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AS proposes new investment plan a website that supports nationwide fossil fuel divestment by colleges and universities. The Environmental Affairs Council, an A.S. government body, is asking the University Foundation to commit to a 7-year divestment of funding from top 200 publicly traded non-renewable energy companies. Lori Hoffman, Chico State’s vice president for business and finance, contributed most of the feedback to the proposal. Pulling investments from these companies would not prevent them from reinvesting in fossil fuels, Hoffman said. Investment returns are also likely to decrease with divestment, Hoffman said in a previous interview with The Orion. Most of the foundation’s returns and endowments are used to fund student scholar-

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A proposal to pull student government investments from fossil fuel companies was presented for feedback during a Chico State Board of Directors meeting Monday afternoon. The Associated Students, the student government at Chico State, has invested $271,000 in mutual funds with the University Foundation, a nonprofit organization that accepts donations for the university. Exxon-Mobil and ConocoPhillips are among the corporations that A.S. money has invested in, according to an endowment report. Both are among the top 10 fossil fuel companies in the world, according to 350.org,

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Sabers, cattle-prods and ski poles are on the no-fly list. Though if inline skating is on your list of holiday activities, you can bring your ice skates on without fear.

Elevator to be repaired over winter intersession

ships. Hoffman recommended pulling all of A.S.’s endowment money out of the foundation. In a student government meeting earlier that afternoon, Haley she was hoping student government and the university could collaborate to make divestment a reality. “We don’t want to further a divorce between A.S. and the university,” Haley said. Once a final version of the proposal is drafted, Haley said she plans to present it to the University Foundation’s investment committee for approval. Mozes Zarate can be reached at mzarate@theorion.com or

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Christmas Spirit Singers in Sounds of the Valley chorus belt out holiday jingles at City Plaza at the community tree lighting Friday.

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Christmas tree lighting brings community to downtown plaza

Chico State will spend $1.1 million to replace the staff elevator in Meriam Library during winter intersession, and three more elevators may be repaired in the summer. The interiors of the four elevators will be demolished and completely remodeled within their respective shafts, said Michael McNairn, contracts coordinator in the department of procurement and contract services. Additionally, all of the equipment, such as motors and rope brakes, will be replaced, according to the request for proposal drawn up for contractors. “The plan is to have the service elevator for staff remodeled over the winter break, and the three main elevators would be done the following summer,” McNairn said. A similar project was completed in the summer to modernize the elevators in Butte Hall, at a cost of about $1.2 million. The contract for the project was awarded to a company that does not typically work on campus elevators, said Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public affairs and publications. Sacramento-based Otto Construction, the same company that built the new Arts and Humanities Building, will The plan is to be handling the have the serremodel. vice elevator These costs for staff recome in addition modeled over to Chico State’s the winter $130,000 contract with ThyssenKbreak, and the rupp, the company three main that performs elevators regular monthly would be done maintenance on the following the university’s elsummer. evators, Wills said. “If there are problems, ThyssenKrupp comes out sometimes for Michael McNairn as much as weekly Contracts coordinator, maintenance,” department of Wills said, “but procurement and they always do contract services monthly maintenance regardless.” Per the contract, ThyssenKrupp has to come repair and maintain elevators as soon as problem is reported, Wills said. This is different from the state required permitting process, which is an annual occurrence. “We are currently in the process of having the state inspector come to the campus and inspect the elevators,” Wills said. “They place the cards in the elevators that people see that reflect when the inspection was. They inspect them, but are not in charge of the main inspections.” Chico State’s facilities management division keeps a log of reports of problems in the elevators, Wills said. “When the Butte Hall elevators were replaced, there were many reports as they worked out the problems with the new equipment,” Wills said. “The number of calls have since subsided.” The Orion can be reached at

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Many sexual assaults go unreported to local officials, experts say As much as 60 percent of sexual assaults Clery Disclosure Act, a federal statute go unreported in the that requires all U.S., according to colleges and uniIt is unfortunate but true the Rape, Abuse and versities to pubIncest National Netlish their campus that a percentage of sexual work. crime statistics assaults are not reported. “It is unfortunate annually. It sumLT. CORINNE BECK but true that a permarizes sexual University Police Department centage of sexual assaults and assaults are not reother crimes that ported,” wrote Lt. occur on or adjaCorrine Beck of the University Police Decent to the university campuses.

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Data from an annual report and expert testimony indicates that sexual assaults may be significantly underreported at Chico State. At Chico State, five sexual assaults were reported on campus in 2012, according to the 2013 Clery Report, an annual compilation of crimes reported at Chico State. The report is required by the Jeanne

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partment in an email to The Orion. For every eight out of ten sexual assault incidents, the perpetrator is someone that the victim knows, according to Chico State’s website. This could be the primary reason why many sexual assaults go unreported, said Rocky Cruz, director of Rape Crisis Intervention, a 24-hour sexual assault call line in Chico. “Society was raised to believe that it’s a

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TheOrion.com The maximum penalty for breaking the county’s cultivation guidelines has been increased from $500 to $1,000 as a result of Tuesday’s vote. In addition, the maximum penalty is enforced after the second infraction, rather than the third.

4 – 1 The Butte County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to reform marijuana cultivation guidelines. They voted 4-1, with Larry Wahl dissenting.

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Medical cannabis cultivators in Butte County are limited to growing six mature or 12 juvenile plants per doctor-approved patient, according to the Butte County District Attorney’s website.

All sewage and irrigation systems used to cultivate cannabis in Butte County must now come from either a municipal source or be approved for permitting.

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Board imposes harsher pot fines Nicholas Carr

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Illegal medical marijuana growers in Butte County will face harsher penalties and more stringent restrictions a Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday. The board voted 4-1 to make revisions to the county codes dictating the rules regarding marijuana cultivation, with Supervisor Larry Wahl dissenting. The vote made three revisions to the previous cultivation codes: •

Increased the penalty for the first, second and subsequent offenses from $25-100, $100-

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200 and $200-500. The fines are now $500 for the first and $1000 for those that follow. All irrigation and waste-management systems used for the cultivation of medical marijuana must be permitted. Expanded the classifications of live-in residences that are able to cultivate medical marijuana.

The guidelines were enacted back in March to reign in the “green rush” of marijuana growers moving into the North State, said Bill Connelly, chair of the Board of Supervisors

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The Compassionate Use Act is passed in California, giving “seriously ill” patients the right to obtain and use cannabis as a medication.

The previous restrictions affected where and how much marijuana could be cultivated based on the grow’s distance from property lines and special surrounding structures such as schools. The changes will be effective on Jan. 9. During the public input session, a majority cited increased criminal activity as a result of thieves targeting cannabis grows as threats to general public safety. The current regulations don’t adequately address the criminal activity surrounding the cultivation of marijuana, said Larry Wahl a Butte County supervisor. “We’re just kicking the can down

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California Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana possession and cultivation for recreational use, was rejected.

