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ON CAMPUS The State Assembly will debate whether California public unviersities will have to provide the abortion pill by 2022. NEWS, PAGE 4 | EDITORIAL, PAGE 14
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PLAYLIST: TUNES TO GET YOU BACK INTO THE GRIND
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SAC STATE BASEBALL GIVES RHYS HOSKINS HERO’S WELCOME ON RETURN VISIT page 10
On our story about Sac State’s uncertainty whether there will be a shortfall in funding this May’s commencement ceremony at the Golden 1 Center, Facebook user Paul Hietala commented, “(In) 1972, I had mine on campus, and enjoyed it. We went from Sacramento State College to CSUS.” See more on page 7, and let us know what you think online at Facebook.com/StateHornet
The Sacramento State women’s basketball team lost 82-71 to Portland State at the Nest on Jan. 27. Our staffer Shaun Holkko reported the game and live-tweeted the action from courtside. Follow @SH_Sports and @ TheStateHornet on Twitter for more live coverage of sports and other events on campus.
BALLROOM REPAIRS: The University Union Ballroom will be closed through March 25 to allow for the room to be re-wired and updated with new technologies. Events that have been scheduled to be held in the ballroom have either been rescheduled or moved to a different location, according to Sacramento State. Updates to technology listed in a press release include a modern sound system, projectors, screens, speakers and an updated fire alarm system.
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THOMAS FREY - The State Hornet If passed by the State Assembly and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Senate Bill 320 would require all UC and CSU campuses to offer abortion by medication starting Jan. 1, 2022.
ABORTION PILL COULD COME TO CAMPUS Bill calling for free medication abortion at CSU and UC schools passes in State Senate Sami Soto @itssamisoto
The California State Senate voted 25-13 on Monday to approve a bill that would require California public universities, including Sacramento State, to provide medication abortions. If it becomes law, Senate Bill
320 would require all UC and CSU campuses to offer abortion by medication starting Jan. 1, 2022. It was first introduced by Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, in February 2017. Medication abortion consists of two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, which can be taken by women up to 10 weeks
pregnant. The patient has to meet with a medical professional before and after treatment, which can cost between $300 to $800, according to Planned Parenthood. John Johnson, the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion which includes the Women’s Resource Center, has been following the bill and believes
that it can impact the campus community. “We want to serve the students’ needs as best as possible,” Johnson said. “(The bill) is polarizing. It can create a location where anti-abortion groups might choose to come to protest.” The idea for the bill originated with two UC Berkeley students. In
2016, Adiba Khan and Meghan Warner advocated for the campus health center to provide medication abortions. The proposal was never implemented, but now the concept is being debated on a bigger stage. All public university campuses in California have on-campus health centers, but none provide
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“(SB 320) ensures that pregnant college students — if they so choose — are able to safely end their pregnancy within the first 10 weeks without needing to travel off campus to access this constitutionally protected right.”
FAST FACTS: MEDICATION ABORTION
- State Sen. Connie Leyva Author of SB 320
medication abortions, according to the bill. The legislation would establish The Medication Abortion Implementation Advisory Council. The council would be responsible for developing future objectives and handling finances from the Medication Abortion Implementation Fund. Private grant money from the fund would then be distributed to the on-campus health centers. The bill states there is no requirement for the universities to use student fees to help fund the costs. In a tweet from January, Leyva said in part, “...(SB 320) ensures that pregnant college students — if they so choose — are able to safely end their pregnancy within the first 10 weeks without needing to travel off campus to access this constitutionally protected right.” The bill highlights the challenges college students face when wanting to terminate a pregnancy, such as transportation, time and finances. “It would be safer for students to go to the health center instead of having to travel to a Planned Parenthood,” junior Carly Haynes said. “I had a friend go over there. It’s kind of far and in a sketchy place.”
According to a report from UCSF, an estimated 1,038 students across the 34 UC and CSU campuses seek medical abortions at off-site health facilities every month. The report projects there would be up to 519 medication abortions each month if student health centers offered the pills. Sacramento State Health and Counseling Services did not comment on the bill, saying it is too premature at this time to discuss it. Sac State’s website currently lists several off-site facilities and organizations for students wanting to explore pregnancy termination options, including Planned Parenthood, Choice Medical Group and ACCESS: Women’s Health Justice. “It would be better if it’s available to them on campus,” Sac State junior Ali Briscoe said. “And it would be convenient at school because it does happen a lot, and women do need that option.” The bill will now move on to the State Assembly where it will be read and possibly amended. It will have to pass in that body before reaching the governor’s desk for final approval.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
In a medication abortion the two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, are used to induce an abortion. Medication abortions work by blocking a key hormone needed for the embryo to stay attached to the uterine lining before causing what seems like a period.
