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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Frank Loret De Mola, Author

All content by Frank Loret De Mola

All Hail the King of Pho

Frank Loret de Mola
May 27, 2007

Pho (pronounced "fuh") is a beef and white rice noodle soup that originates in North Vietnam. It is also the second most important culinary invention in the subjective history of Frank Loret de Mola, both...

Cant believe today was a good day

Can’t believe today was a good day

Frank Loret de Mola
May 15, 2007

Just waking up, and it's time to go to Sac State.I don't know, but today's Steve Irwin great.No parking on the lawn, no prol'emCause Parking Structure III's da' flippin' bomb.I ate at Togo's, but didn't...

Jive-talking political partisans battle at statehornet.com

Jive-talking political partisans battle at statehornet.com

Frank Loret de Mola
May 11, 2007

Once more two merry bands believed they'd found a war worth fighting. On the digital boulevard, reds and blues paraded in full regale, not with the batons and pom-poms of our campus cheerleaders, but rather...

Without C-COLORS, Multi-Cultural Center may have fallen

California Dream Act induces racist nightmares

Frank Loret de Mola
April 26, 2007

When I see some of the written reactions to SB 160, the "California Dream Act," and the illegal immigration issue in California as a whole, I can't help but get Bob Dylan's classic song "Idiot Wind" stuck...

Mr. President, anger not faculty agenda

Frank Loret de Mola
April 24, 2007

Rising from the backlash of faculty activism, student angst and a Budget Task Force report, President Alexander Gonzalez stands tall, still the undisputed head honcho of campus policy. But as the commander-in-chief...

Overwhelming CSU problems spark drive to fight, protest

Frank Loret de Mola
April 12, 2007

Editor's note: A portion of this story has been changed from the print edition. The "Access to Excellence" program, held in the University Ballroom on March 20, sought to build a new strategic plan from...

Without C-COLORS, Multi-Cultural Center may have fallen

Club interactions can pave the way to success

Frank Loret de Mola
March 31, 2007

There must be no less than 800 things that you could be doing other than reading this paper. At any given time, you could have dropped The State Hornet like it was the hotness. But you kept reading. Why?...

Seek truth someplace other than in your mind

Seek truth someplace other than in your mind

Frank Loret de Mola
March 22, 2007

There is no absolute truth inside the world of representation. The critical reader tells me that the previous statement is an absolute truth in itself. I would then ask him or her, is zero a number? This...

Marriage: No longer what it use to be

Marriage: No longer what it use to be

Frank Loret de Mola
March 5, 2007

It's deader than Queen Elizabeth's libido. Deader than Al Gore's charisma. Deader than my sex life. Too Much information? That said, here's some facts to back up my original point: Provisional estimates...

Without C-COLORS, Multi-Cultural Center may have fallen

‘Harmless’ hazing could lead to penalties or deaths

Frank Loret de Mola
February 27, 2007

The boo birds and the cheering sections have made their voices heard on the statehornet.com forums, and the sentiment that I gather from the gallery is, "Why does this matter?" or "No one was hurt; this...

Time and space to make a relationship function right

Frank Loret de Mola
February 27, 2007

We are social creatures, animals who create and maintain only as long as others like us are willing to provide emotional, spiritual and physical support. Now, at the microcosmic level of understanding,...

Sac State a checkerboard of apathy – You can change

Frank Loret de Mola
February 6, 2007

Humanity is destined, whether it is our sole purpose or not, to create kinship patterns, to associate with some members of our species closer than others and to create culture along the way to help us...

Gonzalez faults mar path to Destination 2010 success

Frank Loret de Mola
January 30, 2007

Within the past seven semesters, President Alexander Gonzalez has overseen the creation of some infrastructure necessary to overcome some of the real problems that institutionalize a disembodied student...

New Blog! World Cup

Frank Loret de Mola
June 23, 2006

There are seven deadly sins, and within fifteen minutes of the final whistle of the U.S. defeat at the hands of Ghana (and a shoddy call in stoppage time of the first half), I had ran the gauntlet through...

Column: SELF-SERVE THIS!

Frank Loret de Mola
September 1, 2004

Gainfully employed at the local Chevron station, I found myself staring at the clock's hands pointing in analog omnipresence. The giddy girls would come back from the clubs soon, ready to find their way...

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