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Sacramento State biological science professor Ruth Ballard and her team of nine students recently completed their work on a DNA database. The database was requested by members of the Tanzanian government and is expected to help solve the country's paternity issues, as well as crimes like rape, murder and theft.
Ballard said the Tanzanian database will be featured in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in January.
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Mobile Journalist Bridget Jones rides along with Tim Bentley, a student driver of the Hornet Express, and obtains information and reactions about the shuttle service. (2) comments
Sacramento State's College of Continuing Education has collaborated with the School of Business and Tourism Management of Yunnan University in China to establish a college within the Chinese university.
Sac State President Alexander Gonzalez, Dean of the College of Continuing Education Alice Tom and Senior Program Manager of International Programs Josephine Leung were among those in China for the Oct. 26 inauguration of the Wong Sam Hang China America Management Education College.
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Lt. Gov. John Garamendi joined forces with the California College Democrats today in an effort to break the record of young voters registered in one day.
The statewide voter registration drive is happening at 20 campuses in California today. The goal is to register 10,000 college-age voters.
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The Information Resources and Technology Division worked to create a more comfortable and safe environment at Sacramento State's 24-hour Hornet Lounge this semester by installing air-conditioning and heating systems and upgrading security systems.
The 24-hour study lounge, located on the second floor of the Academic Information Resource Center, was re-opened on Oct. 1 by IRT. The lounge was previously managed by Computing, Communications and Media Services.
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A number of Sacramento State students filled Serna Plaza on Thursday protesting the war in Iraq.
The peace rally was a collaboration between the Campus Progressive Alliance and M.E.Ch.A.
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What some students may see as garbage that was left outside of Kadema Hall, first semester art studio graduate student So Hyung Choi sees it as not just her art, but also a grade.
Each pile was about 4 ½ feet tall. The items ranged from an old Mac computer to briefcases and old cassette tapes, which could be seen in each piece.
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Erica Angulo, resident adviser for the Sacramento State dorms, said she still remembers the night when she had to clean an excess of vomit from the face and arms of one of her resident freshmen.
Angulo said she walked the "drunk and stumbling" girl back to her dorm only to discover another girl passed out on the bed and a 60 ounce bottle of Captain Morgan Rum sitting empty on the dresser.
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Speaking out against human rights abuses is key to stopping a cycle of violence, said James Kimonyo, Rwandan ambassador to the United States.
The ambassador and 20 panelists spoke at a genocide conference, titled "Post-Genocide Rwanda: Achievements and Challenges," in the University Union today.
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Step aside motor vehicles. For most Americans, coffee has become the thing that drives them on a daily basis.
According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America's website, Americans drink more than 300 million cups of coffee each day.
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The amount of science that goes into building a computer game is something most people do not think about, said John Clevenger, professor of computer science at Sacramento State.
Before a crowd of nearly 200 people Tuesday, Clevenger presented an extensive look at the way video games are coded, how researchers are using games to study real life, and how monsters and allies can mimic real life to appear intelligent.
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The number of on-campus, forcible sexual offenses decreased slightly last year from 2005, while the number of offenses in the surrounding neighborhood increased, according to the Jeanne Clery Report, which is released annually by University Police.
Although the totals make it appear as though these offenses are on the rise, on-campus offenses actually decreased, said University Police Sgt. Kelly Clark.
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Associated Students Inc. President Christina Romero's legislation to gain support for student-only parking for Structures ll and lll was stalled due to inaccuracies in the legislation and suggestions from board members.
"I think (the meeting) went well," she said. "I think the questions were really thoughtful and helpful. It helps me identify areas where the legislation wasn't clear enough."
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The Sacramento State Faculty Senate co-sponsored a campus-wide forum with the Office of Academic Affairs and the Accessible Technology Committee on the Accessible Technology Initiative on Oct. 22 in the University Union Ballroom. The forum provided faculty, staff and other members of the campus community with information and details on the impact of the ATI.
The initiative requires books and school websites be readily available to disabled students so they can access and participate in school functions and programs.
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Erica Angulo, resident adviser for the Sacramento State dormitories, said she still remembers the night when she had to clean an excess of vomit from the face and arms of one of her resident freshmen.
