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Walk raised awareness about suicide
The Out of the Darkness walk won the 2018 Best of Sac State poll in the category of best campus event.
The walk held on April 12 was the seventh annual at Sacramento State and was intended to raise...
It is hypocritical to award a man whose government imprisons gay people one week, then pose as a friend of the LGBTQ community less than two weeks later.
Goal is to create topical compounds that could prevent transmission of virus
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...
Move has not been ‘publicly broadcast’ by Commencement office
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...
A study unveiled earlier this month at the California State University Basic Needs Initiative Conference showed that 10.9 percent of CSU students have experienced homelessness within the past year. As California in general — and the Sacramento area in particular — face skyrocketing rents, The State Hornet is looking at the causes of the state housing crisis, potential solutions and what the University is doing to help students who are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.
Five days a week, Sacramento State junior Bailey Bernardi goes to work at 4 a.m. and then makes her way to school. But even though she makes over $14 an hour, she is barely making ends meet paying living...
UPDATE: Feb. 9 at 2:10 p.m. — This story has been updated to reflect that the Hornet Bookstore will be re-opening Monday.
UPDATE: Feb. 5 at 5:17 p.m. — This story has been updated to reflect an...
Sacramento State does not yet know if there will be a shortfall in paying for this May’s commencement at the Golden 1 Center, according to a spokesperson.
“There are too many unknown factors for...
The California State University Board of Trustees may raise tuition by $228 per semester unless the legislature fills a $170.9 million funding shortfall. $75 million of the funding shortfall is to fund...
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Todd Jensen, a Sacramento State accounting professor since 2000, won the Best of Sac State poll in the category of best professor.
Jensen said that teaching is “in...
Increases in administrative pay at Sacramento State have outpaced growth among other employee groups, according to information obtained from the California State Auditor’s office in the wake of its report...
Sacramento State is dotted with construction projects, plagued by difficult parking, rising tuition, rising rent prices in the surrounding area and awaiting a tobacco ban.
But how much have the day-to-day...
Members of the campus community are mourning the loss of Sacramento State student Isaiah Alexander, who died Saturday of renal medullary carcinoma, a rare form of cancer that attacks the kidneys. He was...
Video by Kameron Schmid, Sami Soto and John Ferrannini
RELATED: check out our article on the lawmakers budget proposals here.
Most laws and restrictions that prohibit traditional cigarette smoking also ban vaping, but that doesn’t stop some from thinking that they can and should be able to blow their blueberry scented water...
As students and faculty lobby the Legislature to fully fund the California State University’s budget for the upcoming academic year after the Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase,...
CSU Chancellor Timothy White issued an executive order on April 7 mandating that all 23 campuses be smoke- and tobacco-free by Sept. 1. The ban not only covers traditional cigarettes but other tobacco...
An email claiming to facilitate password updates for My Sac State accounts is really a phishing attempt, according to a campus wide email sent by the Office of Information Security on Monday.
The phishing...
Last year Proposition 64 legalized marijuana in California, yet it remains illegal to use cannabis in public or in places where tobacco use isn't allowed. We asked Sacramento State students what they think...
The passage of Proposition 64 in November has made the legal distinctions surrounding cannabis even more complex, although use and possession remain against Sacramento State policy.
Though use and...
Use of tobacco will be banned on all California State University campuses by Sept. 1 according to an executive order from Chancellor Timothy White released on April 7.
Any designated smoking areas on...
Results of the second comprehensive test for lead contamination in Sacramento State’s drinking water sources, which were originally intended to be released in April, will not be available until May,...
To be gay and Catholic is to be mired in a web of what seem like contradictions. The church condemns “homosexual acts,” yet as much as 58 percent of the priests may be gay themselves, according to...
When George Raya requested that the Society for Homosexual Freedom be recognized as an official Sacramento State club in 1970, school officials were uneasy about Associated Students, Inc. granting club...
Of course, LGBT students have been attending Sacramento State since its inception. Yet it was only about 10 years ago that the school provided the PRIDE Center to combine educational programming and...
If you’ve been near The WELL or the Library Quad in recent weeks, chances are you’ve seen signs advertising students who are running to hold positions in Associated Students, Inc. next academic...
By John Ferrannini and Carlo Marzan
Students and members of the California Faculty Association marched on the State Capitol on Wednesday to support three higher education bills currently in the State...
