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OPINION: Business Herky wins ‘Best Herky Look,’ because of course

OPINION: Business Herky wins ‘Best Herky Look,’ because of course

Herky in a suit exudes the confidence we all wish we had
Kameron Schmid, Copy Editor
April 11, 2019

“Every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man.” ZZ Top said that. For those that don’t know, the members of ZZ Top don’t look like they should be sharply dressed. They’re rarely seen without...

Taryn Patton points at a copy of the State Hornet in a crowd of people in the Library Quad Thursday. A fight broke out at Sac State after a group of men wearing Make America Great Again hats with a Blue Lives Matter flag accused The State Hornet of inciting violence in its latest print issue.

Crowd gathers around Sac State Trump supporters protesting Stephon Clark coverage

Students wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hats called The State Hornet ‘fascist’
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
March 7, 2019

A fight among students at Sacramento State occurred Thursday as a group of men wearing red Make America Great Again hats with a Blue Lives Matter flag accused The State Hornet of inciting violence in its...

Protesters marched through Sacramento's Fab 40's neighborhood, a collection of upscale homes. The protest was organized in response in the Sacramento District Attorney's decision not to charge the officers involved in the fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Stephon Clark.

Stephon Clark protest in East Sac ends with 84 arrests

Sac State Black Student Union members, State Hornet reporter among those detained
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
March 5, 2019

Sacramento State students, journalists and religious leaders were among the confirmed 84 arrested at Monday night’s protest in response to the recent decision not to charge the two police officers who...

Sacramento State is investigating a potential hazing incident after an anonymous person emailed The State Hornet and President Nelsen's interim chief of staff Cely Smart. The sender described the photo as depicting an imitation of 'the elephant walk,' a hazing practice where members stand in a line or circle and walk while holding the genitals of the person behind them.

2019 Sac State Greek troubles continue

A timeline of anonymous allegations and ongoing investigations
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
February 20, 2019

Sparked by an anonymous email and others that followed, Sacramento State’s Greek life has faced investigation, scrutiny and even international attention since late January. Fraternities and sororities...

Sac State Pi Kappa Alpha chapter no longer under investigation

2018 video of vomiting pledge was beginning of temporary removal from university recognition
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
February 13, 2019

Sacramento State’s Pi Kappa Alpha chapter is no longer under investigation after university officials discovered the video sent to The State Hornet Tuesday was part of a previous investigation. The...

Anonymous video shows alleged Sac State Greek pledge vomiting

Third anonymous email says student did not receive proper medical care after house party
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
February 12, 2019

In the wake of allegations of misconduct in university Greek life, a second anonymous video was sent to The State Hornet showing a man said to be a pledge of Sacramento State’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity...

Video from anonymous source claims to show Sac State fraternity hazing ritual

Sac State already investigating previous hazing allegation
Will Coburn and Kameron Schmid
February 8, 2019

A second anonymous email sent to The State Hornet contains a video described to show the hazing of a current member of Sacramento State’s Delta Chi chapter. The video is said to show a current member...

Sacramento State is investigating a potential hazing incident after an anonymous person emailed The State Hornet and President Nelsen's interim chief of staff Cely Smart. The sender described the photo as depicting an imitation of 'the elephant walk,' a hazing practice where members stand in a line or circle and walk while holding the genitals of the person behind them.

Investigation into Sac State fraternity continues

Former Delta Chi member denies any hazing, records show otherwise
Margherita Beale and Kameron Schmid
February 7, 2019

After an anonymous email was sent to university officials, Sacramento State's investigation into allegations of hazing against the university’s chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity is ongoing. The...

Sacramento State is investigating a potential hazing incident after an anonymous person emailed The State Hornet and President Nelsen's interim chief of staff Cely Smart. The sender described the photo as depicting an imitation of 'the elephant walk,' a hazing practice where members stand in a line or circle and walk while holding the genitals of the person behind them.

