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BEST PLACE TO STUDY
STURGIS LIBRARY 2ND SOCIAL SCIENCES 3RD THE GREEN Sierra Hubbard News Editor Walking into the new entrance to the Sturgis Library, it becomes immediately clear why it was voted the best place to study. The ground floor is filled with rows upon rows of computers, free for students to use. While this area was previously cramped and the seats often felt too close together, the renovations brought uniformity, giving each student
Students can use the many computers now available on the ground floor of the library.
a comfortable rolling chair and a spacious working area with an adjustable monitor. This floor also features a lounge area with a television and vending machines, breaking the mold of the typical "no food or drink" library policy. In one corner, there is a selfservice print and copy station with all of your last-minute needs, including the staplers, hole-punchers, and paper
clips to bind your essay or your project before you rush to class. As you ascend to the second floor, the atmosphere transitions from a computer lab to a study hall. The openair setup and abstract design give the room a modern touch, contrary to the old Sturgis Library. Several different seating styles line the room, giving students options on how
they want to study. A row of restaurant-like booths and tables give one or two people plenty of room to spread out their paperwork. Alcoves on one side let groups of students use the dry-erase boards to discuss plans for the class project. In the center, circular seating areas with tall backs give the people inside a little more privacy. For those who need to shut the door and
The Sturgis Library received new renovations that enable students to study, collaborate and work together or individually.
brainstorm out loud, use the "Collaborative Technology Rooms" with whiteboards and enough space for four people to work. The renovations to the library were debated, but the results are undeniable. The purpose of the Sturgis Library has shifted from being just a home for books to serving the students as a modern study haven.
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ASK THE OWLS WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE CAMPUS HANGOUT? CARMICHAEL STUDENT CENTER “Because of the food, and there’s a lot of different options, and it’s convenient.” Elish Hogg, senior biochemistry major
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Mike Strong Editor-in-Chief From the University Village Suites, to Kennesaw Place, to University Village, on-campus housing at Kennesaw State University is some of the best you can find at a public university. And the Austin Residence Complex is a prime example of why KSU housing is considered to be so great. ARC is the most spacious housing complex available on campus. The living room
space is very welcoming with its full sized refrigerator and cooking appliances. It is one of the only on-campus units to include a washer and dryer. ARC units also come with a sizable covered balcony, many of which overlook the complex's amphitheater, which is often used for concerts and other events. This makes the complex feel alive and like an active community that you can either take part
ARC residents can look out over the ampitheater from their large balconies. in, or watch from a distance while studying on your private balcony. The bedrooms include full sized beds and a large desk with the most shelf space you can get anywhere on campus. The desk and shelf combo is great for making a bookshelf or even an entertainment center. There are two phases in ARC that differ slightly in both space and pricing. Though it is older,
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Of all three places I have lived on campus at KSU, I look back on my time in ARC the most fondly. Being able to walk to classes and then come home to a quieter community than the Village or KP was comforting. ARC is a great complex for students who have already spent a year at KSU meeting new people and establishing friends that they can choose to escape from when they need to.
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phase I is the better of the two. The units in phase I are more spacious than their newer counterparts. The phase I buildings are a bit more removed from some of the class buildings, but this makes them a quiet place to call home. Phase II trades spaciousness for more modern appliances and elevator access to upper floors. It also has the advantage of being quite close to the KSU rec center.
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BEST EATS BEST COMMONS STATION APRON STRINGS 2ND CAMPUS GREEN 3RD MISO CALIENTE
Toni-Ann Hall Staff Writer Apron Strings is one of the nine themed foods stations at the Commons and the student body’s favorite stop. Kennesaw State University students, faculty, staff and guests can indulge in this quick soul food fix and have fresh selections of southern and feature meals in no time. Apron Strings offers a variety of dishes that have become
commonplace to hear around campus such as “Fried Chicken Thursdays.” Bringing home-cooked meals to the campus, KSU Culinary Services provides the community with warm plates and generous smiles to look forward to during each visit, plate after plate. You can typically find a line of anticipatory and hungry students eagerly waiting to
Apron Strings is a popular station at The Commons.
scarf down a delicious meal shortly upon entering the Commons, but it’s well worth it! The daily menu includes breakfast item such as fruit, granola, yogurt, eggs, oatmeal, pancakes, sausage, hash browns and grits. The lunch and dinner menu may include fried and baked chicken, steak, king crab, lobster, macaroni and cheese, sautéed onions and mushrooms, steamed
vegetables, quinoa, spaghetti squash and a multitude of other options that are sure to delight any palate. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free dietary options are also available. It’s no surprise that college students love comfort. With sights around campus of students with ear buds in their ears, student organizations that cater to a range of beliefs
and pajama-wearers rushing to class, the winning selection of Apron Strings as the best place to eat on campus is perfectly fitting for a down-to-earth student body. Stop by Apron Strings and enjoy a hot meal where second and third plates are more than welcomed!
