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Tthe life of Kebret Tekle - a woman described by those who knew her as beautiful, creative, humorous and loving - was remembered at a memorial service held on Wednesday night. The Sacramento State student's life ended May 3 after a stray bullet was shot during an alleged gang altercation at a nearby nightclub. Police described her as an innocent victim. (3) comments
UPDATED at 7 p.m. on Friday. Memorial service postponed. A 20-year-old Sacramento State student died at 5:55 p.m. at UC Davis Medical Center on Wednesday from a 1 a.m. shooting at the Library Eats and Drinks bar. Coroner officials identified the victim this morning as Kebret Tekle. The sophomore journalism major was member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a black sorority, and a committee chair for the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Tekle graduated in 2004 from James Logan High School, located in Union City. During high school, she was a member of the National Forensic League. (31) comments
Beautiful, wonderful, passionate and intelligent. Those were just a few of the words used to describe a friend and sorority sister. "Every positive adjective you can think of (describes) Kebret Tekle," Director of Student Life and Services Davin Brown said. Tekle, a 20-year-old sophomore student at Sacramento State, was active in the campus community as a member of the Eta Lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a black sorority, and a committee chair for the National Pan-Hellenic Council. (0) comments
UPDATED 6:35 p.m. The University Police at Sacramento State is investigating racial writings directed toward the president of the university, Alexander Gonzalez. (10) comments
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
A resolution to increase the number of tenure-track faculty positions at Sacramento State will be brought before the Faculty Senate today. "The resolution will be asking the president to develop a plan to bring back the number of full-time faculty to a level where it was three to four years ago," said Faculty Senate chair and journalism professor Michael Fitzgerald. (1) comment
The California Faculty Association announced Monday that after nearly two years of erratic negotiations and three days of voting, it overwhelmingly voted to ratify the California State University's latest contract proposal, which was originally handed down on April 3. (0) comments
Wednesday, the NCAA took away two-and-one-half football scholarships and issued a public warning to the football team, the first sanction under the historical penalty structure. (0) comments
Sacramento State police officers responded to the second floor of the Library on reports of an incident of indecent exposure last Sunday afternoon. (0) comments
The fight for classes at Sacramento State has begun, but this semester, students and faculty won't deal with CasperWeb. Instead they will use the new MySacState application to register for classes. (0) 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
"Awkward silences make me horny…my boner is not kosher. What's kosher comedy about? I guess we'll find out!" These were just some of the off-the-wall lines brought to stage by comedian Sheng Wang at the Kosher Komedy Klassic hosted by the Jewish Student Union Thursday night. (0) comments
Greek organizations on campus look forward to celebrating the end of the year annually with Greek Week. Friday marked the last day of Greek Week for the 2006-07 school year. The week kicked off on April 27, putting 14 fraternities and sororities in competition against each other in various activities including games of flag football, basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball, a college bowl and even a chariot race. (0) comments
The NCAA on Wednesday took away 2 ½ football scholarships and one-third of a baseball scholarship for the 2007-08 school year after the two Sacramento State teams scored poorly in the Academic Progress Report. According to the report based on the last three academic years, the Hornets football team will lose 2.53 of its 63 scholarships and baseball will lose .38 of its 11.7 scholarships for the 2007-08 school year. (3) comments
The California Faculty Association announced today that after two years of negotiations and three days of voting, it overwhelmingly voted to ratify the CSU's contract proposal, said a CFA official. (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
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
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
In late March, Vice President of San Diego State's Student Affairs James Kitchen visited Sacramento State to determine what the Multi-Cultural Center needed. His April 2 report addressed many students' concerns, all except the hiring of a permanent director. (0) comments
The Sacramento State chapter of the California Faculty Association may experience a major facelift during the 2007-08 academic year, as assistant professor of criminal justice Timothy Capron and current vice president Lila Jacobs prepare to go toe to toe for the coveted title of president. (0) comments
Senate Bill 190 - legislation with the goal of bringing greater transparency and public access to executive compensation actions in both the California State University and University of California systems - was unanimously approved by the State Senate on May 2. (0) comments
There are times when Valencia Henley does her homework in the Hornet Bookstore. She, like many students, grimaces at the prospect of another student fee increase. (1) comment
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
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
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
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 impacts and research of a class project on emergency preparedness may quell rising safety concerns on the Sacramento State campus. (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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