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Draper Hall became the scene of an active shooter scenario on Friday as University Police practiced tactics and tested the newly completed Emergency Response System. The system uses cell phone text messages and e-mails to the campus community about emergency situations. (3) comments
To bring awareness to domestic violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Sacramento State clubs and organizations created on-campus events to educate the college community on the issue. (0) comments
Members of the campus community reflected on the importance of voting in the approaching elections for the Associated Students Inc. executive and college directors.
Twenty-one candidates have been actively campaigning since midnight on March 30, vying for the student vote. Four more candidates are running in this year's election than last year's 17 candidates.
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Squad leader Emmanuel Batara has received his mission: Make contact and engage a two-man enemy patrol operating in the area. He has briefed and prepared the nine soldiers under his command and orders them to "move out." (0) comments
A California state senator reintroduced a bill that would allow children of undocumented immigrants who have attended three or more years of high school in California to receive certain types of financial aid to attend colleges and universities. (3) comments
A failed suicide attempt in high school led Alejandro Albor to win a silver medal and become a professional speaker for people with disabilities. (1) comment
After a seven-minute, energy-charged dance of intense choreography, Babbar Sher Punjab De Bhangra dance members paused to breathe as the audience rose to give the only standing ovation during the Multi-Cultural Night. (0) comments
The Alliance for the CSU is facing a difficult battle in its attempts to fight Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to the California State University system.
In order to balance California's budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year, the governor proposed a 10 percent funding cut for every department, agency and program in the state. This leaves the CSU system competing with every agency and program funded by the state for a limited amount of money.
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Claudia Bermudez, Rebekah Campbell and their friends washed cars for four hours on Sunday at a gas station.
Bermudez and Campbell, member of the multicultural Sigma Theta Psi sorority, are raising funds to attend a two-week educational trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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An amendment to the Public Records Act could make textbook markup prices available to students, a move creating more transparency regarding agreements between the University Enterprises Inc. and Follett's management of the Hornet Bookstore. (3) comments
More than 100 students and faculty gathered to recognize student contributions to Sacramento State in the 13th annual Student Activities Essential Pieces Leadership Awards.
According to Heidi van Beek, a program adviser for Student Activities, the goal of the awards was to recognize individual students and student organizations for their achievements over the past year.
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While wandering around campus this afternoon, I stumbled upon a wooden railing full of colorful, glazed, ceramic cups with handles. (0) comments
After assessment of the long-standing conflict between Sacramento State's president and the Faculty Senate's executive committee, the Center of Collaborative Policy recommended ways to resolve the issue. (0) comments
Geordi Royston will walk the stage at commencement this spring when her relatives from the east coast visit, but will be back in the classroom in fall to complete the three units she didn't know she needed.
As fall registration already begun, the degree evaluation office still has about 600 evaluations - a mix of spring and fall 2008 seniors - to finish as of Friday, said Edward Mills, associate vice president for Enrollment Management of Student Affairs.
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Alexander Huttleston, candidate for vice president of University Affairs, said he will be filing a formal complaint against Team Action for beginning campaigning early.
Huttleston announced the alleged violation during the the vice president of Academic Affairs and vice president of University Affairs debates.
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The State Hornet Publications Board announced on Friday that Ashley Evans will be the editor in chief for the 2008-09 year. (0) comments
Zach Lytle built his one-pound robotic monstrosity to destroy.
Armed with a spinning drum, Lytle's robot, "The Bomb," tore up the competition at The Smackdown at Sac Town, the marquee event at today's Engineering Expo at Sacramento State.
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Alcohol played a part in a fatal car crash involving a Sacramento State student, Sacramento Police Department disclosed on Wednesday. (0) comments
Gavin Pecsion awed onlookers today with dancing skills and crowd-pleaser moves.
The 7-year-old Pecsion, a member of a breakdancing group called Flexible Flave, set up in the library quad with a stereo and a mat in the afternoon, attracting a crowd of students.
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With the presidential election as well as the student body election coming up, students are seeing more solicitors on campus who are trying and get them to stay active in the community. But are those solicitors going to far when it comes to talking to students? (1) comment
Women at Sacramento State should seek less eye-catching men, researchers of the University of Tennessee concluded.
Published in February in the Journal of Family and Psychology, the study shows that women and men both experience better relationships when the woman is more attractive than the man.
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In an attempt to end his life after a break up in high school, Alejandro Albor lost his legs in a car accident.
Albor, a guest speaker at today's Disability Awareness Day, is now participating in the China Paralympics of 2008.
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When student Ashley Andreoni found out that she was pregnant last spring, she had a difficult decision to make: finish school or drop out to get a full-time job. (0) comments
Alumni from the California State University's 23 campuses met at the Sacramento Convention Center today to lobby the state Legislature on behalf of the CSU.
More than 150 alumni from around the state took part in the CSU's annual Alumni Legislative Day. The event is designed to let CSU alumni meet with state lawmakers to address the needs and concerns of the university system.
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Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez announced that he had accepted a proposal that would reduce the university's budget by 3.4 percent in a budget briefing meeting Thursday. (0) comments
A summary of today's ASI student government board meeting. (0) comments
Current Associated Students Inc. President Christina Romero announced the executive and college directors for the 2008-09 school year tonight in the University Union.
Miguel Cervantes, executive vice president, was declared the new ASI president to a cheering crowd of about 50 students after he ran uncontested in the election.
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Kirsten Ross never wanted to be the center of attention. She always let others shine.
"She never said it's all about me; it was all about them," said Hazel Tetrick, Ross' mother.
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A large crowd gathered Friday evening in Kadema Hall's Witt Gallery to celebrate the first ever Earth-conscious art exhibit at Sacramento State, where artists submitted visual representations of the planet and its issues.
The closing reception for the exhibit, entitled "Art with the Earth in Mind," honored 39 artists whose pieces were on display. The show featured work created by community artists, elementary school students, Sac State students and faculty, and Valley Sculpture Artists members.
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In an effort to test the electronic emergency response system, the campus will be simulating an active shooter incident on campus at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. (0) comments
Sacramento State University Police stormed Draper Hall this afternoon with guns drawn in search of two active shooters.
The incident was a staged test of the emergency notification system. The system is designed to help notify and assist the campus community in emergency situations.
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Sacramento State and clubs and organizations are creating on-campus events to bring awareness to the college community. (0) comments
The music didn't seem to stop at the fifth annual Multi-Cultural Night, an event promoting cultural awareness on campus and in the community. (0) comments
