NEWS PODCAST: Sac State’s 2018 vote center provides example for new election law
October 25, 2019
Managing editor Cory Jaynes sits down with former ASI President Noel Mora to talk about Mora’s support of AB 59, a bill recently signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom that prioritizes the placement of vote centers on California college campuses. Mora testified twice in favor of AB59, which used Sacramento...
NEWS PODCAST: Take Back the Night Sacramento demands the end of gender-based violence
Kendra Rivera-Molina and Will Coburn
October 18, 2019
Last Saturday the 40th annual Take Back the Night, a march and rally against gender-based and sexual violence, was held in Midtown Sacramento Diversity/Identity reporter Kenda L. Rivera covered the event. RELATED: 40th annual Take Back the Night raises awareness of gender-based violence Rivera tells us about what happened at Take Back the Night an...
NEWS PODCAST: Breaking down the 4th Democratic primary debate
October 16, 2019
Following the fourth Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night, podcast editor Will Coburn, opinion editor Shiavon Chatman, managing editor Cory Jaynes and opinion writer Derek Catron sat down to discuss the three-hour affair. Join them as they condense the debate to key takeaways on how the candidates...
NEWS PODCAST: What to do about fake news
October 12, 2019
This week on The State Hornet News Podcast, podcast editor Will Coburn talks with professor of hospitality and tourism Abhijeet Shirsat about his research into social media, fake news and how the two interact. Shirsat recommends a more hands-off approach to handling fake news. Shirsat said any interaction...
NEWS PODCAST: Solutions to housing insecurity, from someone who’s lived it
October 4, 2019
This week, State Hornet reporter Leslie Hicks sits down with Jayda Preyer, a criminal justice major at Sacramento State, who moved here from the Bay Area hoping to find more affordable housing options while attaining her degree. Instead, she found a competitive housing market with inflated rents and...
NEWS PODCAST: What we learned from the Clery Report
September 27, 2019
Podcast editor Will Coburn and crime reporter Dom Vitiello talk about what can be learned from the annual Clery act report. Stories Covered: Clery Report shows 31 instances of sexual assault at Sac State student housing in 2018 Sac State budget shows lack of reserves Sac State’s Women’s Resou...
NEWS PODCAST: A closer look at ASI’s goals for the semester
Will Coburn and Victor Corral Martinez
September 23, 2019
ASI reporter Victor Corral Martinez sits down with ASI President Christian Miguel Landaverde to talk about ASI’s goals for the semester, from feminine hygiene products to educating students about the 2020 census. Stories covered: 2019 Clery Report shows 31 instances of sexual assault at Sac State st...
NEWS PODCAST: Sac State accidently invites 3,500 waitlisted students to Admitted Students Day
September 13, 2019
The third episode of the weekly State Hornet News Podcast covering the 3500 waitlisted students Sac State accidentally invited to Accepted Students Day and discussing the details with higher education reporter Max Connor. Stories covered: Sac State accidentally accepts 3,500 waitlisted stud...
NEWS PODCAST: A closer looks at Brown Issues
Will Coburn and Kendra Rivera-Molina
September 7, 2019
The second episode of The State Hornet News Podcast covering: SB 24; new bus routes; new bookstore layouts and an interview about Brown Issues and the memorial for the victims of the Aug. 3, El Paso shooting. Stories Covered: Students rally in Sacramento for college campus abortion care SacRT w...
NEWS PODCAST: Summer recap: the first week of school and Academy65
Will Coburn, Podcast editor
September 2, 2019
The first episode of The State Hornet News Podcast hosted by podcast editor Will Coburn. Catching up on events that happened over the summer, the first week of school and an interview with Jonny Rico, one of the students living out of a hotel the first week of school due to Academy65 construction ...
