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Comedian David Sedaris will be visiting Laxson Auditorium Nov. 17 to perform a show guaranteed to be full of humor and witty satire. Sedaris has been featured on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and his novels continually hit The New York Times Best Seller fiction list. Tickets can be purchased at the University Box Office.

TUITION The California State University board of trustees is expected to approve a budget proposal to the Legislature that includes a 9 percent tuition increase.

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FOR A GOOD CAUSE Kaitlyn Giblin [left], a junior sociology major, and Amanda Anderson, a senior physiology major, fill out letters to be sent off to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Both Giblin and Anderson are Gamma Phi Beta members and were participating in Up ‘til Dawn event.

Students rally for cause Kjerstin Wood The Women in Law Organization will welcome two Butte County Superior Court judges today.

The judges, Tamara Mosbarger, from family court, and Clare Keithley, from criminal court, will describe their career paths and respond to questions from the audience.

The event will be held between 6 and 7:30 p.m. in Ayres Hall Room 201.

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With “Game On” to beat childhood cancer as its theme, Chico State kicked off its annual fundraising event Up ’til Dawn Monday to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The event featured a photo booth sponsored by Snapshots Photobooth, a hot wing eating

contest sponsored by Mad Dash Pizza, free pizza from Woodstock’s Pizza and free Monster energy drinks.

Students were able to attend and partake in the various activities and receive prizes, all while addressing envelopes to family and friends asking for donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which provides free treatment to children who suffer from

Faculty pickets precede strikes at CSU campuses be distributed across thousands of faculty, CFA President Lillian Taiz said.

“Faculty with years of experience are earning less than those who were hired more recently,” Taiz said.

The faculty union board voted unanimously to approve the strike after a poll of union members revealed that about 93 percent supported a strike, Taiz said.

“It’s very clear from the results that our members are angry and are willing to take this kind of action to get the attention of the chancellor and get him to take a new approach to his misplaced priorities for the California

State University,” Taiz said.

It is the first time the union approved a strike since it became the faculty’s bargaining agent in 1983, she said.

“We are like many others in this country right now who are being asked to work more and earn less,” Taiz said. “And like all of them we are fighting for some fairness.”

The faculty union’s contract was revisited due to decreased state support.

The CSU stance on the dispute for pay raises for faculty is “to maintain the status quo,” said Mike Uhlenkamp, a spokesman for >> please see PICKET | A8

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The Transgender Task Force will be observing Transgender Day of Remembrance on Tuesday with events between noon and 7 p.m. The Task Force wants to raise awareness of hate crimes. Events will be held at Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek and will include a movie and panel discussion.

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A.S. Recycling and Computers for Classrooms will be holding an Electronic Waste DropOff at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The public will be able to drop off any electronics at the A.S. Recycling Warehouse at 418 Cherry St. Old computers, cell phones, radios and other items will all be accepted and disposed of in a sustainable manner.

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various types of cancer.

Event organizers projected 2,500 students would attend and had a goal of raising $200,000, said Jessica Vitorelo, the executive director of Up ’til Dawn and a senior recreation major. This is a realistic goal since last year’s event raised $140,000.

Chico had been the No. 1 fundraising school for four >> please see DAWN | A9

In preparation for its regular meeting in November, a representative from the California State University budget office warned of a possible $498 tuition increase for the upcoming 2012-2013 academic year.

The fee increase will be implemented if the state rejects a $333 million support package request from the CSU once the board of trustees forwards its current budget proposal to the state Legislature, said Robert Turnage, CSU assistant vice chancellor for budget.

“The state has an opportunity to not implement this fee increase,” Turnage said.

The $498 fee hike would be for full-time undergraduate students with proportional increases for all other student demographics.

Full-time graduates will have to pay an additional $618 per academic year, Turnage said.

The CSU needs the extra money because of dwindling state support and higher costs.

The fee increases would give the CSU >> please see TUITION | A8

About 100 faculty members at Chico State are expected to picket today at the main bridges on campus ahead of a one-day strike at Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State East Bay on Nov. 17.

On Monday, the California Faculty Association announced it had approved a strike at the two campuses over compensation increases the CSU agreed to in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

Those increases, about $20 million for the first year and $10 million going forward, would

Brenna Dillman STAFF WRITER

Hundreds of students from as far as San Diego and Arizona gathered in the Bell Memorial Union to participate in the 10th Annual Fall Sustainability Convergence, “Harvesting Radicles.”

The convergence was put together by the California Student Sustainability Coalition and was open to all students Friday through Sunday. Students from junior colleges, the University of California, the California State University and even some from out-of-state schools joined together to participate in workshops and activites.

Sean Reish, a second year student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, attended the event because his roommates were in it, but hoped to make connections at the events, he said. Reish also had ideas on how to get more students involved on their own campuses to promote sustainability.

“We need to show more documentaries on campus,” Reish said. “The biggest thing is to get people interested, you have to inspire them.”

Students who were not from Chico had the option of camping out at the GRUB cooperative, but due to the rain many Chico State students housed the out-of-towners with flooded camp gear.

The main part of the event on Saturday started at 8 a.m. with breakfast on campus and a lecture by keynote speaker Tony “Morgoth”

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SUSTAINING THE FUTURE Derrick Jensen, an American author and environmentalist, lectures on a sustainable future during the 10th Annual Fall Sustainability Covergence, “Harvesting Radicles.”

Gamboa, a founder of the “sustainabilibuddies,” whose tag line is “social sustainability in action.”

Gamboa and his sustainabilibuddies have recently been doing academic research at Prescott College in Arizona.

Gamboa spoke of social sustainability and how people can relate everything they are >> please see SUSTAINABILITY | A8

Holocaust survivor Bernard Marks brought history to life at Chico State, giving a presentation Monday evening to an audience of more than 120 people on his experience in concentration and work camps.

Marks survived more than five years in the infamous concentration camps Dachau and Auschwitz. He emphasized the Hitler regime’s responsibility for the Holocaust, even though the government of Germany was previously democratic.

“We have this saying, ‘Never again,’” Marks said. “But, it has happened, it has happened in the U.S.” He described in detail the loss of most of his family, the work in the camps, religious beliefs and his feelings toward Holocaust deniers.

“For those who deny, I say let them come to me,” Marks said. “I can tell them how much death I saw. I can still to this day smell the burning flesh.”

Marks, who is originally from Poland, was invited by Professor Carol Edelman. Edelman teaches courses related to the Holocaust and genocide and invites speakers who have >> please see HOLOCAUST | A8

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The recent snowstorm in the eastern U.S. has left 22 people dead, according to officials. The storm disrupted power to hundreds of thousands of people. At least six of the deaths occurred in Massachusetts and several others occurred in New Jersey. In Connecticut, an estimated 831,000 customers lost power. Several of the deaths in Massachusetts were linked to carbon monoxide poisoning. President Barack Obama signed declarations of emergency for New Hampshire and Connecticut.

The declarations will bring in federal aid to assist in the response efforts.

Mumbai, India —The festival of sacrifice, known as Eid al-Adha, was held Monday for Muslims to pay respect to the prophet Abraham. Many families were unable to continue the tradition of sacrificing a goat due to increased costs but still received meat, which was needed to prepare a variety of traditional dishes, from friends and family members.

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Nigeria — At least 150 people died in a wave of gun and bomb attacks carried out by the Islamist Boko Haram sect. A representative of the sect said that attacks will continue until attacks on their members cease. No building of the police headquarters was still standing following the attacks, officials in Nigeria said.

Source: AFP

Sanmenxia, China — Emergency teams rescued 45 miners who were trapped in a cave for 36 hours. Fourteen miners were able to escape the cave-in, which occurred late Thursday evening following a minor earthquake.

Despite celebration, the country’s mines remain the deadliest in the world. Officials recorded more than 2,400 deaths in China’s coal mines in 2010.

Source: BBC

Culiacan, Mexico — An attack at a volleyball game at a park in western Mexico left eight dead and at least five injured. The gunmen arrived with two people with covered faces who pointed out who to shoot. Although no one has taken credit for the attack, the state is home to the Sinaloa drug cartel.

The attack is believed to be a part of a rival between two groups.

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Somerset, United Kingdom — Seven people have been confirmed dead and 51 people were injured when a 34-vehicle pile-up on the M5 roadway resulted in what many are calling a “massive fireball.” Several vehicles were burnt to the ground. Officials have not yet been able to determine the cause of the crash, but poor weather conditions are thought to be a factor.

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Detroit bus drivers returned to work Friday afternoon, following halted service Friday morning.

The drivers feared for their safety after a fellow bus driver was attacked. That driver was treated for his injuries and released from the hospital. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing promised the drivers security checks at stations as well as increased police patrols. His plan also includes random pullovers in “trouble spots.” During the halt, commuters were stranded at bus stops throughout the city.

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BULLET TRAIN HALTED Some think the cost of the high-speed rail system outweighs the potential benefi ts, but many argue that the increased economic productivity would be worth the higher price tag. The first phase of the project would connect Los Angeles and San Francisco through the Central Valley.

Plans for high-speed train derailed due to cost Dani Anguiano STAFF WRITER

Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson died of a fatal overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol. The cardiologist faces a maximum four years in prison, and the possible revocation of his medical licenses. Murray will remain in custody until his Nov. 29 sentencing.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

California’s high-speed rail may not be leaving the station any time soon, because the estimated cost of the rail project has more than doubled since the initial estimates.

The rail would run through major cities like Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego.

The project was approved by 52.7 percent of voters by Proposition 1A in 2008, according to California election statistics.

The estimated cost was initially upward of $40 billion, though the Nov. 1 estimate increased it to $98.5 billion.

The cost of the project has many wondering whether it is worth it.

The project is not very beneficial, said Emily Nissen, a sophomore nursing major.

Nissen, who is from San Jose, doesn’t agree with such large funds going to this project.

“I don’t think it would be utilized enough to make it worth what they’re spending,” Nissen said.

Cost is generally the biggest concern for people, said Frederica Shockley, chair of the economics department.

The funding for the project comes

from grants from the federal government and bonds.

Bonds are sold in order to finance expenditures, Shockley said. They are sold privately and are considered a safe investment.

The project has been broken down into phases, which have different dates of completion.

Gov. Jerry Brown, who previously issued a statement in support of the project, has said the project will increase economic productivity throughout the state.

This won’t cost taxpayers, said Dan Regur, a graduate student in social work who supports the project.

Not only will the project create jobs, it will help businesses, Regur said.

The first phase of the project, which would connect Anaheim and Los Angeles through the Central Valley to San Francisco, would be completed by 2020, according to the White House Office of the Press secretary. The second phase, extending the system north to Sacramento and south to San Diego, would be completed by 2026.

This will have no major impact on the job market any time soon, Shockley said.

Some estimates have placed the date of completion of all phases at 2030.

Operation and use of the rail would result in 8 billion fewer vehicle miles traveled, and carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by 3 million tons, according to the Draft Business Plan fact sheet by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

Some cities located where the railway would be built are not supportive.

There are disputes about where it is being built and the impact on local governments and communities, political science lecturer Craig Scarpelli said.

For some Californians it comes down to cost.

It will cost too much and it won’t make a difference because people rely on their cars, said Chris Barris, a senior criminal justice major.

“If we had thought of it sooner, it would have been a good idea,” Barris said. “There are too many more important things.”

However, some feel that the congestion problem on California’s highways is an issue that needs to be addressed.

“Part of thinking about the future is more public transportation,” Scarpelli said. “California has a problem with highway congestion.”

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I don’t think it would be utilized enough to make it worth what they’re spending.

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EMILY NISSEN Sophomore nursing major

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Professor uses Occupy as ‘teachable moment’ “Overall, we agree that things have not been well designed for the country, whether it is the corporations’ effects The Occupy Chico movement is work- on the economy, the environment,” he ing to gain student support via education said. “We need to meet the needs and demands of the people.” of its local and global causes.

Some students support the ideas proMark Stemen, professor of environmental issues, held his class at City Plaza posed by the movement, but still see many flaws with the system they Wednesday, where the Occupy currently use.

Chico base resides.

Nick Berry, a junior history The lecture aimed to raise stumajor, thinks that the movement dent involvement, Stemen said.

He treated the event as a “teach- Students has a noble cause, but the lack have of organization is “ridiculous,” able moment.”

“World unrest is linked to the always he said. students got involved, decline of the environment, and been at the and“If more there were more people, then the economy,” Stemen said.

“Introducing students to the forefront the movement would do better,” Occupy movement shows that the of every Berry said. “But I think the most world needs change.” social important thing is to clearly state what the message is to bring in Stemen had his students listen to a lecture by Theo Badashi, change. more support.”

Badashi and Stemen encoura former Chico State student and organizer in Occupy ARNETTE GOODMAN age the students to participate in events, such as the weekly general Chico movement.

Occupy Chico assembly meetings, sponsored by “We’re aiming to share with demonstrator the Occupy Chico movement. the students what the Occupy It is important for students movement is, specifically Occupy Chico, to build a greater dialogue for the to get involved with the movement, causes,” Badashi said. “What is going said Arnette Goodman, an Occupy on economically, even environmentally, Chico demonstrator.

“Students have always been at the affects what students are all about.”

Badashi began his lecture by describ- forefront of every social change,” Goodman said. “Their view hasn’t been ing his own Occupy experience.

“It was all about recognizing serious diminished by reality. They have a issues, as people living in the commu- special energy.”

Stemen, Badashi and Goodman all nity,” Badashi said.

Badashi and Stemen also aim to edu- seem to agree that students should be cate students, as well as the general informed and involved.

“Just get engaged,” Badashi told Stepublic, about the goals of the Occupy men’s students. “It’s your world and you Chico movement.

Part of the issue with the movement are responsible for the outcome.” is choosing one main issue, because the movement contains many diverse Aubrey Crosby can be reached at groups, Badashi said. acrosby@theorion.com Aubrey Crosby STAFF WRITER

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DIFFERENT PATH Theo Badashi, a former Chico State student and organizer for the Occupy Chico movement, gives a lecture in City Plaza on Wednesday. Badashi wants to get his message across to students since what’s going on economically and environmentally affects them, he said.

Movement turns to money moving cause Katherine Deaton STAFF WRITER

Community members rallied against national banks Saturday with support from Occupy Chico on National Bank Transfer Day. The day’s intent was to send a message to banks by having supporters of the cause withdraw their money en masse and transfer it to a credit union account.

“I’m moving my money this day, bye bye B of A,” read one protestor’s sign.

National Bank Transfer Day began as a Facebook movement created by Kristen Christian, a small business owner who wanted to stand up against bank policies like debit card fees, which increased charges to account holders,

according to the National Bank Transfer Day Facebook page.

The marches and rallies began at 9 a.m. and continued throughout the day.

Occupy Chico supporters held signs and sang songs with the help of the Chico Peace and Justice Center’s choir, Doin’ it Justice.

In response to the transfer day, The Golden 1 Credit Union extended business hours, closing at 4 p.m. instead of 2 p.m., and also waived the one-time new membership fee of $1.

One of the reasons credit unions are valued over larger banks is because they are owned by their members, according to the Golden 1 website.

Not all participants started the day intending to take part in a protest. Arda

Aghyarian and Alexandria Vitali, senior anthropology majors at Humboldt State, came to Chico for a forensics conference.

“We heard the singing and joined in,” Vitali said.

In Humboldt, the Occupy movement has two focuses, Vitali said. One led by students and another within the community. Neither groups are as organized or supportive of community empowerment as Occupy Chico.

Occupy Chico has no official membership and anyone who wants to join the cause is free to do so, said Leslie Johnson, staff attorney for Butte County Superior Court. Johnson helped organize the rally and plans to continue her involvement with the movement.

“I’ve been really disgusted with the major

banks,” she said.

Promoting the transfer event helped to raise awareness about the actions people can take to change what they don’t agree with, Johnson said.

The Occupy movement all over the world is one of the most important things that has happened in recent years, Johnson said.

“It shows how all those issues are connected,” she said.

Vitali and Aghyarian both said they were excited about Occupy Chico and the issues being discussed.

“I always question how long it’s going to last,” Aghyarian said. “It’s an amazing time to be a student.”

Katherine Deaton can be reached at kdeaton@theorion.com

QUIET MOMENT Weston Bergh, a junior exercise physiology major and Theta Chi member, stands in silence with his fraternity as activists walk through downtown Chico on Thursday in an event to promote awareness for violence against women.

‘Red Balloon’ influences rise in use of technology Kjerstin Wood ASST. NEWS EDITOR

With the academic reorganization plans being discussed throughout campus, many questions have been raised as to how else Chico State can improve the quality of instruction in classes.

Improving technological resources and methods of teaching are just two of the ideas presented in the Chico Red Balloon Project, an ongoing document that offers solutions.

The three goals of the Red Balloon Project are to lower costs in educational environments, increase student engagement and to respond to the challenge of technology while developing 21st century skills, according the project’s blog.

Red Balloon is a multi-campus initiative involving schools in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, said Sandra Flake, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

The focus is primarily on re-imagining undergraduate education to preserve, improve and sustain in a “climate of declining resources,” Flake said.

The project was prompted by three concerns: the budget, the higher number of degrees needed in America and the ever-growing technologies available, according to a video of George Mehaffy, the AASCU’s vice president of academic leadership and change, that was posted on

the Red Balloon Project blog.

Finding new and innovative ways of teaching are more goals behind the project, said Bill Post, chief information officer at Chico State. Actions are occurring in various venues, and these actions have been “ramped up” over the last few years.

While the main focus is and has to be improving student learning and engagement, the best way of doing that is giving faculty the support they need, said Gayle Hutchinson, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

One way they are doing this is through programs like Academy E-Learning, a seminar in which faculty must apply and then are selected to undergo a three-week course over the summer, Hutchinson said. During those three weeks faculty are given the opportunity to redesign their courses, including enhancing face-to-face instruction and creating blended models of half online, half in-class instruction.

It is a “misperception,” however, to think that the university is pushing an all-online model, Hutchinson said.

“One of the things we have going for us is we’re a comprehensive residential university, the Chico Experience, students come here because of the experience they have,” she said. “It’s what makes us who we are, I don’t ever want to lose that.”

Kjerstin Wood can be reached at kwood@theorion.com

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Demonstrators take on violence in nighttime silence Raquel Royers STAFF WRITER

Silence.

Between 200 and 300 people walked in silence Thursday night to spread awareness for those that don’t have a voice — women who have been raped or assaulted.

Take Back the Night is an event that the Gender and Sexuality Equity Center holds twice a year. The event aims for students, faculty and others to join together for activities and ends with a south-campus area march to shed light on the issue of violence against women.

The walk started at 8 p.m., and participants held signs and lit candles in preparation for the demonstration.

Lined up two-by-two, people began marching from Trinity Commons to Ivy Street, West Fifth Street, Main Street and then back to campus.

The walking demonstrators stayed silent throughout.

“The reason why we are silent is because there are people who can’t march with us and don’t have a voice,” Women’s Program Coordinator Nikki

Allair said. “Although we are silent as we march, we are not silent about this issue.”

During the walk, non-participants on the street yelled at and questioned the demonstrators. Fliers explaining the cause were handed to those who questioned the march so that the silence would not be broken.