Former fraternity member denies anonymous hazing allegations against chapter

Delta Chi under investigation after photo was sent to university administrators
Kameron Schmid, copy editor
January 30, 2019

A former member of Sacramento State’s Delta Chi chapter says a photo he is in — one that has sparked an investigation into the fraternity — was deliberately misinterpreted as evidence of hazing by...

An artist's (me) renditions of two notes I left on the dashboard of my car for the parking attendant as I parked in Parking Structure V when I could not pay for my daily parking pass during winter break due to the ticket machines not accepting change.

OPINION: Why can’t I pay for parking permits with quarters?

Seriously, why can’t I pay for parking permits with quarters?
Kameron Schmid, Copy Editor
January 24, 2019

Forgive me, readers. Forgive me if this is too trivial for you to care about at the moment. And forgive me if I am taking this too seriously in the following 421 words. But why can’t parking permit...

Sac State continues to make campus security improvements

Sac State continues to make campus security improvements

Claire Morgan and Kameron Schmid
December 13, 2018

After a handwritten note making violent threats was found on its campus, California State University, Northridge canceled classes and moved finals off campus. According to The Sundial, CSU Northridge's...

This is me, sitting in stripes toward center, after a full day of hosting ComedySportz matches for High School League teams. This day, and many others in the last six years, will be ingrained in my memory forever for how fun, uplifting and inspiring it was. I would forget the haircut if I could.

OPINION: Improv made me who I am today

What started as a hobby became a permanent part of my life
Kameron Schmid, Editor-at-large
December 5, 2018

If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it’ll happen soon enough. It’s a rite of passage for college-aged people; someday, somewhere, someone will invite you to an improv show. As someone who has invited...

Graduating Sacramento State students watch themselves on a giant screen inside Golden 1 Center during the commencement procession May 18, 2018 in Sacramento, Calif.

Sac State prepares for first graduation since canceling winter commencement

Costs rise due to using Golden 1 Center as venue
Cory Jaynes and Kameron Schmid
December 5, 2018

After announcing last semester that it would permanently cancel winter commencement ceremonies, Sacramento State has announced that the upcoming spring commencement ceremony will be one day longer to accommodate...

Sacramento State Residence Life Coordinator Edgardo Palomo wears a respirator mask as he treks through the smoke-filled campus walkways on Nov. 14. President Robert Nelsen announced for the third day in a row that campus will be closed Thursday due to the poor air quality from the smoke of the Camp Fire in Butte County.

Sac State campus closure continues into Friday

Kameron Schmid and Claire Morgan
November 14, 2018

Sacramento State will be closed again Friday due to poor air quality in the region caused by the Camp Fire. Campus has been closed all week thus far — Monday for Veterans Day — because of the fire’s...

Patrick Asberry (left), senior at Sac State, and Emily Franklin, sophomore at Sac State filling out their ballots inside Modoc Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6 2018. Asberry and Franklin are two of many Sac State students who used the voting center on campus, the first of its kind at any CSU campus.

GALLERY: Sac State students spend Election Day at new voting center

Claire Morgan and Kameron Schmid
November 6, 2018

A line of Sacramento State students wrapped through and outside Modoc Hall Tuesday as they waited to cast their votes — many for their first time. Some students came by briefly to drop off already...

A high-tech composite image of some very serious, possible looks for Herky.

OPINION: It’s time for Herky to get some hot new looks

Let’s use our mascot to generate some off-campus buzz
Kameron Schmid, Editor-at-large
September 19, 2018

I’m happy to be a Sacramento State student. It’s true. I’ve lived in Sacramento since my freshman year of high school, and have always liked the city. I love trees, I like my major and I think...

Leftover sandwiches were provided by Epicure and given to students through Epicure Extras after the Student Panel on Jan. 8

Struggling for real food? CalFresh could be the answer

Students who need help can visit Basic Needs office
Kameron Schmid, editor-at-large
September 19, 2018

The old college stereotype about food is well-known; ramen, a lot of take-out, and mandatory attendance at every event that offers free food. But financial insecurity — including access to food —...

