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Student involved in deadly car accident Rudro Roy STAFF WRITER
Two people involved in a car accident that killed four on Oct. 31 were still battling for their lives Monday. Ryan Finnerty, a 21-yearold Chico State student, is still in critical condition at UC Davis Medical Center, said Susan Mar, news service assistant for the hospital.
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Finnerty, of Roseville, was driving southbound on Highway 99 when his car veered into the opposing lane and hit a Ford Explorer with six people in it head-on. Both cars were travelling at speeds of about 60 miles per hour. The resulting crash caused a fire that, along with a ruptured fuel tank in Finnerty’s car, caused the second car to burst in flames. Occupants of the second car were Live Oak
natives Rodrigo Ramirez, 41, Guillermo Morales, 35, Rodrigo Ramirez Jr., 11, Gustavo Martinez, Gabrielle Rosas and Rigoberto Martinez. A third vehicle, driven by Richard Martinez, was involved. Martinez was uninjured. Only Rodrigo Ramirez Jr. and Morales survived the crash and resulting fire. Officials have not
determined if it was the fire or the crash that killed the other passengers, said Officer Stan Azavedo of Chico Highway Patrol. This will be determined based on the coroner’s report, which will take four to six weeks to obtain. California Highway Patrol is still investigating the reasons behind the crash, Azavedo said. The status of Rodrigo
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Chico State partnered with Peace Corps to create a program for students who want an alternative experience while working toward a master’s degree. These Master’s International Programs are opportunities for students to combine graduate school with Peace Corps service, said Nathan Hale Sargent, public affairs specialist for Peace Corps. This partnership, founded in August 2010, makes Chico State the third California State University to partner with Peace Corps. “They’re real winwin situations, because what we get out of it and what the countries get out of it are Peace Corps volunteers with more technical training, and what the volunteers get out of it is a chance to both attend grad school and do Peace Corps,” Hale said. Peace Corps is starting a program with Chico State where a graduate student can get his or her master’s degree in education or in teaching English to speakers of other languages, he said. Then, as part of the graduate studies, the student will fulfill a 27-month service with Peace Corps. To gain entry into this program, a student can apply to Chico State for graduate school and Peace Corps at the same time, said Sara Trechter, interim associate dean for graduate studies. “They can’t complete their Peace Corps application right away until they have that letter saying that they’ve been accepted to graduate school,” Trechter said. Once accepted into both programs, a student spends about one year in Chico working on graduate studies, she said. Then that student goes away with Peace Corps for 27 months. A stipend of $7,425 will be given to a student upon returning from their time with Peace Corps to help them readjust to the U.S., Trechter said. Then a final semester is taken at Chico State to finish off the remaining graduate studies. The cost of the program is similar to graduate school, she said. A student pays his or her normal graduate school tuition while in Chico, but while away with Peace Corps, a student will pay adjunct enrollment, which is $180 a semester. Chico State is still in negotiations with Peace Corps about making >> please see CORPS | A7
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Homicide halts trips for CAVE
Peace Corps offers degree
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Ramirez Jr., who was taken to UC Davis Medical Center for major injuries, was not able to be confirmed. Morales, who was transported to Enloe Medical Center for major injuries, is still in serious condition, said Christina Chavira, communications specialist for Enloe Medical Center.
Julia Vazquez STAFF WRITER
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IT’S A PARTY Acker Gym was packed with 1,776 students and community volunteers Monday. Participants sent out 38,000 letters asking for donations. Stephanie Consiglio STAFF WRITER
Acker Gym is usually full of sweat and competition, but on Monday night, it was full of hope and determination. The event drew in 1,776 people and resulted in 38,000 letters asking for donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, said Tony Gorelick,
co-director of Up ’til Dawn. The gym was transformed into a Hawaiian luau party for this year’s Up ’til Dawn charity event. Last year, the event brought in 2,600 students who sent out 53,000 letters and made $159,000 in donations. Yellow and blue balloons lined the fences on Warner Street and
electronic music blared throughout the walls as students walked through the gym doors. They were greeted with a warm “aloha” welcome as they were told where to sign in and get their letters and envelopes. Rows of tables covered the entire gym floor so students could sit, address their letters and >> please see VOLUNTEERS | A6
Community Action Volunteers in Education cancelled all weekend immersion trips for the fall semester due to safety concerns after a murder occurred at a facility CAVE was volunteering at. A psychiatric technician was found dead Oct. 23 in a small courtyard at Napa State Hospital, according to KTVU.com. Investigators think 37-year-old Jess Massey, a patient of the facility, strangled Donna Gross to death after attempting to rob her. Though CAVE volunteers worked that day at the hospital, they were nowhere near the facility when the incident occurred, said Mary Flynn, program administrator for CAVE. “Occasionally situations arise at CAVE that require a pause and examination of our practices, and this was certainly that case on the weekend of the Napa trip,” Flynn said. Weekend immersion trips are popular among CAVE volunteers and are what keeps volunteers coming back, she said. The trips provide social, recreational and educational activities for clients in state institutions and national parks throughout Northern California, according to CAVE’s website. “As the leader of CAVE, it was a difficult decision for me to make, but I also have the responsibility of making sure that the experiences we offer at CAVE are meaningful, valuable and that students are safe >> please see CAVE | A5
Collaboration of campuses sustains conference Teresa De Luz STAFF WRITER
The sixth annual This Way to Sustainability Conference marked the first time Chico State and Butte College came together to plan the event. The three-day conference took place Thursday to Saturday, said Kara Hearn, student co-coordinator for the conference. In past years, Butte College contributed to the conference financially. “There is a whole different aspect to the conference this year because the collaboration has brought in new ideas that have really made the event better because we could reach more people,” she said. There were 110 speakers participating, while 88 spoke last year,
Hearn said. Speakers included Earl Bloor, publisher of Edible ShastaButte magazine, Rob Holmes, founder of Green Living Project, and Elizabeth Martin, chief executive officer of The Sierra Fund. Student volunteers from different sustainability-related programs on campus also participated – including senior Carly Kinsman, a spin class instructor at the Wildcat Recreation Center. “It is defi nitely a place you can learn from,” Kinsman said. “There are so many speakers here with great things to say.” Butte College had its own sustainability conferences in the past, but they were not nearly as student oriented as this year’s collaboration, said Jon Stallman, interim sustainability coordinator
for Butte College. “We found it would be better if we combined our resources, combined our talents and facilities to provide a bigger and better opportunity,” Stallman said. The kickoff of the conference on Thursday brought in 1,400 people, which was significantly more than previous years, he said. The student-run conference aimed to show others how to make sustainable choices every day, said co-coordinator Ciara Meanes, a Chico State alumna. “It is more of a way of life because you can incorporate that word into every aspect of your life,” Meanes said. Teresa De Luz can be reached at tdeluz@theorion.com
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Campus organization offers free Thanksgiving tofu feed >> A.S. Sustainability will host the 2010 Tofurky Feast from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 17 at Selvester’s Cafe-bythe-Creek. Volunteers from the A.S. Sustainability Collaborative will prepare a Tofurky Thanksgiving meal for all those who attend. The event is free and open to everyone. All cups, plates and utensils will be provided. There will be a raffle with prizes for those who bring their own cup, plates and utensils. For more information, contact A.S. Sustainability at 530898-6677 or go to Bell Memorial Union Room 307. Source: Student Announcements
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World News compiled by The Orion’s Walter Ford
Jakarta, Indonesia
Zaragoza, Spain – Fans of “Super
– The death toll has
Mario Bros.” and future residents
reached 156 as Indo-
of a new Spanish neighborhood
nesia’s Mount Merapi
donned fake mustaches and
volcano continues to
cheered the unveiling
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and ash into the air.
Mario Bros. Saturday.
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erupting Oct. 26 and is
suburb, which is still under
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construction, will also have
200,000 people.
roads named for “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Space
Last week, Indonesia was hit
Invaders” and “The
with 7.7-magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami that killed 449.
Legend of Zelda.”
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The Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – At least 20
government-sponsored
Barcelona, Spain – As Pope
people are dead, 30,000 remain in shel-
project aims to build
Benedict XVI made his way to a
ters and 6,000 families are left homeless
21,000 residences for
dedication ceremony at Barcelona’s
after Hurricane Tomas blew through Haiti.
people ages 20 to 35.
iconic church, the Sagrada Familia,
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The hurricane hit Friday on Haiti’s
hundreds of gays and lesbians staged
southern peninsula and traveled up the coast
a “kiss-in” to protest his visit.
causing floods and mudslides. Officials are
Benedict has publicly defended traditional
now turning their efforts back to a worsening
families and directly attacked Spanish laws
cholera epidemic that has killed more than
that allow gay marriage.
500 people and hospitalized 7,300.
Rudro Roy STAFF WRITER
Like many children, Ali Meders-Knight, 36, wore a Burger King crown for her birthday. “I was just like everybody else,” she said. “Except that there was another part of me that was Native American.” People have always been interested in her heritage, Meders-Knight said. As a child, she was eager to share this with people, even though she did not always know much about it. “I’d make things up because I didn’t know,” she said. “I’d bring a shirt and say, ‘This is an Indian shirt,’ and people were like, ‘Why?’ and I’d say, ‘I don’t know. It’s mine, I’m Indian.’” Meders-Knight, a member of the Mechoopda tribe, led The Native American Historical Walk at noon on Thursday in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month. Students, staff and community members gathered Nov. 3-4 to commemorate Chico’s Native American heritage. The walk started in front of Bidwell Mansion with Meders-Knight giving about 25 people a walkthrough of historical sites around campus. The ancestral Mechoopda village was situated near Little Butte Creek, about three miles south of what is now downtown, according to a brochure by the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria. Twelve people attended
plate” – a plate with a little bit of everything being served that evening – was set outside as an offering to the spirits. This is the fourth year since diversity coordinator Tray Robinson has worked at Chico State that the Office of Diversity has organized events for Native American Heritage Month, he said. As of the fall 2009 semester, there were 148 Native American students at Chico State, according to a demographic sheet from
the Office of Diversity. That is 0.87 percent of the total student population. There were six faculty and 13 staff members who identified as Native American or Alaska Natives. Many Native American youths don’t make it to college, said sophomore Colter Cook, an environmental science major of Native American descent. He knows very few Native Americans on campus, but hopes to someday work toward promoting Native American attendance
in college, he said. Being Native American is about more than just culture and history – Meders-Knight thinks that it also means understanding her role as a stewardess of the land, she said. “We don’t have to tear down these buildings and rip everything apart,” she said. “But we need to understand the past so that we can sustain ourselves.” Rudro Roy can be reached at rroy@theorion.com
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a Native American Gathering Reception from 5 to 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek. The gathering was a chance for community members and students of Native American heritage to mingle with one another, said Lisa Quinn, a counselor for the Counseling and Wellness Center. The evening started out with a blessing recited by Quinn. The blessing was a way of giving thanks for the food that evening, she said. A “spirit
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PASSING DOWN CULTURE Kathleen Jack hands a traditional grinder to her daughter, Tsiava Jack, during the Native American History Walk.
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Weekend camping trip offered to female students >> Adventure Outings will host a women’s weekend backpack trip at Lassen from Saturday to Sunday. The weekend trip is $50 for students, $60 for faculty and staff and $70 for general admission. This trip offers volcanic steam vents, snowy peaks and miles of forest. There will be a hike and the camp set up through Northern California’s landscape. Sign up in the office in the Bell Memorial Union lobby or call 530-898-4011.
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Internships offered by health center to students >> The Counseling and Wellness Center is offering new internships for spring 2011. All majors are welcome to apply. This internship provides units toward a major, public speaking experience, resume boosters and networking opportunities. Interns will also have the chance to develop skills in a professional environment. The five positions available include public relations, trees and presentations, forums coordinator, special events coordinator and tables and advertising. Each position requires 10 hours per week. Applicants should be available for intern training on Jan. 20-21. Applications are available at www.csuchico.edu/ wellness/internships/ and are due by Dec. 1. For further information, contact the center at 530898-4697 or visit Student Services Center Room 430.
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UC President proposes 8 percent student fee hike >> Student fees may go up for University of California students if a proposal by UC President Mark Yudof is approved. The average annual cost for attending a UC would rise to $12,150 if the proposal passed, based on averages of individual campus fees and system-wide fees. Yudof’s proposal includes one-year grants to cover the increase for students who are from families with less than $120,000 annual income. source: thegreenca website.co.uk
All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department peace reported at 800 block of Pomona Avenue. “Half naked females pounding on the reporting party’s door. Now on the porch across the street. Unknown if in distress or just being drunk.”
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NIGHT RIDER The B-Line makes a stop at the corner of West First and Warner streets near the Chico State parking structure.
New routes run later Walter Ford A SST. NE WS EDITOR
If the Butte Regional Transit system just didn’t feel right before, then it might now. As a result of an 18-month study, the B-Line instituted new hours and routes that will benefit Chico State students. The most significant advantages are the changes to Routes 8 and 9, which are predominantly ridden by students, said Jim Peplow, senior planner at Butte County Association of Governments.The changes extend operating hours by moving the last run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Students who take the bus will now have the option of taking night classes and can use the library later into the evening, said A.S. President Amro Jayousi. Another change to the B-Line that benefits students is the addition of Route 15, Peplow said. Buses will stop on Route 15 every 15 minutes between the peak hours of 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 6 p.m., he said. The route runs along the Esplanade and Park Avenue. “A lot of students will take that route, and we’ve never had 15-minute headways before,” he said. Route 15 is a combination of old Routes 1, 6 and 7,
according to a Butte County Association of Government press release. The university and Associated Students entered into a five-year contract with the B-Line this summer, and the needs of students were carefully considered, Jayousi said. “The changes are a great improvement,” he said. A.S. will pay $138,170 to the B-Line this year under the new contract, said Jon Slaughter, director of A.S. programs and government affairs. “The contract is based on enrollment,” he said. “As enrollment goes up and as enrollment goes down, our contribution to the B-Line service over the next five years will fluctuate.” The study was conducted by Butte County Association of Government and its Transit Resource Center, according to the press release. Public meetings and various surveys all contributed to the findings in the study, Peplow said. The B-Line took all that feedback and tried to mold each route to meet the public’s demand. “There are still some tweaks and bugs to work out,” he said. “But overall, it’s pretty positive.”
Sunday, 1:32 a.m.: Suspicious subject reported at 1000 block of West Seventh Street. “Unkown subject just walked into reporting party’s residence. Reporting party asked him what he was doing. Subject just kept walking toward reporting party. Reporting party hit him twice. Subject fell, kept getting up and walking toward reporting party. Subject finally walked out towards Walnut Street.”
Thursday, 11:22 a.m.: Transient problem reported at 500 block of West Fourth Street. Subject was sleeping on neighbor’s porch and appeared to be drunk in public. “He keeps punching things as he walks.” Thursday, 1:17 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at 300 block of West Second Street. “Subject sitting on the roof of the parking garage. Corner near Kirks Jewelry. He is smoking and dangling his legs over the edge.” Thursday, 9:32 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at 1000 block of Palm Avenue. “Subject across the street has been chasing a dog. When cars drive by, the subject ducks down behind other vehicles or people’s yards.”
