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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

Ryan Geronimo, Author

All content by Ryan Geronimo

WPE confuses students, tests Calif. education

RYAN GERONIMO
December 3, 2003

Waaaah! Is that a baby crying? No, it's just a SacramentoState student getting ready to take the Writing Proficiency Exam.The cries can be heard all over campus. There is not now, nor will there ever be...

Hornet Bookstore infamous among students

RYAN GERONIMO
November 12, 2003

The Hornet Bookstore screws students twice, first when they buytheir books and again when they sell them back. The optimistconcedes to being screwed only once, seeing the buying and sellingas one big swindle....

Modern technology gives students an excuse for late work

RYAN GERONIMO
November 5, 2003

This never would have happened with a typewriter. I was wrappingup my column this week when the power went out in my apartment. Thecomputer monitor turned black and I lost the last 15 minutes of mywork....

Classroom apathy not like old school college enthusiasm

Ryan Geronimo
October 22, 2003

We're all familiar with the napping students in the last row, the girls whispering about anything but the course and that guy playing "Snake" on his phone. This classroom apathy is a far cry from the outspoken...

USA Patriot Act lifts lid off library

Ryan Geronimo
October 8, 2003

United States Attorney General John Ashcroft knows you read "Charlotte's Web" in the third grade. Well, that may be a stretch. But under Section 215 of the controversial USA Patriot Act Ashcroft could...

Circus is politics as usual in state

Ryan Geronimo
September 24, 2003

Meanwhile, political pundits are taking this spectacle so seriously that they don't even realize they're squabbling like children. article: Many Californians are calling our state's historic recall a circus....

Community service not just for campus Greeks

Ryan Geronimo
September 17, 2003

The Greeks are about as foreign to me as the Middle East. But I do know that fraternities and sororities at Sacramento State do a great deal of volunteer work. It seems to me that volunteers do not receive...

Relax; after all, it’s just college

Ryan Geronimo
September 3, 2003

Attention freshmen: Orientation is not over. -There is more to life at Sacramento State than the dry overview of academic requirements and quick stop tour given by student orientation staff. - In addition...

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