Butte County passes new guidelines restricting the cultivation of cannabis by property size and distance to special facilities like schools, churches and public offices.

the road here,” Wahl said. “And we’re giving another season to the pot growers.” While crime must be addressed, the board needs to respect the majority of citizens that have shown support for cultivation, said Steve Lambert a Butte County supervisor. “We need to control the substance and get people’s backyards back to where they were,” he said. The board will address the public safety and economic implications of marijuana cultivation in January.

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The Board of Supervisors will review a staff report regarding the economic and public safety effects of cannabis cultivation.

A Chico State faculty member, Sergio Sanchez, was granted a fellowship for entering a doctoral program in political science.

Students compete for rhetorical supremacy at debate

Daylong competition features 4 different debate styles partment with a student opportunity for the or she moved on to the elimination large numbers of general education students rounds. Students used speeches that they had taking those classes,” written earlier this semesPeterson said. “Some ter for the tournament. students realize they “All I needed to do was Some students are interested in combriefly review my speech realize they are munication studies once or twice before it was as a major or minor time to deliver it,” said interested in comthrough doing an Katelyn Alvarez, a freshmunication studies event like this one.” man pre-nursing major. as a major or minor The competition “Because I practice it so through doing an had two preliminary many times for my class, I event like this one. rounds of competition remembered a lot about the in speech, and four speech.” Sue Peterson preliminary rounds If students stayed for the Professor, in debate. The four entire event, they received Communications studies events were: extra credit. • Infor mative The event ended with an Speaking awards ceremony for the • Persuasive winners of the competition. Speaking • Impromptu Speaking Megan Bowser can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or • Lincoln-Douglas Debate @theorion_news on Twitter If a student was one of the top competitors, he

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Students filled Tehama Hall on Saturday to participate in the Rookie Tournament, an allday speechmaking competition for students who currently are taking lower-division communication classes. The tournament was attended by students from two courses: “Individual Public Speaking” and “Argumentation and Debate.” The tournament has been held every semesSue ter since it began in 1992 Peterson or 1993, said Sue PeterProfessor, son a communication communications professor. studies “It started as a recruitment tool for the Speech and Debate Team and a way to provide the de-

We asked students what they took away from the tournament:

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“I learned a lot more just from this event then I did pretty much throughout the entire school year of debate.”

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“This tournament was good in that I really learned the mechanics of debate and argument and as well as speaking.”

Derek Jung Sophomore, psychology

Rebecca Bowman Sophomore, excercise physiology

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| A3 Monetary forgiveness The Chico City Council adopted a parking meter forgiveness program at a meeting Dec. 3. The program is aimed at promoting holiday shopping in the downtown area.

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City offers lenient parking program Bill Hall

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Staff Writer Chico is implementing a parking meter forgiveness program aimed at bolstering commerce for downtown businesses during the holiday season. The Chico City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 3 to approve the program, which will take place on Dec. 6, 13, 20 and Dec. 23. The program is not meant to provide amnesty for parking infractions, said City Manager Brian Nakamura. Parking attendants will still enforce other violations. “This is not free parking for the employees in front of their businesses,” Nakamura said. The potential loss of revenue to the parking fund is about $17,000. But city staff expect that most people will still feed the meters, and that increased shopping at downtown businesses will result in increased sales tax revenue. The policy is meant as a show of good faith to encourage holiday shopping downtown, said Administrative Services Director Chris Constantin. While the city has engaged in parking meter forgiveness programs in the past, it doesn’t have financial records pertaining to their past outcomes, according to documents attached to the City Council’s Dec. 3 agenda. Rather than a ticket, parking attendants from the Chico Police Department will post “holiday postcard warnings” in lieu of tickets for initial parking infractions. In promoting the downtown shopping atmosphere during the holidays, the program will ideally “add some sparkle to the alternative feeling of having received a lump of coal commonly referred to as a citation,” according to a city document.

The majority of the parking meters in the downtown area are between First and Ninth streets, and Flume Street to Normal Avenue, according to the city of Chico’s website. About 80 percent of spaces available downtown are covered by parking meters.

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POLICE BLOTTER The police blotter is a selection of information cited directly from Chico Police Department and University Police Department.

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Wednesday, 11:04 p.m.: Suspicious subject in front of Sutter Café. “White male adult, wearing red/black flannel shirt, long blonde hair, smoking a cigarette. Subject is now outside Sutter Café and is looking through the window and smoking. Officer contacted reporting party and is advising smoking policy. Reporting party is going to refuse service to the subject. Subject has left area.” Thursday, 12:58 a.m.: Traffic hazard by Student Health Center. “Reporting party observed two white male adults throwing safety cones into the roadway. Sergeant out with those subjects at West Sacramento and Warner streets. Subjects counseled to move along.”

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Friday, 11:22 a.m.: Suspicious subject on the 1400 block of Chestnut Avenue. “Ex tenant is refusing to leave. She is breaking mirrors and screaming. Female has picked up some rocks but has not thrown any yet. She is here helping someone move.”

Friday, 3:05 p.m.: Suspicious subject of the 2500 block of the Esplanade. “Hispanic male adult selling Jose Cuervo Tequila out of a duffle bag. Subject is behind the ARCO station, between the Jack in the Hispanic male adult selling Box and Hula’s. ReportJose Cuervo Tequila out ing party has seen him sell to two minors. Subof a duffle bag. Subject is ject has a blue and silver behind the ARCO station, mountain bike with a between the Jack in the Box child seat on the back.”

and Hula’s.

Friday, 5:53 p.m.: Petty theft on the 3500 block of Cisco Way. “Reporting party wanting to press charges against her 14 and 15-year-old kids, who took a Playstation 3 gaming system and $40 in cash from the reporting party. Game was a Christmas gift they helped themselves to. Reporting party insists she wants something to happen to them. Reporting party was frustrated because kids got into Christmas gift before Christmas (gift was intended for them).”

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Friday, 10:48 a.m.: Vandalism in Holt second floor women’s east restroom. “Comment session where people keep adding to it.” Saturday, 8:42 a.m.: Welfare check southbound on Warner Street. “Subject appears to only be wearing shorts and wrapped in a leopard-print blanket. Sixty to 65-years-old. Subject flagged officer down. Advised he was OK. Just out for a walk.” Saturday, 1:06 p.m.: Animal in Butte Hall lobby. “Bat flying around. They have propped doors open, trying to get it out.”

Friday, 10:44 p.m.: Drug use on the 1100 block of Olive Street. “Reporting party states female took methamphetamine, is screaming and acting oddly.