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Friday, 11:42 a.m.: Suspicious subject reported at Valero on 1000 block of Skyway Road. “On the Chevron side of the street – male subject in the area talking to himself and yelling at passersby.”
Saturday, 1: 43 a.m.: Assault and battery reported at 300 block of Nord Avenue. “Reporting party confronted subjects who were urinating on his truck. One of the subjects punched him in the face then fled on the bike path in an easternly direction.”
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Saturday, 3:34 a.m.: Subject disturbing the
Sunday, 4:18 a.m.: Assaulting a peace officer reported at 500 block of Esplanade. “Male subject running naked down the street. Subject has now stopped on the northbound side.” Sunday, 11:18 a.m.: Subject disurbing the peace reported at Powell’s Sweet Shoppe. “Subject was inside the store stuffing items into his pockets. When reporting party confronted him, he dumped items and then spit on reporting party.”
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Chilean miner conquers personal goal, NYC Marathon >>Edison Pena survived 69 days in a collapsed mine shaft, but that was only preparation for his latest trial – running the New York City Marathon. Pena, one of the 33 survivors of a Chilean mine collapse, earned a time of five hours, 40 minutes and 51 seconds in Sunday’s race, beating his own goal of completing the race in six hours. He finished the race running despite his bad knees, which had ice bags tied to them for at least half the race. Marathon officials offered Pena a position as an honored guest after they heard of his intention to run, but he refused, saying he simply wanted to run as a part of it.
Sunday, 2:54 p.m.: Suspicous subject reported at 200 block of West East Avenue. “Reporting party states subject is an aggressive panhandler. Subject’s pants are falling down.”
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at all times,” Flynn said. CAVE’s employees expect to strengthen their program and continue to offer weekend immersion trips for spring, she said. “While I am disappointed that I had to cancel trips and let several students down, I hope they understand that I am acting on the best interest of CAVE and in their best interest,” Flynn said. CAVE volunteers will have alternative ways of making up their responsibilities by volunteering for CAVE-approved institutions’ programs over Thanksgiving vacation in their hometowns or volunteering for an alternative immersion experience at Sycamore Glen Retirement Center in Chico, she said. The incident caused leaders of CAVE to review all of their policies, procedures and protocols to make sure they are sending students to places that are safe, said Jody Strong, assistant director of Associated Students programs. “We feel like it’s the right thing to do by suspending weekend immersion trips, and looking at everything to cover all the bases by checking in with students to make sure they feel safe about their experiences,” she said. CAVE employees understand that students are disappointed, but their safety is more important, Strong said. It is the responsible thing to do when something like that happens, said senior Lauren Smallwood, director of the weekend immersion program. “Obviously it is disappointing, but at the same time it’s an opportunity to become stronger and grow as an organization and program,” she said.
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With the high cost of education seemingly always on the rise, it should be comforting to students that Associated Students government officials are using funds frugally. The A.S. Government Affairs Office is allotted $227,292 for the 2010-2011 school year, which takes up about 12 percent of the A.S. activity fee fund. About $200,000 of the fund goes to training and other operating costs for the A.S. Government Affairs Office, said Jon Slaughter, director of A.S. programs and government affairs. The A.S. president is allotted a budget of $5,000, and the rest of the officers receive $5,200 that is divided between them, said Denise Crosswhite, A.S. programs and government affairs coordinator. “When I started here four
years ago, officer budgets were like $1,500 each,” she said. “At the end of the year, what I realized was nobody really spent any money.” When training officers before taking office, an emphasis is put on being thrifty, Crosswhite said. “’Cause number one – I’m frugal,” she said. “I push that on them, in that I think money should be spent in the right way.” With the A.S. activity fee, there is a conscious effort to challenge each of the programs to work immediately with 20 percent less funding, Slaughter said. “Resources are tight and they may remain tight for a few years because the activity fee’s health is based on enrollment,” he said. “So if enrollment’s not healthy, the activity fee’s not healthy.” Officers must have the mindset that they have been
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entrusted by the students with their money, Slaughter said. A.S. President Amro Jayousi has dipped into his budget only twice this semester, Jayousi said. The biggest expenditure from Jayousi’s budget was $1,300 to hire a personal assistant. “I really struggled on whether I should hire one,” Jayousi said. “But I still have a lot of money to spend on other things.” The hiring of an assistant takes up 26 percent of Jayousi’s budget. The Rock the Vote event cost nearly $420, and Jayousi contributed $330 of that amount from his budget, he said. “If we were guaranteed to get more students to vote, I would have put even more money toward the event,” Jayousi said. Jayousi plans to fund a political forum to discuss the proposed moving of the election dates in the near future,
he said. Executive Vice President Kristina Barger has the second largest officer budget, totaling $1,800. About $850 of that budget has been used to fund an ice cream social for all A.S. employees and the A.S. Carnival and Involvement Fair, Crosswhite said. The director of legislative affairs is allotted $1,200 because of the travel involved with his position, she said. The director of university affairs and commissioner of environmental affairs both are allotted $400 in their budgets, and the commissioner of community affairs gets a $900 budget – $500 of which is given with the Community Affairs Council Award for outstanding CAVE staff member, Crosswhite said. None of those officers have used funds from their budgets as of yet. Officers do sometimes use other sources of funding outside
personal budgets. Multicultural Night was put on using funds from the Multicultural Affairs Council budget, Crosswhite said. Jayousi would like to see funds used to pay for A.S. officers and program directors to have a twoday team-building retreat put to a different use, he said. “Others find that going to a different environment and swimming and wakeboarding is healthy for team building,” Jayousi said. “Personally, I’m not too fond of retreats and spending money on retreats, but I do think team-building activities, done as frugal as they can be, can be productive.” If money from an officer’s budget goes unused, it will be returned to the A.S. activity fee fund to help prevent dipping into the reserves, Slaughter said. Walter Ford can be reached at wford@theorion.com
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eat the free pizza. Monday night started out a little less crowded, but as the hours went on, the groups grew larger. Eventually, every seat in the house was full. Guest speakers, such as Mary Lobato, came to the event to share stories. “It’s amazing how students will be up all night to donate and write letters for children who have cancers or diseases,” Lobato said. Elizabeth Lobato, Mary Lobato’s daughter, suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, which is a brittle bone disease, Lobato said. She is 12 years old and has been going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since she was almost 4. They traveled all the way from Southern California to come to Chico’s Up ’til Dawn because it is such a beneficial event, she said. Other schools also come to check out the event. Duane Lindsay, a student at Cal State Monterey Bay, came all the way to Chico to experience Up ’til Dawn. “The Chico State directors invited us to see how we should implement our own program,” Lindsay said. “They want to help us become the No. 1 rookie.” People are encouraged to send as many letters as they can because they get a better chance of winning prizes, said Meg Miller, an Up ’til Dawn committee member.
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State budget, tuition hikes discussed Heidi Parodi STAFF WRITER
The distribution of Chico State’s portion of the state budget is still in the works, along with discussion about a possible tuition increase in the spring and fall semesters. Chico State will receive $174 million from the California State University’s budget of $2.62 billion, said Mike Uhlenkamp, director of media relations and new media for the CSU system, in a phone interview. The allocations to the campus
have not yet been finalized since the budget was just announced, said Stacie Corona, assistant vice president for budget and resource management at Chico State, in an e-mail interview. No one knows how the money will be split between divisions and colleges, or even between academic affairs and the rest of the university, said Frederica Shockley, chairwoman of the department of economics. “We’re all out there in an unknown area, and I think that is a reason that the administration is very reluctant to make
any long-term commitments,” Shockley said. The classes that were cut will be restored in spring so students can take the courses they need to continue on their way to earning their degree, Corona said. Some students need certain classes and have not been able to get them, said William Loker, dean of undergraduate education. Helping these students get their needed classes is the department’s biggest priority. Another cause of concern among the fiscal confusion is talk about a 5 percent increase
in tuition in spring 2011 and a 10 percent increase in fall 2011. The CSU board of trustees will meet today to continue the meeting from Tuesday discussing the possible tuition increases, Uhlenkamp said. The board of trustees had a special meeting to discuss fees and revenue in June, he said. At that time, they voted on a 5 percent increase in tuition. That changed because the board put forth a proposal saying they would come up with $50 million to make up for that 5 percent. Shortly thereafter, the
assembly’s budget proposal fell through, he said. When the budget was finally signed in October, it did not have that $50 million. Now the board is meeting to revisit the missing 5 percent of the budget, Uhlenkamp said. They hoped that the additional 10 percent raise in tuition for fall 2011 will be bought out by the legislature. The CSU system received onetime federal stimulus funding on top of the budget to enroll more students, which has happened, Uhlenkamp said. But students aren’t going to be at college for
just one semester, so revenue needs to be generated to serve the new students. If tuition is raised again by a combined 15 percent by fall 2011, then students will pay 242 percent more than in 2002, according to the CSU board of trustees. Fee hikes have averaged 12.4 percent per year since 2002. “If that money does come forth in the final budget a year from now, then we won’t need to raise tuition,” he said. Heidi Parodi can be reached at hparodi@theorion.com
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■ As the winter months near and the hot days of summer give way to monsoon rain and sharp cold, our bodies crave warm comfort food. As for me and my heritage, the ethnicity that is synonymous to comfort cuisine is Italian food. Since I was young the simple Italian classics like pasta with meat sauce or gnocchi soup were what kept me warm through those dark winter months.
Some students may graduate sooner thanks to additional classes being added to January intersession 2011. The overall 2011 January intersession schedule is similar to last year’s, but has new offerings to give students additional choices, said Elaina McReynolds, program director of the center for regional and continuing education. “The classes scheduled this year were selected to provide a variety of options and help students make progress towards completing their degree,” she said. January intersession will offer a total of 63 classes, which is five more than last year, and nine of them will fulfill theme requirements, according to the center’s website. The colleges and departments select classes for intersession based on which courses students will most likely need to graduate and also achieve successful enrollment for Chico State, she said. “We will add more classes if the demand is high from students and have it be affordable,” McReynolds said. January intersession fees are $230 per unit, which is slightly
■ There are a few things to look forward to once you are gainfully employed. They include a steady paycheck, less of a social life and waking up before 10 a.m. Having jobs during college is a great preview for life thereafter, but it can't fully prepare you for the life of working in a professional setting. There are certain social cues that are specific to a corporate environment. allegedadult.wordpress.com
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By Christina Rafael ■ You log into Facebook and there he is, in all his singleness, your ex-boyfriend. As you navigate, you can’t help but check his wall, recent pictures or who’s talking to him and what he said back. This, although seemingly innocent, can fill up one’s life after a breakup. So how do you get over a breakup in today’s world, where information allows us to be stalkers on the go? weeklyjuice.wordpress.com
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■ The Fashion Lounge offers options for women at Chico State sick of shopping in department stores and eager to find an outfit that will make them stand out in a crowd. Formerly known as LuLu’s, the store is at 212 Main St. New things come to the Fashion Lounge every week, so you won’t have to worry about missing the latest trends in clothes and accessories. charmsofchico.wordpress.com
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Sigma Chi returned as a Chico State-recognized chapter and Interfraternity Council member Nov. 1. The social fraternity was suspended from both the university and IFC for spring 2010, said Sigma Chi President Eric Luna. Failing to file paperwork for a social and an incident involving intramural football contributed to the suspension, he said. “Nothing was too extreme, but it was definitely enough for the school to say we weren’t necessarily playing by the rules,” Luna said. Plans for regaining recognition began immediately after the suspension, he said. The chapter’s adviser, mentoring team and members from the Sigma Chi national headquarters met with the chapter for a review of its members. A membership review judges members based on academics, payment of membership dues, accountability and involvement in the fraternity, Luna said. Sigma Chi decreased in size from 75 to 46 members after the review, he said. Some members were asked to leave the fraternity based on their performance and others made the choice to leave on their own. Since the suspension,
members of Sigma Chi have volunteered more than 300 hours with different organizations in and around Chico, Luna said. Habitat for Humanity and the Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation are two groups the fraternity has helped. The fraternity also adopted a picnic site at Bidwell Park, said Sigma Chi Vice President Landon Stoddard. The project requires members to maintain the site, learn which plants are indigenous and remove non-native plants weekly. For Stoddard and Luna, it is important to be fully involved in campus Greek life again. “It’s kind of nostalgic to be back,” Stoddard said. “It’s a relief, but at the same time we realize that there’s still a lot of work to be done.” IFC members were excited to have the fraternity rejoin the council, said IFC President Dustin Pesch. Sigma Chi’s regained recognition will help the Greek community’s philanthropic efforts and bring added involvement to the campus, he said. The fraternity will host its first event as a recognized chapter Friday, Luna said. The formal dinner will benefit the Huntsman Cancer Foundation with the expectation to raise $1,000. Lindsay Woychick can be reached at lwoychick@theorion.com
less than the cost for classes offered during the regular semesters, she said. “Students pay almost the same amount they would during the other semesters,” McReynolds said. Even with the classes that have been cut over the past several years, the department’s priority is to help seniors graduate, said Diana Flannery, a professor in the health and community services department. Flannery will teach women’s health, which fulfills the Theme O requirement, during intersession. “There was a concern that intersession would no longer be available, but so far Chico State has sustained intersession programming,” she said. Budget cuts and furloughs impacted all campus academic programs, Flannery said. “We hope that with the extra classes offered during intersession, more students will get the courses they need to graduate,” she said. January intersession is very important for students and is a possibility for sophomore Danielle Fernandez, who needs classes for her Spanish minor. “Adding more classes will help students like me graduate on time,” she said. Julia Vazquez can be reached at jvazquez@theorion.com
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adjunct enrollment possible, but students will not have to pay full graduate school tuition while serving in Peace Corps, Trechter said. “We wouldn’t let that happen,” she said. Those in the program are also paid a monthly stipend, which is about enough to live like the average person in the country, Trechter said. However, but some students have returned saying they were able to save some money. Robert Davidson, a Chico State English professor, did a two-year tour with Peace Corps, teaching English in Granada in 1990.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that made him the person he is today, Davidson said. Many people go into Peace Corps thinking they are going to change the world, but in the end, it’s the person who changes, he said. “That’s the genius of Peace Corps, that’s the magic of it,” he said. “It works on an individual level.” For more information, students can go to the Peace Corps website for Chico State or students can e-mail Sargent their questions at nsargent@peacecorps.gov. Kelly Ward can be reached at kward@theorion.com
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Truth helps politicians The actions of a person are often less important than how they own them. The Clinton-Lewinski scandal is a perfect example – an excellent politician makes a mistake and instead of accepting responsibility, makes it worse by lying. Everyone makes mistakes, so as trite as it may seem to say, honesty is always the best policy – especially when it comes to politicians. As journalists, we do our best to keep political representatives in line with this policy – even when the truth isn’t pleasant. On Oct. 30, just days before the election, Mark Herrera crashed his bicycle into a post in City Plaza around 1:45 a.m. Herrera initially explained to The Orion editors that he had been drinking at a birthday party the night of the accident, he said. However, later that night, he said in a phone interview that he did not recall drinking that evening – and that he learned a valuable lesson about respecting his limits. But if he wasn’t drinking that night, what is he talking about? What lesson did he learn? This reflects a major problem with government today – politicians covering up mistakes to make themselves seem infallible.