Silence wasn’t the only thing that was not broken that night. The line of demonstrators continually walked, even through red stoplights, causing cars to wait for the walkers to cross first.

Take Back the Night is an important event because people seem to be unaware of sexual assault and rape in Chico, Allair said. It’s a taboo subject in society.

“We live in a rape culture, and it’s so embedded in us we don’t see it,” Allair said. “When you don’t want to go outside late at night, that’s rape culture and it’s been instilled in you.”

The Theta Chi fraternity supported the march by standing outside of its house on the corner of West Fifth and Ivy streets. Members

held candles and stood in silence to show respect and support as the walkers went by.

It was really cool to see that the fraternity supported the cause, said Daniella Galaviz, a senior psychology major.

“I feel like rape is usually not talked about,” Galaviz said. “When you do try to talk about it, people ‘Shh’ you and it is silenced.”

The event highlighted the importance of reporting rape and other violent crimes.

“Hearing so many stories, seeing the violence and having friends that have been sexually violated, I think it is vital for us to come together as a community to show that we do not approve of this,” said Hannah Clause, a sophomore women’s studies major and GSEC intern.

Having Take Back the Night every semester aids the fight against a rape culture.

“It could happen to you,” Allair said.

Raquel Royers can be reached at rroyers@theorion.com

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SHOOTING An officer holds an M4 carbine outside University Village after a man was shot multiple times by a suspect still on the run.

The victim was not able to identify the shooter.

Information cited directly from Chico Police Department or University Police Department.

University Police Wednesday, 12:21 p.m.: Suspicious circumstances reported on campus.

“Male following reporting party from classes around campus only on Mondays.

Suspect is unknown to female.”

Wednesday, 9:13 p.m.: Vandalism reported in O’Connell Technology Center. “Second floor men’s bathroom. Swastikas and racial slurs with marker.”

Wednesday, 11:45 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported near Yolo Hall.

“Reporting party saw an adult male wearing a gray sweatshirt with red lettering carrying large knife. Headed toward Yolo from Warner crosswalk.

Second subject out with subject on bike path.”

Friday, 12:37 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at the Bell Memorial Union gallery. “Reporting party reports she was in University Police Department Monday making a report on a subject who continues to follow her. She came out of the BMU to find him standing there, possibly waiting for her to come out.”

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Male is outside dressed up in an army uniform taking pictures of reporting party and trying to shoot her with darts.

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THURSDAY, 12:49 A.M. Chico police records

Saturday, 10:00 a.m.: Suspicious subject reported at city structure.

“Reporting party said subject with thin build wearing a trench coat and a black baseball cap was looking into vehicle in the city structure.”

Saturday, 2:37 a.m.: Suspicious circumstance reported near Yolo Hall.

“Report of shots heard in Yolo area.

Male subject fleeing near soccer fields.”

Chico Police Thursday, 12:49 a.m.: Suspicious subject reported on the 700 block of East Lassen Avenue. “Reporting party very difficult to understand saying male is outside dressed up in an army uniform taking pictures of reporting party and trying to shoot her with darts.”

Friday, 5:16 p.m.: Traffic hazard reported on the 400 block of Vallombrosa Avenue. “Horse drawn carriage causing traffic hazard.”

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Shooter loose as man recovers Juniper Rose STAFF WRITER

Friday, 11:57 p.m.: Fight reported on the 500 block of Pomona Avenue. “Group of about 20 subjects physically fighting.

No weapons seen or mentioned. All white males. Subjects throwing rocks now.”

Saturday, 1:43 a.m.: Fight reported on the 500 block of Ivy Street. “Outside in the parking lot, 25 people, several are fighting. Group threatened reporting party earlier because he took a bottle from them.”

Saturday, 2:20 a.m.: Suspected crime reported on the 300 block of West Eighth Street. “Reporting party was walking home and male subject stopped and asked reporting party if she wanted a ride. Reporting party declined but the subject circled the block and then stopped the reporting party again. Subject grabbed her arm and insisted that he was going to give her a ride. Reporting party was pushing him away when a cab pulled up and asked if she needed a cab. Male subject tried to tell the cab driver that he was her man and was going to take her home. Female was able to get into the cab.”

Saturday, 9:11 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported on the 2000 block of Park Avenue. “Two males in baggy clothing came into the bar and changed clothing, carrying a large duffel and then dropped a flash light. One subject appeared to be wearing two pairs of pants.”

– Compiled by Juniper Rose

While the whereabouts and motives of the man responsible for last week’s shooting on West Sacramento Avenue are still unknown, the victim was released from the hospital after being treated for multiple gunshot wounds.

The victim, 20, was a resident of Graduate Gardens and was standing outside his apartment smoking a cigarette on Nov. 1 when the shots were fired, Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifield said. Police are not releasing the victim’s name because of safety concerns.

“The subject was unknown to him,” Merrifield said.

“He walked up and fired multiple rounds from a handgun, striking the victim numerous times.”

The victim was not able to identify the shooter and the only information that the police have about the suspect is that he was male and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, he said.

The suspect appeared to be targeting the victim in particular, Merrifield said.

The victim was not a Chico State student.

Detectives are still processing evidence found at the scene, interviewing witnesses and searching the

neighborhood for any other potential witnesses, he said.

At 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1, three gunshots were heard from the nearby Paradise Apartments, said Chris Cabrera, a junior chemical engineering major.

“I didn’t even think it was gunshots,” Cabrera said. “My first thought was, ‘Who’s throwing pallets?’ I thought the boys were stacking pallets outside.”

Cabrera then received a text message from a neighbor asking if he had heard the gunshots, he said.

“We were laughing at him, like, ‘We can tell Ben’s never been in the ghetto. Those weren’t gun shots,’” he said.

An ambulance and eight police cars were on the street near the victim’s apartment complex when Cabrera and his roommates went outside, Cabrera said.

A woman in a car pulled up to the gas station across the street from the apartment, “She got out of the car and she was yelling, ‘Oh no, not my baby, not my baby,’” he said. “I just left.”

Cabrera and his roommates watched as the victim was taken out of the complex on a gurney.

While the suspect has not been found, residents in the apartment complex are confident that police are doing all

they can to find the shooter and keep the apartment complex safe from future assaults, said Maxine Rutherford, neighbor and friend of the man who was shot.

“Those cops were on it that night,” Rutherford said.

The quick police response to the shooting probably saved his life, Rutherford said. Some of the people who live in the apartment complex wouldn’t talk even if they had evidence for the police.

“They don’t want to get involved, they are scared for their own life,” she said.

The police are there to help, Rutherford said. She has given them any information she has.

Two days prior to the shooting a black four-door car drove through the parking lot multiple times, she said. The driver was “mean-mugging” everyone.

“He did it for two days in a row and the next day we heard gunshots,” Rutherford said. “He hasn’t been back since.”

Rutherford was sitting upstairs with her kids in her house when she heard the gunshots, she said.

“He’s very lucky he survived it,” she said.

Juniper Rose can be reached at jrose@theorion.com

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Thieves chuck loot in getaway Juniper Rose STAFF WRITER

Five men entered a West Sixth Street residence at 10:07 p.m. on Oct. 30 and stole a laptop while the people living there were in their bedrooms.

Suspects were already gone when police got to the scene, Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifield said.

They were not located at the time but the case is still under investigation, he said.

The laptop was recovered outside, so they must have dropped it when they ran.

While the residents of the apartment were in their bedrooms and music was playing We didn’t in the living room the five men entered the house and go after unplugged the computer them. I from the stereo, said Alec didn’t feel Boughner, a neighboring like getting resident and senior criminal justice major. stabbed “When the girls noticed or shot or that the music stopped playanything. ing they came out and saw these guys taking off,” Boughner said. “We heard ALEC BOUGHNER it and came down the stairs.

Senior criminal We all went after the guys justice major and they threw the laptop back at us.”

The police were called by Boughner’s roommate, he said. They arrived and finger printed the laptop for evidence.

As soon as they dropped the laptop they took off, he said.

“We didn’t go after them,” Boughner said.

“I didn’t feel like getting stabbed or shot or anything.”

The men came back about an hour later and threw bottles at the walls, he said.

Since the break-in the residents of the apartment complex have been much more wary, Boughner said.

“We all lock our doors now,” he said. “We used to leave all the doors open because we would all go from one apartment to the other because we are all pretty good friends.”

Crime has definitely gone up since moving to the apartment two years before, Boughner said.

“I would say it is a lot more dangerous,” he said. “You really have to be more conscious.”

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Juniper Rose can be reached at jrose@theorion.com

THE ORION • AARON DRAPER

NO EASY FIX Workers from West Valley Construction repair a broken water pipe under the supervision of the California Water Service Company on Thursday. The noise of the workers involved in the repair affected primarily students in Butte, Tehama and Plumas halls.

Leak causes overflow of sound Brenna Dillman STAFF WRITER

A water line leak caused a loud commotion and disrupted classes Thursday near Butte Hall as California Water Service Company employees rushed to the scene.

“We put leaks on the top of the list when we get them reported,” said Mike Pembroke, Chico’s Cal Water district manger.

What should have been a quick and easy job became complicated, Pembroke said.

There was concrete covering the water main, so the construction crew had to come in and jack hammer the concrete away,

he said. The crew usually tries not to work at night, but once the project was started there was no other alternative.

“It was one of those emergencies you try and avoid,” Pembroke said.

Because of the noise being made, many students were disrupted in their dorms or in their classes nearby, said Chase Templeton, a junior biology major and resident of Sutter Hall. For those living in the on-campus dorms, it became irritating to just be in their rooms.

“I was annoyed, but glad they did it all in one day,” Templeton said. “I knew they had to do it, but it was still really loud.”

For students who had classes in

Butte, Tehama or Plumas halls, the noise was not only annoying, but also distracting to their learning environment, said Brenda Macial, a junior sociology major.

Macial had class in Butte Hall from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. during the construction.

“It was distracting because we were taking a midterm and there was nothing we could do about it,” Macial said.

Despite the noise and disruption to students, the water line was fi xed and is now in working condition.

Brenna Dillman can be reached at bdillman@theorion.com

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Katherine Deaton STAFF WRITER

More than 100 students spoke at the City Council Chambers Friday for the fourth bi-annual Chico Great Debate to discuss this semester’s topic, educational reforms to the K-12 system.

The Chico Great Debate is a part of the First-Year Experience program and aims to get students involved within the community and to support informed conversations surrounding controversial issues, said Zachery Justus, professor of communication studies who helps coordinate and facilitate the event.

“Having disagreements, but doing so civilly,” he said.

Each semester a topic is chosen by representatives from Chico State and the city of Chico, Justus said. The proposed topic must be controversial on a local and broader level, must sustain a semester of work and should be a topic of discussion within the community in the coming months.

The debate incorporated ideas like technology use, foreign language programs, specialty education programs and teacher tenure.

Most students have been preparing for the Great Debate all semester long, Justus said.

This was a first-time experience for several students involved. Sally Noble, a junior communications studies major, wasn’t nervous for her

THE ORION • BRETT EDWARDS

GREAT DEBATE The group called “Students First” answer questions about the education system in prepared presentations Friday at the City Council Chambers.

The presentations were part of the fourth biannual Chico Great Debate event which focused on K-12 education reforms. first debate because of the amount of preparation she had done, she said.

Noble advocated that foreign

language instruction needs reform and improvement.

“Most foreign language programs

have been downsized,” Noble said.

“California should adopt a plan that will significantly increase the amount of time and money spent on foreign language education as well as the quality of the curriculum.”

In addition to students enrolled in communication studies courses, who were required to attend the event, several Chico State instructors, faculty members and community members attended as well.

Some joined the audience, while others moderated and facilitated the event. Maris Thompson, assistant professor for the department of education, moderated two panels that discussed the use of technology in the K-12 education system.

The overall theme of education reform was the principle reason Thompson decided to become involved, she said.

“It’s an issue I believe is extremely important,” Thompson said.

Students who participate in or attend the event have an opportunity to take their skills out of the classroom, Justus said. It also gives students a greater sense of place and purpose while attending Chico State.

“I spent so much time researching foreign language education,” Noble said. “It’s nice to finally get my point read out loud.”

Katherine Deaton can be reached at kdeaton@theorion.com

CSSA seeks to raise funding with new $2 fee implementation Ideally the fee will be presented to the CSU chancellor, who would then decide to put it to a vote with the board of trustees who would approve and implement it, Washington said. That has not yet happened and the initial proSam Kelly ceedings to get to that step STAFF WRITER have only just begun.

If there is representation After recently deciding to continue to pursue a new stu- of CSU students at the capitol dent fee, the California State and more can be done to comStudent Association must now bat consistent fee increases, determine how to make that a the $2 is worth it, said Dallas reality on each of the Califor- Madison, a junior communication studies major. nia State University’s “If it is going to 23 campuses. benefit students then “Right now we need it is a good thing,” to figure out if the Madison said. fee is even possible,” The CSSA is the CSSA President GregIf it is largest student assoory Washington said. going to ciation in the nation “Right now as a stubenefit with the least amount dent organization one students of staff, said Joe of our biggest hinBanez, Associated drances is funding.” then it is Students director of The fee would a good Legislative Affairs. amount to $2 annuthing.

“There are three ally for students staff members repand would surge the resenting around CSSA’s operating bud412,000 students,” get from $400,000 a DALLAS MADISON Banez said. year to near $800,000, Junior It is important he said. communications for students to With the extra studies major have representafunding the CSSA tion as tuition has would be able to build increased every sina larger presence, network with more stakeholders, gle year since 2001, and in fund more advocacy, move the last year has increased forward with a student-led by about $1,000, Banez said public affairs committee and via email.

This weekend it was learned hire a development director, Washington said. A devel- the Chancellor’s Office is conopment director would be sidering a $498 tuition hike charged with supporting the for the upcoming academic organization and soliciting year, Banez said.

It is a small fee to promote donations.

“We are really good at what more student representation we do, and we want to do when CSU budget decisions more of what we do and have are made and hopefully prevent bigger fees, said Renata a bigger impact,” he said.

Organizations that repre- Nall, a freshman liberal sent groups such as prison studies major.

“The CSSA needs to pubguards and teachers are successful due to their consistent licize it more,” she said. “If I presence at the capitol, Wash- knew more about it I would ington said. By increasing be more OK with it.” operational dollars the CSSA can also maintain a consis- Sam Kelly can be reached at tent presence in Sacramento. skelly@theorion.com

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MEET THE PRESS President Paul Zingg answers questions by reporters at a press conference-like setting on Oct. 26.

Zingg offers time, answers The Orion Staff was given a chance to meet with Chico State President Paul Zingg. The interview lasted more than an hour and touched on many different topics.

The Orion: Some faculty here at Chico State plan to picket the administration over compensation that was agreed upon in their salary, that’s happening Nov. 9. Do you agree or disagree that the CSU should pay out those ...

Zingg: Oh I’ll be right out there with them. I will spend time with them. I’m not going to sneak in through the back door of Kendall Hall. This has happened before.

I admire their deep passion, you know, on these issues and their right to express their concerns. I believe it’s less so with campus administration that it is with the trustees and the Chancellor’s Office, but hey, you know, I’m the local authority figure, so the place to demonstrate would be Kendall Hall. But I think their concerns are absolutely legitimate. There has not been across the board faculty salary increase in three years. You are looking at two fact finders who have found for the California Faculty Association and its grievance against the California State University for the payment of bargained salary distribution that has not been distributed, basically because the CSU has claimed that

its financial situation is not strong enough in order to make those commitments, so yeah I think they have not only the right but the reason in order to voice their displeasure with many aspects of this situation.

The Orion: Did you know that they were going to raise the San Diego State university presidential salary prior to applying for the spot?

Zingg: No, and I would have not accepted a salary at that level.

I would not have sought it, and I would not have expected it to be offered, but no, I had no idea what the salary — I knew what the salary was at that point. I think Steve Weber was making $297,000 and I wasn’t looking for anything more than that, that’s for sure.

The Orion: Would you have turned down the San Diego presidency if you were offered it?

Zingg: Let me say this, I would have thought long and hard. It would not have been an automatic yes. So you can read between the lines.

The Orion: Regarding the potential student fee increase in 2012-2013 would you have a say in that fee increase such as a vote or recommendation?

Zingg: I don’t have a vote, I have a voice. As do all the presidents.

We meet with the chancellor every month and we convey our concerns about affordability, accessibility, diversity, quality, and the adverse of effect the increasing fees have, all of those things. But we don’t vote on it. That’s certainly an action taken by the trustees. There’s a finance committee that will develop a recommendation. It needs to be voted out of the committee in order to go to the full board, and then the full board will vote on this matter at whatever meeting it is.

The Orion: There was a rumor that Chico State money was used to pay for your wedding, is that true or was it privately funded?

Zingg: I’m glad you raised that.

Let me tell you, first of all, I got married on July 22. I had a reception on July 22. I had an event on Oct. 1, which was an event, both a kickoff for our 125th anniversary campaign, a fall reception for donors and friends in the campus and an opportunity for folks to meet my new family. But because I knew that question would come up, I paid for every dime. Every cent of that reception I paid for by myself, because I knew somebody would assume that it was a wedding reception as opposed to a regular event that I do frequently and must do.

– Compiled by Kacey Gardner

Judge sides with CSU in suit over presidential pay range Orion Staff A lawsuit filed by the president of the California Faculty Association arguing that the approval of the new Cal Poly San Luis Obispo president’s salary violated transparency laws was struck down by a superior court judge.

In January, the California State University board of trustees approved a salary of $350,000 for Jeffrey Armstrong, about $20,000 more than his predecessor.

By doing this, the lawsuit claimed it violated the Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act by increasing the

salary range of CSU presidents by roughly $20,000 without giving the public notice, according to a press release by the CFA. “We argued that raising an executive salary range in a public institution does matter and it should be done in compliance with our public transparency law,” said Glenn Rothner, the attorney who argued the case, in the release. “Those who care about full transparency regarding executives of public institutions like our state university must now turn to the Legislature for a remedy.”

Mike Uhlenkamp, a spokesman for the CSU, said when

the board of trustees approves and increases the salary range for CSU presidents, “that’s the notice.”

After the ruling by Judge James Chalfant in favor of the CSU on Oct. 25, CFA President Lillian Taiz vowed to take the issue to the California Legislature.

“Increasing executive pay for the 1 percent is a concern for the rest of the CSU community,” Taiz said in the press release. She added that the CFA will “stand up for education” by taking its concerns to the Legislature.

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Senate seeks rewording of faculty hiring proposal Griffin Rogers STAFF WRITER

A proposal that could give faculty members more say in hiring decisions was sent back to a committee for revisions after it was voted on during Thursday’s Academic Senate meeting.

Faculty members were divided in making changes to Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures — a document that outlines the process of hiring tenure track and temporary faculty.

Departments deal with hiring new personnel differently, according to the document. Generally, they create hiring committees to recommend candidates, which are then reviewed by the college dean in order to provide an objective perspective.

Under the new revision, the procedures could allow the university’s departments more flexibility when hiring, said Chris Nichols, professor of natural sciences and senate member.

