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The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor
Adult learners networking at the Mature Students Meet & Greet Lunch, Tuesday, Sept. 19. The event was the fourth in a series with the intent of helping mature students build connections on campus.  (Photo courtesy of Catheryn Koss)

Mature Learner Meet & Greet series caters to older students

Michael Pepper, Staffer October 6, 2023
The University Union hosts Older Students event series to create a space for adult learners to connect on Sacramento State’s campus.
Genaro Alfaro steps up to take a late freekick at the Hornet field on Sunday. With this freekick, Hornet junior defender Alfaro helped tie up the match 1-1 to Pacific.

Sac State men’s soccer draw 1-1 to Pacific at home

Hugo Quintanilla September 5, 2022
Sac State men’s soccer draw at home to Pacific 1-1, after being down a player for more than half the match.
Aiyana Garcia, a civil engineering major, (left), and Alyssa Rendon, a computer engineering major, (right) stand in front of the computer science and engineering mural at Santa Clara Hall on March 2, 2022. Garcia and Rendon said they hope to reduce the gap in the numbers of men and women in the engineering field. (Photo by Alexis Perales)

Female engineering majors face the challenges of succeeding in a male-dominated field

Alexis Perales March 17, 2022

In the fall 2021 semester, women represented about 16 percent of all engineering and computer science students at Sacramento State University according to Kevan Shafizadeh, interim dean of the college...

David Yaikov, a senior business major, poses in front of the Hornet Bookstore excited to be back on campus, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Yaikov says he is happy that more students are on campus at Sac State this semester. (Photo by Tyra Green)

Three months in: How the return to campus has impacted students

Tyra Green March 17, 2022

Although the Starbucks line is longer than before and some have said it’s a bit harder to find parking, students are back and the campus is almost entirely back to normal. The Union is full of people...

The Hornet Commons resident parking lot filled on Feb. 21. Parking spots fill quickly, which some students have said forces them to park in farther lots from their home. (Photo by Collin Houck)

Hornet Commons residents say that parking on property has been a constant struggle

Collin Houck March 8, 2022

Robert Gonzalez is a second-year political science-international relation major at Sacramento State. He is one of the many residents living at the Hornet Commons who deal with a current issue that frustrates...

Therese Gatchalian, a third-year pre-nursing major, sits near the library benches on Friday, Feb 18. Gatchalian said she agrees with the campuss continued requirement to wear masks indoors and feels that masks protect students when social distancing in classrooms is impossible. (Photo by Priscilla Garcia-Pargas)

Sac State students comment on county and campus mask mandates

Priscilla Garcia-Pargas March 4, 2022

California’s Department of Public Health announced that Sacramento’s indoor mask mandate would be lifted for vaccinated people on Feb. 16.  In response, Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen...

Elaine Vang, who is majoring in public health studies at Sacramento State, studies at the AIRC at Sac State on Feb. 21. Vang said she used the previous HEERF grant funds to pay for bills and textbooks. (Photo by Laura De la Garza Garcia)

CHA-CHING: Final HEERF grant to be distributed to Sac State students

Laura De la Garza Garcia February 27, 2022

Sac State will be distributing the fourth round grant payments from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund to students beginning Feb. 28.  The HEERF grant is a federal award that was approved in...

A photo of Danielle Draney and the Phi Sigma Sigma letters are put up during the candlelight vigil on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Draney was a member of Phi Sigma Sigma and involved in Greek life at Sacramento State. (Photo by Alexis Hunt)

Danielle Draney honored by friends and sorority family

Tyra Green February 22, 2022

Danielle Draney, a criminal justice major and member of Phi Sigma Sigma, died in a fatal car crash on Friday, Feb. 4.  Draney was a student at Sacramento State and was expected to graduate in May.  An...

Architects looked at the buildings around campus and decided Douglass Hall will be one of the ones they will be working on.

Sacramento State Master Plan includes new facilities, parking structures

Kathleen Pizzo September 25, 2013

Sacramento State's Master Plan Task Force began a series of public forums Sept. 17 to discuss the development of the campus over the next 15 to 20 years.The forum presented multiple concepts for the future...

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