On August 25th, Sacramento State opened Riverview Hall, a brand new student living hall. The hall will house 416 students of all grade levels, and will eventually have features such as a fitness center, game and movie rooms, shared kitchens, and a range of study spaces including computer labs. Students are already living in Riverview this semester, which features single and double room dorms. Juniors and seniors are given single rooms mandatorily.

Sacramento State student Marissa Martinez died after her vehicle left Highway 50 and crashed into a pole in Rancho Cordova on July 28. Martinez was a junior with an expressed interest in nursing, and a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She attended Franklin High School in Elk Grove before coming to Sac State. She was 21.

The California State Auditor’s Office has begun an investigation into health and safety at Sacramento State. A group of California State legislators requested an audit of four CSU campuses, also including Sonoma State, San Diego State, and CSU Channel Islands. Sac State’s inclusion in the audit is in relation to the lead contamination levels in drinking water sources, as well as chemical containment procedures in science departments.

A Sac State student saved a choking man’s life when he performed an emergency Heimlich maneuver, and soon after on the same day landed an internship as his his chosen profession as a paramedic. William Stewart, 23, was in the San Luis Obispo cafe with other Sac State students waiting for their interviews when a man began to choke. Stewart, who wants to be a flight medic, jumped to the rescue.

As of this Friday, all tobacco use on CSU campuses will no longer be permitted, including “traditional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, hookah, snuff, vapes, and chewing tobacco,” according to the official page for the initiative. The order came from CSU Chancellor Timothy White for all CSU campuses last semester, citing health concerns and cost of labor spent on cleaning up different forms of tobacco use. (Click here to visit Vaping360.com)