of the plants it houses. McNeal said that one such rare species is the Amborella trichopoda. This species is more commonly known as the Amborella, a shrub from New Caledonia, a small island off the coast of Australia. “Every other flowering plant, from grasses to oak trees to magnolia trees to little tiny, floating pond plants — every single other flowering plant in the world is more closely related to each other than [they are] to this one,” McNeal said of the Amborella. “Because of
it is difficult to keep alive in a greenhouse environment, but the Joyce and Ira Pegues Memorial Greenhouse is home to three of them. The plants in the greenhouse come from McNeal’s own collection, along with plants from the Atlanta Botanical gardens, the Chattahoochee Nature Center and the University of Georgia. Some KSU professors grow plants in the greenhouse for classes such as Plant Ecology and Biological Principles II. Usually, the plants die after setting seeds, meaning that plants from the greenhouse are unable to be sold for profit. However, some plants make their way to the Oasis, a courtyard nestled between the Science Building and Science Laboratory Buildings.
bog’s natural conditions as possible, meaning no pet turtles or fish are allowed near the area. While there has been word of setting up a walkway over the years, McNeal said any plans for official landscaping of the courtyard are uncertain. “Eventually, I’d like to landscape that whole area out there with native plants and be able to use that for teaching,” McNeal said. For now, the Oasis remains like the plants in the greenhouse, a hidden beauty on campus that requires the right conditions and appreciation to thrive. For more information about the greenhouse and Oasis pond, contact McNeal at jmcneal7@kennesaw.edu or visit csm.kennesaw.edu/research/ greenhouse.php.
CARE services hosts 11th annual Homeless Awareness Week Sarah Childers | Staff Writer The number of students identified as homeless in the United States has increased by nearly 100 percent since 2006-07, and as of last year, Georgia had 37,791 homeless students in public schools, according to a state progress report from Americaspromise.org. Homelessness Awareness Week at Kennesaw State aims to increase awareness around the community and reduce these statistics. Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual series of events at KSU that educates students on the realities of homelessness with the hope of imparting a desire to create change. “Homelessness isn’t just something you see on TV, it’s something that’s down the street or in your community,” Founding Director of the Campus Awareness, Resource and Empowerment Services Marcy Stidum said. The week features a variety of events so that every KSU student has a chance to participate. One new event, in partnership with the Center for Children and Young Adults, is the Pancakes and Pajamas event. For this event, students are encouraged to donate $1 to wear pajamas all day and enjoy pancakes on the campus green from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stidum said that one of her beliefs as a social worker is to “meet people
where they are.” It’s this belief that inspired an older event, the Smash Brothers Tournament. The tournament is being hosted by KSU eSports and Student Affairs, with all proceeds benefiting CARE Services. It will take place on Nov. 7 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Joe Mack Wilson Student Center Ballroom on the Marietta campus. “For gamers, it’s a way for them to do what they normally do with a purpose,” Stidum said. “I don’t think giving should be uncomfortable or hard, it should be something that’s just natural. If it’s natural to be a gamer, let’s smash out homelessness and have a tournament.” The final event of the week is HAW’s Sleep Out Challenge, which challenges students to sleep out one night in honor of those who sleep out every night. The event takes place at the Marietta campus on Friday, Nov. 9, giving students three options for where they could sleep. This year, students have the choice of sleeping in a Red Cross shelter simulation, in their car or outside in a tent. “What I like about the Red Cross simulation is it shows people that you can go homeless because of nature and you had nothing to do with it,” Stidum said. Stidum said that she wants every event to be successful and fun, but her favorite part of the week is that
they find the students who need them. One year, a homeless student used the event as a way of finding food and shelter, according to Stidum. “That’s the best thing about HAW,” Stidum said. “It usually brings out about 10 to 15 students who are struggling, and then they start coming to see us for case management services and we can start to help them.” One of the ways Stidum recommends helping homeless students is by volunteering with CARE, which has one to two volunteer opportunities each week. Currently, CARE is working to create a walk-in style pantry for students on the Marietta campus. “Real change takes time — it could take years,” Stidum said. “But to start change, it doesn’t have to be this huge thing. It could be volunteering with CARE or picking a charity to donate to. It’s small efforts that add up to huge things.” Students struggling with homelessness or food insecurity can visit the CARE offices in room 130 of Willingham Hall on the Kennesaw campus, suite 170 in Student Center Building A on the Marietta campus or make an appointment online. To learn more about HAW, students can visit CARE’s website at care. kennesaw.edu.
