NEWS PODCAST S2E5: A look at the past with Sac State professor, former Black Panther (Part 1)
Makenna Roy, Gavin Rock, and Robbie Pierce
February 27, 2020
For this week’s episode of The State Hornet News Podcast, opinion writer Makenna Roy and staffer Gavin Rock sat down with Sacramento State political science professor Stanley Oden to discuss his childhood and early adulthood in 1950s San Diego and the “subtle racism” that he encountered. Part tw...
NEWS PODCAST: Sac State student shares experience reporting sexually abusive relationship
Ashton Byers and Robbie Pierce
February 20, 2020
Content warning: This episode contains an account of an abusive relationship involving sexual assault and threats of violence. On this week’s episode of The State Hornet News Podcast, staffer Ashton Byers sits down with Sacramento State criminal justice major Emily Kyle to discuss her experience filing a...
NEWS PODCAST: The Black student experience at Sac State
Kayleen Carter and Nijzel Dotson
February 6, 2020
This week on The State Hornet News Podcast, diversity and identity beat reporter Kayleen Carter and staff writer Nijzel Dotson sit down with freshman criminal justice major Hannah Rowlett to discuss the Black student experience at Sac State in honor of Black History Month. Carter and Dotson are working on a feature s...
NEWS PODCAST: Recapping the Women’s March, previewing the semester
Robbie Pierce, Kendra Rivera-Molina, and Margherita Beale
January 23, 2020
Thousands rallied Saturday as part of the fourth annual Sacramento Women’s March, and news editor Kendra Rivera-Molina was there to cover the event for The State Hornet. On this episode of The State Hornet News Podcast, Rivera-Molina sat down with podcast editor Robbie Pierce to recap the march. R...
NEWS PODCAST: What happened to get Cal Fit removed from campus?
Margherita Beale and Will Coburn
December 13, 2019
Last Friday, Sacramento State’s Student Organizations and Leadership announced it was removing fitness company Cal Fit’s rights to table on campus. State Hornet editor-in-chief Margherita Beale was already in the process of reporting a story about students who were complaining about aggressive sales...
NEWS PODCAST: Project Rebound students discuss life after incarceration
December 6, 2019
Earlier this year Project Rebound, an equity program for formerly incarcerated students, received a $3.3 million in state funding across multiple college campuses, the office at Sacramento State was involved in that budget ask. On this week’s episode of The State Hornet News Podcast, podcast...
NEWS PODCAST: The true meaning of Friendsgiving
November 27, 2019
Not everyone has the ability to go home for Thanksgiving, and others may not even have a home to go to. The tradition of Friendsgiving is one that’s becoming more popular to help people fill in the gaps. Podcast editor Will Coburn brought his friend and Sac State psychology student Leslie Vernon in t...
NEWS PODCAST: Sac State introduces foreign students to American culture and education
Regina Reddick and Will Coburn
November 22, 2019
Iyo Chen, a political science major, had her sights on coming to America. Advertisements in Japan made America alluring and she tested well in her English comprehension to make her a good candidate for a foreign exchange student application. Now she talks about her experiences at Sac State with reporter...
NEWS PODCAST: No charges filed in case of Sac State student’s death
Jordan Silva-Benham and Will Coburn
November 15, 2019
Podcast editor Will Coburn sits down with news editor Jordan Silva-Benham to discuss the unanswered questions after the Sacramento County District Attorney decided no to press charges in relation to the death of Sacramento State student Will Molina, a member of the university’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity...
NEWS PODCAST: School after the Air Force
November 8, 2019
Listen as Air Force veteran John Rayome, a Sac State communication studies major, chronicles his experiences returning to school after his service. Rayome talked with The State Hornet reporter and fellow Air Force veteran Ashton Byers about his deployments, struggles he faced with drugs and alcohol...
The members of Sacramento State’s Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors discuss their roles and why serving on the board is important to them.
Three people were arrested at Sacramento State last week for having active warrants for their arrests from other law enforcement agencies, and a bike and catalytic converter were stolen.