Sac State students, professor developing anti-HIV agents
April 20, 2018
Working day and night in a Sequoia Hall laboratory, professor Katherine McReynolds is leading a group of nine Sacramento State students in creating medicine that could be used in the fight against HIV. So far, the team has synthesized over 20 compounds and have found 10 thus far with properties that coul...
Sac State tennis program placed on 3-year probation following NCAA violations
Will Moon, Digital editor
April 20, 2018
Filed under Breaking News, Featured, Sports, Tennis, Tennis
The Sacramento State women’s and men’s tennis programs are under three years of probation through April 18, 2021, according to an NCAA report published on Thursday. The report cites numerous infractions involving the University, former players, coaches and the director of tennis. While the report di...
BREAKING: CSU will not raise tuition for 2018-2019 year
Barbara Harvey, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2018
Filed under Featured, News, Tuition
After months of uncertainty, The California State University announced Friday that it will not raise tuition for the 2018-2019 academic year. “Chancellor Timothy P. White has determined that it is in California’s best interest for the state to provide sufficient funding for the university’s mos...
Sleep, study, or socialize — as long as you’re doing it in a hammock
April 19, 2018
Filed under Campus, Culture, Featured
With all the shady trees blooming on the Sacramento State campus, the members of the Hammock Club are taking in the scenery. Its members can be spotted on Monday and Thursday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. in between Riverfront Center and Lassen Hall, near the bus stop. This club was founded two years...
Assembly bill looks to amend California travel ban
April 18, 2018
Filed under Featured, News, Sports
An assembly bill is challenging the statewide travel ban against eight states that discriminate against LGBTQ people — if successful, the state university systems would be able to send athletic and academic teams to banned states using state funds. Assemblyman Matthew Harper, R-Huntington Beach,...
Sac State’s feminine hygiene product shortfall
Dayla Cook, News editor
April 17, 2018
Filed under Campus, Featured, News
Sacramento State senior Jessica Swan is troubled by what she sees as the lack of feminine hygiene products available on campus. In an email sent to President Robert Nelsen, the Women’s Resource Center and Associated Students, Inc., Swan voiced her concerns with a particular emphasis on how this ...
Ghanaian president invited to Sac State, despite country’s human rights record
Claire Morgan, Managing editor
April 12, 2018
Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen addressed recent “concern and opposition” to the upcoming visit of the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in an email to the campus community Thursday. Ghana has been criticized by numerous groups, including Amnesty International and the Human Rights ...
Presidential ticket goes unchallenged in the ASI elections
April 10, 2018
As elections for Sacramento State Associated Students, Inc. begin Wednesday, Noel Mora is running for president and Rachael Dal Porto is running for vice president on the same ticket unopposed. Mora is a senior majoring in political science and Dal Porto is a junior double majoring in chemistry and civ...
Barely legal and dirt cheap: Off-campus parking hacks
April 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Culture, Featured, Features
With the increase in Ramona lot fees and the increasingly unclear fate of Parking Structure V, students are more desperate for parking now than ever before. There are simply not enough spots to accommodate the student body anymore at peak hours, so off-campus parking has become a necessity for those C...
Trans graduates need to submit name change request to administration for ceremonies
John Ferrannini, Copy editor
April 9, 2018
In a move that concerns some LGBTQ members of the Sacramento State campus community, students who want their chosen name read by a professional reader — instead of their legal name — at the May commencement ceremonies will have to send the name they would like used to the president’s office via...
