On the second half of the final episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, Shiavon Chatman and her aunt, fellow podcaster Johnnetta Wells of Drink Til We’re Married, continue yesterday’s lifestyle conversation,...

On the final episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, host Shiavon Chatman has her aunt and  host of the podcast “Drink Til We’re Married,”Johnnetta Wells on to discuss the history of both of their podcasts,...

This week on Brooke’s UhlenBops, host Brooke Uhlenhop has put together a special episode featuring State Hornet staff members: Nijzel Dotson, Bradley Hinkson, Kayla Brown and Shiavon Chatman discussing...

I have been waiting to write about this forever. I wanted it to be my last Jawn for The State Hornet but Sacramento State surprised me and actually had some taste. Sac State students voted “Grey’s...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

On the second part of this episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, host Shiavon Chatman is once again joined by her aunt and Drink Til We’re Married host Johnnetta Wells to continue their discussion of the HBO...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

On the first chapter of this two-part episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, host Shiavon Chatman is joined by her aunt Johnnetta Wells, host of her own podcast Drink Til We're Married, to discuss the return of...

I just want to say how proud I am of Issa for looking past Condola dating her ex. What kind of person would stop a bag over a man you were supporting financially only three years ago?  Molly. That’s...

After a year and half, we finally have our Insecure Sundays back! It’s season four and everybody looks seasoned and paid.  “Insecure” is an HBO scripted series about Issa Rae, a 30-something...

I’ve written about my Nana a lot. How my memories about her rely on smells and fuzzy sights. I remember how her apartment smelled of Elizabeth Taylor perfume, a light fog of cigarette smoke and whatever...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

No bae? Looking for a cute, little quaran-ting but social distancing is the move right now? Do you have all the snacks but you’re trying not to binge “Sex and the City” for the umpteenth time? Have...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

On this episode of the Shiavon’s Jawn podcast, host Shiavon Chatman is joined by Shona Spikes, Sac State student and the host of her own podcast, Shona Sucks. The two discuss the process of setting up...

Black women are dying at the hands of everyone because we’re all conditioned to ignore Black pain if the cries are coming from a Black woman. And that is the hottest tea I will ever serve you. Harvard...

On this episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, staff writer Brooke Uhlenhop returns along with managing editor Jannah Khalil to discuss the Oscars with host and opinion editor Shiavon Chatman.    What’s...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

For the first episode of the second season of Shiavon’s Jawn, your host, opinion editor, Shiavon Chatman, staffer Brooke Uhlenhop and podcast editor Robbie Pierce talk the 2020 Grammys and discuss the...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of when women got the right to vote.  Women’s Suffrage sought to reform federal laws that excluded women from exercising their right to vote.  This was a...

Opinion editor and podcast host Shiavon Chatman sits down with former news editor Adria Watson to talk about Black art, Black award shows and who is the right group to critique Black cinema. Chatman and...

In this week’s episode of Shiavon’s Jawn, podcast host and opinion editor Shiavon Chatman sits down with copy editor Robbie Pierce and opinion writer Jonah Salazar to play a Jawn-style edition of “two...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Opinion editor and podcast host Shiavon Chatman sat down with podcast editor Will Coburn where they discussed the murder case of 21-year-old Alexis Crawford. Crawford was murdered by her roommate and roommate's...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Opinion editor and podcast host Shiavon Chatman sat down with Maya Coleman, Sacramento State student and official off-campus activist of the university’s Black Student Union. The two discussed Coleman’s...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Opinion editor Shiavon Chatman sat down with football writer Mack Ervin III and copy editor Robbie Pierce in the latest episode. Last week the State Hornet posted a Google response form for readers to...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Shiavon sits down with opinion writer Magaly Muñoz to talk about the backlash regarding rapper  T.I.’s policing of his daughter’s body. T.I. was featured on the podcast “Ladies Like Us” where...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Shiavon Chatman and her friend Saleem Obeidat talk about anxiety and dating. Saleem questions if happiness and anxiety really exist or if it is all in our heads. Shiavon disagrees and gets vulnerable as...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Last week, Tyler Perry opened his first studio in downtown Atlanta, making him the first Black person to fully own a film studio, but is this the best thing he could be doing in his community?  Shiavon...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Part two of Shiavon’s conversation with Stevante Clark, carrying on after last week’s episode. In this episode, Shiavon and Stevante talk about mental health in the Black community and what Stevante...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

Part one of Shiavon’s long-form interview with Stevante Clark where they talk about the ways the death of his brother, Stephon Clark, changed his life. Music: Chabba from Filmstro.com

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

The second part of last week’s discussion on “stan culture.” This week, Shiavon and former State Hornet news editor Adria are going deeper on stans, casting shade on The Shade Room and standing...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity. I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

 The second episode of Shiavon's Jawn. This week Shiavon celebrates Beyonce's birthday with former State Hornet news editor Adria Watson. Listen as the two take a dive into the toxic end of "stan...

A jawn. Pronounced jôn. Noun. A person, place, thing, or event that doesn’t need a specific name. An indescribable, but memorable entity.  I’m Shiavon and this is Shiavon’s Jawn. (If these two...

The first episode of Shiavon's Jawn with The State Hornet opinion editor Shiavon Chatman. This week she chats with Sacramento State student Sade Butler about work, becoming a manager, coping with stress...

My journalism professor at American River College used to call Toni Morrison the “Shakespeare of the United States.” She said Morrison created a new language, one through which she told the stories...

It is officially allergy season and Sacramento State students have ditched their winter coats and Christmas mugs for picnic baskets and nasal spray. Students are sneezing into their inner elbows (hopefully)...

For the second time in three seasons, the Sacramento State women’s golf team won the Big Sky Conference championship and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. The State Hornet sat down with team leader...

I was 10 years old when I saw Destiny’s Child perform live in my hometown of Albany, New York. "Excited" didn’t fit the magnitude of the electricity running through my veins. I knew every song....

Gasbuddy, an app that allows you to check gas prices in the United States and Canada, settled the longtime debate on what city has the most aggressive drivers. Sacramento came in at number three, with...

Sacramento State public relations professor Andrew Stoner cites Randy Shilts, AIDS activist, author and journalist in his upcoming book, "The Journalist of Castro Street: The Life of Randy Shilts” as...

With tests, homework, working and juggling a social life, school can be a stressful place. This can lead to your skin stressing out too. Your skin is the first thing people notice when they see you,...

With classes canceled a few weeks ago, Sacramento State students had a few extra days of Thanksgiving break. Some using social media, while others shied away from their phones to spend time with family....

The time finally came for Sacramento State gymnast Jordyn Brent as she stepped up to the mat at Maples Pavillion on the campus of Stanford University Jan. 8. Brent was preparing for her second semester...

I was 14 years old. He was older. Too old to be hanging around a 14-year-old. I could see him watching me from afar when I was with my friends. What the hell was he looking at … did he think...

The 28th annual Chalk It Up festival in Sacramento drew in a crowd to celebrate art and expression, specifically through  chalk artwork displayed on sidewalks. The festival ran for three days...