Spring 2022 - Issue 7

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IN THIS ISSUE

Sasheer Zamata

Mask Mandates

Jobs, Anyone?

Zamata spreads feminist awareness through comedy on campus. PAGE 5.

Students voice their concerns on the changing mask mandates at SSU. PAGE 3.

Seawolf Living hopes to hire interested students to fill positions. PAGE 6.

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VOLUME 86 // ISSUE 7 MARCH 29. 2022 - APRIL 4, 2022

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COURTESY // givingday.sonoma.edu SSU prepares for upcoming events in April such as Giving Day and Lobo’s 5K Fun-a-thon.

Give back to the community through upcoming events Russia bans social media platforms

COURTESY // dole77 on Unsplash

Russia restricts social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook amid its war with Ukraine.

RACHEL YETSO STAFF WRITER

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n Thursday, April 7, Sonoma State University will be giving back to the community through Giving Day, a 24-hour online event with the sole purpose of raising money and creating a stronger sense of community. This will be the second annual Giving Day at Sonoma State. All funds raised on Giving Day go directly to Sonoma State students through scholarship money and increased funding for programs and initiatives that assist students and the future of Sonoma State. There are currently 75 different programs, clubs, sports teams, scholarships, departments and other organizations accepting donations through Giving Day. A minimum gift amount of $5 is required to participate, however, there is no limit to how large or how many donations can be given. All contributions are tax deductible and all payments are processed using a secure online giving form. Through an online portal, participants can pick and choose exactly what campaign or program they wish to send a donation to. Mail in checks are also acceptable forms of donation, and must be made payable to Sonoma State University with Giving Day in the memo section. Visit https://sonoma.edu/give to view all the different ways you can donate to help support the University and students. A unique factor about Giving Day is that it is primarily online, therefore social media plays a large role in spreading the word about the event and receiving donations. According to their FAQ page, “Your voice makes our Giving Day a success. Post about our Giving Day on all of your social networks. You can also download digital images in our Social Media Toolkit to help promote the Giving Day.” The Social Media Toolkit provides a guide to help promote the event through downloadable photo advertisements and captions available for all to post. Students, Faculty, and other SSU community members who choose to spread the word via social media are strongly encouraged to hashtag their posts with #AllForSonomaState. Later that week on Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Associated Student

NOAH CLARKE STAFF WRITER

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he current war between Russia and Ukraine has now taken its effect on Social Media capability. Tik Tok, the Chinese-owned social media platform declared on March 13, that it had banned live streaming and uploading of new content from Russia. This action was taken after Russia’s executive branch, the Kremlin, officially criminalized the spreading of what they labeled to be fake news regarding its invasion of Ukraine. Global news media outlets temporarily suspended reporting in Russia following this law finalized by national Legislation. This was done to protect Journalists who are now threatened with up to 15 years of jail time for spreading “fake news” related to the war. Following this development, Tik Tok executed the order to ban the creation of Russian made content. However, the video sharing app is allowing Russian made content created before the act to remain uploaded. Tik Tok released a statement on twitter expressing their point of view, “In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend live-streaming and new content to our video service while we review

see UPCOMING EVENTS pg. 4

see RUSSIAN MEDIA BAN on pg. 4

STAR // Tanner Ivey SSU student Lucas Townsend can’t help but smile at the idea of no longer wearing masks around campus.

SSU amends mask guidelines

WILLOW ORNELLAS STAFF WRITER

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onoma State University President, Judy Sakaki announced in a school-wide email on Wednesday, March 1 that SSU will not be requiring masks in most indoor settings on-campus beginning March 21. The same day Sakaki announced SSU’s evolving mask rules, China put 54 million people on COVID-19 lockdown after seeing a spike in cases. Elysha Ozanian, a 32-year-old history major has been doing everything in her power to avoid contracting COVID-19, and now she’s worried her chances of exposure will greatly increase because of this rule. “I think that we are a month into a decline and people are getting see SSU MASK MANDATE on pg. 4

COURTESY // www.forbes.com U.S. Senate passes legislation that moves make daylight saving time permanent by 2023.

Senate approves permanent daylight saving time JAKE MORRISSEY STAFF WRITER

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n March 13, the greater majority of the United States all turned their clocks back an hour to put daylight saving time into effect. This year, along with every year, daylight saving was met with complaints about people losing an hour of sleep, or forgetting to turn their clocks back and being late for appointments. This raises the question: what is the point of daylight saving? This year the same question was running through the minds of the Senate as they presented a bill to put an end to daylight saving. see DAYLIGHT SAVING on pg. 4


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