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Majority of charges involve alcohol, fights Mexican border patrol funds increased by $600 million >>The first of 532 National Guard troops assigned to the Mexican border reported to their posts on Monday, officials said. A bill signed by President Barack Obama on Aug. 13 provides $600 million to aid in securing the border. The bill also provides for 1,500 new law enforcement agents, unmanned planes, bases of operation and more. The group of more than 30 troops that reported for duty Monday and the rest arriving by then end of October will not have law enforcement powers, said Lt. Valentine Castillo of the Arizona National Guard. Source: CNN.com

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Bill to force motorcyclists to display federal labels >>Senate Bill 435, written by Sen. Fran Pavley, passed through state Senate with a 21-16 vote. If signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the bill will require motorcycles built after Jan. 1, 2013 and sold in California to display federal noise control labels from the Environmental Protection Agency. Tickets for violating the bill cannot be written unless the owner is pulled over for another oﬀense. Tickets that are written can be voided with proper correction. source: The Sacramento Bee

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Police responded to 252 calls between 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20

Number of uninsured in Butte County on the rise >>Reports from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research indicate that 24.7 percent of Butte County residents went without health insurance for all or part of 2009. The number of uninsured residents in Butte County increased 3.6 percent from 2007, according to the report. Butte, Sutter and Humboldt Counties kept the lowest percentages of counties north of Sacramento – all below 25 percent. source: The Chico Enterprise-Record

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and 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. The first weeks of the fall semester are the busiest for Chico police, Merrifield said. During the early weeks of the semester, the Chico Police Department frequently calls in officers that had the day off. A total of 46 arrests were

made in that time, according to a Chico Police Department press release by Sgt. Rob Merriﬁeld. On Saturday, Aug. 21, oﬃcers broke up two parties that resulted in attendees throwing bottles at them, he said. There were 10 arrests for outstanding warrants, 13 arrests

for being drunk in public, seven for driving under the influence and five for battery, according to the press release. “People get so pumped up when they drink and are ready to fight for any reason because their judgment is impaired,” Merrifield said.

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Six Chico State students and seven Butte College students between the ages of 18 and 24 were arrested over the weekend, he said. “It’s a combination of many things,” Merriﬁeld said. “The weather is warm, people are please see CRIMES | A7

Furlough days saved money, faculty jobs Lindsay Woychick STAFF WRITER

Chico State students

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Alcatraz PHOTOS COURTESY SAM JOHNSON (ABOVE) AND ZACHARY FERNANDEZ (LEFT)

Five concrete industry management students spent their summer weekdays restoring the 150-yearold island prison.

WORK RELEASE Laborers pour cement into a trench on the historic island as part of a renovation eﬀort. Concrete industry management students worked on the project with various professionals in their respective ﬁelds.

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Despite not having furloughs for the fall 2010 semester, officals say the program did save money. Chico State saved an estimated $10 million in salary and benefit costs as a result of the furlough program, said Stacie Corona, assistant vice president for University Budget and Resource Management. “So, yes – the furloughs defi nitely saved faculty positions, which was essential to keeping the campus operating,” Corona said in an e-mail interview. An 11 percent loss in Chico State faculty occurred between spring 2009 and 2010, according to a CFA faculty headcount analysis for the CSU system. During the same academic year, 50 to 60 percent of furlough savings were related to faculty, Corona said. Under the furlough program, $7.5 million connected to Chico State Academic Affairs was saved, said Sandra Flake, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. About $2.5 million of the $7.5 please see LAYOFF | A6

New lights to provide brighter, safer nights Walter Ford

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After more than a year of effort to get the streets of Chico brighter, new bulbs added to existing power poles will bring the goal of better lighting a step closer to completion. Members of the Chico State administration, Chico City Council, Associated Students, leaders from the Greek community and Butte College student leaders came together to discuss the lighting initiative at a Town and Gown meeting Aug. 25. From that meeting came a three-goal plan to create better lighting around Chico State, said Chico Mayor Ann Schwab. The first goal is to create and maintain a well-lit sidewalk and roadway corridor leading from the major student housing complexes to the Wildcat Recreation Center, according to the City of Chico Town-Gown Strategic Lighting Initiative 2010. With the opening of the WREC at Second and Cherry streets, students were using Cherry Street much more, Schwab said. The second goal is to use existing Pacific Gas & Electric power poles that are not currently active and purchase street lights for them in areas where the 2010 survey indicated

there is a need for more light, according to the initiative. “The most cost eﬃcient way to improve the lighting was not to install new city poles, but to look for PG&E poles that didn’t have lights in them already and put lights in,” Schwab said. The empty PG&E poles that have been targeted are on the 200 and 400 blocks of Cherry Street, the 1000 and 1100 blocks of Ivy Street, the 100 block of Warner Street, the 700 through 900 blocks of West Fourth Avenue and the 1000 block of North Cedar Street, according to the initiative. The third goal is to request trimming of the tree canopy to maximize lighting along the sidewalk and roadway corridor, according to the initiative. “Priority for the tree crews is to go through those areas where they can trim them without hurting them,” Schwab said. “Chico is the city of trees, but sometimes they pose problems with lighting.” A.S. President Amro Jayousi, who has been working on the lighting project since taking oﬃce and thinks it’s important that the city used the student surveys for placing those lights, he said. Crime statistics were considered, but the surveys were the please see LIGHTING | A7

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BREAKING DOWN Chico State junior Joey Wright, a recycling assistant, empties a bucket of compost into a waste bin. A.S. Recycling ended its compost relationship with the University Farm.

A.S. Recycling ends compost arrangement Teresa De Luz STAFF WRITER

The A.S. Recycling program is no longer taking its compost to the University Farm, opting instead for a private disposal company. A.S. Recycling had been trucking its waste in small loads to the farm six days a week, said Jason Harsha, safety and operations supervisor for the recycling program.

“We had to use our labor to take it there and grind it up,” Harsha said. “We are saving money and time by working with Recology.” Recology, a waste collection company, comes to pick up the food and paper waste acquired by A.S. Recycling at its warehouse facility on the corner of Fourth and Cherry streets. Recology takes more waste at a time and has the facilities to take the paper waste as

well, said Eli Goodsell, recycling operations coordinator for A.S. Recycling. Within the week, Associated Students will add compost bins to the Marketplace Cafe where consumers will have the option to compost paper cups, plates and napkins as well as food scraps, Goodsell said. “In the 2009-2010 academic year, we recycled 175,000 pounds of food waste,” please see COMPOST | A6

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Mexico City, Mexico – About 3,200 Mexican federal police officers have been fired since May for failing to do their work or being linked to corruption, said Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas. Of those fired, 465 have been charged with crimes and 1,020 will face disciplinary proceedings for failing confidence exams. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico –

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Annual Labor Day beach bash cancelled Law enforcement informs Top Shelf Productions of code Lindsay Woychick STAFF WRITER

Entertainment on the Sacramento River will be limited after the promotion of a Labor Day floating event on Facebook caught the attention of law enforcement. Members of Top Shelf Productions, a Chico-area music promotion and production organization, were visited at their home by law enforcement and a member of a state agency, said Shiloh Witcosky, chief operating officer for Top Shelf Productions. The sheriffs of Glenn and Butte Counties and a lieutenant from the California Department of Fish and Game met with the organization. Top Shelf Productions’ Facebook page titled “Top Shelf Production’s Presents: The 2010 Labor Day Float” and its promotion of entertainment on what is known as Beer Can Beach is what prompted the visit. Witcosky didn’t expect the event to bring law officials to his home, he said. The provisions of a Glenn County outdoor assembly code would prevent the event, said Glenn County Sheriff Larry Jones, who was present for the meeting. People interested in hosting an event of more than 2,000 people must apply for a license 60 days prior to the event,

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UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY Beachgoers get ready to make their way down the Sacramento River during the Labor Day celebrations of 2009. Law enforcement agencies in Butte and Glenn counties require that a gathering of 2,000 or more people must adhere to county codes. according to Chapter 16 of the both cooperative and underGlenn County Code on outdoor standing in the comfortable setting, he assemblies. said. The code “We’re not also requires They made saying that that event they can’t hold hosts pro- sure to let us the event, as vide means know we weren’t long as they of sanitation do everything and security, in trouble.” Marcelo Ambriz properly,” Jones said. Top Shelf Productions Jones said. Members The tone of the meeting was of Top Shelf Productions were

relaxed, said Marcelo Ambriz, a Top Shelf Productions chief executive officer. “They made sure to let us know we weren’t in trouble,” Ambriz said. Top Shelf Productions revised the Facebook page after the visit. The organization made a new post discouraging people from floating, providing additional safety tips for those that still plan to float and giving the

link to the Glenn County code on outdoor assemblies. While the code means no Top Shelf Productions entertainment on Labor Day at Beer Can Beach, its members were accepting of the outcome. “We were relieved, because it is a hell of a lot of work,” Witcosky said. Lindsay Woychick can be reached at lwoychick@theorion.com

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Program to improve teaching quality gets boost Teacher PD-INC, a collaborative professional project, recently received $1.01 million in funding from the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The funding came from the commission’s Improving Teacher Quality Program. Chico State has been a lead partner in the three-year project. Teacher PD-INC is designed to help teams of teachers obtain professional development that will address a particular question or problem directly related to the teacher’s classroom practice. The goal is to help the participating teachers make signiﬁcant educational reforms that will increase student achievement in their classrooms and schools. The funding will serve 120 teachers in the inland California region.

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Sustainability fund up for grabs for student projects The A.S. Sustainability Fund is accepting proposals from students for the 2010-2011 academic year. The fund has about $80,000 available each year for student projects that advance sustainability on campus or in the community. To gain funding for a project, students must be enrolled this semester and next semester, have a project advisor and attend one of three mandatory workshops. Workshops will be held Sept. 10, Sept. 14 and Sept. 22 in the Bell Memorial Union. Students can submit as many proposals as they want and for any dollar amount, said A.S. Sustainability Coordinator Robyn DiFalco. Proposals over $5,000 go through a second approval process. The proposal submission deadline is Oct. 14. Awards will be announced by ﬁnals week and funding will be available for new projects Jan. 1, 2011, according to the A.S. website.

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All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department Thursday, 12:48 p.m. | Panhandler reported on the 100 block of West East Avenue. “Male subject approaching customers in the lot. Jumped in an elderly couple’s vehicle, they have him out of the vehicle now. Suspect running after people as they go to their vehicles.” Thursday, 1:57 p.m. | Domestic dispute reported on Neal Dow Avenue. “On Fifth Avenue westbound female driver was hitting the male passenger. Stopped the vehicle more than once to hit. The subject swerving all over roadway.” Thursday, 4:12 p.m. | Suspicious subject reported at the Naked Lounge in the 100 block of Second Street. “Subject has been making lewd comments at people, suspect went outside and put a ski mask on then came back inside with a radio and blasted it behind a child’s head. Reporting party confronted the suspect who then started rambling on about how he murdered two people and how to cover it up. Reporting party told the suspect to leave and not return.” Thursday, 4:36 p.m. | Suspicious subject reported on 100 block of West East Street. “Subject in the parking lot asking for money. Reporting party says that the subject is exposing himself because the zipper is open on his pants.” Thursday, 9:59 p.m. | Suspicious subjects reported on 2000 block of Burnap Avenue. “Reporting party was walking her dog when she overheard subjects talking in a storage unit, the door rolled up about one foot from the ground. A dog ran out of the unit at the reporting party and her dog when the subject inside yelled at the dog and it returned. Reporting party believes subjects are living out of the unit.” Friday, 1:16 p.m. | Drunk in public reported on 2000 block of Notre Dame Avenue. “Female in front of the store. Intoxicated, has urinated on herself. Is sitting on the bench on the south side of the store.” Friday, 1:35 a.m. | Drunk in public reported on 700 block of Nord Avenue. “Reporting party states complex has a lot of people out of control and she just had a white male adult with no shirt bang his hand on her window and begin vomiting.”

Saturday, 11:15 a.m. | Drunk in public reported on 1900 block of East 20th Street. “Extremely intoxicated male in the B-Line bus scheduled to arrive at the bus stop at Pier 1 at 11:29 hours. Subject is urinating into a bottle while riding the bus. Reporting party requesting police department assistance once bus arrives.” Saturday, 9:01 p.m. | Drunk in public reported on the 1400 block of Vallombrosa Avenue. “Boyfriend bit reporting party in the face. Reporting party extremely intoxicated. Reporting party and boyfriend in the oﬃce. Boyfriend aware reporting party is calling. Reporting party unable to advise if medics needed.” Saturday, 9:59 p.m. | Juvenile problem reported on 600 block of Manzanita Avenue. “Six to seven 13 to 15-year-old kids running in and out of the road. Trying to get vehicles to stop then run oﬀ when they do stop.” Sunday, 12:33 a.m. | Petty theft reported on 200 block of Broadway Street. “Reporting party was in front of the bar, reporting female grabbed her phone out of her hands. Reporting party has been calling her number and the suspect answers, saying she wants $400 for the phone.” Sunday, 3:55 a.m. | Refusing to leave reported on 400 block of Posada Way. “Reporting party’s ex-boyfriend broke into her apartment while she was sleeping. She woke up and he was sleeping in her bed. He is very intoxicated and refusing to leave. Appears he broke in through her living room window.” Sunday, 9:01 p.m. | Juvenile problem reported at 900 block of Madrone Avenue. “Four males juveniles 16-17 years putting cones in the roadway and replacing real estate signs in the wrong people’s yard.” Monday, 2:09 a.m. | Disturbing the peace reported outside Walmart in 2000 block of Forest Avenue. “Male subject outside the entrance with a white pitbull telling and threatening to have his dog bite anyone who walks by.” Police Blotter compiled by Rudro Roy

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ROTTEN EGGS Salmonella scares brought about a national recall that aﬀected more than half a billion eggs. The Student Health Center has not received any student cases of salmonella infections.