HOW COMMON ARE THEY?
Medication abortions are sometimes the preferred method of terminating a pregnancy, especially in the 50 days after gestation begins, according to the World Health Organization, which also states that it is just as effective as a surgical abortion. In 2008, medication abortions accounted for 32 percent of first trimester abortions at Planned Parenthood centers.
HOW MUCH DO THEY COST? READ MORE: SAC STATE SAYS | PAGE 6 EDITORIAL | PAGE 14
A medication abortion can cost between $300 and $800, according to Planned Parenthood. According to the Guttmacher Institute, over half of women pay out-of-pocket for their abortion.
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SAC STATE SAYS
Should California’s public colleges offer abortion medication on campus?
If passed, Senate Bill 320 would require all UC and CSU campuses
to offer abortion by medication starting Jan. 1, 2022. This service, like most medical services offered on college campuses, would
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“I think that it is a good idea because there are a lot of students who don’t have outside sources, and most of the benefits that students attain are through their school system. I think it would be good for women who can’t afford that outside of school; some women don’t have health care.” - TJ Gray Communication studies
“I would be against it. I’m a very spiritual person so I believe in life, but it’s also like I’m in the middle too because I believe in choice. I would have to lean more strongly toward against it because life is more precious than anything else.”
“It is a good idea to help the people who need this type of medication so they can get that help here, so they don’t have to go out and get it — Especially for Sac State students.”
- Cameron Baxly Business management
- Mohammad Alotaibi Mechanical engineering
“I don’t think it should because I think that abortion is wrong. I think that killing an unborn child is wrong, because that child has not even gotten a chance to live their life yet. And plus, it’s against my religion.”
“I do think it should be available to students at Cal States. A lot of times this is the only health care kids have offered to them, and I know I would much rather go somewhere that feels more like home than a clinic I know nothing about.”
- Kendra Smith Psychology
- Allie Anderson Public relations
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NICOLE FOWLER - The State Hornet Graduating seniors rise at the Spring 2018 commencement exercises held at Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, at the first Sacramento State commencement to be held there. School spokespeople say they will not know the cost of this year’s ceremony until the Golden 1 Center sends Sac State a bill after it is complete.
Sac State unsure if commencement will face funding shortfall LAST YEAR’S SHORTFALL FILLED BY SCHOOL’S RESERVE FUNDS AFTER DEAL WITH CITY John Ferrannini @jferrnews
Sacramento State does not yet know if there will be a shortfall in paying for this May’s commencement at the Golden 1 Center, according to a spokesperson. “There are too many unknown factors for us to determine a potential shortfall at this point,” said Cely Smart, the chief communications officer for Sac State President Robert Nelsen, in an email to The State Hornet. “We will know the final financial outlook at the end
of the fiscal year in June when we receive a final bill from Golden 1 Center and when (we) have collected all of the student fees.” After the graduation ceremonies were moved to Golden 1 Center from Sleep Train Arena, the Sacramento Kings tripled the fee for holding the ceremonies at their arena. This was after the school increased the student commencement fee intended to pay for the exercises by $13 to $76.50 in anticipation of the move. Last spring this led to a shortfall of $96,500 in paying for the commencement. This was eventually
filled by money from the school’s reserves after $50,000 was waived via the City of Sacramento designating the graduation as a city civic event. Smart said that the school is planning to ask the city again to designate the graduation as a civic event. The city has created a process for organizations to apply for the designation. No more than nine days a year can be so designated. In November, Nelsen announced amid criticism that winter commencements would end after December 2017. Last month’s
commencement was not designated as a city civic event. “Our decision to end the winter commencement was based on several issues, including the inability of the graduation fee to completely cover the cost of two ceremonies per year for the past several years,” Smart said. “We are constantly re-evaluating our graduation ceremonies in an effort to prevent having to raise the student fee.” Other venues, such as Cal Expo, Raley Field, the Memorial Auditorium and the downtown convention center, have been re-
jected as potential venues because the school determined there were not enough seats available for guests at those locations. Anita Fitzhugh of Sac State Public Affairs said that the school will receive the final bill from Golden 1 Center four to six weeks after the ceremony. Fitzhugh and Smart would not give an estimate of how much the school expects this spring’s graduation to cost. Smart added that the school does not have cost estimates from the downtown arena because “as we are not at that point in the planning process.”
