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Business students win big

A group of three students received $2,500 last night as part of a unique final exam, thanks to business professor Armand Gilinsky’s “Show Me the Money” competition and the Green Music Center. Gilinsky was awarded $15,000 earlier this year as a portion of the Green Music Center’s Academic Integration Proposal Grants. Full story

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“Soundscape” combines nature with dance

Two weeks after it first debuted, the Sonoma State University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance’s fall dance concert, “Soundscape Project,” had a special encore performance last Friday at noon in Weill Hall. The “Soundscape Project” features the extraordinary combination of both sounds recorded in nature and choreography created from the soundscapes. Full story

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Lobo’s fails to impress opening week

Lobo’s, the newest restaurant on campus, may leave people howling. The venue opened last week on the bottom floor of the Student Center and replaced Ameci’s and the Pub. Both are now officially closed. The restaurant is more spacious than Ameci’s and the Pub, and has a modern vibe, complete with an outdoor eating area. Full story

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Seawolf rugby ranked third in the nation

SSU’s Rugby club certainly made a name for themselves traveling to North Carolina for the National Championship, taking home third place in the nation. Coming from a smaller university than most, the team is proud of their accomplishments and are moving forward into their spring season with high expectations. Full story

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A letter from the editors

Dear Seawolves, We want to thank everyone who has been reading, contributing or writing to the STAR this semester. We feel it’s been a great semester and hope you have found our newspaper relevant and newsworthy to this campus. We’ve seen a lot happen this semester. Full story

Student-made satellite orbits Earth

For the past two weeks the student-made T-LogoQube satellite has been orbiting the Earth, exploring new territory for the Sonoma State science and mathematics departments. The 1-pound satellite accompanied three other PocketQubes launched on Nov. 21 in conjunction with the Italian Unisat-5, a slightly larger satellite propelled into space by a Russian-made rocket. Full story

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‘Eve of the Ozarks’ delightful comic for all-ages

In a medium filled with superheroes and colossal events for mature audiences, there’s a shining beacon of hope that happens to be an appropriate comic for all ages. “Eve of the Ozarks: Girl & Goat” is a collection of the webcomic “Eve of the Ozarks” written and illustrated by Gustav Carlson. Full story

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Student Spotlight: Cooper Niswonger

Imagine tasting randomly selected wines and having to decipher what type of wine it is, what country it is from, the varietal of grapes and vintage year. Cooper Niswonger, a Sonoma State University senior, did just that when she won first place at a wine tasting event held by the San Francisco Chapter of the French-American Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Sonoma State’s Wine Business Institute. Full story

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Men’s basketball pays tribute to vet, loses to Chico 79-68

It was only fitting to watch the Sonoma State Men’s Basketball team pay respect to a man who fought for his country on the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For generations men and women before and after the day that will forever live in infamy, have seized the call and have sacrificed their lives to protect this nation from aggressors. Full story

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How to survive the final countdown

Finals week, or as I like to call it: “hell week”, is the time of all-nighters, poor dietary choices, and spiked stress levels. Each year I watch the library slowly reach full capacity, something that would have been a rarity earlier in the year. Everyone has hopes of cramming the 20 chapters of information in their minds they may or may not have read when it was previously assigned. Full story

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‘Big Cat Show’ purr-fect event

“Be big and be loud,” was the advice given by Barbara Dicely at the Big Cat Show held in the Student Center’s Ballroom on Dec. 3 when asked what to do if approached by a wild cat.  “As the planet keeps growing, there’s less room for the animals. Full story

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Meal plans for upperclassmen, faculty introduced

Meal plans aren’t just for freshmen anymore. Rolling out in the spring semester of 2014, the University Culinary Services will be implementing brand new meal plans geared toward not only freshmen, but second-year students as well as faculty, staff and commuting students. Full story

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Club Profile: Rowing Team

The Rowing Club of Sonoma State University started in 2003 and has made huge strides as a program since. The Rowing Club has become a very competitive program and is well known Western Collegiate Sports Club. Throughout the course of the last decade, SSU Seawolf Rowers have traveled to every corner of the Continental United States to compete in many of the most highly competitive and nationally recognized collegiate regattas. Full story

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New ‘Britney,’ same music

This year was going to be a fantastic year for pop music. All of its queens were set to release albums: Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Lady GaGa, and the original queen, Britney Spears. However, all three queens fell short of the throne. Perry delivered an album that was disappointingly tame compared to its powerful single “Roar. Full story

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Being comfortable in your own skin

College has its variety of lessons as each student makes the challenging transition to adulthood. Our parents are no longer watching us, and that can sometimes result in poor choices. The biggest shock for myself was the amount of eating disorders I have either seen or heard of. Full story

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New app aims to ease group messaging

As students in college, communication is key with friends and organizations whether it is through phone calls, texting or emailing, and even social media. However, one of the pitfalls to having multiple kinds of smartphones operating on different platforms is that it often causes problems when trying to text multiple people. Full story

The STAR Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: Katie McDonagh
News Editor: Micaelyn Richmeier
Asst. News Editor: Kayla Galloway
Opinions Editor: Shyanne Lopez
A & E Editor: Cameron Hatheway
Asst. A & E Editor: Dylan Sirdofsky
Features Editor: Amanda Levine
Sports Editor: Kayla Webster
Photo Editor: Connor Gibson
Editorial Cartoonist: Garett Knight
Copy Editors: Brandon Stachnik & Chad Bianchi
Online Editor: Cameron Hatheway
Asst. Online Editor: Amanda Levine
Ad Manager: Amanda Saiki
Distribution Manager: Garett Knight
Faculty Adviser: Paul Gullixson

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