As Spring grows near, the Sonoma State University Men’s Golf team finished fifth in last week’s CCAA Championship (California Collegiate Athletic Association). The Women’s team had a bittersweet finish, ending the championship in a tie with Cal State Los Angeles for fourth place. Unfortunately, that brings the women’s season to a close while the men’s team looks ahead to NCAA West Regionals.

Sonoma State Softball’s outstanding season continues as they stack up their accomplishments. They are now ranked eleventh by the NFCA coaches poll, the highest in program history. Alongside this, head coach Jennifer Bridges has reached 500 career wins, over 450 of them being with the SSU Softball team. Lastly, freshman pitcher Charlie Johnson leads the NCAA DII in earned run average at 0.27.

While walking through Oliver‘s Market in Cotati wearing a Star of David on a necklace, an older Jewish woman walks up to me and mentions how little representation Jewish people have in the local area. This was in December when statues are dressed up like Santa, and Christmas lights are hung on the trees down Rohnert Park Expressway, but other cultures aren’t represented in any way locally. 

Does the government need to be focusing on how to ban TikTok when many of those concerned with it are farther removed from technology than some Sonoma State students’ parents? 

Bill S.686 is known as the Restrict Act or the “TikTok Ban Bill.” This bill seems to be centered around TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, the Chinese technology firm that owns the app. However, it is about more than just TikTok, this is about the government wanting unlimited access to people’s devices and appliances whenever they want, based on what actions are deemed “threatening.” 

Do you look at your phone when you wake up and before you go to bed? Do you find yourself checking your Instagram or TikTok a little too much throughout the day? Excessive use of social media is detrimental to users’ brains, negatively affecting other aspects of their lives. 

After the altercation at Montgomery High School on Monday, March 1 that left 16-year-old Jayden Pienta dead and another student in the hospital with a stab wound, several walkouts were performed throughout the local district where students and parents called for heightened security measures on campuses. 

Due to an increase in attempted hackings of Sonoma State University’s websites and accounts, the Duo Mobile service was employed in the Spring semester of 2022 as multi-factor authentication for students and staff. But is there something this service can offer that would make it more convenient to use?

Sonoma State Softball continues to rack up their CCAA award count with two of their athletes winning awards after the team’s performance against San Francisco State. These recognitions came after the Seawolves swept SFSU and prevented them from scoring a single run across all four games played between Feb. 17 and 18. Nichole Sarra earned the CCAA (California Collegiate Athletic Association) Softball Pitcher of the Week award for the week of Feb. 13 through Feb. 19. The senior pitcher threw SSU Softball’s first perfect game in the program’s history on Feb 18. In a 45-pitch game, Sarra sent 15 batters in a row back to the dugout from where they came.

From joining the program as transfers, recruits or even walk-ons, to walking with loved ones at their senior ceremonies. Sonoma State Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams celebrated their graduating class this past Saturday after the Women’s team clinched a win and the Men’s team suffered a tough loss, fighting tooth and nail to the last seconds of the game.

Last week, Sonoma State University’s Softball player Anna Zoia-Buescher won the CCAA (California Collegiate Athletic Association) player of the week award. She finished the week off with a .700 BA, two doubles, one home run, two RBIs, four runs, two stolen bases and two three-hit games. This week, we discuss where the SSU softball team is headed as their season wages on.