Saturday, 1:52 a.m.: Assault/battery at the Tackle Box on the 300 block of East Park Avenue. “Drink thrown in reporting Bat flying around. They party’s face by a female. have propped doors open, Unknown why the fetrying to get it out. male threw the drink on the reporting party.“

Sunday, 8:24 p.m.: Suspicious subject in Physical Science Building. “Subjects were shooting a film for their company. In possession of pellet gun they were Saturday, 2:09 a.m.: using as a prop. ReUniversity Police Department Drunk in public on the moved pellet gun from 500 block of West Fifth property and were adStreet. “Subjects trying vised to call UPD in the to take down a stop sign. Two males and three fefuture if they want to use the facilities to shoot films.” males. Sign is almost out. Male with a plaid shirt and a hat. Stop sign at the south end of Fifth and Chestnut streets needs to be looked at.” Saturday, 8:43 p.m.: Shoplifting from the Safeway on the 700 block of Mangrove Avenue. “Female left with a sandwich towards Sports LTD. Safeway only wants contact if (police) locates the female with the sandwich. She was also with another female who stole items, but unknown what. Reporting party called back to advise that one of the females also stole a $75 Starbucks cup.” – compiled by Nicholas Carr and Mozes Zarate

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ASSUALTS: Police officers work to promote reporting and eyewitnesses. » continued from A1 “For example, if the allegation is that stranger that rapes, when a high percentthe victim was too intoxicated to give conage of rapists are known to us,” Cruz said. sent, then it would be important for the “Just because you add that component into it, it’s going to be harder for people to people who were with the victim to speak to her level of intoxication and what the report.” interaction with the suspect was,” MerriOut of 431 calls reporting rape in Butte field said. County this year, 43 were received from Chico Police allow people who are sexuconfirmed Chico State students, Cruz said. ally assaulted to be The number could accompanied by a be higher, but many friend or counselor callers do not disWe would like all victims to while the evidence close where they go feel comfortable reporting is collected, Merto school. an incident to the police. rifield said. The Cruz has worked patrol officer hanwith the call line dling the initial refor 23 years. During LT. CORINNE BECK port is also responthat time, he has University Police Department sible for identifying spoken with thouthe crime scene and sands of men and evidence. women who have The most common sexual assault crime been sexually violated. scene is the victim’s apartment room, “We as a society have done a real fucked up job not making people feel safe enough Merrifield said. Law enforcement officials are working to report,” Cruz said. “It’s because we victim-blame. It’s because we’re saying ‘well, to alleviate underreporting, Beck said. “We would like all victims to feel comwhat were you doing drinking? Why did you go out partying? Why did you go up to fortable reporting an incident to the police,” she said. “We are, above all else, their room? Why did you give them a ride? Why did you have sex with them ten min- interested in ensuring victims get needed resources. Howutes ago?’” ever, the decision There were 38 Until O.J. Simpson was on of whether or not to rapes reported to television for 134 days, peoreport a crime rethe Chico Police ple didn’t think there was mains the victim’s Department in a such a thing as domestic decision.” 2012, according to violence. Publishing Clery an annual crime ROCKY CRUZ data on sexual asreport. Director, Rape Crisis Intervention saults, regardless That year, Chico’s of the numbers, is population was vital for awareness around 87,000, acof the crime, Cruz cording to the U.S. said. Census Bureau. “Until O.J. Simpson was on television The process of collecting evidence from victims may also be causing underreport- for 134 days, people didn’t think there was a such a thing as domestic violence,” Cruz ing, Cruz said. said. “These reports can validate the expeEvidence is preserved through a sexual assault exam at the hospital, said Chico rience of those thousands of people that have never come forward. It’s saying that Police Sgt. Rob Merrifield. “All of the evidence is important to be we have a serious issue that we need to locked down right away since it’s transient and can be lost over time,” Merrifield said. have looked at.” Fibers, hair and DNA evidence are collected from the survivor’s body, Merrifield Mozes Zarate can be reached at said. Physical injuries are photographed mzarate@theorion.com or @mzarate139 on Twitter and documented. Police also gather indirect testimony from people like friends

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Cost of parking forgiveness is unforgivably misguided ,

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We know the parking meter forgiveness The Chico City Council’s recent decision to forego thousands of dollars in parking is an attempt to promote business and ultimeter fees is outrageous given the amount mately bolster sales tax revenue. The city believes free parking will entice people to of debt the city currently faces. drive downtown and spend their money at As seen in our news section, the city has local businesses. been struck with the Christmas spirit once But there’s an obvious problem with this again this year. They’ve decided to risk collecting about $17,000 in parking fees during backwards logic. If somebody really wants four days this month. Instead of a parking to go shopping downtown, they won’t object to paying a few measly cents to cover their ticket to first-time offenders, the city will isparking. And if they think they can get a sue “holiday postcard warnings” to drivers cheaper deal on their who don’t mind their gifts online, a couple meters. dimes won’t sway their Do not pass go. Do Does it seem to you decision. not collect $200, or anyEither way, the parkthing else for that matlike our city’s in the ing meter forgiveness ter. position to make isn’t going to do anyAfter years of makfrivolous charitable thing for local busiing wrongheaded fisgestures? We don’t nesses, except further cal decisions, our city jeopardize the finances is up to its eyeballs in think so either. of the city that they all red ink. We’ve lost 71 count on to regulate city employees over downtown. the past three years. A The city’s latest foray into fiscal incomcommonly used playground was threatened with closure, and our police force has been petence doesn’t make sense. At best, it’s a costly public relations stunt that could take cut to the bone. a sizable chunk out of our community cofDoes it seem to you like our city’s in the fers. position to make frivolous charitable gesOur council has to realize they aren’t playtures? We don’t think so either. It’s this kind of gross financial negligence ing with Monopoly money anymore, and there’s no such thing as free parking. that got us into hot water in the first place.

Please stop tweaking and tweeting it because they want an easy high. About 40 percent of teenagers find it OK to abuse prescription drugs because they believe it is safer than recreational drugs, according to a survey Nick Sestanovich by the University of Southern California. Opinion Columnist I don’t have a problem with students takWhen I heard about “tweaking and tweeting prescription drugs as long as they aren’t taking more than the normal dose and they ing,” I wondered what it could possibly mean. truly need it. What I take issue with is people I would have guessed it meant making Twitter who abuse them like a recreational drug, esposts and then making changes to them later on, but it turns out I’m only right about the pecially when they don’t really have trouble focusing. Twitter part. Many of the tweets suggest students use No, this phrase actually refers to the ignoAdderall as a study aid. For students who minious practice of making Twitter posts truly have difficulty focusing on schoolwork, about prescription drug use. Adderall might be beneficial. But people who A recent study by Brigham Young Univerare perfectly capable of focusing should stop sity aimed to show abuse of the prescription abusing the drug and giving legitimate users drug Adderall, which treats Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, by gathering all tweets a bad reputation. And if you are going to abuse Adderall, over a one-year period that mentioned using please don’t talk about it on Twitter. the drug. In all, they found more than 200,000 Whether people realize it or not, their social from over 130,000 unique accounts that disnetworking profile cussed Adderall. plays a huge role in The study also Don’t abuse Adderall and how people present found Adderall mentions increased don’t talk about your drug themselves to the world. This is probaround the time of abuse on social media... lematic if the kind of final exams, and that students tend to dissocial networks play a huge person people want to themselves as cuss Adderall more role in how people present present is an Adderall addict. often in the middle themselves in this world. I did a Twitter search of the week than on for Adderall, and peoweekends. Students ple post about it every have also shown few minutes. I’m not joking. awareness in their tweets of the consequences Some mentions are jokes, such as, “Breakof abusing Adderall, such as sleep deprivafast: Adderall. Lunch: Adderall. Dinner: Addtion and appetite loss. erall.” Some are just sad, like, “Far too much I find there are two important takeaways from this study: don’t abuse Adderall and Adderall and not nearly enough sleep in my don’t talk about your drug abuse on social future.” Either way, these tweets glorify Adderall media. abuse, which won’t serve people well when Like the more popular Ritalin, Adderall is their accounts are being searched by potenused to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, but it’s frequently used more often tial employers. All this talk about acceptable than necessary. Also like Ritalin, it often falls social media behavior isn’t new. I’ve been hearing it since the Myspace days, but clearly into the hands of people who won’t really need

