My family and I just had the last Thanksgiving we'll ever share in the house where we currently live. We've resided in Auburn for the past eight years, but this summer, my parents will move to Lake Almanor,...

Anti-bullying disciplinary policies in public schools will do nothing to help kids who get bullied. The California Department of Education has been in the process of drafting such polices since funding...

The passage of Proposition 63 is a sign of dangerous things ahead for democracy in California. Political operatives now know they can easily sell all kinds of new taxes directly to Californians, provided...

Campaign finance reform has been useless in getting the stink out of politics because the odor has been coming from the voting booth all along, not special interest groups. You want substantive politicians?...

Many of us think of General Education as something to bare with a grin until we get to our major-focused classes. Consequently, we go the painless route of choosing the electives that are easiest or most...

I am constantly stunned by the way people can decipher my values without me having to preach a thing. Action is the true language of values. But I didn't always know that. College is the time when we're...

I am finally about to buy my first cellular phone. A friend of mine told me: "I couldn't give up my cell phone if I wanted to. It's my lifeline." If that's the case, I have a few questions before I sign...

I recently discovered that not all women share my view of sex. The only person I will ever have sex with is the woman I marry. Sex is being as close to a person as physically possible. In my ideal world...

I won't be using BigNerd.com to buy and sell my textbooks next semester. There's simply too much hassle involved for a commuter student. The idea behind the site is that students can buy and sell their...

State "Cheeseburger Bills" are barring lawsuits fromthose claiming to have been super-sized by the fast food industry.Twelve states have already passed them, four are pending and eighthave been shot down...

Illegally downloading music has little to do with "sharing." Mass distributing someone else's work over the Internet for free is unfair to the person who created that work. The principle of compensating...

With the Associated Students Inc. budget now finalized for thenext fiscal year, board members are cruising into the three low-keysummer months ahead of them before the legislative process beginsagain in...

On April 22, Republican Sen.Jeffery Denham's "Student Protection Act of2004," got a boost by having essential elements of itslanguage amended into Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's own feepolicy bill in the...

Sacramento State'sspring elections this year saw a record turnout of 4,985 ballotscast, almost more than twice last year's turnout of2,648. The vote tabulationprocess lasted until 4:35 a.m. Thursday morning....

As Associated Students, Inc. gears up for the campus-wideelections on April 27-28, many on the organization's board ofdirectors are hoping for a larger voter turnout than the lastelection. Last spring's...

Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez's first falland spring semesters in office have seen the retirements of threeadministrational vice presidents allowing him a clean slate to fillwith appointees....

Julio Velasquez, vice president of Associated Students, Inc., is challenging the Career Center's policy of charging alumni a fee starting at $45 for utilizing their services in finding employment. On March...

On Feb. 26-27, students were likely greeted with the booming noise of steam billowing out of Sacramento State's Central Plant as they exited Parking Structure I. The Central Plant, most recognizable as...

Students battling the detour of fences to get to Riverfront Center may be thanking the facilities and maintenance department when the heat comes in May. Matt Altier, associate vice president of facilities...

Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez announced Feb. 10 that Vice President for Student Affairs Shirley Uplinger will retire in June. "Please join me in thanking Shirley for her many years of service...

An on-campus anti-smoking advocacy group, Students Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependence, has released the results of a survey that they feel shows that their efforts on campus have been effective....