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The State Hornet

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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

Students protesting the inaugration of President Donald Trump walk past Sac State President Robert Nelsen as he looks on. Those protests were cathartic, but protests of a tuition raise could make a real difference.

OPINION: CSU tuition raises are met with no student activism at Capitol

It is disappointing to see students be told to fork over more money for their education and sigh with resignation, rather than take an argument to the Capitol lawn.
Kameron Schmid, Opinion editor February 6, 2018

When President Donald Trump was both elected and inaugurated, the Sacramento State campus was a close representation of how many other college campuses and cities nationwide reacted: with protests calling...

HQ consists of 12 random questions that participants have 10 seconds to answer. Winning players can split a $2,500 prize, which increases to $15,000 on Sundays.

OPINION: Finding optimism inside HQ, a live trivia app

Kelly Kiernan February 1, 2018

While a massive crowd of people huddled in the freezing cold of Times Square, waiting for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve, I sat on the edge of my couch holding my phone, waiting for an app to quit...

If passed by the State Assembly and Gov. Jerry Brown, Senate Bill 320 would require all UC and CSU to offer abortion by medication, starting Jan. 1, 2022.

EDITORIAL: Schools need to ensure women’s constitutional rights are protected

The State Hornet Editorial Board January 31, 2018

If Senate Bill 320 is approved by the State Assembly and becomes law, all California State University and University of California campuses would be required to provide medication abortions starting in...

Comic, actor and writer Aziz Ansari has been varyingly attacked and defended on social media after an article was published featuring an anonymous woman detailing a sexual encounter with him. Most of the commentary focuses on the legality, and not what was actually right or wrong.

OPINION: Everything wrong with one guy’s response to the Aziz Ansari situation

Kameron Schmid, Opinion editor January 25, 2018

A friend of mine on Facebook recently posted a status about the #TimesUp movement and Aziz Ansari that pissed me and many other of his friends off. I’ll call him Leonard. Leonard has since deleted...

EDITORIAL: Funding split between CSU and state hurts students

EDITORIAL: Funding split between CSU and state hurts students

State Hornet January 24, 2018

The continued disconnect between the state of California and its largest public university system continues to cause the most damage to the one group that it is supposed to benefit: the students. The...

OPINION: Congress fails students with tax reform

OPINION: Congress fails students with tax reform

Khanlin Rodgers December 6, 2017

Congratulations to the U.S. Congress on its impending fundamental change to federal tax laws! It is warmly reassuring to know that finally, deep into my college career, that someone in Washington D.C....

EDITORIAL: Dont tread on Sac State commuters

EDITORIAL: Don’t tread on Sac State commuters

State Hornet December 6, 2017

During his 2017 Fall Address, President Robert Nelsen declared Sacramento State a “hate-free campus.”  In that same speech, he also expressed his desire to change the University’s reputation as...

White nationalists clashed with police officers during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 13. The first step to resist this movement is to learn the sociological forces that lead people to similar extreme ideologies.

OPINION: Don’t punch people in the face, even if they’re a Nazi

Joseph Daniels November 29, 2017

Not too long ago, a protester punched self-proclaimed alt-right leader Richard Spencer in the face before he returned to his cave — or wherever modern day trolls reside — never again to spew his racist...

Sacramento States athletics programs consistently cost the University and its students excessive amounts of money; in 2016, the football team was $1,560,353 in debt.

EDITORIAL: Students footing the bill on a program constantly in the red

State Hornet November 29, 2017

Athletics at Sacramento State is not something that drives most students to attend, so why does the University feel like it needs to spend millions of dollars on something those students don’t get a...

OPINION: ‘The Punisher’ provides less substance than audiences deserve

OPINION: ‘The Punisher’ provides less substance than audiences deserve

Khanlin Rodgers November 23, 2017

Now may not have been a great time for Netflix to debut “The Punisher,” but truth be told, I’m not quite sure when the “right time” may have been. “The Punisher” is the most recent attempt...

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