Imagine: You've busted your butt for the opportunity to take summer classes at a university on the other side of the world. Tuition is paid. Classes are scheduled. Plane tickets are secured. This will...

Editor?s note: Regular columnist Greg Kane was unable to turn in an article this week because his computer crashed. Or so he says. In his place, we are running a column of news briefs from around the Sacramento...

You caught the first flight out of Sacramento after your last class on Friday, determined to savor every second of Spring Break. Only the essentials are packed: sunscreen, chinos, sandals, shades -- all...

Twelve years ago, the United States government -- with a little help from the American media -- convinced a nation that it was a good idea to send troops to a foreign land to protect oil interests. People...

Think you've got a heavy workload this semester? Get a load of senior Leta Bryant's class schedule. History of Ethics, Philosophy of the Mind, Philosophy of Law, Advanced Composition... Don't go anywhere....

We have a tendency as Americans to talk about war in the same detached way we would discuss sports, entertainment and other trivial concerns. A conversation over whether President Bush should send troops...

If this were 1973, college students across the nation would be pissed off at the United States. They wouldn't stand for the government's threat to send their peers halfway across the globe because Iraq...

The first thing you notice is that the classroom is big. That's generally a good sign. Many desks, after all, require many students to fill them. Add slip in one hand, class schedule in the other, you...

Implementation of the faculty union?s new contract hit a snag after union members disagreed with the California State University?s interpretation of guidelines regarding course selection for part-time...

Music Professor Jim Chopyak will likely run unopposed in the Sacramento State faculty union?s presidential election April 26. The current vice president of the California Faculty Association?s Sacramento...

Last week, a small group of students gathered outside Santa Clara Hall to protest Israel's recent military actions against Palestine. The students waved signs and chanted slogans condemning Israeli Prime...

The California State University in the coming months will discuss a tuition increase for out-of-state students as fears of budget shortage grow. The proposed 15 percent hike to non-resident fees was presented...

The university?s student newspaper and its administration are still at odds in an eight-month battle over who should control The State Hornet?s finances. The Hornet is fighting a suggestion from Sacramento...

Faculty union members claimed victory when merit pay was excluded from their recent tentative contract agreement, but some Sacramento State professors say they?re sorry to see the extra incentive go. California...

Faculty union leaders expect a tentative contract agreement with the California State University to be approved when they vote later this month, despite some concerns that full-time professors didn?t get...

A tuition increase could be on the horizon for California State University students if legislators listen to a report released in mid-February that calls for a student fee increase as early as next year....

Negotiators for the California State University and the faculty union reached a tentative contract agreement Saturday, effectively ending a year of stalled negotiations, protests and threatened strikes....

The California State University and the faculty union announced a tentative contract agreement Saturday, effectively ending a year of stalled negotiations, protests and threatened strikes. The proposal...

Sacramento State faculty union members said they need support from students and non-union faculty as discussions on an impending strike authorization vote intensified last week. Though a wide range of...

An 11-month standoff between the faculty union and the California State University resumes today in Long Beach as negotiators continue to search for common ground in an ongoing contract dispute. The three-day...

Students could be left picking up the tab after Gov.Gray Davis failed to include a $27.9 million feeincrease buyout his 2002-03 California StateUniversity budget proposal. The state normally includes any...

Budget hike by the numbers: 23 Campuses 42,000 Faculty and Staff 388,700 Current Full-Time Students Expected for 2002-03 12,030 Additional Full-Time Students $3.5 Billion CSU System Budget Proposed for...

Construction of Sacramento State?s 1,000-space parking structure remains on schedule despite the downpour of rain the area experienced during the weekend. Though the rain left the construction site muddied...

Enrollment at the California State University?s 23 campuses ballooned by more than 20,000 between fall 2000 and fall 2001, reaching a record total of 388,734 students. The 5.5 percent enrollment increase...

President Donald Gerth said Thursday additional hiring of faculty after the University?s 106 current open positions are filled has been put on hold following Gov. Gray Davis? projection of a $14 billion...

More than a week after the discovery of a suspicious substance resulted in the evacuation of the building, Santa Clara Hall re-opened its doors Thursday. The building was shut down Oct. 10 after a worker...

A resolution supporting a series of recommendations for solving Sacramento State's student retention problems will be voted on at the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors meeting Wednesday. The...

Barely a year after accepting the position of provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, Bernice Bass de Martinez will leave office to join a University-funded program in West Africa. Ric Brown will...