We want the truth, no matter how ugly it is, as it’s the only way we can really make informed decisions as a society. We want someone who understands and embodies this value. This rings true on a personal level as well. When you put anybody under such scrutiny, something negative will appear – nobody is perfect and we don’t expect anyone to be. But we do expect our representatives to be honest, learn from their mistakes and grow as a result. With that in mind, the issue here isn’t what happened, but how it was handled. Herrera didn’t do anything particularly bad – nothing most of us on the editorial board haven’t seen before – but when he chose to lie about it, he followed a path that proliferates the expectation of dishonesty from politicians. Anybody vying for such a position needs to be aware of the fact that they will get more attention – and rightly so. We need to know that they espouse the values we esteem. We would support a political figure or representative who screwed up and owned his or her mistake – everyone is human. But promoting a dishonest pattern of politics is not what we had in mind.
Voter turnout sets high bar California may have experienced a traditionally pedestrian voter turnout even in the face of heated races and frustrated voters, but Butte County managed to reel in unexpectedly high numbers for the 2010 midterm elections. While we are proud that our community is finally participating in local government affairs, we’re not sure what to attribute the rising numbers to – and we’re not very optimistic that they are sustainable. If this surge was a one-time occasion, it could pave the way for apathy down the line – especially if voter presence this term is attributed to some vague, intangible, external factor. This election period was a time of fierce debate and partisan divide due to a number of issues, such as Propositions 19 and 23. These polarizing wedge issues tend to draw more voters in hopes of swinging the polls one way or the other. But this energy only occurs during tense times of political divide – what will happen when the stakes aren’t so high, when people don’t have a personal interest in the results? People are motivated by personal incentives, not external forces.
A possible factor is that social networking sites like Facebook have been promoting voting both directly and indirectly, creating banners that remind people to vote, as well as creating a medium for people to advertise their patriotism. This makes voting more of a trend that people get on board with, even if they don’t care about the issues. These sites may have had an enormously beneficial effect this term by getting people who might not ordinarily vote to the polls – but it may not be something to count on happening in each election. Ultimately, the only change that will truly affect voter turnout in the future is a shift in attitude on a personal level – the drive has to be internal. All of the external factors in the world won’t inspire anyone to take a lasting role in their community – they haven’t been able to yet. We’re absolutely thrilled that so many Butte County residents cast their votes this November, but the community can’t rely on unidentifiable forces to drive voter turnout in the future. Everybody needs to take a personal interest in government and maintain the communal momentum.
PROP 19 GETS ‘NO’ VOTE >> You see children... as long as we have medicinal marijuana there’s no need to “legalize it” completely. After all, who do I sell my extra weed to if that happens?
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Fear stifles suicide prevention options James Jelenko OPINION EDITOR
In 2006, in the catastrophic wake of Hurricane Katrina, my friend and role model threw himself off the top of the Hilton in New Orleans and fell 10 stories to his death. I still haven’t really dealt with it – it’s too hard. The next year, an old friend of mine from middle school jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and died on impact. When I heard about it, I made a joke. I’m not proud of that fact, but I didn’t know how else to handle it. I only reveal this extremely personal detail to illustrate a point – two suicides and I was still too scared to speak openly. I still think about him almost every day, even though we weren’t very close friends in life. This year, my sister was found hanging by the neck from a rope tied to the bathroom ceiling. Fortunately she
survived, but I can’t bite my tongue any longer – this is a problem. As a society, we have no good way of preventing suicides or dealing with those hurt by one. It’s strange how a person’s innermost struggle – that problem that they feel they can’t talk to anyone about –
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becomes a very real issue for the people affected by their death. It’s the cruelest manifestation of irony. But talking about the issue still involves walking an ethical tightrope, progressing what’s already an unimaginably heartwrenching issue into a terminal aspect of the human condition. Suicide is taboo mostly because people are fearful of
talking about it. Whether the fear comes from concerns of inadvertently proliferating suicide as a solution to pain or simply from a personal aversion to difficult subjects is subjective, but in some way, most of us are guilty of it. That fear is why I haven’t dealt with the suicides in my own life. In some communities, suicide is dealt with in a hush-hush fashion because people think that paying attention will spur more suicides. In others, people publicize it, talk about it and try to nip it in the bud. The point is that nobody really knows the best way to handle it – and I don’t, either. But it makes sense that if we never address it, then the problem will never get better. If we can’t talk about it, how will we ever fix the root causes? Do we just ignore it and hope for the best? If we look at the human species as a human body, suicide can be seen as a disease like cancer – not the fault of the organism, but a problem nonetheless. Do we go to the doctor
and deal with the pain of chemotherapy, or wait and see if it goes into remission? Until recently, I was a “wait and see” kind of guy, despite my fairly consistent exposure to a relatively heavy dose of suicidal tendencies in friends and family. But not talking is not working – at least not for me. It seems that the only way we can determine what is needed to stop or slow this problem is to talk about it – to voice our feelings and fears. If we’re open and honest about what it does to us as people and communities, suicide won’t look like a viable option to quell pain, but rather the fastest way to bring torment to loved ones. Fear is often what drives people to suicide, and it’s what stops us from talking about it. But we can’t be afraid of the consequences that will continue to afflict us if we don’t act now. James Jelenko can be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com
Kindle bridges digital divide Se Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST
There is a digital divide going on in my apartment. My roommate just received his Kindle in the mail, while I am still prone to books. I have a love affair with books – when I sit down to read one, I feel encapsulated by the experience of critically thinking and connecting with the author. “But it can hold thousands of books!” my roommate said. “Oh great, another screen,” I thought. Once in a while, my roommate and I will have these little arguments about Kindles and Nooks versus physical, traditional print. With all things paper moving onto electronic devices and being transported onto the vast frontier of the Web, I’m afraid society is losing its ability to read print. I agree that devices like Kindles are resourceful inventions for storing huge amounts of text, but the whole idea of looking at yet another screen discomforts me. The infrastructure of context has shifted – like the cataloging of libraries undergoing archival digitization – and the presentation of text will likely keep changing. But people have to realize that reading on the Web is far different than reading on devices like the Kindle – or even better, a classic book. You could say that the Kindle is the exception to the rule, and the rule that we’ve all come to accept is that screens rule our lives. When I try to read articles on the Web, I find that I’m constantly enticed to open up YouTube or iTunes or click on an ad here or hyperlink to another page over there. I’m distracted from my first mission, which was to read an article. When I’m in the moment of multitasking, my brain is firing from all directions and I feel compartmentalized with all
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the open pages, the sending of e-mails, listening to music and waiting for a video to buffer. I don’t ever feel as though I’ve gained any real information, but have just glossed over the text and nit-picked certain words. Even when not on the Web, it may be hard to sit down and read a book because of all the screens in our lives – the computer screen, the phone screen, the TV screen, the iPod screen. If I have a love affair with a book I’m reading, then all these screens around me are like the onthe-side mistresses that I can’t yet get away from. The convenient thing about the Kindle is that it doesn’t lend itself to all the other distractions inherent in the Web when trying to read something. Perhaps Kindles will replace the
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Thumbs Up to dolphin-safe tuna. Sorry Charlie, Starkist wants tuna that tastes good, not dolphins with good taste.
Thumbs Down to San Francisco’s ban on Happy Meals. Those were the best memories from my fat childhood.
Thumbs Up to heated classroom buildings. It’s the only thing keeping me in school this winter.
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student bookstore if companies like Chegg don’t conquer the textbook market first. Literacy specialist Carey Gross has helped people improve their basic reading and writing skills for seven years. She currently works for Butte County Library Literacy Services. “Over 85 percent of the adult learners entering the literacy program express a desire to learn to use the computer either along with or as a means of improving their skills,” Gross said in an e-mail interview. “Of the other 15 percent, many express a fear or an inadequacy at the thought of even touching a computer.” The great digital divide our nation is experiencing not only occurs in communities, but is occurring in homes as
well, she said. Literacy services tutors often hear of scenarios where adult learners have computers in their homes, but do not use them because they are not familiar with the technology. In some cases, the inexperienced adult is not even allowed to use the computer. Perhaps the Kindle is a better way to learn how to read rather than the overwhelming options on the Web coupled with inexperience of computer usability. The Kindle is still a step in the direction of technology, but it is less threatening. It may feel claustrophobic, but is a better option than trying to read on the Web. Serena Cervantes can be reached at scervantes@theorion.com
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Thumbs Up to mittens. They may not be stylish, but damn are they warm.
Thumbs Down to dogs who peed on my living room floor this morning. You’re a bad dog, Lucky. Bad dog!
Thumbs Down to certain pieces of progressive legislature not passing. We were so close.
Thumbs Up to Up ’til Dawn and participating students. We’re on our way to becoming champion baby savers once again.
Thumbs Down to inconsiderate smokers. Don’t you befoul my air. That’s my air.
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Holiday visitors benefit business, city Nick Pike OPINION COLUMNIST
A few times a year, holidays like Labor Day, Halloween and Memorial Day bring flocks of out-of-towners to Chico for a slice of our parties, and they return the favor by giving our economy a little stimulus during their stay. From liquor stores and markets selling booze by the case to eateries being inundated by drunk students at all hours of the day, it’s weekends like these that businesses salivate over while picturing the amount of profits available in such a short period. Along with private industry getting a bump in revenue, state employment, such as law enforcement and parks and recreation, chide in on the green with increased forces patrolling around the clock and fees generated from park usage and citations. With thousands of visiting students populating our fairly small community, the increases in sales revenue that the aforementioned businesses see can make a party weekend’s profits equal to one week of regular business. Businesses rely on and value these hikes because in the months where school is out and the majority of students leave town, it’s the excess revenue generated from party weekends that keeps independent owners from closing up shop. However, not everyone has the open-armed welcome to these foreign visitors like the
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proprietors and governing forces. To the dismay of the environmentalists and some Chico residents, the result of accommodating masses of youths can result in sour grapes due to the condition the town is left in after the party is over.
The growing differences between glowing proprietors and crotchety Chicoans inspires the question – is Chico pimping out its resources worthy of the trashed result, or should there be a limit to the party? The driving forces behind the situation has business trumping
Gun-nut image inaccurate Alexander Seymour OPINION COLUMNIST
Gun nuts are crazy. Luckily, there are much fewer gun nuts in Chico than people have been led to believe. Whether the reason is for recreation or personal defense, gun ownership is about responsibility and safety. However, these are often not a person’s first reaction when he or she learns that someone owns a firearm. Freshman Alyssa Reyes usually assumes that a person who owns a gun is a bit over the top or intense, she said. “It’s intimidating, and they probably have some insecurities of some sort,” Reyes said. Generalizations like this are not based upon reality and serve to socially marginalize gun owners. Senior Rick Fowler thinks people often act differently around him when they learn he owns a gun, he said. “To an inexperienced person who hasn’t known gun owners or been around firearms, all they see is the news on TV,” Fowler said. Most news programs and television shows are profit-driven organizations that have more interest in entertainment and gaining viewers than they do in informing people. This causes them to focus on shocking and violent stories, like killings by gunwielding perpetrators. While most people realize that profit-driven media organizations usually have an agenda of one sort or another, we aren’t always in the critical thinking mindset to filter out these agendas when we flop down on the couch to watch some TV at the
end of the day. So the stereotypes filter in and are reinforced when we enter centers of higher education. Sophomore Nikki Macdougall quickly recognized the biases some Chico State teachers hold against gun owners, she said. One teacher brought up how differently the government would view a group of black individuals that carried unloaded guns as opposed to white tea party members, Macdougall said. “I raised my hand and said she was stereotyping, and she retorted by claiming that I, as a white female, wouldn’t need a gun other than to look cool,” she said. But the most damaging stereotypes are propagated by the few gun owners that don’t pay the proper reverence to their hobby. Activities like displaying a picture of yourself holding a gun on Facebook or proclaiming gun ownership in conversation may be intended to imply passion for an activity or as a way to find people who share interests, but it is often not read that way. Some people, such as student Danielle McCutcheon, more often assume that the gun owner is making a display of oafish toughness and may be unpredictable. “When I hear that somebody owns a gun, it indicates that they might be aggressive or trying to display toughness,” McCutcheon said. Combined with media and educational biases, the behavior of these few gun owners causes the less vocal majority to be stereotyped, and as a result, all gun owners feel the tension. Macdougall tries to bring up the issue of gun ownership as rarely as possible around school, since it is such a liberal institution, she said.
