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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Jessica Weidling, Author

All content by Jessica Weidling

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...

CSU trustees ‘failing at their job,” says CFA president

Jessica Weidling
May 4, 2006

More than 200 faculty, staff and students from different California State University colleges protested outside the California Business Roundtable Wednesday in an effort to shine light on one particular...

Components of rec facility discussed by committee

Jessica Weidling
April 26, 2006

Related sites: Click here for more information on the Alex G. Spanos Sports and Recreation Complex A committee created to review earlier design elements and forge ahead with the planning of the recreation...

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...

ASI campaign looks to increase candidates, voters

Jessica Weidling
March 1, 2006

Associated Students Inc. Office of Governmental Affairs ?" or as Director Olgalilia Ramirez likes to call it, the "hub" of election activity ?" has already started advertising for the upcoming April 25-26...

Demonstrators take case over salaries to trustees

Jessica Weidling
February 7, 2006

The California Faculty Association joined other unions and student groups Feb. 1 to send a message to the CSU Board of Trustees that lagging faculty wages are resulting in a damaging drain of the best...

Casperweb to faze out starting in August

Jessica Weidling
January 25, 2006

In 1996 Fresno State University joined three other California State University campuses in piloting the student administration portion of Peoplesoft ?" the same web-based application set to unseat Casperweb...

Chico St. president’s raise goes partly to scholarships

Jessica Weidling
December 7, 2005

Paul Zingg ?" president of Chico State University since 2004, longtime sports historian and publisher of several books and nearly 100 articles on American higher education ?" has now acquired a new title:...

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:...

New program to replace CasperWeb before 2008

Jessica Weidling
November 30, 2005

Streamlined admissions, better faculty advising and 24 hours a day 7 days week accessibility and registration are a few of the perks of the student administration software that is now being implemented...

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...

Runners give to hungry on day of thanks

Jessica Weidling
November 29, 2005

While most were sleeping and some were inside basting turkeys and rolling out dough for pies on Thanksgiving morning, thousands of people from near and far joined families and friends out in the fresh...

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...

Various reasons keep students from voting booth

Jessica Weidling
November 16, 2005

With a mail-in ballot in hand, Marisala Muniz, an international business student, said she had opted to not exercise her right to vote in the Nov. 8 special election. Because while the Voter Information...

California rejects 8 statewide propositions

Jessica Weidling
November 9, 2005

Sacramento voters, totaling 269,372 or 42.7 percent, echoed the voices of other Californians up and down the state voting "no" on all eight statewide propositions on the ballot during the Special Election...

Gonzalez gets $34,020 raise from trustees

Jessica Weidling
November 9, 2005

The CSU Board of Trustees gave university presidents an average 13.7 percent pay raise alongside their vote to raise undergraduate tuition by 8 percent during the Oct. 27 meeting. Sacramento State President...

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...

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....

ASI Notebook: ASI board members OK new executives

Jessica Weidling
November 2, 2005

At the end of the Associate Students Inc. meeting Sept. 26 Vice President of Student Affairs Christine Hopkins stepped down from the podium and her two month interim stint as executive vice president....

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 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 now official in new posts

Jessica Weidling
October 28, 2005

At the end of the Associate Students Inc. meeting Wednesday Vice President of Student Affairs Christine Hopkins stepped down from the podium and her two month interim stint as executive vice president....

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...

ASI Notebook: Board to vote on fee hike

Jessica Weidling
October 26, 2005

California State Universities could see an 8 percent tuition increase over the next six school years unless the board of trustees rejects the budget proposal on Thursday, said Curtis Grima, secretary of...

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,...

Online program to help students plan schedules

Jessica Weidling
October 19, 2005

Imagine a MapQuest digital directory that would get students from where they are in their educational journey to where they want to go. The Office of Institutional Research in Academic Affairs is in its...

ASI gives congratulations to Homecoming Committee

Jessica Weidling
October 14, 2005

At the Associated Students Inc. board meeting on Wednesday, all four motions put on the table passed with "aye" votes from all board members. At the meeting, legislation was passed to hold a congratulations...

Human Trafficking focus of women’s conference

Jessica Weidling
October 13, 2005

The second International Dialogue on Violence against Women will bring authors, community members and professors from around the globe to discuss the issue of human trafficking. The conference held Friday...

Two ASI executive positions still open

Jessica Weidling
October 12, 2005

Executive vice president and vice president of finance positions in Associated Students Inc. were not filled by Oct. 5, despite President Angel Barajas' pledge to do so. A decision was made late Oct. 4...

ASI Notebook: Web site adds student poll

Jessica Weidling
October 12, 2005

New to the Associated Students Inc. Web site is a "quick poll" that assesses students' needs and wants on a particular issue, Patricia Worley, ASI executive director, told board members Wednesday. "We're...

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,...

Both VP positions still unfilled by ASI

Jessica Weidling
September 30, 2005

The executive vice president and vice president of finance positions went unfilled during the Associated Students Inc. board meeting Wednesday. However, ASI President Angel Barajas, said he is currently...

Grad schools target students during info day

Jessica Weidling
September 28, 2005

For those knee-deep in schoolwork, it may be hard to look past the hardbound textbooks and looming fall midterms. But for those expecting to attend graduate school, prepping as early as possible is key,...

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....

Revamped Homecoming Week features parade

Jessica Weidling
September 21, 2005

Last spring while most Sacramento State students were diligently studying for finals and counting down the days until summer, three students were prepping for the fall. It wasn't schoolwork that they had...

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...

Shelby, Velazquez relinquish ASI seats; previous vacant spots filled

Jessica Weidling
September 15, 2005

Wednesday under the warm sunshine and amidst the afternoon campus commotion, Associate Students, Inc. held their board meeting outside in the library quad. The brief meeting began at 2 p.m. and ended at...

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 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...

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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