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Senior gymnast’s flair on floo
Rice’s injury puts potential 3rd trip to NCAA Regional in jeopardy Thomas Frey @ThomasFreyRP
On a cold night in April not only was the sky pouring in Seattle, but an ovation also rained down from the rafters as Sacramento State senior gymnast Lauren Rice twisted through the air to finish her floor routine at the NCAA Regional in a sold-out Alaska Airlines Arena. While Rice finished the meet just a quarter point from qualifying for nationals, there was no doubt that the gymnast, whose hair is dyed green, had the most popular routine. “The only way you are going to get attention in the gymnastics world is either being really good or really outrageous,” Rice said. “I decided to go with the really outrageous part by making my floor routine humorous; I’ve attracted a new audience and gained a fanbase and also I dyed my hair a little crazy.” Her floor routine started with “...Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears and also featured “Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj. “I mainly just want to have fun constantly,” Rice said. “I think when people start to take things too seriously they get very tense and that usually makes them mess up. I generally just think if I’m having fun, then I’m going to do good.” Rice learned this mindset from her family, which also has roots in gymnastics. Her older sister Taylor was an all-American at Stanford in 2015 and her parents — Cassie and Michael — each were all-American gymnasts at Oklahoma. After college, her parents opened up Gymcats, a gymnastics gym in Las Vegas. As early as kindergarten, Rice
THOMAS FREY - The State Hornet In three seasons at Sacramento State, senior gymnast Lauren Rice has secured two trips to the NCAA Regional as an all-arounder.
remembers waking up in her mom’s office and going out to play on the gymnastics equipment as her mom began instructing classes each morning. “I’ve been in the gym ever since I was born pretty much,” Rice said. “I think it was an interesting dynamic especially because my sister was always doing gymnastics, and she was two years older than me. I saw her grow up before me.” From a young age, Rice was traveling to places like Mississippi, Minnesota, Virginia and California for gymnastics competitions
and quickly moved up the ladder in the amateur realm. Not only were Rice’s skills on the mat, beam, bars and vault improving, but she also started choreographing dance routines when she turned 13. She experimented with different music in the club setting for four years and knew that when she entered college, she would want to make her own floor routines. Sac State gymnastics coach Randy Solorio said he liked that and offered her a full scholarship during her official visit. “I’m all about letting them ex-
press who they are,” Solorio said. “They buy into it because it’s theirs rather than someone telling them what to do.” From Rice’s first meet as a freshman — which was coincidentally against her sister Taylor — she was competing in all four events as an all-arounder. She choreographed her own floor routine and was later named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Year. Rice improved in her sophomore year and qualified for her first NCAA Regional where she finished an eighth of a point
away from qualifying for nationals. However, to get to this point, she had to overcome a consistent pain in her ankle that eventually caused her to have surgery in the summer. “She is always looking at the bright side of things, and even though she is always optimistic, she is realistic,” senior Courtney Soliwoda said. “Emotions are contagious. If she knows that the path is not going to work, she takes an alternate route to get there.” Rice was told different timeframes for how much time she
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would miss by several different people and went into her rehab with an open mindset to take her time and not rush back. It was also too open of a mindset. She said her assistant coach, Melissa Genovese, told her that she was capable of moving quicker in her rehab. Once she began to rehab with more purpose, she saw an improvement and looked toward making a return. She returned as an all-arounder in the final six meets of the season and qualified for the NCAA Regional for a second consecutive year. Rice narrowly missed out on reaching nationals but her popularity grew as she showed off
THOMAS FREY - The State Hornet Sacramento State senior gymnast Lauren Rice performs her uneven bars routine in the NorCal Classic on Monday, Jan. 8 at Stanford University. Four days later, Rice tore her ATFL and CFL ligaments in her ankle during the floor event.
