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Oligarchic political power shapes US education systems

Oligarchic political power shapes US education systems

Rosa Rauda, Staff Writer April 10, 2025

The Oxford English Dictionary defines an oligarchy as a small group of people having control over a country, organization or institution. The effects of an oligarchic government on education range from...

Immigration under Trump is just the tip of the ICE-berg

Immigration under Trump is just the tip of the ICE-berg

Rylan Valdepena, Staff Writer April 8, 2025

In the age of President Trump, having a scapegoat is necessary. With a faltering economy and many citizens living in third world conditions, it would be “weak” to accept responsibility, or actually...

Courtesy of Free Malaysia Today (EPA Images). Civil servants and supporters of the department of education rally outside the department in Washington.

Sonoma State Students face uncertain financial future amid dismantling of Department of Education

Macayla Sedeno, Staff Writer April 8, 2025

Since Donald Trump took office, a series of new changes have caused uncertainty, particularly for students in the wake of a recent controversial decision. The U.S. government has announced plans to...

The State Department is spying on students

The State Department is spying on students

STAR Editorial Board March 31, 2025

After Trump won the election last year, the STAR wrote in its editorial piece, “History has made one thing clear. We have to fight for our rights. Get organized. Join a club. Organize a protest. Hang...

Yosemite, 2023

Did Trump and Elon really just cut all national parks and forests?

Amanda Davis, Staff Writer March 26, 2025

Who really likes national parks anyway? Who really likes visiting forests? Good thing you don’t, because thanks to Trump’s administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, national parks, forests...

A screen originally used in the set as a painting, switches to “We won’t go quietly” in demonstration at the end of Perfect Arrangement performance. // Courtesy of Brennan Spark.

“We will not go quietly” chant student actors in demonstration following Perfect Arrangement Performance

Rylan Valdepena, Staff Writer March 14, 2025

At the end of a long performance last weekend, actors in Sonoma State University Theater Arts department’s performance Perfect Arrangement abruptly froze. The lights dimmed, and they bowed their heads,...

A poster in the Hub Cultural Center at Sonoma State.

Trump’s DEI executive order: What Sonoma State students fear

Fernanda Rodriguez, Staff Writer March 11, 2025

The Sonoma State University community is facing fear after President Donald Trump signed an executive order which restricts Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs in higher education, raising uncertainty...

The Sonoma State community protested in the Seawolf Plaza as the Town Hall meeting was held virtually.

Sonoma State slashes departments that reflect Trump’s executive orders

Tess Wilkinson, News Editor February 20, 2025

In Trump’s America, the terms ‘woke’ and ‘social justice warrior’ have become insults that equate caring, compassion, and awareness to weakness. At a moment in history when the United States...

The Presidential Debate live on TV.

Harris-Trump Debate Recap

Tess Wilkinson, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

Early on in the Presidential Debate on Sept. 10, in response to Donald Trump, Kamala Harris said, “In this debate tonight, you’re going to hear from the same old tired playbook, a bunch of lies, grievances,...

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