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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

Opinion

Sacramento State Associated Students, Inc. Election Officer Isaac Curtis talks during a presentation in the Walnut Room in the second floor of the University Union on Feb. 23, 2017. Last year’s elections were short on candidates, and this year’s elections have even fewer students running.

EDITORIAL: 5 ways ASI can start spending our money

A multi-million dollar organization on campus that gives students massive discounts on tuition and training in a multitude of skills is being categorically underutilized by the campus. It’s called...

Five-year-old Elias Taylor sits upon his mother Teriah Taylors shoulders as he holds a sign in a demonstration that took place around downtown Sacramento on Friday, March 23, 2018. Teriah said that she attended the march and brought her son to the demonstration, held in response to the shooting of Stephon Clark by Sacramento Police, because. My sons life matters. I dont want him to end up like so many others, with their lives cut short.

EDITORIAL: Stephon Clark’s death needs to be watershed moment of change

Of the graduates walking the stage at the end of this semester, many will be 22 years old, looking forward to what their lives after earning their degrees hold for them. Late on March 18, Stephon Clark’s...

OPINION: Broken promise should mean a refund for Ramona Lot parkers

OPINION: Broken promise should mean a refund for Ramona Lot parkers

Kameron Schmid March 29, 2018

Now that we all know the highly anticipated Parking Structure V will not open until May 8 at the earliest, Sacramento State and University Transportation and Parking Services have to deal with the wake...

Sacramento State has removed a comment making light of tuition increases left on a post made by Instagram user @csus_memes. The post depicts Sac State welcoming tuition increases.

EDITORIAL: Sac State should leave the memes to the masses

It is an offensive and disturbing pattern of behavior that Sacramento State continues to shove its stinger in its own mouth when serious issues are raised. The most recent example is almost laughable,...

A picture of some of the guns professors and students should have on campus to protect ourselves from people on campus with guns.

SATIRE: Give professors guns, and then everyone else too

Vincent Moleski March 14, 2018

After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the conversation has quite naturally turned from mourning to debate on the issue of gun control.  I, just like you,...

Students participate in a February demonstration in Washington in the wake of the school shooting in Florida. Members of the Sacramento State community will be participating in anti-gun rallies later this month.

EDITORIAL: Students should participate in walkout — and Sac State should let them

March 7, 2018

Students at Sacramento State should join in the walkout against gun violence on March 14, and Sac State should let them. Sac State students are adults, ones who can choose to miss classes if they’d...

News flash: Bread contains gluten. Therefore, people like me cannot eat it. Gluten is also present in many other foods, and can be difficult to avoid.

OPINION: Gluten allergic on campus, and hungry? So am I.

Nick Minges March 7, 2018

It’s hot. Sweat is pooling in the pits of my arms and the sun is beating down on my worn-out flesh. My thoughts are circular, bordering on obsessive, and the audiobook I’m listening to in my earbuds...

Letter to the editor: A response to Tuesday’s religious speaker in the library quad

Letter to the editor: A response to Tuesday’s religious speaker in the library quad

Kyle Shallcross February 28, 2018

“A response to the library quad religious speaker on Tuesday, February 27th , 2018” To Ms. Barbara Harvey—Editor of the State Hornet, Before I begin I would like to thank you and The State Hornet...

TESTIMONIAL: I slept in my car for over a year. No one knew.

TESTIMONIAL: I slept in my car for over a year. No one knew.

The CSU estimates that 1 in 10 students have been homeless at some point within the past 12 months. On the State Hornet staff, that number is closer to 15 percent. These are some of our stories.
Kameron Schmid February 28, 2018

[su_dropcap style="flat" size="5"]I[/su_dropcap]t’s been almost five years since I was last homeless. In that time, I’ve forgotten plenty of the details and the stories I accrued over a year and a...

TESTIMONIAL: Spending my first week at Sac State homeless

TESTIMONIAL: Spending my first week at Sac State homeless

The CSU estimates that 1 in 10 students have been homeless at some point within the past 12 months. On the State Hornet staff, that number is closer to 15 percent. These are some of our stories.
Dominique Walker February 28, 2018

[su_dropcap style="flat" size="5"]I[/su_dropcap]n my first week at Sacramento State, I found myself homeless; however, a helpful stranger made me feel like I was family. On my flight to Sacramento from...

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