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Madeleine Beck, managing editor
![Students attending the Spring 2018 commencement ceremony held at Golden 1 Center join Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen in a ‘Stingers up’ salute after his address on May 18, 2018. Nelsen announced an on-campus, drive-through commencement for the 2020 and 2021 graduating classes Monday in a SacSend email.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_9151-900x600.jpg)
Sac State considering option for on-campus spring commencement
Drive-thru and virtual ceremony were other options given to seniors
El canciller de Cal State responde preguntas de los estudiantes sobre el regreso a clases en vivo miércoles
CalMatters será el anfitrión de Tim White para hablar de la pandemia y semestre otoño
CSU Chancellor to answer students’ back-to-school questions live Wednesday
CalMatters to host Tim White to talk pandemic, fall semester
![Photo via GoFundMe page set up for the family of Ashley Ramos.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-10.46.50-AM-900x500.png)
Recent Sac State graduate dies in I-80 collision
22-year-old Ashley Ramos was passenger in fatal car crash
![First year Sac State student killed in drive-by shooting at cemetery](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Zarrie-Allen-900x506.jpg)
First year Sac State student killed in drive-by shooting at cemetery
Zarrie Allen was 18 years old
![Flags hang in Sacramento State’s Global Studies Lounge on March 11, 2020. ICE announced Monday that international students will have to take at least one in-person class in the fall to be able to stay in the U.S., putting Sac State international students at risk of being deported.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_4393-900x600.jpg)
‘What happened yesterday was such a sick betrayal’: Sac State international students react to ICE announcement
Students must take at least one in-person class to stay in US
![Golden State Killer suspect pleads guilty in hearing at Sac State](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Golden-State-Killer-Graphic-900x506.jpg)
Golden State Killer suspect pleads guilty in hearing at Sac State
Sac State alumnus Joseph DeAngelo to serve life in prison for murders
![A Facebook video posted Friday, May 1 went viral, showing a Sac State professor and a woman arguing with their neighbors. The man in the video was identified as Tim Ford by university administrators.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/professor-ford-screenshot-racial-slur-copy.jpg)
Sac State professor apologizes for video featuring racial slurs, petition circulates for his removal
University to hold virtual town hall addressing incident
![A Facebook video posted Friday, May 1 went viral, showing a Sac State professor and a woman arguing with their neighbors. The man in the video was identified as Tim Ford by university administrators.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/professor-ford-screenshot-racial-slur-copy.jpg)
Sac State professor seen in viral video where wife uses racial slur against neighbors
Video sent to campus authorities for review, university says
![Graphic made in Canva](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/respondor-900x643.jpg)
Sac State to use tool that records students to proctor online exams
Respondus Monitor records feed from webcam to verify testing conditions
![Sac State Students can now choose their preferred grading systems on a class-by-class basis. Screenshot via student center.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/grade-choice-available-featured-900x600.png)
Credit/no credit, ABC/no credit options opened for Sac State students
Grading systems optional for most classes
![Sac State to implement optional credit/no credit system for most undergraduate courses](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CORONAVIRUS-1-900x506.png)
Sac State to implement optional credit/no credit system for most undergraduate courses
Students will be able to opt in on course-by-course basis
![Graduating Sac State students watch themselves on a giant screen inside Golden 1 Center during the commencement procession May 18, 2018. Sac State administration is proposing a virtual commencement in addition to allowing spring 2020 graduates to walk at the spring 2021 commencement.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/commencement-golden-1-may-2018-900x600.jpg)
Sac State virtual commencement ceremony proposed at Faculty Senate meeting
Proposal will go to the ASI Board of Directors Wednesday
![The WELL at Sacramento State. According to an email obtained by The State Hornet, they are offering refunds to faculty, staff, alumni and sponsored members.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-900x600.png)
The WELL offers partial refunds to Sac State faculty, staff, alumni
FAQ says students cannot receive refunds, contradicting cited CSU policy
![Sac State closes Union, library, dining services to mitigate coronavirus spread](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Recreated-1-900x600.jpg)
Sac State closes Union, library, dining services to mitigate coronavirus spread
School looks to ‘significantly lower’ campus population
![The Store in the University Union at Sacramento State laid off all student employees in an email sent out Thursday, stating their last day of employment would be Friday. The email cited the shift to online classes due to coronavirus fears.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-14-at-5.00.01-PM.png)
The Store in the University Union lays off all Sac State student employees
Employees received email with 1 day’s notice
![Jennifer Gross and Christian Miguel Landaverde after hearing the results of the Associated Students, Inc. elections on April 10, 2019, at the elections party. On Friday March 13, 2020 ASI announced that both Landaverde and Gross had resigned effective immediately citing personal reasons.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Landaverde-Gross.jpg)
Sac State ASI president, vice president resign
Christian Landaverde and Jennifer Gross cited personal reasons
![Students wait in line at the Sac State UTAPS office on Thursday, March 12. UTAPS extended the last date to get a 50% refund on spring parking permits to March 20 after initially stating it was March 13.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1232-e1584062891623-900x675.jpg)
Deadline for 50% refund of Sac State spring parking permit extended
Express permit drop-off will be available Monday, Tuesday at Parking Lot 7
![Sac State to suspend all in-person classes over coronavirus concerns](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CORONAVIRUS-1-900x506.png)
Sac State to suspend all in-person classes over coronavirus concerns
Campus will remain open
![Pictured is, "Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2" by NIAID. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coronavirus.jpg)
Sacramento County confirms first coronavirus-related death
Deceased individual was in their 90s and a resident at an assisted living facility
![Sac State film production major Dylan Peshek records his peer's senior project at the Library Quad while his friend Matthew Behnam operates the boom microphone on Monday, Feb. 24. Sac State already claims authority to halt any filming that it finds interfering with normal campus operations according to recently implemented policy.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/USE-2-900x600.jpg)
‘What does the campus expect us to make?’: Sac State students, faculty express concerns over proposed visual content restrictions
Drafted policy requires pre-approval of some student, third-party content
![The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Sacramento according to Sacramento County's Public Health officials. Pictured is, "Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2" by NIAID. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image.jpg)
Sac State suspends study abroad in South Korea due to coronavirus
University says arrangements being made for students’ return
![Note left on door of computer science associate professor's Weide Chang office in Riverside Hall, alerting students of his leave of absence. The university said he was intercepted on his way to class Wednesday, Feb 19.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Door-900x600.jpeg)
Sac State computer science associate professor ‘held by the shoulders and escorted’ from Calaveras Hall
Weide Chang on leave, university says
![Kaitlin St. Croix, a Sac State child development major and resident assistant, smiles for a photo in Desmond Hall following an interview with The State Hornet on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. St. Croix died in a head-on collision in Stanislaus County on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, according to Sac State university communications.](https://statehornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Use-900x600.jpg)
‘Her memory will live on with everyone’: Friends and family remember Kaitlin St. Croix
Sac State student died in a head-on collision Jan. 9