her floor routine to a national audience. It all started when her floor routine was talked about in the middle of the season on “Gymcastic,” the top gymnastic podcast. The show talked about how her different dance and music selection made her a can’t miss talent. So much so that Lauren Hopkins — the editor-in-chief of The Gymternet, one of the leading gymnastics websites — could be heard panicking as the cameras went off Rice and momentarily on to someone else during her live-blogging at the NCAA Regional. Not only does Rice choreo-
graph her own routine, but she has helped fellow senior Caitlin Soliwoda make hers more popular as well. “I’ll send her songs (and) she will blend them together and pitch in her own ideas,” Caitlin Soliwoda said. “She has a really good knack for listening to music and creating music. She created mine and then we choreographed my routine together.” While Rice would like to choreograph more of her teammates routines, she said her busy schedule — which includes a heavy mechanical engineering workload — has kept her from it. Due to gymnastics practice in the middle of the day, Rice is
forced to take most of her classes at night. She said that most of her days are spent at the gym, in the classroom or in the library studying. For Rice’s senior project, alongside four of her classmates, she is working to develop a parking tracker for Sac State parking lots 9 and 10. They got a lot done before her senior season started. Along with her difficult class schedule as a mechanical engineering major, she has her senior season of gymnastics and rehab to work on. In Sac State’s Jan. 12 home opener against the University of Washington, Rice was finishing up her final event, the floor. The
routine featured music including Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble,” Haddaway’s “What Is Love” and even the theme song of Wii Sports. She was just about to turn around and do her death drop to end the routine. Instead, she dropped after injuring her ankle on the landing. Rice tore her ATFL and CFL ligaments in her ankle, and she said her recovery time is still unknown more than two weeks later as her senior season sits in a limbo. The last time she was injured she did everything she could to come back and it paid off. She is trying to make it back for one more round in her final season.
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BASEBALL
Hoskins greeted home amid MLB stardom Former Sac State slugger, Phillies star reflects on collegiate career Will Moon
@MoonMan0305 Former Sacramento State first baseman Rhys Hoskins has yet to play a full season in Major League Baseball, but the Sacramento-native’s slugging has propelled his status from coast to coast. With 50 major league games on his resume following his Aug. 10 call-up, Hoskins stood fourth in total votes for National League Rookie of the Year, bolstered by his 18 home runs and 48 RBIs. The season was filled with new records for Hoskins, who became the fastest player to reach 18-career home runs in MLB history. “(Playing at Sac State) helped me prepare for the life that was thrown at me the last year,” Hoskins said at the Sac State baseball program’s Diamond Dinner fundraising event on Jan. 19. The Diamond Dinner was celebrated largely as a homage to the 2017 Western Athletic Conference-winning Sac State team, former coach Cal Boyes (1960-75) and the late Daryl Horn — who was killed alongside his 14-yearold son in a car accident in November — but the tables were filled in the Scottish Rite Masonic Center for the same reason that thousands of fans in Philadelphia
paid to watch a team that finished with only 66 wins in 2017. Sporting a grey suit far subtler than his red-white-and-blue Phillies uniform, Hoskins drew gazes and turned heads as he weaved through the crowd — shaking hands, snapping photographs and chatting with friends, family and fans. Philadelphia has championed Hoskins as the “new face of (the) Phillies” thanks to his bat but just across the street from his old campus, the left fielder was given a hero’s welcome for his reputation of humility. Many Hornet fans remember Hoskins as the slugger whose 53 RBIs and .319 batting average during his senior year in 2014 helped lead the team to a 40-24 overall record, a WAC Championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth in the program’s Division I history. However, coach Reggie Christiansen recalled Hoskins playing an instrumental role in the team’s success off the field as well. After the departures of senior pitchers like Brandon Creel and Tyler Hoelzen in 2013, Christiansen said he knew Sac State would need more strength on the mound to win in 2014. That offseason, Hoskins volunteered to return a portion of his scholarship to allow the team to sign right-hander
Photo courtesy of Miles Kennedy/Philadelphia Phillies Former Sacramento State first baseman Rhys Hoskins finished fourth in total votes for MLB National League Rookie of the Year as a left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Hoskins is the fastest player to reach 18-career home runs in MLB history.
Alex Palsha. Palsha went 6-1 with four saves and a 1.82 ERA over 59.1 innings pitched and was signed by the New York Mets in the 2014 MLB Draft. “(Palsha) was a huge reason why we were successful in 2014,” Christiansen said. “If it wasn’t for
(Hoskins) caring so much about our program, we wouldn’t have signed Alex and won 40 games.” When Hoskins signed a six-figure bonus with the Phillies, he spent over $8,000 on commemorative WAC Championship rings for all of his former teammates, Christiansen said.