environment thus far, as the commerce of a rural, revenuedriven college town like Chico banks heavily on the out-of-town Washingtons that get circulated directly into our economy. Without the university and its students, the scale of Chico would be much smaller, and
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it might be nothing more than another Red Bluff or Oroville. So when businesses are so heavily vested in a specific demographic, Chico’s party culture becomes a valued bargaining chip in keeping the ritual masses returning to support our economy – one
weekend at a time. The owner of Five and Eye, Dave Clayton, sees his restaurant’s business double and sometimes triple during holiday weekends, such as Halloween and Labor Day, he said. Launching points such as the Irvine Finch dock, where the infamous floats begin, sell parking spaces at five bucks a car, with the cars in the hundreds. Not to mention all the extra hired hands to control the crowds, who are usually Chico officers picking up overtime whose extra dough gets cycled back into our local economy. So at what expense are we pimping ourselves out for? A trashed river? Yes, possibly. A downtown littered with remnants of red cups, Keystone boxes and cans? Sure. However, there are programs in place to aid in the cleanup. Adventure Outings cleaned up the river after the beer-can mayhem, and the Greek system and other student groups instilled an adopt-a-block cleanup program where the heavily tramped downtown areas were rid of waste in the name of community service. Chico can only preserve its special flavor because of all the businesses and attractions we have to offer. We are a destination for youths, and by curbing that demand, we will only hurt ourselves economically and discourage potential students and visitors from wanting to indulge in the Chico experience. Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com
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Fowler feels the same tension when sometimes talking to non gun owners. “I was brought up not to tell people about it, because there is a negative stereotype,” Fowler said. “I had a friend a few years ago who thought I was a redneck because I liked to go to the shooting range, and it strained our friendship. I didn’t dislike her for being a tennis player.” Contrary to popular belief, sporting is exactly how most gun owners view their status. They see their guns as a sort of tennis racquet, albeit one
that requires more responsibility than typical sporting equipment. Because of this heightened sense of responsibility, fewer children die annually from the mishandling of firearms than by drowning in pools, according to statistics from the Brady campaign and Kdhnew.com. Maybe owners of other pieces of sporting equipment should take a clue from this figure. Clarity in statistics is a step in the right direction, but that will not change the stereotype of gun owners
single-handedly. While snap judgments made about gun owners are unfair and wrong, those few who use their firearms as a status symbol, either purposefully or by accident, need to be more conscious of the difficulty it causes for all gun owners. In the words of psychology major Tara Reese, “I would like it if gun owners treated the subject with a little more subtlety.” Alex Seymour can be reached at aseymour@theorion.com
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Social side of sports I never paid much attention to the thought that sports bring people together, as athletics have always been a huge part of my life. But recently, I have found more ways that the world of sports unites different types of people. It first hit me during the final game of the World Series. One out away from the end, I looked around the basement of The Orion and noticed the group I was surrounded by watching the game on my screen. In all honesty, this mashup of people normally wouldn’t hang out and we probably wouldn’t have spent the last inning of the World Series together unless we had to be there. But since we were able to stream the game live over the Internet and a few of us got into it, others started to turn their attention over to the final minutes of the game. People who don’t even normally watch sports circled up to the computer and were excited to watch the ending. They weren’t becoming bandwagon fans – they were becoming a part of American culture. Baseball is called America’s past time for a reason. It is something that brings people together and an easily relatable topic. It’s the same thing that often happens at sports bars. People who would normally never talk to one another bond, chat and complain about their favorite teams. And it isn’t just baseball that brings fans and non-fans together. Sunday at The Graduate is packed – no matter which football team is playing – with fans and friends coming together to share a few hours rooted in a common interest. Sports have become something people tweet, update statuses and upload clips to YouTube about. Friends of mine that don’t even watch sports knew who won the World Series three seconds after it happened because of all the instant updates. The topic of sports is something like the topic of weather – it fills the silence of awkward conversations. It helps start the conversation in the area of “small talk.” In elevators, taxis and check-out lines it is not uncommon to hear someone say, “How about them Giants?” Instead of saying, “Wow, what great weather we’re having today,” people can always ask, “Did you catch that game last night?” Sports and favorite teams have become much like a pop culture topic. I can’t say the only reason my family gets along is sports, but it is something that definitely brought us closer. Games were something we could always talk about or watch together. We may not always agree on the same team to root for, but at least we were spending time together. Lindsey Barrett can be reached at
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’Cats stomp Broncos, bitten by Coyotes Dane Stivers A SSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
CCAA names its All-Conference soccer teams >>The California Collegiate Athletic Association named its All-Conference men’s soccer teams. Chico State forward Ferid Celosmanovic was honored, along with six Cal State San Bernardino male players. Cal State Stanislaus rookie forward Karenee Demery was named CCAA’s Most Valuable Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. source: goccaa.org
Sonoma State wins men’s soccer CCAA championship >> Junior forward Cam Vickers’ goal less than two minutes into the second half was the winner as Sonoma State defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills, 1-0, on Sunday to capture the 2010 California Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Soccer Championship in their second CCAA Tournament title in the last three years. source: goccaa.org
Cal State L.A. wins CCAA women’s soccer title >>Senior forward Alex Conley scored on a breakaway less than two minutes into the second overtime to lead top-seeded Cal State L.A. to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 seed Cal State Stanislaus in a semifinal match of the 2010 California Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Soccer Tournament Friday night at Warrior Stadium in Turlock. The win moved the defending CCAA Champion Golden Eagles into their second straight title match, where they will face an upstart San Francisco State team at 2:30 p.m Sunday. source: goccaa.org
Though two senior ’Cats were playing the final home games of their careers, it was the kittens who stole the show. This weekend, after clawing their way to a victory over struggling Cal Poly Pomona and dropping a competitive match to nationally ranked Cal State San Bernardino, the young Wildcats appeared ready to take the talented veterans’ places in the program. Against the Broncos on Friday night in Acker Gym, the Wildcats played neck-and-neck with their conference foes for a 16-16 deadlock early in the first set. But the Broncos would go on a 3-0 run to claim the lead and gain momentum, forcing head coach Cody Hein to call a timeout to get his team back on track. The Wildcats came out of the huddle refocused and scored the next four points to regain the lead, 20-19, over their struggling California Collegiate Athletic Association opponent, who entered the match with an overall record of 10-13. However, the ’Cats would struggle with scoring from there, dropping the set, 25-23, for an early 1-0 match deficit. In the second set, things started out better for the ’Cats as they raced out to an early 6-1 lead. The pesky Broncos wouldn’t stop kicking their hooves, however, as they scored 11 of the next 17 points to tie the game at 12. The Wildcats responded by scoring seven of the next nine points and taking a five-point lead that would not be relinquished. They settled in for a 25-21 set victory to square up the match at one game apiece. In the third set, both teams again traded mini-runs to start the game, as an early 2-0 ’Cat start gave way to an 8-3 Bronco run, before the ’Cats reclaimed
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Led by individual champion Kara Lubieniecki, the Wildcats maintained their conference dominance as they captured the 2010 California Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Cross Country Championships Saturday. The ’Cats placed seven runners in the top eight and finished with 19 points, with Lubieniecki winning the six-kilometer race in a time of 21:30.2. Lubieniecki also earned Runner of the Year honors. 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
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the lead at 10-9. The Wildcats wouldn’t look back from there, as they slowly built on their lead until they scored match point for a 25-18 win and a 2-1 match advantage. Heading into the fourth set, the ’Cats would need to show some continued focus if they wanted to leapfrog the Broncos in the CCAA standings. The Wildcats showed just that as they jumped out of the gates with a quick 4-0 start. The Broncos responded once again, scoring 16 of the next 26 points for a surprising 16-14 lead. After the Broncos briefly enjoyed their largest advantage of the set, 20-17, the Wildcats turned up the heat and turned a 23-23 deadlock into a 25-23 set victory and a 3-1 match win. It was the ’Cats renewed focus and desire to take care of business that enabled them to rally back for the four-set win, said freshman outside hitter Alex Shurtz, who led the Wildcats with 21 kills on the night. “At first, the skills were there, but not our urgency,” Shurtz said of her team’s early 1-0 match deficit. “But we changed our mentality and we started to play better.” On Saturday night, the Wildcats faced significantly tougher competition against the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes, who were ranked first in the CCAA and seventh in the nation with a record of 18-1 in the conference and 22-2 overall. In the first set, the Wildcats hung tough as the Coyotes clung to a 12-10 advantage. But the Coyotes would bare their teeth over the next 13 points, scoring 10 of them for a 22-13 lead.
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EARLY CELEBRATION The Chico State volleyball team meets to celebrate a point scored against Cal State San Bernardino Saturday night. The Wildcats would lose 3-0 to the Coyotes after beating Cal Poly Pomona 3-1 Friday. With only two games left, the ’Cats are 7-13 in the CCAA. Despite a 4-3 Wildcat run to end the game, the Coyotes would take the match, 25-17, for an early 1-0 match advantage. In the second set, the ’Cats again started off strong and took an early 7-4 lead. But the Wildcats’ paws started missing the mark from there, and the Coyotes scored 21 of the next 30 points for a 25-16 set victory. While the Wildcats had to scratch and claw for every one of their points, the Coyotes picked up points with ease, Hein said. “When we’d go on a little run, it felt like a half hour to get those points,” Hein said. “Then
they’d go on a run and get those points back in 10 seconds.” In the third set, the ’Cats would fi nd themselves in a similar situation as the fi rst two sets. Despite losing an early 7-5 advantage, the Wildcats were still feeling comfortable when the Coyotes tied up the score at 13. The Coyotes would build a small lead as the game continued, with a 22-19 advantage looking like the end for the Wildcats. But the Wildcats didn’t call it quits just yet, as they went on a 4-2 run to be just one point down, 24-23, with the home crowd holding it breath
in anticipation. However, the Coyotes would not be denied their next point or the thrilling third-set victory, 25-23, and a 3-0 match win. A late-match huddle that had the coaches encouraging players to just go out there and have fun was a big reason the Wildcats were so close in the third set, said senior middle hitter Crystal Trifeletti. “It’s like, ‘You guys, this is our last home game, let’s have fun,’” Trifeletti said. “We came out loose and carefree – and had fun doing it.” Dane Stivers can be reached at dstivers@theorion.com
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A 3-0 knockout blow by Cal State Dominguez Hills almost extinguished Wildcat hopes of winning the California Collegiate Athletic Association title Friday at Turlock, but a seed in the NCAA tournament keeps hope alive. The ’Cats arrived to the tournament as the CCAA North Division Champions and No. 2 seed for the CCAA. An overall record of 13-5-0 with wins in the last three home games seemed to bring the ’Cats to the tournament with confidence. When the game started Friday, ’Cat players were not playing to their full potential, said sophomore midfielder Josh Borja. They could not get many shots on goal. “We all thought we were ready, but once we got on the field, the game was not going how we wanted it to,” he said. A lack of consistency and focus seemed to be the result of some team members battling injuries. The team was fighting several inner battles, such as injuries, when the time came to compete for the CCAA title, said junior forward Christopher Akwaja. They did not have the hunger they displayed in previous
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games. “They got the first goal and the guys just got lost – our heads just went down,” he said. But even after the disappointing loss, ’Cat hopes of a national championship are alive, since they earned a seed in the NCAA tournament Monday and will host the first two rounds. “We’re in it now – and we’re going to fight it,” Akwaja said. The ’Cats will compete in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2003, when they reached the final round, but lost 2-1 to Lynn University. The first obstacle for the ’Cats will be the Sonoma State Seawolves. The two teams faced each other twice in the regular season, each winning at home. The ’Cats won 2-0, while the Seawolves got revenge with a 2-1 victory. It is crucial for the ’Cats to quickly forget about the loss to the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros and face the NCAA tournament playing exactly how they were before the last two games, Borja said. The outcome of the Friday’s game was not an accurate reflection of the rest of the season, Akwaja said. The team trained hard during the season and had some strong games, specifically against Sonoma State and Cal Poly Pomona. They also had good comeback
Cross-Country Both the men and women’s cross-country teams earned first place at the CCAA Championships. Six of the first seven runners to finish were all Wildcats from the men’s team, while nine of the first ten female finishers were Wildcats.
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TAKE THAT Junior forward Chris Akwaja takes a shot on goal against Cal State Dominguez Hills Friday in the CCAA Championship Tournament semifinals. His shot would not find the back of the net as the Toros downed the ’Cats, 3-0, to eliminate them from the CCAA Tournament. ability – something they were not able to demonstrate against the Toros. Akwaja scored nine goals in the season, trailing the team’s leading scorer, junior forward Ferid Celosmanovic, who scored 12, according to chicowildcats.com. Both players earned first team all-league honors in the CCAA, with Celosmanovic also earning Offensive Player and Newcomer of the Year awards. Other Wildcats recognized for their outstanding seasons were sophomore forward Tyson Crim and senior
Women’s Basketball The Chico State women’s basketball team lost 58-104 to Division-I St. Mary’s Sunday in an exhibition game Sunday.
midfielder Zach Bradford. Both ’Cats led the team in assists, with six and four respectively. With a 5-0-0 start, the ’Cats managed to get as high as sixth in the national ranking and a head start in the CCAA North Division. Playing seven out of nine of the fi rst games at home helped the ’Cats start the season on a positive note and fi nish the fi rst half with an 8-1-0 record. The ’Cats ended the season with a commanding home record of 9-2-0 and a stellar 4-3-0 record on the road.
Men’s Basketball The Wildcts faced off against Division-I University of Pacific Sunday and lost 44-59 in an exhibition game.
Making trips and sleeping in hotels always adds a little more to worry about, but overall, the lost away games are part of a little bad luck, said senior defender Ross Judge. “You go to Sonoma and you dominate the game – and you still lose 2-1,” he said. The West is the toughest region in the nation, and most of the teams have similar or worse away records, Judge said. It is just part of the playing in the West. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com
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From the surface, the view may seem odd. The pool is a frenzy of people constantly coming up for air and flopping around in what seems to be complete confusion – but below the surface, there is a much different scene. There is a group of people aggressively pursuing a sunken puck on the floor of a swimming pool. This is what is known as underwater hockey. In the 1950s, underwater hockey was devised to enhance lung capacity for Navy Seals, said Maura Briseno, president of the Chico State underwater hockey team. Chico State’s club has been around since 1972 and is affiliated with the team Club Puck, which is based in San Jose and plays in a higher league. Recently, the club has
relocated to Yuba City due to budget cuts and maintenance costs. The Acker Gym diving pool housed the club for more than three decades before the gym’s pool was drained. Despite relocating, the club has experienced a resurgence since the transfer to Yuba City’s Gauche Water Park, Briseno said. Many club members think the Gauche pool is much deeper, clearer and more suitable for the club than many of the pools in Chico, she said. Bradley Smith, a member of the club, described the conditions of the Paradise pool as less than adequate. “We were kicking each other, and when you came up to get air, you were basically standing on the bottom,” Smith said of the 4-foot-deep pool. “Many people were getting clawed and stepped on as well.”
An ideal depth for a pool to play underwater hockey in is about 8 to 10 feet. Several members of the club are abalone divers as well. Chico State alumni Cha Vang began playing the sport as a way to stay fit for when abalone season started again, he said. “It is great cardio – I think there is more cardio than aerobics – and it keeps you cool with the water around you,” he said. Vang and multiple members of the club enjoy the sport along with the diverse group of people that play it, he said. To play the sport, a person does not need to be a good swimmer, Vang said. He typically doggie paddles while surfaced. “It’s kind of embarrassing, but with the fins on, you don’t have to be that great of a swimmer,” he said.
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Although swimming skill level is not that important, getting in the pool and playing is the only way to become a strong player, Smith said. Getting more people to come out is something the team has been working on since its move, he said. Usually, about 30 percent of people who try underwater hockey come back and keep playing regularly, said team member Curt Anderson. “It depends, sometimes we’ll try 10 guys and none of them will come back,” Anderson said. The league is co-ed, and those willing to try underwater hockey are encouraged by all club members. The Chico State club meets at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in Yuba City at the Gauche Water Park. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com
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SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON HERE [TOP TO BOTTOM] Julie Van Rockel, Robert Kent and Russell Story swim to reach a puck during a scrimmage. The club plays Wednesdays in Yuba City.
• Hockey stick (A) • Puck or squid (B) •Glove: protects shooting/ stick hand (C) • Goggles and snorkel with mouthguard (D) • Fins for feet (E) • Swim cap with ear guards • Goal Box: typically steel lays on floor
• Dolphin Kick: used on a breakaway, follows a wave to swim faster, feet are put together. • Breakaway: a person leading the pack of players with the puck. • Curl: stationary guarding move to protect the puck. • Flick: like a slapshot in hockey. • Roller: puck rolls on its side.
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SQUABBLING FOR A SQUID [LEFT TO RIGHT] Russell Story and Robert Kent face off for a puck as they compete in an underwater hockey game. The puck – or squid – sinks to the bottom of the pool and is pushed toward a goal using a smaller version of a hockey stick.
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MEN’S SOCCER | CONT.
CROSS COUNTRY
Nov. 6
Red/White Scrimmage
3 p.m.
Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
12:30 p.m.
Sept. 17
Cal Poly Pomona
Nov. 7
@University of Pacific
L 44-59
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills 12:30 p.m.
Sept. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
Nov. 18
@Cal State Stanislaus
7 p.m.
Jan. 7
UC San Diego
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 24
Nov. 22
Bethany University
7 p.m.
Jan. 8
Cal State East Bay
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 26
Nov. 26
Northwest Christian
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 14
@Cal State San Bernardino
5:30 p.m.