Nichols was one of the senators who voted to send the document back to the Faculty and Student Policies Committee for corrections.

“I’m in favor of departments being allowed to make their own rules,” Nichols said.

The new language would allow faculty to have more of the fi nal word in the hiring process, he said. It would clarify that departments can make a hiring decision as a whole, not just as a subcommittee.

The overall goal by sending the agenda item back to Faculty and Student Policies Committee is to make the hiring process clearer by defi ning how faculty should proceed, said Tim Sistrunk, professor of history and senate member.

“It’s a part of co-governance,” Sistrunk said.

“They are just trying to make sure the faculty has

been consulted.”

Russ Mills, the Academic Senate chair, said he expects the document to come back to the senate after the language has been revised by the Faculty and Student Policies Committee. That process could take a few months.

Other senate items included a new Information and Technology Strategic Plan for 2011 to 2015. The plan discusses Chico State’s information technology goals over the next four years and was introduced by Brooke Banks and Ben Juliano, co-chairs of the IT Strategic Planning Steering Committee.

The presentation to the senate was welcome, Sistrunk said.

“It seems pretty ambitious,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to get involved in the process.”

The process the technology-based committee is taking is outlined in their five goals: to advance the learning and teaching process, enhance the connectivity and infrastructure, provide effective administrative solutions, leverage information and knowledge management, and improve information and technology services.

Some senators voiced their concerns about students who don’t have the means to keep up with classes using expensive or complex technology such as broadband, laptops and certain software.

However, Nichols, who has been teaching at Chico State for 12 years, has never once had students tell him that technological advancements in the university have affected them unfairly, he said.

The plan will continue to be worked on by the IT Strategic Planning Steering Committee and will be helpful to ensuring growth at Chico State, Nichols said.

Griffin Rogers can be reached at grogers@theorion.com

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Career employees for the Associated Students will soon have to deal with premium increases as insurance rates have risen by an average of 15 percent.

The increase represents an additional $200,000 in annual health premium costs that will be split between the A.S. and the career employees, A.S. Executive Director David Buckley said in a Oct. 28 A.S. board of directors meeting.

The board unanimously approved the split over several other proposals that would have seen the costs dispersed differently, and unequally, between the A.S. and career employees.

The 50/50 split was seen as the best approach because it allowed the board to consider it from a position of fiscal responsibility as well as a dedication to the wellbeing of A.S. employees, said Elyse Gutowski, A.S. executive vice-president, in an email.

The last thing that will be affected is student programs, and before that point is ever reached other avenues such as changing benefit carriers and health plan design will be reviewed, Human Resources Director Gina McCammon said.

“It is much more likely that we would cut controllable labor costs

than programs,” she said.

Employees are disappointed with the increase given the increased out of pocket costs.

The cost increase also includes a rise to co-pay amounts, hearing aids are no longer covered and there is an office co-pay for treatments such as chemotherapy, according to a presentation on the premiums emailed by Buckley.

The increase means A.S. career employees participating in the preferred provider organization plan now must pay more than $65 as opposed to previously not having to pay anything, according to the presentation. Employees with one dependent or more will face increases of more than $130.

“It’s quite a jump, but that’s where we are,” Buckley said.

The most recent raise is not enough to warrant any further action, but the increases are indicative of larger trends within healthcare that could force changes down the road.

Students need to be aware of healthcare costs and how they will affect graduates entering the workforce, as many do not consider the long-term benefits of obtaining good health coverage, McCammon said.

Many students will be able remain covered under their parents’ policy until age 26, according to healthcare.gov. The fact still remains that

knowledge is an important part of determining health coverage.

The time to review health insurance provisions is not when coverage is needed, it is recommended to check information like monthly premiums, deductible amounts, annual out of pocket maximums, co-pays and prescription costs for any medication, McCammon said. It is crucial to review a company’s job offer as related to retirement.

Students living in California must also be prepared for premium increases as Anthem Blue Cross announced the state is facing a 39 percent rise for its individual market premiums, according to healthreform.gov.

More information is undoubtedly beneficial, but given the current state of the economy recent college graduates are not exactly in a good place to negotiate a strong benefits package, said Jennifer Gilreath, a senior musical education major. In most cases it is not something a lot of students are even conscious of.

“It is definitely important to be conscious of the many factors going into the loop,” she said. “Research is important, but a lot of the in-depth analysis comes much later after being in the workforce.”

Sam Kelly can be reached at skelly@theorion.com

Professor suffers broken bone in scooter crash Raquel Royers STAFF WRITER

A Chico State art professor was injured in an accident with an SUV while riding a scooter on Wednesday afternoon.

Susan Whitmore, 52, suffered a broken right femur along with scrapes and bruises and is being treated at Enloe Medical Center, Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifield said.

Whitmore was riding her yellow 1985 Honda Elite mo-ped near the intersection of West Fifth Street and Normal Avenue when she collided with Matt Ross’s Chevrolet TrailBlazer, Merrifield said. Ross, a Chico resident, made an illegal U-turn causing Whitmore to crash into his driver’s side door.

Whitmore was listed in “fair” condition as of Monday, said Christina Chavira, spokeswoman for Enloe Medical Center. Having fair conditions means vitals are stable and the patient is conscious but may be in pain.

When the accident occurred, Whitmore was heading to a student exhibit at the Bachelor of Fine Arts studio behind Cafe Culture, said Kennedy Megan, a fine arts student.

Whitmore is the Bachelor of Fine Arts coordinator and teaches ceramics classes.

The department will be hiring several part-time faculty to take over Whitmore’s classes for the remainder of the semester, said Summer Armstrong, the administrative support assistant for the art and art history department.

“It’s really too bad,” Megan said.

Megan was taking her first class taught by Whitmore and had been looking forward to working with her, she said.

“I trust that the art department will make a good decision in hiring new faculty but it’s just going to be a different experience than it would have been with Sue,” Megan said.

Not only students but also faculty miss Whitmore’s presence on campus.

“As one of our most effective professors, she’ll be hard to replace, even in the short term,” said Tom Patton, professor of art.

Raquel Royers can be reached at rroyers@theorion.com

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REMEMBERING Bernard Marks, a holocaust survivor, speaks to students about his experiences on Monday.

Veteran events provide ‘fellowship, camaraderie’ Wednesday. The event goes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with food provided by STAFF WRITER La Familia.

“Every year it gets bigger and bigIn anticipation of Veterans Day, the Chico State Student Veteran Organi- ger,” Evans said. “Over 50 veterans will be eating at Selvester’s zation has a slew of activities this Wednesday.” planned to commemorate the The organization is always day of remembrance. open to inviting new veterans The organization kicked off from around the area to particevents with a friendly football ipate and enjoy the company of game on Saturday and will have It’s good other fellow veterans, he said. events ending a week later. to show “It’s good to show respect for “This program works to prorespect all the people who fought for mote the awareness of veterans’ for all the our country,” said Rachel Ludissues and provide advocacy low, a senior psychology major. for our student veterans as people they transition from the miliwho fought “To the older veterans it really means a lot that we acknowltary environment to the college for our edge and support them.” campus,” Veteran Affairs Coorcountry.

Each year on Nov. 11, the Vetdinator Larry Langwell said. erans Day National Ceremony The Student Veteran Orgais held at Arlington National nization has been in existence RACHEL LUDLOW Cemetery. The ceremony is since the 1970s, Langwell said.

Senior phychology intended to honor and thank The events on campus will major all who served in the United bring students and veterans States Armed Forces. together in an effort to better This Friday many restauunderstand the role of a veteran rants will show their support to veterans and the importance of the day, he said.

A cookoff event was hosted at the Vet- by handing out free food.

“Subway will be giverans Executive Committee to Organize Rehabilitative Services, or VECTORS, ing out 6-inch free subs to house on Sunday, where $15 donations veterans,” Evans said. “Applebees were given for the homeless veterans of will give a free meal to veterans also.”

The Student Veteran Organization Butte County.

“I love the food, fellowship and cama- will continue its week of events with raderie,” said Derek Evans, a mechanical a meeting at Woodstock’s Pizza on engineer major and staff adviser for Vet- Thursday to discuss future events.

The Veteran Affairs office is in eran Affairs. “It’s about honoring the veterans who gave huge sacrifices for Siskiyou Hall. our country.”

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survived different genocides.

“Students recognize the importance of this,” Edelman said. “These survivors won’t be around much longer.”

Several of Edelman’s students were in attendance.

Karen Lopez, a junior kinesiology major, is taking Sociology 253, “The Holocaust.”

“This fascinates me,” Lopez said.

The presentation brought together many students with a shared interest in the Holocaust.

Students were deeply moved

by Marks’ presentation, said Lauren Gilmore, a junior liberal studies major.

“It’s always better to hear from a primary source, from someone who actually experienced it,” Gilmore said.

Holly Wyatt, a senior biology major, attended the lecture because of her personal interest in the Holocaust.

“When you think of someone as not human, you can do anything to them, which is what happened in the Holocaust,” Wyatt said.

For most students, it was an opportunity to hear first hand experiences.

The presentation gives people a more accurate look into what actually happened, said Adam Roth, a senior sociology major.

“It makes it more real,” Roth said. “This really happened. It isn’t just something you see in the movies.”

The experience of listening to a survivor share his or her story has an emotional impact on some students, especially those whose family members were affected, like undeclared freshman Rebecca Shepler.

“My grandfather was a survivor,” Shepler said. “It’s just amazing how they survived.”

The event gave some a better understanding of their family’s

history, said Erika Cloninger, a junior pre-nursing major. Her family is from Germany, and attending the presentation allowed her to learn more about where they come from.

Marks gives presentations to schools throughout the U.S., as well as in Europe and Asia.

He relates his presentation to the students by also talking about bullying.

He previously gave a presentation to a group of eighth graders and received hundreds of cards saying things like, “You changed my life as to how I should behave and what I should do,’” Marks said.

Continuing to share his experience with as many as possible is vital.

“I do whatever is necessary to teach children what life was like, because you don’t want that life,” Marks said.

Dani Anguiano can be reached at danguiano@theorion.com

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and do back to nature, because everyone is a part of nature. His main point was that people should not work against each other, but rather with each other.

Throughout this lecture he used the metaphor of a seed that grew into a tree and then dropped more seeds and started a new life cycle.

“The mind is like a garden,” Gamboa said. “How are you going to cultivate your garden?”

After Gamboa spoke, students were given options to go to numerous workshops for the next five hours of the day.

Workshops included everything from learning to compost, to veganism, ecofeminism and permaculture.

During one of the workshops, members from the Environmental Action and Resource Center spoke of what Chico State is doing to be a more

sustainable campus and how other schools can mimic those things. The resource center has been developing a freshman “green book,” which would help incoming freshmen learn about recycling, buses, green businesses and the resources they have in Chico to live more sustainably.

The resource center also is starting E-ARCapedia, which will be a Chico State specific website that will allow students to write, post and discuss articles about their different sustainable efforts, said Cassandra Miracle, a resource center intern and junior health sciences major.

Students can help be more sustainable by riding their bike or taking the bus to school, as well as many other simple changes to daily life, Miracle said.

“Investing in a reusable water bottle and reusable bags are small ways of

making a difference,” she said.

To end the day on campus, keynote speaker Derrick Jensen gave a lecture for all students. Jensen is an activist and acclaimed author of multiple books including “A Language Older Than Words,” and his latest books, “Endgame Volume I: The Problem of Civilization” and “Endgame Volume II: Resistance.”

Due to his tone of speech and interaction with the audience, Jensen had the crowd laughing and cheering multiple times throughout the speech.

Capitalists convert the world into money, Jensen said. People cannot be sustainable if they keep destroying species of animals and plants.

Something sustainable never runs out and is something that can be done forever, Jenson said. Finite things such as oil cannot be sustainable if people are using more than the world

is giving to them.

As a human culture, people view things as resources, Jensen said.

Resources don’t really exist, because trees are not lumber, they are just trees.

“This is the only culture that perceives the world as things that should be exploited,” Jensen said.

After a standing ovation and Q-and-A session, students headed to the Babylon Community Art Center for a group dinner and live performances by Chico bands White Russian and Speakeasy.

The theme and purpose of the convergence never seemed to leave the audience’s thoughts, as between sets and during the bands performance people yelled in promotion for sustainability.

Brenna Dillman can be reached at bdillman@theorion.com

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system an estimated $138 million in additional revenue after $68 million has been set aside for financial aid purposes, he said.

The $138 million is accounted for in the $333 million support package the CSU is requesting, Turnage said. Also in the package is $85 million to provide a compensation pool to be used for faculty and staff pay increases.

The request would also give $58 million to a variety of student success initiatives, including improvement of graduation rates, reducing dropout rates We already and the need for remedial instruction. have a The CSU sent a simhuge ilar budget request to burden the state last academic year, but was denied, on our shoulders Turnage said. The last time the state intervened from with this type of support the past money was in 2006 — an increase. election year.

“Over the last 10 years the state has cut the CSU budget nearly every year JOE BANEZ A.S. Director of and given us a tuition Legislative Affairs increase in that year,” said Miles Nevin, executive director for the California State Student Association.

The CSSA was first informed of the potential tuition hike by the CSU on Friday and was given a presentation by Turnage over the weekend in San Diego, Nevin said. The event was attended by Joe Banez, Associated Students director of Legislative Affairs.

“When students see this number, this $498, they should be furious because this is preventing them from taking their next step in life and from being successful,” Banez said. “It puts a huge burden on their shoulders and causes them to get into more debt then they want to be.”

If the $498 fee increase is implemented,

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$333 million support package, which would eliminate the need for a tuition increase, Banez said.

The current budget proposal is scheduled to be presented to the board of trustees at its regular meeting this month between Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We need to let the Legislature know that we need them to support us,” Banez said. “We, as students, can’t afford these tuition increases.”

the CSU Chancellor’s Office.

It would be fiscally irresponsible to pay out $20 million in pay raises in a year when the CSU was cut by $584 million, Uhlenkamp said.

He added that the CSU will monitor picketing events scheduled today to prepare for the strike at Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State East Bay. “We’re concerned about the safety of the students, and the employees as well, for all the campuses,” You will he said. see faculty The CSU may provide faces on additional security for the picket the strikes.

While about 100 Chico line.

State faculty are expected to hand out informational JENNIFER EAGAN leaflets on the main bridges CFA chapter at Chico State today, about president of CSU 50 have committed to joinEast Bay ing the picket line at the two striking campuses on Nov. 17, said Curtis Peldo, lecturer of philosophy and a member of the CFA. Students are invited to support the informational pickets and strikes, but it’s a “decidedly faculty action,” said Jennifer Eagan, president of the CSU East Bay chapter of the CFA. “You will see faculty faces on the picket line,” she said.

An informational picket like the one today at Chico State has happened before, President Paul Zingg said.

“I’ll be right out there with them,” Zingg said in a conference with The Orion Oct. 26. “I will spend time with them. I’m not going to sneak in through the back door of Kendall Hall.”

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ON THE RISE The bar graph represents a year-by-year California State University tuition increase for full-time undergraduate students since the 2006-2007 academic school year. A plan to be discussed at the Monday CSU board of trustees meeting includes a possible $498 tuition hike for 2012-2013. If the state, however, decides to support a $333 million CSU support package, the tuition increases will not take into effect. given no spring 2012 hikes, it would raise the yearly tuition to $5,970, which is more than twice the amount paid five years ago.

The last time the CSU board of trustees approved a tuition hike was over the summer, when they opted to raise fees by 10 percent for the fall 2011 semester.

“We already have a huge burden on our shoulders from the past increase,” Banez said. “And I can see a further increase of close to $500 being something that hurts the future of students’ education.”

It is time for students to join together and put pressure on the Legislature to pass the

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UP ’TIL DAWN WINNERS Wrote 30+ Letters: $200 American Express gift card Gabriella Nunez San Francisco Giants prize pack – Damaris Greer San Francisco 49ers tickets – Katie Mann Infineon Raceway tickets – Denyell Rocha

Aaron Rodgers autographed jersey – Michael Mettler

SEALED John Brunk, junior kinesology major, was just one student of many participating in the event. Some chose to lick the envelopes, others chose to use glue sticks.

$500 Wildcat Store gift card – Mitchell NuovoHoltkamp

DELIVERED Kyle Phillips, a mathematics and advanced physics major, brought in 1,750 addresses to the event, but collected 8,886 addresses total for the cause.

iPad 2 – Danessa Baker Wrote 50+ Letters: San Francisco sports weekend including transportation, lodging, food and game tickets – Lizzy Urman Free spring tuition – Tiana Beich

SIGNED Nichole Lovato, a freshman psychology major, licks envelopes to be sent to family and friends in order to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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years, until last year when the University of Memphis topped Chico’s efforts, said Regan FitzPatrick, assistant executive director and senior recreation major.

“We want to bring back the fun and buzz from last year,” Vitorelo said.

Special guest Hayley Arceneaux, a sophomore Spanish major at Southeastern Louisiana University and cancer survivor, was in attendance.

Arceneaux has been in remission for almost nine years and received treatment from St. Jude for one year while battling osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, Arceneaux said. She is now on the executive board for her own school’s Up ’til

Dawn and has attended several events around the United States.

“I think it’s really amazing that they have so many students participating,” Arceneaux said. “I’ve never been to such a big Up ’til Dawn. Everyone truly cares.

I can see the passion on their faces.”

One student brought in 1,750 addresses to the event, but collected 8,886 total for the cause. Kyle Phillips, a freshman mathematics and advanced physics double major, received the addresses from his uncle’s business and enlisted the help of friends to address all the envelopes.

“It’s good to help the children,” Phillips said.

Many were excited to participate,

even freshmen who had never previously heard of the event, like Sonoma Koontz, a freshman liberal studies and natural sciences double major.

Koontz helped address 51 envelopes for Phillips, she said. She was also a member of her high school’s cancer awareness club and was personally motivated to participate in the event after losing a close friend to a cancerous tumor during her sophomore year of high school.

This year’s event was “dreamed up” by event co-chairs Lindley Schneider and Lauren Delaney.

The event is a big part of the Chico experience and a great way for everyone to get involved, said Schneider, a senior

Spanish major.

Schneider was inspired to get involved five years ago when she heard one of the St. Jude’s patients speak and has been involved in planning the event for three years now, she said.

“It just really touched me,” Schneider said.

Arceneaux wanted to thank everyone who participated, she said. It was the funnest event she has been too.

“If it wasn’t for St. Jude and people who raise money for St. Jude,” Arceneaux said, “I wouldn’t be able to be in college right now.”

Kjerstin Wood can be reached at kwood@theorion.com

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Thumbs Up to the remarkable similarity between Sutter Dining and Willy Wonka’s chocolate room.

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Picketing, strike, lawsuit demand same accountability The Chico State chapter of the came in July, that salary was low- history faculty diligently doc- result in immediate changes to held a one-day strike since its California Faculty Association is ered to reflect a tighter budget. The umenting the whole protest for its current contract, or affect the inception in 1983, according to negotiation of the contract they’re the Associated Press.

Similarly, student tuition future generations. planning to picket on the campus Facultyincreased Association be the eloquent The people huddled in tents working on right now.

