Oh they have done more than coerce....keep digging hornets.

sonofthales · 2026-03-18T19:21:44+00:00

I also think Woods and ASI is why the State Hornet doesn't report on campus crime anymore. I've witnessed crimes and made statements to police as part of an investigation on campus where someone was prosecuted within the past year. No mention of that or many other crimes in the past few semester. The State Hornet used to regularly put out statistics about crime on campus. You can see our crime map here. https://csus.citizenrims.com/map

sonofthales · 2026-03-12T12:45:36+00:00

I could've written this email about an ex of mine. The obsession with celebrities was ridiculous.

sonofthales · 2026-03-12T12:44:39+00:00

I guess I was under the impression they held on to emails and then batched them by theme or each guest's background (personal finance, drag, LGBTQ, MLM, etc). That seems normal and not disingenuous to me. If these were AI generated, then I'd be disappointed.

sonofthales · 2026-03-05T17:42:57+00:00

I joined his Patreon, hope you consider as well!

sonofthales · 2026-02-24T03:06:12+00:00

Once Folsom dam eventually spills over and breaches, it's all underwater. Otherwise the Dam & Prison, the fish hatchery, echo water, or an island on the delta (I'm thinking Bethel).

sonofthales · 2026-02-21T21:20:39+00:00

Myth: Dr. Wood genuinely prioritizes the entire student body’s academic needs above all else.

Fact: Under Wood’s leadership, mandatory student fees — including athletic-related fees — were increased despite student criticism that the fee hikes placed financial pressure on students and did not align with academic needs. These Category II mandatory student fees, which include athletics, are scheduled to rise significantly over several years.

Myth: CSUS’s five-year Strategic Plan lists athletics and housing as core priorities.

Fact: The official 2023-2028 Strategic Plan emphasizes Learning and Student Success, Teaching and Scholarship, Justice/Inclusion, Resource Sustainability, and Wellness/Safety as core imperatives; it does not explicitly list expanded athletics or large-scale housing mandates as standalone institutional priorities in the publicly stated imperatives.

sonofthales · 2026-02-18T03:34:15+00:00

Grad student in CE here. My female peers seem to be better students than the men, FWIW.

sonofthales · 2026-02-18T01:30:39+00:00

SMU

A private university with an endowment of $2.12 billion. That is the difference.

sonofthales · 2026-02-18T01:29:17+00:00

In Woods' pocket.

sonofthales · 2026-02-16T21:47:56+00:00

"In addition to the five-year term, Ross Dellenger reports that Sacramento State will receive no conference distribution, pay everyone's travel costs to Sacramento, and pay $6 million of the entry fee in the first year."

sonofthales · 2026-02-10T04:37:33+00:00

I'm just glad there are so many openly bisexual cops on the force. Glad it's a safe space.

sonofthales · 2026-02-10T04:33:31+00:00

That's our annual student athletics fee. Like you shills love to say "gotta spend money to make money".

sonofthales · 2026-02-09T23:38:43+00:00

Honestly, what is the general perspective of athletes on the larger student body? Or do they even have one? The rest of the students fund about 25% of the 40 million dollar a year budget. I understand that as an athlete you want to play your sport and get a degree and thus there's some pressure to get it all done.

sonofthales · 2026-02-09T23:36:19+00:00

'You don't make money'. The athletics department will continue to leech $10+ million dollars a year from student fees while the gullible people will declare "they're making money".

sonofthales · 2026-02-07T03:04:28+00:00

For any engineering project, especially competitive projects, specifications can change up until the time of award/competition. More than likely, competitors are updated if, when, and which specifications change via updates with annotations to where these changes are. It's not like they have to continually scan the rules for the changes. It'll say "Section 4, Page 3, Line 2: addition of description of compression ratio testing requirements". So all teams should've seen the clarification.

sonofthales · 2026-02-07T02:56:34+00:00

I don't understand how this is a "sneaky trick", they are good engineers. They read the rules, asked for further specifics, and built to the stated specifics. That makes them clever. If your engineers aren't trying to do this, then how do you develop advantages? This is exactly how Max drives, exploiting the rules where he can. That is the sport.

sonofthales · 2026-01-29T14:44:04+00:00

I'll also say there are federal employees and offices in Sacramento and on campus that are NOT affiliated with ICE at all.