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Alexis Poole lines up her free throw shot during the game against Thomas University.
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POOLE, HOOKER SHINE AS BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN EXHIBITION GAMES
Teddy Teshome | Staff Writer
Basketball season has arrived as the Kennesaw State men’s and women’s teams won their exhibition games on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Convocation Center. Sophomore Alexis Poole led the way with 24 points as the women’s team defeated Thomas University 80-61. The Ellenwood, Georgia, native shot 10-for-16 from the field and helped the Owls build their lead from the inside as they scored half of their points from the paint. Last year’s Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year Kamiyah Street contributed 17 points, six assists and five rebounds. After trailing by one point at halftime, the Owls went on a 33-8 run to establish a lead that would last. They also forced 32 turnovers from the Nighthawks. “I thought the starters came out and were really prepared to play,” head coach Agnus Berenato said.
“Anytime you start two freshmen, two sophomores and a junior, they’re going to be anxious.” Later that night, the men’s team triumphed 81-78 over Clayton State. Redshirt junior Tyler Hooker went off for 36 points while shooting 55 percent from the field, including a game-winning threepoint shot Early in the game, the Owls built their lead to as high as 12 points, thanks to freshman CJ Washington who led the team in shot efficiency and assists. He showed aggression offensively and drew fouls several times to help the team score. The Lakers came back to pull within one point before eventually retaking the lead before a layup from senior Kosta Jankovic and a jump shot from Hooker sent the Owls into the locker room up 32-29 at halftime.
To start the second half, a threepoint shot from Hooker and a layup from junior transfer Bobby Parker gave KSU an early lead at 46-42. The two teams proceeded to trade the lead until the Lakers gained their largest lead of the half at 66-61. Poor defense from the Owls during the middle of the second half allowed Clayton State to stay in front before KSU head coach Al Skinner called a timeout. Out of the timeout, Jankovic came up with consecutive layups while Washington pulled KSU within one point. With less than a minute to play, the Lakers went to the free throw line, missing the first free throw before making the second. With 21 seconds on the clock, the Owls took a timeout before Skinner drew up a play in which Washington found Hooker after a pick was set by Isaac Mbuyamba.
The Owls wore their inaugural uniforms during their victory on Senior Day as they beat Campbell 49-0.
Hooker nailed a three-pointer and put KSU ahead, 79-78. Clayton State attempted to pull off a last-second shot of their own, but the Owls defense held them down by forcing a turnover. Mbuyamba took the ball and launched it to Hooker, who sealed the game with a dunk. “This is a learning tool for us. We are going to take a lot out of this game,” said assistant coach Carlton Owens. “Down the stretch, the last two minutes, we kept our composure, we didn’t panic, kept running our offense and that helped us prepare to get the win, but it was nerve-wracking.” The Owls officially begin the 2018-19 season next Wednesday, Nov. 7, as the women’s team faces Middle Georgia State at 5:30 p.m. before the men host Oglethorpe for their season opener at 7:30 p.m.