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BEST LATE NIGHT Toni-Ann Hall Staff Writer
BEST EATS
COOKOUT
2ND WAFFLE HOUSE 3RD STEAK-N-SHAKE Kaitlin Lewis Opinion Editor
Located behind the Starbucks on Chastain Road, Cookout is a favorite restaurant among KSU students. After the Commons closes at 9 p.m., hungry college students who are leaving their jobs, getting out of their classes and meeting up with their friends need to find a good, affordable restaurant satisfy their late night cravings. Cookout opens at 10 a.m. every day and stays open until 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.
on Fridays and Saturdays. It is a popular lunch, diner and late night stop for students at Kennesaw State University -and it's not too far from campus either. The restaurant is located just across the street from KSU on Chastain Road behind Starbucks and Del Taco. Cookout is located in a restaurant strip that is popular hangout for many
KSU students. Cookout serves a variety of fast food plates such as hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, chicken strips, onion rings, hush puppies and even quesadillas. For dessert, customers can choose from over 40 flavors of milkshakes, including some unique flavors like pineapple, Hi-C punch and banana pudding.
Cookout also serves chargrilled hamburgers, grilled chicken breasts and barbecue pork. Cookout is not a typical fast food restaurant. It would not have been so popular among college students if it did not offer so much food for such competitive prices. When you pull up to the drive-thru or walk up to the
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counter inside the restaurant, you can order a $5 combo that includes one entree and two sides. Adding a beverage or milkshake to the combo costs you an extra dollar. A entire meal for $6 is better for a KSU's student bank account than a $5 or $6 entree at any other restaurant.
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BEST AROUND TOWN
BEST KSU EVENT OWL-O-WEEN
2ND KSU DAY 3RD HOMECOMING WEEK In between trickor-treating through neighborhoods as a child and going to costume parties later in life, there are family fun events like Kennesaw State University’s Owl-OWeen that offer plenty of spooky activities for all ages to enjoy.
Held at the Fifth Third Bank Stadium, Atlanta’s only hot air balloon festival features live music and entertainment over the course of two days in October. Shows that include fire eaters and aerial dancers start every few minutes throughout the park. The atmosphere of these shows reminds the crowd of a vintage circus, with fortune tellers who read tarot cards and performers who specialize in
Hot air balloons light up the KSU Stadium during the 3rd annual Owl-O-Ween. Cory Hancock | The Sentinel
Sierra Hubbard News Editor dark tricks, like lifting weights from their tongue. The sidewalks of the festival are lined with vendors of all kinds. From local businesses to up-and-coming visual artists, there are booths selling wares of all kinds. Some tents offer fun activities, like a makeshift photo booth in which you can wear silly costumes and hats and get your picture back instantly. Food vendors provide passersby with plenty of options, including the event
classics like funnel cake and candied apples as well as restaurant-style entrees. To meet the needs of those who still want to party a little, there are a host of craft and domestic beers that are sold throughout the festival at different locations. For families, there is an area for children that caters more to the less scary side of Halloween. Owl-O-Ween is also known for its costume contest and, of course, the tethered hot air
balloon rides, which are much shorter than the lines that precede them. There’s no free candy, and it doesn’t have the flair of a closequarters party, but Owl-O-Ween is a place to have some lowkey fun, see some really zany performers, and enjoy some funnel cake and craft beer while in a Batman costume.
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5K Race & 1.5 mile option hosted by Kennesaw State University’s Department of Sports and Recreation
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ARTS AND LIVING
HIKING KENNESAW MOUNTAIN
2ND MARIETTA SQUARE 3RD CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER Imogen Farris Arts & Living Editor Kennesaw Mountain is the perfect place to spend a sunny day with friends, family or even your fourlegged friend. Pack a picnic or put on your hiking shoes to explore the unique history of the mountain, located just 15 minutes away from the Kennesaw campus. Kennesaw Mountain stands
tall with an elevation of 1,808 feet, making it the highest point in the metro-Atlanta area. The mountain is surrounded by nearly 3,000-acres of National Battlefield Park land that offers over 20 miles of trails making it a great location to run, hike or spend the day outside. While Kennesaw Mountain is now a park with beautiful
A view of Kennesaw Mountain from KSU campus.
landscape and views, it was once the site of a bloody 14day Civil War battle between Confederate soldiers and approaching Union troops. Thousands of people lost their lives on the mountain and surrounding hills and fields during the battle. Today, visitors to the park can still see cannons, trenches and monuments
where the battle took place 152 years ago. The city of Kennesaw, originally known as Big Shanty, was renamed for the mountain after the war, even though the mountain technically lies outside of city limits. Hiking Kennesaw Mountain makes for a great daily activity for people of all ages. The park is dog friendly as well. Each
of the trails varies in difficulty and length, ranging from one to 11 miles. At the summit of Kennesaw Mountain, views of the Atlanta skyline can be seen. On a nice day, parking spaces may be limited, so make sure to hit the trails early.