But will thereprobably might be good rea-most was retroactively this strike bridges, which every student andCalifornia protestsemester, since Socrates on trial.son to stand with Chico State’s But it will send a message to uni- in Occupy Chico at midnight, as it was inwent 2009 when administrator has to use. the faculty who will be picketversitythe administration, the samemuscle faculty, will rather than between with cuts were down trustees That’s the of here), thinking Onkind (date The budget California Statehanded University have to contend collective mental of California’s from the state. A class action law- them — because the picketing message that the CSU has lobby- ing today at 11 a.m., the students that got them doctorates.

Ph.Ds. Whether or not our professors suit has been filed against the also represents the opening ists in Sacramento pleading to the who are suing the CSU, and the Somewhere the for English professors spelling out injustice, math teachers salary calculations and history for the CSU in Sacrastate, anddoing the same message that lobbyists salvo in the a public conversation the amount tuition was should have the original,between higher CSU mento are all demanding the students embroiled in legal batabout how administrators use raised above initial payments. salary specified in their contracts faculty documenting the whole protest, lies the Chico State student, who will presumably have no classes to attend. tle are sending to the CSU — that same thing — a sense of contiThe vast majority of students student money to pay faculty. is not the most important question The unprecedented cancellation of our classes will give Chico State students some time to sleep in, which is Students have filed suit against we need some kind of financial nuity and stability with regard probably stand somewhere addressed by the protest. probably the best Thanksgiving gift faculty could have given from the people to how money is distributed.

Both the California State Uni- between the English profes- the CSU for doing exactly what accountabilityus.

We can only hope they notice sorsthe spelling out represents the CFA’s the CSU is doing to the faculty — who manage our money. versity and the CFA agreed to But strike also the opening Though the CFA has picketed their similarities over the sound mathematicians reneging on a implicit contract. a salary level for CSU faculty. argument, The one-day CFA strike may not administration before, it hasn’t of their differences.

Then, after the $650 million cut doing salary calculations and

ILLUSTRATION BY • CHELSEA ROSS

Daily college stress makes excercising near impossibility Marty Salgado OPINION COLUMNIST

ILLUSTRATION BY • CHELSEA ROSS

Web traps students online Jake Buffenbarger OPINION COLUMNIST

The explosion of the Internet changed nearly every facet of our lives — including how we are educated.

We’re both blessed and cursed by the technology we are constantly surrounded with.

For every new innovation that has the potential to increase a student’s ability to learn, there are numerous more that hinder intellectual achievement.

Applications make it easier to take notes and keep track of assignments, but when compared to the never-ending stream of mind-numbing Facebook games, endless status updates and a year’s worth of adorable cat footage, the scholarly side of the Internet is marginalized in our society.

Students that use Facebook daily — which is roughly half of

all Facebook users — attest to the addictiveness of the site by signing in and making 300-character status updates about putting off their homework.

I’ve heard of students who even delete their profile during finals week to eliminate the temptation to log on and procrastinate.

Another disadvantage of the Internet is that plagiarism is as easy as copy and paste.

Professors fight the battle with software from websites like turnitin.com that attempt to prevent plagiarism — but they’re far from foolproof.

And even when a student does legitimate research on the Internet, there’s no guarantee the information they find will be accurate.

A gaping hole in the World Wide Web is that anyone can post content and call it fact.

This leads to many students using sources in their work that are less then reputable.

On the other hand, there are

now computer programs like Rosetta Stone that offer the opportunity to learn a new language from the comfort of your own home. Google docs offers free word processor, spreadsheet and drawing applications.

A few years ago users were required to pay a substantial price for those tools.

Even today, Microsoft Office costs $119.99, according to Microsoft’s website.

Students with a computer and an Internet connection have unlimited access to free encyclopedias, dictionaries and a plethora of news sources.

As more of us hop onto the World Wide Web, more people get stuck to it. The Internet has the potential to unite us all in our actions, relayed one news story at a time, or unite us in inaction, one status update at a time.

Jake Buffenbarger can be reached at jbuffenbarger@theorion.com

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At 3 a.m., I close my laptop after typing the last sentence for an online rhetoric project.

I haven’t eaten since breakfast when I had the last of my food, a packet of oatmeal. As I lay awake in bed waiting for sleep to find me, I come to a horrible realization.

“Oh no,” I thought. “I forgot to do my run today.”

College is detrimental to my health.

During a week of nights like this, I can’t remember eating a full meal, or half of a meal at that, and I definitely didn’t make it to the gym. Every day I make myself a to-do list, and after I get everything down, I throw “run seven miles today” at the bottom.

I have been running since I joined cross-country in high school. When I run, the stress of school slips away with every pound to the ground my foot takes. It’s not only a great stress reliever, but it keeps my heart healthy.

I am currently training for a half marathon that’s in December. I want to be ready, but I find my busy school schedule constantly getting in the way. I wake up, go to class, walk to The Orion and edit my column — all without having eaten breakfast.

I want to pedal my way back home, but I have class, and I can’t buy anything at the Bell Memorial Union because I’m a college student who needs to pay rent.

I also have to juggle my tutoring for CAVE because I want to give something back

to my community.

It’s very hard to work for others, do well in school and think about graduate school.

At the end of the day I find myself in bed at midnight — if I am lucky.

I didn’t realize that going to school to get a degree caused a slow deterioration in health, and for those who drink constantly a heavy toll on their organs.

There are some people out there who can manage to go to school and make it to the gym as well, but someone like me, who volunteers and puts his effort into school, tends to see their health deteriorate for school’s sake.

We see this when we watch our peers constantly blowing their noses from colds and sore throats caused by exhaustion or lack of sleep.

Some men out there start to look like their fathers because all the college stress is causing male pattern baldness.

In order to stay fit throughout all of the things I am involved in, I have found a gym partner. We motivate each other — I know I have to meet him at the gym, because if I don’t, I will be letting more than just myself down.

I’ve also decided that I just need to come to school dressed ready to go or to bring gym clothes. This will make me stay on campus and not get distracted after class when I go home to change.

All of us came to Chico State to improve our minds, but that shouldn’t come at the expense of our bodies.

Marty Salgado can be reached at msalgado@theorion.com

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Thumbs Up to the remarkable similarity between Sutter Dining and Willy Wonka’s chocolate room.

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EDITORIAL >>

Picketing, strike, lawsuit demand same accountability The Chico State chapter of the came in July, that salary was low- history faculty diligently doc- result in immediate changes to held a one-day strike since its California Faculty Association is ered to reflect a tighter budget. The umenting the whole protest for its current contract, or affect the inception in 1983, according to negotiation of the contract they’re the Associated Press.

Similarly, student tuition future generations. planning to picket on the campus Facultyincreased Association be the eloquent The people huddled in tents working on right now.

But will thereprobably might be good rea-most was retroactively this strike bridges, which every student andCalifornia protestsemester, since Socrates on trial.son to stand with Chico State’s But it will send a message to uni- in Occupy Chico at midnight, as it was inwent 2009 when administrator has to use. the faculty who will be picketversitythe administration, the samemuscle faculty, will rather than between with cuts were down trustees That’s the of here), thinking Onkind (date The budget California Statehanded University have to contend collective mental of California’s from the state. A class action law- them — because the picketing message that the CSU has lobby- ing today at 11 a.m., the students that got them doctorates.

Ph.Ds. Whether or not our professors suit has been filed against the also represents the opening ists in Sacramento pleading to the who are suing the CSU, and the Somewhere the for English professors spelling out injustice, math teachers salary calculations and history for the CSU in Sacrastate, anddoing the same message that lobbyists salvo in the a public conversation the amount tuition was should have the original,between higher CSU mento are all demanding the students embroiled in legal batabout how administrators use raised above initial payments. salary specified in their contracts faculty documenting the whole protest, lies the Chico State student, who will presumably have no classes to attend. tle are sending to the CSU — that same thing — a sense of contiThe vast majority of students student money to pay faculty. is not the most important question The unprecedented cancellation of our classes will give Chico State students some time to sleep in, which is Students have filed suit against we need some kind of financial nuity and stability with regard probably stand somewhere addressed by the protest. probably the best Thanksgiving gift faculty could have given from the people to how money is distributed.

Both the California State Uni- between the English profes- the CSU for doing exactly what accountabilityus.

We can only hope they notice sorsthe spelling out represents the CFA’s the CSU is doing to the faculty — who manage our money. versity and the CFA agreed to But strike also the opening Though the CFA has picketed their similarities over the sound mathematicians reneging on a implicit contract. a salary level for CSU faculty. argument, The one-day CFA strike may not administration before, it hasn’t of their differences.

Then, after the $650 million cut doing salary calculations and

ILLUSTRATION BY • CHELSEA ROSS

Daily college stress makes excercising near impossibility Marty Salgado OPINION COLUMNIST

ILLUSTRATION BY • CHELSEA ROSS

Web traps students online Jake Buffenbarger OPINION COLUMNIST

The explosion of the Internet changed nearly every facet of our lives — including how we are educated.

We’re both blessed and cursed by the technology we are constantly surrounded with.

For every new innovation that has the potential to increase a student’s ability to learn, there are numerous more that hinder intellectual achievement.

Applications make it easier to take notes and keep track of assignments, but when compared to the never-ending stream of mind-numbing Facebook games, endless status updates and a year’s worth of adorable cat footage, the scholarly side of the Internet is marginalized in our society.

Students that use Facebook daily — which is roughly half of

all Facebook users — attest to the addictiveness of the site by signing in and making 300-character status updates about putting off their homework.

I’ve heard of students who even delete their profile during finals week to eliminate the temptation to log on and procrastinate.

Another disadvantage of the Internet is that plagiarism is as easy as copy and paste.

Professors fight the battle with software from websites like turnitin.com that attempt to prevent plagiarism — but they’re far from foolproof.

And even when a student does legitimate research on the Internet, there’s no guarantee the information they find will be accurate.

A gaping hole in the World Wide Web is that anyone can post content and call it fact.

This leads to many students using sources in their work that are less then reputable.

On the other hand, there are

now computer programs like Rosetta Stone that offer the opportunity to learn a new language from the comfort of your own home. Google docs offers free word processor, spreadsheet and drawing applications.

A few years ago users were required to pay a substantial price for those tools.

Even today, Microsoft Office costs $119.99, according to Microsoft’s website.

Students with a computer and an Internet connection have unlimited access to free encyclopedias, dictionaries and a plethora of news sources.

As more of us hop onto the World Wide Web, more people get stuck to it. The Internet has the potential to unite us all in our actions, relayed one news story at a time, or unite us in inaction, one status update at a time.

Jake Buffenbarger can be reached at jbuffenbarger@theorion.com

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At 3 a.m., I close my laptop after typing the last sentence for an online rhetoric project.

I haven’t eaten since breakfast when I had the last of my food, a packet of oatmeal. As I lay awake in bed waiting for sleep to find me, I come to a horrible realization.

“Oh no,” I thought. “I forgot to do my run today.”

College is detrimental to my health.

During a week of nights like this, I can’t remember eating a full meal, or half of a meal at that, and I definitely didn’t make it to the gym. Every day I make myself a to-do list, and after I get everything down, I throw “run seven miles today” at the bottom.

I have been running since I joined cross-country in high school. When I run, the stress of school slips away with every pound to the ground my foot takes. It’s not only a great stress reliever, but it keeps my heart healthy.

I am currently training for a half marathon that’s in December. I want to be ready, but I find my busy school schedule constantly getting in the way. I wake up, go to class, walk to The Orion and edit my column — all without having eaten breakfast.

I want to pedal my way back home, but I have class, and I can’t buy anything at the Bell Memorial Union because I’m a college student who needs to pay rent.

I also have to juggle my tutoring for CAVE because I want to give something back

to my community.

It’s very hard to work for others, do well in school and think about graduate school.

At the end of the day I find myself in bed at midnight — if I am lucky.

I didn’t realize that going to school to get a degree caused a slow deterioration in health, and for those who drink constantly a heavy toll on their organs.

There are some people out there who can manage to go to school and make it to the gym as well, but someone like me, who volunteers and puts his effort into school, tends to see their health deteriorate for school’s sake.

We see this when we watch our peers constantly blowing their noses from colds and sore throats caused by exhaustion or lack of sleep.

Some men out there start to look like their fathers because all the college stress is causing male pattern baldness.

In order to stay fit throughout all of the things I am involved in, I have found a gym partner. We motivate each other — I know I have to meet him at the gym, because if I don’t, I will be letting more than just myself down.

I’ve also decided that I just need to come to school dressed ready to go or to bring gym clothes. This will make me stay on campus and not get distracted after class when I go home to change.

All of us came to Chico State to improve our minds, but that shouldn’t come at the expense of our bodies.

Marty Salgado can be reached at msalgado@theorion.com

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Volleyball splits its weekend series, closes out regular season.

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Allie Colosky SPORTS EDITOR

conference title slips away

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GOING, GOING, GONE With the sting of the California Collegiate Athletic Association title loss still fresh, forward Octavio Guzman [right] and the Wildcats focus on the National Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs.

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Allie Colosky SPORTS EDITOR

TURLOCK — A seven-game winning streak, its 11th shutout of the season and even its second North Division title weren’t enough to boost the Chico State men’s soccer team in the championship final Sunday.

Despite trouncing Cal State Dominguez Hills 3-0 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship semifinals at the Cal State Stanislaus campus, the Wildcats fell 2-0 to Cal State L.A. in the title match.

“Little frustrated, little sad,” senior defender Jacob Darr said. “Big championship game and we wanted this one.”

The final match with the Golden Eagles was the tale of two very good teams, head coach Felipe Restrepo said. With 16 shots on goal for the ’Cats, there were plenty of

opportunities, but Cal State L.A. made its six opportunities count.

“They’re going to feel it a little bit, obviously,” Restrepo said, “but there’s something out in front of them that they can fight for.”

That something out in front of them is a rematch with the same team that stole the conference title.

The ’Cats are going to be looking for revenge against Cal State L.A. when they face off in the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament.

The loss in the CCAA title match came after an exhilarating shutout by the ’Cats in Friday’s semifinal against Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Remaining scoreless in the first half of Friday’s game, the ’Cats finally broke through off a goal off the foot of junior midfielder Micah Miranda from 35 yards out.

“The ball just bounced back to me and I had to take my chance at it,” Miranda said. “I was so excited I did a back flip.”

Senior forward Chris Akwaja added two goals of his own to seal the ’Cats’ trip to the championship match.

Miranda, with his back toward the goal, one-touched the ball to Akwaja who sent the ball through traffic to the near post in the 64th minute.

The ’Cats scored their third and final goal in the 88th minute off a cross from senior forward Ferid Celosmanovic.

Celosmanovic beat the Cal State Dominguez Hills goalie and crossed the ball to Akwaja, who beat one last defender and sank his second goal of the game deep into the corner.

“We have a lot of history with Dominguez,” Akwaja said. “Last year, they knocked us out of >> please see MEN’S SOCCER | B4

’Cats fall in final, seek redemption Andrew Delgado STAFF WRITER

TURLOCK — Despite a thrilling win that propelled it into the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship final, the women’s soccer team couldn’t find that same spark as it fell 4-0 in the title match to Cal State Stanislaus.

The ’Cats’ first match of the weekend was against second-seeded Cal State L.A., while Chico State was seeded third. In their regular season matchup, the ’Cats were shutout 1-0 by the Golden Eagles.

Head coach Kim Sutton didn’t take a lot from the previous matchup due to it being a lackluster game from both sides, she said.

Chico State wanted to implement its own game plan and not rely on the past.

Sophomore defender Carly Singer didn’t forget that loss earlier in the season, she said, and wanted to get revenge for losing 1-0 in a soft game.

The team didn’t forget it either as the ’Cats dominated the first half.

In the 36th minute, senior midfielder Blake Lopes found senior midfielder Lisa Webster in front of the goal, and Webster, with a touch forward, created space for a shot, but Golden Eagle keeper Jessie Walworth lunged for the save.

“Our game plan was executed flawlessly,” Sutton said. “We were about as perfect as you can be in the first half.”

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RESPECT ON THE LINE After losing out on any All-California Collegiate Athletic Association First Team nominations and ranking seventh in the National Collegiate Athletic Association West Region, senior midfielder Blake Lopes [above] and the women’s soccer team beat Cal State L.A. 1-0 before dropping the CCAA tournament final 4-0 to Cal State Stanislaus. The ’Cats head into the NCAA Championship Friday at UC San Diego to face the Warriors who stole the title from them Sunday.

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The Chico State volleyball team closes out its regular season 7 p.m. Friday against Cal State L.A. and “Senior Night” 7 p.m.

Saturday against Cal State Dominguez Hills.

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No NBA November November is one of my favorite months for multiple reasons.

Colder weather adds blankets to your bed, family holidays tease you, and I begin my normal trash talking as the glorious talk purple and gold Lakers pu tip off.

Well, I have two more blankets to snugm gle under and am gl anxiously eyeing turan key day, but on Nov. 1, my beloved NBA abandoned me.

After Afte NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled all S games through November, the NBA has become another professional sports league that has screwed with its fans mentality.

Thank God for college sports.

Instead of feuding with my friends from the northern state about whether or not the Golden State Warriors or the Sacramento Kings even stood a chance against the Lakers this last week, I found comfort in a different way.

Traveling to Turlock for the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament may not seem very comforting, but seeing the men’s and women’s Chico State soccer programs win the CCAA semifinals is more than satisfying.

Even though both teams fell in the title match, they were one example of a college sport that did not abandon me this weekend.

With a successful fall season under Chico State’s belt, the women’s basketball team and other winter sports have given me hope for another thrilling season to cure my NBA blues.

The Wildcats played only two preseason games and both had a dramatic edge that sent them into overtime.

While they dropped their first game, sophomore guard Jazmine Miller’s last second 3-pointer in overtime of their second game gave the ’Cats the exciting win that can only mean good things for such a cold winter.

For more on the upcoming women’s basketball season, see the preview by Andrew Delgado on B2.

Senior guard Jay Flores and the rest of the Chico State men’s basketball team bring the game to Chico for the Carl’s Jr. Mac Martin Invitational this Saturday and Sunday.

They just might bring the cure for the lack of an NBA season should they put on a good show.

There’s ESPN’s College GameDay for restless football fans, much like myself, whose lack of faith in professional football is mirrored in our fantasy league records.

Though watching Philip Rivers repeatedly crash and burn almost makes me giggle as much as I did watching Charlie Day’s “Saturday Night Live” performance.

Some may argue that college sports are not of the same caliber as professional sports, but college sports will always be around to fi ll the void in sports fans’ hearts.

Knowing Wildcat athletics, however, we can all count our lucky stars that college sports will stick around longer than a Kardashian marriage.

Allie Colosky can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com

[ jock talk ] If true, the nature and amount of charges made are very shocking to me and all Penn Staters.”

-Joe Paterno Penn State’s football head coach said in respose to the allegations of child sexual abuse that have surrounded his program.

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Wildcats stay defensive as season nears

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The women’s basketball team took its first victory against Saint Mary’s College in the Wildcats’ second exhibition game of the season. Chico State won 77-75 in overtime on a 3-pointer shot by sophomore guard Jazmine Miller with one second left. The ’Cats begin conference play at 6 p.m.

