Tara Gnewikow

Tara Gnewikow, managing editor

Tara Gnewikow is a managing editor for The State Hornet. She joined in spring 2020 and has previously worked as a copy editor and as an arts and entertainment reporter, interviewing subjects such as director and activist Boots Riley. She enjoys making art in her free time.

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[Photo] Khalil’s Virtual Venue: 6 Chill Songs to Relax and Study for Finals To

Khalil Bourgoub
May 18, 2021

Illustration concept by Khalil Bourgoub.

[Photo] 6 Songs To Quit Your Job To: Khalil’s Virtual Venue

Khalil Bourgoub
May 12, 2021

Illustration concept by Khalil Bourgoub

[Photo] Khalil’s Virtual Venue: Alternative Rock Subgenres

Khalil Bourgoub
May 9, 2021

Illustration concept by Khalil Bourgoub

Sac State community calls for CSU to defund university police at caravan

Tara Gnewikow
May 1, 2021

California State University Students for Quality Education and the California Faculty Association hosted a May Day Car Caravan at Sacramento State on Saturday in support of defunding university police across all California State Universities.

[Photo] Khalil’s Virtual Venue: A Post-Vaccine Posse Cut Playlist

Khalil Bourgoub
April 28, 2021

Illustration concept by Khalil Bourgoub

[Photo] Sac State students and faculty share expectations for the Biden presidency

Colin Madigan and Christopher Escamilla
March 3, 2021

Illustration by Tara Gnewikow.

[Photo] Step up: How COVID-19 is affecting Sac State dance majors

Emmely Ramirez
November 13, 2020

Dance classes were not approved before the semester to take place in person leaving students to learn and practice their routines via Zoom. Graphic by Tara Gnewikow

Local skate group fosters welcoming environment for women, minorities, LGBTQ+ community

Sk8 916 navigates COVID-19 precautions, brushes with TikTok fame

Tara Gnewikow
November 4, 2020

Sk8 916 co-founders Audra Fallin and Sacramento State student Kristine Yabumoto didn’t see any safe spaces for women and the LGBTQ+ community to skate in Sacramento, so they created their own.

REVIEW: 10 Songs for your Halloween playlist that aren’t ‘Monster Mash’

These alternative songs will put you in the spooky spirit

Tara Gnewikow, copy editor
October 30, 2020

Are you going batty from hearing “Monster Mash” one too many times? Tara Gnewikow is sharing her picks for alternative Halloween songs to listen to.

STATE HORNET BUZZED: The best Halloween stories, movies and candies

Mack Ervin III, Tara Gnewikow, Lauren Vannucci, Dominic Vitiello, and Robbie Pierce
October 30, 2020

Happy Halloween! Join us for the first ever episode of State Hornet: Buzzed, a brand new variety show featuring a rotating cast of State Hornet staffers and editors, as broadcast staffer Mack Ervin III, copy editor Tara Gnewikow, broadcast staffer Dom Vitiello and lifestyle columnist Lauren Vanucci talk about their favorite Halloween costumes, stories, movies and candies.

[Photo] Former Sac State basketball player goes pro overseas

Jordan Latimore
October 26, 2020

Former Sac State guard Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa passes the ball inside against Eastern Washington at the Nest on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Mauriohooho-Le'afa led the Auckland Huskies in scoring averaging...

[Photo] Music producer overcomes homelessness, creates positive culture in Sacramento’s entertainment industry

Katerina Graziosi
September 14, 2020

Graphic by Tara Gnewikow

Hawaii voted ‘Best Zoom Background’ in 2020 Best of Sac State poll

Students and faculty spice up their meetings with virtual backgrounds

Tara Gnewikow
May 4, 2020

With all spring semester classes and meetings online, Sacramento State students and faculty have been using virtual backgrounds on Zoom to lighten the mood. Zoom users can show pictures or videos behind...

Sac State PRIDE Center holds first E-PRIDE Week

Students and faculty attend Queer Prom via Zoom

Tara Gnewikow
April 21, 2020

The Sacramento State PRIDE Center held its first “E-PRIDE Week" last week, culminating with Queer Prom, due to shelter-in place orders. The PRIDE Center has been hosting its annual PRIDE Week since...

Art education club at Sac State hosts virtual art courses

Courses open to art students and the general public

Tara Gnewikow
April 14, 2020

The Sacramento State chapter of the National Art Education Association is adapting to shelter-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak by holding virtual art activities. The association helps...

Sacramento’s Midtown Farmers Market still open despite coronavirus outbreak

Vendors say coronavirus is impacting their business.

Tara Gnewikow
March 18, 2020

The Midtown Farmers Market in Sacramento is scheduled to remain open Saturday despite recent concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. The Sacramento City Council released a resolution Friday...

Sac State artist CubeOfCheese releases new song featuring fellow student

The two computer science majors discuss their collaboration

Tara Gnewikow
March 4, 2020

Sacramento State sophomore Billy Hernandez has made music under the eye-catching name CubeOfCheese since 2016. “I have a psychological connection with a piece of cheese, the dairy product,” Hernandez...

Sac State hosts lecture with filmmaker Boots Riley in honor of Black History Month

‘Sorry to Bother You’ director speaks on social change

Magaly Muñoz and Tara Gnewikow
February 14, 2020

Boots Riley, writer and director of the fantasy/sci-fi movie “Sorry to Bother You,” spoke to Sacramento State students at a lecture in the University Union Ballroom hosted by the UNIQUE Programs Feb....

Q&A: How activism inspired Boots Riley’s first film

‘Sorry to Bother You’ director will speak at Sac State Thursday

Tara Gnewikow and Magaly Muñoz
February 12, 2020

Boots Riley, an American activist, rapper, screenwriter and filmmaker, will hold a free lecture hosted by Sacramento State’s UNIQUE Programs in the University Union Ballroom on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Riley...

‘Neon and Nostalgia’ lights up as first University Union Gallery exhibition of 2020

Photographer René Domingo showcases Sacramento’s vintage attractions

Piper Haitsuka and Tara Gnewikow
January 31, 2020

The University Union Gallery at Sacramento State held the opening reception for “Neon and Nostalgia” by photographer René Domingo on Thursday. The exhibition is the first one of the spring...

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