“I think back a lot about my time at Sac State, and I was given my best friends,” Hoskins said. “The people I was surrounded with (on the team), I’ll be friends for life with.”
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Hornets hampered by 6-game losing streak Women’s basketball team remains positive amid struggling season Keith Jouganatos @KeithJouganatos
Sacramento State women’s basketball coach Bunky Harkleroad paced the sidelines during the closing seconds of the team’s eventual 81-72 defeat at the hands of the Portland State Vikings on Saturday. At one point in the game, the Hornets had been up by as many as 11 points. Yet as senior guard Maranne Johnson fought for a loose ball with roughly 15 seconds remaining and the game out of reach, they gazed at the scoreboard in disappointment. Sac State (3-16, 1-7 Big Sky Conference) — which hasn’t won a game on the road all year long — is currently riding a sixgame losing streak which is its worst since a six-game skid that stretched from the end of the 2013-14 season to the beginning of the 2014-15 campaign. Yet Harkleroad, who is in his fifth year at the helm of the Hornets, remained positive after practice on Monday, saying that his team still has a lot to play for down the stretch of this season. “We have a shot to win the conference tournament,” Harkleroad said. “It would be silly to stop fighting when we believe in what our team can do, and anything can happen come tournament time.” But nagging injuries, bad breaks in crunch time and a tough Power 5 schedule against teams such as West Virginia and Kentucky aren’t likely to help a team’s confidence. However, the Hornets remain positive that their recent performances have them on the right track to improvement going into the final month of their regular season. The injuries have forced Har-
JORDYN DOLLARHIDE - The State Hornet Sacramento State sophomore guard Quayonna Harris tries to escape from the defense of Portland State freshman guard Kylie Jimenez as coach Bunky Harkleroad looks on in an 81-72 loss to the Vikings Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Nest.
kleroad to play underclassmen such as sophomore Kennedy Nicholas, freshman guard Dana DeGraffenreid and sophomore guard Tiara Scott. “It is crucial that the players we will have returning next season (continue to) fight — there has to be no quit in our underclassmen,” Harkleroad said. Sac State will also look to veterans such as Johnson, who was arguably one of the three most efficient players in Saturday’s loss with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes of play.
“It would be silly to stop fighting when we believe in what our team can do, and anything can happen come tournament time.” - Bunky Harkleroad Sacramento State women’s basketball coach
Another player who performed well against Portland State was sophomore guard Hannah Friend. After going 0-5 from 3-point range in an 85-71 loss against Idaho State on Jan. 20, Friend bounced back by shooting
50 percent (6-12) from beyond the arc en route to a team-high 39 points. “Shooters shoot, and I can’t not keep shooting,” laughed Friend after Monday’s practice. Friend also said the positivity
and focus hasn’t changed much during the team’s losing streak. “I know we’d love to get a couple of wins, obviously, going toward the end of the season, but I think if we stick together as a unit and continue to fight and not give in then we will be successful no matter what,” Friend said. Sac State will have its chance to get back in the win column as the team travels to play Eastern Washington on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington.
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RECYCLING SAVED BY THE BELLS Exhibit featuring repurposed propane tanks meant to fuel dialogue with students Yajayra Gonzalez @TheStateHornet
Andrew Connelly, a Sacramento State art professor, has a new exhibit titled “All Exaltation: Meditations in Sculpture” available for viewing at the Robert Else Gallery in Kadema Hall. A reception for the exhibit will be held on Feb. 1. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The show is the culmination of a series of sculptures that Connelly has created conceptually around the forms of rescued propane tanks used as bells. Connelly picked Sac State for his show because he feels that students rarely get to see the various work he does outside of school. Since he showcases his art in different areas around the nation and world, many students are only limited to what they see on his website. “It’s an amazing teaching tool for me to bring my professional work here,” Connelly said. “It is a way to let students know I am not just here as your professor, I am here because I am a professional artist, and this is what I do. I am a part of a larger community and you too can be a part of that community.” He also recognizes that the university has been a great supporter of his artwork and wants to give back in any way he can. Thus, for his upcoming event, his goal is to have people come into this environment and be transformed in some way. Diana Daniels, an art history professor at Sac State, collaborated with Connelly on this project. She compared her job as curator — she worked as curator of contemporary art at the Crocker Art Museum — to that of being a visual editor.
