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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

Lauren King, Author

All content by Lauren King

Coming in loud and clear

Lauren King
May 11, 2007

The gymnasium is packed with students, faculty and alumni. Fans dressed in green and gold fill the seats and cheer as the basketball team comes pounding out of the locker room and onto the floor. The players...

A professor’s hardest lesson

Lauren King
April 26, 2007

Outside the window of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, people are walking around, enjoying the day and shopping. There are young children clinging to the arms of their mothers as they...

Guerra to Rock Campus Thursday

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

To commence this year's music events on campus Hispanic singer/songwriter Ely Guerra will be performing an acoustic show in the University Union Ballroom, Thursday night at 7:30. Guerra made her musical...

Stroke 9 brings their ‘backpack’ to Sacramento

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

If you enjoyed that one-hit-wonder "Little Black Backpack" by Stroke 9, you're in luck because it sounds 100 times better on their new album Cafe Cuts, an acoustic compilation of their old favorites. Though...

Signs of major growth

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Sacramento State would become the second California State University campus ?" and third campus in the nation ?" to have a deaf studies major beginning fall 2007 if the CSU Board of Trustees and chancellor's...

Just another day in Desmond Hall

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Read last week's dorm diaries here. In Desmond Hall, labeled by most as the "party dorm," one resident is enjoying the atmosphere. "Imagine a prison cell with nice furniture and high ceilings," freshman...

Put away your fake ID and enjoy being underage

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

To read last week's dining & nightlife guide click here. Students go through many life-changing experiences during their years at Sacramento State. Many people discover their passion in life, make lifetime...

Rapper sees himself as vehicle for the voiceless

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Alexipharmic was a name picked out of a dictionary. It means "antidote to poison" and it is the performance name of singer and songwriter Alex Hallet.Hallet, a double major in philosophy and screenwriting...

Life-altering events occur at age of 22, new book suggests

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Incredible, life-changing events happen to people at age 22. "No other age contains more risks, more big decisions, more random strokes of fate," wrote Brad Dunn in his book, "When They Were 22: 100 Famous...

Professor pleads guilty to one felony

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Sacramento State assistant professor Jose LorenzoChavez pleaded guilty last month to embezzlement ofproperty when he worked at Riverside CommunityCollege, according to Riverside, Calif., courtrecords....

See former Sac State students ‘stick it’ on the big screen

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

The movie "Stick It "was teeny-bopper heaven. It was full of cute boys, catty girls and clever one-liners. The storyline went a little bit like this: A punk-rocker teen, Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) gets...

Nursing major crowned Miss Sacramento

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Beauty pageants evoke a vision of fake smiles, cheesy jokes, world peace advocates and a brigade of attractive airheads. But contrary to popular belief, the Miss America Organization is more than just...

Fragmented lies piece together Frey’s autobiography

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Fabrication constitutes fiction. Exaggeration turns fact to falsehood. Or maybe embellishing reality merely enhances what is already true. But do readers expect the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

Strictly ballroom

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

The Sacramento Amateur Ballroom Dance Company at Sacramento State began practice in Yosemite Hall with a warm up and the promise of post-practice push-ups. "We get pain in the hips from shaking them a...

You can run, but you can’t hide – it’s swimsuit season

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Women come in all shapes and sizes. In fact, body-types are often classified as a type of fruit or object: pear-shaped, apple-bottom, hourglass or somewhere in-between. Whatever the shape, most women think...

Review: Korn brings sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll to Arco Arena

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

On Tuesday night Sacramento's own Arco Arena was blessed with a healthy dose of head thrashing sounds presented by the Bakersfield four-some Korn. People came from all over to enjoy heavy metal, mohawks...

Shoes: not just foot protection

Lauren King
January 7, 2007

Read last week's fashion review here. It's all about the shoes. Shoes are the most important part of any spring outfit. Skirts, capris, shorts and gauchos were made for one reason and one reason only:...

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