Whether it was the 60s, 70s or yesterday - take a trip back to your alma mater courtesy KSU's student feature magazine, Talon. Our time machine is a pdf file. Click here to reminisce.

 

THE SENTINEL TIME CAPSULE: Among the events of KSU's Homecoming and The Sentinel's 40th Anniversary, was a time capsule ceremony and burial.

The time capsule was sealed on Saturday, October 28, 2006 in the current student media offices in the student center. A plaque now marks the location and the the capsule will not be reoponed until 40 years have passed. Click here to see the items included.

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KSU & The Sentinel History Posters: These posters, detailing the decade at KSU through the pages of The Sentinel and Montage yearbook, were on display at Homecoming 2006.

Did you attend Kennesaw State in the 60s? Do you remember When your college had a 'J' in at and the minimum wage was a dollar? The 70s? Do you remember pet rocks and Charlie's Angels?  Or was your decade the 80s? Of course you remember Flashdance and MTV. And if you recall Monica Lewinski and the X-Files, the 90s were yours. Whatever the decade, grab a bit of history. Click here.

 

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...Lyndon B. Johnson is President, Medicare begins and Baltimore beats the Dodgers for the World Series. Halle Berry is born and Walt Disney dies.

The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast and CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie too violent for at-home viewing.

A First Class stamp is 5¢ and a gallon of regular gas is 32¢. The Food and Drug Administration declares "the Pill" safe for human use. The Academy Award for Best Picture goes to "The Sound of Music," and the Record of the Year is "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

And the first issue of the Kennesaw Junior College newspaper, The Sentinel, is published with the headline "First Week Brings 1,000 Students."

This past October The Sentinel turned 40 and KSU Student Media, in collaboration with University Archives and the KSU Alumni Association, held a celebration and newspaper homecoming. We would still like to get in touch with as many of the former editors and Sentinel staffers as possible.

For a complete list of Sentinel editors, follow this link. If you find an error or know someone on the list, let us know.

If you have served as Sentinel Editor in Chief (or were even a member of the staff), or know someone who has - please complete the SENTINEL ALUMNI INFORMATION UPDATE FORM.

 

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The following offices & organizations sponsored KSU in Black & White: 40 Years of The Sentinel events & programs:

Alumni Affairs assists the educational mission of the University and concentrates its energies on programs and services for alumni of KSU. Frey Lake Road, House #56, 770-423-6333.

The Department of Archives and Records Management was established in 2004.and their purpose is to identify, preserve, and make available records and papers of enduring value created or received by Kennesaw State University and its employees. Library 218-222, Building #17, 770-423-6289.

The Office of Student Media is part of the Department of Student Life and has 4 student media organizations: The Sentinel, Talon, Share and the KSU Student Handbook & Daily Planner. They are also working hard to make Owl Radio a reality. The Sentinel newspaper's web edition is at ksusentinel.com. Student Center (Bldg#5), Room 277. Editorial: 770-423-6278.

 • Complete the SENTINEL ALUMNI INFORMATION UPDATE FORM.

> Hungry for more of KSU's history? check out the KSU Oral History Project; oral histories from all past recipients of the KSU Distinguished Professor Award.

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