The Sacramento State PRIDE Center is preparing for Pride Week, a series of educational and cultural events intended to celebrate and inform students about the LGBT community.
Pride Week kicks off on...
By Kameron Schmid and John Ferrannini
A group of Sacramento State student organizations and clubs organized a two-day protest that ended Thursday, aimed at spreading awareness of the marginalization...
The proximity between Sacramento State and UC Davis (about 20 miles) leads to the two schools playing each other in Causeway Classic matches every year. However, Sac State teams have only won two out of...
Sacramento State will pay for the remaining $50,000 of this year’s graduation expenses through the school’s reserves, according to a spokesperson.
Elisa Smith, the school’s director of news and...
After the first tuition increase in six years was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees on March 22, student government officers at Sacramento State are considering their options...
By John Ferrannini and Claire Morgan
Some students spent their week off picking weeds, cleaning trash and constructing planter boxes as part of Alternative Break, a series of service projects designed...
Are you a proud Sacramentan?
I had never asked myself that question before until one day when I was sipping on my craft coffee on the patio of a trendy new business while watching spandex-clad bikers...
The first tuition increase in six years was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees after a vote in Long Beach on Wednesday amid student protests inside and outside the meeting.
The...
The spring graduation at Golden 1 Center will be designated as one of the city's nine civic events that can be held there annually, cutting the university's $100,000 funding shortfall by half, according...
The city, the Sacramento Kings and Sacramento State are discussing categorizing May’s graduation ceremonies at Golden 1 Center as a civic event — in a move that would cut in half a roughly $100,000...
UPDATE: March 16, 3:19 p.m. — This story has been updated to include comments from Councilman Jeff Harris.
Sacramento city councilman Steve Hansen — who represents the district containing the Golden...
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has been advocating for Associated Students, Inc. to pass a resolution asking the California State University system to divest from corporations involved in what...
Spring break is just around the corner — but is it a week for snoozes or a week for the party parade? We decided to ask Sacramento State students whether they prefer to live it up or take it easy over...
The California State University chancellor’s office is in the process of implementing an initiative to improve graduation rates system-wide.
The plan — Graduation Initiative 2025 — outlines a...
Since the election, Sacramento State has been experiencing a very high amount of political activism on both sides of the spectrum — and the tension has no sign of letting up anytime soon.
In fact,...
Everardo Chavez wanted to participate in A Day without Immigrants on Feb. 16, but felt that skipping class wasn’t the most effective way to show what things would be like if he, and undocumented immigrants...
The Sacramento State College Republicans are considering inviting the controversial right-wing blogger Milo Yiannopoulos to campus while one of their members is pressing charges against a man he alleges...
Among all the things said during last week’s protest on campus, only one has been verifiably proven to be incorrect multiple times in America’s history.
“Your hate speech isn’t protected here,”...
State Hornet
February 3, 2017
By John Ferrannini and Kameron Schmid
Hundreds of people marched on Sacramento State on Thursday afternoon to oppose President Donald Trump’s executive actions on immigration, chanting the...
Dozens of Sacramento State students are in the United States on visas and green cards from the seven predominantly Muslim nations affected by President Donald Trump’s executive actions on immigration,...
An immigration attorney gave a presentation in the University Union on Monday and answered questions about what undocumented students can expect from President Donald Trump.
Marcus Tang of the California...
Some administration and faculty are taking a hard line on President Donald Trump’s positions on climate change, with Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen signing an open letter to the new administration...
Go here for a photo gallery of today's march.
Tens of thousands of protesters in downtown Sacramento were among the estimated two million people around the world who participated in women’s marches...
Hundreds of young people — including Sacramento State students and a professor — marched on downtown Sacramento on Friday afternoon in protest of the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president...
UPDATE: Dec. 9 at 12:51 p.m. — This story has been updated with remarks from Alexandra Haas, who knew Jennifer Mendiola when they attended Sac State together.
A Sacramento State alumna has been confirmed...
UPDATE: Dec. 3 at 4:58 p.m. — The photo caption has been corrected because Vanessa Cruz was mistakenly referred to as 'Venessa Cruz' in the original version.
A team of five people from Sacramento...
About one dozen Sacramento State students marched from the Library Quad to Sacramento Hall on Thursday and spoke with President Robert Nelsen to advocate for undocumented students who fear they may face...
This story is a follow up to ‘Josh’s heart was so strong,’ published on Oct. 6, which can be read here.
Don and Dawn Nahhas donned raincoats and loaded their car with backpacks on Saturday morning...