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ANDRETTI 2ND BRUNSWICK ZONE 3RD DAVE & BUSTERS Mike Strong Editor-in-Chief Having only opened about five months ago, Marietta’s Andretti Indoor Karting and Games has already risen to prominence. Andretti is the most wellrounded entertainment venue around. The newlyopened Marietta locations features many unique
arcade experiences, a bowling alley, a bar and restaurant, and the indoor karting fun that Andretti is known for. This Andretti location is focused on giving its visitors a unique experience. It is the only Andretti to include a track racing simulation. The simulator features
VIP guests race on the new track.
three large screens that wrap around the driver, who sits in a hydraulicpowered seat at the wheel. Four drivers are linked up and each person’s unit reacts to the simulation if drivers bump into one another. Viewers can look on from outside the glass enclosure to cheer their friends on.
Aside from its countless arcade games, which run the gamut from skee ball to a Jurassic Park shooting game, this Andretti includes a “7D” ride in which visitors compete for the highest score using laser blasters in their choice of a zombie, monster, or western ride. Everything about this
The Andretti family cuts the ribbon to open the brand new Andretti Indoor Karting and Games Complex.
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Andretti location feels high-class. The bar, the restaurant and even the bowling alley all feel upscale. Visitors do pay for this in both the price of game credits and in the price of the food and drinks, but the Marietta Andretti makes the experience worth the money.
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BEST SPORTS
BEST MEN’S TEAM BASEBALL
2nd BASKETBALL 3rd FOOTBALL Tyler Duke Sports Editor The 2014 baseball team captured one of the most special runs by an athletic program in the history of Kennesaw State with a 40-24 record that advanced them all the way to the NCAA Super Regionals. With a perfect 4-0 record that gave them the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship,
Owls fans flock to Stillwell Stadium to watch the baseball team play. KSU headed to the NCAA Regionals. Their success didn’t end there, as a 2-1 record over Alabama and a win over Georgia Southern advanced the Owls once again, and they headed to the Super Regionals next. The magic stopped there unfortunately, with Louisville beating KSU in consecutive close games to end the
tournament run. Still, it was an unlikely and incredible season by a program that has grown into one of the best mid-major teams in the nation. The Owls lost a lot of talent from the 2014 team, including Max Pentecost going in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft. Despite that, head coach Mike
Sansing continued to bring in strong recruiting classes using his team’s prior success. 2015 didn’t bring as much winning, but the program still managed 28 wins before being knocked out in the A-Sun Tournament. The Owls have hovered around .500 for much of 2016 as they transition with a younger team after the experienced roster
Cory Hancock | The Sentinel brought so much success in 2014. Still, the baseball team brings in some of the best talent around the region as is always thought of around campus as KSU’s strongest athletic program thanks to a great coaching staff and the history of winning that is known with KSU baseball.
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VOLLEYBALL 2ND SOCCER 3RD SOFTBALL Tyler Duke Sports Editor The 2015 volleyball team made one of the quickest turnarounds that you’ll ever see in college sports. In 2014, the team managed just a 10-19 overall record with a 4-10 record in A-Sun conference play. Coming into 2015, the expectations weren’t very high based on the struggles of the season before, but that didn’t
Kristi Piedimonte and Rachel Taylor attempt a block. stop them from exceeding those expectations by more than anyone could’ve imagined. The Owls started the season 6-0 and went on to win an impressive match against Georgia Tech, 3-1. After a 4-10 A-Sun record the season before, KSU would go on to conference play looking for much more success.
They got just that. The Owls would win nine of their 14 conference games to head into the conference tournament with all of the momentum they could hope for. Consecutive dominant wins over Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast put them in the conference championship game against Lipscomb. Their run ended there with a tough
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0-3 loss to the Bisons, but it was still an incredible season by a team that saw them nearly double their wins in 2014 with a 19-9 record. The strong play of freshman, Maddie Jones, junior, Kelly Marcinek, and sophomore, Anaiah Boyer lifted the Owls to a huge year, and with most of the roster coming back, you
can expect the volleyball team to be one of the strongest on campus next year. Head coach Keith Schunzel has done a tremendous job of bringing in young talent and developing it on the court to establish the volleyball team as not only the best women’s team, but also possibly even the best overall team at KSU.
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Tyler Duke Sports Editor Despite being one of the newer coaches in the Kennesaw State athletic program, coach Brian Bohannon has quickly made himself widely known across campus as the head football coach. Bohannon was hired in 2013 to become the first head coach of the football program in the history of the university. He used his time to establish a strong recruiting class and let it be known that KSU football would quickly be on the rise in just a few short years. While most first-year programs tend to struggle due to a lack of depth and talent with only a couple of recruiting classes, Bohannon’s Owls were competitive immediately in 2015. The team opened up with three consecutive victories, including a 56-16 win in the program’s first ever game. KSU went on to win six games in the first season with an impressive
5-1 record at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. Bohannon has done well to embrace the city of Kennesaw and the students at the school as he works to establish a program that he wants to raise through the ranks of the FCS. Coming off of the surprising opening season, the hype for the football team is high throughout campus thanks to a solid recruiting class for a roster that continues to add depth. Bohannon was a strong hire with experience running the option as a coach at Georgia Tech, and he’s brought that expertise to KSU to become the best coach on campus.
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BEST COACH BRIAN BOHANNON 2ND MIKE SANSING 3RD ANDY EGGERTH
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