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KSU honors “OG’s” on Senior Day shutout Tyhi Conley | Staff Writer In celebration of Senior Day, which included 22 seniors and 17 “OG’s” who were part of the first recruiting class, the Kennesaw State football team defeated the Campbell Camels 49-0 on Saturday, Nov. 3, wearing their inaugural uniforms with the seniors’ names inscribed on the back. Fittingly, it was the OG’s who orchestrated the route that extended KSU’s home winning streak to 14 games and solidified their ninth straight conference victory. “I don’t think you could find a way to send our group of seniors out from the regular season out at Fifth-Third Bank in a better way,” Owls head coach Brian Bohannon said. “Offensively, they only ran 37 plays. I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of a game where there were only 37 plays run in a shutout.” The Owls offense went scoreless in the first quarter while trying to adjust to the unfamiliar defensive
front from Campbell. Once adjusted, KSU scored on three consecutive possessions in the second quarter. Entering the game, quarterback Chandler Burks needed three rushing touchdowns to become the all-time leader in Big South Conference history. He would capture that record in the first half, finishing the game with four rushing touchdowns to bring his career total to 50. Among his touchdowns was a 50-yard run where Burks made defenders twist and tumble while on his way to the end zone, putting the Owls up 14-0. “I just want to say I’m casting my bid to Chandler for Heisman,” wide receiver Justin Sumpter said. Senior running back Darnell Holland continued his string of big play games with an 84-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half. He has been an important factor for the Owls
this season, contributing with touchdowns and long rushes. “They hit a little sky kick and Darnell picks it up, you figure we’d get a couple yards,” Bohannon said. “Then, Lord knows, there goes crazy legs doing his thing again, which he’s done a lot here.” Another “OG” contributing to the game was Sumpter, who has been a reliable wide receiver for the Owls over the years. Sumpter got his final home touchdown in the third quarter. With no doubt in the stadium as to where he was throwing, Burks gently placed a pass into Sumpter’s hands to lift the Owls up 35-0. “I really wasn’t expecting it,” Sumpter said. “We’ve been practicing all week. Chandler really just put it in my arms, I didn’t have to do much. That’s how great he is.” Although Turnover Plank didn’t make an appearance, the shutout reflects that defensive chemistry has vastly improved this season.
Bohannon said linebacker Charlie Patrick’s high-flying energy has been a pleasant surprise. Patrick’s passion on the field has made its way to the box score as his five tackles tied with Dorian Walker for the team high. Backup quarterback Daniel David came into the game during the fourth quarter, throwing the final touchdown of the game to TJ Reed. “Our kids know what’s going on,” Bohannon said. “We’ve had goals set for this program since the day we started. Enjoy it tonight, but we need everybody to have the best preparation week we’ve had all year.” The Owls continue their season Saturday, Nov. 10, at Monmouth as they look to clinch a second consecutive Big South Conference title.
The volleyball team discusses tactics against FGCU.
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Owls sweep Flames on Friday, fall to Eagles on Senior Day Kate Norum | Contributor Kennesaw State’s volleyball team played two home games over the weekend, sweeping Liberty 3-0 on Friday, Nov. 2, before falling to Florida Gulf Coast 3-1 on Sunday. KSU bounced back from a loss against Stetson the previous week to beat Liberty in straight sets. Sydni Shelton led the way with 12 kills as the Owls survived three tight sets to win their 12th conference victory. The Flames almost won the first set before two errors changed the momentum to KSU’s favor as they won the set 26-24. The Owls maintained leads in the following two sets to eventually win the match. On Sunday, the Owls fell to the Eagles in four sets, a month after beating them in Florida. In the first set alone, the dominance shifted between both teams as they went back and forth trying to take the lead. Down by six points, the Owls staged a comeback led by Lauren Chastang, winning the set 25-23. KSU took an early lead in the second set with a kill from Shelton and an ace from Maddie Jones. FGCU then responded with seven straight points, maintaining the lead to win the set 25-22. The Owls came close to winning the third set but were unable to finish as Lexi Broadwater had three kills and Dani Ballou had an ace. FGCU rode on KSU’s errors to lead themselves to win the set, 28-26. In the last set, the Owls had multiple ties and kept the score close but ultimately could not regain
momentum, falling 25-22. “[FGCU] played great tonight,” head coach Keith Schunzel said. “Frankly the last few weeks since we played them down there, they’ve been the hottest team in the league. They are big on the block, they served and passed it great today.” During all four sets, the Owls and Eagles reclaimed leads on multiple occasions, but KSU kept coming up short after the first set. Chastang ended the night with 16 kills and 10 digs, making it her 13th double-double on the season. Other notable playmakers included Quin Sutphin with 13 kills, Karlee Groover finishing the day off with 26 digs and Broadwater completing the match with more than 50 assists along with her ace. Though Senior Day ended in defeat for the Owls, head coach Schunzel expressed his pride in the four graduating seniors. “What these four have done for our program, I don’t think a lot of people realize, is they are the winningest class we’ve ever had,” Schunzel said. “They are incredible young women, who care about their teammates, about people, and they love being at Kennesaw State competing for this team.” The current Atlantic Sun Conference standings after Sunday’s match have the Eagles ranked first with a 13-1 conference record while KSU is right behind at 12-2. The Owls will finish their homestand against Lipscomb on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
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