people aren’t listening. I know Twitter allows for users to be more anonymous, but many of these Adderall tweets are by people who aren’t. They use pictures of themselves and presumably their real names. They want to present themselves as Adderall junkies, whether or not it is really true. I haven’t seen any of these tweets that end in #YOLO, but I’m sure they exist. Students might see Adderall as an easy fix to their study habits, but if they’re just going by what they read on the Internet, they won’t know the true consequences. They should talk about issues with the drug with their parents or doctors, rather than the denizens of Twitter. The lesson here is to please use Adderall and your 140 characters responsibly. Nick Sestanovich can be reached at nsestanovich@theorion.com or

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How to deck the halls without breaking the bank I was always grateful for that gift, especially when the time came that I needed it. Tara Miller

Opinion Columnist With the holidays approaching, most of us are probably struggling with finding the right gifts for our friends, especially since many of us are on a tight budget. Don’t fret, though. There are plenty of gifts out there that will be just the right find for your friend, family member or significant other. I have created a list of just a few possible gifts that fit within each of our budgets.

1. Boring but useful items

This includes anything from umbrellas to notebooks. Some of these items, such as notebooks, get used on a daily basis. Give a gift to someone that can be of use when they need it, rather than some silly gag gift. Whenever I have gotten gifts in the past that were useful,

2. Entertainment

student greatly appreciates. Whether it’s a home-cooked meal, some kind of dessert, or buying your friend’s groceries, I guarantee you that your friends will be very grateful. We all need food to keep our minds and bodies going throughout the busy day, so this is one of those gifts that I highly recommend, especially with finals around the corner.

This could be anything from movies to books written by your friend’s favorite author. Of course, when it comes to buying movies, always get the movies that your friends won’t Give a gift to someone ever get sick of watchthat can be of use ing. That way, you 4. Gift Cards know the movie will be Who doesn’t like gift when they need it, viewed over and over. cards? That’s a rhetorrather than some silly Giving entertainical question, because I ment to college stuhave yet to meet somegag gift. dents might seem counone who can’t stand terintuitive, given that these flexible gifts. As students are often too busy to relax and enjoy college students, we all could use gift cards, themselves. But during the weekend, there’s whether it’s for a department store or our plenty of time to enjoy a movie or a good book, favorite clothing boutique. And getting a gift and that’s when these gifts can come in handy. card for your friends means you don’t have to worry about buying them something spe3. Food This is one of those gifts that every college cific. Instead, they will have the chance to buy

something they want from wherever the gift card is for. If this is something you decide to get for your friends, get a gift card to somewhere they absolutely love or where they shop a lot. You can also buy them a grocery store or restaurant gift card.

5. Money

Like gift cards, money allows your friends to buy something from a store they like to shop at. But money gives them more freedom to go wherever they want to buy something that they could use. Your friends will be quite grateful for this gift, I guarantee it. These are just a few ideas that can help you get the right gift for each one of your friends. Each one of these ideas will bring joy to friends who brighten your life every day. Tara Miller can be reached at tmiller@theorion.com or

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WiseCat :

Valarie Teegardin

Opinion Columnist

Be the bigger person, it benefits everyone

Kristina Martinez

Advice Columnist

Question for Wisecat My friend is having a birthday dinner but she invited a girl I don’t get along with. How do I handle the situation? – Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, There are always going to be situations in life that make you uncomfortable. This will probably be one of them. But your friend is asking her friend and you to put your differences aside just for one day for her. Be the bigger person. This means: 1. Show up Do not just avoid your friend’s event because you do not want to see someone you do not like. That will make your friend feel unimportant and will show the person you do not like that they can control situations involving you. You have to be unselfish in this situation if this friend is really important to you. 2. If you do not have anything nice to say, do not say anything at all Keep the sassy comments and remarks to yourself. Do not turn to your friends and say something. Just keep it locked away for the time being. You will both already be on your toes waiting for the other person to say something snarky, so avoid the temptation. It will be a disappointment for your friend. The last thing your friend Do not just wants is for you to start arguing avoid your while everyone is friend’s trying to eat.

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3. Be civil because If the person you do not says hi, greet them in return. want to see There’s no need to someone be rude. You can leave it at that. you do not Your friend is like. probably already feeling uncomfortable, and you have to try your best to assure her that everything will go smoothly. You do not have to be overly nice, or go out of your way for this person. Just have basic manners towards them. 4. Ignore any comments made about you This person is not worth getting worked up over. A friend’s event is not the time nor the place to address your issues with someA friend’s one else. Let your friend have her event is not moment. If you the time nor really want to conthe place to front this person, do it another time. address your It will also show issues with people that you are more mature someone than the person else. you do not like because you are not starting anything. Not everyone is going to like you and you are not going to like everyone. That is just how life works. Being the bigger person in situations when you really do not want to be only helps you become a better person. – Wisecat

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There are several steps to take to keep yourself alive during dead week. I could drown myself in the amount of crappy study tips I’ve read, so I’ve decided to do us all a favor and compile the best tips that I’ve tested out and been successful with. 1) Exam time isn’t charity time A study group is only beneficial if everyone has equal knowledge of the material. If there are members in your group you haven’t even seen in class before, you are going to get weighed down. It would be better off studying solo. If you’re that slacker who’s been M.I.A all semester, don’t be a jerk by cajoling your classmates into playing professor because you participated in Occupy Your Couch instead of going to class.

Thumbs up to knowing how many calories you can burn during sex. Now we have an excuse for skipping the gym. See B6.

Thumbs down to professors who assign work during these last few days. They do know they’re not actually supposed to kill us during dead week, right?

4) Interval training trumps marathon studying Avoid brain burnout by studying in multiple bursts with breaks in-between rather than long, drawn out periods. But keep in mind that this doesn’t mean you should study for 15 minutes and then take a twohour break to play Assassin’s Creed. The best thing to do is 45 minutes on, 10 minutes off. This effective method gives your brain just enough time to warm up and hit a nice study stride before it gets too strained. The short recovery breaks allow you adequate time to refuel.

