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Protestors show support for sexual assault awareness and prevention. Courtesy PhotoPhiend 2011
‘A safer community takes a village’
May 6, 2025
Planet Earth | Courtesy https://www.goodfon.com/space/wallpaper-badfon-planeta-zemlya-voshod-kosmos.html
Mother Earth First: How Sonoma State marked Earth Week
May 6, 2025
Don Romesburg signs books for attendees at his book launch in Stevenson Hall.
Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies launches new book amid cuts to WGS
May 6, 2025
Sonoma State Students walk under campus banner.
Live Breaking News: Sonoma State Administration violates restraining order, according to law firm
April 29, 2025
The California Faculty Association marched to give Interim President Emily Cutrer a banker's box with a "pink slip" so she can "clean out her desk" on April 17 following the "no-confidence" vote.
“No-confidence” for SSU administration, CSU chancellor
April 20, 2025
The Sonoma State community protested in the Seawolf Plaza at the Jan. 30 virtual town hall meeting.
Sonoma State resilience shines through
May 12, 2025
Courtesy | Free Malaysia Today
Trump calls bacon and eggs “too abstract and degenerate filth” in new Truth Social Post
April 28, 2025
The State Department is spying on students
The State Department is spying on students
March 31, 2025
10 Steps for Dismantling your University and continuing Institutionalized Racism; a handbook
10 Steps for Dismantling your University and continuing Institutionalized Racism; a handbook
March 11, 2025
The Instagram post from North Bay Organizing Project
ICE Confirmed in Sonoma County
March 6, 2025
Students meet wild animals during safari encounters event
Students meet wild animals during safari encounters event
April 26, 2025
Stress Reduction Yoga with Doshia | Courtesy of Campus Recreation at Sonoma State University
Stress reduction yoga: you probably need it
April 25, 2025
SSU hosts Lego building event for Disability Awareness Month
SSU hosts Lego building event for Disability Awareness Month
April 23, 2025
Redwood bikeshare bike rack at the SSU Student Center on 4/6/2025
New affordable public transit options arrive at Sonoma State University
April 9, 2025
Sonoma State students have spoken, now let's take action
Sonoma State students have spoken, now let’s take action
March 27, 2025
The view from my dorm overlooking the Sauvignon Courtyard here at SSU where I keep a lonely transgender pride flag. Photo by Rylan Valdepena.
Growing up Transgender in a Binary World
May 5, 2025
A screenshot from Sonoma State University's Official Instagram account highlighting TPUSA's "Free Speech" Ball in October of 2023
Sonoma State allows hate on campus
May 5, 2025
Rap music: superior to all other music genres
Rap music: superior to all other music genres
May 4, 2025
Last games at Oakland Coliseum
The fall of the Oakland sports empire
April 27, 2025
“Save our sonoma” fliers appeared across campus, calling students to advocate for the school at the legislative forum on April 14.
Chancellor García must bail SSU out, or go down with the ship
April 27, 2025
Courtesy of Gustavo Pimentel Perez | From left to right: Samuel Strong (violin), Miranda Ronan (violin), Andy Ting (viola), Ella Hoffman (cello)
Hard work takes center stage at music department recital
April 28, 2025
Stress Reduction Yoga with Doshia | Courtesy of Campus Recreation at Sonoma State University
Stress reduction yoga: you probably need it
April 25, 2025
Gallery main room after an artistt's talk on Feb. 27.
One of the last BFA gallery exhibits!
April 25, 2025
SSU Ceramics studio // Courtesy of art.sonoma.edu
Art students react with concern as CSU continues with plans to integrate AI
March 25, 2025
The dance piece 'Anchored', choreographed by Christine Cali and Kristen Daley // Photo courtesy of James Wirth
Beyond the stage: Christine Cali
March 16, 2025
Ava Paquin hurls in a strike during her-no-hitter against Cal State San Marcos.
Sonoma State to host 2025 CCAA softball tournament
April 29, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - JULY 9: Jaylen Wells #0 of the Memphis Grizzlies is hugged by DeJon Jarreau #77 after scoring the game-winning basket at the buzzer during their NBA Summer League game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Delta Center on July 9, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photographer, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement.(Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
Jaylen Wells out for season after injury
April 25, 2025
Inside the lawsuit: A conversation with the athletes taking on SSU
Inside the lawsuit: A conversation with the athletes taking on SSU
April 9, 2025
Photo courtesy of SSU Athletics
Softball struggles to find consistency
March 27, 2025
Photo courtesy of SSU Athletics
Talia Gutman stars for SSU golf
March 27, 2025
Voices from the community
Voices from the community
March 15, 2025
Arthur Jones, fourth-year statistics major, Juan Maggi, fourth-year statistics major, Matt Pitchford, fourth-year math education major, Pierce Rexford, fourth-year statistics major, and Brandon Keck, fourth-year statistics major. Lobo’s restaurant is their favorite place to go on campus to enjoy each other's company and good food.
Sonoma State students’ favorite spots on campus
May 14, 2024
Students for Justice in Palestine set up protest encampment at Sonoma State
Students for Justice in Palestine set up protest encampment at Sonoma State
April 30, 2024
I can’t play Call of Duty anymore
April 2, 2024
CFA Members and Faculty along Rohnert Park Expressway on Jan 22.
CSU faculty strike for better working conditions
January 23, 2024
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Yes on Prop 63 for a safer California

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
September 28, 2016

Too attractive to teach?

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
September 28, 2016
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Voters to make ethical call on death penalty

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September 13, 2016
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It’s abuse, no matter the sender

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September 7, 2016
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Home court disadvantage

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August 29, 2016
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Minorities can’t even have their own internship

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May 16, 2016
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CIA embarasses U.S. with “live Tweets”

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
May 10, 2016

A new age of voters cross party lines

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
May 9, 2016
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Bernie Sanders’ free tuition proposal to harm students’ work ethic

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
April 26, 2016
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An outsider’s perspective on Greek life

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April 19, 2016
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President Obama’s constitutional right

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
March 2, 2016
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A day in the life of a student-athlete

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
February 23, 2016
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Cam Newton, confessed sore loser

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
February 16, 2016
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Trump defacing himself

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February 9, 2016
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Suppressing the real issue

Naaman Hightower, Staff Writer
February 2, 2016
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Sonoma Film Institute presents ‘Burning Bush’

Alexandra Rentoria, Staff Writer
September 9, 2014
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[Photo] ‘The King’ meets his twin

September 9, 2014
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[Photo] ‘Funny Girl’ delights Santa Rosa audience

August 26, 2014
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[Photo] New Khalifa: just another weed album

August 26, 2014
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