A.S. Dining Services removes, replaces eggs in wake of nationwide salmonella outbreak Rudro Roy STAFF WRITER

The nationwide egg recall has prompted A.S. Dining Services to return 1,980 eggs to its suppliers. Five cases from Marketplace Cafe and six from Whitney Hall were returned on Aug. 18 because of suspected salmonella contamination, said Yves Latouche, director of A.S. Dining Services. Each case contains 180 eggs. The eggs were recalled by U.S. Foodservice, A.S. Dining Services’ main supplier, Latouche said. “Apparently these products were from the recall number and were pulled off the shelf right away,” he said. The recalled eggs were replaced with eggs from a producer in Fresno, Latouche said. In June, A.S. Dining Services used about 30 cases of eggs. The recall was first issued Aug. 13 after eggs from Wright County Egg in Iowa were found to contain salmonella,

according to the Food and Drug Administration website. Hillandale Farms, also of Iowa, issued a recall shortly after. More than 500 million eggs have been recalled, according to the FDA website. The Student Health Center has not received any lab orders testing for salmonella, said Catherine Felix, director for Student Health Service. “There have not been any suspected salmonella cases among Chico State students that have presented themselves here,” Felix said. This does not mean that students have not come in thinking that they might have symptoms of salmonella, she said. “But if the history doesn’t support them being tested for salmonella, then there are no suspicions,” Felix said. Salmonella is a bacteria that is typically transmitted by eating contaminated meat, eggs or dairy products, said Dr. Deborah Stewart, medical

chief of staff for Student Health Service in an e-mail interview. Symptoms of salmonella infection include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, chills, headache, muscle pains and blood in stool, she said. Washing your hands thoroughly, especially after using the toilet, handling raw meat, cleaning up pet feces or touching reptiles or birds, can help reduce the risk of infection, Stewart said. Also avoid eating raw eggs, she said. Salmonella is destroyed by heat, so eggs which have been handled and cooked properly should not cause infection. Among the popular brands aﬀected are Albertsons, Lucerne, Farm Fresh, Mountain Dairy and Paciﬁc Coast, according to the FDA website. A complete list of the brand names being recalled can be found on the website. Rudro Roy can be reached at rroy@theorion.com

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CHANGING DIRECTION Structural changes made to First and Second streets aim to improve traďŹ&#x192;c ďŹ&#x201A;ow while also making travel for pedestrians and cyclists less diďŹ&#x192;cult. New parking and a higher focus on pedestrian safety are also emphasized by the project.

Downtown changes to make biking easier Rudro Roy STAFF WRITER

Chico State is working with city oďŹ&#x192;cials on the First and Second Streets Couplet Project to improve bike accessibility downtown. The project also aims to generate additional parking spaces while improving the pedestrian environment and traďŹ&#x192;c ďŹ&#x201A;ow downtown, said Tom Varga, director of Capital Project Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working collaboratively so that we can keep First Street as kind of a gateway location for both downtown and Chico State,â&#x20AC;? Varga said. The project will run from Highway 32 to the Camellia Way Bridge and is set to be completed within a year, he said. Among the proposed changes is to make Second Street oneway eastbound from Broadway to Flume streets and to make First Street one-way westbound from Flume to Salem streets,

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WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS Renovations to the corner of First and Broadway streets are among the initial changes to downtown. according to the City of Chico website. Other changes include having separate bike lanes along First and Second streets and building a circular drop-oďŹ&#x20AC; area at the corner of First and Salem streets, Varga said. The project will cost about $1.5 million, of which $1.2 million will go toward construction, he said.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;As street improvements go, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a relatively inexpensive cost,â&#x20AC;? Varga said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not rebuilding major portions of the road, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to be redividing it.â&#x20AC;? The university paid the city about $282,000 to improve public rights of way adjacent to the campus, said Fritz McKinley, director of building and development services. Of

that amount, about $100,000 will go toward the Couplet Project. The rest will be spent on future improvements. The money was originally meant for installing a traffic signal on Cherry and Second streets, but this was later deemed unnecessary, McKinley said. The rest will come from city funding and a Federal Congestion Management and Air Quality grant of about $1 million. This plan will improve travel for Chico State faculty, students and staff, said Lorraine Hoffman, vice president for business and finance at Chico State in an e-mail interview. It is important for Chico State to work with the city on disability, safety and traďŹ&#x192;c issues for the safety of the campus community, HoďŹ&#x20AC;man said. Rudro Roy can be reached at rroy@theorion.com

Goodsell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With our new program, I am conďŹ dent we will recycle over 200,000 pounds.â&#x20AC;? Despite the loss of food scraps from campus, the University Farm still uses its manure from animals on the farm to make nutrient-rich compost for its crops, said Cindy Daley, program coordinator for the College of Agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are using our compost to embellish the soil and give a more consistent product,â&#x20AC;? Daley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The food we received composted beautifully, but our facility allows us to compost ag waste such as bedding and manure more eďŹ&#x192;ciently.â&#x20AC;? The brief relationship between A.S. and the University

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million came from staďŹ&#x20AC; and administrative furloughs. It is unclear how many positions would have been eliminated had there not been furlough days, she said in an e-mail interview. The acceptance rate at Chico State and the number of new faculty hired have both been lowered to make up for lost resources without using the furlough program, Flake said. Chico State has hired seven new faculty members in the past year. Some of the reductions in faculty come from retirements, reduced number of classes and by not hiring temporary faculty, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean our budgetary problems are solved,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a budget for this

year, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re finding other ways to work on it.â&#x20AC;? Until a budget agreement for the California State University system has been reached, people will come away from the last academic year with unanswered questions, said Susan Green, president for the Chico chapter of the California Faculty Association. Furloughs were a learning experience, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Depending on what the budget looks like, we may look back on it and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Maybe we wish we did furloughs again this year,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; because maybe we will have a massive hemorrhaging of faculty in the spring,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case.â&#x20AC;? Lindsay Woychick can be reached at lwoychick@theorion.com

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If students are going to drink, coming back to town and every- they should do it consciously and remember that a liver can one is excited.â&#x20AC;? Drinking in public is the only process one drink at a most common arrest and most time, she said. Some stuactivity is west dents think of Main Street drinkand south of What happens that ing-related Chico State, he activities are said. here in Chico about The ďŹ rst happens nationwide, just having a weekend is good time. a free-for-all but people should People are for students still respect just having because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun, espesome of their themselves and cially at ďŹ rst times away their community.â&#x20AC;? house parties, from parents, Theresa Fagouri said sophsaid Theresa CADEC program coordinator omore art Fagouri,program major Chelcoordinator for the Campus Alcohol and Drug sea JeďŹ&#x20AC;ers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty crazy the weekend Education Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What happens here in before school and the weekend Chico happens nationwide, after school,â&#x20AC;? she said. but people should still respect themselves and their commu- Julia Vazquez can be reached at nity,â&#x20AC;? Fagouri said. jvazquez@theorion.com

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ILLUMINATION ALLEY Mayor Ann Schwab, the City Council, student representatives and various community members outlined the most traveled streets in the Chico State area, marked by black-and-white lines. Student surveys inďŹ&#x201A;uenced the placement of the lights.

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main basis for the chosen locations, Schwab said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Travel patterns and feelings of safety were more important than crime statistics,â&#x20AC;? she said. The request to install new lights in PG&E poles will be made this week and a timeline for the installation process should be known in the next couple weeks, Schwab said in an e-mail interview. Former A.S. President Joseph

Walter Ford can be reached at wford@theorion.com

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Thoughtful speech patterns Academic priorities elude generation of students need re-evaluation [ Editorials ]

When the majority of incoming and returning students cannot get a seat in a general education class that is required for graduation, there is a big problem. It’s not just the money spent hiring and retaining field experts to teach these classes, but also the spatial requirements they need as well. One-unit classes are fun, educational and they provide a platform for personal development and happiness – there’s no question about that. Unfortunately, they only serve a very small, select subsection of the university population. The money, time, energy and physical resources required to run these programs could be better spent on classes that serve the entire student community, like general education. Until the university assesses its priorities and remedies this problem, it will never reach the academic standing it deserves. Elective classes are luxury accommodations, not vital elements of a university education. There are hundreds of establishments for students to pursue the same skills they learn from these special classes, but there is only one Chico State. Let’s keep it academic until we can actually afford to pamper ourselves with elective classes.

Nick Pike Ni OPINION COLUMNIST O OP

You can stumble upon some pretty entertaining conversations if you open your ears as you stroll through campus. From guys debating whether they should pound a 40 and share a “bleezy” before class, to girls griping about each other’s roommates’ hygiene habits. All in all these are pretty typical college conversations, but what I’m concerned about is how we go about these conversations and the words we use to express ourselves in day-to-day encounters. As media find ways to permeate our lives in increasing channels, I’ve noticed we regurgitate what we see and hear and have dumbed ourselves down to a limited vocabulary of expressionism. Between watching shows such as “Jersey Shore” and listening to musicians like Lil’ Wayne, the exposure subconsciously affects us and comes out of our mouths to a certain degree.

I’ve heard it dozens of times, “Oh that show is terrible but I watch it anyway” or “I hate this music but chicks like it so screw it,” and I myself am guilty of this as well. What we don’t realize is that with this new culture of loose media censorship, text jargon and social networks, we are eliminating the gift of words and reverting to the rawest and simplest forms of communication. I’m not saying you have to walk around with your friends on a Thursday night trying to sound like Frasier, but there’s nothing wrong with having a quiver of vocabulary words when you need it. When your sentences contain more “likes” and “f-bombs” than anything else, maybe that should be a red flag to pull out the Webster’s Dictionary and get creative. It’s like having an entire Costco to shop for groceries, but your laziness leaves you

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The university is in need of a thorough evaluation of its academic priorities. In the past few years, over 100 lecturers have been laid off, leaving required general education classes, such as academic writing, with limited sections and unbelievably long. In the meantime, the university continually offers scores of sections of relatively useless classes that cost money and other resources, but do not move students up the academic ladder. Why do we need 10 sections of ballroom dance, 10 sections of rock climbing and countless other activities such as jiu-jitsu, scuba diving and wine tasting when we cannot furnish enough general education sections? So students have to wait to get into a required class like English 130, which is backlogged with over a thousand students. These peripheral one-unit classes may contribute to a deeper college experience, but they should not replace the more vital, fundamental tenets of higher education such as the core curricula. The opportunity to pursue extracurricular activities is wonderful and any college that can afford to provide such opportunities is doing a fantastic job. However, this is only true if academic and intellectual imperatives are being met first.

Chico turns new leaf Chico State is back on the Playboy Top Party Schools list, but for an entirely different reason than the sordid, raucous parties we were once famous for. “Think green – and not the stoner green, the environmental awareness green,” said the magazine. While it may not be the cleverest of kudos, the shift from being known as a drinking school to a sustainable campus is welcome and it is all of our responsibility to keep up the momentum. Currently, the green lifestyle is much like the military – the vast majority of people will say they support the troops, but very few ever go to war. However, more students should get involved in the green movement in a real way, rather than just accepting praise for attending such an environmentally friendly school. Not only would we all actually deserve the reputation we enjoy, but also the community and environment would benefit enormously. It could be as simple as riding a bike or bus, or walking to school rather than driving. You can give old clothing and furniture to the Salvation Army instead of throwing it away. Even using old mayonnaise jars to store food instead of buying plastic Tupperware containers makes a difference. Simple actions such as

these embody the spirit of the green movement – reduce, reuse, recycle – but they take little effort on the part of the individual and have an irrefutable effect. While it would be so easy for this transformation to occur, the sad fact is that most of the environmental action going on right now is due in large part to a small fringe demographic. It’s great to see that such a small group can have enough impact to make a big impression, but imagine if everyone participated. How quickly would our school’s image change? It seems ironic that the very students of a school responsible for developing a way to create compostable plastic food containers from rice waste still litters its streets with non-biodegradable red cups. By working together, we can each pitch in just a little bit of energy to affect a lot of major changes. Whether its creating your own compost pile or bringing your Kleen Kanteen to the keg, any effort can make a difference — and make the lazier student a little less of a hypocrite. We can shed the party school image, solidify our role in understanding sustainability and create a long-lasting legacy of environmental foresight and preparedness.

shopping for gum and gossip magazines at the register. We are here to learn and to pursue a higher education, contrary to what many think college is for. Think about when you graduate from school and your lexicon is so desensitized and accustomed to “college” talk with the gang that you don’t know how to put together an articulate conversation in a professional setting. Imagine trying to land a job with some big company and telling the interviewer that your strengths comprise of “like getting crap done when I need to and straight owning deadlines.” It brings me back to a movie I watched starring Luke Wilson titled “Idiocracy.” It addresses the problem that over time we become so used to talking and acting a certain way that we forget all past knowledge and vocabulary, making the entire population inept and naïve. I’m not saying things will come to that, but if you look at how we conversed half a century ago in comparison to now, it kind of makes you wonder what a conversation in 2060 will sound like. It’s become an epidemic that is affecting kids earlier and earlier in life. We imitate what we see and hear in order to adapt. With poorly written reality TV shows and vulgar music lyrics as the role models for many, the habit of communicating with a destitute vocabulary is becoming the norm and speaking intellectually deems you a leper. “I notice that people substitute swear words as fillers in sentences when they can’t think of something better to say,” said Spencer Gravelle, a third year construction major. “Another thing I’ve noticed is on Facebook people can’t distinguish between different spellings of a word, such as ‘there.’” Others I spoke with agreed that the jargon youths have adopted has taken a turn toward illiteracy. Words are ample, special and define who we are. Let’s take advantage of language and shop at more than just the gum aisle. Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com

Four-year graduation structure outdated, useless Joanna Hass OPINION COLUMNIST

I have serious problems with the four-year graduation process. It’s outdated, overrated and out of touch with the students that it is supposed to serve. I usually adopt a more carefree mentality and say, “If we’re all supposed to graduate in four years, being irresponsible wouldn’t be so much fun, or growing up so scary.” The four-year plan seems like one of those things that was a good idea at first, but never got that second thought it so badly needed. In other words, it’s like most things students do in college — “I’ll be able to wake up in time to do the assignment before class,” “One more drink won’t hurt, right?” or “That $20 tattoo is such a deal!” There are a few educators on campus that do a commendable job of matching the experience of a class with the actual work assigned, much like it should be throughout the California State University system. Unfortunately, only a

few good mentors along the path leading away from college are not enough to satisfy the needs of all students. I’m not saying that graduating in four years is ill advised in any way or that people should take longer to graduate simply to spend more time in the accountability-free limbo that is college. I am sure there have been cases of people graduating before the four-year mark and having a better time than any super senior around. However, the most important part of college should be the transition from

childhood immaturity to adult responsibility and not stressing out over not graduating when someone else says you should. In most of my conversations on this subject, those I speak to feign embarrassment or act as though they should be ashamed for taking a few extra semesters. So let’s see what this system has given us — an age group of people feeling bad about their lives because of the pressure another person puts on them. My biggest concern is

for people who enter college undeclared. There are only so many general education courses you can take before they force you to pick a major. And, if you’re not being reminded to pick a major after too long, you’re forced to pick one too quickly in order to start your work on that major’s four-year plan. How can anyone make a clear and self-satisfying decision under those conditions? I understand the need to get people out of college and into the work force so they can start contributing to society and stop being the punch line of its joke. Nevertheless, students are operating on a system that asks them to make decisions that affect the rest of their lives on a deadline that was never adjusted to account for changing trends in education. We are all watching as California’s education system becomes the shortcut to fixing a poorly planned state budget, but no one is doing anything to adapt. Joanna Hass can be reached at jhass@theorion.com

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Thumbs Down to smart phones. As if we didn’t have enough distractions in class.

