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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Binde Rai, Author

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Literary Journal features students’ work

Binde Rai
May 6, 2006

The new Calaveras Station Literary Journal was released on May 5, featuring poems, short fiction, non-fiction and other short works written by Sacramento State students. "Each year we dedicate the book...

GE proposal allows nine units to overlap

Binde Rai
April 26, 2006

The Sacramento State Faculty Senate approved a new general education policy Thursday that allows students to overlap nine lower and upper division units of GE courses with their major courses. The policy,...

DegreeQuest’s launch date pushed back to fall 2006

Binde Rai
April 26, 2006

DegreeQuest, a digital directory created by the Sacramento State Office of Institutional Research to help students navigate more effectively through their degrees, should be available to students as soon...

Flag demonstration to kick off Pride Week

Binde Rai
April 22, 2006

Three different organizations are coming together to promote Pride Week ?" a week-long event that celebrates the gay community through activites dealing with political issues surrounding sexual orientation....

Faculty salary debates heat up

Binde Rai
April 12, 2006

Junior faculty pay differential was a hot topic when the Faculty Senate, along with faculty members demanding an immediate resolution, met with President Alexander Gonzalez on Thursday. Controversy surrounding...

Latino leadership conference comes to campus

Binde Rai
April 6, 2006

Sacramento City Unified School District and the Latino Student Advisory Committee strived to promote leadership and community involvement among Latino and Chicano high school students at the eight annual...

Fraternity raises money for Youth Aids Foundation

Binde Rai
April 1, 2006

Editor's note: This article has been changed to clarify that Nicki Croly is spelled "Nicki," not "Nicky." Sigma Phi Epsilon, claimed as the largest campus fraternity in the U.S., put on their annual Ms....

Survivors of prison torture share personal experiences

Binde Rai
March 27, 2006

Nester Fantini and Maimul Ahsan Khan shared their experiences of being tortured while being held captive in foreign countries during a forum focused on educating and persuading people to take action against...

Junior faculty disgruntled by pay disparity

Binde Rai
March 22, 2006

Junior faculty at Sacramento State feel they are beingpenalized for having more work experience becausenewly hired faculty is getting fatter paychecks. A main reason is because assistant professors hiredafter...

Damp SAT tests result in 4,000 incorrect scores

Binde Rai
March 22, 2006

College-bound students across the country who took theCollegeBoard SAT exams in October 2005 may havereceived an e-mail this month notifying them of alarge SAT error from exposure of tests to moisture,resulting...

Changing date of Easter results in earlier spring break

Binde Rai
March 15, 2006

For the 2005-06 academic year, Sacramento State's Faculty Senate decided to make spring break fall exactly in the middle of the semester, during ninth week, because of the difficulty in coinciding spring...

Book club open to all

Binde Rai
March 7, 2006

Building Awareness through Culture has a book club at Sacramento State that facilitates learning, discussion and toleration among students. The book club, Literary and Expression, is an extension of Building...

‘Voices of Iraqi Women’ to be heard on campus

Binde Rai
March 3, 2006

In celebration of Women's History Month, the Women's Resource Center will present the "Voices of Iraqi Women." At this event, Soheir Stolba, a professor at American River College, will share the experiences...

Deadline to declare major is examined

Binde Rai
March 1, 2006

Sacramento State is considering a new policy requiring all students to declare a major by 60 units to better facilitate the process of graduation. An approval of the policy, which was brought to the Faculty...

Student acts to increase awareness of abducted and murdered women

Binde Rai
February 19, 2006

Between 200 - 400 young women have been declared missing or brutally murdered in Juarez, Mexico and the number is increasing. This issue is closer to home than many of us think. The majority of these young...

‘Flops!’ flopped

Binde Rai
February 9, 2006

Is "Flops!" ?" a showcase of the best songs from the worst of Broadway production ?" flopping out? Sacramento State's Alumni Theatre Project originally scheduled the musical to begin playing on Feb. 10,...

‘Get your priorities straight,’ CFA says to Board of Trustees

Binde Rai
January 30, 2006

In an attempt to get their concerns recognized, California Faculty Association members will be protesting Wednesday, Feb. 1 at Long Beach ?" home of California State University chancellor's office. Buses...

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