Sacramento State students use Blackboard for online tutoring.

New program ‘CSU Fully Online’ lets students take classes from other universities

Each semester, enroll in one of more than 3000 courses
Kameron Schmid, editor-at-large
August 20, 2018

If students are having trouble getting into courses they need to finish their degree, here’s a new option: taking online courses at other California State Universities through CSU Fully Online. CSU...

OPINION: Broken promise should mean a refund for Ramona Lot parkers

OPINION: Broken promise should mean a refund for Ramona Lot parkers

Kameron Schmid
March 29, 2018

Now that we all know the highly anticipated Parking Structure V will not open until May 8 at the earliest, Sacramento State and University Transportation and Parking Services have to deal with the wake...

#SacStateSays: Will you participate in student walkouts for gun control?

#SacStateSays: Will you participate in student walkouts for gun control?

Kameron Schmid
March 7, 2018

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TESTIMONIAL: I slept in my car for over a year. No one knew.

TESTIMONIAL: I slept in my car for over a year. No one knew.

The CSU estimates that 1 in 10 students have been homeless at some point within the past 12 months. On the State Hornet staff, that number is closer to 15 percent. These are some of our stories.
Kameron Schmid
February 28, 2018

[su_dropcap style="flat" size="5"]I[/su_dropcap]t’s been almost five years since I was last homeless. In that time, I’ve forgotten plenty of the details and the stories I accrued over a year and a...

Students protesting the inaugration of President Donald Trump walk past Sac State President Robert Nelsen as he looks on. Those protests were cathartic, but protests of a tuition raise could make a real difference.

OPINION: CSU tuition raises are met with no student activism at Capitol

It is disappointing to see students be told to fork over more money for their education and sigh with resignation, rather than take an argument to the Capitol lawn.
Kameron Schmid, Opinion editor
February 6, 2018

When President Donald Trump was both elected and inaugurated, the Sacramento State campus was a close representation of how many other college campuses and cities nationwide reacted: with protests calling...

#SacStateSays: Should California’s public colleges offer abortion medication on campus?

#SacStateSays: Should California’s public colleges offer abortion medication on campus?

Kameron Schmid, opinion editor
January 31, 2018

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Comic, actor and writer Aziz Ansari has been varyingly attacked and defended on social media after an article was published featuring an anonymous woman detailing a sexual encounter with him. Most of the commentary focuses on the legality, and not what was actually right or wrong.

OPINION: Everything wrong with one guy’s response to the Aziz Ansari situation

Kameron Schmid, Opinion editor
January 25, 2018

A friend of mine on Facebook recently posted a status about the #TimesUp movement and Aziz Ansari that pissed me and many other of his friends off. I’ll call him Leonard. Leonard has since deleted...

#SacStateSays: Is Sacramento State a commuter campus?

#SacStateSays: Is Sacramento State a commuter campus?

Kameron Schmid
December 6, 2017

Sacramento State has a few reputations it would like to shake off. Foremost among them is "Slack State," but following that is likely the notion that it is a "commuter campus." According to 2016-17 data...

Sacramento State student Hayley Hagen appears to be drinking while driving in videos posted by a friend on Facebook and Twitter. Social media profiles indicate Hagen is a 19-year-old freshman criminal justice major.

Sac State student allegedly seen drinking and driving in viral video

Kameron Schmid
November 14, 2017

A viral video shared on Twitter and Facebook appears to show a Sacramento State student drinking alcohol behind the wheel of a moving car in the Bay Area. According to the user who posted the video,...

Munch Madness analysis: OK, Round Table Pizza wins

Munch Madness analysis: OK, Round Table Pizza wins

Kameron Schmid
November 12, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/TheFoodIssue for more food-related stories) Munch Madness is over, and Round Table Pizza takes the crown. How did we get here? In Rounds 1, 2 and 3, I tricked myself into thinking...

