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The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Imran Majid, Author

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President decides not to raise University Union fee for spring

Imran Majid
December 4, 2013

While the Student Fee Advisory Committee approved the proposal to expand the University Union and WELL in October, Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez has decided to deny their recommendation.In...

California State University approves support budget for more students, faculty

Imran Majid
November 13, 2013

The California State Universities Board of Trustees approved its 2014-15 state support budget request Nov. 6 that includes additional funding for 20,000 new students and 500 new full-time faculty.The $237.6...

Suspicious bundles showing up around campus

Imran Majid
November 7, 2013

The Sacramento State Police Department is investigating a series of incidents involving small, suspicious bundles showing up on and around campus over the past couple of months.        The objects...

Former Togo’s employee now employed by Sacramento State Police

Imran Majid
October 30, 2013

The Sacramento State Police Department hired former University Enterprises Inc. Togo’s employee Cheng Wang last week to pass out department brochures and answer questions at its Police Service Center...

Sacramento Hall side entrances will require keycard

Imran Majid
October 30, 2013

To prevent burglaries and other crimes, Sacramento Hall will require an electronic card to enter the side entrances beginning Friday.A number of recent security problems, including the entry of unstable...

Forums allow campus to speak with provost candidates

Imran Majid
October 23, 2013

The Sacramento State Provost Committee is in the process of scheduling open campus forums for students, faculty and staff to meet and ask questions of the candidates for the Vice President of Academic...

Sacramento State employees warned of potential identity theft

Imran Majid
October 23, 2013

Approximately 1,800 Sacramento State employees were mailed letters last week warning their personal information, including Social Security and driver’s license numbers, may have been stolen as a result...

California Faculty Association, California State University to begin negotiations for contract

Imran Majid
October 23, 2013

The California Faculty Association will begin negotiations on its collective bargaining agreement with the California State University  system starting in January.With the current agreement ending in...

Faculty Senate resolution expresses concern over Board of Trustee faculty position

Imran Majid
October 4, 2013

The Sacramento State Faculty Senate passed a resolution Thursday endorsing the statewide Academic Senate’s concern over Gov. Jerry Brown’s delay in appointing a faculty member to the Board of Trustees.The...

Hundreds of cars  fill up in Lot 8 Monday morning.

Sacramento State students drift towards parking structures, causing delays and congestion

Imran Majid
September 18, 2013

The Sacramento State Police Department met with University Transportation and Services Friday to discuss possible solutions to traffic congestion due to an “unprecedented number of cars.” Police Chief...

Sacramento States new budget raises concerns over prioritization, faculty hiring

Sacramento State’s new budget raises concerns over prioritization, faculty hiring

Imran Majid
September 11, 2013

The slight discrepancy between the faculty-recommended budget proposal in March and the budget approved by Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez in May, has some people raising questions regarding...

Proposition 30 establishes funding for student success projects

Imran Majid
September 11, 2013

With a $250 million trigger cut seeming inevitable, Sacramento State Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mike Lee presented a bleak budget outlook at a Faculty Senate meeting last September.“Same...

Sacramento State kicks off fall semester with Club Days in the Quad

Imran Majid
September 3, 2013

With food court lines stretching from door-to-door, tables and chairs occupied and parking spaces nearly impossible to find, Sacramento State kicked off the fall semester with the largest new class in...

Starbucks brick and mortar location delayed, but program will offer the famous coffee anyway.

Imran Majid
August 30, 2013

Sacramento State University Enterprises Inc. will soon be offering an additional option for coffee beginning Sept. 3 with the opening of a Starbucks “We Proudly Brew” program in the American River...

Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez discusses university growth, successes at fall address

Imran Majid
August 29, 2013

Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez delivered his fall address Thursday morning, highlighting university advances and achievements.Gonzalez made several new announcements, including potential...

Sacramento State Faculty Senate discusses impaction criteria

Imran Majid
August 28, 2013

The Faculty Senate held its first meeting of the fall semester Wednesday to discuss three new items: program impaction, instructional program priority and academic program review.The Impaction Task Force,...

CSU authorizes online courses for concurrent enrollment amongst all schools in the system.

Imran Majid
August 27, 2013

The California State University system announced a new Intrasystem Concurrent Enrollment program in July, enabling students to enroll in fully-online courses at other CSU campuses and progress quicker...

First-year student seminar class helps freshmen connect on campus

Imran Majid
May 29, 2013

When Professor Peter Baird took his first-year student seminar class on a Peak Adventures rock climbing expedition in the spring, he was concerned the rainy weather would cause problems. Baird was happy...

