Former Sac State lecturer charged in decades-old violent sex crimes
Jordan Silva-Benham, News editor
July 8, 2019
A Sacramento State alumnus and former lecturer was charged with three counts of rape from the early ‘90s following California’s first ever “placeholder arrest warrant” using only DNA evidence, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney. On July 1, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert...
Hundreds gather at Sac State vigil honoring slain police officer
June 24, 2019
Hundreds of law enforcement officers, community members and students gathered at Sacramento State for a vigil Sunday evening to honor fallen alumna and Sacramento Police officer Tara O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan was shot and killed Wednesday after responding to a domestic violence call in North Sacramento. The vigil began with local law enforcement officers walking to the ...
26-year-old police officer killed in North Sacramento was Sac State alumna
Margherita Beale and Cory Jaynes
June 20, 2019
Tara O’Sullivan, a 26-year-old Sacramento State alumna and Sacramento Police Department officer, was shot and killed Wednesday night while on a domestic disturbance call in North Sacramento. O’Sullivan was shot by an “AR-15 style rifle” just after 6 p.m. while helping a woman collect her bel...
Former Sac State student makes trek to Mount Everest’s South Base Camp
Cory Jaynes, Managing editor
June 2, 2019
Following a nine-day trek, former Sacramento State student Joe Dangtran arrived at Mount Everest’s South Base Camp in Nepal on Sunday, May 25. Dangtran made the trek to the South Base Camp with a team of students from the University of Connecticut and Northeastern University, where Dangtran currently s...
West Sacramento mayor takes over second Sac State endowed chair
May 20, 2019
West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon was hired as a full-time, tenured professor at Sacramento State, taking over the Hazel Cramer Endowed Chair in the college’s Department of Public Policy and Administration. This represents only the second endowed chair in Sac State’s history. According to a...
William Molina awarded honorary degree posthumously at Sac State commencement
May 19, 2019
Sacramento State student William Molina was awarded a degree posthumously during Saturday’s commencement for the university’s College of Business Administration. Molina died on April 12 after being wounded in a pellet gun shooting at an “off campus gathering”, at Lycoming Court. The property houses some m...
Only 1 off-campus Greek house subject to Sac State policies
May 16, 2019
Off-campus housing for Greek chapter officially recognized and registered by Sacramento State is limited, with only one recognized house among 37 chapters. Sac State’s Greek life community includes 16 fraternities and 21 sororities, all of which are recognized by the university, according to university...
#SacStateSays: ‘Why are you stressed?’
May 16, 2019
The State Hornet asked students about the stressors they are facing as the semester comes to a close. Answers varied from finals to procrastinating on papers. Some students felt the professors needed to space the deadlines of their assignments to avoid having to cram last minute....
CSU vaccine policies set to tighten up amid measles outbreaks
May 15, 2019
By the fall 2020 semester, California State University vaccine policies are set to change, altering current exemptions to mandatory vaccines and potentially resulting in holds on accounts of unvaccinated students. Vaccines for measles, rubella, and Hepatitis B have been required at Sacramento Sta...
Sac State students weigh in on allergy season
May 15, 2019
It is officially allergy season and Sacramento State students have ditched their winter coats and Christmas mugs for picnic baskets and nasal spray. Students are sneezing into their inner elbows (hopefully) to avoid spreading germs, but the pollen in the air does not discriminate. Students voice...