Munch Madness analysis: How the Filling Four became the Tasty Two

Munch Madness analysis: How the Filling Four became the Tasty Two

Kameron Schmid
November 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/TheFoodIssue for more food-related stories) We’ve almost reached the end of Munch Madness, and I feel changed. I laughed in Round 1, I cried in Round 2 and I gained 15 pounds...

Munch Madness analysis: From the Edible 8 to the Filling 4

Munch Madness analysis: From the Edible 8 to the Filling 4

We see one-percent margins of victory, a newcomer comes up short and a titan falls. Round 2 is over.
Kameron Schmid
November 10, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/TheFoodIssue for more food-related stories) Round 1 of Munch Madness seems so long ago; each day is a blur. We’re moving along at breakneck speed and with not enough time to...

Munch Madness analysis: From the Sub-par 16 to the Edible 8

Munch Madness analysis: From the Sub-par 16 to the Edible 8

Coffee against coffee, burrito against burrito; Round 1 was sometimes close, but not very surprising.
Kameron Schmid
November 9, 2017
Coffee against coffee, burrito against burrito; Round 1 was sometimes close, but not very surprising.
#SacStateSays: How do you feel about Sac State's decision to end winter commencement ceremonies?

#SacStateSays: How do you feel about Sac State’s decision to end winter commencement ceremonies?

Kameron Schmid
November 8, 2017

The announcement that Sacramento State had decided to end its winter commencement ceremonies fifty years after holding its first — did not go over well with students on social media. We asked students,...

Sacramento State will hold future commencements at the Golden 1 Center, pictured. Sac State is the last 10 largest CSU campuses to switch to holding only one ceremony.

Citing money concerns, Sac State pulls plug on winter commencements

Kameron Schmid
November 7, 2017

Sacramento State’s announcement last week that the upcoming 2017 winter commencement ceremony would be the last held, marking a permanent switch to spring-only graduations, could not be accurately described...

#SacStateSays: Why do or don't you use Sac State's offered contraceptives?

#SacStateSays: Why do or don’t you use Sac State’s offered contraceptives?

Kameron Schmid
November 1, 2017

Condoms, monthly birth control prescriptions and emergency contraceptives are offered at The WELL and will soon be available in a 24-hour access vending machine located on campus. So what do students at...

Shooting on campuses are on the rise — Is Sacramento State prepared?

Shooting on campuses are on the rise — Is Sacramento State prepared?

Kameron Schmid
October 25, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/Guns for more related stories) Were there to be an active shooter on a campus of over 30,000 students, with thousands of faculty, staff and administrators as well, Sacramento...

Digital Editor Vu Chau shoots a rifle at the Cordova Shooting Center on Oct. 20.

VIDEO: The appeal of guns

Kameron Schmid, Sami Soto, and Barbara Harvey
October 25, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/Guns for more related stories) Amid heated debate over gun control, four State Hornet editors with varying experience with guns set out to understand the appeal. RELATED: ...

The Faces of DACA at Sac State

The Faces of DACA at Sac State

Profiles of students and a faculty member brought to the U.S. as children
Kameron Schmid and Joseph Daniels
October 5, 2017

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival, or DACA, has been rescinded and will soon expire; the last extensions are being accepted until tomorrow only. As of last semester, Sacramento State was home to around...

Sewage, garbage and...trees? The smelliest spots on campus, explained

Sewage, garbage and…trees? The smelliest spots on campus, explained

Kameron Schmid
September 27, 2017

An inordinate amount of calls, emails and internet buzz began since the end of the last spring semester centered around one question: the good ol’ olfactory system, also known as your sense of smell,...

The presence of unknown fumes in Eureka Hall resulted in a number of early morning classes being cancelled Wednesday.