Sac State employees allege retaliation

Imran Majid
May 14, 2013

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act protects all employees from being harassed, discriminated and retaliated against, regardless of their occupation, race or gender. But at Sacramento State,...

Sac State students do their part in community service outreaches

Sac State students do their part in community service outreaches

Imran Majid
May 7, 2013

His hands full of heavy bags and food boxes from the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, graduate student Jacob Guinn expected to carry the provisions to an elderly gentleman’s car. But when they...

Sac State’s Joe Sheley is upcoming permanent president of CSU Stanislaus

Imran Majid
May 7, 2013

Former Sacramento State Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Joe Sheley is in the process of becoming the permanent president of CSU Stanislaus. The California State University Board of Trustees...

Sac State awarded grant to increase security on campus

Imran Majid
April 30, 2013

In an ongoing effort to acquire working leads on cases, the Sacramento State Police Department will soon upgrade its video surveillance with a $20,500 grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The...

Sac State Police warns of fake letter from University Foundation

Sac State Police warns of fake letter from University Foundation

Imran Majid
April 23, 2013

Sacramento State Police warned earlier this month of a fake letter from the University Foundation at Sacramento State stating the recipient won an international lottery. The scam informs the recipient...

Campus state of mental health examined more closely by faculty

Campus’ state of mental health examined more closely by faculty

Imran Majid
April 16, 2013

While the Counseling and Psychological Services at Sacramento State is considered a model collegiate mental health program within the California State University system, some union representatives voiced...

Student and friend robbed at gunpoint in parking lot 7

Imran Majid
April 16, 2013

A student and her boyfriend were robbed at gunpoint in Parking Lot 7 on Saturday evening. The victims did not sustain any injuries but their wallets, cell phones, and an iPad were taken. Police Chief Mark...

Sac State target of lottery fraud

Imran Majid
April 12, 2013

The Sacramento State Police Department warned last Friday of a case of ongoing fraud involving fake checks and false promises of winning an international lottery. Police said suspects mailed fictitious...

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye speaks about her journey as an attorney and judge

Imran Majid
April 10, 2013

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye spoke at Sacramento State on Monday about the significance and role of mentors in her journey as an attorney and judge. Cantil-Sakauye said she was a beneficiary...

Former Upper Eastside Lofts employee suspected of embezzlement after allegedly misappropriating residents payments

Former Upper Eastside Lofts employee suspected of embezzlement after allegedly misappropriating residents’ payments

Imran Majid
April 9, 2013

Sacramento State police arrested a former Upper Eastside Lofts employee on March 25 under suspicion of embezzlement and misappropriating residents’ rent payments. Laini Harris, the former resident services...

Bill will extend student representation in CSU

Imran Majid
April 2, 2013

While the California State University system administers the duties and functions of its state colleges through the Board of Trustees, students have a voice in the decision-making through two student trustees....

Timothy White, CSU Chancellor, visited Sac State campus

Timothy White, CSU Chancellor, visited Sac State campus

Imran Majid
March 12, 2013

When Chancellor Timothy White visited campus Monday, he said Sacramento State’s open spaces throughout campus allow students to reflect on their experiences. White said Sac State was an “unusually...

Police Cheif Mark M. Iwasa says that many students who have their bicycles stolen use locks that are not efficient enough to keep theifs from stealing them on Mar. 5, 2013.

Bicycle bandits keep bagging up bikes

Imran Majid
March 12, 2013

They can be seen of all designs and colors, zipping in and out of the small gaps in between hordes of students clustered together. Others ride more slowly, carefully avoiding students on their way to class....

MMO games can be more than a gaming experience

Imran Majid
February 13, 2013

It’s late afternoon on the second floor of the University Union, where students stay comfortably spread around the chairs and tables that lie directly above EcoGrounds. There is a hum, bustle and chatter...

Regular people are no longer the only victims of ‘catfishing’

Imran Majid
February 6, 2013

If social media was a living, functioning person, it would depend on anonymity for survival. Freedom, expression and fulfillment would course through its twisted and everlasting veins, allowing for continued...

This pipe was the source of the flooding in Parking Structure III.

Pipe leaks in Parking Structure III

Imran Majid
February 5, 2013

The southeast and northwest stairwells of Parking Structure III were roped off on Tuesday afternoon due to a Sacramento Fire Department training exercise that left the ground soaking wet. Station 10...

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