2) Eat breakfast…at midnight I’m going to put this very bluntly: Red Bull does not give you wings. What it does give you is spiked blood pressure and shaky hands. The same goes for those Starbucks mochas. Pounding down espresso shots isn’t worth the inevitable crash and burn after the caffeine high wears off. Instead, opt for eating food that’s high in protein and complex carbs. They give you the same energized 6) Check yourfeeling, minus self before you wreck the ugly side efyourself fects. Your mind is one powAlthough I erful beast. Even subdon’t recommend conscious thoughts it, I realize that you trigger a response in might have some late your brain which denights or have to pull cides how you react. an all-nighter durThe Orion ∤ ILLUSTRATION by liz coffee That’s why we ing dead week. This need to tame our is a crucial time to brains if we want to choose healthy ways make it through dead week and finals in one to stay amped up. Cook a fast breakfast piece. that will power you through the rest of the The next time you catch yourself thinking night. And hey, who doesn’t like pancakes about how stressed you are, pause and add at one in the morning? the word “feeling” at the end of that thought. By doing so, your mind will automatically 3) Mark your territory react more positively towards the situation. Just because hordes of students are If you change the way you think, your flocking to Meriam Library doesn’t mean stress level will decrease. How’s that for you should. Research shows your studying mind-blowing? is maximized in an environment similar to a classroom setting, so why not study in one instead? Valerie Teegardin can be reached at Thanks to an empty room at Butte Hall opinioneditor@theorion.com or @vteegardin on Twitter the other night, I found some motivation

Rowdy cyclists, bike safely Like any other college student, I love riding my bike and pedaling until my thighs burn and my lungs sting. Free to travel over rock, road, and, my personal favorite, crunchy Amanda Irons leaves. On a bike, I have the ability to go anyOpinion Columnist where I want, but that does not mean I should. When I witness a bicyclist veering through I have seen the face of a bicyclist moments a crowd on campus or the sidewalk at high before an inevitable collision. speeds, I can’t help but silently assume they This is not a story about bicyclists fighting are selfish people. They care more about what for their rightful place on the road as they save the planet one alternative transportation is easiest for them and not about the safety of others. vehicle at a time. This is about a bicyclist who I can hear the faint cry of the wrongdoers was involved in a head-on collision due to now. They’re assuring me they know what sheer disregard. they are doing as they whiz past while I ginAs I rode my bike home from campus, I was gerly walk to class. They claim they can easstopped at the light at the corner of Legion ily navigate their way around me as long as and Warner streets. In front of me was a small pack of about five other bicyclists. In the I stick to walking the path. The audacity of distance, you could see what will later be re- that notion! Neither parties are mind readferred to as “the culprit.” As the light turned ers. No one can predict the flight plan of the other. This behavior is inviting bad news in a green and the pack inched forward, the culbig way. prit barreled toward us unfalteringly. In this I know a handful instance, the culprit of gentleman on the was a bicyclist who bike team. I have witwas traveling in the When it comes to biknessed Bobby Zidek, wrong bike lane. In a Chico State cyclist a total disregard for ing, do not be that who has topped the the appropriate turn person who makes charts in national lane, the culprit decollegiate competicided to opt for the everyone else feel untions, make his way alternative bike lane. comfortable. down three flights As soon as they made of stairs, open doors, their decision to be and pretty much above the law, a look dominate any biof terror crept over pedal task while on his bike. their face. In front of them was a wall of onYou are not Zidek. coming bicyclists. The culprit swerved left, When it comes to biking, do not be that perthen right, all in a failed attempt to dodge the son who makes everyone else feel uncomfortinevitable. Then they collided with another able. If you are feeling rowdy on two wheels, bicyclist. hit the trails. Go do wheelies in the parking Being a few bikes back, I saw the whole orlot. Do that that fishtail thing that I could deal play out in a sort of surreal play on binever master as a kid. Have fun, but do not put cycle safety. I watched as an impromptu joust between innocence and a forgivable evil took others’ safety in jeopardy doing so. place. This by no means was my first bicyclists-in-the-wrong-lane sighting, but this was Amanda Irons can be reached at the first time that I could have been the one airons@theorion.com or affected by their negligence. @Orion_opinion on Twitter

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THUMBS

and showed my homework who’s boss — a feat I would have never achieved had I been someplace else. The secret to optimizing your ability to concentrate and retain information is to find a room that’s quiet but not dead silent.

5) Twitter and Facebook will save your sanity You’ve probably noticed your friends and followers have been blowing up your news feed with farewell statuses as they deactivate their accounts until after finals. Let’s skip the bull and be honest with ourselves: as soon as we prevent ourselves from doing the things we desire, we want to do them even more. At the start of dead week last year, I deactivated my Facebook profile thinking that it’d force me to focus. But in reality, the curiosity of what I was missing out on consumed my thoughts more than it did while it was activated. Fail.

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Thumbs up to the black tie event was hosted by Chico State’s Ballroom Dance Club last Thursday. Finally, we get a second chance at our prom without awkward shuffling, zits and sweaty palms. See B7.

Thumbs down to sports clubs on campus that are struggling with lack of funding. Keeping these clubs running on a shoestring budget is no easy task. See B1.

TALKING POINTS

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Friends of former Chico State student Kristina Chesterman are raising funds to build the Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic in Nigeria. They hope to break ground this summer and finish building in summer 2015. Chesterman seemed to have a huge impact on lots of people in Chico. The clinic has a huge price at high speeds tag — between $75,000 and $100,000 — and the organizers have only collected $500 so far. Hopefully, money will start rolling in soon.

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The Chico State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee helped raise money for impoverished families over the past few weeks as part of the University’s Needy Children Program. We think it’s fantastic that both athletes and the university’s academic programs chipped in to make the fundraising drive a success, but we’re a little sad that it isn’t more widespread. Wouldn’t it be great if students participated in the drive to the extent they do in Up ’til Dawn? If that happened, Chico State could raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the community.

STUDY BREAK

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“The Sound of Music” TV Movie Review Carrie Underwood stars as Maria Rainer, a nun sent to take care of seven children in the beloved musical. Underwood plays a role audiences are not accustomed to seeing her in, but she did a great job in her first acting role. She proved to audiences that she cannot only sing, but act as well. There are differences between the 1964 movie and the live TV version performed by Underwood, but it’s still a must-see TV movie worth recording and watching over and over again.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WEEK

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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INTRASQUAD PERFORMANCE The men’s track and field team set new records during the annual fall track and field intrasquad meet last week. Brett Crider set a record in the triple jump with a distance of 44 feet, four inches. A new meet record was set for the discus after Derek Nichols threw the discus 154 feet, six inches. The 4x100-meter team made up of Teddy Elsenbaumer, Patrick Smith, John Brunk and Adam Nikssarian set a record with a time of 42.1 seconds. Nick Sloggy earned a victory in the 150-meter and Christian Sanchez won in the 600-meter.