Photo courtesy of Mustafa Shaheen Art professor Andrew Connelly’s new exhibit is on display in Kadema Hall. Connelly utilized rescued propane tanks as bells.
“Playing this part was such an honor,” she said. “I got to realize my ideal role by offering a sounding board, engaging in some fairly serious, often philosophical conversations with Andrew, and ultimately sharing my sincerest enthusiasm for the work as his idea evolved.” Connelly said that he wants people to remember his work. He will be interviewed by Daniels during a sit-in where students can come and have an open conversation with him. “It’s not about me, it’s about us,” he said. “I want us to engage in a larger dialogue.”
He wants students to talk about what is being presented conceptually, and the different layers that are presented in his art. Amber Ward is an art education professor at Sacramento State and has been acquainted with Connelly and his work for two-and-a-half years. She said she will be attending his Feb. 1 talk. “I look forward to hearing what his perspective is during the art talk,” Ward said. “It’s a mysterious show in a way compared to a more traditional medium that you might see.” One thing that she particular-
ly liked about this exhibition was that she was able to go inside and experience a sense of peace. After she left that space she was still able to carry that feeling with her, she said. “I would encourage the community to come out and experience the show,” Ward said. “I feel that it’s successful especially because Sac State is a diverse community and I feel like professor Connelly does a great job of representing some of those diverse aspects that make Sac State a pretty fabulous place to be.”
SEE IT: A RECEPTION FOR ‘ALL EXALTATION: MEDITATIONS IN SCULPTURE’ WILL BE IN THE ROBERT ELSE GALLERY ON FEB 1. FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M.
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3 PLAYLISTS TO CONQUER THOSE BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLUES @khanlibear
It’s that time of year again. Students are settling for subpar coffee just to stay awake, seniors are trying to crash classes they swear they were waitlisted for, and parking spots are becoming harder and harder to find. A new semester has just begun, and if you’re anything like me, the music you listen to plays a big part in you getting through a typical day. Check out these three playlists, specially curated to help you get back into the grind.
Studying Bolting out of the door as soon as class ends doesn’t always mean that your school day is over. There are still plenty of textbooks to be read and online classes to fit into your busy schedule, and of course, those essays don’t write themselves. Let this playlist of alternative R&B and lo-fi beats help you stay focused on your work and save your excuses for your procrastination for another day.
Working out We’ve got quite a bit of time until this semester ends, but I assure you that wont stop your peers from hitting the weights in an effort to reach their health and fitness goals early. Summer bodies are built in the spring after all. Whether The WELL is your gym of choice, or if you decide to conduct your workouts elsewhere, these songs are sure to get your blood flowing and have you finishing strong.
Commuting
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By now, we’ve pretty much established that we are indeed a commuter campus, so there’s no use beating that dead horse (for now). Unfortunately, our commuter campus just happens to be in the middle of a city that’s infamous for its notoriously awful drivers. Hopefully, with the help of a few chill hip-hop and alternative indie tracks, you’ll be less susceptible to being completely fed up before you even make it to campus.
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EDITORIAL
MATTHEW NOBERT - The State Hornet
EDITORIAL: No access, no choice
SCHOOLS NEED TO ENSURE WOMEN’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED If Senate Bill 320 is approved by the State Assembly and becomes law, all California State University and University of California campuses would be required to provide medication abortions starting in 2022. Obviously, abortion and sex on college campuses are both controversial issues to a great number of people. But whether either is morally right or wrong ipso facto is not the kind of choice lawmakers and college administrators should be making — the Supreme Court declared that both abortion and sex between consenting adults are constitutional rights that everyone can either choose or eschew. Which is why California colleges should be required to allow students the option to receive a
medication abortion on their campuses. The law already mandates that abortion is a choice every woman can make, yet often circumstances leave women — especially young women — with very few choices. Medication abortion consists of two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, which can be taken by women up to 10 weeks pregnant. The patient has to meet with a medical professional before and after treatment, which can cost between $300 to $800, according to Planned Parenthood. Oftentimes, students living at a university have few or no affordable and accessible health care options except for what is provided on campus. At Sac State, medical services are provided by Student
Health and Counseling Services in The WELL. This presents a hurdle to receiving lots of services, but especially abortion services. Less locations can provide medication abortions compared with other health services. Planned Parenthood and other sexual health centers are often located in hard-toreach and more dangerous parts of town. None of this is to mention the stigma that often accompanies women who decide to choose abortion in any form, stigma which prevents people from discussing the issue with those closest to them for fear of being judged. This can include parents, close friends and even physicians. All of this is why providing the
option of a medication abortion on campus is the difference for many students between choice and no choice. The myth of widespread “abortion-as-birth control” has particularly bad implications for young women, especially those who can’t afford children or are the victims of rape. According to a 2016 study published in the health journal “Contraception,” socioeconomic concerns tie with the desire to have no more children as the number one reason women give for having an abortion. The ongoing problem of sexual assault including rape on college campuses is one which has gotten much needed attention in recent years. According to a
2015 study out of the University of Pennsylvania, 23 percent of female undergraduates will be sexually assaulted at least once during their years of college. Data from the U.S. Department of Justice sheds further light on this number. Female college-aged students are 20 percent more likely to experience sexual assault than other women. All of this goes to show that for many women, the choice to have an abortion isn’t a question of preferences as much as a question of necessity. A constitutional right to choose abortion doesn’t mean much if women can’t make that choice because they can’t access abortion services. SB320 would fix that.
