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The September 25th Symphony Orchestra concert at the Green Music Center invited student conductors to take on a leading role as they work to become stronger musicians in preparation for the competitive and daunting music industry. Mitchell Thompson, Music Education major, trumpet player, and student conductor for the Sonoma State University orchestra, shared
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Sonoma State University has begun the process of transforming Nichols Hall into an updated learning environment for its growing nursing and health sciences programs, with a $25-million renovation expected to be completed over the next two years. The university marked the start of the project on Sept. 29 with a ceremony attended by SSU staff,...
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Imagine having access to a high speed train that could get you from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours. Or even that high speed train using mag-lev (magnetic levitation) technology to do so. Unfortunately, we will never have both of these things, whereas currently we only have a small percentage of one...
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As Jewish students and others at Sonoma State were commemorating the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, an email went out from SSU President Michael Spagna that addressed several antisemitic incidents that occurred on campus over the last few months. Spagna recounted...
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Storytelling is an essential element of the human experience. It allows us to explore our emotions and share our histories with other cultures. For Dr. Natalia Villanueva-Nieves, storytelling creates a space within Latinx communities that is unbound by the structure and measured standardization of colonial storytelling. As we near the end of Hispanic heritag
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Is commuting to school still the cheapest option? For now, yes, but it is getting more expensive day by day, and commuters are feeling the squeeze from rising gas prices. I’m a full-time student with a 120-mile round-trip commute Monday-Thursday, and when I committed to this schedule, gas was 4.80 per gallon at Costco. I...
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How are you doing? We’re now halfway into the fall semester. Midterms are here, inflation is still rising, and some of us are feeling the pressures of staying on top of responsibilities. Sometimes the going gets tough. I know myself and others have struggled to maintain physical and emotional well-being, but asking for help has...
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An Esports lounge is coming to campus! Opening this fall in the Zinfandel 100 room across from Lobo’s pantry and the residential mail room is a new hub of entertainment. This lounge will be the host of Esports competitions, general gatherings, and events. The lounge will be home to six True Tower desktop PCs with...
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Sonoma State University kicked off its third annual Big Blue Weekend with its first-ever Harvest Night, a community-building event designed to bring together students, alumni, and residents. The event featured a variety of activities, including tote bag painting, marshmallow roasting, a Build-A-Bear workshop, and an interactive station where students posed f
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The Toy Story franchise continues with a special viewing of its latest film, Toy Story 5, at Sonoma’s Person Lawn on Oct. 3, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. The event was a part of SSU’s annual 3rd-year Big Blue Weekend, which hosted various activities, open houses, student programs, etc from October 2-4, 2026. Around 30 total...
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