Associated Students Inc. board members shot down a proposal to provide $1,000 of the organization's budget to sponsor a recreational Soccer team Sept. 26., saying the cost would far outweigh its impact...

A watered-down version of a resolution that initially called for Sacramento State to become the first smoke-free California State University campus was approved by Associated Students, Inc. board members...

Credit card representatives have been sneaking onto campus to solicit applications from students despite stricter laws regarding the marketing practices of credit companies on California campuses. Gov....

Associated Students, Inc. is looking into making changes to its committee application process following an ongoing debate over several committee appointments made over the summer. At its Sept. 11 meeting,...

The chickens are safe ? for now. Though some students say the number of livestock roaming the campus seems to have shrunk from previous semesters, the university took no action over the summer to thin...

America wants revenge. It wants blood for the thousands of lives lost in the tragic terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. It wants destruction for its symbols that now lay in a pile of...

A proposal to nearly double semester parking fees over the next three years ? currently pending approval by the California Faculty Association ? has been lost in the shuffle of the CFA?s negotiations stalemate...

Several departments and programs on campus are getting a change of scenery with the onset of the fall semester. The Philosophy Department recently finished relocating to the third floor of Mendocino Hall,...

Sacramento State?s Faculty Senate reiterated its stance on the ongoing contract negotiations between California State University and the California Faculty Association Thursday, passing a resolution in...

A proposal by President Donald Gerth to nearly double semester parking fees over the next three years is currently pending approval from the California State University Chancellor?s office. It is not known...

The Sacramento State Faculty Senate held the first of two meetings for its 2001-02 session April 26, nominating candidates for its committee chair positions. Senate members were required to nominate candidates...

Senate members narrowly defeated a motion to delete a controversial guideline in Sacramento State?s Distance Education Policy and struck down a proposal to alter when Spring Break is held in future semesters...

Sacramento State students, staff and faculty could see semester parking fees increase by approximately $60 over the next three years if a proposal unveiled by President Donald Gerth Thursday is approved....

In an effort to organize and unite Sacramento State?s women faculty members, a small group of female instructors discussed discrimination, salary gap and promotion issues at a meeting April 19. The focus...

Concerns over a controversial guideline in Sacramento State?s Distance Education Policy and the university?s impending switch to year-round operations dominated the April 5 Faculty Senate meeting. In the...

The children of migrant farm workers?many of whom are first-generation college students in their families?can get help easing the transition to university life in a program offered at Sacramento State....

Engineers build things. OK, maybe that?s not news to anybody. They build engines for automobiles, manufacturing equipment, houses, bridges?the list goes on and on. But what most people don?t realize is...

The California State University recently signed an agreement with information technology and e-business solutions provider Unisys to supply the system?s 23 campuses with an updated system for financial...

Intellectually stimulating. A shot of adrenaline to what was becoming my lagging interest in school. A chance to broaden and enhance the writing skills with which I hope to make a living someday. While...

Debates about the California State University?s newly-imposed Cesar Chavez holiday, setting goals for future semesters and bands of wild chickens terrorizing the campus filled the air at Sacramento State?s...

The California State University and the University of California recently asked a federal court for an expedited hearing in its attempt to stop Enron Energy Services, Inc. from backing out of a contract...

Mexican President Vicente Fox made his first post-election trip to the United States Wednesday, arriving at the State Capitol to meet with Gov. Gray Davis and the State Legislature in an appearance that...

Phony pledge signs recently found on campus?featuring vulgar phrases and a derogatory photo of a woman?angered many Sacramento State students and left a campus fraternity to wonder why someone would try...

California State University voiced its support for Governor Gray Davis? proposed 2001-02 budget during a hearing at the Capitol last Thursday. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, California Faculty Association...

Associated Students, Inc., abruptly shut down a message board earlier in the semester used by students to post comments on professors and courses after slanderous remarks were posted about a Sacramento...

Being a native of the East Coast, there are a number of things I?m still trying to comprehend about being a "Californian." For instance, I?ve never been able to pick up the slow drawl of the Western accent,...

Sacramento State?s Faculty Senate kicked off its spring session Feb. 15 by debating what type of position it should take in the ongoing contract negotiations between the California State University and...

Sacramento State and other California State University freshmen arrived on campus this semester with an increased proficiency in mathematics, evidence that CSU?s growing relationship with public high schools...

Students about to enter the world of easy-to-acquire credit cards, expensive car insurance policies and other far-too-good-to-be-true situations can learn to read between the lines in a class being offered...