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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor
(L-R) Nataly Andrade-Dominguez, Laura De la Garza Garcia, Lexa Estrella and Salma Pacheco are four out of five ASI board members that are of hispanic descent. The women hope to be role models to other young women through their leadership role at Sac State. (Graphic created on Canva by Alexis Hunt and Mercy Sosa)

Today’s student voice, tomorrow’s role models

Stacy Hanson October 2, 2022
“To be able to showcase that women of color can represent and can be that voice is beautiful”: ASI executive board discusses representation of Hispanic culture.
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...

Creative Queens pop-up art show celebrates women and equality

Jessica Hice March 16, 2016

Sacramento State is celebrating Women’s “HerStory” for the entire month of March. Wednesday will explore “Woman Love” in the form of a pop-up art show in collaboration with the local art...

An evening of spoken word empowers women

Marvin Davis March 13, 2016

UNIQUE hosted An Evening of Spoken Word on March 10, an event celebrating Women’s History Month with poets Gabriella Garcia Medina and Katie Wirsing reciting poetry alongside two student poets. The...

A month for women and their story

A month for women and their story

Yieng Xiong March 9, 2016

Sacramento State is bringing awareness in women issues with a series of events throughout March for Women’s "Herstory" Month. Sac State has been celebrating Women’s "Herstory" month since 1991....

Science says men take breakups harder

Cambrie Sevaaetasi November 7, 2015

Midterms and the aftermath are upon us and any added stress is unwelcome. Midterms and finals are some of the worst times to be experiencing a breakup, but considering what sex you are biologically,...

Viola Davis during the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Women Occupy Hollywood

Cambrie Sevaaetasi October 16, 2015

It’s the night of the 2015 Emmy Awards, and the nominees for the Drama Series Lead Actress Emmy Award are read. Adrien Brody announced, "And the Emmy Award goes to, Viola Davis." Davis proceeded...

Women and allies set to Take Back the Night

Marissa Montoya October 6, 2015

One in four women in the U.S. will suffer some kind of sexual violence in her lifetime. #StopVictimBlaming Violent crimes and sexual assault against women, children and marginalized people are usually...

Rap vs. Women

Cambrie Sevaaetasi September 20, 2015

Rap has (and continues to) degrade and objectify women. Millions of men and women are bobbing their heads to the beats of these songs. What they fail to realize is the self-hate that is being beaten into...

Graphic by Rachel Rosenbaum and Pierce Grohosky

Slut-shaming becoming less and less accepted

Daniel Magalit September 2, 2015

In a culture in which society blames victims for their circumstances and tells women to wear clothing that will not provoke men to lust after them, "slut-shaming" has become a common practice.The term...

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