Thumbs Up to preseason football. It establishes bragging rights before the games even count.

Thumbs Down to furlough withdrawals. We’re glad to have more educational time, but bummed to lose a day off.

Thumbs Up to resilience. It’s been a rough few years for higher education. If you’re reading this, be proud.

Thumbs Down to whoever stomps the front tires of locked-up bikes. Is it a social statement? We don’t get it.

Pensions may cause budget problems Alexander Seymour OPINION COLUMNIST

The Chico State registration portal is showing new scars − Chinese history, Middle-Eastern history, philosophy in social ethics and toxicology are all listed as “no sections available.” This is a lasting product of the financial crisis and the 115 faculty members Chico State has lost since May 2009. Stopping the bleeding requires asking difficult questions, such as if the pensions of state employees and teachers are too generous? When a university can no longer offer a sufficient ratio of teachers to students, large state employee benefits become a crippling liability to the California State University system. Since faculty and administration are paid by California, every penny used to provide a pension

is a penny that can’t be used to provide a class. There are two problems with California teachers’ pensions at the moment — one is rooted in the way pensions are funded, the other in the nature of the benefits themselves. Funds for pensions and retirement benefits are collected through a system similar to a 401k, where a government organization that provides pensions, such as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, invests money in various economic sectors or markets. Ideally these investments should yield sufficient capital to provide retirement benefits to organization members. However, during an economic recession, the money provided by these investments can decrease dramatically, creating a budget shortfall for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. The state must guarantee the pensions of retirees, which couldn’t come at a worse time for a state caught in the midst of a fiscal nightmare. California retirement funds hold a budget shortfall of a mind-numbing $500 billion, dwarfing the current state deficit of $20 billion, according

to a study by the Stanford Institute for Economic Research. Complicating the issue, California employees can start earning retirement benefits at the age of 50, sometimes with pensions above $100,000. Employees can receive these benefits regardless of whether they are still teaching or working. It may be better to divert some or all pension money from professors and administrators who are retired though still working, then hire lecturers or other temporary faculty instead. This may be a possible solution during this time when the university is underperforming and starved of classes. However, some argue that putting a cap on pensions is a less drastic way to combat the budget crisis. Lecturer John Crosby and California Faculty Association President Susan Green expressed support to a $50,000 cap being place on pensions, they said. Rescinding pensions too severely would prevent talented teachers from working in California in the first place,

Crosby said. Green suggested a different remedy that involved heavier cuts on campus administration pensions while leaving teacher benefits untouched. “Between 2000 and 2009, management personnel had increased by 20 percent while faculty only 3 percent,” she said. This implies that administrator pensions are less valuable than those of professors. But there is a serious roadblock when it comes to rescinding state retirement benefits in the form of state employees’ and teachers’ unions. Like most lobby groups, the unions look to advance benefits for their clientele, not the students. As professors receive pensions, they could be compelled to give money to the teachers’ union, which could then use that same money to make campaign contributions or donations to members of the state legislature. The legislature may in turn vote favorably on bills that increase benefits for the teachers’ union. The cycle repeats itself more vigorously. This is a self-reinforcing relationship known in the political world as the “iron triangle” and is a daunting obstacle to overcome. Students do have one advantage on their side − numbers. We outnumber faculty and employees’ unions at the polls, plus parents don’t like it when the thousands they spend on their child’s education is diverted away from the university. We need to trump the iron triangle, keep state legislature accountable and put a variety of classes back into Chico State. Alexander Seymour can be reached at aseymour@theorion.com

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Prevention paramount in maintaining students’ health Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST

It can be as innocent as sneezing and not covering your mouth, coughing then grabbing the doorknob or sharing your morning coffee with a friend. Somebody infects you. My symptoms started on a Thursday evening with the rapid onset of extreme tiredness. I was sitting by the pool at my apartment complex when I realized I wasn’t myself. The next morning, I woke up feeling weak with a sore throat. On Friday the soreness progressed and that night I slept with body aches and “a general feeling of uneasiness,” as most diagnoses will describe. I woke up with a fever on Saturday

morning. I went to the farmers’ market and realized that I was sweating profusely. I looked around and saw that no one was sweating as much as me. Sunday morning at about 2 a.m. I was shifting around in my bed, flinching from body aches. My body was burning at 102 degrees and my throat felt as if it was trying to choke me. Swallowing was out of the question, so I spit into a cup. My roommate drove me to the emergency room. A load of Vicodin, Ibuprofen, a shot of Prednisone in the hip and subsequent pills of the steroid, the bottle of liquid numbing agent Viscous Lidocaine, countless Cepacol lozenges and three antibiotics later – I’m finally feeling better. This is what can happen when a simple sore throat doesn’t just go away overnight. The first couple of

doctors I saw assumed it was strep throat – a bacterial infection. Others told me it could be mononucleosis – a viral infection. Yet, my blood test for mono came back negative. A simple confusion such as this can lead to overuse of antibiotics and is the cause for alarm in public health care. Every time a person takes antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed, but resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Since the doctors didn’t know whether it was viral or bacterial, taking antibiotics contained a slight risk for me. If the infection was bacterial, the antibiotics would help cure it. If the infection was viral, the decision to take antibiotics could potentially be more harmful. I opted for optimism and took the

prescription. The next day, a nurse said all my blood tests showed no signs of bacteria. I assumed that the antibiotics I had been taking throughout the week had eliminated any traces of bacteria. While showing me my blood tests, the nurse said to take the last case of antibiotics for just 48 hours. Unsure of this, I went back and asked a different physician about what I should do. “Finish the Augmentin and eat yogurt to replace the intestinal bacteria it kills,” she said. The reason you should finish your doctor-prescribed antibiotics is because if you don’t, you allow the normal bacteria in your body to become immune to the antibodies and you could become more susceptible to another infection in the future, according to the centers’ website.

This is why preventive measures are paramount − taking antibiotics when you have a virus can lead to severe infections in the future and can be impossible to treat. Most sore throats are caused by viruses, going to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and seeing whether symptoms warrant a strep test isn’t a bad idea. The first day of school was the first day I had total coordination and strength. Enough to swallow again, concentrate on reading and even carry on my routine of running through Bidwell Park. If you don’t want to go through this at the start of the school year, thorough hand washing techniques and keeping your germs to yourself can help prevent illness. Serena Cervantes can be reached at scervantes@theorion.com

Piece of Mind | Is four years enough time to get the full college experience?

Jose Flores

freshman | psychology

Emily Parker

sophomore | communication design

“No. It’s all about the six-year senior. You need to have some fun. The third time is the charm.”

“It just depends on if you’re prepared when you go in. Yes, if you know which direction you want to go. But it is important to broaden your horizons.”

“Yes. I think four years provides plenty of opportunities.”

“It depends on who you are and how you live your college life. Some people will get bored after two years, some may be in their ﬁfth year and want more.”

Faren Sanford junior | pre-nursing

Andrew Tracy

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Athletes choose sports over booze

Sports evoke emotions Nothing can compare to that feeling I get when I watch an amazing play during a game. To me, it doesn’t really matter what sport it is – if it has the drama and excitement of a buzzer-beating, game-winning shot or a nail-biting finish, I am going to get “the chills.” My skin gets tight, the hair on my arms stands up and a slight shiver runs up my neck. It still amazes me how many different emotions can come from playing or even just watching sports. A person can experience a full spectrum of emotions within a single game. From anger to joy to disappointment, it can all fall within the timeframe of two halves or four quarters, however long it takes. Because of a general lack of money and the fact that I live in a small town, I watch most sporting events on TV. Whether it is with a group of friends at a bar or alone on my couch, the emotions I feel during a game are readily shown. If a wide receiver on one of my favorite teams drops a touchdown pass in the end zone — which happens a lot because I am a Rams fan — or if a baseball player strikes out swinging at a perfectly good pitch, I erupt like a small volcano. I yell, shout and even curse at the team as though the players can hear me. For the whole length of a game, I stare at the TV intently and demand to know why “stupid” calls were made or what was going through the head of an athlete when they made a “stupid” play. I’m not surprised when I don’t get a response back or if my friends remind me for the millionth time, “They can’t hear you.” I remember last spring while watching game seven of the NBA finals, I was standing in the middle of my living room jumping up and down in anxiety because time was ticking fast and my team, the Lakers, were only winning by a few points. I was nervous, I had butterflies and I couldn’t wait for the final buzzer to go off, as if the game had any bearing on my life. Glances from my friends made me feel ridiculous for about two seconds, then my focus went back to the game. When the Lakers pulled through and won, I felt relieved — as if I had something riding on the game, but I hadn’t even bet on it. I also don’t think of myself as a very patriotic person, but whenever the Olympics or World Cup roll around, I am all about the USA. For the Olympics, I don’t care what sport is on – I’m going to watch it. When a medal is placed over the head of an athlete or highlights are shown with uplifting music and inspirational clips, those chills begin to creep back up my spine. Sporting events are one way to get an adrenaline rush and college sports can be even more exciting than professional. With the fall sports season starting soon, take the time to check out the Chico State games and see what kind of emotions can come from those nail-biting plays. Lindsey Barrett can be reached at

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From the Cheap Seats

Stephanie Consiglio STAFF WRITER

College has a reputation for late nights, long weekends and testing boundaries. Though this applies to student athletes as well, their experience is slightly diﬀerent than the average college student. Athletes have another reputation to uphold – the success of their athletic program. For women’s soccer coach Kim Sutton, too much partying isn’t something she wants in the program, she said. Athletes are encouraged to take care of their bodies by getting enough sleep and getting the right nutrients to make sure they can perform well on game day. “Partying is detrimental to the body, night in and night out,” said Cody Hein, women’s volleyball coach. “They couldn’t train their bodies appropriately.”

The university has rules that athletes may not use alcohol at any university function. “Every student athlete gets a handbook and has to attend a compliance meeting at the start of the year and can’t play until they attend,” said Anita Barker, athletic director for Chico State. All the policies are addressed at this meeting, but alcohol gets some more detail, Barker said. The policy in the student athlete handbook is that there is no alcohol before, after or during games or on road trips, regardless of age, Barker said. If you are representing Chico State, it is prohibited because the university is funding the trip. “Everyone considers themselves serious student athletes and no one would want to jeopardize that,” said sophomore outside hitter Makenzie Snyder. Even though there are university policies, each team has its own rules and guidelines

to follow. “Coaching is like parenting,” Hein said. “We coach and train adults, so we want them to act like adults.” Student athletes are expected to balance having fun with serious dedication to their sport. Games get taken away from athletes that party too much, and the athletes want to play, Hein said. If a student athlete breaks the team rules, he or she goes through normal procedure with Student Judicial Aﬀairs, which decides the number of games that the athlete can’t participate in, Barker said. Every circumstance is diﬀerent, but if the rules are broken, it often results in suspension. “Three or four years ago we had a suspension and the player saw loss of playing time,” Hein said. “This was really eye opening to the girls.” Athletes get out of the sport

what they put into it, Hein said. “Alcohol does not aﬀect our practice and our game performance because our team makes it a point to make sure we do not consume alcohol before any volleyball activities,” Snyder said. One year, two athletes made a pact for a dry season and one ended up being an All-American, Hein said. This isn’t necessarily why she became an All-American that year, but it demonstrated how far her body could stretch its personal limits. No one on the volleyball team is currently promising to have a sober season, but people are still aware of the amount of consumption they allow themselves during season, Snyder said. Junior forward Chris Akwaja always has a dry season, he said. “If I put alcohol in my body it doesnt function right,” he said. The mens soccer team has a dry season rule but sometimes

that is hard for other players to follow, Akwaja said. “We also have a 48 hour rule where there is no alcohol consumption within 48 hours of a game,” he said. “Usually 95 percent of us are honest.” There is one player on the women’s soccer team who has pledged to have a dry season, even though it is not required, Sutton said. “It’s unrealistic to ask this of a college student, but the girls keep an eye on each other,” she said. The upperclassmen and captains set the rules, Sutton said. They are committed to the success of the team. “Athletics isn’t any diﬀerent than the normal student body,” Barker said. “Every college student has to learn to deal with a social life.” Stephanie Consiglio can be reached at sconsiglio@theorion.com