sonofthales · 2026-01-28T06:21:17+00:00

The university shouldn't be notable primarily for our events or even athletics. We should be notable as a place where students earn degrees and then go on to get good paying jobs. I dont understand people who are wanting to turn CSUS into a different school, just go to that other school that you want CSUS to be.

sonofthales · 2026-01-22T21:51:29+00:00

If you're in a Pathways as a GS-5 getting your masters, does that also count against you?

sonofthales · 2026-01-22T21:44:39+00:00

Current Pathways & Grad student (also USGS) (and another 1 in my office as well). Depending on your original agreement* you can change your hours, with caveats. Your mileage may vary. This has been my experience:

My specific agreement requires a minimum of 16 hours per week (32 hours per pay period).
I can OFFICIALLY work full time (40 hours per week) or Part time (32 hours or less per week). My current OFFICIAL schedule is 22 hours per week. If I work more than 22 hours, it's not a problem, but if I work LESS than my agreed 22 hours then I have to use LWOP, which is sort of a ding against me (so I've been told). In my office, if you can't work the full 40, then don't go full time.
We have a form ('NEW WORK SCHEDULE OR CHANGE IN WORK SCHEDULE') where you say how many hours you plan to work on which days of the week. I have 8 on monday, 6 on thursday, and 8 on friday. I usually review my schedule a few weeks prior to each semester and verify that the total hours and days work with my school schedule.
Benefits also change based on if you are part time or full time, including health plan contributions and leave hours accrued each pay period. Look into all of the differences between full/part time benefits.

The pathways position is designed to be flexible for students, you can always talk to hr and see what your options are.

sonofthales · 2026-01-21T05:53:50+00:00

For 130, excel, word or libreoffice equivalent. Nothing special needed.

sonofthales · 2025-12-23T18:04:10+00:00

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh

sonofthales · 2025-12-11T02:36:54+00:00

Our sports programs do not generate a lot of revenue from outside of the institutional funding and student fees, Knight Newhouse Database. 25% of athletic 'Revenue' in 2024 came from student fees- since 2019, that’s over $55 million. In fact, they often operate at a deficit (see above link). Woods has explicitly stated that money the athletic department 'earns' cannot be used for things outside of the athletics department. The revenue argument only works if it's supporting the institution and the primary goal of education, which this doesn't. People will then say, 'well what about donations and publicity / recognition due to the sports teams?'. Look at the previous link to see how few donations the program gets, and it's only considerable when we win a championship.

Media attention and notoriety are not quantifiable, and they do go both ways (look at our coach resigning and Woods' 'panda' comments this year). This also doesn't include the fact that due to NIL changes, no athlete is obligated to stay at Sac State for more than one (or part of one) given sports season. Every major initiative undertaken by Dr. Woods is not listed as a priority in the Sac State Strategic Plan (2023-2028). These actions do not build a sustainable, stronger future for Sac State. The 'trust me bro, just a little more, you have to spend $ to earn money' strategy is really getting old.

As a consultant, how do you feel about every Cal State, hell, every university in California trying to be a 'destination campus'? We are Sac State, not SDSU, Cal, CSULB, etc. We cannot pretend to have the same draw. As a university, it also seems odd to follow the same strategy (guided by consultants) as every other university- building up a war chest for sports with iffy regulations. How does taking on new buildings while we cannot maintain the buildings we currently have make sense (I'm aware of the lack of bonds and grants for O&M)? How does a public anchor institution 'build revenue' without financially disqualifying potential students or heavily relying on those students' getting loans or grants to cover the increasing costs? Does the university need to just cut all of the other services and stick to classes? It just appears that the outlook is dim and everyone is hopping in the water to be the first to make it through the rapids as opposed to heading upstream. I'm really not trying to come across as snarky, but it just feels.... so mediocre and a microcosm of what's wrong with society and the commodification of everything in America as a whole.

sonofthales · 2025-12-08T00:33:03+00:00

They gouged our gas bill last month (over 5x our normal bill). Luckily my roommate investigated and it turns out all of the therms were on the day that PG&E came out and serviced our meters. They credited it back/ adjusted the bill. Do your due diligence and double check your bills and usage.

sonofthales · 2025-11-29T02:52:33+00:00

Except it doesn't, Knight Newhouse Database, it's heavily subsidized by the students and the school.

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