Nov. 27
Dominican
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15
@Cal Poly Pomona
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
7:30 p.m.
Jan. 21
Dec. 4
Sonoma State
7:30 p.m.
Dec. 8
Cal State Stanislaus
7 p.m.
Dec. 11
Pacific Union
7 p.m.
Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
2:30 p.m.
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
Jan. 7
W 3-0
|
Sept. 25
@Stanford Invitational
6th/9th
L 2-1
Oct. 2
@Williamette Invitational
2nd/3rd
Humboldt State
W 1-0
Oct. 16
@Santa Clara Invitational
2nd/4th
Sonoma State
W 2-0
Nov. 6
@CCAA Championships
Oct. 1
Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 3-0
Nov. 6
@Doc Adams Invitational
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 3
Cal State L.A.
San Francisco State
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 8
@Sonoma State
Jan. 22
CSU Monterey Bay
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 10
@Humboldt State
Jan. 28
Cal State Dominguez Hills
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 15
@UC San Diego
Jan. 29
Cal State L.A.
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 17
@Cal State East Bay
W 3-1
Feb. 3
@Sonoma State
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 22
San Francisco State
W 1-0
2:30 p.m.
Feb. 5
@Humboldt State
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 25
CSU Monterey Bay
W 3-1
Sept. 3
@Dominican
W 3-1
UC San Diego
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 10
@Cal State East Bay
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 27
Cal State Stanislaus
W 2-1
Sept. 3
@BYU- Hawaii
W 3-1
Jan. 8
Cal State East Bay
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 12
@UC San Diego
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 30
@Cal State Stanislaus
L 1-0
Sept. 4
@Grand Canyon
W 3-1
Jan. 14
@Cal State San Bernardino
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 18
Cal Poly Pomona
5:30 p.m.
Nov. 5-7
CCAA Championship
L 3-0
Sept. 4
@Seattle Pacific
Jan. 15
@Cal Poly Pomona
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
5:30 p.m.
Nov. 12-14
TBA
Sept. 7
William Jessup
Jan. 21
San Francisco State
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 24
@CSU Monterey Bay
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 10
@Cal State L.A.
Jan. 22
CSU Monterey Bay
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25
@San Francisco State
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 11
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 3-0
Jan. 28
Cal State Dominguez Hills
7:30 p.m.
March 1-5
TBA
Sept. 15
@Simpson
W 3-0
Jan. 29
Cal State L.A.
7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17
Humboldt State
W 3-1
Feb. 3
@Sonoma State
7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18
Sonoma State
L 3-0
Feb. 5
@Humboldt State
7:30 p.m.
Aug. 17
@Nevada
exhibition
Sept. 22
Cal State Stanislaus
L 3-0
Feb. 10
@Cal State East Bay
7:30 p.m.
Aug. 25
@Southern Oregon
exhibition
Sept. 24
UC San Diego
W 3-2
Feb. 12
@UC San Diego
7:30 p.m.
L 2-1 (2OT)
Feb. 18
Cal Poly Pomona
7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24-25
@Saint Martin’s Inv.
Feb. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
7:30 p.m.
Sept. 27-28
@Western Washington Inv.
Feb. 24
@CSU Monterey Bay
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 11-12
InterWest Wildcat Classic
Feb. 25
@San Francisco State
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 18-19
D-II Championship Preview
TBD
TBD
WOMEN’S SOCCER MEN’S GOLF
|
L 1-0 (OT) L 1-2
Sept. 2
Western Washington
Sept. 4
Central Washington
1st
Sept. 10
@Cal State Monterey Bay
2nd
Sept. 12
@San Francisco State
1st
Sept. 17
Cal Poly Pomona
TBD
Dec. 4
TBD
TBA TBA
W 2-1 L 3-2 (OT)
| 8-9-1
2nd
Nov. 20
1st/1st
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
| 12-14-0
L 3-1 W 3-1 L 3-1
Sept. 25
Cal State East Bay
L 3-1
W 2-1
Oct. 1
@Cal State San Bernardino
L 3-0 L 3-2
W 2-0
Oct. 2
@Cal Poly Pomona
L 1-0 (2OT)
Oct. 8
San Francisco State
L 3-1
L 1-0 (OT)
Oct. 9
CSU Monterey Bay
L 3-2
March 1-5
TBD
TBA
Sept. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
W 2-1
Oct. 13
@Cal State Stanislaus
March 12-15
TBD
TBA
Sept. 24
Humboldt State
W 1-0
Oct. 15
Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 3-1
Sept. 26
Sonoma State
W 4-0
Oct. 16
Cal State L.A.
W -31
Oct. 1
Cal State Dominguez Hills
L 1-0
Oct. 22
@Sonoma State
8th
Oct. 3
Cal State L.A.
L 2-0
Oct. 23
@Humboldt State
W 2-0
Oct. 29
@Cal State East Bay
L 3-2
L 2-0
Oct. 30
@UC San Diego
L 3-0 W 3-1
WOMEN’S GOLF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
| L 58-104
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Sept. 19-21
@Sonoma State Inv.
Sept. 27-28
@Grand Canyon Inv.
13th
Oct. 8
@Sonoma State
Oct. 11-12
@Viking Inv.
10th
Oct. 10
@Humboldt State
L 3-1
L 3-2 W 3-2
Nov. 7
@St. Mary’s
Nov. 12
@University of Nevada
7 p.m.
Oct. 15
@UC San Diego
L 3-1
Nov. 5
Cal Poly Pomona
Nov. 19
Academy of Art
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 17
@Cal State East Bay
T 0-0
Nov. 6
Cal State San Bernardino
Nov. 20
Hawaii Pacific
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 22
San Francisco State
L 2-0
Nov. 12
@CSU Monterey Bay
7 p.m.
Nov. 23
Cal State Stanislaus
6 p.m.
Oct. 25
CSU Monterey Bay
W 4-2
Nov. 13
@San Francisco State
7 p.m.
Nov. 27
@Cal State Stanislaus
2 p.m.
Oct. 27
Cal State Stanislaus
W 2-1
Nov. 18-20
TBD
TBA
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 2
Western Washington
W 2-1
Oct. 30
@Cal State Stanislaus
L 4-0
Dec. 2-4
TBD
TBA
Dec. 4
Sonoma State
5:30 p.m.
Sept. 6
Seattle Pacific
W 1-0
Nov. 5-7
TBD
TBA
Dec. 10
@Western Washington
5 p.m.
Sept. 10
@Cal State Monterey Bay
W 2-1 (OT)
Nov. 11-14
TBD
TBA
Dec. 11
@Seattle Pacific
5 p.m.
Sept. 12
@San Francisco State
W 2-1
Nov. 19-21
TBD
TBA
MEN’S SOCCER
| 13-6-0
L 3-0
schedules subject to change
Former Wildcat shakes up MLS Sophia Horn STAFF WRITER
When Wildcat alumnus Chris Wondolowski was not studying for his liberal studies major, he was making accomplishments on the field for the Chico State soccer team. Wondolowski played for Chico State from 2001-2004 at the midfielder position. Today, he is the most valuable player for the San Jose EarthquakesAs a Wildcat, he scored 12 goals in 2002 and tallied 12 more in 2003, while leading the Wildcats to the National Championship game. “I miss Chico State,” Wondolowski said. “I would not be where I am today if I did not have the support of that
team and school.” The Chico State athlete was born in Danville and grew up to play soccer at De La Salle High School in Concord. It was there that he earned All-Bay Valley Athletic League fi rst team and all-East Bay fi rst team honors in 2000 and 2001. He was also awarded two Player of the Year awards in 2001 by local media. Wondolowski continued to practice by playing club soccer for the Diablo Valley Soccer Club and Danville Mustang Soccer Association. After his time in Danville and after leaving Chico State, Wondolowski’s soccer career did not end. The former Wildcat was drafted 41st overall in the 2005
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MLS Supplemental Draft, joining the San Jose Earthquakes. The Earthquakes then moved to Texas and became the Houston Dynamos. After a relatively unimpressive stint with Houston and a lot of time on the reserve squad, Wondolowski was on the move once again. He was then traded back to the new San Jose Earthquakes for the 2009 season. Since returning to the Bay Area, Wondolowski has made it to the MLS playoff s and led his team in scoring with 18 goals in 26 matches. He has earned much more playing time in San Jose than during his time in Houston. The former Wildcat received the San Jose Earthquakes Most Valuable Player trophy on Oct. 20, 2010. He was also tied with World Cup participant Edson Buddle of the Los Angeles Galaxy for the league’s Golden Boot, awarded to the player with the most goals. Wondolowski went on to win the title after winning the match against the Kansas there was no better pick for City Wizards on Oct. 23. the team MVP, he said. San Jose Earthquake’s coach “Soccer is his game,” Busch Frank Yalsaid in a phone lop is proud interview. “He to have I miss can play any gained a spot, whether it is Chico State.” player such up top, out on the Chris Wondolowski as Wonwings or in cenFormer Wildcat and San Jose dolowski tral midfield.” Earthquakes MVP on the Wondolowski team, Yallop said in a phone has had such an impressive interview. season that Bob Bradley, “He does a lot for the team manager of the men’s national regarding actual field play soccer team, recently looked and the relationship he has at Wondolowski’s play as an with the teammates,” he indicator of who he should said. “He’s just an all-around call up for the team next player, and I’m extremely season. glad that the Earthquakes This would give the former have him.” Wildcat a chance to play for The whole team was excited the national team. for their teammate when he “That would be the greatest received the title of MVP, honor I could ever receive,” showing that the team agreed Wondolowski said. “I’m still that Wondolowski deserved in disbelief of the position I it, Yallop said. am in today.” Teammate Jon Busch, starting keeper for the San Jose Sophia Horn can be reached at Earthquakes, thinks that shorn@theorion.com
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Chico’s newest tavern, the Tackle Box Bar & Grill, has the makings for a new local favorite – just bring an appetite for amphibian, a thirsty liver and some change for the arcade. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill offers what many bars in Chico don’t – exotic foods, room to play and the chance to buy a box of ammo before you leave. It opened July on East Park Avenue next door to the Tackle Box sporting goods store and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Upon walking through the door to the restaurant, one is immediately greeted by a stuffed bear holding a lasso. The bar room is littered with fresh sawdust and every barrel-topped table is equipped with a bucket of peanuts. Patrons are welcome to throw their shells on the floor – or chuck them at friends like the regulars do. Those daring enough are welcome to try the alligator or the frog legs. With a little bit of ketchup, they both taste just like chicken. Jenna Gable, a waitress who has worked at the Tackle Box for about three months, has enjoyed the alligator a few times, she said. “I recommend it deep fried if you’ve never had it before,” she said. “It’s actually really good.” She also recommends the burger, which is the most popular item on the menu, as well as the frog legs. “The frog legs are defi nitely something to try,” she said. “Just to say you’ve tried it.” Neon beer signs shine the way toward the array of
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FIRED UP Leah Christie, singer for cover band All Fired Up!, belts it out Thursday at the Tackle Box. The restaurant features live music, an arcade, exotic food – like alligator – and an 18-foot metal shark. arcade and table games, complete with a boxing machine, two hunting games, pool tables, shuffleboard, foosball, air hockey and a Dirty Harry pinball machine with a pistol-gripped launcher. If games aren’t your thing, then use your quarters on the jukebox in the corner. Above the sawdust dining
area and flat screen TVs hangs an 18-foot metal hammerhead shark, constructed by local artist Doug Rathbun. The shark is available for purchase for $9,000. The Tackle Box has won over many of their working class customers, including Anthony Jensen, a 24-year-old Tackle Box regular.
“The Tackle Box is by far the greatest bar in Chico,” he yelled over the live music. “The drink specials, the deals – awesome.” He spoke highly of the bar’s good-hearted, blue-collar atmosphere. “There’s no fights, there’s no frat boys, no sorority girls,” Jensen said. “It’s laid back. I love this place, man, I really do.” Playing at the Tackle Box Thursday night was local cover band All Fired Up! – a fourperson rock band including a teacher and a student of Chico State’s music department. Guitar Professor Tobin Roye shredded to rock classics of the ’80s and ’90s, while Scott Cory, a returning music major, provided the beat on drums. Singer Leah Christie strutted her stuff on top of the bar, screaming song lyrics at the smiling patrons looking up at her, while her husband Travis Christie supplied the bass tones. The singer described the bar as a kind of cross between a country pub and a biker bar. “I love this bar,” she said outside in the crisp and smoky air. “It’s got some character.” Christie likes the Tackle Box’s enjoyable environment, she said. “This is Thursday and it’s fun, so Fridays and Saturdays are really great,” she said. The Tackle Box has live music at 9 p.m. every Thursday to Saturday and has karaoke on Sunday nights. With good food, good prices and good people, the Tackle Box Bar & Grill will be sure to provide a night to remember – even if you won’t. Tyler Ash can be reached at
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Chico hip-hop fans have something to look forward to with news of the return of the ever-popular underground duo Zion I. Fans will be able to experience one of hip-hop’s most formidable duos Tuesday at the Bell Memorial Union. The tour is in support of the group’s newest album, “Atomic Clock.” AmpLive, producer and DJ for the duo, describes the album as a more organic offering than the electronic-dominated albums that the group has previously released. “This time around, we had live musicians come in to play,” he said. “While it proved to be a lot harder to track live instruments, I am pleased with the
results.” With “Atomic Clock,” Zion I blended their hip-hop roots and their longtime admiration for reggae and dub, said MC Zumbi, the other half of Zion I. “Our last album was more of an upbeat album, a lot more extroverted,” MC Zumbi said. “For this album, we wanted to try something new. The lyrics I wrote are more personal, and the music goes along with that.” The group has been on tour for weeks already and is traveling all across the West Coast. Everywhere the group has performed, they have had a positive response from the crowd, AmpLive said. “Everyone on the tour so far has been really receptive to the new songs,” he said. “They all find something they can relate to.”