’Cats get oﬀensive, beat Academy of Art Isaac Brambila STAFF WRITER

An 8-0 victory in a scrimmage against the Academy of Art University Urban Knights Friday closed the preparation stage for the women’s soccer team and points them toward a new season fi lled with confidence. With the season opener against the Western Washington University Vikings just around the corner, the Wildcats used their last preparation scrimmage to gain some confidence and set the tone for the upcoming season. Coach Kim Sutton was satisfied that her team scored some easy goals from effective execution, she said. “When they cross it and there’s just an easy fi nish there, that’s what you like to see,” she said. The objective is to give most of the players some time on the field, which helps to get them comfortable and ready to face the season, she said. “It will be a war,” Sutton said of the season opener. On Friday, fans had the fi rst opportunity to celebrate just before the five-minute mark when senior captain Ashley Perlman put the Wildcats on the scoreboard with a goal that opened the door for five teammates to follow her lead. Second to score was sophomore Melissa Pease, who came from the left side, broke to the

center of the field and found space just outside the goalie box to connect perfectly. She lobbed the ball into the right corner past the keeper and just under the crossbar, scoring the most impressive goal of the night. With two goals scored in the fi rst 10 minutes, the Wildcats gained control of the ball and maintained possession throughout the game, resulting in six more goals. Abby Glasgow, Kasey Wall, Scotie Walker and Denni Jo Berger also scored for the Wildcats. Perlman and Berger each scored two goals. Although it was a game won by a landslide, it was also a game that gave room for many players coming off the bench to show their skills, Perlman said. It is what sets the tone for the team and improves the squad. “Everyone that comes on the field is so talented, they all bring something different and new to the squad,” she said. In the midfield, Perlman and junior Blake Lopes, a center defensive midfielder, took the responsibility of distributing the ball and both set the pace of the game. Perlman helped on the right side by recovering balls and breaking through the defense time and time again. She supplied the forwards with two crosses that resulted in goals and several others that created scoring opportunities. In a busy night, Lopes

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DEFENSE LEADS TO OFFENSE Chico State defender Alex Rodriguez battles Academy of the Art University forward Olivia Dupon during a scrimmage Aug. 27. The Wildcats would go on to win 8-0. assumed defensive duties and recovered the ball often, passing it oﬀ to the attacking players. For Lopes, this game sets the tone for the season, she said. “We’re expected to do big things this year and we’re ready to accept the responsibility,” Lopes said.

After having reached the second round of the NCAA championship last year, they will try to set the tone for the California Collegiate Athletic Association North Division after winning it last year, she said. “This year we want to go all the way,” she said. The Wildcats will face Western Washington University on

Sept. 2 for their home opener. The Vikings fi nished last season with an overall record of 11-4-4 and a conference record of 8-1-3, fi nishing second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference trailing Seattle Pacific. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com

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Mixed martial arts gaining popularity Kenny Lindberg STAFF WRITER

Chico State cross-country receives top five ranking >>The Chico State men’s and women’s crosscountry teams received national top five preseason rankings by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, the organization announced on Wednesday. Both teams enter the 2010 season ranked fifth in their respective polls. source: goccaa.org

Cal State East Bay to host basketball championship >>The 2011 California Collegiate Athletic Association D-II Basketball Championships for men and women will be hosted by Cal State East Bay, conference commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced Monday. The 16-team event is on March 1-5 with the semiﬁnals and championship games to be played at Pioneer Gymnasium on the campus of Cal State East Bay in Hayward.

When weight lifting got old, Chico State graduate Dustin Shahrok knew he had to find something more exciting to do in order to keep his mind clear. He chose mixed martial arts and quickly got hooked. “When I found MMA, it was the biggest high I ever felt,” Shahrok said. “It’s running around doing all this crazy stuff, just be sweating and bleeding and out of breath and just dead-dog tired, but it’s something that I love.” The popularity of mixed martial arts has increased dramatically over the past three years, said Jason Pietz, coowner of the StandAlone Mixed Martial Arts Academy at 845 Cherry St. Pietz thinks the growing demand was a direct result of Spike TV’s decision to start airing the Ultimate Fighter, a one-hour show where contestants compete for a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship Company, Pietz said. “It finally got to the point where I felt that an MMA school could thrive in Chico’s small community,” Pietz said. That’s when Pietz and coowner Cedric Schwyzer opened the academy in the summer of 2007. Since opening day, the

academy has done very well establishing itself in the marketplace, Pietz said. “We’re doing fantastic,” Pietz said. “Even in a down economy, we found ourselves still growing, which is a real blessing.” Pietz has been fighting for 17 years, including time spent with MMA legend Ken Shamrock’s famed Lion’s Den team, he said. He attributes most of his school’s success to the vast experience of the highly trained coaches. “They are all trained in each individual sport you see happening in the UFC and in Strike Force and in these other big events,” Pietz said. “All the fighters can do Muay Thai, they can all box, they can all do jiujitsu, they can all wrestle.” All aspects are key in order to put together a successful academy, Pietz said. “It’s important that we don’t sell people something that we don’t know how to do,” Pietz said. Melissa Moore, the only woman on the professional fighting team, has been with the academy since its inception. “I love it,” Moore said. “I couldn’t imagine my life without it.” Moore, who graduated from Chico State with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, always wanted to be a boxer but her father wouldn’t let her, she said. So, at age 20 when Moore

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DUCK AND COVER Brandon Pratt and Chico State alumna Melissa Moore train at StandAlone Mixed Martial Arts Academy, located at 845 Cherry St. Moore is the only woman on the professional fighting team and has been with StandAlone since it first began in the summer of 2007. moved out, the first thing she did was join a boxing gym, she said. “It’s hard sometimes, but I like it,” Moore said. “It’s a family so they’re like my brothers.” Shahrok likes the high level of camaraderie that exists on the team, he said. “There are obviously a lot of guys that are big and scary and huge, and it’s kind of intimidating to talk to them,” Shahrok

said. “But these are some of the most humble guys I’ve ever met.” The academy received significant attention last week when they lured MMA icon Wanderlei Silva to its booth during Wrectacular, a marketing event geared toward Chico State students. “Guys like Wanderlei can bring people from far and wide and they give kind of a sense of

legitimacy to what we’re doing here,” Pietz said. “It’s not just a publicity stunt, it’s something to give back to our students.” Although the academy does occasionally run semester specials, they generally charge $99 per month for an all access pass, while individual classes start at $15 per class. Kenny Lindberg can be reached at klindberg@theorion.com

source: goccaa.org

Recruits anticipate challenges Wildcats ready to kick MEN’S SOCCER >>

Defending D-II Basketball champs to take on Duke >> At 4 p.m. Nov. 4, the defending NCAA Division-II champion Cal Poly Pomona Broncos will face the defending NCAA Divison-I champion Duke University Blue Devils. The exhibition game is at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we look forward to the challenge of playing against a talented team that should be the preseason top-ranked team in the country and coached by one of basketball’s true icons and ambassadors,” said Broncos coach Greg Kamansky. source: goccaa.org

Wildcat of the Week

Sophia Horn STAFF WRITER

Chico State’s cross-country roster gives the Rowdy Red a team to cheer for during the upcoming season. The men’s cross-country team has won eight California Collegiate Athletic Association and West Region titles in a row. Chico State cross-country coach Gary Towne thinks that the team’s accomplishment of winning eight championships in a row is beneﬁcial, but at the same time puts a bit of strain on the new season, he said. Towne also thinks it is uplifting that the new recruits seem to be handling the high expectations well. Among the new recurits are freshmen Tommy McGuan, Jeremy Brummitt, Alan Cuevas, Dylan Anthony, Steven White and Johnny Sanchez, who are all learning to adjust to college life and training. Also new to the team are junior transfer students Joseph Rivera and Anthony Costales. “With expectations comes stress,” Towne said. “People do expect the team to do well.” Though the team’s success adds pressure to do well, they also use it as inspiration to maintain the tradition, he said. “The expectations of success are there because of the history that has been carved throughout the years, which gives the new recruits an amazing base to build from,” Towne said. Cuevas, from Corona High School, agrees with Towne, he said. Cuevas posted a PR of 14:52 and was a factor in the Panthers winning their seventh straight league championship. “The titles Chico State has earned adds to my

determination,” Cuevas said. The pressure does not intimidate new recruit McGuan because he believes in himself, the training and the team, he said. McGuan posted an 18th place overall ﬁnish with a time of 15:37 at the California State Cross Country championships The freshmen were unanimous in their humble expectations for the season. Anthony, who is originally from Kodiak High School in

The titles Chico State has earned adds to my determination.”

Alan Cuevas

freshman cross-country runner

Alaska, expects to improve and “adjust to the heat,” he said. Anthony ran 15:41 to take top honors in the Alaska State Cross Country Championships. The newcomers also agreed that the reason they chose to run for Chico State was because of the environment. The cross-country team “is like a family, which is hard to come by in college cross-country,” McGuan said. Towne has taught the runners to be patient and adhere to the college level training. It is diﬃcult for freshmen to purely move to a diﬀerent place and expect immediate success, he said. The freshmen should take it easy, set themselves realistic aspirations and transition smoothly. For the entire team, Towne has set the goal to simply maintain the titles and

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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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women’s soccer

Chico State soccer player Lisa Webster scored two goals and had an assist in a 3-2 overtime victory over Southern Oregon on Wednesday. The sophomore midﬁelder was crucial to the Wildcats’ come-from-behind win. The goal she scored with less than ﬁve minutes remaining evened the score at 2-2 and propelled the ’Cats to the victory over the Cascade Collegiate Conference Raiders.

tradition Chico State has achieved, he said. Towne has not altered much regarding the way he runs practice and conditioning. However, he is slowing training down since the NCAA championship is two weeks later than it is usually scheduled. The reason for the rescheduling is due to the new Olympic-style set up, Towne said. Sports such as soccer, volleyball and cross-country will all have their championship games take place in the same city and weekend. Therefore, there have been minor tweaks and adjustments made by Towne to the crosscountry training schedule. With a roster containing returning All-Americans, it could be diﬃcult to stand out as a freshmen runner, Towne said. He is excited to have the new additions to the team and predicts that every new recruit will most likely end up red shirted, he said. Newcomers Rivera, from College of the Sequoias, and Costales, from American River College, are runners to look out for during the season, Towne said. There are no home races scheduled during the season because of the lack of teams near Chico eligible to race, he said. “Students are always welcome and encouraged to drive out to support the local crosscountry races,” he said. “People will be surprised regarding the level the team runs at, ranking among the top ﬁve with Division-I teams.”

RUNNING FOR RECOGNITION Freshmen recruits Alan Cuevas [left] from Corono High School, Tommy McGuan [center] from Canyon High School and Dylan Anthony from Kodiak High School join the Chico State men’s cross-country team this fall. In total the mens cross-country team picked up six recruits including two junior college transfers.

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Aug. 25, 2010 Freshman midﬁelder Michelle Grek was instrumental in her team’s 3-2 come-frombehind overtime victory over Southern Oregon. “She was huge for us, as soon as she came into the game we got into good positions to score,” women’s soccer coach Kim Sutton said.

Aug. 26, 2010 Freshman opposite/middle hitter Juliet Conant had nine blocks — two solo and seven assisted — in an inner squad scrimmage. Conant shows promise as one of Chico State’s newest recruits.

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PREPARING TO DEFEND Senior defender Jacob Darr wants to improve on last year’s record of 8-8-4 and ﬁnish in the top two of the CCAA conference, he said. He started in 16 games last season. Blake Mehigan STAFF WRITER

The 2010 men’s soccer team has one clear goal in mind – to win games. To help improve this coming season, the team has been exercising feverishly. Chico State senior defender Jacob Darr is focused on improving the 8-8-4 record the team posted last year. “We want to ﬁnish at least top two in our division,” Darr said. Sophomore goalie Mike Beigarten talked about the trip the team took to Mount Shasta recently as a bonding experience. “I think we ran like 20 miles in three days, which included running in the woods and hills,” Beigarten said. “We’ve been working really hard to take our conference this year.” Playing 11 of 18 matches at Chico’s own University Soccer Stadium, this season should help bolster the team’s record. The team has lost only four home games in the ﬁrst two seasons under head coach Felipe Restrepo, making it a

Stat of the Week Senior captain Ashley Perlman and sophomore Denni Jo Berger each scored two goals in the scrimmage against Academy of the Arts University Friday Aug. 27 at home.

formidable opponent to play on its home field. The team has a lot of players returning from the previous year and its unity appears strong, said teammates and roommates Beigarten and Darr. The team also has several talented freshmen coming in this season that may get some playing time too, Beigarten said. The team has been working hard for the upcoming season. “We’ve been really busy prepping,” said assistant coach Donnie Ribaudo. It has been a tedious week for the players and coaches alike, Ribaudo said. The team has been doing two-a-day workouts, Beigarten said. The rigorous workouts have been in preparation for their first game, which is rapidly approaching. The Wildcat’s season kicks off against Western Washington at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the University Soccer Stadium. Admission is free for students. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com

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Chico Outlaws broadcast games through Web Kevin Augustine STAFF WRITER

Social media and sports seem like an odd couple at first, but for the Chico Outlaws, the combination has become a venture worth investing in — particularly the team’s use of the website Justin.tv. Justin.tv allows users to produce and watch live video content, chat during live broadcasts and comment on archived footage, according to the website’s mission statement. Kaitlin Leard, a marketing major at Chico State and media relations assistant, believes broadcasting on Justin.tv has many benefits, such as cost and promotion, she said. “It doesn’t cost the Outlaws anything to broadcast,” Leard said. “The Outlaws try and market Justin.tv in our press releases along with Facebook and Twitter.” The Outlaws began using Justin.tv at the beginning of the season in May, launching an experiment in social media that has taken off with great success. “It’s been a big hit,” said Dan Hawkins, director of media relations and play-by-play announcer for the Outlaws on Justin.tv. The Outlaws were the first Golden Baseball League team to use Justin.tv, Hawkins said. “There are now three or four teams in the league that use Justin.tv, but they broadcast only home games,” he said. The Outlaws broadcast both home and away games. A broadcast includes both pregame and postgame interviews with players, usually conducted by Hawkins and aired live. Broadcasting games on Justin.tv gives fans a new medium to watch and chat about the

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FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT Dan Hawkins broadcasts the Chico Outlaws home game Aug. 25. Hawkins is the director of media relations and play-by-play announcer for the Outlaws, whose games are broadcast over the radio and now live through the Web. Watch home and away games at http://justin.tv/chicooutlawsbaseball. Outlaws. “It has been a big help in linking our fan base together,” Leard said. “We reached more than one million views the other night and have more than 150 followers, many devoted to the Outlaws,” Leard said. The strong sense of community on the website is supported by Hawkins’ ability to respond to those in the chat while doing the play-by-play

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room, watches the games from Half Moon Bay, he said. He thinks Hawkins’ ability to react and respond to the chat helps unite the community in a way other mediums cannot, he said. “Dan’s interaction both audibly and typing in chat while the game is live really brings the community fan base together,” Cowan said. The archived footage allows

anyone to catch up on games or plays they might have missed. “Being able to archive the games allows for player feedback,” Hawkins said. “Players, like fans, are able to watch entire games after they’ve been broadcast and can leave comments.” For Cowan, archived games are an important feature of the website, he said. “Sometimes I might miss a

game, something special Blake did or a play that I can’t pass up,” Cowan said. “By having games archived, I am able to watch the game the next day and not miss a thing.” The Outlaws continue a three-game homestand against the Calgary Vipers at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Kevin Augustine can be reached at kaugustine@theorion.com

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[ [Spring 2010 ] ] Fall 2010 it might get rowdy MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONT.

