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Illustration by Mercy Sosa. Graphic created in Canva.

Diary of a Bookworm: Books are always better than their movies

Julie Blunt November 16, 2022
Read the book then watch the movie
BREAKING: Victim of apartment stabbing from Wednesday has been identified as Sac State student

BREAKING: Victim of apartment stabbing from Wednesday has been identified as Sac State student

Dominique Williams and Alyssa Branum October 19, 2022
Increased security was sent out to patrol Academy 65 immediately following the incident.
Grammy award winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar performs at the Golden 1 Center on Aug. 31, 2022. Lamar’s “The Big Steppers Tour” made a stop in Sacramento with opening artists Tanna Leone and Baby Keem.

REVIEW: Kendrick Lamar makes big steps in the Golden 1 Center

Jenelle Lum, Arts & Entertainment editor September 3, 2022

Sounds of excited fans echoed throughout the Golden 1 Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30. They chanted Kendrick Lamar’s name and screamed as the lights went dim. A white curtain hung on the stage in the shape...

The State Hornet compiled the results of our spring 2022 diversity audit. The audit found that each section had over half of its stories focused or centered on underrepresented communities. (Graphic made in Canva by Jenelle Lum).

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Spring 2022 end-of-year-audit results

Keyshawn Davis August 8, 2022

When I came into the role as the second ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion editor, I knew I had big shoes to fill after previous DEI editor Emma Hall showed me how it was done. I wanted to continue pursuing...

Women in Business board members (From top to bottom) Tamara Muomua, Shivani Kumar, Harmeen Kaur, Karina Garza Plasencia. The goal of Women in Business is to provide female business majors at Sac State with resources and opportunities to boost their professional development, according to its board members. Photo by Uche Esomonu)

All-female club seeks to reclaim business field for women

Uche Esomonu May 13, 2022

Sacramento State senior business administration major Midori Dobson learned how intimidating it can be as the only woman in a classroom after taking a finance class where the number of women could be counted...

Mujeres Ayudando la Raza board members (L-R) Breana Fabian, Conny Morales, Karina Balthazar, Kim Salgado, Noelia Barron, Maria Amador and Lexi Bravo pose in front of the mural on the Studio Theatre on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. MAR won ‘Best Club’ in the 2022 Best of Sac State poll. (Photo by Alexis Perales)

Best of Sac State 2022: Mujeres Ayudando la Raza wins best club

Alexis Perales May 4, 2022

 MAR is a non-profit organization on campus that works to give back to their community through various community service opportunities and fundraising events, according to its coordinators. The club...

Rosalba Gomez-Bautista, second year political science major and ethnic studies minor poses in front of the mural on the Studio Theater on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. “We don’t want to be generalized as just Mexicans, we deserve to be represented and it’s very empowering especially now to be Indigenous and to claim that identity,” Gomez-Bautista said. (Photo by Hannah Asuncion)

‘I still haven’t come out yet’: First-generation queer Indigenous student balances their identities

Hannah Asuncion May 2, 2022

Editor’s note: The subject of the story goes by they/them/their/theirs and is referred to throughout the story.  In the beginning of the spring semester, Rosalba Gomez-Bautista was thrilled for their...

20-year-old Criminal Justice major Chi Meng Vang stands in front of the Sacramento State Library on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Vang is an international refugee and a peer leader for the Asian Pacific-Islander and Desi-American campus community. (Photo by Michael Pacheco)

From poverty to peer leader: a refugee student finds success

Michael Pacheco April 25, 2022

When the United States military withdrew from Vietnam in 1975, many Hmong refugees migrated from Laos and Vietnam to refugee camps in Thailand and other countries in order to avoid the conflict.  The...

Mujeres Ayudando La Raza co-coordinator and third-year anthropology major Lexi Bravo poses in front of a tree outside of the Sac State Library on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Bravo said MAR helps Latinx students become more involved in their community. (Photo by Alexis Perales)

Latina non-profit supplies feminine products and scholarships to students

Alexis Perales April 22, 2022

In some bathrooms around campus, there are little boxes full of women’s products with an Instagram logo imprinted on them. The contents include pads and tampons that are up for grabs for anyone who may...

Pamm Zierfuss-Hubbard, the new Senior Associate Athletics Director for Diversity Equity and Inclusion, poses in her office on Monday, March 14, 2022. In this position, Zierfuss-Hubbard will lead ongoing efforts to diversify the staff within the athletics department.
(Photo by Keyshawn Davis)

Welcome back: Sac State alumna returns in new athletics position

Uche Esomonu April 12, 2022

Homecomings are often full-circle moments relished by those who get the chance to have them. They are opportunities to return to one’s roots and reinvest in their community. This was always the plan...

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