Angulo said she walked the "drunk and stumbling" girl back to her dorm only to discover another girl passed out on the bed and a 60 ounce bottle of Captain Morgan Rum sitting empty on the dresser.
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Associated Students Inc. President Christina Romero is looking at available options to recreate student only parking for Sacramento State parking structures II and III. The structures are located East and South of the University Union and are now open to faculty.
Romero said student parking permits cost more than faculty parking permits. The parking structures were built with fees earned from both students and faculty, but mostly students, she said.
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The sounds of rap and hip-hop disseminated throughout the University Union today as Epsilon Sigma Rho, a multicultural fraternity at Sacramento State, organized a disc jockey battle to raise awareness for prostate cancer, the most common type of cancer among men.
The fraternity collaborated with Impact, a program funded by the California Department of Health Services, which provides free prostate cancer treatment for low income men with no or little health insurance.
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An illustrated summary of some of the key discussion from the Oct. 31 ASI board meeting. (1) comment
Mobile Journalist Bridget Jones tags along with a parking enforcement officer and learns there is a lot more than what meets the eye with this group. (0) comments
University Police posted a bulletin on the Sac State website on Oct. 30 notifying students of two unrelated sexual assaults in the residence halls.
Both suspects were known to the people who filed the complaints, and are being investigated by University Police, Sgt. Kelly Clark said.
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Sacramento State Associated Students Inc. passed one of four legislations at a special board meeting held at 2 p.m. today in the Capital Room of the University Union. The other three legislations were postponed. (0) comments
The California State University Board of Trustees has proposed a new fee that could double the price of tuition for all CSU graduate students enrolled in Master of Business Association programs.
According to a survey by the Sacramento State Office of Institutional Research, MBA tuition fees are currently $1,383 per semester for students taking zero to six units and $2,100 for students taking seven units or more.
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Sophomore kinesiology major Joel Taca perched casually on the wooden arm of a boxy green armchair on the second floor of the University Union, a silver flute poised at his lips. He faced senior kinesiology major Ethan Wong, who was strumming a small guitar while hunched forward in his seat. Their backpacks were slung across a nearby loveseat and a line of tables against the wall were scattered with their books and laptops.
Taca and Wong, along with a small group of friends, can be seen lounging on the loveseats, sleeping on the chairs or playing music almost every day. They have claimed a small section of the second floor as their own.
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A brutal ethnic cleansing in 1994 left an estimated 1 million people dead in Rwanda. Nearly 13 years later, the Central African country has healed much, but still has more trials ahead of it, participants said Friday and Saturday at the "Post-Genocide Rwanda: Achievements and Challenges" conference.
Sacramento State played host to the two-day event, which had more than 20 speakers and culminated in a silent auction at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove to benefit the survivors of the genocide. It was the third in a series of conferences about Rwanda at Sac State since 1998.
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For the past four years, Sacramento State officials have been trying to build a sister campus in Placer County on land donated by developer Eli Broad. On Oct. 17, Broad's company, Placer Ranch Partners, submitted a formal request to the city of Roseville asking that the 2,200 acres of donated land be considered for annexation.
The Roseville City Council is scheduled to decide whether or not to proceed with the annexation process in its meeting on Nov. 14.
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At Associated Students Inc.'s Oct. 3 meeting, ASI President Christina Romero asked if the Sacramento State Athletics Department was making appropriate use of its budget with what appears to be a steady stream of new uniforms.
Every semester, $60.50 of every Sac State student's enrollment fee goes to the Athletics Department, said Pat Worley, executive director of ASI.
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Valencia Henley, senior ethnic studies major, said she feels people pass judgment on her because of the color of her skin.
"As an African-American on campus, I feel that I'm constantly being stereotyped and that I have to try and break that stereotype by putting forth an extra effort," she said in a phone interview.
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Citizens of Rwanda need to take an active interest in democracy in order to prevent a repeat of 1994's genocide, Rwandan Ambassador to the United Nations Joseph Nsengimana said today.
"It is by bad politics that the genocide has been possible," he said. "We need a consensus on important issues."
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California State Auditor Elaine Howle released an analysis today of the California State University's policies concerning salaries and benefits for current and retired executives.
Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nunez called for the audit in July 2006. The Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the state Legislature requested the report.
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