Even with the good response from the road, the band is especially excited to perform for a Chico audience. “We always have a good time in Chico,” MC Zumbi said. “The crowds are usually really into it, and we dig that.” AmpLive remembered Chico fondly from previous visits. “Chico’s a great town,” AmpLive said. “There’s an awesome barbecue place downtown I always go to.” Zion I are no strangers to the Chico scene – and with good reason, said A.S. Live! member Tanasha Murray. “We always bring them back, their show is action packed and unique,” Murray said. “It’s nice listening to something you can actually relate to. Zion I is part of an important movement promoting ‘real’ hip-hop that
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Punk in public Punk fans and musicians may be easy to stereotype, but it’s hard to find a more tolerant crowd. There is a definite culture surrounding punk music. There are the obvious things like dark, altered clothing, piercings and tattoos. There are also the less obvious, like an affinity toward vegetarianism or veganism and a healthy distrust of corporations and organized religion. The biggest thing I’ve noticed, with few exceptions, has been how accepting this crowd is of people who don’t seem to “fit in” at first glance. I may have long hair and own black T-shirts, but I don’t exactly look like I’ve been arrested while listening to Frodus and spitting on a CEO. However, I’ve never felt rejected or looked at in a negative light by anyone who may consider him or herself “punk.” When I’ve covered punk shows for The Orion, I’ve had a hard time of feeling cool. Only one guy has been a complete jerk and lied to me – everyone else has been earnest and tried to help however they could. This speaks to the punk ethic. It’s not an exclusive club, and everyone’s invited to enjoy the tunes. Besides shows for acoustic music, punk bands put on the most all-ages shows in town. And there is plenty to choose from. Thrash, hardcore, crust, ska and pop-punk just begin the list of influential strains of punk music available here on a weekly basis. At a show last week, I watched what might be the best punk group in Chico, Black Hole of Calcutta, performing in what might have been their last show. I could tell by the fun they were having and the passion they showed that there was more emotion in the music than the fast, chaotic songs would suggest. All kinds of people were there, from those who also performed that night to those who looked like they got lost walking downtown to a party. The Chico Area Pyrate Punx, who put on the punk shows at Monstros, are a great example of this culture of acceptance. When you get to a show there, they may seem a little unapproachable. Pay your five bucks and don’t be an ass, and you just may find yourself in a conversation with someone you never thought you’d be talking to. Don’t let the surface stuff dissuade you. Even though the core of the scene is made up of pretty “punk” people, there’s a place for anyone with an open mind and an interest in music to get into the mosh pit – or not.
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Already a relative hit on Reddit, this middle school trick play works perfectly.
In honor of the restoration of Conan O’Brien’s late-night supremacy, this video features a different version of Coco doing sweet moves.
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THE GOOD >>
>> “The Promise” (ALBUM) They don’t call him “The Boss” for nothing. Bruce Springsteen’s double-CD compilation is made
Wild Oak Music Group puts together another battle of the high school bands. The contestants:
Valembrosa advantages: up-tempo, music/lyrics/vocals work in almost perfect harmony disadvantages: vocals, Threk’s drummer is filling in on percussion at the show
up of all kinds of songs he wrote
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Valembrosa’s clear, rhythmic instrumental talent makes up for their average vocals, making them the only high school band that doesn’t sound like a high school band.
there, among others.
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and hasn’t released, including songs written for other artists. Patti
>> “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood” (VIDEO GAME) Those who’ve played “Assassins Creed” games either dislike them
Color Me Plaid
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IN HIGH SCHOOL, MUSICAL Melanie Presson [left] and Trevor Gibson of Color Me Plaid prepare for Wild Oak Music Group’s High School Battle of the Bands. Five groups will strive to win Saturday.
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from the alternative side of things
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They’ve been doing it since 1990, and they still bring the goods.
Threk >> “Mark Twain’s Autobiography” (BOOK)
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The legend’s own story finally comes out, a century after his death. Edited by verified Twain experts, this should be a good read.
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Kadence is a mystery to almost everyone, but anonymity might play to their advantage if they come out with an awesome set. For now, we simply know they’re heavy on the drums and have at least some musical experience.
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Cafe Coda will fill with guests from throughout Butte County Saturday as five ambitious musical groups take the stage to compete for major bragging rights at the High School Battle of the Bands. The competition is hosted annually by the Wild Oak Music Group and will feature up-and-coming talents Suspended Animation, Color Me Plaid, Threk, Valembrosa and Kadence this year, whose members are all from high schools in Chico, Paradise and Oroville. A press release issued Nov. 2 by Wild Oak also included Chico band Xenocide, but the band broke up Saturday, said lead singer and guitarist Sam Watroba. Though Watroba would have been happy to perform solo with only a guitar at his side, Wild Oak wasn’t looking for any more acoustic performances, and Xenocide was taken off the list, he said. Also not included in the press release was Oroville band Kadence, whose spot in the competition was broadcasted simply as TBA. With the bands now set, Wild Oak’s Battle of the Bands poses some promising entertainment from a few places in the musical spectrum. Color Me Plaid is a twoperson band in its infancy. It combines 16-year-old Melanie “Mel” Presson’s impressive vocal skills and 17-year-old Trevor Gibson’s acoustic
guitar accompaniment. They played their first show together Oct. 23, Gibson said, noting that there was only one noticeable mistake in the performance. Anyone who has ever tried singing along to Paramore – Color Me Plaid’s main and obvious influence – knows keeping up with lead singer Hayley Williams isn’t easy. For the most part, Presson makes it look effortless. But simply covering Paramore doesn’t cut it for these two. “We try to get as many originals as we can because covers are good, but I like singing my songs because I actually feel them,” Presson said. “With a cover, you get the concept of it and you can apply it to your life, but to me, it’s better to sing when I’ve experienced that completely.” Presson’s passionate lyrics come to life with Gibson’s original music, making these two one of the more likely bands up for a win, but their simplicity and emotional approach may not be as
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popular with the audience as the fast-paced and fun performances of some of Color Me Plaid’s rival groups. Threk and Suspended Animation don’t have vocal perfection on their sides, but their energy, musical diversity and experience may be enough to make up for that. Suspended Animation has played more than 20 shows, and one of their main goals now is to expand that horizon, said lead singer and guitarist Cole Karaba. Threk strives simply to “have fun, play gigs and get people dancing,” and they aren’t afraid to get loud, said drummer Cameron Lammers in a phone interview. In fact, they prefer it that way. The band played at a wedding once and had to play quietly because the audience was outside of their demographic. This won’t be a problem at the Battle of the Bands, where the audience will most likely be a diverse array of family and friends of the bands with a sprinkling of curious college students and Wild Oak staff, said Matt Weiner, a Wild Oak media relations staff member. “It’s good to support artists in their infancy,” Weiner said. “With high school musicians, you never know who they’re going to become, and it’s always a good experience seeing people who are that excited about their music.” Lauren Beaven can be reached at lbeaven@theorion.com
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equals bad. It’s just that Nelly makes radio hits that don’t do it for most fans of things other than shaking it. If that’s your thing, well, it’s Nelly’s too. Note, though, that each subsequent release of his has sold exponentially fewer copies.
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>> “Unstoppable” (MOVIE) Denzel Washington is a great actor. Chris Pine, recently of young Capt. Kirk fame, has some real potential as well. It’s mostly the plot that brings this one into question. There’s a runaway train, with enough explosive force onboard to kill all kinds of everything, so in a lot of ways, this is a intense version of “Speed” without a villain. The film will be entertaining, but it certainly won’t ask viewers to go through any mental hoops.
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IS THAT PAT? Bettie Burns does a stand-up routine as male character Dickie la Rocca Friday at Bustolini’s Deli during comedy night.
There was hardly room to stand or breathe between laughs during Bustolini’s comedy night Friday. The tiny back room, which is smaller than most Chico State classrooms, was packed full. Some people actually had to be turned away and watch the seven-man comedy show through a window. Bob Backstrom, owner of Bustolini’s, was the first comedian to perform, welcoming the crowd and “stealing” Facebook jokes. “There are all kinds of Facebook users, just like there are all kinds of drug users,” Backstrom said, as he launched into his three-tiered outline of the networking site’s “junkies.” That didn’t stop Facebook and social networking from entering the sketches of the six other comedians, including Steve Swim, the final act and headliner of the night. “My problem with Facebook is the same problem that a porn star or a prostitute would have with sex,” Swim said. “After a long day of work, you come home and are expected to do it again and it’s just like, ‘Gah!’” Swim also took on other aspects of technology. He said that whoever had a beeper “just admitted to being a drug dealer,” and addressed the confusion and frustration of “chatspeak” terms such as “lol” and “rofl.”
“For years, I had no idea what ‘lol’ meant – I thought it was a tree trunk with a squirrel hole,” Swim said, later joking that it’s a dishonest term. Many of the jokes, including Swim’s, verged on the politically incorrect or had potential to turn off audience members. Comedians have to walk a fine line between funny and offensive, Swim said. “Something that appeals to every single person just isn’t funny,” he said. “So many rules have changed for comedy today. It’s like that movie ‘Blazing Saddles’ – it’s hilarious and a satire, but it could never be made today.” Swim met Backstrom at the last comedy night mid-September, Swim said. The two hit it off and became good friends. Other comedians performing that night were friends of Backstrom, previous performers or friends of friends. Some were recruited through word of mouth, such as Betty Burns, who performed as invented character Dickie La Rocca with a fake mustache inspired by Chico’s own Mark Herrera. “Character comedy is different from other comedy,” Burns said. “I go with what the mustache tells me.” Burns was recruited for the comedy night the day before the event, she said. “Where else but Chico can you call a restaurant to find out the lunch specials and
end up signing up for a comedy night?” she said. Burns opened her set with a trick she learned from the Dalai Lama where she pretended to meditate and sang parts of “All You Need is Love.” “I think the lyrics to the song are a load of crap, actually,” Burns said. “Whoever wrote them should be shot. Awww, too soon?” In addition to the character comedy of Burns as Dickie La Rocca, the audience also heard comedy delivered through music – namely the ukulele tunes of Julian Rock. Rock entertained the audience with a special tune that bemoaned his lack of uterus, called “Dammit Here I Go Again, Falling for a Lesbian.” He even invited the audience to join in on the chorus and the whole room sang, “I want to be a lesbian, so little Susie won’t be just my friend.” The amateur comedy night was the second Bustolini’s has hosted, and another one is planned for either right before winter break or right after, Backstrom said. The next one will be at the Blue Room Theatre to accommodate more people. “Bob could have charged $7 instead of three for this, and he still would have filled the place,” Swim said. “He didn’t because he’s not in this for the money – he’s in this to bring something to Chico.” Stephanie Maynard can be reached at smaynard@theorion.com
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Tim, Eric, Dr. Brule give El Rey absurd comedy Neil Hamburger made his debut. STAFF WRITER The character of HamThey may very well be two burger, which is played by of a kind, partners in their musician and stand-up comic satirical comedic act and a Gregg Turkington, has an duo of unmatched improvisa- unusual style all his own and is a recurring guest star tional comedy. Tim Heidecker and Eric on the duo’s show. He stood Wareheim, the stars of Car- before the crowd in a tuxedo toon Network’s Adult Swim while delicately sipping on a program “Tim and Eric Awe- glass of water. Throughout his perforsome Show, Great Job!” landed in Chico for a night of odd- mance, Turkington growled and yelled ball humor and “What?” performances. “Tim and Eric You guys have and “Why?” to Awesome Show, introduce Great Job!” ran been smoking too his oneon Adult Swim much mary-gina.” for five seaJohn C. Reilly liners. His Dr. Steve Brule blunt and sons, starting almost dry back in 2007 and ending in May 2010. The humor was filled with stabs show features everything at celebrities and controverfrom comedic skits, parodies, sies that worked the audience mock commercials and songs into a frenzy. After a brief wait in the dark from their band, Pusswhip theater, the shadows of band Banggang. Although the series has players could be seen taking ended, the two still give fans their instruments on stage. something to laugh about Heidecker and Wareheim with their tour, “Tim and Eric made their first appearance Awesome Tour, Great Job!” of the night, leaping onto which stopped Thursday at El stage in full character. Pusswhip Banggang is Rey Theatre. The comedy act ranged known for their ’70s-style from outrageous to cheesy, imitation of rock. Heidecker as Heidecker and Wareheim wore high-wasted blue slacks worked to surprise audiences and a multi-color silk butblouse, while with whatever mind-boggling ton-down idea they came up with. In some Wareheim sported a long cases, things got a little bizarre. blond wig, form-fitting AmerKyle Graves, a junior com- ican flag pants with a red silk puter science major, thinks button down, complete with the duo is completely origi- white tassels. “Well stand up – this nal, he said. “Everything from their ain’t no sittin’ down show!” humor to how the show is Heidecker shouted. Within seconds, swarms of shot – it’s very borderline the audience gathered around and weird,” Graves said. Fans chanted the names of the front of the stage to hear Heidecker and Wareheim as hits such as “Kiss Me Once, they waited for any appear- Shame on You, Kiss Me Twice, ance from either star. As the Let’s Party,” “Petite Feet,” crowd began to get impatient, “Jambalaya” and “Sports.” Candyce Chilson
The duo tossed T-shirts into the crowd, welcomed two father-and-son pairs to the stage and utilized a large smoke machine made to look like a water pipe that Wareheim stuck his head inside. Audience member Scott McCullough thought the act was hilarious, he said. “It’s complete absurdity,” McCullough said. “It’s about as funny as you can get without any sort of boundaries.” One of the most surprising moments of the night was a guest appearance by John C. Reilly playing his character from the show, Dr. Steve Brule. Socially awkward and sometimes illiterate Brule discussed subjects like relationships, health and food. Reilly spent his performance actively involved with the audience. “You guys have been smoking too much mary-gina,” he said during the show. After Reilly’s set, Heidecker and Wareheim took the stage to promote “Tim and Eric 1 Hour Chrimbus Special,” due to premiere Dec. 5 on Adult Swim. The two’s shenanigans weren’t over, though. They threw out dried shrimp packages to the audience and tempted an audience member to eat an entire package in exchange for a free T-shirt. They even took part in a slow motion fight between a pair of father and sons. Shayna Clark, a junior interior design major, also watched the odd comedy act. “Their humor is kind of childish – it brings you back to when you were a kid,” Clark said. “It makes you feel like you’re tripping out.” Candyce Chilson can be reached at cchilson@theorion.com
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Folk favorites remove shoes, bare all Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER
Thursday night at Cafe Coda ended with the audience calling out hoarse “Goddamns” at the softly lit, brick-backed stage. Dick and Jane, a local folk duo, pulled their ukuleles out and responded in kind, wading into the crowd and singing, “Goddamn, you turn me on!” Though the audience was making an explicit request for a specific song, they also provided a concise summary of the night’s events, which were full of laughter, music and stories of life brought to Cafe Coda’s stage all the way from Spain. Hannah Knight, banjoist for folk trio openers The Railflowers, explained the far-fetched coincidence that
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brought their folksy Spanish jam session to Chico. “Tonight’s show is a celebration,” Knight said. “About two summers ago, my sisters and I decided to move to Madrid to play music together, and for some reason we thought it would be a good idea if we all lived together in a one-bedroom apartment.” Beth Knight, guitarist for The Railflowers and Hannah’s sister, added a touch of finality. “This is the last time we’re ever going to talk about this,” she said. Over the laughter of the crowd, Hannah Knight continued. “It was a breath of fresh air when our apartment became a hostel and jam session for Dick and Jane and David Mulligan,” she said. “And now we’re all reunited, playing a show in Chico.” The Railflowers played selfreflective, twangy folk music all night, plucking different instruments off a black bike rack whenever they began a new song. Near the end of their set, they called up the other musicians scheduled to play that
night – Scott Itamura and Molly McNally of Dick and Jane, Deren Ney and Dave Mulligan – and led them all in a rousing chorus of “Love is a Rose.”
