VOL. 50 ISSUE 26 | SINCE 1967
JULY 18, 2017
THE SENTINEL KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY | THE SENTINEL
OLENS DISCUSSES UNIVERSITY’S RECOVERY FROM
FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference.
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ALUMNUS NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF TO VP PENCE Keith Stillman Staff Writer
SNEAK PEEK
Vice President Mike Pence named KSU alumnus Nick Ayers his new chief of staff on June 29, according to the White House. Nick Ayers, who graduated from KSU in 2009, was chosen as the replacement for Josh Pitcock, Pence’s former chief of staff. Pitcock resigned after 12 years of service to Pence. Ayers previously worked as Pence’s chief political strategist during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Ayers will formally begin serving in the new position on August 1. He will oversee the vice president’s staff, manage his schedule and work to resolve problems and disputes before they make it to the vice president. The chief of staff also functions as advisor, aiding the vice president with important decisions. Ayers, a Cobb County resident and a graduate of South Cobb High School, began his
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political career campaigning for former Gov. Sonny Purdue upon graduating high school in 2002. Over next seven years, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science while serving as executive director of the Republican Governor’s Association. He was voted among “Time Magazine’s 40 Under 40” most influential people in politics in 2012. Chief of Staff continued on pg. 3
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In June 2016, the University System of Georgia released a series of audits that detailed financial misconduct at Kennesaw State University. The audits include allegations that span everything from dining services’ $5 million debt to the KSU Foundation funding car payments for the former president every three years. One year later, President Sam Olens sat down with The Sentinel to address the university’s progress and
financial standing. Dining Deficit The biggest hurdle is dining services’ $5 million deficit. Many of the eateries on the Kennesaw campus have been consistently losing money each year, sometimes totaling as much as $200,000. This year, Olens said, the university is set to break even. Audit Update continued on pg. 3
HOUSING CONSIDERS MORE ON-CAMPUS OPTIONS Lauren Leathers Staff Writer University Housing and Residence Life officials are discussing the prospect of building additional oncampus housing for firstyear students as enrollment continues to grow. Freshman enrollment has increased by 73 percent in the
last five years, according to data from the KSU Fact Book, and the drastic increase has led to the demand for additional oncampus housing.
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