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The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor
Sacramento State senior Monique Graham speaks at a press conference at the Capitol on March 13 introducing the Degrees not debt scholarship proposal. Degrees not debt is one of several proposals being discussed at the Capitol that would lessen the financial burden of college costs. (Screenshot courtesy of Anthony Rendon via Twitter)

EDITORIAL: Tuition is going up — What now?

State Hornet March 30, 2017

Now that the California State University Board of Trustees has decided to raise tuition for the first time in six years, it’s up to the state legislature to act to ensure that a university education...

Letter to the editor: Students for Justice in Palestine responds to social media critics

Letter to the editor: Students for Justice in Palestine responds to social media critics

State Hornet March 28, 2017

In this letter to the editor, Students for Justice in Palestine responds to a Facebook group called SJP Uncovered that has made posts critical of the Sacramento State club after The State Hornet reported...

EDITORIAL: Why we ran a controversial ad

EDITORIAL: Why we ran a controversial ad

State Hornet March 17, 2017

The State Hornet has received criticism for running an advertisement in our March 16 issue for the Sacramento Central Church that publicizes Coming Out Ministries — a group that preaches that prayer...

The average combined cost of tuition and fees at California State University campuses has almost doubled in the last 10 years. Assembly Democrats have introduced a proposal to provide scholarships for students whose families make up to $150,000 per year. (Statistics from the CSU Budget Office. Graphic by John Ferrannini)

EDITORIAL: Assembly Dems college plan avoids pitfalls

State Hornet March 16, 2017

A proposal aimed at decreasing college debt announced by California State Assembly lawmakers on Monday is a responsible way to handle the rapidly expanding problem. The plan — which is being championed...

Where do homeless CSU students sleep? (Illustration by Pierce Groshosky)

EDITORIAL: State shouldn’t raise tuition when at least 8 percent of CSU students are homeless

State Hornet March 9, 2017

Sacramento State’s recent implementation of the Student Emergency Housing Program is a good first step in dealing with an epidemic of homelessness among California State University students. However,...

Meet the entrepreneurs: Sacramento State students build own empires

Meet the entrepreneurs: Sacramento State students build own empires

State Hornet March 5, 2017

This story was produced by the students of the State Hornet Digital Academy: Vu Chau, Ashley Morosky, Sharon Castilo and Sebastian Cambrey.

Sac State student Christopher Vaeches started his first business in elementary school. Today he is the president of the Sacramento Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs and is developing his own businesses. (Photo by Vu Chau)

Blazing a trail: Student entrepreneurs share their stories

State Hornet Digital Academy March 5, 2017

During his early elementary years, Christopher Vaeches already had ideas of how to make money: collecting sugar packets from local coffee shops and selling them to his friends at school. “In first...

(Photos by John Ferrannini)

#SacStateSays: How big of a priority is it for you to graduate in four years?

State Hornet March 3, 2017

Sacramento State is implementing Graduation Initiative 2025 in an attempt to raise the school's graduation rates by that year. We decided to ask a few Sac State students how much of a priority it is for...

(Photo illustration by David Richards)

EDITORIAL: Sac State’s dismissive attitude toward lead unconscionable

State Hornet March 2, 2017

The administration is (still) not doing everything it can do to be transparent about whether the water on campus is safe, and the drought of information reached the point where a professor and department...

Professor: Climate change science is still up for debate

Professor: Climate change science is still up for debate

State Hornet March 2, 2017

To the Editor: The State Hornet reported in January that Professor Joseph Palermo appeared on Tucker Carson’s Fox News program and that President Nelsen signed an open letter to President Trump. Both...

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