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    Rough Rails: Why RT’s Light Rail Service Doesn’t Stop On Campus.

    May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 hornethistory22

    It is known that Sac State is what’s referred to as a “commuter” school. This means that the majority of its students do not live

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    JAAC? What’s that?

    April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 hornethistory22

    The Sac State archive is something that most students do not step foot in. Due to this, many students do not know that we have

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    Sac State’s Forgotten Jackrabbit Massacre

    April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 hornethistory22

    Sac State has a rich ecological history, if sometimes absurd. Today, the campus is a scenic, biodiverse landscape brimming with plant and animal life at

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    Royal Chicano Air Force: Illuminating Chicano Awareness and Promoting Student Artist

    April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hornethistory22

    The RCAF, otherwise known as the Royal Chicano Air Force, was founded at Sacramento State in 1970, by Jose Montoya, Ricard Favela, Rudy Cuellar, Juan

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    The Causeway Carriage: A Forgotten Tradition of Rivalry with U.C. Davis 

    April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hornethistory22

    The Davis football team celebrates their 17-8 victory over Sacramento in 1963 by dragging and riding the carriage around the stadium in a well-deserved victory

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    Hold Your Breath! How Sac State Survived 1986 

    April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hornethistory22

    In front of Placer Hall lies what seemingly looks to be an ordinary informatory sign, something most students and other people would otherwise walk by

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    The Mystery Slab: The Story Behind the Archive’s 5,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablet

    April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hornethistory22

    Courage

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    9 Wild Conflicts With Administration You May Have Never Heard About

    December 3, 2022December 14, 2022 hornethistory22

    Over Sac State’s 75-year history, there have been crazy fights between students and faculty against school administration. Here are some of the wildest we found…

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    The Revolving Door Era

    December 3, 2022December 5, 2022 hornethistory22

    Between 1965 and 1978, Sacramento State witnessed an era of constant change in the Office of the President, referred to as the Revolving Door Era.

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    Over 50 Years of Ethnic Studies at Sac State!

    December 2, 2022December 6, 2022 hornethistory22

    Do you know about Sac State’s student activism during the turbulent 60s? Learn more about how it got the Ethnic Studies Department established here!

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