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

The Chico State men’s basketball team completed a road sweep this weekend, beating San Francisco State Friday and Sonoma State Saturday. The ’Cats defeated the San Francisco State Gators 67-50. Junior forward Jordan Semple recorded a double-double, with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The ’Cats earned another victory against the Sonoma State Seawolves Saturday with a final score of 79-68. Senior guards Sean Park and Rashad Parker scored a total of 24 and 23 points respectively. The two victories give the ’Cats an overall record of 6-1 and a California Collegiate Athletic Association record of 2-1. Chico State plays at home against Cal State Stanislaus Saturday, with a chance to redeem its overtime loss earlier in the season.

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Rashad Parker senior guard

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Slice and dice Sean Park tries to split two defenders in a game against Seattle Pacific University.

Rashad Parker

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Sport: Basketball Class: Senior Major: Criminal justice and sociology

Senior guard Rashad Parker scored a combined 30 points against San Francisco State and Sonoma State this weekend, helping the Chico State men’s basketball team to two well-deserved victories. Additionally, Parker recorded nine assists and made a handful of clutch free-throws to seal the win Saturday.

After losing a tough battle Friday against San Francisco State, the Chico State women’s basketball team was victorious Saturday against Sonoma State. The ’Cats lost to the Gators with a final score of 82-65. Despite the loss, senior guard Jazmine Miller achieved a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. The team evened the weekend series Saturday with a 65-58 victory against the Sonoma State Seawolves. Senior forward Analise Riezebos’ 15 rebounds and Miller’s 16 points were key for the victory. The win and loss give the Wildcats an overall record of 5-2 and a California Collegiate Athletic Association record of 1-2. Chico State has a chance to overcome an earlier loss against Cal State Stanislaus Saturday.

STAT ’CAT

(MEN’S BASKETBALL)

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(MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD) The star-studded 4x100meter team of Teddy Elsenbaumer, J. Patrick Smith, John Brunk and Adam Nikssarian set a meet record at the Cardinal and White intrasquad meet last week, with a time of 42.1 seconds.

(WOMEN’S BASKETBALL) Senior forward Analise Riezebos recorded 15 rebounds in a 65-58 win Saturday against Sonoma State.

7.5

(WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD) At the women’s intrasquad track and field meet last week, Amilia Santos set a meet record in the 60-meter dash with a mark of 7.5 seconds.

INTRASQUAD PERFORMANCE

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

W ild C ats

Senior guards Sean Park and Rashad Parker lit up the stat sheet Saturday with 47 combined points in a 79-68 comeback win against Sonoma State.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

The women’s track and field team experienced a record-setting week during the fall intrasquad meet last week. Amilia Santos set a record of 7.5 seconds in the 60-meter dash and won the 150-meter dash with a time 18.9 seconds. Other notable record setting performances included Aja Erskine, who matched a record in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:39.5 and Kasey Barnett, who also matched a record in the pole vault with a jump of 11 feet, seven inches. Freshman Brooke Whitburn set a meet record in the triple jump with a leap of 37 feet, 1.75 inches. A new meet record of 48.5 seconds was set by the 4x100-meter team of Santos, Erskine, Barnett and Kym Crosby.

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fast break Senior guard Courtney Hamilton dribbles up the court in a game against Cal State L.A. last season.

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Standings Men’s BASKEtBALL 1. Cal State L.A. 2. Cal State San Bernardino

3. Chico State 4. Cal State Stanislaus 5. San Francisco State 6. Cal Poly Pomona 7. Cal State East Bay 8. UC San Diego 9. Cal State Dominguez Hills 10. Humboldt State 11. Cal State Monterey Bay 12. Sonoma State

CCAA

Overall

women’s BASKETBALL

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Overall

3–0

5–1

1. Cal State L.A.

3–0

5–1

3–0

4–1

2. Cal Poly Pomona

2–0

5–1

2–1

6–1

3. San Francisco State

2–0

5–2

2–1

5–1

4. Cal State Stanislaus

2–1

5–1

1–1

3–2

5. UC San Diego

2–1

5–2

1–1

3–3

6. Humboldt State

1–1

4–2

1–1

3–4

7. Cal State East Bay

1–1

4–5

1–2

4–2

8. Chico State

1–2

5–2

1–2

4–4

9. Cal State Dominguez Hills

1–2

3–2

0–2

4–3

10. Cal State Monterey Bay

0–2

3–2

0–2

2–3

11. Sonoma State

0–2

1–5

0–2

1–5

12. Cal State San Bernardino

0–3

1–5

UPCOMING GAMES Men’s BASKETBALL

CCAA

WOMen’s BASKETBALL

Saturday, Dec. 21 7 p.m.

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CAL STATE STANISLAUS

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Slice and dice Austin Barden throws a flying disc during a practice on Yolo Field. The president of the ultimate Frisbee team, Barden says his club needs more recognition on campus.

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Athletic clubs struggle from lack of funding Greg Silvia

Staff Writer

Unbeknownst to many students at Chico State, several sports teams struggle every year to remain afloat. There are 19 club sports recognized by the Competitive Sport Clubs of Chico State, including water skiing, rugby, inline hockey, ultimate Frisbee, soccer and many more. But unlike NCAA-affiliated teams, which have facilities, equipment and tuition wavers provided for them, club sports must scrape by on fundraising and out-of-pocket money alone. Still, these clubs are expected to comply with the rules put in place in the Competitive Sport Club Handbook. These tasks vary from raising their own funds to hiring a

dues that they have to pay to the club sports coach and setting up practice times. program,” Powell said. Brett Powell, the president of the inline The men’s rugby team gets a lot of its finanhockey team, deals with the struggles of trycial support by successful fundraising, said ing to run a club supported by players. J.P. McKinley, president of the team. With a roster of about 10 members, the “Our bulk of the fundinline hockey team’s raising is done by doing fees average $545 The funds that we do get things around the comper player, which is munity, thanks to the among the highest from the school, we often help of our coaches,” for club teams, Powend up giving right back. McKinley said. ell said. Brett Powell If a player is strugCompetitive Club Inline hockey team president gling financially, most Sports of Chico State clubs have payment distributes a sum of plans in place for the athletes so that everymoney among club teams, but the money body who wants to play has the chance to be doesn’t come close to covering the costs of on the team, McKinley said. running a team, Powell said. “We never want to turn away a player,” he “The funds that we do get from the school, we often end up giving right back through said.

The clubs that manage to overcome funding problems also struggle to gain recognition from students around the school, said Austin Barden, president of the ultimate Frisbee team. “I feel like a lot of people don’t know about us,” Barden said. “I feel like we are not as appreciated compared to other teams around the school.” Even though maintaining the ultimate Frisbee club is financially difficult, Barden is glad he joined up. “It has definitely improved my college experience,” Barden said. “It makes me feel like I belong somewhere.” Greg Silvia can be reached at

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Commentary

Take a timeout from your academic playoffs Nick Woodard

Staff Writer

For the next week and a half, life as we know it will grind to a screeching halt as students spend countless hours cramming for end-of-year exams. But amid this wasteland of studying, it’s important to at least get a little time to yourself, take a quick break and get your mind off the cruel future that undoubtedly awaits. Sports fits this bill like a glove.

