Who's Who
Hornets in
the Pros
Procedure
Know your Editors
AP Style
100

Sac State's new transfer swingman's father is NBA HOFer Shaquille O'Neal. 

Who is Shaqir O'Neal?

100

This Tennessee Titans rookie lineman spent four years at Sac State before entering the draft this year. 

Who is Jackson Slater?

100

This person is who you need to contact to get interviews and information about athletes and teams.

Who is the PIO?

100

Your editors covered these two subjects last semester.

What are arts and entertainment, and women's basketball? 

100

These numbers get spelled out.

What are numbers under ten?

200

Jaden Rashada, Sac State's current starting QB, played for these two FBS schools.

What are Arizona State and Georgia?

200

This New York Giants rookie running back spent a year at Sac State before transferring to Arizona State.

Who is Cam Skattebo?

200

This application is best for recording interviews so you can get quotes later. (Chris insists that this is debatable. (it's not))

What is Otter.ai? (Chris likes voice memos. whatever.)

200

Your editors have been on the State Hornet for this many combined semesters.

What are three semesters?

200

These two qualifiers have to precede a player's name on their first mention in an article.

What is their grade and position?

300

This coach is in his third year of coaching the Sac State women's basketball team.

Who is Aaron Kallhoff?

300

This power-hitting first baseman hit a home run in the 2022 World Series.

Who is Rhys Hoskins?

300

What "mode" do you need to use whilst editing your stories?

What is suggestion mode?

300

This editor is a Sacramento (shoutout to Arden-Arcade) native. 

Who is Chris D. Johnson?

300

This is the proper AP style for height. (use 5'3 as an example)

What is 5-foot-3?

400
This man is the current athletic director for Sac State.

Who is Mark Orr?

400
This Sacramento State alum had his best season as a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants and now plays for the Kansas City Royals. 

Who is Sam Long?

400

These two rhyming services are what the State Hornet uses to post articles onto our website.

What is SNO and FLOW? 

400

This editor used to work for UPS.

Who is Jack Dann?

400

This kind of punctuation goes inside quotation marks.

What are commas?

500

This henchman of Sac State football coach Brennan Marion has an aquatic-themed nickname.

Who is Tony "the Shark" Rozier?

500

This outfielder is having a mini-breakout in his third season with the Blue Jays.

Who is Nathan Lukes?

500

This three-letter abbreviation is used for the subheading of your articles. 

What is the DEK?

500

This editor's father toured with Huey Lewis and the News.

Who is Delaney Joyce? (the editor and chief of the State Hornet) 

500
Do you almost always spell out the name of a state or college?

What is yes, you do?