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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Kelly Owen, Author

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On-campus housing fees increase $496

Kelly Owen
May 12, 2004

A fee committee approved a plan that will increase the cost ofroom and board in the five Sacramento State dorms by 10 percenteach year for the next three years. Residents will be paying $496 more per year.Room...

Textbook bill to be heard on April 28

Kelly Owen
April 14, 2004

State Assembly members are one step closer to permanentlylowering textbook prices for California college students. Assembly Bill 2477, a textbook bill, passed through the HigherEducation Committee April...

And the mudslinging begins

Kelly Owen
March 24, 2004

It's not easy to bury the hatchet, and campus politics are no exception. In what has been deemed a political tactic to discredit him, Associated Students, Inc. Vice President of Finance Luke Wood was "saddened"...

Get-rich-quick job offers fill campus bulletin boards

Kelly Owen
March 17, 2004

Tuition increases and rising textbook costs could mean that more Sacramento State students will need jobs to offset the growth of school costs. There are several ways a Sacramento State student can find...

Math options not always adding up

Kelly Owen
February 25, 2004

If only perseverance were enough. The number of Sacramento State students in Learning Skills classes has grown steadily over the last six years, and among them are students with learning disabilities....

E-transcript system tested by Sac State

Kelly Owen
February 11, 2004

It may be easier for students to send and receive transcripts if two new systems being tested by Sacramento State's and San Jose State's admissions and records offices are approved. Terry Cataline, an...

End in sight: Bill would lower textbook costs

Kelly Owen
February 4, 2004

Sacramento State students may soon see the end of skyrocketing textbook prices if a state bill putting restrictions on publishing companies is passed. Democratic Assemblywoman Carol Liu worked with representatives...

Cost of attending college would rise

Kelly Owen
January 28, 2004

Sacramento State students will be faced with higher tuition next fall if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed plan for fee increases and cuts to California State Universities is approved. Schwarzenegger's...

Ucovich seeks $100,000 Union renaming

Kelly Owen
December 10, 2003

Associated Students, Inc. is making a recommendation to theUniversity Union and university administration to spend at least$100,000 to change the name of the University Union to theUniversity Student Union....

ASI to fight athletics bill with letters to legislators

Kelly Owen
November 19, 2003

Associated Students, Inc. will begin a letter writing campaignagainst the bill that could bar all California colleges anduniversities from the National Collegiate AthleticsAssociation. ASI's Board of Directors...

ASI to vote on stance on student athlete bill

Kelly Owen
November 12, 2003

Board members of Associated Students, Inc. will vote today on aresolution to fight the state legislature's Senate Bill193. If passed, the bill would require all schools in the CSU and UCsystems to withdraw...

Campus buildings face major face-lift over the next five years

Kelly Owen
November 5, 2003

Sacramento State may soon receive some of the renovation andremodeling it has been waiting for. The university has developed a five-year plan and a master planwhich will be submitted to the Board of Trustees...

Brothers Wood propose 10 new ASI resolutions

Kelly Owen
October 29, 2003

Increased promotion of student radio, a committee geared towardsstudent parking issues and homecoming awards will be the topicsvoted on at today's Associated Students, Inc. Board ofDirectors meeting. Ten...

ASI to address university holds on parking citations

Kelly Owen
October 22, 2003

Associated Students, Inc. decided unanimously to pass emergency legislation to address registration holds being placed on students with outstanding parking tickets at a meeting Oct. 15. The legislation...

ASI not talking about director’s recent firing

Kelly Owen
October 15, 2003

Board members of Associated Students, Inc. are keeping their lips sealed about a closed session on Oct. 1 regarding the termination of Associate Director Randy Radcliff. A public memorandum was released...

Former student faces 11 years for manslaughter

Kelly Owen
October 8, 2003

Stephen Head was convicted Oct. 1 of vehicular manslaughter in the crash that killed Sacramento State student Jesse Snow. The jury reached the verdict after two weeks of deliberation at a Sacramento Superior...

ASI in big hush about closed door meeting last week

Kelly Owen
October 8, 2003

Associated Students, Inc. is falling behind as time runs out to pass certain legislation for this semester. Both old and new business on the agenda for the Oct. 1 board meeting was postponed because a...

Verdict in vehicular manslaughter expected this week

Kelly Owen
October 1, 2003

As the two year anniversary of the death of Sacramento State student Jesse Snow approaches, deliberations are still underway in a Sacramento court regarding 22-year-old Stephen Head's involvement in Snow's...

Health care resolution passes, ASI to fund research committee

Kelly Owen
September 24, 2003

The resolution on the Student Health Insurance Policy passed unanimously at the first Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors meeting of the semester on Sept. 17. The legislation, sponsored by Vice...

Newcomer Wood looks to make mark on ASI

Kelly Owen
September 17, 2003

New board member Joshua Wood is sponsoring nearly half of the legislation being decided upon at this week's Associated Students Inc. meeting. Eight of the 17 articles of new business on ASI's agenda have...

Proposition 54 ignites students, faculty

Kelly Owen
September 17, 2003

Sac State students are working hard to inform students, faculty and members of the community about what senior Robert Cabiness referred to as "preposterous 54" before election time. Proposition 54, also...

Retention, visibility tops ASI agenda

Kelly Owen
September 10, 2003

Student retention and participation, fighting Proposition 54, mandatory student healthcare and greater visibility are some of the issues outlined in the agenda of Associated Students, Inc. this fall semester.-...

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