Tuesday when they travel to Turlock to take on Cal State Stanislaus. source: chicowildcats.com

Andrew Delgado STAFF WRITER

Ready to attack the paint and drain it from behind the arc, the Chico State women’s basketball team finished preseason with a 1-1 record and has focused on its 2011-2012 campaign for a title.

The Wildcats, led by head coach Brian Fogel, ended the 2010-2011 season with an overall 15-12 record, leaving them in fifth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

Returning to action is senior guard Natasha Smith after sitting out most of last season due to a knee injury suffered early in December.

Smith, a two-time First Team All-CCAA selection, has worked harder than ever before over the summer to ensure her ability is up to We might par entering her final year, she said. be little Junior forward Jennifer but we Rene thinks a no-drama play big. atmosphere has been a key factor in the team’s chemistry, she said.

“Everyone has each othJAZMINE MILLER er’s back and that is a good sophomore guard thing to have off the bat,” Smith said.

The coaches in the conference have taken notice of the team’s chemistry, as the annual conference coaches’ poll has Chico State to finish third in the conference behind UC San Diego and Cal Poly Pomona, but the ’Cats aren’t deterred.

“The polls aren’t relevant,” Smith said. “We just have to progress and make it hard for the other teams to beat us.”

The ’Cats are one of the smaller teams with the average height of each player around 5 feet 8 inches tall, but sophomore guard Jazmine Miller is confident that size isn’t a weakness.

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The men’s golf team played its last tournament of the year in the Sonoma State Invitational in Santa Rosa on Monday and Tuesday. The Wildcats’ team was made up of seniors Kyle Souza, Eric Frazzetta, Kevin Rei, Bobby Bucey and sophomore Brenden Beeg. Chico also had junior Matt Williams participating as an individual.

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SETTIING UP Brian Fogel, women’s basketball coach, works with freshman guard Caressa Williams at practice. Williams is one the guards listed on the roster with an average height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

“We might be little but we play big,” she said.

The ’Cats have focused mostly on their defense on their route to a winning season.

“We are hanging our hats on our defense this year,” Smith said. “We are not going to let people push us around and let them do what they want.”

Last season, the ’Cats out-rebounded their opponents 1,034-1,017 averaging 38 per game.

While building on their defense, the ’Cats are also looking to better last season’s average of 62.4 points per game.

Half of the roster is listed as guards, with two point guards and five forwards making up the rest of the squad.

With a lot of good shooters, Smith said, covering Chico State’s guards is going to be a test.

“Having a lot of guards on our team makes us quick,” Smith said. “And speed kills.”

The ’Cats fought off nerves and turnovers

during their exhibition matches when they lost 65-64 in overtime to Cal State San Marcos and beat Division I St. Mary’s College 77-75, also in overtime.

“Everyone stepped up and got to play in the game,” Rene said. “We found out our bench can come into the game and be able to compete at a high level.”

Miller isn’t worried about offense after the recent win.

“We have so many weapons,” she said. “Everybody can contribute, not just one player.”

The ’Cats start the regular season at 6 p.m.

Tuesday in Turlock, taking on the Cal State Stanislaus Warriors, and have their home-opener 7 p.m. Nov. 18 against the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks at Acker Gym. Andrew Delgado can be reached at adelgado@theorion.com

’Cats can’t kick NCAA competition, finish 2nd SWITCHING GEARS Sophomore Isaac Chavez battles University of Alaska Anchorage runner Micah Chelimo in the Chico State men’s cross-country team’s second-place finish. The women’s team, led by senior Alia Gray, also finished in second place.

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The Chico State men’s soccer team had three players named to the 2011 California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Conference Teams.

Seniors forward Ferid Celosmanovic and defender Jacob Darr were awarded to the First Team and junior midfielder Tyson Crim made his way to the Second Team. In addition, midfielders Chris Akwaja, Micah Miranda and defender Mike Janjigian were named to the CCAA All-Tournament team.

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Wildcat of the Week

Jazmine Miller women’s basketball The sophomore guard drained one of her four 3-pointers to push the Chico State women’s basketball team over Division I Saint Mary’s College. After being nailed with a technical foul, the Wildcats headed into overtime for the second time in their short preseason.

The ’Cats pulled out the 77-75 win with a last-second 3-pointer. Miller led the ’Cats with a team-high 17 points.

Wildcat of the Week is a regular feature meant to acknowledge the contributions made by individuals to the team. Winners are chosen by The Orion sports staff from nominations taken from all sports. To nominate: sportseditor@theorion.com

Two points — that’s all that stood between the Chico State men’s cross-country team and the National Collegiate Athletic Association West Regional title.

With a final score of 29-27, the ’Cats were so close to victory that if any one of their five scorers could have outrun just one of the men from defending champion University of Alaska Anchorage, the title would have been Chico State’s.

Beating Alaska Anchorage at regionals was one of the ’Cats’ biggest goals this season, and after clinching a fi rst-place victory at conference, they thought the win was theirs.

The loss made for a rough weekend.

Perhaps no one felt Saturday’s sting of second place quite like Chico State’s 2010 All-American sophomore Isaac Chavez.

Battling it out in a 123-runner field, Chavez was out-sprinted for the NCAA Regional individual title by just one second.

Made up of a sharp turn and a short straightaway, the end of the course was where Chavez knew he wasn’t going to take the title, he said.

He had kept his lead around most of the turns, Chavez said, but with about 100 yards left in the race, a runner from Northwest Nazarene University managed to cut in front of him.

Seizing the opportunity, Alaska Anchorage’s Micah Chelimo made a dash for it, widening a gap Chavez had no time to make up, Chavez said.

“He turned to the fi nish then the North Nazarene guy got in front of me on the turn,” Chavez said. “I just couldn’t really shoot out and catch up to him.”

Although they didn’t bring home the regional title, the team is still hopeful for the championship, Chavez said. He thinks his team still has a shot at the podium.

“I feel like we have a good shot of getting a trophy for sure,” Chavez said. “I’m defi nitely looking forward to competing for the top spot individually, so hopefully that helps the team.”

Adrian Sherrod, who came in ninth overall at the regionals, couldn’t decide if this year’s or last year’s regional loss to Alaska Anchorage was more upsetting.

“It was so close — two points,” Sherrod said.

“All it takes for two points is for one of us to be in front of one of them and then we would have tied it and then we would have definitely won if it came down to our No. 6 person.”

Even with the loss, the weekend wasn’t all bad, Sherrod said.

“Not many teams even have a guy to be AllRegion, and we have seven,” he said.

Johnny Sanchez crossed the line second for the ’Cats and sixth overall, at 31 minutes, 7 seconds.

He was followed by Sherrod and senior Joseph Rivera.

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Senior Joey Kochlacs finished 31:23, rounding out Chico’s score.

Dayne Gradone and Anthony Costales soon followed, leaving Chico State with all seven of its team members placing before 17th, and all seven obtaining All-Regional honors.

Going into the weekend with the same goal — to take back its title from Alaska Anchorage — the Chico State women’s cross-country team also came in second place.

By the time Alia Gray scored for Chico State, Alaska Anchorage already had three runners across the finish line.

“They started out really strong,” said Amy Schnittger, the Wildcats’ second scorer who took ninth place out of Saturday’s 165-runner field.

Despite losing 66-27, Schnittger still thinks her team can turn this weekend’s loss around and

come back to beat Alaska Anchorage when they meet again at the NCAA Championship in two weeks, she said.

“I think we can, but they have a very strong team, both men and women,” Schnittger said, “but I mean, definitely not out of our realm.”

Last year, after the ’Cats lost to Alaska Anchorage at regionals, both Chico State teams came back at nationals to take fifth place while Alaska Anchorage sat in eighth.

They meet Nov. 19 for the NCAA Championships, back at the regionals course in Spokane, Wash.

“I want to beat Alaska, and I know our boys can,” Schnittger said. “They were so close. We’re coming back with vengeance.”

Sarah Bohannon can be reached at sbohannon@theorion.com

STAT ’CAT >> CROSS-COUNTRY The position the men’s and

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The number of assists by junior setter Sable Villaescusa during the Wildcats’ dramatic come from behind victory in five sets Saturday against Cal State Monterey Bay. The ’Cats split the results of their final weekend on the road.

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The number of goals scored by senior forward Chris Akwaja in the Wildcats’ 3-0 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament Friday.

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VOLLEYBALL FACING THE ODDS Junior defensive specialist Jessica Simms [left] and sophomore outside hitter Alex Shurtz [right] helped lock down the Wildcats win at home Nov. 2 against Cal State Stanislaus.

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Wildcats split series, fight for playoff berth GAME 1

Sarah Goad STAFF WRITER

The Chico State volleyball team took to the road this past weekend battling to keep its playoff hopes alive after a win at home.

The ’Cats took on Cal State Stanislaus Nov. 2 in Acker Gym and came out with a three-set sweep. It was their first win at home since Oct. 1.

In the first set, the ’Cats fell behind 13-20 but came battling back to a 25-23 victory.

Chico took the lead early in the second set and didn’t look back, claiming a 25-18 win.

The ’Cats took the final set 25-18 and swept the season series against Cal State Stanislaus.

The weekend’s road trip began on Friday at Cal State East Bay with East Bay taking the match from the ’Cats in four sets.

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East Bay played really well, Chico State assistant coach Carson Lowden said.

The Pioneers picked up a lot of balls that fell the first time Chico State played them.

The ’Cats kept it close in the first set, but five errors didn’t help their cause as East Bay took the match opener 25-20.

Chico jumped out to an early lead in the second set on the back of four kills from sophomore outside hitter Alex Shurtz. East Bay came back to tie the score at 13, but Chico State claimed victory in this set 25-20.

After scoring the first point of the third match, Chico State fell quickly to the Warriors, letting them score the next seven points.

Kills by Shurtz, junior opposite hitter Jessica Leek

and junior outside hitter Makenzie Snyder helped a Wildcat rally, bringing the ’Cats within three.

Chico kept the score close but the Warriors scored six of the last nine points and took the set 25-20.

There were times in the game when the front row was on and the back row was struggling, and vice versa, Shurtz said.

The fourth set was a backand-forth fight between the ’Cats and the Warriors.

Shurtz racked up five more kills but that wasn’t enough for a victory as the Warriors took the set 25-18 and evened the season series.

Saturday took the ’Cats to Cal State Monterey Bay. Chico beat the Otters in dramatic fashion in five sets, 25-19, 18-25, 24-26, 27-25 and 15-12.

Snyder led the team with 25 kills on the night followed by Leek with 17, Shurtz with 14 and senior middle hitter Jacqueline Johnson with 12.

Junior setter Sable Villaescusa set the standard with 59 assists on the night. Junior defensive specialist Jessica Simms recorded a game-high 23 digs followed by freshman defensive specialist Lauren Orozco with 21, Villaescusa with 18, and Snyder and Leek with 12 each.

The ’Cats were down two sets to one and facing match point in the fourth set when an Otter error, a kill from freshman middle hitter Lindsay Quigley

and a Villaescusa ace put them back up.

It was an exciting game to see and great to see the team so resilient, Lowden said.

“With our backs against the wall we were able to force the fifth game,” Shurtz said.

The ’Cats close out the regular season at home this weekend, still hoping for a playoff spot.

Cal State L.A. comes to town Friday and the ’Cats face Cal State Dominguez Hills Saturday. Both games start at 7 p.m. at Acker Gym. Sarah Goad can be reached at sgoad@theorion.com

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Chico State athletics at top of conferences, give little room for doubt Sarah Goad STAFF WRITER

The success of sports is measured by wins and losses, titles and championships, and this fall has given Chico State plenty to brag about.

“We’re having one of the best falls ever across the board for our teams,” Chico State President Paul Zingg said.

The men’s and women’s crosscountry teams brought home the

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It’s never just one team that dominates or one season that dominates.

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ANITA BARKER Athletic Director

top honor in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams claimed the North Division title in the CCAA this season. It is the fi rst time since Chico State joined the CCAA in 1998 that both soccer teams advanced to the CCAA Championship Tournament.

Since 2003, either the men’s or women’s soccer team has made it to the CCAA Championship Tournament, but never both teams in the same year.

“This 12-team conference in men’s and women’s soccer is one of the premiere conferences in the nation in Division II,” Athletic

Director Anita Barker said.

Volleyball is also still in the hunt for a spot in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament Pacific Regional.

There are eight spots in the tournament and a committee chooses the teams that get those spots.

The ’Cats volleyball team has had more victories under head coach Cody Hein, who took over in 2003, than any other coach in Chico State history. He has also led three teams to appearances in the NCAA Championship Tournament.

“Over the last five years, our volleyball team has been one of the best in the west region,” Sports Information Director Luke Reid said. “We just happen to play in a really tough conference.”

Cross-country has been a dominating force in the CCAA for years and fall 2011 hasn’t been an exception.

Chico State’s men’s cross-country team has been the CCAA champion every year since 2002 and has also fi nished in the top 10 in the NCAA during its run.

In eight of the past 10 years, the women’s cross-country team has taken the CCAA Championship title and in the two years the team didn’t take the top spot, it fi nished second.

As far as fall sports go, if Chico State hasn’t been the best, they have been among the top schools in the conference every year, Reid said.

The strength of Chico’s athletic program is that success is spread across the board.

“It’s never just one team that dominates or one season that

dominates,” Barker said.

Chico State solidified its success in the athletic department by claiming the 2010-2011 CCAA Commissioner’s Cup, an award that goes to the school with the highest collective ranking in eight of the 12 championship sport offerings in the conference.

Chico State SEASON also fi nRECAP ished 26th out of Chico State 310 Division athletics have II schools and brought home collected its 10th four different straight fi nish in North Division the top 30 among titles while NCAA Division five teams are still battling II schools for the through the Directors’ Cup. postseason.

“This whole run that we are on is a testimony to the coaching staff we have here,” Barker said.

Coaches who participated and played at Chico State come back with a sense of tradition and desire to be successful and build strong programs.

“Whenever you can have that kind of connection with alumni I think it benefits both the student athletes and the program,” Barker said.

There is a lot of good stuff happening, Zingg said, and he is very optimistic for the whole year in the athletic department.

Sarah Goad can be reached at sgoad@theorion.com

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FIGHT LIKE A GIRL The Wildcats finished their season with a 1-0 loss to Santa Clara University.

Chico State’s Melinda Templeman [left] and Emily Muhlhauser [bottom] race for possession of the puck.

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Chico State club field hockey finishes third Dariush Dias Azmoudeh A SST. SPORTS EDITOR

The women’s field hockey team braced against the cold weather during its final league game of the season but fell 1-0 to Santa Clara University Saturday.

With few shots from both ends, it took until the second half for Santa Clara to find the only goal of the game.

“I think the one goal they did get was a series of events that kind of went wrong,” senior goalkeeper Noelle Mason-Wood said. “But I felt pretty confident out there today other than the one goal.”

The Wildcats fought hard, despite the goal, and felt the gain of momentum as the game reached its end.

In the final play of the game, Chico charged on a fast break across the field and shot the ball that was blocked by the Broncos’ goalkeeper.

“In the end we were able to notice what we were doing wrong and kind of pull it together,” senior defender Lauren Miller-Galvin said. “If we had five more minutes left, I felt like we could have scored and tied the game up.”

During the game, the ’Cats found trouble passing through a tough Santa Clara defense.

“They had very good stops,” senior defender Rachel Ludlow said. “They would block our ball every time.”

A problem the ’Cats found within themselves in the game was a lack of communication that led to passing errors.

“Right from the get go, we could have talked more and passed and spread out,” MillerGalvin said. “If we were to spread out and pass the ball, we would be able to work it up the field and past their team.”

Defensively, the team needed to back each other up more

in order to stop Santa Clara’s plays on the breakaways, Miller-Galvin said.

The last time the two teams met, the ’Cats took the 2-1 victory on Oct. 16 at Santa Clara.

Feeling off its usual rhythm, the team practiced on its double-teaming in preparation for Santa Clara.

“We definitely didn’t play up to how we usually play,” Ludlow said. “I don’t know what was wrong but we did some good block tackles.”

The ’Cats end the season with a 1-5 West Collegiate Field Hockey Conference Northern Division record and 3-6 overall.

Chico finished in third place in its division.

Despite the season’s end, Ludlow was happy with how the team played and grew throughout the season, she said.

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DENIED Sophomore defender Mike Janjigian makes a remarkable save against Cal State Dominguez Hills in the California Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals on Friday.

Janjigian earned CCAA AllTournament team honors for his defensive work throughout the tournament.

MEN’S SOCCER: Far West Region title in jeopardy continued from B1

this competition 3-0, so it was like payback.”

One former Wildcat who felt the pressure in the stands was former Chico State soccer standout, Chris Wondolowski.

“It’s too stressful watching up there,” Wondolowski said, “but this is a great experience and the team played really well.”

The pressure on the ’Cats will only continue when they travel to Seattle, Wash., in their rematch with the Golden Eagles.

“We’ve been playing solid soccer all season long so we just have to believe in each other and do it for each other,” Akwaja said.

The ’Cats are excited for the upcoming tournament and the chance to defend their 2010 Far West Region title, Restrepo said.

They will get to taste revenge if they can repeat last season’s results and maybe more.

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DONE DEAL Junior defenderturnedforward Shelby Dunlap scored the Wildcats’ only goal of the weekend in the ’Cats’ 1-0 win in the California Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals against Cal State L.A.

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another opponent — the wind.

“The wind was a huge game changer,” Sutton said. “It affected our service and gave them more opportunities.”

Three minutes into the second half, a throw-in from Singer found junior defenderturned-forward Shelby Dunlap in front of the net. Dunlap was able to elevate herself, get a fl ick on the ball and put it across the goal line.

“I was just posted up and when the ball came in I jumped and I think my adrenaline took me a little higher and I fl icked the ball and it went in,” Dunlap said.

Dunlap’s goal sealed the ’Cats’ revenge on the Golden Eagles.

With the win, the ’Cats squared off with the Cal State Stanislaus Warriors Sunday in the title match.

From the opening kickoff, both teams were trying to fi nd out each other’s plan of attack as the ball was kicked long and offense was slim.

It didn’t take long for the ’Cats to fi nd their offense.

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In the seventh minute, Lopes swung the ball from the left side into the six-yard box just behind a defender and found Dunlap as she rose to head the perfectly placed pass only to have the ball hit the crossbar and fall into the keeper’s hands.

The Warriors found their offensive rhythm minutes later as a ball was centered and sophomore forward Karenee Demery headed the pass to the far post putting the Warriors up 1-0.

The day belonged to the Warriors and Demery, whose three goals — a hat trick — gave them a 4-0 win and their fi rst CCAA soccer title in school history.