MEN’S SOCCER CONT.

date Dec. 31

opponent time/results @Cal State Dominguez Hills 12:30 p.m.

5 p.m.

Jan. 7

UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Jan. 8

Cal State East Bay

7 p.m.

Jan. 14

Northwest Christian

7:30 p.m.

Nov. 27

Dominican

Dec. 3

date Nov. 6

opponent Red/White Scrimmage

time/results 3 p.m.

Nov. 7

@University of Paciﬁc

Nov. 18

@Cal State Stanislaus

Nov. 22

Bethany University

Nov. 26

date

TRACK&FIELD

opponent

time/results 11:30 a.m.

date Sept. 25

opponent time/results TBA @Stanford Invitational

Sept. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 24

Humboldt State

4:30 p.m.

Oct. 2

@Williamette Invitational

TBA

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 26

Sonoma State

11:30 a.m.

Oct. 16

@Santa Clara Invitational

TBA

@Cal State San Bernardino

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 1

Cal State Dominguez Hills

4:30 p.m.

Nov. 6

@CCAA Championships

TBA

Jan. 15

@Cal Poly Pomona

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 3

Cal State L.A.

11:30 a.m.

Nov. 6

@Doc Adams Invitational

TBA

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 21

San Francisco State

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 8

@Sonoma State

12:30 p.m.

Nov. 20

TBD

TBA

Humboldt State

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 22

CSU Monterey Bay

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 10

@Humboldt State

11:30 a.m.

Dec. 4

TBD

TBA

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 28

Cal State Dominguez Hills

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 15

@UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Dec. 8

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 17

@Cal State East Bay

2 p.m.

Dec. 11

Paciﬁc Union

7 p.m.

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 22

San Francisco State

Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

2:30 p.m.

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 24

CSU Monterey Bay

11:30 a.m.

Dec. 31

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

2:30 p.m.

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 27

Cal State Stanislaus

4:30 p.m.

date Sept. 3

opponent @Dominican

Jan. 7

UC San Diego

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 30

@Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Sept. 3

@BYU- Hawaii

Jan. 8

Cal State East Bay

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 5-7

TBD

TBA

Sept. 4

@Grand Canyon

9 a.m.

Jan. 14

@Cal State San Bernardino

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 12-14

TBD

TBA

Sept. 4

@Seattle Paciﬁc

1:30 p.m.

Jan. 15

@Cal Poly Pomona

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 24

@CSU Monterey Bay

5:30 p.m.

Nov. 20

TBD

TBA

Sept. 7

William Jessup

7 p.m.

Jan. 21

San Francisco State

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 25

@San Francisco State

5:30 p.m.

Dec. 2-4

TBD

TBA

Sept. 10

@Cal State L.A.

7 p.m.

Jan. 22

CSU Monterey Bay

7:30 p.m.

March 1-5

TBD

TBA

Sept. 11

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

Jan. 28

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7:30 p.m.

March 6

TBD

TBA

Sept. 15

@Simpson

7 p.m.

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

7:30 p.m.

March 15

TBD

TBA

Sept. 17

Humboldt State

7 p.m.

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18

Sonoma State

7 p.m.

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

7:30 p.m.

time/results 0-0

Sept. 22

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

7:30 p.m.

W 3-2

Sept. 24

UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

7:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Sept. 25

Cal State East Bay

7 p.m.

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

5 p.m.

Oct. 1

@Cal State San Bernardino

7 p.m.

Feb. 19

12:30 p.m.

Oct. 2

@Cal Poly Pomona

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

Oct. 8

San Francisco State

7 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Oct. 9

CSU Monterey Bay

7 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF time/results TBA

7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER date Aug. 17

opponent @Nevada

Aug. 25

@Southern Oregon

Sept. 2

Western Washington

Sept. 4

Central Washington

7:30 p.m.

date Sept. 24-25

opponent @Saint Martin’s Inv.

Cal State San Bernardino

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27-28

@Western Washington Inv.

TBA

Sept. 10

@Cal State Monterey Bay

Feb. 24

@CSU Monterey Bay

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 11-12

InterWest Wildcat Classic

TBA

Sept. 12

@San Francisco State

Feb. 25

@San Francisco State

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18-19

D-II Championship Preview

TBA

Sept. 17

Cal Poly Pomona

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March 1-5

TBD

TBA

Sept. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

2 p.m.

Oct. 13

@Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

March 12-15

TBD

TBA

Sept. 24

Humboldt State

7 p.m.

Oct. 15

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

March 23-26

TBD

TBA

Sept. 26

Sonoma State

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Oct. 16

Cal State L.A.

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Cal State Dominguez Hills

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Oct. 3

Cal State L.A.

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Oct. 23

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Oct. 8

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3 p.m.

Oct. 29

@Cal State East Bay

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Oct. 11-12

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TBA

Oct. 10

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Oct. 30

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Oct. 18-19

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Oct. 15

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Nov. 5

Cal Poly Pomona

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Nov. 12

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Nov. 19

Academy of Art

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Oct. 17

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Nov. 6

Cal State San Bernardino

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Nov. 20

Hawaii Paciﬁc

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Oct. 22

San Francisco State

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Nov. 12

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Nov. 23

Cal State Stanislaus

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Oct. 24

CSU Monterey Bay

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Nov. 13

@San Francisco State

7 p.m.

Nov. 27

@Cal State Stanislaus

2 p.m.

Oct. 27

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Nov. 18-20

TBD

TBA

Dec. 3

Humboldt State

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 2

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Oct. 30

@Cal State Stanislaus

Dec. 2-4

TBD

TBA

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 6

Seattle Paciﬁc

Dec. 10

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5 p.m.

Sept. 10

@Cal State Monterey Bay

Dec. 11

@Seattle Paciﬁc

5 p.m.

Sept. 12

@San Francisco State

Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

12:30 p.m.

Sept. 17

Cal Poly Pomona

7 p.m.

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4:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

Nov. 5-7

TBD

TBA

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Nov. 11-14

TBD

TBA

11:30 a.m.

Nov. 19-21

TBD

TBA

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WREC course tightens and tones trouble spots Dane Stivers STAFF WRITER/ASSISTANT EDITOR

As the Wildcat Recreation Center heads into its second year, the demand for group exercise classes has expanded greatly. The class Butts & Gutts aims to make sure our midsections and backsides have not. Throughout this intense 30-minute course, participants are encouraged to push past the aches in their stomachs and buttocks as they move rapidly from exercise to exercise. The abdominal muscles begin to burn, the thighs and butt start aching, but without the pain, there is no gain, said Brie Phillips, a sophomore nutrition major and Butts & Gutts participant. “You get rewarded by little break exercises,” Phillips said of the class’ framework. “I’m always throbbing after.” The class relies on hard, fat-burning exercises to be followed by simpler exercises, then repeated, she said. Since the WREC’s inception, Butts & Gutts has remained one of the most popular classes available to Chico State students. It started off as a much smaller and lesser known class, but like many other WREC group exercise classes, the demand for Butts & Gutts has increased significantly. This year, the WREC offers at least one Butts & Gutts class six days a week. Friday is the only day the class is not offered. Butts & Gutts has been so popular because it meets the needs of many people wanting to be in shape, said Brooke Magnotta, personal training and group exercise coordinator. “It’s short and it targets two areas that most people are self conscious about,” Magnotta said. Though different instructors have varying styles – some use more equipment and some

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CLASS IN SESSION Group exercise instructor Kellie Ashton coaches her class through a set of squats during a Butts & Gutts class, which are held six days a week at the WREC. The 30-minute class oﬀ ers students a way to target and tone their core muscles while repeating simple exercises without a break in routine. push class participants harder – each class has roughly the same format. Students come into the excercise room designated for Butts & Gutts and take out mats to sit on as hip-hop pours from loudspeakers against the walls. The class instructor then begins doing exercises for the students to follow. Though the class is only held for 30-minute increments, the students exercise their butts and guts without any breaks, Phillips said. Because of the constant workout, heart rates

It’s short and it targets two areas that most people are self concsious about.”

Brooke Magnotta

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rise to a high level and stay there, rather than ﬂuctuating between exercise and rest. Despite fluctuating student turnouts in Butts & Gutts classes depending on the time and day it is being held,

a typical class generally has 20-40 people. Though Butts & Gutts has gained more and more student interest over time, those who attend the class are predominantly female. There are times when none of the class participants are male, but on average 90 percent are women and only 10 percent are men in any given class, Magnotta said. Some men might not think Butts & Gutts is helpful and others might be targeting different muscle groups such as chest or arms with little

regard for their cores, said Karyn Stiles, a senior accounting major at Chico State and Butts & Gutts trainer. Also, some men might do core exercises on their own time. “I’ve dared boys to take my class, but no one came,” Stiles said. “It’s intense for the whole half hour, so I think they’re scared.” Whether the men show up or not, it’s the friendly atmosphere, the convenient class times and the student selfmotivation that keep the class going strong. It’s a great class for

everyone, and the growth of the class isn’t looking to slow anytime soon, Magnotta said. “More and more people are hearing about us and it shows in the classroom,” she said. Dane Stivers can be reached at dstivers@theorion.com

Butts & Gutts Classes Where: The WREC • Mon/Wed 7:30-8 p.m. • Sun/Tues/Thurs 5-5:30 p.m. • Saturday 11-11:30 a.m.

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The sounds of nature | C2 1078 Gallery hosted a collection of art, music and poetry inspired by the natural world.

Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010

Entertainment Editor

Varied musical talents crank up volume

Editorialcore

Lauren Beaven

Matt Shilts

Bowing out disgracefully It’s not always easy to get out of the game. It could be music, sports, acting, writing or anything else — when a longtime professional has to choose between pushing his luck and calling it quits, the former has a good chance of winning out. After a hugely successful farewell tour in 1982, The Who retired, ending on a high note in the band’s career. What’s that? Oh yeah, they didn’t. Though they did do a farewell tour, they eventually got back together and have been playing their hits from the ’60s and ’70s ever since. This culminated in their performance at Super Bowl XLIV with a 65-year-old Roger Daltrey singing stuff he’d originally recorded 40 or more years ago. Not everyone opts for the “greatest hits and TV specials” route, though. The legendary heavy instrumental group Isis split up in June 2010 after 13 years of successful touring and five studio albums. In the announcement on their blog, they captured the sentiment of a graceful retirement. “In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us, it is time to bring it to a close,” they wrote on the website. In 20 years, original fans won’t have to ask themselves if they remember when Isis was good, or if they remember Isis before they sold out. I’m not criticizing people for needing a way to make money and I’m sure The Who still rake in a ton. It would be nice, though, if more people went out the way Isis did. Like they said, it leaves only good memories in the minds of the band and its fans. Sports fans can attest to this need as well. Anyone who was a Jose Canseco fan in his Oakland A’s heyday probably doesn’t remember him as the multiple-threat beast he was then, as the decent player he was on Rangers or as the very solid comeback player on the Blue Jays and Devil Rays. He is remembered for his forays into independent baseball leagues late in his career. He is remembered as someone who once was great, and now – especially with his new contract with the Laredo Broncos – will do anything to play another season. He is remembered as a man who was heavily involved with performance-enhancing drugs, the material embodiment of going past one’s prime. And what about Brett Favre, the media’s favorite off-season football subject? I think the jury’s still out on how he will be remembered. I know that there are a few people in Green Bay who won’t be thinking fondly of him for a long time, though.

