Your Weekly Recap

Here's a roundup of what you may have missed in Sacramento State news between last week and today:

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed life for everyone in the world. The Sac State community is no different.

The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Sacramento County on Feb. 21. Less than a month later the county issued a stay-at-home directive to ensure residents only leave their homes for essential chores, with breaking this order potentially resulting in a misdemeanor.

Follow this link to read State Hornet coverage of the rapid progression of coronavirus in Sacramento County and how it has affected Sac State in a timeline format. We will continue to update this page as news about the pandemic develops.

In a livestream interview with nonprofit news organization CalMatters on Thursday, California State University Chancellor Timothy White addressed how CSU campuses are transitioning to online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Felicia Mello, editor of the CalMatters College Journalism Network, and Aidan McGloin, student journalist at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Mustang News, conducted the interview with questions from CSU student-run news organizations, faculty and students.

Here’s a breakdown of what White said during the interview.

We broke down what White said during the interview in this story.

The State Hornet has switched to weekly broadcast updates. Our fifth broadcast includes updates about the Associated Students, Inc. president and vice president, the Sac State Placer Center and what’s still open on campus.

Watch the full video by clicking the image above or follow this link.

Sac State will hold all summer 2020 courses online due to the spread of the COVID-19, according to a SacSend email sent Sunday.

In the email, Sac State President Robert Nelsen said the decision was made after consulting with the CSU Chancellor’s Office, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and city, county and state officials.  

Priority registration for summer begins April 6, and full registration opens April 13, according to the email. Nelsen said the first summer classes still begin May 26.

Read more in this story.

Sac State Associated Students, Inc.’s push for student participation in the 2020 census has gone exclusively virtual due to California’s shelter-at-home order, according to ASI leadership. 

The census is a count of the population conducted every 10 years by the U.S. Census Bureau, a non-partisan federal agency. The census includes the U.S. and its five territories, and it takes note of every citizen that participates in order to address population concerns and needs, according to the 2020 census website.

Read more in this story.

The NCAA announced Monday that council members voted to grant spring sport athletes an extra year of eligibility after their seasons were canceled due to coronavirus concerns. 

Talks of eligibility relief for student-athletes began on March 13, less than 24 hours after the NCAA had announced that all remaining winter and spring championships would be canceled. 

The Sac State Athletics Department announced on March 18 that all spring sports would be canceled for the remainder of the academic year. 

Read more in this story.

It’s easy to be afraid during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the symptoms of COVID-19 are commonly experienced, including coughing, tiredness and a fever. How do you know whether you are experiencing a cold, allergies or something more serious, such as COVID-19?

Check out this infographic to know the symptoms, and at what point you should consider seeking medical attention.

OPINION: I have OCD. Now, it seems like everybody else does too

"Usually, the way to counteract OCD is to ignore the obsession and to accept uncertainty. I was taught to overcome it by my therapist lecturing me with the question “and what if you get sick?” as a way to make me realize that nothing really would happen in the grand scheme of things. 

Well, doctor, if I get sick now my grandparents, all my elderly and immunocompromised neighbors and maybe even I could die. The CDC said so."

Amid a pandemic, suddenly, irrational fears feel completely rational. Copy editor Jordan Silva-Benham breaks down how it feels observing the COVID-19 pandemic as someone with OCD.