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The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Choquette Marrow, Author

All content by Choquette Marrow

Writers’ strike leaves other entertainment options

Choquette Marrow
January 14, 2008

It has been just over eight weeks since the Writers Guild of America strike began and a resolution is nowhere in sight. In just a few weeks your favorite television shows will be airing their last episodes,...

Holiday drunkenness exposed online

Choquette Marrow
January 3, 2008

After getting all dressed up, she heads over to the pre-party. There, she downs a beer or two, take a couple shots and then heads out to the party. It doesn't matter whether it's at house, frat, bar or...

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Students receiving financial aid must walk straight and narrow

Choquette Marrow
December 17, 2007

Efforts by the Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform (CHEAR) to repeal federal financial aid drug provision have been thwarted once more. The provision's author Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) isn't...

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Free speech for better or for worse

Choquette Marrow
November 28, 2007

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. It doesn't exist to protect that which we agree with; it exists to protect that which we do not. The Westboro Baptist...

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ROTC gay policies put it at odds with anti-discrimination universities

Choquette Marrow
November 14, 2007

Over the past decade there has been a strong movement to push Reserve Officer Training Corp programs off school campuses because of a discriminatory policy against homosexuals. The US military's "Don't...

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A college tuition catch-22

Choquette Marrow
November 7, 2007

College tuition is on the rise. So is college debt. High school students are showered with statistics persuading them of the monetary benefits a college education can bring. Statistically, college graduates...

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Dream Act spends another year sleeping

Choquette Marrow
October 26, 2007

Each year, 25,000 undocumented immigrant students graduate from California high schools. Thanks to Assembly Bill 540, approved in 2002, many, if not most, of these students are eligible for in-state tuition....

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Stand against compromised education

Choquette Marrow
October 19, 2007

Projections show that by 2025, California will be short 3 million college-educated workers. That may seem like a long way off, but it's not. For many students at Sacramento State, it will be the prime...

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Laptops are not distractions

Choquette Marrow
October 16, 2007

Each year, more students at Sacramento State replace pen and paper with laptops to take notes in class. This technological transformation in note taking has been met with resistance by many professors....

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Students need academic diversity

Choquette Marrow
October 3, 2007

Students across the California State University system are suffering through class cancellations, overcrowding in classes and a near double in student fee costs since 2002. They are repeatedly told these...

A license to talk

Choquette Marrow
September 26, 2007

Talking on a cell phone is as impairing as being legally drunk, or so psychologists at the University of Utah believe, after conducting a study. "People are as impaired when they drive and talk on a cell...

Public transportation can be more efficient than many believe

Choquette Marrow
September 25, 2007

At the start of each semester the office of University Transportation & Parking Services fills up with students, money in hands, ready to buy their $108 semester parking passes. Far less student traffic...

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Green energy lifestyle

Choquette Marrow
September 18, 2007

The passing of Assembly Bill 32 in 2006 ushered in a new position for California making the state the forefront on the fight against global warming. The passage of AB 32 in 2006 created a mandate for California...

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