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News
Sonoma State alum gifts $100,000 to CAPS in honor of professor
Sonoma State partnering with Redwood Credit Union to promote financial literacy
CSU extends application deadline
Noise citations in Rohnert Park increase with school in session
Sonoma State employee Jennifer Page-Genzoli passes away from cancer
Professor Judy Navas retiring after 40 years
Featured
The Grinch might steal your heart instead of Christmas this year
The Grinch might steal your heart instead of Christmas this year
ALS takes the life of Stephen Hillenberg
ALS takes the life of Stephen Hillenberg
The podcast you didnt know you needed
The podcast you didnt know you needed
Tanja Geiss talk inspires change
Tanja Geiss talk inspires change
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Despite a 100 percent increase in reported on-campus rapes in 2017, students have received no communication from Sonoma State University of any sexual assault for over two years. Read the full investigation at sonomastatestar.com
The STAR is on a 2-week vacation! Enjoy the holiday, stay out of the smoke and enjoy time with your friends and families. #STARcation // SSU Cafeteria // 📸: Emiliana Martínez
Stay safe out there everyone! // Seawolf Plaza
We are sending our thoughts and prayers to everyone affected by the fires across California 💙 Check our story for updates on campus events #theloveintheairisthickerthanthesmoke
Getting in that mid-Tuesday nap at the University Art Gallery 😴// 📸: Natalie Dolan
Midterm Elections are coming up and Student Involvement is offering rides to the nearest polling station!
Halloween is just one day away! But Issue 10 isn’t! Check it out online and on the stands 🗞🎃 // Safe Trick or Treating in Sauvignon Village // 📸: Natalie Dolan
Did you check out the Harvest Stomp? #ssustomped //Stomping Grounds at the Wine Spectator Learning Center
Sports
Redskins signing of Reuben Foster highlights the NFL’s priorities

In professional sports, the phrase “character matters” is often used in defense of a player following negative press.

 Here are just a few examples of negative press.

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Women’s volleyball club trying to repeat last years results

The women’s club volleyball team won nationals last year and are aiming to do the same in their upcoming season. 

Samantha Wallace, a senior at Sonoma State, is the co-president and it is her second year on the team. As co-president, Wallace, along with other co-president Molly Armstrong, has a lot of responsibility. They work with dues, schedule games and tournaments, find referees for games, and basically coordinate everything. Wallace is the setter for the team, meaning that she takes the second ball every time and plays both front and back row. 

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Athlete Spotlight: Michael Byerline

Coming back for his final season with the Sonoma State Baseball Team is senior right-handed pitcher Michael Byerline. Last season Byerline had a total of seven wins to his six losses with an overall era of 5.46. Byerline feels as if his numbers did not define him as a player.

 “I felt like I was finally contributing to the success of the team and that was a very accomplishing feeling,” said Byerline.

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Opinion
Flynn memo provides another tease before Mueller report

President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, receives a slap on the wrist after lying to FBI investigators about his involvement with Russia and the 2016 election campaign.

Due to Flynn’s cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller, Flynn will receive no jail time due to the “substantial assistance” he has provided. Such information is now being used as evidence to solve three ongoing investigations, two of which are unknown to the public.

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Pedophiles disturbingly fight for a home on Twitter

As the year draws to a close, the internet is confronted with one more social movement: the MAP, or “minor-attracted person,” movement. Yes, you read that correctly. The latest movement to dominate the internet is a pedophilia advocacy movement.

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Political climate breeds everything except unity

In the world of politics, individuals are bombarded with extreme views of those going against their current ethics. As many know, news stations typically can be quite biased, and often left wing stations show us negative alt-right wing ideologies and vice versa. This pattern tends to make people believe that only hardcore views exist in politics, and can even cloud the judgement of what exactly we are being shown in the media. 

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