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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Blazej Bruzda, Author

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Dean says final policy prohibits early exams

Blazej Bruzda
December 10, 2009

While some students at Sacramento State are happy to end the fall semester early, others think it is an unfair cut to their education when faculty members give finals exams during dead week. A number of...

Students help elementary school students with literacy

Blazej Bruzda
December 8, 2009

More than 400 elementary school students from the Elk Grove School District visited Sacramento State on Monday to meet their writing partners for the first time. The Writing Partners program is a Community...

Breathalyzers installed for DUI offenders

Blazej Bruzda
November 22, 2009

Drivers beware: four counties in California, including Sacramento, are cracking down on drunk drivers starting this summer. Under the new law signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, even first-time DUI offenders...

Business ideas pitched by students in competition

Blazej Bruzda
November 22, 2009

Students gave their business ideas to local business leaders and investors in a competition to see which had the best idea and presentation on Wednesday. The Sacramento Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs...

Graduation petition price up 46 percent

Blazej Bruzda
November 19, 2009

Sacramento State has raised yet another fee this year: the graduation petition fee, which burdens students with the second-highest graduation application fee in the 23-campus California State University...

Students ride Teeter-Totter for 24 hours to raise funds for homeless children

Blazej Bruzda
November 18, 2009

Sacramento State's Rotaract club started its first 24-hour teeter-totter fundraiser Tuesday in the Library Quad that will continue to noon Wednesday in hopes of raising awareness and collecting donations...

Rep. Matsui gives speech on the future of Sacramento

Blazej Bruzda
November 16, 2009

Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, along with partners, addressed a crowd of faculty and community members at the Sacramento State Alumni Center on Friday concerning federal priorities and the local impact...

Sac State receives grant to improve electric grid

Blazej Bruzda
November 14, 2009

Sacramento State, along with partners, received a $127.5 million federal stimulus grant to improve Sacramento's electric grid as part of the Smart Sacramento project first introduced in September. Rep....

Sac State’s Science and Math Cafe open

Blazej Bruzda
November 5, 2009

Sacramento State's Women's Resource Center opened its Science and Math Cafe Oct. 27 for all women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Science and Math Cafe will continue...

Professor reads from new novel, gives life experiences

Blazej Bruzda
October 28, 2009

Mary Mackey, novelist, screenwriter, poet and Sacramento State English professor gave a glimpse to a handful of people into her latest book "The Widow's War" and shed light on her extraordinary life Thursday...

Sac State and UC Davis compete for blood

Blazej Bruzda
October 22, 2009

Sacramento State and UC Davis will go head-to-head once again as they compete to collect blood in the second annual Causeway Classic Blood Drive Competition Sac State's on-campus blood drive took place...

Sac State alumni awarded as county’s best

Blazej Bruzda
October 15, 2009

Ten Sacramento State alumni were awarded the 2010 Sacramento county teacher of the year awards at a countywide teacher recognition banquet. The 10 Sac State alumni were honored at a banquet as the best...

Girls encouraged to exceed in STEM fields

Blazej Bruzda
October 8, 2009

The third annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference will host nearly 300 people in Sacramento State's University Union on Saturday. The conference is organized by the Expanding Your Horizons Network. It...

Luminary project brings domestic violence awareness

Blazej Bruzda
October 3, 2009

Students gathered at the Sacramento State library quad on Oct. 1 in efforts to educate others about domestic violence with dozens of luminary bags. The bags were designed with names of victims, survivors,...

We the people

Blazej Bruzda
September 24, 2009

Sacramento State and Associated Students, Inc., came together last week to celebrate not just Constitution Day, but an entire week filled with events in honor of the U.S. Constitution. The third annual...

Delta Chi fraternity to restart at Sac State

Blazej Bruzda
September 17, 2009

Sacramento State welcomes an old Greek friend from the past this semester. Delta Chi is recruiting fraternity members this fall for its second go-round with the campus community. The Delta Chi fraternity...

CSU system furloughs all employees

Blazej Bruzda
September 3, 2009

Sacramento State is implementing all 2,956 of its administration, faculty and staff to take 18 to 24 days off without pay before June 30. The California State University system is requiring all 23 campuses...

Spring vote overruled

Blazej Bruzda
September 3, 2009

Over the summer, Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez implemented two of three ballot measures voted down by students in the spring election. One measure applied to Sac State's athletics program...

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