and six instruments. Despite what may have sounded like STAFF WRITER chaos, The Atom Age pulled he music of The Deaf off a coordinated and enerPilots shook Cafe Flo getic set. Cafe Flo veterans Clouds On Saturday night as the band kicked off the venue’s Strings set up next, providing Back to School Music Festival. a multifaceted performance The five-hour event was a that combined several differcombination of old and new ent instruments and came out bands, both local and visiting, with a distinctive, fluid sound. Clouds On Strings kept that presented the audience with a nicely sculpted variety the audience’s ears on alert of punk, rock and progressive with various tempo changes, musical tangents and an styles. “We are psyched to play the almost dreamlike quality show,” said Derek Julian, lead at times. Often it felt more singer and guitarist of The like an experience than a performance. Deaf Pilots. “We want to try different Julian, a Chico State junior, was accompanied by bass- approaches to music,” said ist Calvin Van Burg and Michael Bone, Chico State music drummer Ryan Fairley. Their major and lead singer and guieasygoing attitudes gave way tarist for Clouds On Strings. With their second CD comto surprisingly clear tones and ing out in December, Clouds fast-paced beats. The Deaf Pilots accom- On Strings has established itself as a plished local sound. catchy, origI pride myself “It’s a step inal music forward,” with only an on bringing together Bone said, electric guiadmitting tar, bass and all genres of music.” Margaret Bergman that the band drums, choosChico resident was a bit “out ing to stick to there.” the essentials Clouds On Strings finished without losing versatility. After a year of playing out their set with a crowd-pleastogether and one six-song EP ing rendition of Rush’s “Tom called “Out For A Drive,” The Sawyer.” Monarch, a high-energy Deaf Pilots are testing the waters of Chico’s music ven- band from San Francisco, ues. The Back to School Music took the stage after Clouds Festival was their fi rst show at On Strings, bringing the audience back to reality with a Cafe Flo. “We play at parties a lot,” moody sound and solid, hard rock beats. They were as much Julian said. Venues deliver a different entertainers as they were vibe, he said. After a crowd- musicians and were certainly pleasing set, however, they’ll unafraid to lose themselves in be a valuable addition to the music. The eclectic sounds of upcoming shows in Chico. Death metal band Aber- Avita Treason ended the night rance took the stage next, on an unexpected note. The lending a whole other sound one and only band member of Avita Treason, Dorian Cohen to the show. Metal is one of a kind, said of Oakland, opened with an fan Marcus Foster. If it’s your acoustic guitar number that scene, Aberrance is worth lis- gave way to iPod beats and rap-like lyrics. tening to. Cafe Flo turned the lights Bay Area natives The Atom Age followed with some 21st- back on at 10 p.m. as the century rock ’n’ roll and music faded and the audian eye-catching setup that ence gave their ears a rest. involved American flags, pic- While the stars of the night tures of monkeys in space suits appeared to be local bands

THE ORION • KEVIN LEE

HAIR, METAL Aberrance guitarist Jake Hollingsworth whips around his locks while playing Friday at Cafe Flo along with The Deaf Pilots, The Atom Age, Avita Treason and Clouds on Strings. The Deaf Pilots and Clouds On Strings, the audience seemed to enjoy the atmosphere and melting pot of sounds. “I pride myself on bringing together all genres of music,”

said Monikah Niemczynowicz, owner of Cafe Flo. The venue’s Back to School Music Festival showcased a variety of musical genres, from death metal to alternative.

The festival is one example of the variety of music that can be found at Cafe Flo. Lauren Beaven can be reached at lbeaven@theorion.com.

THE ORION •KEVIN LEE

ACT YOUR AGE Brenden Frye [center] of The Atom Age wails on the sax Friday at Cafe Flo. Guitarist Ryan Perras [left] and Peter Niven ﬂ ank him, axes in tow.

Matt Shilts can be reached at entertainmenteditor@theorion.com

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>> “Machete” (MOVIE) This film started out as a fake trailer in the 2007 Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino project “Grindhouse,” e,” but it looked so awesome that they decided to make it. Longtime movie bad guy Danny Trejo lands his first title role, sharing the screen with the likes of Steven Seagal, Robert DeNiro, Cheech Marin and Don Johnson. >>“Patagonian Rats” (ALBUM) The experimental trio Tera Melos is finally releasing their first real full-length album, courtesy of Sargent House. Their sound has matured and become more focused, while remaining as quirky and sporadic as ever. >>“Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions” (VIDEO GAME) The Marvel mainstay confronts the multi-dimensional problems comic books sometimes

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A THOUSAND WORDS Lynn Montgomery’s tableau from 2009 shows what viewers may expect in this year’s Butcher Shop production Sept. 4-5 at the end of Estes Road.

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Matt Shilts ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

The thespian Chicoans who started the Blue Room Theatre are returning. The actors, authors and collaborators who dubbed themselves The Butcher Shop are coming back from around the country for a theatrical weekend Sept. 4-5 at the south end of Estes Road. Just like The Butcher Shop has always been, this event is completely free. The performance will feature live music by Dave the Butcher, six one-act plays and a puppet show. It’s all original and it’s all by people who have called Chico home. The Butcher Shop originated in 1988 and was made up of people who weren’t satisﬁed with performing other people’s work. They wanted to create something more exciting, beautiful and controversial, said Yana Collins Lehman, who spent time as a collaborator with The Butcher Shop and was the managing director of the Blue

Room from 1995-1999. The Butcher Shop includes members from major cities all over the U.S., she said. Members aim to spread the excitement about the performing arts that they feel is missing in their respective towns. Lehman is now a fi lm production accountant in New York. Her credits include the HBO productions “Treme” and “You Don’t Know Jack” and the box office fi lms “Traitor” and “Reservation Road.” Dylan Latimer, another original Butcher Shop member who helped found the Blue Room, also helped assemble the gang and provide creative direction for this year’s performance. “I wanted people to really write from an emotional, cathartic place,” Latimer said. “We really started as a kind of anti-establishment type thing, so I hope that spirit still comes through.” While Latimer expects the plays to be dark and have a sense of humor, Ben Allen, artistic director of the Blue Room, advised viewers to

expect the unexpected, he said. He doesn’t even know what to expect from this year’s event – and he’s read the scripts. This year, the music will play an important thematic role, he said. Last year’s theme was “Feast of Famine,” but as this year’s plays have no unifying topic, the music will tie everything together. The musicians include members from local bands Deathstar, Electric Circus and The iMPS. Staying with the “butcher” theme, there will be meat for purchase, but the title was originally meant to represent the group’s goal of bringing down preconceptions about how theater should present itself. “That’s why it was called The Butcher Shop, you know, because we didn’t want anybody to associate us with creative energy,” Latimer said. “We wanted people to think of us as sort of a destructive energy.” PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNE KARP GRAHAM

Matt Shilts can be reached at entertainmenteditor@theorion.com

HUMAN-POWERED Dylan Latimer carries his work with him in Forrest Gillespie’s “Future Rickshaw” during 2009’s Butcher Shop.

console gaming experience to mobile phone – so far, at least. >> “Born Free” (ALBUM) Bob “Kid Rock” Ritchie seems

Poetry, art, music complement each other at gallery Candyce Chilson STAFF WRITER

to have finished the transition from badbut-somehow-successful rap-rock to bad-but-somehowsuccessful country-rock. His newest

There’s more than art on display at 1078 Gallery. The gallery embraced local artists, musicians and two of Chico State’s own professors showcasing original pieces

on Saturday. The theme for the night was nature, which was clear in every piece of work. The white walls of the gallery displayed a variety of visual art, from a painting of a hummingbird to a guitar-shaped mass. Along with the natural feel from the

art scattered on the walls, the poetry and music also reﬂected aspects of nature. The event was called “Natural Selections.” Troy Jollimore, a Chico State philosophy professor, read a collection of poems from his award-winning book, “Tom Thomson in Purgatory,”

album features some big names, like T.I., Trace Adkins and Martina McBride, but guest appearances can be deceiving.

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THE UNDECIDED

>> “Metroid: Other M” (VIDEO GAME – NINTENDO WII) The newest installment of the “Metroid” franchise aims to make full use of the Nintendo Wii’s sensor remote. Since the original “Metroid” came out in 1986, the series has enjoyed tremendous success, but this may be one reimagining too many. >> “Interpol” (ALBUM) The self-titled fourth LP from Interpol may help quiet some fans who criticized the indie die band who spent time on the major label Capitol Records and is now back on the indie label Matador. It’s hard to see them capturing the glory of their ﬁrst few releases, though.

THE ORION • EMILY WALKER

ART FUSION Cara Okano-Herrick [left] and Daun Weiss prepare to peform Saturday at 1078 Gallery.

as well as poems from other various authors. A pianist, a singer and a percussionist stood in front of the 70 seats placed in the intimate gallery and performed music composed by Chico State music professor Russell Burnham. Burnham, a composer and clarinetist, composed the music to emulate the poems. The night maintained a relaxed and almost serene atmosphere. Jollimore began the night without introduction and dove straight into the first poem of the evening, which was followed by music that went with that specific poem. Margaret Bergman, a Chico resident and frequent music event attendee, thought that “Natural Selections” stacked up favorably to events she had seen in the past, she said. “I thought it was fabulous,” she said. “The poetry, songs, the music – just wonderful. It was the perfect evening.” Burnham first became inspired to make this event happen when Jollimore’s book captured his attention, he said. More than a year ago he began to think about putting Jollimore’s poetry with music. “It’s the words that tell you what the music is about,” Burnham said. “You get caught up in the words.” During the program, there were several different themes — a rose, an ocean and animals. During the rose series, Jollimore read a few poems by William

Carlos Williams and William Blake that used the rose as an image. The ocean series also contained some of Williams’ poems such as “Flowers By The Sea” and “The Yachts.” Music filled the room as Chico State music professor and soprano vocalist Daun Weiss, pianist Cara Okano-Herrick and percussionist Paul Herrick performed songs specifically written for each poem. Weiss delivered chillingly beautiful vocals as she sang words from the various poets. At the end of the evening, Jollimore read five poems of his own, including “Mockingbird and Whippoorwill,” “Fireflies” and “The Turtle.” After he read them all, the musicians once again took the stage and performed the musical version of the poems. In the past five or six years, the 1078 Gallery has been expanding the work it has on display, said Thomasin Saxe, member of the 1078 Gallery board of directors. Music and film are presented frequently and Jollimore regularly reads his poetry at the gallery. Retired music professor David Mallory, who had art on display, thinks the gallery will be important for the future of Chico art, he said. “This particular gallery is a gem, a seed for the future of the arts,” he said. Candyce Chilson can be reached at cchilson@theorion.com

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Asia to showcase ’80s rock pedigree Josh Hegg STAFF WRITER

The ’80s supergroup Asia will take the stage Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Laxson Auditorium in support of their newest studio album, “Omega.” The band consists of the core members of progressive rock acts Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, King Crimson and The Buggles. Chico Performances is putting on the event with marketing coordinator Daran Goodsell. The show will start oﬀ the fall 2010 season with a bang, Goodsell said. While the concert is mostly marketed toward people who have seen the band before, many students are showing interest. “It’s synthesized, it’s cheesy, but it works,” said Phil Tagan, a junior recording arts major. Most people who are familiar with the band are knowledgeable about the members’ previous music endeavors in the progressive rock genre. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, King Crimson and The Buggles were genre-deﬁning groups that changed the course of rock music. Asia is one of the founding bands of arena rock, along with bands like Journey, Styx and Foreigner. Characterized by catchy choruses and an emphasis on vocal harmony, the music of arena rock – and Asia in particular – became incredibly popular in the 1980s and its legacy lives on today. This fact, combined with the musicality of progressive rock’s most formidable players, characterizes Asia’s sound, which hasn’t changed much since the band began. Cory Goga, a sophomore in the music education program commends the band’s longevity.

“It’s really cool that a band from the ’80s is still doing what they love – touring and stuﬀ like that,” he said. Even for those who don’t know of the band or the origin of the music, the opening chords and chorus of “Heat of the Moment” are instantly recognizable to many listeners. While that is the band’s biggest hit, Asia has also experienced charttopping success with other popular songs like “Don’t Cry” and “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes.” With a new album and all

original members on board, this tour recalls some of the band’s star power from the ’80s. Josh Hegg can be reached at jhegg@theorion.com

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THEN AND NOW [left] Charred debris is removed from the American Theatre after a 1946 ﬁre. [right] El Rey has gone by diﬀerent names over the years, but the building has stayed roughly the same since 1906.

El Rey Theatre remains downtown staple for century Tyler Ash STAFF WRITER

Buried in more than 100 years of its own history, El Rey Theatre dug up “Jurassic Park” last week, a classic dealing with a prehistoric theme park gone terribly wrong. Much like the living relics in the movie, our own downtown dinosaur has died and been reawakened several times in Chico’s history. Shane Gann, a music industry major and guitarist from local band Hail The Sun, appreciates the setup, he said. “It’s cool that they show older movies back in a big theater setting,” he said. The Majestic was built by the Elks

Lodge in 1906 and housed the organization’s headquarters, several shops and the Majestic Theatre, a vaudeville venue, according to the Griffith and Associates website. The National Theatre Syndicate required each of its theaters to have the same name, so in 1925 the “Majestic” sign was replaced with one that said “National,” according the website. The National was later remodeled and reopened as the American. It was successful until a fi re broke out in 1946. When the American was reconstructed, a Bay Area theater that shared the same owner was also destroyed by fire, according to the website. A sign reading “El Rey” was

the only remnant of the theater. The owner reused it for its undeveloped complex, yielding Chico’s “king” of theaters in 1948. In 2005, the building had to close its doors once more, possibly because its single screen couldn’t compete with the huge multiplexes of our time, according to the website. The doors were later briefly reopened for historical documentation by Chico State, said Pam Bush, an employee in the Special Collections department of the Meriam Library. The team took a series of pictures that are now on display on the first floor of the Meriam Library. “The walls were in such bad shape, they were dripping with

mold,” Bush said. Britney Durso, manager of El Rey, spoke highly of the theater’s welcoming environment. “It’s a really friendly atmosphere,” she said as she took tickets at the door. “We know everyone that comes in.” In January of this year, El Rey had its grand reopening, now showing only retro favorites and live performances. Now moviegoers can see their favorite cult classic while enjoying good food, wine and beer, all without having to sit through previews. The theater also takes movie requests on a board on its front door, as well as on its Facebook page, said Stephanie Maximov of JMAX Productions.