Immediately thereafter, Mulligan ascended the stage and began to play, but his music quickly become lost in the din of the chattering crowd. Cafe Coda had exceeded it’s quota of audience members, with approximately 75 people shoehorned into the cramped showroom. Itamura mounted a chair and began clapping his hands for attention. “Hey everyone, you’re all in for a super treat tonight,” he said. “On my right is Deren Ney – or, as I call him, Deren “The Shit” Ney – and to my left, David Mulligan. Let’s hear it for ’em!” The crowd gave an enthusiastic round of applause and fell silent. Then, Ney started a solo on his mother-of-pearl fretted guitar, his moccasinclad feet tapping erratically in time with the music. The cafe became filled with wall-to-wall blues as Mulligan sang, his rich voice glazing the music and filling it out. Halfway through his set, Mulligan took a long pull of a familiar brown bottle before addressing the audience. “I just came into town yesterday and heard about this great local brewery,” he said while squinting at the label. “It’s called sa... shh... sarah... whatever – it’s green, anyway.” Mulligan capped his performance off with a downon-your-luck ballad called “The Sierra Nevada Song,” which featured the chorus, “I wish I had a Sierra Nevada.” The audience responded favorably, raising their glasses whenever the chorus came around and singing along with jolly enthusiasm. Before he stepped offstage, Mulligan described his feelings for Chico, his voice dropping into a misty register. “This town makes me feel like I’m walking around high school with a crush,” he said. The final band of the night, Dick and Jane, kicked their show off by kicking their kicks off. McNally, vocalist and
ukulele player, explained that the removal of shoes was a sacred, inviolable tradition for the folk duo. “Has anyone ever seen Scott play with his shoes on?” she asked, hooking a thumb at band mate Itamura. “No! So if you feel like kicking your shoes off right now, go ahead. I know some of you are thinking you want to take your shoes off. Like that guy right there,” McNally said, pointing into the audience at a man who was already in the midst of removing his shoes. As their third song, “You Are Sunshine” ended, McNally addressed the audience, telling a touching story about her first memory of singing. “I have a story to tell you guys – I know it’s cheesy, so bear with me,” she said. “When I was singing that song, I had a vision of myself singing my heart out on a broken down swing set. I was practicing a Mother’s Day song for my mom, and I just remember thinking, ‘Singing is so incredible.’” Itamura looked up from his ukulele and smiled. “I have a story, too,” he said. “I remember one time I was waiting in the checkout line with my mom, and I was like, ‘Oh, I got to go pee.’ I ended up totally pissing my pants.” The crowed roared in laughter in response. As the night wound to a close, the songs and stories that came from the hearts and strings of McNally and Itamura continued to invoke happy memories of their time in Madrid. Just before they descended into the crowd to sing their last song, “U Turn,” Itamura summed up his experience with a dreamy look on his face. “In Spain, even the ants and worms and bees and bugs were making out,” he said. “It’s a very amorous place.” Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com
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One of Southern rock’s most versatile performers plays live at El Rey Theatre. If you miss this show, you’ll be kicking yourself in the morning.
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Be sure to witness the two brothers in Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank. They’ll be playing two guitars, two stomp boards, harmonica, tambourine and vocals – usually at the same time, making this finely tuned two-man wrecking crew sound more like a four-piece band.
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A thrilling adventure open for all ages that features the combination of special effects, cutting-edge technology and interactions with the audience for a fun excursion through space.
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Dance Night 10 p.m. @ Duffy’s $1 cover
Every Wednesday, be prepared to dance to the mixes by DJs Jeff Howse, Spenny, Lois and a surprise special guest. This is one of the only venues still playing awesome jams from vinyl.
Midnight Blues Society 7 p.m. @ Cafe Culture Free
Wednesday is a night of rock as Wicked Honey blend roots of classic rock with the soulful touch of blues for a killer rock show. The night will also feature performances by Chico Ska Orchestra and That’s What She Said.
T H U R SDAY
Djembe Lessons 8 p.m. @ Cafe Culture $10 admission
Greg Fletcher imparts his percussive knowledge onto the willing.
Carpenter, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Cars and Trains 7 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5 admission
Three phenomenal touring bands will grace Cafe Flo with the hopes of entertaining the Chico public. Joining them will be Chico locals The Great Good.
F R I DAY
Rule 5
8 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $5 admission Rule 5 is “the only rule that ever mattered.” It’s also a ska band from Sonoma County. Go check it out. Also featuring Fishbear.
Music for Lunch
SAT U R DAY
SU N DAY
Monarchs
Karaoke
@ LaSalles
7:30 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $5 admission The San Francisco indie guys are Chico favorites for a reason. They’ll light up the stage with locals People on the Moon, Crashed Giraffe and The Deaf Pilots.
2 p.m. @ Cafe Flo Free
Wild Oak High School Battle of the Bands
Kick back in one of Cafe Flo’s comfy chairs, order up some delicious food and dine to the folk music of Deedee Vest.
The most talented high schoolers around strut their stuff on the prestigious Cafe Coda stage.
@ Cafe Coda
Brien Scott
Think Twice
Stop by for some eclectic, space-is-the-place Italo, disco and jazz in a friendly environment. Also featuring Logan 5 and Sean-Michael Yoder.
The Southern punkrockers make a stop at Monstros, sharing the anti-stage with local punk mainstays Fight Music.
6 p.m. @ Cafe Flo Free
I hear a shot of olive oil helps loosen the throat. If only they had shots of something available at LaSalles...
Karaoke
@ Nick’s Night Club Those living a little removed from downtown can still drink and sing.
8 p.m. @ Monstros Pizza $5 donation
MON DAY
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. 30th Anniversary
4 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada, Westside warehouse $30 admission Come sample ales that have been darkening in Sierra Nevada’s cellar for decades, rock out to the musical stylings of Roy Rodgers and the Delta Rhythm Kings and treat yourself to a gourmet dinner crafted by the chefs in the Sierra Nevada taproom. The price of admission gets you 15 beer tastings and a souvenir tasting glass.
T U E SDAY
Zion I
8 p.m. @ BMU $18 student admission Come see the hip hop duo from Oakland who use a mix of live instrumentation and samples to back socially conscious lyrics, and be sure to get their latest album “Atomic Clock.”
Kottonmouth Kings 8 p.m. @ The Senator Theatre $22 admission
Go get smoked at The Senator with the Kottonmouth Kings, whose “psychedelic hip-hop punk rock” has captivated stoner and non-stoner audiences for years.
STAFF FAVORITES >> ZOMBIE MOVIES “Zombieland” — This takes a realistic look at a zombocalypse. Your first goal is survival. But, when no one’s around, what’s next? You blow off steam by smashing up stores and cars and scour the earth for the last box of twinkies – and you meet Bill Murray. —Liam Turner Editorial Design Manager
“Shaun of the Dead” — “Shaun of the Dead” is the best zombie film ever because it combines humor with guts. The main character is an average guy trying to survive in a zombie-infested world while trying to win back his girlfriend at the same time. Don’t eat while watching. — Kristen Brooks Entertainment Designer
“Sex and the City 2” — Sex and the City is the best zombie movie ever made. It’s great because it’s from the perspective of the zombies. They wander the world searching for someone different from the other brainless drones – like searching for the last remaining humans. — James Jelenko Opinion Editor
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WORD OF MOUTH >> What does ‘Keep it Chico’ mean to you?
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“It’s a combination between what you like to do and what Chico offers.”
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Food samples a grocery store serves to tempt the patrons into buying something. “I went to Costco the other day and filled up on store d’oeuvres.” source: urbandictionary.com
Ryan Conne senior | psychology
“It means getting involved in as many programs as you can handle.”
“It means visiting Bidwell Park and checking out all the stores in the downtown area.”
Frances Mansour
junior | applied computer graphics
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Stephanie Winger junior | psychology
“It means to party hard but have a balance. Take it in moderation.”
Mitchell Clark freshman | undeclared
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Students use campus as path home face SE X COLUMN>>
Boshion Crandall Bosh SE S X COLUMNIST
Awakening senses It is safe to say that nearly all busy college students appreciate the fi ne art of “the quickie.” I do, especially around this time when it seems like all my teachers have conspired against me and made everything due on the same day. But having a quickie just seems to add to the fury of the mid-to-late semester crunch. It is fast paced – just like our lives at the moment – and it doesn’t afford us the relaxing break we deserve. What we could use is a change of pace, even if only for an hour. I’m not talking about a nap, when we wake up groggy, grumpy and ready to assault the next barista who screws up our order. But rather an evening devoted to rejuvenating our five senses that have been on cruise control lately. These senses give us the gift of pleasure, and it would be a waste to let them fall by the wayside during the semester. Instead, try to slow things down by creating an intimate evening for your lover where you are both sure to experience a sensory overload. First, use sight to set the lovemaking mood by laying candles out to create a soft and ambient glow in the room. Instead of pouncing on your mate as soon as he or she walks through the door, take a moment to slowly undress each other while taking in and admiring each and every curve on the other’s body. After you have reconfirmed that you like what you see, move onto smell. I recommend using some sort of incense to further the ambiance created by the candles. Experience your lover’s scent independent of any other sense by tracing the outline of their body with your nose while refraining from actually touching their skin. Be sure to enjoy their unique smell at every curve. Once you can’t take it any longer, you can initiate touch by applying light pressure with your nose. Then, take your hands and work your way down from the head touching, tickling and massaging each body part. While continuing to touch, start softly kissing each other’s lips. Take turns nibbling and sucking lightly, making mental notes of how your lover tastes. Don’t rush any part of your night and continue to kiss down to the erogenous zones where you can appreciate their distinctive taste and let them experience the pleasure of your touch. Note the different tones and moans of pleasure you and your lover make while being smelled, touched and tasted. Use their sounds as a guide for how to please them. Don’t hesitate to talk to your partner while being intimate about what you are feeling, wanting and experiencing. Slowing things down with your partner is a great way to reconnect with your sensual side during times that you feel consumed by schoolwork. My advice is to refrain from the quickie – however tempting it may be – and invest in some well spent downtime where you allow yourself to reach your pleasure potential. Boshion Crandall can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com
Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER
Chico State’s campus seems pretty safe during the daytime, but things can occur throughout the night when class is not in session. Students have been intoxicated on campus in the middle of the night, said Connie Huyck, interim director of Student Judicial Affairs. Being intoxicated on campus is a violation of the Title 5 California Code of Regulations, she said. The police that catch intoxicated students on campus send a summary report to her. Student consequences could range from taking alcohol classes to expulsion, Huyck said. Every situation is a caseby-case basis. Officer Lance Conlan monitors the campus Thursday through Saturday from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Before going on duty, Conlan debriefs with other officers about events that have occurred on campus during the week. If students walk through campus intoxicated, it usually occurs Thursday through Saturday, Conlan said. If students get caught, they’re transported to Butte County Jail until their blood alcohol content drops,
Chico Safe Rides Students can receive a free ride directly home. Ride must be within a 2-mile radius of campus and students need have their Chico State I.D. in order to use the service Dial: 530-894-8294 When: Thursday, Friday and Saturday Times: 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. Source: www.csuchico.edu
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LATE NIGHT Ceri Mae, a business major, walks through campus late at night. Students can easily become victims or suspects in crimes. then are released with no criminal charge. However, during Halloween weekend, people that were arrested faced criminal charges, he said. A non-student was caught by police in the parking lot after breaking into the Aymer J. Hamilton building next to Modoc Hall at 3:30 a.m. The person broke a window, got cut and left a trail of blood in the building, Conlan said. The individual walked out of the building and into the hands of the police. There have been other cases of students vandalizing the campus and even urinating on campus, he said. A couple of weeks ago, a
student was caught breaking the heads of the sprinklers, causing small geysers, Conlan said. For situations like this, students are criminally charged. Danny Rodrigues, a senior microbiology major, thinks it seems acceptable to walk through campus drunk, being that a small percentage of students are arrested on campus, he said. Many are willing to take that chance. But besides students being the suspect, they can also become the victim. Some people prey on students who are intoxicated and walking through campus, Conlan said. The police want to protect students and try to identify
subjects who don’t belong and could be looking for a student to victimize. Students are already taking a risk walking through the city intoxicated, let alone on campus, Rodrigues said. On average, there are three or four police on duty, Conlan said. At least one will be in the campus core by Selvester’s Cafe, if not one to two minutes away. Generally, the campus has been safe at night, he said. The university has added lighting in several areas, including the Rio Chico area. There are blue light phones located throughout campus so students can contact the police
department if there is an emergency, Conlan said. They can also use the phones or connect with Chico Safe Rides. It’s best that students stay in groups and in populated, well-lit areas, even if they feel like they’re not intoxicated, Huyck said. “Your judgment can be impaired even after a few drinks,” she said. Huyck highly encourages students to take Chico Safe Rides to get home, she said. They’re free, safe and available rides that can help students Thursday through Saturday nights. Tasha Clark can be reached at tclark@theorion.com
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THE ORION • GINA PENCE
AN ANIMATED BUNCH [from left to right] Wade Carey, Michael Burklund, Kevin Tam, Mickey Reeder, Russell Rogers, David Logan and Ben Long attended the 20th Annual CSU Media Arts Festival Saturday.
Media Arts Festival features animation, games, awards Gina Pence STAFF WRITER
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HELPING HANDS CAVE Ambassadors Krystal Elebiary, a theater major, and Scott Griset, an English education major, bring food and dog treats to Clem Edwards and his dog, Muddy Waters Saturday.