BREAKING: Fumes in Eureka Hall cause some professors to cancel class

Kameron Schmid, Barbara Harvey, and Claire Morgan
September 27, 2017

The presence of unknown fumes in Eureka Hall resulted in a number of early morning classes being cancelled Wednesday as students became “visibly ill,” according to one professor. The fumes were...

A report of two years of violations by Sac State's fraternities and sororities reveals a laundry list of problems.

2-year report on Greek life violations reveals laundry list of problems

Sexual violence. Alcohol abuse. Hazing. Falsifying evidence. Racism. Sexism. Homophobia. Over the span of two years, Greek organizations at Sacramento State have racked up a litany of violations.
Kameron Schmid
September 20, 2017

Sexual violence. Alcohol abuse. Hazing. Falsifying evidence. Racism. Sexism. Homophobia. Over the span of two years, Greek organizations at Sacramento State have racked up a litany of violations. A...

#SacStateSays: How do you feel about the decision to end DACA?

#SacStateSays: How do you feel about the decision to end DACA?

Kameron Schmid
September 13, 2017

Last week, President Donald Trump announced that he would rescind the executive order by President Barack Obama issuing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), leaving it up to Congress to legislate...

Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Toxicology expert: Campus water still contaminated with lead

Kameron Schmid
September 5, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/SSLead for more information) The issue of Sacramento State’s drinking water containing dangerous amounts of lead continues, as work done over the summer by a campus research...

Tobacco use, including smoking cigarettes, using electronic cigarettes, hookah, snuff and chewing tobacco will not be allowed on all CSU campuses effective Sept. 1.

Campus tobacco ban won’t be enforced this fall

Kameron Schmid
September 5, 2017

In the nearly five months since the CSU chancellor Timothy White announced that all campuses would ban tobacco use by Sept. 1, almost no details on implementation and logistics have been announced for...

Sacramento State sophomore James Outman celebrates with his teammates after hitting a home run against UC Davis on April 11 at John Smith Field. (Photo by Max Jacobs)

Sac State baseball sweeps final home series, celebrates Senior Day

Kameron Schmid
May 21, 2017

Sacramento State’s baseball team beat the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 8-6 Saturday to complete a three-game sweep in its last home series, the second series sweep of the Hornets season. Sac State...

Sounds of Studying: A State Hornet finals playlist

Sounds of Studying: A State Hornet finals playlist

Kameron Schmid
May 16, 2017

Lanea Florence:  Mrs. Dalloway: II. Mrs Dalloway: In The Garden by Max Richter “Really, anything by Max Richter is my go to music for studying. There are no lyrics so I don’t get distracted and his...

Top 5 stories of the year

Top 5 stories of the year

Kameron Schmid
May 10, 2017

By Kameron Schmid and John Ferrannini As the 2016-17 academic year comes to a close, we looked at our online analytics to find out what stories our readers were most interested in this year. It has...

Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Sac State releases drinking water lead contamination results

Kameron Schmid
May 8, 2017

UPDATE: May 9 at 1:44 p.m. — This story has been updated to include new comments from Steve Leland, the university's director of environmental health and safety, and information on an open forum to...

Sacramento State has released the results from its comprehensive test of its drinking water sources for lead contamination.
 43 sources, around five percent, were found to be above the EPA action level of 15 parts per billion.

Dozens of water sources shut off as lead testing concludes

Kameron Schmid
May 2, 2017

Testing of all of Sacramento State's drinking water sources for lead contamination is completely finished, and full release of the results will be available in a couple of weeks, according to Steve Leland,...

Sacramento State's drinking water sources are currently being tested for lead contamination by consultant group CIH Services, and results are expected to be announced in May. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

Lead testing results put on hold

Kameron Schmid
April 19, 2017

Results of the comprehensive testing of Sacramento State’s drinking water sources for lead contamination will come in May, not April, because of multiple factors, said an official involved in the testing...