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant was the keynote speaker at Sacramento State’s “Keeping the Dream Alive” summit on Monday, which focused on the concerns of undocumented...
Several organizations, facilities and accommodations will be closed or relocated out of the University Union in January as the building undergoes a $53 million renovation project.
The Associated Students,...
Hundreds of young people — including Sacramento State students and alumni — filled the streets of Sacramento on Wednesday to protest election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency.
Protesters...
Republican Party candidate Donald Trump has won the 2016 presidential election against rival Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton, according to the Associated Press.
In a stunning rebuke of the...
Someone is sending emails posing as “CSUS-UPGRADE TEAM,” according to an announcement from Information Resources and Technology (IRT) sent on Friday.
IRT said that the message is attempted phishing....
UPDATE: Fri., Nov. 4 at 1:42 p.m. — The original version of this story falsely reported that all three campus bike compounds for general use will be closed at night and on weekends. In fact, only bike...
Students may have been exposed to chickenpox on campus from Oct. 1 to Oct. 28, according to a health advisory from Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS).
According to the advisory, areas where...
The author of a new book on the history of wealth in the United States spoke at Sacramento State on Monday about how income inequality is increasing and what can be done about it.
Peter Lindert, a professor...
Members of the Sacramento State College Republicans and College Democrats faced off in the Hinde Auditorium on Wednesday night, advocating for their party's policies less than two weeks before the general...
The total number of reportable offenses at Sacramento State rose from 29 to 36 in 2015, according to the annual Clery Report released by the Sacramento State Police Department on Sept. 30.
The rise...
Internet access problems at Sacramento State today are related to the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is affecting internet users nationwide, according to an email from the Office of...
“I went to a place you probably would never, ever see.”
Michael Brown Sr. said that’s all he can remember about the moment when he found out that his son, Michael Brown Jr., had been killed by...
A man was arrested on suspicion of exposing himself in front of the Wellness Center on Thursday, according to the Sacramento State Police Department.
Juan Manuel has been booked in the Sacramento County...
Michael Brown, Sr., whose son’s killing by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014 sparked protests and controversy nationwide, will be speaking at Sacramento State’s University Union Ballroom...
Correction: Oct. 14, 7:06 p.m. This post has been updated to reflect that the chalk messages were removed for violating the school's posting policy, according to Sacramento State director of news and communications Elisa...
As the major party vice presidential candidates were debating in Virginia on Tuesday night, over 100 students and activists came to the University Union to listen to Dennis Banks, the vice presidential...
After his son Josh died of liver failure at the age of 32, Don Nahhas was talking to his pastor about what they could do to help the people Josh cared about the most.
It was during that meeting that Don...
Update: Oct. 10, 11:47 a.m. — The man arrested on Oct. 1 was named Antonio D. Williams, according to a Sacramento State Police Department. Williams was arrested on suspicion of possession of heroin,...
Update: Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11:33 a.m. — The man found near Paradise Beach was identified as Enrico 'Rico' Luster, 50. While he was initially believed to have been shot, the wounds he sustained were...
Candidates for state and federal offices stumped at Sacramento State’s University Union and discussed issues affecting higher education on Saturday as part of the 15th annual Statewide Voters Education...
Dangerous levels of lead dust have been removed from asphalt next to Santa Clara Hall according to Daryn Ockey, the director of facility operations for Sacramento State.
A metal fence was set up to...
Ryan Brown probably isn’t the first 21-year-old Sacramento State student to admit that he is a “broke-ass college student.”
But between his classes and his work for the California State Student...
Construction on a new parking structure containing 1,750 spaces near the J Street entrance to Sacramento State will begin at the end of the spring semester, according to a Clark Pacific Corporation press...
A former Sacramento State student was killed on his birthday after being hit by an Amtrak train running along the southwest corner of campus near Folsom Boulevard and Elvas Avenue on Aug. 24.
Erik Castillo,...
Republican Scott Jones spoke at the year’s first meeting of the Sacramento State College Republicans on Wednesday as he campaigns to unseat Democratic Rep. Ami Bera in Sacramento County’s hotly contested...
A project that will expand the University Union by one-third will break ground next spring and precede an expansion of the Well, according to an announcement made by the Sacramento State office of public...
The Dalai Lama spoke about the need for all people to get in touch with the values of love and compassion during his first time addressing the California State Legislature on Monday.
While not open...
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