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Finding optimism inside a live trivia app HQ offers Sac State students a new way to pay tuition, and it’s for free on your phone Kelly Kiernan @kkiernan98
While a massive crowd of people huddled in the freezing cold of Times Square, waiting for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve, I sat on the edge of my couch holding my phone, waiting for an app to quit freezing. That app’s name is HQ. Everyday, HQ airs a live freeto-play trivia game for anyone with the app. The game consists of 12 random questions that everyone playing has 10 seconds to answer. Get one wrong and you’re out; you can earn extra lives by having friends use your referral code, with a max of one used per game. While the first few questions are fairly easy, the questions rapidly become difficult. Usually by the time I get to question five I start sweating bullets. That’s when the guessing begins. I play every time: twice a day on weekdays at 3 and 9 p.m. Eastern time for a shot at splitting $2,500 if I can last through 12 questions. On weekends the show is once at 9 p.m, and the prize increases to $15,000 on Sundays, but with an extra three questions added. After the last question is read aloud, plopped on the screen and answered, the winners split the
prize. Sometimes less than ten people win and each individual receives an amount in the triple or quadruple digits. Other times hundreds win and barely get enough for a fast food meal off the dollar menu. Host Scott Rogowsky, who despite his many attempts at giving himself any other nickname is still known as “Quiz Daddy,” entertains the virtual crowd by sharing cheesy jokes and puns. Other hosts have made brief appearances when covering for Scott but it’s clear that the “HQties” favor him. Lately, the number of players averages up to 1.1 million per session. This number is good for the founders of HQ , but bad for me and others who may be fighting for our lives. The farthest I have ever gotten is question 11. I had already used my extra life on question 5. The anticipation of waiting for the correct answer to pop up was overwhelming. Scott loves to ramble and keep us waiting. In the end, I was happy I only missed out on $6. In HQ there is no way to cheat the system: no time to Google an answer, only time to ask the person sitting next to you. HQ does have its faults. Lag is a major issue, which could be expected when over 1 million people are playing a game live, but it
KELLY KIERNAN - The State Hornet Every day HQ, a live trivia app, gives away cash prizes to all players who make it to the end of a series of questions. Winning is difficult, and your share of the prize varies depending on how many other players win.
has been excessive. Often I’m kicked out because the game froze and I couldn’t answer in time. Gameplay has been postponed due to technical difficulties many times, including that fateful New Year’s Eve night. It’s extremely irritating. Only one extra life is allowed during each game, which is unfair when I have worked so hard to advertise this bittersweet app. My mom, two sisters, uncle, best friend and grandma all have the app, but I can only use one life per game?
A new update means players can now choose when they want to use their extra lives, rather than automatically on their first missed question. Winners can also cash out any earnings they have; previously, winners couldn’t cash out through PayPal if they won less than $20. HQ had the power to then refuse to award these winners if they didn’t reach $20 within 90 days. This dilemma turned several people away from competing. I love HQ because it brings people together and may poten-
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tially put money in my pocket for things like tuition, housing or groceries. It does have its issues but that won’t stop me from participating. I continue to see improvements, and view them as a source of inspiration to improve myself as well. For now, I remain optimistic that every time I play, I will win. So I watch for that push notification. I plug into a power source, connect to some strong Wi-Fi, turn up the volume and find a smart friend. The game is about to begin.
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