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UPDATED 8:23 P.M. A Sacramento State female student is on life support as a result from a Tuesday night shooting at the Library Eats and Drinks bar, located across from the university's Folsom Boulevard entrance, according to multiple sources. The 20-year-old victim was a junior journalism major and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a black sorority, campus officials said. The Bay Area native graduated in 2004 from James Logan High School, located in Union City. (0) comments
After two weeks of voting, the majority of Sacramento State faculty members approved a vote of no-confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez on Friday, said Faculty Senate Chair Michael Fitzgerald. (2) comments
The April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech marked the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, when senior English major Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 33 people, including himself. Two weeks later, Sacramento State students are still questioning why school officials and psychologists didn't force Cho to participate in mandatory therapy sessions. (0) comments
Signs were set up Wednesday around the University Union's Redwood Room with messages saying "Bring back the people's university," which served as a backdrop for a California Faculty Association-sponsored rally against the proposed California State University 10 percent fee increase for the next school year. (2) comments
A quick look at the Associated Students Inc.'s activities for the week. (0) comments
Epsilon Sigma Rho - with special support from Associated Students Inc., UNIQUE program, KSSU and the Multi-Cultural Center - brought diversity to life in a celebration showcasing performances by 16 organizations from the Sacramento and Sacramento State communities on Thursday. (0) comments
After more than an hour of awaiting results for the 2007-08 Associated Students Inc. election, current President Jesus Andrade announced Director of Arts and Letters Christina Romero as the new ASI president inside Sacramento State's University Union. (0) comments
John Magnan was a regular person, but when his wife, Mary, was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, he decided to portray what his family went through. (0) comments
Social science senior Jennifer Lester gives credit to Sacramento State's children's center for giving her son the opportunity to build friendships and allowing her a chance to go to school. (0) comments
The tutoring program at Sacramento State will use donated books to help teach the children at the low-income schools how to read. (0) comments
Kappa Iota Nu sets itself apart from other Greek organizations not only at Sacramento State, but throughout the nation: It is the first queer and queer-friendly co-ed fraternity. (0) comments
A regular Thursday meeting for the College Republicans took a turn toward controversy as protesters voiced their anger at a speaker's support of a proposition that calls for the elimination of affirmative action. (2) comments
Epsilon Sigma Rho - with special support from Associated Students Inc., UNIQUE program, KSSU and the Multi-Cultural Center - brought diversity to life in a celebration showcasing performances by 16 organizations from the Sacramento and Sacramento State communities on Thursday. (0) comments
The impacts and research of a class project on emergency preparedness may quell rising safety concerns on the Sacramento State campus. (0) comments
ASI held a candlelight vigil for students to recognize that the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings were also college students, and to try to imagine the pain this caused for them, said Curtis Grima, vice-president of Academic Affairs. (0) comments
The second annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes," an event that allows Sacramento State's male students to symbolically empathize with women's struggles by walking in their shoes and carrying signs with rape and domestic violence statistics, attracted more participants and spectators than the previous year, said event organizer Manuel Lopez, coordinator of the Women's Resource Center's "men's program." (0) comments
A majority of Sacramento State's Faculty Senate approved a vote of no confidence in President Alexander Gonzalez, Faculty Senate Chair Michael Fitzgerald announced in an e-mail today. Four-hundred sixty-four faculty members voted in favor of the vote of no confidence, and 134 voted against it. Two members of the faculty senate abstained from voting. (5) comments
For many students, the offer of fully furnished units, paid utilities, high ceilings, a community clubhouse and easy access to the Sacramento State campus and surrounding restaurants sounds like a dream. But it's not. (0) comments
Sacramento State will soon have the elements of appeal through simplicity with a Japanese tea house under the Library and a garden under the ramp from the Library Quad to the Library. The anticipated finish date is the last week of May, with the opening ceremony scheduled for June 4. (1) comment
The walk a mile in her shoes event which was sponsored by the Women's resource center was held in the library quad today. Patricia Grady is the Director of the women's resource center, she said this is the second annual event, and it is held as a part of sexual awareness month. (0) comments
Assemblyman Mike Feuer said his goal of the Assembly Bill or the Civic Service Loan Assumption Program, is to ease the financial burden of obtaining a degree at a California public university while simultaneously improving the community. (0) comments
As of 2006, the total number of reported rapes and sexual assaults has fallen 69 percent since 1993, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network website. (0) comments