Meaning of ‘Keep it Chico’ to be respectful, mindful of city Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER
People can be seen around campus wearing maroon bracelets featuring the motto, “Keep It Chico.” The city of Chico joined forces with the campus community to create this unifying message. “Keep It Chico” is meant to encourage students and inhabitants to respect the community and uphold the city’s principles, said Larry Bassow, Chico State program coordinator for Greek Life . A.S. President Amro Jayousi thinks this message is important to the entire community, he said. “‘Keeping It Chico’ means that students should be consciously involved and aware of their academic, social and personal life,” Jayousi said. The rubber bracelets are free and offered at various offices around campus, which includes the Student Activities Office,
vice president of Student Affairs office and the A.S. President’s office, Bassow said. Mayor Ann Schwab coined the phrase “Keep It Chico” and passed the project along to Bassow, who helped design the bracelets and forward the message to the community. Schwab wears her “Keep It Chico” bracelet everyday as a reminder to work hard to keep Chico such a special community, she said. “It’s about the close ties we have between the university and the community, the natural beauty of Bidwell Park and the downtown,” Schwab said. “What really makes Chico special are the people who live, work and visit here.” The bracelets are a reminder to students to be mindful of their community. “Whatever you think Chico is – cool, nice, pretty, special – let’s keep it that way,” Bassow said. “It’s about working together to
preserve that special part of Chico and being able to pass that on.” “Keeping It Chico” involves both individual behavior and collective community projects, he said. The motto has been seen in projects such as Up ‘til Dawn and last year’s Chico State Action Rally. This also takes place on an individual level with students knowing their limits, he said. When people have guests in town, they should be responsible and respectful of the community. For students, Chico becomes more than just a place to go to school – it becomes a home, Bassow said. It’s important that students make sure that all the things they’ll miss about Chico when they leave will be preserved. “It’s up to everyone to make Chico what it is,” Schwab said.” Kelly Smith can be reached at ksmith@theorion.com
FULLERTON — Chico State students presented their animation and video game projects to industry professionals at the 20th Annual CSU Media Arts Festival Saturday at Cal State Fullerton and earned top places in their categories. “Earth Haven 2: Retribution,” a video game created by applied computer graphics students Sarah Delucchi, Granison Crawford, Michael Bluing and David Logan earned second place in the interactive media category. The role-playing game is about a boy avenging his father’s death, said Logan, a senior applied computer graphics major. While the storyline may be simple, the game is anything but ordinary. “Some of the enemies are strange, there’s a sexy turtle, which is a turtle in a bikini,” he said. “There’s also a box of kittens with ‘Free’ written on the outside of the box – we just added in a lot of random.” The game plays for two and a half hours and was created over two semesters in a class, Logan said. All of the components of the game are original, from the soundtrack to the characters, which is required by the competition. “Catfight!,” directed by applied computer graphics major Samuel Fries, is a short animation featuring a ninja cat defending his home against kitten invaders. It won third place in the animation category. Before the competition, students had the opportunity to meet professionals from the industry, including
screenwriters, producers, directors and editors. The keynote speaker was Steve Oedekerk, who has experience in many areas of production. Oedekerk has written and directed many movies and shows, including “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” and “Barnyard.” “Before I started my career, I loved listening to people who have actually done it because you learn so much,” Oedekerk said. “So when I get asked to do something like this, I’m always willing to do it.” Starting out as a comedy act, Oedekerk began writing and directing small projects and worked his way into the industry, he said. “Don’t think so much about getting work as producing stuff,” Oedekerk said. “Best advice I can give is to just make stuff, so that you have that to show people who may want to hire you.” The competition was open to all schools in the CSU system and had 131 submissions from 15 different campuses, said Joanne Sharp, director of the CSU Media Arts Festival. Thirty-one finalists were chosen by faculty members from different CSUs, but the winners in each category were chosen by industry professionals. “The purpose of this event is to expose students to the work of other students statewide, to see where the bar is set and what is being produced by other campuses,” Sharp said. “Ultimately, it’s a learning experience.” Gina Pence can be reached at gpence@theorion.com
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1995 | Center offers experience to students, help for parents THEN “Parents, children receive helping hand” September 6, 1995 Chico State offered different services to meet students’ needs. Students parents looking for day care services were provided with the Children’s Center.
Located in the Aymer J. Hamilton building next to Modoc Hall, the Children’s Center was established to support Chico State students who are also parents. The program began in the early 1970s and was operated strictly by parent volunteers. “We have a real commitment to family care, to establish a sense of community,” said Susan Toussaint, director of the
Children’s Center, in an article in The Orion. The center was licensed for a max capacity of 55 children, but because of flexible class schedules, 60 to 70 kids were served each semester. Each family was interviewed at the start of the semester, which helped work out the day care hours in terms of school, studying and students’ work schedules.
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Campus Spotlight: Engineering majors Rame and Raed Alshneiber wear the same clothes everyday and only share seven major differences – which they keep a secret. They finish each other’s sentences, confuse their friends and constantly pose as each other. The two students from Saudi Arabia are identical twins, and they take “identical” to the next level.
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WHERE KIDS CAN BE KIDS A child from the A.S. Child Development Lab visit TJ Farm Estates. c. 1986
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NOW Fifteen years later, the Children’s Center, which is now the A.S. Children’s Center and accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, has expanded. A.S. Children’s Center typically has about 80 to 85 kids per semester with the capacity of 90, said Steve Erwin, assistant director of the A.S. Child Development Lab. Also, students and interns now work with the children. Six years ago, the A.S. Child Development Lab created a
multi-funded contract to partner up with A.S. Children’s Center, he said. The same year, the infant room was developed for children between 8 weeks and 2 years old. The lab and the center serve different purposes, Erwin said. By doing this, students are gaining real world experience. “We wanted to bring the educational and experience aspect together,” he said. In addition to the infant center, the infant observation room was developed in January, Erwin said. Parents and students can come in this room to observe infants.
They’re also the blue and purple rooms, he said. The blue room serves children 2 years old, while the purple room serves children 3 to 5 years old. The center wants to be the model to provide education for college students and child care for parent students, Erwin said. He thinks it is an important service. Student parents receive first priority, and then interviews are open to faculty and staff, he said. Students have to maintain a C average in order for their children to remain at the center. -Compiled by Tasha Clark
THE ORION • KEVIN HAGEDORN
SEEING DOUBLE Twins Rame and Raed Alshneiber, both engineering majors, have been dressing the same for four years.
Twins have fun dressing same, confusing others
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Q: What do you guys think of Chico? Rami: We love Chico and we think of Chico as our second home. Every time we go back home, we feel like we miss Chico. Q: How long have you been here and what will you do when you go back? Rami: Since 2005, but we are not sure what we’re going to do back home, either work or continue our education and get a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Q: Did you guys fight a lot as kids? Raed: It is always very bad
when we have a fight because we have equivalent power so we destroy a lot of stuff in the home.
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Q: What is the craziest thing you’ve done as twins? Rami: Back home, if you’re 17 and you want a temporary driver’s license, it’s very expensive. We got one drivers license and share it between us. Whenever the cops would stop us we would play a game – if you can tell the difference between us then you can give us a ticket. They didn’t give us a ticket. Q: Who can tell what your seven differences are? Rami: Close friends can tell the differences from the voice and the character. We have the same taste in the food and the same hobbies – we are really close to each other in personality. Q: When did you start dressing the same way? Raed: We have been dressing the same way since 2006 when we first moved here. We do it to have fun and put smiles on people’s faces. Q: Do you keep your clothes separated? Rami: We wash them in the laundry and that’s it. If it’s clean, why should we worry about our separate clothes? - Reported by Kevin Hagedorn - Compiled by Amanda Jacobs
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Mourning in digital age helps Ally Dukkers STAFF WRITER
While looking at old pictures, senior public relations major Danielle Ghiglieri is constantly reminded of her friend Rob Anthony who died almost two years ago. “I can’t believe I’m gonna be 21 on Sunday and you aren’t going to be here to celebrate,” Ghiglieri wrote on Anthony’s Facebook wall May 26. “I know you are looking over me and I thank you love, you always knew what was best for me. Love and miss you Rob.” Social networking is present in many aspects of modern life – even death. Many people use sites such as Facebook, Letters from Heaven and Dignity Memorial as a means of cyber therapy to communicate, send flowers to family, say goodbye and share thoughts with loved ones once they’ve died. “I have posted on his wall multiple times,” Ghiglieri said. “Especially if something happens during my day that makes me remember him and I want to
express it to him.” Senior Rebecca King, an international security and conflicts resolution major at San Diego State, started a memorial Facebook page with some of her high school friends dedicated to Chico State student Gina Maggio after she died last year. “It makes me happy to see that every week, if not every day, people write on her wall and are able to express themselves in ways that in the past weren’t possible,” King said in a phone interview. The Internet allows friends to open up to each other, even when they have passed, said Jane Rysberg, an undergraduate coordinator of the psychology department. Feeling connected with Maggio through Facebook also has its downsides for King, she said. “Every time a little notice pops up on the side of my newsfeed to ‘reconnect with Gina,’ it’s like the sharp knife of realization that I will never actually be able to,” King said. “Those are the really hard moments – the little surprises that make the
hurt start all over again.” When someone dies, recovering from grief does not make the hurt go away, Rysberg said. “It is not like a broken arm that, once fixed, is as good as new,” she said. “It is more like a toothache that you can hold in your mouth, but it’s always there, and when you put your tongue over it, it still hurts.” The electronic immortality of the Web provides a place to share support for those affected by a death. Debbie Smith, mother of Chico State student Matthew Carrington who died after being hazed in 2005, made a website in the memory of her son. It is nice to have a place to see pictures and share memories after they’re gone, she said in a phone interview. “It really helps to read what everyone else has written and really helps the grieving process to see that you are not alone and other people are emotional like you are,” Ghiglieri said. IMAGE COURTESY OF • FACEBOOK.COM
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IN MEMORY Rebecca King, a student at San Diego State, helped start the memorial Facebook page for Gina Maggio.
Facebook helps people connect, party, have identity Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER
When searching the word “Chico” in the Facebook database, more than 153,000 results pop up in a matter of seconds. Social networking sites have widened the scope through which information can be sent and received over the Web. It is now used to plan events, share information and create cyber communities, which allow people with common interests to come together over the Web. To network Senior Chris Trudell, the manager of all of Chico State’s social media networks thinks
Facebook is bigger than people make it out to be, he said. “These sites are networking students with resources they may not otherwise have been exposed to,” Trudell said. Facebook has put a great deal of power in the hands of students through the creation of Facebook pages and establishing digital identities and social ties with each other, he said. “What people choose to be part of on Facebook also identifies them as a student digitally,” Trudell said. “It has become a huge part of the college culture – the idea is networking people together.” Social media also allows
students to express their unity through cyberspace. When A.S. President Amro Jayousi’s campaign poster was defaced last year, students banned together and created a Facebook page titled “Chico State against HATE” in response to the alleged hate crimes. The site is still active and has gathered a following of more than 2,600 members. This untiy has also made its way into the classrooms at Chico State, Trudell said. “Classrooms even have their own wikis now,” he said. “They’re almost like their own group online – some professors even have student discussions on Facebook.”
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To get involved Aside from the problems that can arise through the use of social media, Facebook has prompted students to get more involved in campus-run activities and enrich their Chico experience, Trudell said. Organizations such as Up ‘til Dawn utilize Facebook to spread the word about campus events and allow for greater student involvement, he said. The website has also helped bridge the gaps between students and clubs, Trudell said. If a student is interested in
a particular club or organization, the information is all there on Facebook, he said. There’s a great opportunity for students to take advantage of what’s out there for them on the site. Senior Jessica Rouman, a liberal studies major, has been following Up ‘til Dawn on Facebook and plans to attend this year, she said. “It seems every time I log onto Facebook during the fall semester, there’s always updates about campus events,” she said. “I really hope this helps motivate students to go to Up ‘til Dawn this year.” Kelly Smith can be reached at ksmith@theorion.com
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The Beatles say that all it takes to get by is a little help from a friend, but sometimes finding the right friend can be hard to do. If only one could be rented for a night. Rent a Friend Now students can hire someone to be their craft buddy, bowling partner or even wedding guest through a website that caters to those who need company. Scott Rosenbaum, creator of RentAFriend.com, got the idea for rentable friends when he saw companies in Japan doing a similar thing, he said in an e-mail interview. It is a niche market that no one has yet catered to in the U.S. The service is for friendship only and is not a dating or escort service, according to the site. Anyone can post their profile for free as a rentable friend, including how much they charge per hour, and paid members will have access to the friend’s contact information. Most of RentAFriend’s business centers are in tourist areas such as Hollywood, Las Vegas and New York, Rosenbaum said. Members hire friends to show them around town or to keep them company during their travels. If renting a friend is not an option, however, Chico State has other opportunities to get connected.
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Diverse Access Many students new to Chico State wind up at the Cross-Cultural Leadership Center as a place to connect with others, said junior Amanda Haydon, an English education major and logistics coordinator at the CCLC. A lot of students like the atmosphere because it feels like a home away from home. Located in the Meriam Library in the corner near the Bell Memorial Union Marketplace, the CCLC stands out from other offices with its yellow walls and overstuffed couches. Besides being a place to hang out, do homework and eat lunch, the CCLC also has hired para-professionals, Haydon said. These are students who facilitate programs aimed to get students more involved in the diversity on campus. Programs include movie nights, guest speakers, retreats, conferences and student resources, according to the CCLC website. Para-pros also make themselves available during office hours to assist students who might need help with their homework, Haydon said. “The best thing about coming here is we are like family,” she said. Find a Mentor Some of the staff at Chico State also make themselves available to students who are looking for assistance or have questions. Through the Staff Mentor
Program, students can connect with volunteer staff, said Desiree Gonzalez, office manager at the student activities office. It’s a source for those who need help accessing local resources or establishing social networks. “A lot of us went to Chico State, so we know where to go, what to do,” she said. At the beginning of the year, parents often call looking for ways their child can get connected, Gonzalez said. Since other campus programs already exist to bring students together, the mentor program focuses more on freshmen and other specialty students. “We’re different in that we focus on students outside the resident halls, plus international and transfer students,” she said. Step Into It Regardless of one’s race, belief system or cultural background, it’s good to reach out to a diverse community, Haydon said. It can be hard, but there are both students and staff that want to help others get by with a little help from a friend. The first step to meeting potential new friends may be scary, but people have to take the initiative to get involved, she said. “By taking that first step, you’re stepping into a world of opportunity,” Haydon said. Sarah Brown can be reached at sbrown@theorion.com
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and Trinity halls by running through them, he said. This year those buildings are off limits. The Zombie Enthusiasts club held meetings last week for students to sign waivers, learn about the back-story, missions, zombie ranks and set of rules. Barton emphasized rules number one and two repeatedly out of the 23 rules posted on the website, Chico.hvzsource.com. “Don’t be a D-bag,” he said. The rules are in place so no one gets hurt or does foolish things on campus that could ruin the game for the rest of
also throw balled up socks at zombies to stun them for 15 minutes. Once a human is tagged or infected, there is an hour gestation period for the virus to transform them into a zombie, Barton said. Zombies wear an orange headband with their ID number on them, and humans wear orange armbands. Each game has missions for the participants to complete, which can result in rewards like HvZ sweatshirts and bandanas. A generic mission would be an escort mission – getting from here to there without being infected – or a scavenger hunt, said Tim Salles, a moderator for the game. Last semester, the fi nal mission
Safe Zones • Dorm rooms, bathrooms, buildings, library, Student Services Center, Health Center, dining halls. Everywhere else is free game. Kendall and Trinity halls are off limits at all times. • There is a 10-foot radius around doorways that mark the beginning of the
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STAYING ALIVE Sophmore Ej Fernald, a human during the campus-wide Human vs. Zombies game, talks on a radio to another human at 2 p.m. Monday while in front of the Bell Memorial Union.
the students, Barton said. The game is based upon humans becoming infected or tagged by a zombie. The game is perceived as a usual game of tag, however, humans can
safe zone. • A zombie must have both feet outside of a safe zone to tag a human. A human must have both feet outside safe zone to be tagged. • Boundaries are Legion Street to Second Street and campus side of the railroad tracks. was for the humans to gather materials on campus that would be needed to build a “radio tower,” or a way to communicate to the outside world to get rescued.
“I really enjoyed during the fi nal mission when the
To avoid being tagged • Go different routes to class than you usually take • Pay attention to your surroundings • Avoid major pathways • Travel in groups • Plan ahead • Know your way around campus humans and zombies spent time taking pictures and getting to know each other,” Salles said of last semester’s game. There are different classes of zombie ranks, Barton said. There are super zombies, zombie hunters and the newest rank – a carrier. Super zombies can’t be stunned again for another hour, zombie hunters specifically hunt and carriers are humans that carry the virus and infect other groups of humans. A piece of advice – stick with a group, said Mike Madison, applied computer graphics major and moderator of the game. “The best way to avoid being infected is to not take any big risks,” he said. “Don’t try to be a hero.” Amanda Jacobs can be reached at ajacobs@theorion.com
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