(Photo courtesy of The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department)

Missing Sac State graduate found dead from gunshot wound

Kameron Schmid
April 14, 2017

Missing Sacramento State alumna Janet Mejia was found dead from a gunshot wound in South Placer County Thursday. Her body was discovered around 7 p.m. Thursday off the road near the intersection of...

Fountains in Douglass Hall are shut off on Tuesday, March 28. Drinking water sources across campus are being periodically shut off while workers test them, as an 8-18 hour period of inactivity is needed in order to get a 'first-draw' sample. (Photo by John Ferrannini)

Lead contamination testing wrapping up in April

Kameron Schmid
March 30, 2017

The second comprehensive test for lead contamination in Sacramento State’s drinking water sources is underway and should be completed in April, according to school officials. The current round of...

Weber State junior infielder McKinley Brinkerhoff safely reaches base against the Sacramento State softball team Saturday at Shea Stadium. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Sac State splits conference-opening doubleheader against Weber State

Kameron Schmid
March 25, 2017

After Friday’s rainout, Sacramento State’s softball team got some extra work in, going 17 innings over two games against Weber State in Saturday’s doubleheader, which the two teams split 1-1. The...

Sacramento city councilman Steve Hansen said in an email to the The State Hornet on Thursday that he would support waiving the $50,000 fee that the Sacramento Kings would charge Sacramento State to use Golden 1 Center for the upcoming spring graduation ceremonies. (Photo by Angel Guerrero)

Sac State searching for $100K to pay for the first Golden 1 graduation

Kameron Schmid
March 15, 2017

UPDATE: March 16, 2:42 p.m. — Sacramento councilman Steve Hansen, who represents the district in which Golden 1 Center is located, said in an email to The State Hornet that he supports the idea that...

Sacramento State senior Monique Graham speaks at a press conference at the Capitol building on Monday. Graham said she works 30 hours a week, and yet anticipates graduating with $40,000 in student loan debt. (Screenshot via Anthony Rendon / Twitter)

New California Assembly proposal aims to end student debt

Kameron Schmid
March 15, 2017

California Assembly Democrats introduced a bill Monday that, if passed, would establish state-sponsored scholarships aimed at eliminating student debt and assisting the increasing number of students who...

Attendees visit the Bot Bash booth at Sacramento State’s Engineering and Computer Science Exposition on March 11. (Photo by Khanlin Rodgers)

Hands-on science offered at engineering expo

Kameron Schmid
March 13, 2017

A throng of children in the K-12 range came to Sacramento State’s Engineering and Computer Science Exposition Saturday to find 21 different student groups offering activities reflecting different disciplines...

(Photo courtesy of Josh / Flickr)

Lead contamination of campus water goes back further than previously indicated

Kameron Schmid
March 2, 2017

(Slide through timeline for more information on the lead problem on campus) The issue of water contaminated with lead coming from Sacramento State’s drinking fountains and faucets goes back...

(Photos by Kameron Schmid)

#SacStateSays: What would you spend $270 on if not on increased tuition?

Kameron Schmid
February 16, 2017

We've been reporting on the potential tuition increase for all CSU students, and it's likely that the CSU trustees make it official in March. Unless the California legislature decides to increase the funding...

Jill Parker, the new interim senior director for risk management services and chief risk officer at Sac State, has said that the untested water sources should not be of concern to the campus community since they haven’t been tested, and therefore are not known to contain excess lead. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

Sac State won’t release locations of untested water after lead discovery

Kameron Schmid
February 15, 2017

Sacramento State officials are aware of which water sources on campus remain untested for lead contamination, but are choosing not to tell the campus community out of reluctance to release information...

(Photo by Letrice Fowler, Illustration by Vu Chau)

The legally justified guide to political activism

John Ferrannini and Kameron Schmid
February 9, 2017

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,”...