Andrew Delgado can be reached at adelgado@theorion.com

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WOMEN’S SOCCER W 8-0

Aug. 18

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L 2-0

Aug. 27

Southern Oregon (scrimmage)

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T 0-0

Sept. 1

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Sept. 3

Sept. 9

Sonoma State

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Sept. 11

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Sept. 16

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Sept. 2

Western Oregon

W 3-1

@Seattle Pacific

L 1-0

Sept. 3

Dominican

W 3-0

@Western Washington

T 0-0

Sept. 3

Western Washington

W 3-0

Sept. 9

Sonoma State

W 2-1

Sept. 6

@William Jessup

W 3-0

W 2-0

Sept. 11

@Cal State Stanislaus

L 2-1

Sept. 9

@Sonoma State

W 5-0

Sept. 16

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

W 3-1

Sept. 10

@Humboldt State

W 3-0

@Cal State L.A.

T 2-2

Sept. 18

@Cal State L.A.

L 1-0

Sept. 13

Simpson

W 3-0

@Cal State Monterey Bay

L 2-1

Sept. 23

@Cal State Monterey Bay

W 3-0

Sept. 16

San Francisco State

W 3-1

W 1-0

Sept. 25

@Cal State East Bay

W 2-1

Sept. 17

Cal Poly Pomona

W 3-2

Cal State Stanislaus

T 0-0

Sept. 30

Cal State Stanislaus

T 1-1

Sept. 23

@Cal State San Bernardino

L 3-0

Humboldt State

W 2-0

Oct. 2

Humboldt State

W 1-0

Sept. 24

@UC San Diego

W 3-2

Oct. 7

UC San Diego

W 2-1

Oct. 7

UC San Diego

T 0-0

Sept. 28

@Cal State Stanislaus

W 3-0

Oct. 9

Cal State San Bernardino

L 3-1

Oct. 9

Cal State San Bernardino

L 1-0

Sept. 30

Cal State Monterey Bay

W 3-2

Oct. 14

@San Francisco State

W 1-0

Oct. 14

@San Francisco State

L 2-1

Oct. 1

Cal State East Bay

W 3-0

Oct. 16

@Cal Poly Pomona

W 1-0

Oct. 16

@ Cal Poly Pomona

W 2-1

Oct. 7

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

W 3-0

Oct. 21

Cal State East Bay

W 2-0

Oct. 21

Cal State East Bay

W 4-1

Oct. 8

@Cal State L.A.

W 3-0

Oct. 23

Cal State Monterey Bay

W 3-1

Oct. 23

Cal State Monterey Bay

W 1-0

Oct. 14

Humboldt State

L 3-2

Oct. 28

@Humboldt State

W 2-1

Oct. 28

@Humboldt State

W 2-0

Oct. 15

Sonoma State

L 3-0

Oct. 30

@Sonoma State

W 1-0

Oct. 30

@Sonoma State

W 2-1

Oct. 21

@Cal Poly Ponoma

Nov. 4

CCAA Semifinal

W 3-0

Nov. 4

CCAA Semifinal

W 1-0

OCt. 22

@San Francisco State

Nov. 6

CCAA Championship

L 2-0

Nov. 6

CCAA Championship

L 4-0

Oct. 28

UC San Diego

L 3-1

Nov. 11-13

NCAA Championship Far West Regional

TBA

Nov. 11-13

NCAA Championship Far West Regional

TBA

Oct. 29

Cal State San Bernardino

L 3-0

Nov. 19

NCAA Championship Quarterfinal

TBA

Nov. 19

NCAA Championship Quarterfinal

TBA

Nov. 2

Cal State Stanislaus

Dec. 1-3

NCAA Championship Tournament Final Four

TBA

Dec. 1-3

NCAA Championship Tournament Final Four

TBA

Nov. 4

@Cal State East Bay

Nov. 5

@Cal State Monterey Bay

W 3-2

Nov. 11

Cal State L.A.

7 p.m.

Nov. 12

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

Nov. 17-19

NCAA Championship Tournament Pacific Regional

TBA

Dec. 1-2

NCAA Championship Tournament Elite Eight

TBA

Aug. 17

Yuba College

Aug. 23

@UC Davis

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W 3-0 L 3-1

W 3-0 L 3-1

CROSS COUNTRY Sept. 10

@Humboldt Invitational

Oct. 22

CCAA Championships

Sept. 24

@Stanford Invitational

Nov. 5

NCAA West Regional

Oct. 1

@Willamette Invitaional

Nov. 19

NCAA Championships

Oct. 15

@Santa Clara Invitational

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ZOOM Jade Reed [left], a senior applied computer graphics major, discusses art with Kennedy Megan [right] during her first solo art show in Ayres Hall. [below] Sasha Sinkevich [left] and Erika Schlegel [right], both sophomore pre-nursing majors, examine a piece at Kennedy Megan’s solo show “Secrement.”

Art show gets up close, personal Nicole Walker STAFF WRITER

A scratch, a birthmark, a blemish, a lump or a freckle — a common, but hidden piece of identity revealed through art.

“Secrement,” an art show by Kennedy Megan, was on display in Ayres Hall for two weeks.

The show used anomalies within the human figure and examined them in an art form, Megan said. The majority of her photos were of close friends and family members because of the private nature of the art.

“Being permitted to move freely around their bodies enables my ability to create abstract imagery,” Megan said in her artist statement.

“People share fragments of their bodies with me that the world cannot see.”

However, she has used strangers, and while photographing them, she learns their story as they share a private piece with her.

The photographs she takes capture elements that most people aren’t normally open about or that the public does not notice, Megan said. She has the tendency to grasp more of the unique features of the body and, because these people are close to her, she can show their features that the everyday person wouldn’t pick up on.

Megan patched up a wall in the room, which is normally an open area and made it appear to be seamless in order for the space to capture an intimacy for viewers to examine the art, she said.

“The close-ups are borderless to enrich the bold forms and textures,” Megan said in her artist statement. “The bodily abstraction is a metaphor for the unknowns we have in relating to each other.”

Her search began in 2008, when she embraced direct and influenced microphotography, as well as scenography to create these images.

After changing her major two times in her freshman year, Megan finally settled on her passion on for photography, which she he will practice aside a more re he The close- financially stable career, she said. ups are “I wasn’t thinking about ut borderless what I wanted in the right ht to enrich way,” she said. “I went back to my passions of taking picthe bold tures of pigeons and sidewalk forms and cracks when I was young.” textures.

From there on Megan decided she would take it to the next level and pursue photography after graduating KENNEDY MEGAN and attend graduate school.

Artist Megan is in her last semester as part of the Bachelor of Fine Arts studio art program at Chico State and that is where her abilities to organize her own art show stem from, Megan said. The program allows students to work more closely with the professors and have an open studio, get feedback and, during the

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last semester, organize their own show.

At first glance, Megan’s work has its own signature. Her art is identifiable and her voice shows in every piece.

Megan’s selection of her subjects, skin and bone, as well as the way she photographs these things from a very close perspective, does stand out as her own, said Tom Patton, professor of art. Patton is Megan’s primary photo teacher and serves as her mentor in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program.

“The work in Kennedy’s current exhibition exceeds my expectations for undergraduate work,” he said.

The quality of her work both technically and aesthetically is professional and exemplifies more of what he would expect from a graduate student than a typical undergrad,

Patton said.

“She has the talent and drive to succeed in the highly competitive field of the art of photography,” he said.

Indeed, many of her works are simultaneously both beautiful and grotesque because she has taken very simple and ordinary subject matters and illustrated them in ways that make them seem extraordinary, Patton said.

As with any successful exhibition, Megan’s work shows aspects of her personality and her thought processes.

“Her show pushes and challenges its viewers by confronting our expectations of beauty,” he said.

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Girl with the flower Dead baby pictures Dressed in a lacey bonnet, a baby girl is comfortably snuggled among a cushion of pillows, eyes shut and ready for her picture to be taken. But she didn’t fall asleep while cozied up waiting for the photographer to finish up — she’s dead.

Dead babies are a big seller on the Internet. Photos of postmortems on glass, thin and cheap metal, and paper are circling the eBay sales floor and people are shelling out big bucks for these images. They are considered collector’s items for the rare subject matter and photo development.

I thought the pictures of the dead were only some disturbing haunt in a scary movie I saw — but it’s real. These photos were more commonplace in the early 19th century.

At fi rst the figures look like someone caught them snoozing, but after it’s noted they’re dead, that lifeless image becomes sad.

“From baby carriage to t coffi n was the fate of 30 percent pe children,” of 19th century children his Stanley Burns said in h book, “Sleeping Beauty Beauty: Memorial Photography in America,” a series of AmeriAm can postmortem portraits.

Why would anyone want to remember a loved one in that state? It’s sad.

Looking back on these photos now, it’s a morbid idea to capture a person in his or her last state of being before burial. But back then it was a loved one’s keepsake.

Having one’s picture taken was a pricey luxury, especially for a postmortem photo. The desired photographer would lug his equipment to the person’s house and set up a studio there. For most, that postmortem snapshot was the only photograph taken of that person.

The photo was sentimental for the owner and it was like a tradition.

If anyone today was caught posing the dead with a lacey baby blanket, they would be deemed sinister, but it’s not entirely a dying art.

A few semesters ago, the Meriam Library featured a series of postmortem photography — an eerie sight, but defi nitely one for conversation. These photos shove death into a person’s face.

An image speak volumes over any spoken or written word, but what can a person say to a baby whose life was cut short to an illness? Can’t say much when a mother is cradling her deceased child, but one can only imagine the heartache.

Nowadays people feel the need to document everything in their day, from meals to outfits and pets, but death is never on the list.

Many want a photo of a happier time framed on the wall, not one of a lifeless deep sleep, though there is a small revival of this art called “remembrance photography.”

Deceased infants are posed much like the babies from the 19th century. Somber little faces in an eternal sleep are captured and parents have that tangible image of their baby, a true sleeping beauty.

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Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” really does make you want to move like a Rolling Stone. Bad Meets Evil gets some excellent help from crooner Bruno Mars on “Lighters.”

Newcomer Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” is an indie pop success that hopes to launch them mainstream. The album’s 20 tracks also include songs from Britney Spears, Rihanna and Usher. “Now” has always been able to create good mixes of genres for a good party playlist, but it’s sometimes easier to just buy the singles you want.

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Joe Goodwin and Mark Pagel have the same passion for music, but different views of their future in the music industry.

Their songwriting skills caught the eye of Chico State’s Wild Oak Music Group, and they were taken under wing and represented by the music group as official songwriters.

Wearing a green jacket and gray jeans, Goodwin shared his views of his music career.

Being a Chico native, but not a Chico State Wildcat has not hindered his dreams of being a musician.

Wild Oak discovered Goodwin when he performed at an open-mic night. Wild Oak’s mission is to assist artists with music videos, plan tours, promote radio airplay and enhance their marketing capabilities and improve business practices.

Goodwin was introduced to music starting at a young age. His parents introduced him to classical piano at the age of 8, and at 18 Goodwin taught himself guitar. Now 21, he has performed in different venues such as Cafe Culture and Bustolini’s Deli and Coffeehouse.

Goodwin will eventually move to a traditional band and make a living off music as a profession, he said. However, he is not concerned with fame.

“If that happens that’ll be awesome,” Goodwin said.

All Goodwin wants is people to hear his music and, if it’s good, see how they respond to it, he said.

With a classical music background and a love of Bob Dylan, Goodwin has his parents and Beethoven to thank for improving his musical abilities.

For inspiration he tries to emulate Bob Dylan because he likes the idea of one man with a guitar singing, Goodwin said. Although he

doesn’t consider his sound folk music, but rather contemporary, it is just the set up of playing an acoustic guitar that subjected his style as folk.

On his songwriting side, he has no set method for writing and started writing songs aimlessly, he said. For some of his songs he had an idea of where to go, but others are just instances of feelings and emotions or spontaneous.

“I just try to write it out, kind of get it out of my system,” Goodwin said.

Goodwin has no special song that embodies him.

“Every song that I write is kind of like almost a little piece of me,” he said. “You can’t just put all of yourself into one song, I just don’t think that’s possible.”

He only plays original compositions as he tries to be different by not copying other genres, Goodwin said.

“I don’t hear a lot of experimentation,” Goodwin said.

Pagel had a similar story to his colleague Goodwin. The senior music industry and technology major also started playing music at an early age.

When Pagel was 14, his classical piano lesson days were over and he decided to grab a different instrument and began strumming a guitar.

The Bay Area native from Orinda tried to emulate his guitar-playing friend while he was in middle school, he said.

“Well I got to start playing guitar now,” Pagel said.

He took lessons for a year, but wasn’t very good and decided to practice on his own.

Still in middle school, he picked up his songwriting skills. The meaning of his songs varies, but he finds himself writing a lot of love songs, which he doesn’t fi nd very attractive.

“It’s the go-to,” Pagel said.

Even non-artists will end up going that path, he said. He tries to avoid writing love songs and aims for more symbolic melodies that are influenced by nature.

“This is going to sound really lame coming out,” Pagel said. “But I think it symbolizes what I’m trying to express.”

He uses the elements like weather and sun as muses for his songs.

“I feel silly sometimes when I’m on stage and I’m singing one love song after the other,” he said. “Like one about break up, one about getting together.”

Pagel doesn’t know why he settled for folk since he is interested in all genres, but when he plays acoustic guitar with the music he writes, he sends the folk sound, he said.

He was recorded on the Wild Oak Music Group Songwriter’s Collective compilation CD last year and won second place in the music group’s songwriter’s competition this year.

He didn’t take it as a competition, but more of an open-mic event, as he wasn’t trying to win.

He wouldn’t say if he is better than other writers, but the way he writes songs in alternative tunings is a different style from other writers, he said.

Pagel has no desire to be a recording artist, he said. He enjoys writing music and making a living out of it.

“I am more interested in writing for people, and collaborating with other artists,” he said.

Kyle Krueger, a senior music industry and technology major, likes how Pagel performs on stage, Krueger said. He is engaging with the crowd as he shares what he is performing compared to other artists who would just sing.

Pagel is also a good solo performer, he said.

“His songs have a different meaning to him,” Krueger said.

Miguel Rocha can be reached at mrocha@theorion.com

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Blood, sex and dubstep are an odd combination, but not for School of the Arts’ “Revenger’s Tragedy,” the newest production at Chico State.

Katie Whitlock, director and sound coordinator, described Hamlet this Jacobean-era play on crack ... but a lot as a kind of “Hamlet on bloodier crack ... but and with a lot blooda lot more ier and with a lot more action. action.”

Through six weeks of KATIE WHITLOCK rehearsal, Director the cast members have been working tirelessly to learn their lines and get into character.

Mikey Perdue, a junior musical theatre major, described his character, Vindice, as blood-lustful.

“The duke of this world poisoned my character’s wife nine years ago because she would not sleep with him,” Perdue said.

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He is plotting revenge on the duke and to those who deserve it. The best part is the audience gets to see it all happen.

Sex, violence and dark humor successfully make this play different from any of the other Chico State theatrical productions this semester.

“It’s kind of the Quentin Tarantino of its era,” Whitlock said.

Leading lady, Sepi Burgiani, a senior theatre major, described her character Lussurioso as “an indulgent, lustful royal person who gets what she wants and who will throw a tantrum when she doesn’t get what she wants.”

Lussurioso struts her stuff in some scantily-clad outfits that are sure to cause jaws to drop.

“I get to have a lot of fun with how greedy and lustful I am,” Burgiani said.

This show is defi nitely for mature audiences only, but those who attend are in for a roller coaster ride of emotions.

“I’d love for the audience to walk away saying, ‘That was a blast to sit through,’” Perdue said.

Brittany Comas can be reached at bcomas@theorion.com

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WHAT: “Revenger’s Tragedy” — a reworking of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

WHEN: Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Wismer Theatre

TICKETS: $6 for students $15 for adults $13 for seniors

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THESE DAYS Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Jackson Browne performs a sold-out show at the Laxson Auditorium Thursday evening.

With a blend of folk rock, meaningful lyrics and activism, Jackson Browne wowed audiences at his sold-out show Thursday night at Laxson Auditorium hosted by Chico Performances.

With a lineup of guitars behind a small wooden chair, the singer emerged with a smile and a wave and the crowd erupted into applause. Browne immediately jumped into a slow folk song, and his powerful lyrics rang through the auditorium and got the crowd going.

“I think this may be the first time I have ever played a show in Chico,” Browne said. “I’m happy to be here and I’m glad everyone came out.”

Like the original John Mayer, Browne’s raspy but powerful vocals accompanied his guitar and piano playing beautifully as the soft notes brought tears to audience members’ eyes. Belting out his hit songs, including “Rock Me on the Water” and “Tender is the Night,” Browne brought about a memorable performance for each tune.

“I don’t have a set list,” Browne said. “I just play whatever I feel like playing.”

He took requests from the crowd and audience members began uncontrollably shouting out songs between sets, prompting Browne to switch up his intended melody and amuse his fans.

Before almost every song, Browne told a story about

the inspirations behind the songs and the meanings behind the lyrics. As an environmentalist and activist, he discussed the ChicoBag and his passion for the preservation of Earth’s resources. He then went into a song he recently composed that was “more like a speech” on saving the Earth, he said.

“We are overusing our water resources and with no water, there is no us,” Browne said.

With soft guitar rifts and vocal high notes that emanated emotion, each song was a piece of substance.

Browne’s enthusiasm and passion for music and its expressive qualities was apparent in his strong vocals.

Browne ended the night with one of his most famous songs, “Running on Empty,” as the packed house cheered in approval and sang along to the well-known classic. He left the stage to a standing ovation.

“I want to thank everyone for coming to hear me sing and making me feel welcome,” Browne said.

An artist since the 1960s, Browne has been an immense influence in songwriting and has redefined folk music with his compelling and sincere harmonies.

Browne’s concert was a hit in Chico, a place Browne has always wanted to visit, he said.

“My friend Emily thought it would be a good idea I play in Chico,” Browne said. “She was right.”

The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com

Art show captures beauty in ‘Fictitious Wanderings’ Jen Moreno STAFF WRITER

Anyone with an appetite for art should head over to the Bell Memorial Union this month and wander on up to the Third Floor Gallery.

From now until Dec. 2 the gallery will feature “Fictitious Wanderings,” a collaborative art show put on by three Chico State students in pursuit of their Master in Fine Arts degrees.

After a professor convinced them the original name of their show, “Damsels, Dead Animals and Decay,” wasn’t very professional sounding they changed it, but their concepts stayed the same. The show will display pieces from each of the artists’ diverse areas of interest.

“We all have really subtle narratives in our work and we all kinda have a dark sense of humor,” said Ruby Rudnick, a second year graduate student.

“We thought it’d be great to have a show together.”

Rudnick’s pieces are all hand drawn with pen, ink and an immaculate attention for detail.

Some of her work is drawn but then later used for collages, she said.

She’ll cut them out and arrange them as she pleases without any planned compositions.

Fellow artist Mariam Pakbaz’s dead animal moniker was used to describe her work based on inspiration from naturalist imagery and a taxidermy collection, Pakbaz said.

Also in her second year of the graduate

program in drawing, Pakbaz uses daily life as her inspiration, she said. She began drawing when she was young, wanting to make pretty pictures like her older brother.

After dipping into other mediums such as MORE ON bronze casting, glass FICTITIOUS blowing, ceramics, fiber WANDERINGS art and weaving, Pakbaz always goes back When to what she describes as currently “core, raw, very quick showing and intermediate” Where drawing.