The State Hornet Publication Board selected Gamaliel Ortiz as the editor in chief for the 2007-08 year it announced on Friday. Ortiz, currently the editor of the News section of the print edition, has also worked on the newspaper as staff writer, copy editor and assistant News editor. The senior philosophy major has worked as a Sports section editorial assistant, freelance writer and a newsroom aide at The Sacramento Bee since February of 2004. (0) comments
A few students stop to stare. Others keep their eyes forward or fixed to the ground to avoid looking. A group called Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust had three sets of billboards stationed around the Library Quad today as part of its national campus tour. (5) comments
What was scheduled to be a regular Thursday meeting for the Sacramento State College Republicans at the Orchard Suite turned into a protest where students fought against a speaker's support of a proposition that calls for the elimination of affirmative action, the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority groups. (23) comments
More than 200 students and community members joined together Tuesday in a moment of silence and candlelight vigil for the victims of the Virginia Tech University shootings. Sacramento State's Associated Students Inc. held the event in the Library Quad at 8 p.m. It provided a candle for every attendee, and a mood to set the flame to honor the victims of what is being called "the worst shooting in American history." (0) comments
This week Sacramento State's PRIDE Center and Queer Straight Alliance group are celebrating Pride Week. Cynthia dela Cruz, PRIDE coordinator and undergraduate in Health Science, said Pride month is celebrated around the world in June, but since most colleges end in May, they take a week in April to celebrate. (0) comments
The International Students Christian Fellowship Club stimulates joy, friendship and laughter among its members. And on Saturday in the Redwood Room, the club extended a similar warmth to guests who came to share in the celebration of Indian Culture Night. (0) comments
Board orientation transition packet passed The board orientation transition packet that was proposed to make the transition of future board members into their new positions smoother for the 2007-08 academic year was passed at the board meeting held Wednesday in the University Union's Foothill Suite of Sacramento State. (0) comments
Dr. Trita Parsi came to Sacramento State to give a lecture on the relationship between Iran and the United States. Professor Bahman Fozouni of the Government department introduced Dr. Parsi and said Sac State was very lucky to have such a unique person on campus. (0) comments
About 90 Sacramento State students rallied to raise campus awareness of the effect that the U.S. Military is having on Iraq and Afghanistan. The Rally for Peace, as the event was called, was held on Tuesday and put on by the Campus Progressive Alliance, a group seeking to promote social awareness among Sac State students. (2) comments
The future of high-definition technology education has arrived at Sacramento State. The Distance and Distributed Education Department at Sac State began testing its new high definition equipment this semester in Studio E in the Academic Information Resources Center. (0) comments
It was no short ride, but Professor Joe Harralson helped create the world's fastest bike. Harralson, who has worked in Sacramento State's Mechanical Engineering Department for 27 years, talked about his feat on Friday. The bike reached 350.884 miles per hour. (0) comments
UPDATED at 5 p.m. - With a no-confidence vote looming over him, Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez sent out an open letter to the campus community on April 10. In the letter Gonzalez responded to issues brought up in the Faculty Senate's referendum, addresses additional campus concerns and accused a handful of faculty members of "mean-spiritedness." (1) comment
Private security guard Gregory Gass will not be charged in the Monday death of 19-year old Joshua Grosshans, said Sacramento Police Sgt. Mathew Young. (1) comment
A brief look at Associated Students Inc.'s activities. (0) comments
After more than an hour of awaiting the results for the 2007-08 Associated Students Inc. election, current President Jesus Andrade proclaimed Wednesday evening Director of Arts and Letters Christina Romero as the new ASI president inside Sacramento State's University Union. (4) comments
The Associated Students Inc. 2007-08 campaign is over and the results for next year's candidates are only moments away, as presidential candidates reflect on what they feel they did right, and what they could have done better. (0) comments
Associated Students Inc. candidates, Hellenic members and regular students showed up Thursday in the University Union Redwood Room to see the final ASI election debate which was between the four presidential candidates. One issue brought up by student questions was regarding the Multi-Cultural Center, which is facing de-funding, limited operation hours and no permanent director for the past two years. (0) comments
Associated Students Inc. candidates today were the targets of questions regarding a proposed pay increase for Associated Students Inc. members and the Sacramento State budget. Students asked the candidates what their thoughts were regarding the proposed pay stipend for ASI members. (0) comments
The lack of participation continues for the Associated Students Inc. - not only are all board of directors positions unopposed - three of seven candidates who were scheduled to debate cancelled their appearance April 10. (0) comments