Water fountains in Placer Hall, as well as six other Sacramento State buildings, are currently shut off after a research project over winter break found excess levels of lead. '90 percent' of water sources were tested, but there is no indication of when the rest will be tested. (Photo by Kameron Schmid)

No timeline set for water source tests

Kameron Schmid
February 9, 2017

A consultant has been hired to help Sacramento State address the problem of the 58 drinking water sources currently shut down after excess lead was detected in a series of tests over winter break. Alex...

Excess lead found in several campus water sources

Excess lead found in several campus water sources

Kameron Schmid
January 25, 2017

Several water sources on the Sacramento State campus were found to have excess levels of lead, according to a new study, and some water sources still remain untested as the university waits for direction....

President Robert Nelsen delivered his spring address on Thursday morning, Jan. 19, at the University Union Ballroom. “This is the year of us, the year of the Hornets and the year of Sac State,” said Nelsen. (Photo by Sami Soto)

Spring addresses warn of changing frontier due to finances, politics

Kameron Schmid
January 20, 2017

Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen and Associated Students, Inc. President Patrick Dorsey spoke about the current political climate, efforts to improve the university and the forthcoming battle against...

Sacramento State President Robert S. Nelsen speaks at a public forum about the potential tuition increase for the CSU system in the Orchard Suite at the University Union on Monday, Dec. 5. (Photo by Matthew Dyer)

Tuition hike discussed at open forum

Kameron Schmid
December 6, 2016

Approximately 50 students came to an open forum on Monday afternoon hosted by Associated Students, Inc. and centered around the topic of a potential tuition increase across the entire California State...

(Photo by TaxCredits.com/Flickr/Creative Commons)

CSU considers tuition hike

Kameron Schmid
December 1, 2016

The California State University Board of Trustees is weighing the option of raising tuition costs for students, but won’t yet make its decision, pushing the vote to March 2017 as students protested the...

Left, criminal justice professor speaks  about his comments while fellow criminal justice professor Julie Mumma, center, listens and waits to speak. (Photo by Oleg Istratiy)

Professor crashes class to debate colleague

Kameron Schmid
November 2, 2016

(Story continues below video) On the morning of Oct. 26, lecture room 2002 in Solano Hall was standing room only, and even more students overflowed into the hallways to listen to criminal justice...

Sacramento State defender John Quintanilla chases after the ball against Cal State Fullerton. Sac State won 1-0 at Hornet Field on Oct. 6, 2016.

Sac State men’s soccer hold on to defeat Titans, 1-0

Kameron Schmid
October 7, 2016

The Sacramento State men’s soccer team is now 2-1 in conference-play after beating Big West opponent Cal State Fullerton at home on Thursday due to a heads up score in the second half by senior forward...

Cornel West speaks to the crowd assembled in the University Union Ballroom at Sacramento State on Thursday, Sept. 29. West's appearance drew a crowd of around 3,000 in total, only about 1,600 of which could fit into the University Union Ballroom. (Photo by Francisco Medina)

Cornel West comes home to speak to an overcapacity crowd at Sac State

Kameron Schmid
September 30, 2016

(Story below video) Crowds were overwhelming Thursday night, as not even Sacramento State’s biggest room on campus could contain the amount of people ready to hear Cornel West — philosopher,...

Professor of environmental studies Michelle Stevens, who advises the Bushy Lake restoration project, leads a tour of the area during the unveiling ceremony on Friday, Sept. 23. (Photo by Kameron Scmid)

Sac State wildlife restoration project near Cal Expo unveiled after being threatened by fire

Kameron Schmid
September 27, 2016

When she first heard about the recent grass fire near Cal Expo, Sacramento State environmental studies professor Michelle Stevens “went crazy,” but was sure that it wouldn’t get too close to the...

(Photo by Darrell Nance via Wikimedia Commons)

Sacramento native Cornel West to speak on campus next week

Kameron Schmid
September 20, 2016

After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School, a young Cornel West left Sacramento and went on an odyssey that would eventually place him in the foreground of the philosophical conversations concerning...

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