Bell Memorial The last artist of Union the trio is third-year graduate student A closing reception will Chelsea Gilmore.

Unlike the other two, be held from Gilmore’s focus is in 5 to 6 p.m. painting. More specifi- on Thursday, cally, abstract paintings Dec. 1. of broken down, demolished buildings.

“I’m really drawn to the beauty of the decay you find in those buildings,” Gilmore said. “The buildings I like to paint the most, that wind up turning out the best, are the ones that have that have the biggest amounts of devastation.”

“Fictitious Wanderings” is a free show and will hold the same operating hours as the BMU. A closing reception will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Jen Moreno can be reached at jmoreno@theorion.com

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MEN’S TEE Wildcat charcoal block tee - $15 Sequel jeans by Quicksilver - $50 RCVA knit beanie - Pacsun $25 TOMS black men’s botas - $79

MEN’S OUTERWEAR Wildcat wool plaid hoodie - $48 Black straight leg jeans - Old Navy $30 Vans Atwood plaid sneaker - $35 Levi’s fingerless gloves - $28

WOMEN’S TEE Chico State boyfriend tee - $20 Slouchy jeans - American Eagle $30 Sweetheart ankle-tie flats - Urban Outfitters $30 Heart stud earrings - Forever 21 $3

WOMEN’S OUTERWEAR Chico State quarter-zip sweatshirt - $33 Skinny mini flare jeans - Old Navy $29 Merona rain boots - Target $35 Knit bow headband - Forever 21 $4

Men’s Tee This charcoal block tee is 100 percent cotton and will be comfortable enough to wear all day long. I’ve paired this shirt with a light blue pair of jeans and gray wool ankle boots by TOMS. These boots will keep your feet warm, but finish off the look with a gray knitted beanie for good measure.

Men’s Outerwear The black hoodie features Chico State in gray lettering with a wool plaid pattern. This hoodie will fit in with just about anything in your closet. Wear this with any black straight leg jeans and tie in the plaid with some Vans plaid patterned sneakers. For the extra warmth you’ll need in this 40 degree weather, wear these versatile mittens that turn into fingerless gloves when you have to send a text. Very convenient.

Women’s Tee There are some days where style and comfort collide very nicely and this Chico State boyfriend tee is a great example. This tee is low-cut, which gives it a nice feminine touch, and it’s loose fitting for a fun, relaxed look. Wear some slouchy jeans to go along with the relaxed tee and spruce up the look with a pair of lace-up ballet flats and sparkly heart-shaped earrings. A comfy-cute look is perfect for long days at school.

Women’s Outerwear This white quarter-zip sweatshirt is so clean and crisp looking. With a front pouch pocket for your cell phone, you can’t go wrong. I chose to pair this sweatshirt with some mini flare jeans that will look fabulous over these rain boots from Target. If you want to show off these cute boots, you can always tuck in the jeans for a different look. Add this knitted bow headband to keep you extra warm and to add some flair to your hair.

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A SOUND SALVATION LATE FOR TEA Percussionist Amy Knoles of the California E.A.R. Unit”performs the multimedia piece “As Alice” at the RowlandTaylor Recital Hall.

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‘Alice’ spirals audience down rabbit hole Eli Gibbs STAFF WRITER

Drawing inspiration from childhood imagination and Lewis Carroll’s famous “Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland,” David Dvorin, Chico State professor and composer, presented “As Alice” Friday in the Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.

“As Alice” is the product of a combined effort from Dvorin, Ted Davis, a visual designer and Chico State alumnus, and the California E.A.R. Unit, a music ensemble from Los Angeles, consisting of violin, piano and percussion. The California E.A.R. Unit performed multiple works from contemporary composers, including “As Alice,” which was written especially for their talents, said Dvorin.

Davis collaborated extensively with Dvorin to create the visual elements of the piece. One of Dvorin’s visual inspirations for this story was an age-deteriorated 1903 silent film of “Alice in Wonderland,”directedbyCecilHepworthand Percy Stow.

This performance uses Carroll’s story as a looking glass to reflect on childhood situations; Dvorin was able to decide on seven different movements that expressed aspects of the story in relation to Dvorin’s experiences and observations as a

father. The seven movements were: Tunnels and Doors, In Others Rooms, Hold the Baby, Pulling the String, Second Helpings, False Threat of the Marching Hand and On Waking Up. A large amount of the audio that Dvorin used to compose the piece was recorded from conversations about Alice’s story with Dvorin’s 6-year-old daughter, Zinnia Dvorin, who is now 8. “‘As Alice’ is a piece inspired by ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” Dvorin said, “but more importantly, it’s inspired by my children.”

The seven movements were composed with help from Dvorin’s daughter in both her insight and content. Her voice and drawings were used throughout the presentation and added a great personal aspect to the entire production.

In the first movement, a clear voice whispered, “Alice,” as the character awoke on screen. The deteriorated 1903 film soon faded out as Alice followed the rabbit down the hole.

As the movements continued, Dvorin used ambient sounds of doors opening and closing to signify feelings of being lost in a new space. In the familiar “tea party” scene, Dvorin, Davis and the California E.A.R. Unit combined to create crashes of plates and cups that were triggered by the percussionist.

Davis used this concept to let the percussionist change the speed and content of the

visuals depending on how hard, or soft, These extras were a gift of the California the note was actually hit.

E.A.R. Unit on top of the “As Alice” piece, “Second Helpings” was a movement which ran about 25 minutes. dedicated to time. Time, to a child, is nonWhen collaborating on audio and visual sensical. Children feel no need to abide synchronization, so much relies on timing by the constraints of time, much like in and expression. Visuals should be a rep“Alice’s Adventure in resentation of the emotion Wonderland.” By the conveyed in the piece. For end of the piece, Dvorin Dvorin and Davis, working manipulated sounds to on this project would have create a blend of dream been ideal if they could be and reality as Alice sitting side-by-side. But, due ‘As Alice’ is a piece woke in the same spot to the fact Davis was working she first appeared. in Switzerland while Dvorin inspired by ‘Alice in Artist’s precision is in Chico, they were Wonderland, but more was necessary in all forms forced to resort to email, of music and the Cal- importantly, it’s inspired Skype and phone calls — ifornia E.A.R. Unit not exactly easy when by my children. expressed other forms working with a eight-hour of artistic ability foltime difference. lowing the performance This entire piece used DAVID DVORIN of “As Alice.” Two were programs such as Logic Musician experimental musiPro for musical production cal representations of and Isadora for the visual types of poetry while productions. The overall the other was a piece titled “Belgo II,” writ- production required the collaboration of a ten by percussionist Amy Knoles. This composer, visual designer and artists that piece showcased the ability of all three were located in different parts of the world artists to execute musical passages in and all came together to reflect on childeffortless synchronization. While many vio- hood imagination, using Lewis Carroll’s linists and pianists use chords to fill voids “Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland.” between percussion, this piece offered a look into synchronized notes from three Eli Gibbs can be reached at different instruments. egibbs@theorion.com

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Theater celebrates great American literature through one-act scenes Brooke Hespeler STAFF WRITER

PHOTOS BY • FRANK REBELO

SHORT STORY [left to right] Terri played by Michelle Nelson, Laura played by Melanie Smith, Charles played by Jason Murry and Mel played by Andy Hafer talk about “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” [below] Thomas Billheimer II [left] plays a barber cutting Peter Kimmel’s hair who plays Albert, in the “The Calm,” adapted by Dan Kowta and directed by Melanie Smith.

This weekend marked the opening of the Blue Room Theatre’s third annual Raymond Carver Festival, which will also run through the next two weekends.

Carver is considered by many to be one of the greatest American short story writers of the last half-century.

He attended Chico State for a short period of time in the late 1950s and studied creative writing under Professor John Gardner.

Carver passed away at age 50 in 1988 from lung cancer. That same year Carver was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his achievements in American literature.

The Blue Room Theatre showcased a collection of Carver’s short stories that were turned into plays for the production and poems taken from different periods of his writing career.

Denver Latimer plays Carver, the one constant throughout the night of abstractions. He appears onstage throughout the show, reading poems, watching the action onstage and sometimes actually participating in the scenes. His portrayal of Carver is haunting. At times he seems to be a ghost in his own life.

Latimer found it very easy to slip into Carver’s skin for the performance, he said.

“I feel that anyone that has been downtrodden and in desperate circumstances can relate to Carver and his writing,” he said.

Chico State Professor Rob Davidson adapted one of the pieces presented in the festival, titled “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” a

dark piece set over the course of an evening with two couples having drinks before going out to dinner.

It’s a story about love, but it’s also about a lot of the funny little things that get attached to it, like jealousy, bitterness and sex, Davidson said.

“The great thing about that particular story is how that is shown as both a darkly humorous fact of the nature of love,” he said.

Melanie Smith, who directed and acted in “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” and directed “The Calm,” a one-shot of Carver getting a haircut while two men bicker about deer hunting etiquette, worked very carefully so that the action onstage matched the action on the page.

“It’s like the opposite of reading a play, where what’s written is a suggestion for what’s to happen,” Smith said. “This is the short stories coming to life, like a pop-up book.”

The selected words performed create an idea of Carver’s works on the whole. Carver was a master of the minutiae, capturing the reality of small moments in life. Yes, sometimes life is about grand and ridiculous occurrences with photographers with hooks for hands, as in Carver’s “Viewfi nder,” but sometimes it’s about smoking pot and drinking cream soda, as in “What’s In Alaska?”

These stories have no peaks and valleys of drama. They center on the everyday moments, such as replacing an empty bottle of gin or the family cat bringing a dead mouse into the kitchen. Carver’s work shows humanity at its greatest and worst moments, and this show is a testament to that.

Brooke Hespeler can be reached at bhespeler@theorion.com

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“Revengers Tragedy” 7:30 p.m. @Wismer Theatre $6 student This mesmerizing Jacobean thriller play examines humankind’s need for justice and vengeance.

T H U R SDAY

F R I DAY

A Benefit for the Chico Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association 8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda

Nesta Rae

Goat

7:30 p.m. @ El Rey Theatre $15 advance

8 p.m. @Cafe Coda $8

Nesta Rae performs with Love Sick Romeo (formerly Mike Comfort) for her CD release party at the El Rey.

Join Marley Zalay, Melissa “Texas” Paterson, Lexi Bakkar and Hannah Knight for a musical evening of raising awareness for a great cause.

SAT U R DAY

Cinematic Projections 8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $8

Join the band Goat for their CD release party with Clouds on Strings and Lish Bills.

Floater Electric 7:30 p.m. @Senator Theatre $15 advance

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Shane Dwight Band 8 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. $15 Nashville-based blue player brings his sound to Sierra Nevada.

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U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble

@ Janet Turner Print Gallery Free Nugent, Arneson, Bravo and Kondos, all contemporaries of Wayne Thiebaud, have made unique contributions to the art world.

7:30 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorum Free tickets required This specialty unit of the U.S. Navy Band features 18 of the top jazz and “big band” musicians.

Floater shares the stage with Slow Children at the Senator.

Cinematic Projections plays with Valembrosa, Currents and Self Centered.

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People Under the Stairs 8 p.m. @ El Rey Theatre $13 advance The People Under the Stairs stops by the El Rey with special guests CD Entertainment and Logy-B.

T H U R SDAY

Willy Porter

F R I DAY

Bring the green!

7:30 p.m. @Chico Women’s Club $18 advance

8 p.m. @ Monstros Pizza

North Valley Productions is very pleased to welcome back acclaimed acoustic guitarist Willy Porter.

This is a community benefit show for Jodi Lyford with performances by Ryan Davidson, The Hooten Hallers and SS Frank.

Kindergarten Faire

Folk Music Fridays

5:30 p.m. @Bell Memorial Union Free

2 to 5 p.m. @ Augie’s Fine Coffee & Tea Cafe

This event will feature many of the schools within the Chico Unified School District, as well as others within Butte County.

Get folky at Augie’s every Friday.

SAT U R DAY

SU N DAY

Noche Tropical

Dance Church

7:30 p.m. @ Club Sole $5 cover

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. @ Cafe Culture $8

Latin DJ spinning the best of Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue and Bachata.

Come to Cafe Culture with a skip in your step and praise in your heart for the mind, body and soul exercises with David Winglifter.

Chico Contra Dance 6:30 p.m. @ Chico Grange $4 students

MON DAY

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Bear-E-Oke

Dance Sanctuary

9 p.m. @ Madison Bear Garden

6:30 p.m. @ Cafe Culture

Calling all jukebox heroes – The Bear hosts a karaoke night every Monday until closing time.

Swing on by Cafe Culture for an evening with Five Rhythms Dance Wave.

Live music by the Pub Scouts. All dances taught in a walk-thru and then called to music.

STAFF FAVORITES >> CHILDHOOD BOOK “The Velveteen Rabbit” — It’s such a sweet and whimsical story, although looking back it’s actually kind of depressing.

“The Giving Tree” — The tree gives a boy apples to eat, shade to sit under, and when he wants to leave, she allows him to cut her down to build a boat to sail away. When I was 5, I didn’t know why my mom read this story with a lump in her throat. But now, having sailed away to college, I understand.

“Where the Wild Things Are” — Imagination is the engine that drives this classic kids’ tale. Max is a boy sent to bed without supper, who dreams himself into a world full of friendly monsters. He creates a bond with these creatures and eventually returns home. The part that always sticks with me is Max’s imagination transforming his room into a jungle.

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Team building skills rise in ropes course group throughout a student’s college career, Cross said. Because of budget cuts STAFF WRITER in 2008, the course was in jeopardy of being While most students were in class listen- removed if more students didn’t enroll.

The kinesiology department wanted ing to lectures and taking tests, 11 students were behind Yolo Hall in a different type of to add the course to general education, class, climbing five large wooden boards 30 but it wouldn’t fit in any of the pathways, Cross said. feet tall using only ropes and a harness.

The course is open to students and “I can’t do this,” said Casey Citek, a junior physical education major, to Omar Cuevas, a groups who want to do a challenge.

The group of 11 students in the class junior kinesiology major, while attempting to completed a course called “Ausclimb and keep balance. tralian Belay,” where two students “You can do it!” yelled the group climb a tall ladder while the rest below. Ten minutes later, Citek and of the group is tied to them on the Cuevas stood at the top of the final ground as support. board ladder with barriers broken The goal “It was hard,” Citek said. and comfort zones expanded. is to get “There were no protective barSince 1998, a challenge course students riers around, and the harness has been available to students and to go from was tight.” is currently offered to three kinesiCuevas felt safe, because he ology classes for outdoor education ‘I can’t do knew classmates would catch group development and risk manthis,’ to him, he said. The challenge he agement. The classes are called ‘I can do faced was getting Citek to do it, outdoor education for teachers, making him a little nervous. challenge quest and facilitating that.’

Although the rest of the group adventure experience. did not climb, they were actively The main purpose of the course is LEE SHAWVER involved. team-building, said Lee Shawver, a challenge course A major aspect of the class is senior kinesiology major and direcdirector that students are challenged by tor of the challenge course. choice, graduate student Christine It creates a metaphor of climbing over barriers people may be facing in their Hood said.

The students in the class set up the lives, he said.

“The goal is to get students to go course themselves and completed it by from ‘I can’t do this,’ to ‘I can do that,’” showing the faith and capabilities they had, she said.

Shawver said.

Trust is the key word, said Hanna Flick, The rope course is different for every group, but they must all have some type of a senior outdoor education major. It gives sequence, comfort and trust between them, the class confidence to do the work.

Course fees and budget cuts have made it he said.

Students can’t do the course individu- difficult to get the word out to students, but ally, as these challenges require a team of at the department wants many others to take least 11 people, said Barb Cross, a professor advantage of what the course has to offer, Cross said. of kinesiology.

“It’s a hidden gem not getting used to its “Groups are used to help support and encourage one another to take on a greater full potential,” she said. risk and do something they usually wouldn’t do,” she said.

Tasha Clark can be reached at The course creates a bond within the tclark@theorion.com Tasha Clark

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PARTICIPATE IN ROPES COURSE Chico State and Butte College students, faculty and staff $7 a person per hour Non-profit groups $8 a person per hour Other groups $9 a person per hour

THE CLIMB Omar Cuevas [left], a junior kinesiology major, and Casey Citek, a junior physical education major, begin the 30-foot-tall ladder challenge at the ropes course.

Internet stalker I am going to admit something many are afraid to — I stalk people on the Internet.

Perhaps the most revealing things about us are shown through our Google searches. If someone I possess a vague curiosity in, whether a celebrity or a friend, posts something on the Internet, I probably know about it.

Keep in mind the fact that you must be careful about what you put on the Internet, because chances are, if someone is even remotely interested in your life, they will see it.

There are certain Facebook profiles that I look at on a regular basis. These are the profiles of my best friends and the people I am curious about.

Whether you are stalking someone you are romantically interested in or you just browse your friends’ profiles, you know intimate details about these people.

The anonymity of the Internet has allowed us to hide behind our screens and find information about whomever we please without their permission.

What is comforting, however, is that most everyone has these secret Internet behaviors. We are all curious creatures and are given an open space to research just about anything and anyone. Don’t feel any Internet shame, because we all do it.

No one wants to admit that they are a Facebook creeper, but I will. There are definitely people who I know almost everything about based on their social media profiles.

It might be a little weird to know a lot about someone you might not know as well in person, but be honest about it. You were curious, so you found out about their life.

We make these profiles as a destination for people who are trying to find us on the Internet, so we shouldn’t act surprised when someone knows something we didn’t directly tell them.

Our adapted terms of “Facebook creeper” or “stalker” are a little misleading. I don’t think “creeper” properly defines a person who uses Facebook to observe what users have made available to the public. It’s not like we are rifling through someone’s underwear drawer.

I’m not saying it’s OK for people to spend an unhealthy amount of time examining photos and status updates of people they don’t know very well, just that our current social model’s purpose is to get to know each other better over the Web. It should be an accepted fact that once you meet someone, they will probably Google you, find your Facebook, read your blog and know a lot of what you choose to share.

PHOTOS BY • CHELSEA BEIGHTS

LEARNING THE ROPES [left] Omar Cuevas, a junior kinesiology major, helps Casey Citek, a junior physical education major, climb the 30-foot ladder. Students in the kinesiology outdoor education for teachers class, do an “Australian Belay,” which supports Cuevas and Citek as they climb the ladder.

Ally Dukkers can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com

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UP IN SMOKE Will Sperry, a senior construction management major, ashes his cigarette under Meriam Library.

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Bedroom debates Of all the things my boyfriend and I argue about, one of the most common is whether or not he can “come in the back door” during sex.

I’m sure I’m not alone in the struggle to fi nd the right compromise to this and many other issues of sexual desire.

Whatever your preference, it’s important to get what you want, so I’m taking this opportunity to provide some insight into how couples I know deal with some common bedroom debates.

Lights On, Lights Off I think one of the sexiest body parts to see during the deed is the face, so I like having the lights on.

I have a very self-conscious female friend, however, who can’t relax when the lights are on, because she doesn’t like the way she looks naked.

Sex is better for her in the dark, because her only concern is what feels good rather than what looks good.