“I think people have a real connection with the El Rey,” Maximov said in an e-mail interview. “They remember coming to the movies when they were kids and now they bring their kids and get to see some of those same movies again.” People can rent the theater for parties or special events, she said. “We’ve had ‘Star Wars’ themed parties or sororities that rent the theater and watch ‘Clueless,’” Maximov said. El Rey holds $2 Tuesdays, where everything is $2 each, including tickets, food, beer and wine. Tickets are $5 Friday through Sunday. Tyler Ash can be reached at tash@theorion.com.

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Judgement Day 9 p.m. @ Lost on Main $3 admission

Oakland’s string metal trio has built up quite a following in Chico. Devotionals and West by Swan add to the post-rock madness.

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8 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $3 admission Portland-based experimental bands Terraform and Stag Bitten will melt minds at Cafe Flo along with local band Master Lady.

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Enjoy the early reggae, ska sounds of Boss 501, also featuring the psychedelic People on the Moon, gypsy folk blues Rock Creek Jug Band and DJ J-Bird.

Ana Lucia release their CD in the company of The Shimmies, La Forge and Meta in an alternative rock hoedown.

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Asia

7:30 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium $ 20 student admission The ’80s rock group is reunited with the four original members. Enjoy from the comfort of your Laxson seat.

Three Fingers Whiskey 9 p.m. @ LaSalles $3 admission

Along with Johnny and the Bootleggers, Three Fingers Whiskey will run their southern rock-inspired stylings through the big sound system at LaSalles.

T H U R SDAY

Dance Class

7:30 p.m. @ On the Rocks Lounge at Holiday Inn Free

F R I DAY

Zocalo: The Abstract Terrorist 6 p.m. @ Cafe Flo Free

Bring your instruments and jam to the music while people dance. Congas, bongos and maracas available. No partner required.

Dance the night away to the best in new and vintage chilled electronic beats, also featuring Symbio and OilPanic. All ages.

Joe Hammons and Guests

Mystic Roots

8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5 admission

Local songwriter Joe Hammons, has brought some of the best local talent in Chico together for a special one-nightonly show.

5:30 p.m. @ Downtown plaza Free Sway to some reggae in the open air, then head to LaSalles at 9 p.m. to enjoy their second set of the night in a more adult-friendly environment.

The originators of The Blue Room Theatre and of Chico black box theater are assembling for the second night in a row. Ride your bike and enjoy some quality original theater.

MON DAY

Master Lady and Soft Crest

8 p.m. @ Normal Street Bar Free The ever-free Monday night show at Normal also features Master Lady and Soft Crest.

T U E S DAY

Walter Trout and Jimmy Thackery

7:30 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada Big Room $20 admission Feelin’ blue? Need some brew? Step on down to The Big Room at the Sierra Nevada Brewery and have your face melted by Blues masters Walter Trout & Jimmy Thackery.

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8 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5 admission

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The Washington-based folk group graces our very own Cafe Flo. Abigail and Fera lend more acoustic talent.

Ed Mudshi

8 p.m. @ Monstros Pizza $5 donation French punk band Ed Mudshi meets Portland punk band Problems. Grab a huge slice and a beverage, and hang out at a pretty cool little place.

Get away from downtown, strut your stuﬀ and show oﬀ your “Idol” skills at Nick’s.

Transexpistols 9 p.m. @ Duﬀ y’s

A tribute band to the Sex Pistols with a twist – cross-dressing band members. Also preforming is Severance Package. Grab a Pabst Blue Ribbon, sit back and listen.

MON DAY

T U E SDAY

Yoga

Live Jazz

Come one, come all. 9 a.m. shouldn’t sound so early now that school has started.

You haven’t been here yet? Seriously? If nothing else, you have to appreciate a place that names itself so straightforwardly.

9 a.m. @ One Mile $5

Labor Day

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7 p.m. @ 33 Steaks, Booze and Jazz

Mug Club

4 p.m. @Madison Bear Garden Now’s your chance to join one of Chico’s finest beer clubs. Meet at the Bear from 4-9 p.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday to get your own mug and a picture on the wall of foam.

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Making waves at Forebay | D2 The aquatic center oﬀers students a fun way to stay cool , try new water sports or practice old ones.

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In a nutshell...

Too hot to handle Being from San Diego has made me a pansy when it comes to weather higher than 80 degrees, which by the way also applies to anything lower than 69 degrees. Oh, how that nice San Diego beach breeze spoiled me. Well, there is no breeze in most of Chico, unless you count cars passing by fast while you ride your bike. I learned that quickly during my fi rst full summer here. No matter what I did, I felt and looked like I had just fi nished a P90X workout. I hated leaving my house. The only thing that made me feel better was seeing others suffer just like me. The worst part of this summer was not knowing what I was getting myself into. Sure I heard Chico got hot, but come on, I survived those San Diego 90-degree heat waves quite a few times. Eventually I learned the hot, sweaty, sometimes painful way to acclimate to Chico in the summer. So for all you pansies out there like me, here is some advice that won’t make you break a sweat. Throw on your bathing suit and head over to One Mile Recreation Area, one of the swimming holes in Upper Bidwell Park, the Sacramento River, Butte Creek or become friends with someone with a pool. If you seek more thrills, head to the Forebay Aquatic Center and rent some of the equipment it offers, see story in D-2. Catch a movie at Tinseltown or El Rey Theatre. It’s dark, there are refreshments and air conditioning. That’s a trifecta when you want to avoid the heat. Gather a group of friends and have a water gun or balloon fight. My roommate cooled down when I got him in between his legs – or maybe he just couldn’t focus on the heat anymore. Stay hydrated – and I don’t mean with beer. Fill up that Klean Kanteen with some H20 and carry it everywhere. Wear loose-fitting clothes, preferably made of lightweight fabrics. Right now is not the time to be rocking super-tight skinny jeans. Open your windows, close the blinds and let the fans do the work. I began turning on my ceiling fan and a regular fan to circulate air. Also, make sure the ceiling fan is set to shoot air down by having blades rotate counterclockwise. Turn off electronics and kick your roommate out of your room. The last thing you need is something or someone creating more unwanted heat. There may not be many more hot days left, but in the meantime, keep it cool, Chico State. Almendra Carpizo can be reached at acarpizo@theorion.com

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Alcatraz A summer in

Amanda Jacobs STAFF WRITER

Once home to felons, Spaniards and Native Americans, the infamous Alcatraz Island

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AS HARD AS ROCK Michael Ward, dean of the College of Engineering [left] and Pesident Paul Zingg [right] hand pack concrete into a rail. [below] Chico State concrete industry management students restore deteriorated concrete structures at Alcatraz Island.

boarded a ferry to the island to participate in the new Summer Field School internship. Chico State’s College of Engineering and Tanya Wattenburg Komas, the concrete industry management director and program coordinator, partnered with Golden Gate National Recreation Area to allow students to work as full-time national park volunteers. This partnership gave them the opportunity to restore deteriorated concrete structures on the historic landmark. When Trevor Prater, a concrete industry management graduate student, got on the ferry, he had to adjust from being on a busy city street to a tranquil island, he said. Alcatraz is a valuable place of study for the program because everything is made of concrete. Project manager Andrew Billingsley and concrete industry management majors Stig Strombeck, Jonathan Hall, Bryan James and Prater worked with college faculty, industry experts and the U.S. National

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Park Service on restoring con- Hagin to determine what projcrete staircases, landings and ects will need to be done in the slabs. future. The students were practicing While working with a profestechniques used to match the sional archeologist on a dig to new concrete to the weathered identify repair work, Billingsconcrete. ley was awed by the historical “It’s one thing to learn tech- impact of the island, he said. nical aspects in class, but to “We were working on the make it relevant by having rec yard and doing an archeosome expological dig,” sure to how it he said. “To works in the know that we To know that real world were seeing is critical,” we were seeing something Komas said. from 150 years something from 150 Doing repair ago – that one work com- years ago — that moment was bines science one moment was the big one and art, she for me.” said. Working the big one for me.” During Andrew Billingsley the 10-week on Alcatraz is project manager very technical internship, because the the stumoist, salty air makes for more dents lived in restored officer difficult conditions. barracks that are similar to The only major hiccup dur- modern duplexes, Prater said. ing repairs was when the They were provided a living students were working on stipend funded by a cultural a staircase landing, Prater resources stewardship grant said. The concrete was rest- through the Golden Gate ing on 150-year-old brick and National Recreation Area and they didn’t want to damage it. concrete industry management They used wood frames and patron supporters. secured it so there was no time The summer was a sucto panic. cess and their work was well “If it would have collapsed, received by the U.S. National our entire summer would have Park Service, Komas said. gone to waste,” he said. “They really want us to come While working on prob- back next year,” she said. lems, Jason Hagin, a historical After bonding with the other architect for the Golden Gate four Chico State students and National Recreation Area, National Park Service personasked the students what they nel, Prater was sad to leave the would do first, he said. island and his second home in “You can imagine any given the barracks, he said. But he’s problem may have any given already looking forward to number of solutions,” Hagin next year. said. “They worked with me “It was an incredible opporto voice those solutions and tunity for students and the came up with a proposal for work we do in the future will a repair that would work with only be more significant,” he the restraints of working on said. “The staircase we are Alcatraz.” going to work on next year will The students’ main goal affect millions of tourists a on the island was to work year. The impact of Chico State with contractors, historical students will be realized by a architects, archeologists, envi- ton of people.” ronmentalists, U.S. National Park Service personnel and Amanda Jacobs can be reached at other industry experts like ajacobs@theorion.com

Some graduates not done with school after all Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER

Cap and gown in hand, senior Gino Ottoboni was all set to graduate and move on to further education when he received the disturbing news – he was one class short of graduating. As the number of classes decreases, many students are struggling with getting the classes they need, and some seniors receive the troubling news come graduation that they’ll have to return to college to make up classes. Ottoboni, a Butte College transfer student and exercise physiology major at Chico State, found himself in this exact situation. “When I came to Chico State

I was not assigned an adviser or was given any direction on what classes to take or how to graduate,” he said. When it came time to sign up for graduation, Ottoboni was given the “good to go” and was told that his last class, biomechanical analysis, would be waived because he had been accepted into Butte’s paramedic program, Ottoboni said. However, three weeks prior to graduation, he was told that he did in fact need the class and would not receive his degree until it was completed, which forced him to take out another student loan for $2,200 to fund his last semester at Chico State, he said. Since the class he needed was a graduate level class, Ottoboni

ended up having to pay $1,922 for a single three-unit class that he thought was “absolutely ridiculous,” he said. Students need to be given more direction on which classes

Nothing is worse than being a senior in a 100-level class.”

Amanda Maroney senior

they should take and in what order so this does not continue to happen, Ottoboni said. Chico State senior Amanda Maroney, a legal studies major who graduated with a minor in criminal justice and a paralegal certificate, has a

similar story. “I didn’t realize that I had missed only one general education class until about six weeks before graduation,” Maroney said. “I was able to walk for graduation, but I won’t receive my actual diploma until the class is completed.” It’s vital that students carefully review their list of required classes they may have missed freshman year, she said. “Nothing is worse than being a senior in a 100-level class,” Maroney said. Maroney decided to take her last class at Butte College in order to save money on tuition and books, she said. “It feels anti-climactic to graduate from a four-year college then have to go back to a

two-year,” she said. “I don’t feel that one general education science class is worth making a graduated senior go back for an entire semester.” Senior Megan Marazzo, a history major, has heard countless stories from friends who have found themselves in this situation, she said. “As students, it’s our responsibility to speak to an adviser each semester, take the required classes they are telling us to take and pass,” she said. “We don’t know the system, the requirements and in large part the necessary information – the advisers do. They should thus be able to guide us easily into graduating.” Kelly Smith can be reached at ksmith@theorion.com

Word of Mouth | Do you think it is diﬃcult to graduate in four years? “It depends if you don’t know what you want your major to be or can’t get into some classes. It’s getting harder because classes Brenna Von Kleist are getting cut.” senior | English

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off the coast of San Francisco has hosted five Chico State students in its 150-year history. Every weekday morning from June 7 to Aug. 13, five concrete industry management students

Chris Ruggieri

junior | computer science and international relations

“I don’t think it’s very hard. It just takes dedication.”

“Depends what you are graduating with. If they just do it straight with one major, then no.”

“Depends how motivated you are. I have two majors and I’m doing it on time.”

Tony Grassano

senior | business management

Yenifer Luna

freshman | psychology

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Boshion Crandall Bosh SE S X COLUMNIST

Second base too elusive, undefined It was a typical Wednesday morning for me as I nursed my hangover at the Roost Café with a few close friends. Some might find it strange to be so hungover on a Wednesday, but these people have never lived in Chico or have never heard of LaSalles’ $5 pitchers on Tuesday nights. Such a cheap deal as this gets me every time. Much of our conversation at breakfast was a poor attempt to piece the night together. We all separated and went home with our “potentials,” except for me, who went home to my better half. Trying to figure out how we ended up separated proved to be challenging, so we talked about our sexual conquests instead. One of our more conservative friends wouldn’t give us the dirt and just kept saying, “I made it to second base.” Here’s the deal – I hate second base. It is the most elusive of all bases and no one knows exactly what second base is. Clearly first base is making out and home base is screwing, which obviously makes third base oral sex, but that leaves second base undefined. Do we really need to give groping a base? Isn’t that just part of making out? Or have I been too generous in letting my lovers steal second base? Is second base above the waist and third base below? With all these low rider pants in style I find it hard to know where a waist begins and ends these days. Things were so easy in high school. I was just the prude Catholic girl who considered a home run getting felt up. No joke. Nothing made me shudder more than little Timmy’s hand up my shirt. Things sure have changed. After a few cups of coffee and a good dose of pestering, our friend finally opened up. As it turns out, she let her squeeze go down the road less traveled. Yep, anal. I don’t know what second base is in most people’s books, but it is definitely not anal in mine. I had no clue my friend had a hankering for the ol’ backdoor. It turns out she and many of her Christian high-school friends had been using anal to avoid offending God while fulfilling their hormone-induced desires. A common practice among the pure that Urban Dictionary coined “saddlebacking.” Technically my friend is still a virgin, even though she has had more anal sex than I can ever imagine having in a lifetime. Needless to say, I don’t think second base is a good place for anal. My proposal for the bases analogy is to make anal the pinch-hitter. Some leagues allow it, but others forbid it. The bottom line is if you’re going to enter into a league that utilizes pinch hitters, just make sure you’re prepared to be the butt of all jokes – like my friend, who we now call “Humpty Dumpty, put it in my bumpty.” Boshion Crandall can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com. Have a sex-related question? Don’t be shy. E-mail Boshion and she may answer it in a column. All personal and identifiable information will be changed.

