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The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor
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

Nate Miller, Author

All content by Nate Miller

Crown City Rockers make Capital City venture

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Globe-trotting with a band can take you to some crazy places. Raashan Ahmad, emcee for the Crown City Rockers, stumbled into a skateboard shop while touring in Kosovo. Inside, a couple of guys where making...

Consultant fails to deliver ASI plan

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Associated Students Inc. has missed two self-imposed deadlines to inform Sacramento State students of its activities and goals. A printed booklet of ASI's goals called the Strategic Plan was scheduled...

Jamie Kennedy hits campus to execute off-beat comedy

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

It was roughly a decade ago when Jamie Kennedy burst onto the scene with his portrayal of the video store worker, horror movie expert Randy Meeks in director Wes Craven's "Scream." Meeks, through Kennedy's...

Construction to start on Broad Athletic Facility

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Phase one of the 236,000-square foot Recreation Wellness Events Center and Stadium Complex project begins this fall with construction of a new field house on the south side of the football stadium. The...

Comedians compete for a $10,000 prize

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

To some people, turning 30 years old is nothing to smile about. In this case, it's an absolute joke. The 30th annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition is in Sacramento State for the...

Cyber cafe brings out the social side of gamers

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

The revolution may not be televised. It might take place in a dimly lit, small room of 30 powerful, networked computers. Inside eChannel PC Center, overhead lights partner with the glow of 19-inch ViewSonic...

Artist defies classification

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Toshi Reagon worried about the city of New Orleans in the aftermath and damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. The singer, songwriter and guitarist remembered walking along the river after performing a show....

Triple trouble

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Nick Schiller sets his black, Asics duffel bag on the table at 10:30 a.m. and begins to pull out one snack after another. There's an apple, a banana, pistachios, broccoli, nutritional bars and other healthy...

ASI president outlines updates on student representation

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

UPDATED at 10 p.m.Associated Students Inc. President Angela Arriola met with Editor in Chief Nate Miller and Breaking News Editor Jamie Gonzales on Friday to discuss improving graduation rates, technological...

Pauly Shore casts off old image with his stand-up comedy tour

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Pauly Shore doesn't want your impression of "The Weasel" getting in the way of enjoying him now. He's no longer the California stoner with wild hair. Shore, 37, is grown up and he's coming to Sacramento...

Don’t get caught up doing the minimum

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Napoleon Dynamite had them. "You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills," the title character played by John Heder said in the 2004 hit comedy. "Girls only want boyfriends...

Reno 916!

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

It's James Oswaldo Garcia's 15th anniversary and the Reno Sheriff's Department honors the deputy by taking him out to the desert for a surprise party. Garcia is blindfolded and handed his gun to take down...

Snoop through MySpace, it’s OK

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Liberal arts freshman Katie Howe wants to become a high school counselor and marry a fireman. Expect to find Oasis, Audioslave and The Foo Fighters on her iPod. "I Love Lucy," "Saved by the Bell" and "Grey's...

A real rush to the head

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

A Kansas hotel lobby is not the typical place to start a Sacramento-based alternative rock band. In the case of Headrush, which performed Oct. 17 during the Rock the Vote event at Sacramento State, that...

No guts, No glory

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Voters' approval of a bond to provide more than $10.4 billion to California public schools translates to a $6.8 million infusion of funds over two years to improve the infrastructure of Sacramento State...

‘Loveline’ host asks students why they drink before sex

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Dr. Drew Pinsky waited in a small room in the University Union on Thursday before his 7:30 p.m. discussion. He took pictures with UNIQUE Programs student employees, signed individually sealed condoms for...

Learning the radio ropes in D.C.

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Justin Knighten gets a last-minute call returned from an e-mail sent a month earlier. It's the day before the Fourth of July and the woman on the other end of the telephone is organizing a major event...

Vocalist brings wordplay to Sac State

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

Here's something you might not know about Lyrics Born, the 34-year-old hip-hop artist and producer who began his career while a student at UC Davis: He has yet to do a show at Davis. "We were actually...

Musician Teams up with Jazz Ensemble

Nate Miller
November 21, 2007

It is here in Music Recital Hall, surrounded by the basketball-court beige walls and among rows of magenta seating, where you'll hear the aural contrast of jazz, funk and Afro-Caribbean sounds during the...

Scholarships lost for two sports teams

Nate Miller
May 8, 2007

First-year football coach Marshall Sperbeck knows he has to play with the cards dealt to him. He said four or five players didn't return from last season to play spring ball. He estimated that as many...

Hornets football, baseball lose scholarships

Nate Miller
May 7, 2007

The NCAA on Wednesday took away 2 ½ football scholarships and one-third of a baseball scholarship for the 2007-08 school year after the two Sacramento State teams scored poorly in the Academic Progress...

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