Playing, watching or even talking about sports can be a great way to get your mind off things and take a breather before plunging back into the abyss of studying. Can’t get away from that looming geography final? A quick game of catch will clear those depressing thoughts right out. Freaking out about a political science test that can make or break the semester? Take a nice jog. I guarantee a good run will rid you of test thoughts and leave you thinking “Air! Give me air!” Personally, I will be using sports to great

advantage this semester. Unfortunately, my studying has already begun and it will no doubt continue throughout the weekend. In the middle of four different, multi-layered study guides and three currently unwritten term papers, I will be taking a much-needed break. Gonna watch me some Niners football. You see, with the Niners-Bucs game this Sunday, not only get to watch a pivotal game that may determine NFL playoff pairings, I get to give myself the ideal mental break. For a few hours I can get away from finals

and get into smash-mouthed, hard-headed athletes tearing into each other to determine which side will be victorious. Gotta love football. So, as you hunker down into your studies these next couple of weeks, be sure to make some time for yourself. And don’t feel bad when you do. Even the greats hit the locker room when halftime rolls around. Nick Woodard can be reached at nwoodard@theorion.com or

@nwoodard25 on Twitter

SERVICE DIRECTORY CALENDAR

CAMPUS EVENTS TODAY

Extended Study Hours @ Meriam library 172 8 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.

The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center will have quiet hours today through finals week for studying students.

T h u r sday

French Conversation Hour @ Empire Coffee 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

French speakers of all levels are invited to Empire Coffee on Orange Street to practice their language skills.

F r i day

Sat u r day

Cinderella Ballet

Men’s Basketball

Chico Performances presents a local rendition of the classic fairytale. The choreography and set design were directed in Chico.

Come support the Chico State men’s basketball team as they try to redeem their earlyseason loss against Cal State Stanislaus.

@ Laxson Auditorium 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

@ Acker Gym 7 to 9:30 p.m.

SUN d a y

Mon day

T u e sday

Christmas Concert

Bidwell Mansion Tours

Rough Cut Festival

Embark on a historical tour of John Bidwell’s three-story home. Tours leave on the hour and last for approximately 30 minutes.

English 130 students present their research findings to the community through creative mediums such as art pieces, performances, websites and graphic literature.

@ Lakeside Pavilion 2 p.m.

Ellen Pastorino directs the Chico community band as they performs in a free sing-along holiday concert.

@ Bidwell Mansion Noon to 5 p.m.

@ Colusa Hall 4 to 6 p.m.

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NURSING A LEGACY Umuahia and built Upon This Rock Medical Center there last year. The Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic will be a sister clinic to this one. Only after the planning began did Lewis learn that Nigeria was actually where Chesterman wanted to work. Risa Johnson Primary health concerns in Nigeria include Asst. Features Editor diabetes and death from infections during delivery, Lewis said. The clinic will focus on women’s his woman made a differhealth, diabetes and pediatrics. ence. Friends of former “We want to give them more access to care,” Chico State student Kristina she said. Chesterman are fundraising Project Salvage All Valuable Equipment of to build the Kristina ChestEnloe Medical Center is helping out with the erman Memorial Clinic in project. Nigeria, Africa. They hope to The school of nursing is currently not offibreak ground this summer cially involved with the clinic, Lewis said. and finish building in summer 2015. Lewis said she plans to take students to the Chesterman was a senior nursing student who clinic when it is built. Any student is welcome. was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Nord “It’s been really amazing, the amount of stuAvenue in September. dents interested in helping The group of about out with the clinic,” Lewis 30 students, faculty and said. “It would be nice to others began planning the It’s important that we’re have help from people of project about two months honoring her dreams other majors who have ago. They need between and goals in a way that’s interest in the project.” $75,000 and $100,000 to Chesterman’s parents build the facility. They’ve always positive. support the clinic, and received about $500 so DARCY LEWIS Lewis checks in with them far, said Kayla Kriech, a Nursing Instructor frequently, she said. The senior nursing major. nursing student clearly “I’m stressed but exleft a large impact on the cited,” she said. “It’s a way people around her. we get to honor our friend.” “It’s important that we’re honoring her dreams The idea for the clinic began at Chesterman’s and goals in a way that’s always positive,” Lewis memorial service, when Darcy Lewis, a nursing said. “We don’t want to do anything that’s less instructor, learned that Chesterman wanted to than the best we can do.” participate in Doctors Without Borders. Upcoming fundraising events for the clinic Lewis is working toward completing a docinclude: a Valentine’s Day dinner, a cut-a-thon torate program at the University of Hawaii and at Twisted Strands Salon in March and a 5K and finally came up with a project idea she had been 10K run in Bidwell Park in April. searching for, she said. “It occurred to me that it might be good to make something permanent,” Lewis said. Risa Johnson can be reached at rjohnson@theorion.com or Lewis did some networking and teamed up @risapisa on Twitter. with James Umekwe, who owns land in Nigeria

Nursing student to be honored with memorial clinic in Nigeria

How to help: To donate, search “Kristina Chesterman” at gofundme.com Like the Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic on Facebook Participate in the 5k and 10k run at Bidwell Park in April 2014

PhotograPH courtesy of James UmEkwe

Establishing a foundation Workers measure the land during the early stages of construction of Upon This Rock Medical Center last year. The Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic, which will be built in Umuahia, Nigeria, will be a sister clinic to the center.

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Cardio ’Cat: Improve grades with regular exercise

Risa Johnson

Asst. Features Editor Have you ever told yourself “I’m too busy to work out today?” Guilty as charged. I recently saw a motivational piece of art on a fitness site that said, “Someone who is busier than you are is running right now.” That’s the kind of kick in the butt I need some days, especially on days like today. As I’m write this, I have an endless list of schoolwork and am running on four hours of sleep. On top of that, I left my lifeline at home today — my coffee. I couldn’t care less about my body today.