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Forebay Aquatic Center splashes among students Gina Pence STAFF WRITER

The conditions at the Forebay Aquatic Center weren’t ideal on Friday for a day of wakeboarding. The water was a chilly 60 degrees and a warm wind created choppy wakes that made it a bumpy ride. The six students crowded on the boat didn’t seem to mind – they were just excited to ride. Three hours later, everyone had tans and smiles on their faces. “Today was my ﬁrst time at Forebay,” said Rob Way, a senior business major. “I’d encourage

anyone to come out. It’s great people, a lot of fun and you get to be out in the California sun. It’s a really good experience.” Located in Oroville, the Forebay Aquatic Center oﬀers rentals of water sport equipment from sailboats to paddleboards, clinics to teach people how to properly use the equipment, student discount opportunities, group programs, summer camps and special events. The center was created in 2004 with the purpose of oﬀering students and the surrounding community the opportunity to use the lake for recreational purposes, said Bridget Hand,

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PERFECT LANDING Nicole Crowe, a kinesiology grad student, lands a jump while wakeboarding Friday. [Cutout] Senior Rob Way, a business major, has fun with some jumps at the aquatic center.

manager of the center. The Department of Water Resources, California State Parks, California Department of Boating and Waterways and Associated Students teamed up to found the center in the Thermalito North Forebay State Park, she said. The center opened a sister office this summer with Adventure Outings in the Bell Memorial Union for students to get information and sign up for clinics and events. “It’s always been out of sight, out of mind,” Hand said. “Since we now have an office on campus, students can go there for more information and to sign up for some of the programs we offer.” Some new programs and equipment have been added to the list of available courses since the center’s opening in 2004, said Joe Banez, a summer camp counselor and windsurfing instructor. The center started out with sailing and kayaking as the focus, but over the years has acquired more equipment and experienced instructors to expand the list of activities. “This program has definitely been improving,” he said. “We’ve started to offer a little more this year, like rowing.” The center receives grants from the California Department of Boating and Waterways, which enables them to buy equipment for the facility, Hand said.

Recently, community members donated an assortment of racing boats for various group sizes and now the center is trying to start a competitive rowing club for Chico State. Clinics for different activities are hosted on a weekly basis, she said. Experienced student instructors often lead the clinics, teaching others how to properly use and enjoy the equipment. The facility also plays host to moonlight paddles. “It’s a great time to come out,” Hand said. “It cools off, we put on glow sticks and it’s just us and the wildlife out there. Being out on the water under the full moon and stars is a surreal experience for a lot of people.” The center is sponsored by A.S. and the faculty hopes to see more students taking advantage of it, said Luke Adams, a camp counselor and instructor. “Forebay is a great way to experience all that Chico State has to offer,” Adams said. “Cool off during the hot days, learn a new water sport or get back into an old one.”

Upcoming student specials at

Forebay Aquatic Center Sept. 6, Labor Day Free hour-long rental with student ID. Limited to one per student. Sept. 11-12 Open House Free rentals with Chico State ID card. Get a tour of the aquatic center and enjoy a day at the lake. Month of September Two-for- one wakeboarding and stand-up paddle clinics, 20 percent discount on facilitated events for university groups. Month of October Two-for-one equipment rental, 10 percent discount on facilitated events for university groups.

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Students become teachers Sarah Brown STAFF WRITER

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BONE-CHILLING Human bones lay on a table in the lab in Plumas Hall 115, waiting for students to analyze them to learn about subjects’ ancestry, possible trauma as well as other information. Chico State is the only university in the country with four forensic anthropologists.

Forensics lab has bones to pick Ally Dukkers STAFF WRITER

Forensic anthropologists remove the flesh off a decomposing body lying on a table. The cause of death is still a mystery so they study the bones of the deceased individual, looking for leads to solve a crime. This may sound like any episode of “Bones,” but it is actually taking place in Plumas Hall. Chico State is the only university in the country to have four forensic anthropologists, said Murad Turhon, director of the Physical Anthropology Human Identification Laboratory. Turhon founded the program in 1972 when this type of work was rare in Northern California, he said. Since then, the program has grown and works on cases in 38 of the 58 counties in California and some cases in Nevada, Oregon and Washington. “In 1972, I was receiving one or two cases a year, and the most I’ve received since then is 29 in one year,” Turhon said. The program receives cases from autopsy where they remove the skin and analyze the bones to learn ancestry, trauma, disease and other information about the individual, he said. Sheriffs and coroners, as well as police officers such as Sgt. Rob Merrifield of the Chico Police Department, seek the department’s help in solving murder mysteries. “I’ve worked with them a couple of times and they have been very helpful,” Merrifield said.

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SKELETONS IN THE CLASSROOM Even though he’s in his first year of retirement, Murad Turhon remains the director of the Physical Anthropology Human Identification laboratory. Bodies are brought to the lab and placed in a portable morgue, which fits three bodies, Turhon said. They are then placed on tables where the anthropologists remove the flesh and clean the bones in the sink. The skin is then placed in a red bag labeled “pathological waste” and taken to a chained-off dumpster behind the Student Health Center. The waste is picked up once a week and burnt near Highway 99. The bones remain in the lab and are placed in a big aquarium where dermestidae beetles, also known as skin beetles, eat the flesh off the bones, Turhon said. The bones are then laid out and examined for cut marks, bullet holes or other trauma. Turhon is very proud of all the accomplishments made in the program at Chico State, he said. Graduate students have

used their knowledge in New York after Sept. 11, in Hawaii to study casualties of past wars, to help identify victims of Hurricane Katrina and have worked in Canada, Bosnia and Thailand. “My students have done terriﬁc work, and make me look very good,” Turhon said. Professor Colleen Milligan is the newest member of the team, coming to Chico State this year from Michigan State where she received her doctorate in physical anthropology. She was attracted to Chico State’s forensics program because of its reputation and facilities, Milligan said. “The lab is much bigger and better than where I came from,” she said. “It gives me the opportunity to do my casework and teach. It is the perfect combination.”

The lab plans to undergo some changes as they will be one of the first educational labs going for credibility certification to meet standards issued by the federal government, Milligan said. “There will be new lab policies, standardizing and we might be adding new equipment,” she said. Unlike Milligan, her teaching assistant and second-year graduate student, Shannon Damon, enjoys watching shows such as “CSI” and “Bones” that bring attention to their field, Damon said. “It is so glamorized and over the top, but makes for good entertainment,” Damon said. “They solve a case in seconds that would take us weeks.” Ally Dukkers can be reached at adukkers@theorion.com

Chico State student graduate Anna Bernedo starts her day earlier than most students. She rises at 5 a.m. four days a week in order to commute 66 miles from Butte Creek Canyon in Chico to Anderson. She arrives at Verde Vale Elementary School by 7:20 a.m. and greets each smiling third grader as they enter the classroom. Bernedo is one of nine students to participate in Chico State’s ﬁ rst rural teacher residency program funded by the Teacher Quality Partnership grant, said Maggie Payne, associate dean of the College of Communication and Education. The grant makes it possible for Chico State students, such as Bernedo, to obtain a master’s or bachelor’s degree plus a teaching credential in as little as 18 months or up to four years, she said. “We’ve been very selective in our choice of candidates for this program because it’s very intense in nature,” she said. The few who were selected for the pilot program began their ﬁ rst classes back in June, while other Chico State students were just settling into summer vacation. The students participated in three courses and a weeklong workshop designed to prepare them for the coming school year, Payne said. One of the things that makes the program different than a regular credential program is the collaboration of the students working together, as well as co-teaching for a year with an elementary school teacher who will mentor them. Bernedo was paired up with Kathleen Haagenson who has been teaching elementary children for 30 years and is currently at Verde Vale. “The children have a lot of needs, so the only way to really be able to meet them is through extra help,” she said. “So it’s nice to have a program please see RESIDENTS | D5

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1987 | Race may have factored in murder trial Then “Chico State student goes to court” Feb. 4, 1987 Chico State student Stephen Crittenden was arrested Jan. 27, 1987 and charged with the double murders of an elderly couple in Chico. The homicide was described as “particularly brutal and vicious” by Chico Police Chief John Bullerjahn. It was speculated that Dr. William Chiapella and his wife, Katherine, were murdered Jan. 13, four days before their son found them. Crittenden had been employed by the Chiapellas to do yard work. He cashed a check for $3,000 from Mrs.

Now Chiapella on Jan. 14, which Crittenden claimed was payment for sexual favors. The 19-year-old came to Chico in fall 1986 and played freshmen football for Chico State. He was charged with forcible rape of an 18-year-old student in September and was also charged in November for burglary of a campus vending machine. Crittenden was released on the latter charge with a light ﬁne in exchange for leading police to a stolen-bike ring involving two students. Almost three months later, he was arrested for the murders and was found guilty on April 24, 1989. He was given the death sentence.

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A DAY IN COURT Stephen Crittenden, now 42, is led away by an oﬃcer in 1987. He was charged with double murder on April 24, 1989.

Crittenden, now 42 years old, has been sending appeals for his case to be reheard based on several grounds. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently accepted a rehearing based on one of the grounds. “They’re challenging the selection of the jury,” said Will Mattly, retired district attorney and original prosecutor in the 1987 case. Crittenden, being African-American, has argued that one potential jury member was removed from

the jury simply because she also was black. The question is whether or not there’s a basis to challenge that the person was kicked oﬀ for other than racial issues, Mattly said. The judge made a decision that race played a “significant” role in the jury selection process, said Mike Ramsey, district attorney of Butte County. The next step is for both sides to consider whether or not they will continue with the appeal, he said. -Compiled by Sarah Brown

In the spotlight: Professor wins global award Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER

Michael Perelman, a Chico State professor of economics since 1971, was one of eight recipients who received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Political Economy of the 21st Century from the World Association for Political Economy at its international conference on May 29-30 in China. Perelman has also written several books and journals regarding the economy. He acquired his passion and drive for the subject as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan and continues to strive for a better economy. PHOTO COURTESY OF• CSUCHICO.EDU

INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN Michael Perelman, an economics professor, accepts his award in China from the World Association for Political Economy. He’s written several books on the topic.

Q. What is the signiﬁcance of winning this award for outstanding achievement?

A. This is an award given by the World Association for Political Economy, which is an international organization. Thirty countries were represented. It was very gratifying to get that kind of recognition for my work and also to bring some light onto Chico State. Q. After receiving your doctorate in agricultural economics from Berkeley, what made you want to teach economics at Chico State? A. When I came to Chico State, I was very young – it was 1971. The faculty at the time took me up into the hills for a sunset and just talked about the department and I just thought, “Wow, here’s some people that I’d really like to spend the rest of my

professional life with.” Q. How does it feel to be one of eight recipients of this award? A. I was beaming, it was very exciting. I never dreamt I was going to receive such an award. It’s interesting because my work isn’t that noticed in the U.S. I get a much bigger reception abroad. Q. Where do you think your passion for economics stems from? A. I was very fortunate with some of my student experience at the University of Michigan. I had some really good teachers. I had a labor course and my teacher would bring in management experts from major organizations to speak to my class. It was all very

interesting to me and then it became addictive. Q. What do you hope people will get out of your new book, “The Invisible Handcuﬀs: How the Market Tyranny Stiﬂes the Economy by Stunting Labor,” coming out in January? A. The point of the book was that a good economy would be one that pays attention to what happens during production. Also, that it would do everything it could do to nurture the workers — not just give them a good education, but to also let them continue learning on the job. I would argue that that would be the recipe for a strong economy. -Compiled by Kelly Smith

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A TEACHING MOMENT Graduate student Anna Bernedo works with third graders at Verde Vale Elementary School while her mentor teacher deals with a problem outside. Bernedo is one of nine students who are participating in the pilot rural teacher residency program.

that oﬀers that.” Residents stay busy collaborating with other classes and students in the program. Bernedo’s day doesn’t end when the children go home, she said. She meets with Haagenson to discuss plans for the next day and returns home to work on her own homework. Her Fridays and some Saturdays are also committed to the program in order to get her master’s done, which doesn’t leave much room to get bored, she said. “I do better when I have more things going on,” she said. “This is so valuable that I’m going to come out of this a pretty advanced student.” Another student in the program works just down the hall from Bernedo. Theresa Pineda has

experience working with special needs children, she said. Since she lives in Redding, her day starts as early as 4:30 a.m. and usually ends around 10:30 p.m. “It’s a very intense program, but I think that any program where you get your credential and master’s is going to be intense,” Pineda said. The other seven students in the program are Monica Quilty, Katie Donahoe, Melody Pike, Camillea Antoine, Jacy Merritt, Kevin King and Haley Flournoy. They are working with Palermo Union School District and Cascade Union Elementary School District. “It’s been 100 percent positive, all the time,” Haagenson said. “It couldn’t get any better.” Sarah Brown can be reached at sbrown@theorion.com

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