Men are far more visually stimulated than women, according to LiveScience.com.

So if you’re looking to give a man a thrill, give it a try. No one ever looks quite how they think they do. If you’re trying to get your partner into it, drop more compliments about how sexy he or she looks.

No Butts Allowed I don’t know a single woman who truly enjoys anal sex. I’m sure they’re out there, but it’s probably a safe assumption that it’s not very common.

Some men, however, fi nd the idea fascinating. A good male friend of mine said the ultimate draw for him is the fact that it’s something different and dirty, and he doesn’t understand why so many people wouldn’t want to try it.

“The fact that it’s so taboo makes it so hot,” he said.

A Hairy Situation There appears to be no general consensus on body hair.

Personally, I think the less the better, and I have plenty of friends, both male and female, who agree. However, I also know a lot of people who think taking it all off makes their partner look way too young.

If you fi nd that your partner wants something that makes you wildly uncomfortable, however, it is OK to hold your ground.

Quick Lube When one of my exes said he didn’t see the point of using lube when he could simply go down on me, I found myself confl icted.

As much as I wanted to encourage that particular activity, I had to set him straight. It doesn’t matter how good you are — after half an hour of friction, my lady parts need some help.

Allow me to squash this discussion permanently: If you like having sex, lube is your best friend.

Toys, Toys, Toys I’ll never forget the look on my boyfriend’s face when I fi rst showed him the vibrating cock ring I keep in my naughty drawer.

Toys like this are not for everyone, so if you like them and your partner doesn’t, I recommend easing them into it. I have a friend who pulled out her vibrator during sex without warning, and her boyfriend was so turned off,.

A better idea would have been to let him watch her use it on herself first or to suggest ahead of time that he use it to give her a bigger orgasm the next time they had sex.

Compromising on sexual pleasures can be tricky, but it all comes down to communication. Know what you want, don’t be afraid to ask for it and be realistic, and don’t do anything you’re not comfortable with.

Lexi Brister can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com

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Smoking remains on campus despite decrease in sells Michaela Boggan STAFF WRITER

Many students who walk to class ignoring the smoke drifting from a cigarette may not be aware that they could become one of the 6 million people who die each year from this cigarette exposure.

Smoking is an addictive activity that not only affects the person who chooses to smoke, but can also impact the lives of the people around them.

Of the people who die from smoking-related illnesses each year, more than 600,000 are non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the World Health Organization.

Risks of smoking include various kinds of cancer, such as lung, head, neck and oral cancer, said Michael Ennis, professor of psychology.

Other less obvious risks are cardiovascular diseases, which are groups of diseases associated with the heart and blood vessels, he said. The most common health risks associated with this are heart attacks and strokes.

This drug is so addictive because the nicotine in the cigarette stimulates the nucleus accumbens, Ennis said. When stimulated, this part of the brain tells the body that it wants and needs more.

The nicotine becomes like sex and food to a person, he said.

Will Sperry, a senior construction management major, began smoking in the seventh grade, because all his friends were doing it and he had an urge to fit in, he said.

His mother was a single parent and found out he was smoking while he was in eighth grade, Sperry said. She tried to get him to stop, but she was always working, making it difficult for her to reinforce the need for him to quit.

Sperry prefers to smoke American Spirit cigarettes, because he thinks they have good flavor and are additive-free, he said.

He goes through a pack a day, each pack costing him $6.81, he said.

People sometimes judge him when he smokes or are bothered by it, but he thinks smoking is accepted by the majority on a college campus, Sperry said.

“I try to be cautious about the people around me when I smoke,” he said.

Sperry plans to stop smoking in the future, but is content with his smoking habit for now, he said.

Someone who smokes one cigarette a day can live life with no significant health effects, but for most, one cigarette a day is not an option, Ennis said. This is when the addiction takes control, and that’s why tobacco companies thrive.

The earlier a person starts smoking, the more smoking tends to become a long-term habit, Ennis said.

The number of smokers in society is currently decreasing, and there are very apparent reasons for this, he said.

The main reason for this decrease is that the price of a pack of cigarettes has been increasing over the years, Ennis said. Studies have shown that the increased taxes have been used to fund effective anti-smoking campaigns.

Another reason is that the places where people are allowed to smoke have been limited, Ennis said. In the past, a person could smoke in hospitals, movie theaters and most indoor locations.

This may sound absurd today when there are more smoking restrictions, he said.

In recent years smoking has become seen as more unattractive and is associated with chronic smoker’s cough, bad breath and yellow teeth.

If a person wants to smoke, that’s their decision, and they have to face the consequences, said Nadia Lopez, a senior criminal justice major.

“I don’t choose to smoke, because it’s disgusting and unhealthy,” Lopez said.

While most people in society know the risks, there are some that still choose to smoke because they try to fit in or socialize with specific people, she said.

Lopez has friends who smoke and their habits often interfere with her interactions with them, she said. When someone has to take a five-minute break to go smoke a cigarette every so often, it can interrupt a conversation or activity.

People should have the right to smoke in open public locations, but there are and should be restrictions in enclosed locations, she said.

These restrictions respect both smokers and non-smokers by allowing them the right to choose the quality of their health, Lopez said.

SMOKING FACTS Under current state law, smoking is prohibited within 20 feet of public buildings, doorways, windows, breezeways and awnings.

The Chico State campus is small at 119 acres, and the eight proposed smoking areas would be within a short walking distance for most people.

Butte College has had designated smoking areas since the 1999-2000 school year.

Michaela Boggan can be contacted at mboggan@theorion.com

SMOKING SPOT Map displaying all the designated smoking areas on Chico State’s campus.

There are six designated areas for smokers to go between classes.

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WORD OF MOUTH >> How do you feel about students smoking on campus?

“I don’t like it. It’s a hazard to other students on campus, second hand smoke is bad for you.”

“I don’t like it. I don’t like cigarettes. I hate them.”

“I don’t really mind, just maybe in designated areas.”

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Sept. 13, 2000, vol. 45, issue 4 “Path zips bikers down Warner Street” In September 2000, the bike path was paved and opened for student use.

The path, which stretches across the railroad tracks and campus property, was designed and paid for by the city.

The main purpose of the track is to provide access to the downtown area for those living in the northwest part of town, said Tom Alexander, a city senior civil engineer.

Fencing was also installed along the tracks to prevent students from walking on them, which is

considered trespassing.

The path was met with mixed reactions from students. Some found it a much needed addition to the campus community, while others thought it unnecessary.

Brian Stephenson was a student who appreciated that the new path would not turn to mud like the previously dirt path did in the rainy season.

Others found the fencing along the tracks a hassle, and some students created holes in the new fence to create shortcuts. The city often had to repair holes in the new fence.

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THE ORION • JOSH ZACK

c. 1988

DIFFERENT PATHS A man walks along the bike path next to the train tracks. Many students use this path to get to and from campus during the day or home at night.

NOW c. 1988

c. 1995

The stretch of the bike path that runs along the railroad tracks now has lights. The new path has allowed for improved conditions for pedestrians and bicycle riders.

An issue that has resulted from this increased traffic is a higher potential for crime, Chico police Sgt. Billy Aldridge said.

“The crime is up in those areas,” Aldridge said. “It could be attributed

to increased use of that area.”

Students creating holes in the chain link fence along the railroad tracks has been a problem for years, he said.

“As soon as you fix it in one area, they make a new hole in another area,” Aldridge said. “It’s just one of those things we’ll always deal with.”

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Campus Spotlight: Student helps produce large budget movie THE ORION • MICHELLE REINMUTH

Molly Barber, a senior communication design major, will be working as a production assistant this week on the set of a Hollywood horror film. She will intern for Antarctica Productions, a company working together on the film with Drew Barrymore’s production company, Flower Films. Barber does not know the film’s title or plot yet, but the movie is a horror film about sasquatch shot for portions with a hand-held camera. For her week long job on set in Hayfork, her duties will include assisting the cinematographer and photographers with shots. For Barber, this is her first experience on a film set outside the classroom.

The Orion: How did you become involved in working on a film with Drew Barrymore’s production company, Flower Films?

Barber: Last semester, a former Chico State student, Kevin Puotinen, who works for Antarctica Productions, was looking for an intern. I jumped on the opportunity. The internship didn’t take off though. I emailed him every week during the summer in hopes of another opportunity opening up. Last week he called me saying Antarctica Productions and Flower Films were working together on a horror film and needed help. I start work today as a production assistant.

The Orion: What will your job entail? How long is it for?

Barber: I will be helping the cinematographer with block shots, helping photographers and basically whatever else is needed. They are doing some shots that have been added into

FEATURE FILMMAKER Molly Barber, a senior communication design major, will be working with Drew Barrymore’s company. the script and some wrapping up of the film, so I will only be working with them for a week. I will miss class to go out to Hayfork, where they will be filming.

The Orion: What is the movie about?

Barber: It’s a horror film about sasquatch shot in northwestern California in Hayfork.

Puotinen described the film as having a documentary-type feel shot with a handheld camera and a lot of night shooting.

The Orion: Why were you interested in the fi lm?

Barber: I have never had any experience in fi lm outside the classroom. This is the fi rst time I’ve had anything real to do and look forward to that. I want to have a nose in everything. I want to learn everything on set: the lighting, the camera work, etc. Two weeks ago I never would have imagined this opportunity would have fallen into my lap. I am excited to work with people in the business.

The Orion: What are your future plans?

Barber: I would like to be involved with documentary fi lms. I have a soft spot for humanitarian ideas and fi lms. I have interviewed Holocaust and Hiroshima survivors before. I am interested in stories about helping others and in inspiring people.

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Taylor Western FOOD COLUMNIST

For most students, part of college is waking up to an awful hangover after a night of drinking. There is sadly no cure, but there are some ways to make the head and stomach feel a little better.

It is recommended that you take aspirin the next morning, and there is no evidence that taking it the night before will help, according to Food Network. Coffee may be a good choice, because alcohol causes

Hangover cure recipes: Breakfast sandwich, fruit smoothie the blood vessels to dilate, which can give you a headache, and the caffeine allows them to constrict.

You should always drink lots of water, because the alcohol causes dehydration. Sports drinks such as Gatorade also work well, because they replenish the electrolytes in your system.

Many people believe that

greasy foods such as french fries are good hangover cures, but it is a much better idea to eat them before you drink. The extra oils will coat your stomach and slow the alcohol absorption, while eating greasy foods can upset your stomach once you are hungover.

I made two recipes that include foods to help nurse your hangover. The fi rst is a breakfast

sandwich that calls for an egg, since they are high in cystine, which helps process the alcohol.

I also included a slice of tomato to include vitamin C. I used lowfat ham instead of bacon to get rid of the extra grease and lots of vegetables, including the healthy fat of avocado.

There is also a smoothie recipe containing many fruits to

help replenish nutrients and raise blood sugar. It is important to include a banana to work against the dehydrating effects of alcohol, as well as a tablespoon of honey, a natural sugar, to break down the alcohol with its fructose.

Taylor Western can be reached at foodcolumnist@theorion.com

THE HANGOVER BREAKFAST SANDWICH

15 minutes

serves 1-2

Ingredients

Directions

1 bagel 1 egg 1 pre-sliced ham steak or any other low-fat deli meat ham 1/2 red onion 1 bell pepper 1/2 avocado 1-2 slices of Colby jack or cheddar cheese 2 tablespoon mild salsa 1/4 cup cream cheese 1 tomato 1/4 cup Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns

Heat oven to 350 F. Slice tomato, onion, avocado and bell pepper to your preference on your sandwich and set aside. Heat potatoes in a frying pan. Season with salt and pepper. Heat ham in another pan.

Cut bagel in half, and lightly toast.

Once toasted, place both halves facing up on cookie sheet.

Mix cream cheese and salsa and spread on each side of bagel. Once potatoes are golden brown and meat is cooked, add to one side of bagel.

Cook egg in frying pan as usual. I made mine over-easy. Place on bagel and top with cheese. Then place in oven and bake for three to five minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with vegetables and other half of bagel. Enjoy.

Total Price Estimate: $4.80

THE ORION • LARRY POCINO

SANDWICH This bagel is a hangover cure because the cystine in the egg will process the alcohol.

WHEN-YOU-JUST-CAN’T-GET-FOOD-DOWN SMOOTHIE

5 minutes

serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

1 banana 1 Yoplait strawberry banana yogurt 1/4 cup frozen mangos 1/4 cup orange juice 2 tablespoons fresh clover honey 1/4 cup milk 3 slices canned pineapple Add ice to consistency of preference

Start by adding all ingredients except ice and blend.

Because the mangos are frozen you won’t need much ice. After ingredients have been broken down by blender, slowly add ice until it has reached smoothie consistency. Enjoy.

Price Estimate $2.55

THE ORION • LARRY POCINO

SMOOTH CRIMINAL This smoothie only takes five minutes to make and is filled with five different types of fruit.

Programs spread awareness of homeless community Stephanie Geske STAFF WRITER

One of the first things Emily Taylor, a freshman health science major, noticed when she went to downtown Chico was the amount of homeless people.

They reminded her of growing up in San Diego and seeing people around her help them.

“I remember when I was little and my family went out to dinner, my brother got a box of leftovers and gave it to a homeless guy,” she said.

But helping these people didn’t seem that easy, Taylor said. Seeing them made her want to help, but she didn’t know how.

There are many groups that work to help the homeless population, both at Chico State and around the community. The CAVE Chico Ambassadors are holding a Homeless Awareness Campaign Tuesday and Wednesday in the Bell Memorial Union lobby, providing information and putting on a “Sharing the Warmth” blanket and clothing drive.

Chico Ambassadors is a sub-program of CAVE that advocates for the homeless, said Maria Santoni, a senior health science and business administration double major. As one of the group leaders, she oversees the CAVE volunteers who are making the boards and statistics to give to students.

If a student or family member found themselves homeless, they would know what resources are out there, Santoni said. It’s important for students to come out to help raise awareness that homelessness is a problem in the Chico community.

FILE PHOTO • CHELSEA BEIGHTS

HOMELESSNESS Clem Edwards, who is homeless, usually sits by the bus stop on West First and Broadway streets and attends the Saturday Farmers Market.

Clem Edwards, who is homeless in Chico, thinks the support from Chico State students is very positive, he said.

Organizations are collecting more items for the homeless now that the winter months are coming up, and students can participate with the Chico Ambassadors or with the shelters like the Jesus Center and Torres Shelter.

The Jesus Center was started in 1981 by two women concerned with the homeless people they saw on Park Avenue, executive director Bill Such said. They wanted to do something about it, so one of the women, Mary Thekston, used her social security check to start a soup kitchen.

“When people come in who want help, we interview them in our

resource center and try to point them in the right direction,” Such said.

The center helps people connect with social security, parole, probation and rehabilitation facilities they may need, he said. They also have classes for skills, some as basic as hygiene, eye contact or personal relationships.

Edwards said he used to go to the Jesus Center and the help they provide is excellent.

Each day the Jesus Center serves 400 meals, for breakfast and dinner, he said. In addition, a person or family can receive up to 10 items of food from the center’s warehouse every Tuesday.

Homeless women and children under 10 can find shelter at the Jesus Center in a facility that holds 25 people, Such said.

The Torres Shelter, on Silver Dollar Way, provides emergency shelter throughout the year, according to its website. Because it is the only emergency center for men in Chico, about 75 percent of its guests are men.

There are many volunteering positions available at the Jesus Center, such as preparing food, working in the shelter with women and children or being an event coordinator for holiday meals or food drives.

Students can also do simple things such as dropping off old clothes to the Chico Ambassadors “Sharing the Warmth” drive, Santoni said. The collected donations will be dropped off to the Jesus Center and Torres Shelter.

Stephanie Geske can be reached at sgeske@theorion.com

2011 POINT-IN-TIME HOMELESS CENSUS & SURVEY REPORT FOR BUTTE COUNTY 12 percent of homeless reported having children 30 percent were living outdoors at the time of the survey in January 60 percent said they’d been living in Butte County for at least five years 13 percent had reported military service 27 percent had some college level education 37 percent reported having a physical disability 28 percent reported having a mental illness

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PHOTOS BY • MOLLY ROSE LIVINGSTON

ON TRIAL [left] Connie Huyck student activities coordinator gives the Greek actors their sentence for what the university would hold them accountable for in the mock hazing trial. Lauren O’Neill [right], a junior business major, presents punishments the sorority placed on the students. The actors played the roles of the hazing victim and the people accountable.

Greeks participate in mock trial about hazing hazards Molly Rose Livingston STAFF WRITER

A room of more than 100 members of the Greek community listened to a mother tell the story of how her daughter almost died at a party and share the pain that comes with nearly losing a child.

The woman’s daughter, a freshman, suffered brain damage when she was pressured to drink excessive amounts of alcohol while rushing for a sorority, and four members of the Greek community stood trial for what had happened.

The situation is completely hypothetical.

Participants from Community Legal Information Center played the roles of the student, mother and the Greeks on trial.

The trial was designed to educate the Greek community of the consequences associated with hazing and binge drinking.

The mock trial, held Wednesday in the Bell Memorial Union, was the first ever put on by CLIC.

The event was organized by Hannah Harding, a senior legal studies major and director of student legal services and juvenile rights at CLIC. The elected risk managers for each Greek organization sat on the judicial board of the mock trial, while others filled the audience to observe.

Two Chico State student hazing deaths, Adrian Heideman in 2000 and Matthew Carrington in 2005, were constant reminders throughout the event of how dangerous hazing can be.

The goal was to remind the fraternity and sorority members how serious those situations were and what the entire campus had to go through when dealing with those student deaths, Harding said.

“Now the laws are much harsher than they’ve ever been before,” Harding said.

Consequences for the actors standing trial included shutting down the chapter of the sorority or fraternity they represented, expulsion from school, jail time and felony

charges.

Harding also wants the event to remind students of the dangers of drinking and that things can quickly go wrong when inexperienced drinkers are involved, she said.

“I hope that when they have events they think twice before they pressure someone to drink,” Harding said. “I hope they understand the ramifications.”

Representatives from the Chico Police Department and University Police, as well as supervising attorneys for CLIC, spoke to the students about how these situations are handled.

Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifield said the event will help prevent future student deaths, he said.

Merrifield was present for both the Carrington and Heideman cases and doesn’t want to see a repeat of those incidents.

“I know how tragic that whole situation was,” Merrifield said. “I told Matt Carrington’s dad that his son was dead.”

Brenna Fisher, a senior business

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management major, represented the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority on the judicial board.

Seeing a hazing trial happen in front of her had an impact, especially hearing the mother speak, she said.

Fisher plans to bring what she learned back to her sorority sisters to prevent such a trial from happening in real life.

“It goes so much further than just the university,” Fisher said. “It could affect you for a lifetime.”

Sigma Kappa representative Stephanie Burke, a junior journalism major, did not previously know how serious the consequences could be.

“We all take this issue really seriously,” Burke said. “We are doing all we can to prevent things like this from happening.”

CLIC plans to continue to raise awareness and hold more events like the mock trial each semester, Burke said.

Molly Rose Livingston can be reached at mlivingston@theorion.com

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