My grades are the only thing I’m focused on after finishing an intense workout. I know my confidence is up and my mood right now. is usually improved after a trip to the gym. I get this mentality sometimes and it’s I’ve had time to dangerous. I know clear my head and that missing cona lot of the time I secutive days at the MORE ON can get rid of any gym makes me feel Exercise effects negative energy I worse and stressed. kept bottled up. I look at my planWorking out allows the body There’s nothing ner and see no hour to produce endorphins, which like that feeling. slot for the gym. affect brain chemistry and A study from But in reality, I’ve trigger positive feelings. A good Purdue University probably spent an workout can help the body reearlier this year hour on my email, lax, focus the mind and improve verified that stuTwitter, Facebook sleep. dents who go to the and Instagram togym more have betday. What an awful ter grades. thought. Data showed that students who work out I’m a good student but my grades slipped a once a week were more likely to have a bit last semester when I was less active. It makes sense. Think about that feeling higher GPA than those who went less or not

at all. About 2,000 students visit Purdue’s recreational center at least 16 times a month, and they all had grade point averages of 3.1 or higher. Working out 16 times a month means about 3 to 4 visits to the gym per week. This is completely doable for anyone. I’m not saying to go to the gym every day. I don’t do that. Heck, sometimes I don’t make it four times a week. Taking a day off is actually beneficial. Just try to hold on to that feeling after that kick-ass workout and remember it next time. Then just watch those grades go up next semester. Risa Johnson can be reached at rjohnson@theorion.com or

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Student Spotlight: Noelle Jahn

Student nurse saves lives, suffers losses

in Nigeria was having the opportunity to care for all the pediatric patients,” Jahn said. Many of the health cases in Nigeria involved children, she said. Children under Sharon Martin the age of five are the most at risk of dyStaff Writer ing. One woman came in who had dangerLiving for two weeks in a hot, humid climate surrounded by mosquitoes takes ously low oxygen levels and had trouble breathing, Jahn said. resilience. One Chico State stu“All we had with us in the dent took the challenge to volclinic was an oxygen concenunteer abroad and make a diftration machine,” she said. “We ference. just tried to give her as much Noelle Jahn, a senior nursing oxygen as possible.” student, spent time working in They advised the woman’s clinics in Nigeria and India this sons had to drive their mother past summer. as quickly as possible to the Jahn made her trip with an nearest hospital, which was organization called Mission to hours away. Heal, which sends volunteers to NOELLE “We didn’t think she could help some of the poorest people JAHN make it,” Jahn said. in the world. International However, Jahn last heard that Diagnosing patients, providvolunteer the woman was alive and well. ing medication to locals, assist“The likelihood of her suring with medical examinations and educating visitors about ways to stay viving would not been good if we didn’t healthy were some of the responsibilities oxygenate her at the clinic,” she said. Unfortunately, not every case had a Jahn had in Nigeria. Both clinics in Nigeria and India were happy ending. “There was some devastating moments,” powered by generators alone. “You realize that you can really do a lot Jahn said. “Two children died when I was there.” and make a big difference without a lot of One little girl wasn’t feeling well and grand resources,” Jahn said. Caring for the local children and helping had a seizure in the car, she said. “We immediately began CPR and tried them stay alive was key for Jahn during everything to save her life.” Jahn said. her trip to Nigeria. “One of my favorites parts about being “We were unsuccessful.”

The Orion ∤ Photograph courtesy of Noelle Jahn

international love Nursing majors Noelle Jahn and Faren Sanford smile with girls from the Spiti Valley in the Indian Himalayas. The girl’s grandmother was incredibly grateful that the health professionals at the clinic tried to save her granddaughter’s life when they saw her later, she said. “She was so appreciative and invited us into her home,” Jahn said. “It was so moving and heartwarming.” Jahn will be heading back to Nigeria during the winter break to do more work

in the clinical field. “One reason why I really want to go back is because I feel like I will be more prepared and have so much more to offer,” she said. Sharon Martin can be reached at smartin@theorion.com or

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The O-Face: Sex Statistics

Sexercise

Chantal Richards

Sex Columnist

Chantal Richards can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or

@ChantieRichards on Twitter

MEASURE IT OUT

The amount of calories in one teaspoon of semen

5 15

KISSING

238

The amount of calories in one teaspoon of sugar

The number of calories burned after 30 minutes of making out

22,849

CALORIES/MIN 12 1 2 11

10 9 8

7 6

3 4

315

100

REAL VS. FAKE

The number of calories an average person burns during 30 minutes of sexual intercourse

200

Calories burned from performing oral and manual sex in a half-hour

Sources: goaskalice.columbia.edu , www.womansday.com, www.womansday.com, www.myfitnesspal.com,

The amount of calories, on average, that an individual burns while kissing in a lifetime

Calories burned from faking an orgasm

112

Calories burned in a real orgasm The Orion ∤ Infographic by julia hoegel

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200 tango at Ballroom Dance Night Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mara said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last night they did our coat check, which was right next to our water, breath mints and hand sanitizer station.â&#x20AC;? Many students took to the dance floor that evening to show what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned all semester. Nicole Santos Ben Scheuerman, a senior media arts maStaff Writer jor, said the tango is his favorite style of ballroom dance. Men wearing black ties and women in long â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tango is the most fun and my favorite shimmery dresses twirled, dipped and tanballroom dance Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned,â&#x20AC;? Scheuerman goed in pairs under a glistening disco ball at said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The moves are the flashiest, and you Ballroom Dance Night Thursday night. The black tie event took place from 6 to 9 just feel so cool doing the most basic steps.â&#x20AC;? He also enjoyed the friendly environment p.m. in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. of the event. Ballroom Dance Night has been a tradition â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like that you could dance with evfor more than 40 years. Willie Simmons, a forerybody and everybody seemed really fun to mer Chico State boxer, started the tradition dance with,â&#x20AC;? Scheuerman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody when he taught ballroom dancing on campus. was in a good mood.â&#x20AC;? The dance is a great way for students to Ari Schwartz, a build their skills, said freshman business Megan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara, a The moves are the flashiest, administration majunior child developjor, classifies herself ment major and presand you just feel so cool as a beginner ballident of the Ballroom doing the most basic steps. room dancer. She has Dance club. enjoyed the dance â&#x20AC;&#x153;For students who more than others she were taking the ballBEN SCHEUERMAN Media arts major has attended. room classes, it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken a few really good way to get ballroom dance social dancing experience,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Learning and taking a class classes and I liked the fact that everyone could just have a good time dancing and meet new is one thing, but when you go dancing outside people, as opposed to high school dances of class, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be like.â&#x20AC;? The turnout was beyond what Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara was where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just music and people standing around on a floor,â&#x20AC;? Schwartz said. expecting. The event is a great way to bring peoâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We had over 200 people there, and I know ple together and build community, we made over $1,000,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara said. Jolene Barry, a ballroom dance instructor Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara said. Faculty members and Chico loand the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advisor, provided the music for cals were also dancing at the the evening. She brought her own equipment event. to DJ for the dance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way for The Wildcat Recreation Center assisted memwith the dance and helped the club through- community bers to come beout the semester. cause thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;We partner with the WREC a lot because we hold our dances there and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re great,â&#x20AC;?

Students and community members showed off their dance skills at the 40th annual Ballroom Dance Night

really great dancing scene in the Chico community,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They like to come meet the students and dance with each other.â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara believes students benefit from taking a ballroom dance course at some point in their life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You should always try something new, and I feel like for a lot of people it may be a little bit out of their comfort zone, but the beginning ballroom classes are a really safe way to try something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never done before because everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the same boat,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara said.