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Governor signs student supported bill

Jessica Weidling
October 2, 2006

With the swipe of a pen, the student movement pushing for public pensions to divest in companies funding Sudan was victorious Tuesday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 2941 into law. The...

Gonzalez pressed for answers

Jessica Weidling
April 19, 2006

While Associated Students Inc. legislation is demanding answers about the details of a proposed recreation facility, President Alexander Gonzalez says the legislation's assertions are based on "faulty...

Social reform focus of event

Jessica Weidling
March 29, 2006

A room full of educators, students and faculty at Sacramento State listened to the accounts of five local foster teenagers struggling to make their way through school. "My biggest adjustment was stability...

Elderly program finds new home

Jessica Weidling
March 22, 2006

Two months after the Julia Morgan House ?" the university's historic residence ?" shut its doors to a Sacramento State fitness program for the local elderly population, the group has found temporary homes...

Web site pokes fun at campus issues

Jessica Weidling
December 7, 2005

Lightning bolts striking from underneath sinister-looking black clouds and Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez standing arms folded in the foreground. Beside the graphic is a title that proclaims:...

Trustees approve modified code

Jessica Weidling
November 30, 2005

The California State University student conduct code, Title 5, was entirely updated during a CSU Board of Trustees meeting held Nov. 8-9 where members, after months of deliberation, voted to replace the...

President talks candidly with students

Jessica Weidling
November 18, 2005

New programs, office renovations, a new resource center, more advisors and courses, student fee increase, a polling place on campus, leadership classes and executive salary increases were all hot topics...

Image: ASI board member appointments delayed:ASI President Angel Barajas said he has delayed the appointments of two vacant seats on the ASI board because there are so many strong candidates.Hornet File/Andrew Nixon:

ASI Board Members Debate Election Code

Jessica Weidling
November 3, 2005

The Associated Students Inc. board members debated recent Election Code revisions made by ASI counsel Larry Garcia and the Election Code Task Force at the ASI working board meeting Wednesday. The revisions...

Students are not rockin’ the vote

Jessica Weidling
November 2, 2005

Despite receiving the right to vote 34 years ago with the passage of the 26th Amendment, 18 to 20-year-olds still have the lowest voter turnout rate among all ages, according to Center for Information...

CSU trustees vote for fee increase

Jessica Weidling
November 2, 2005

Beginning in the fall of 2006 Sacramento State students may be paying an extra 8 percent, or about $120, in tuition each semester because of a California State University Board of Trustees vote Thursday....

CSU undergrad fees hiked 8 percent

Jessica Weidling
October 28, 2005

Beginning in the Fall of 2006 Sacramento State students may be paying an extra 8 percent or $120 each semester because of a California State University Board of Trustees vote on Thursday. To confirm the...

Abelon, Sugiyama named to ASI posts

Jessica Weidling
October 26, 2005

President Angel Barajas announced his candidates for the two lingering Associated Students Inc. board member vacancies Sept. 19 ?" simultaneously leaving another position vacant. Robbie Abelon, a junior...

Conference explores human trafficking

Jessica Weidling
October 19, 2005

After being told 26 times that her story was too graphic and horrific to be told, Le Ly Hayslip tried once more to get it published. On attempt No. 27, her story became a book. That same haunting memoir,...

Honoring a professor? How cliche …

Jessica Weidling
October 6, 2005

His student's papers and their love affair with cliches initiated the topic of Tuesday's 33rd Annual Livingston Lecture given by Prof. Alexandre Kimenyi in the University Ballroom. The cliche "if it walks...

Center helps students in job seacrh

Jessica Weidling
October 5, 2005

In the real world, the services that the Career Center at Sacramento State offers would run a client upwards of $95 to $125 an hour, said Eva Gabbe, an employer relations manager. But here at Sac State,...

ASI Notebook: ASI relief grant matched

Jessica Weidling
September 28, 2005

The Associated Students Inc. board meeting Sept. 21 served as a forum for board members to preview and discuss upcoming legislation that will be voted today. At the meeting, Angel Barajas, ASI president,...

Image: Barajas names board replacements:ASI President Angel Barajas named his replacements for the two board of directors spots vacated by James Shelby II and Julio Velazquez.Hornet File/Andrew Nixon:

ASI to get new logo

Jessica Weidling
September 23, 2005

Associate Students Inc. gathered at 3:30 p.m. in the Capital Room on Wednesday to talk about new legislation at their second working board meeting of the fall semester. A new logo is underway for ASI....

ASI has 2 execs resign

Jessica Weidling
September 21, 2005

Two Associated Students Inc. executive members resigned last week, with one member leaving to assist suffering family members and to combat what he feels is unfair treatment of African-Americans in Student...

ASI Notebook:$10,000 grant OK’d

Jessica Weidling
September 14, 2005

Associated Students, Inc. held an emergency meeting on Sept. 7 to discuss ways to reach out to those victims displaced by Hurricane Katrina's devastating path. ASI President Angel Barajas presented a $10,000...

2003 rejected dormitory plan revived

Jessica Weidling
September 14, 2005

Plans for on-campus housing development are alive and in the works despite a financial setback from the chancellor's office. During the spring of 2003, the Student Housing Advisory Committee, SHAC, was...

ASI board looks to fill vacant spots

Jessica Weidling
September 7, 2005

Although the 2005 Associated Student Inc. election is an event of the past, the ASI Board Members are working Wednesday to fill important positions that are still vacant in the election aftermath. ASI...

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