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“There’s these little kids who come to the stand everyday with their allowance saved up, they got it all planned out,” Averill said. “First they get their hot dog, then they come back after for ice cream. They are so excited about it, it’s just awesome.” Concession stand manager Julie Harvey has also seen a positive response from the community. “There’s this one old lady who comes every day and every time she’s here she says, ‘I’m so glad you guys are open!’” Harvey said. “I just love it.”

There is $81,000 up for grabs for students with sustainability project ideas. The A.S. Sustainability Fund is focused on helping students get their sustainability projects off the ground, said Robyn DiFalco, A.S. Sustainability coordinator. “The purpose is to provide a vehicle for students to do a project that might otherwise not be possible,” she said. DiFalco works with students to get their ideas put into action, she said. Those seeking help can approach the department with their ideas and get hands-on experience heading their project in the real world, said Matt McTavish, a sixth-year manufacturing technology major. “That you can take an idea and pitch it to people and get it funded, it’s so cool,” he said. “It’s probably the most real thing on campus.” McTavish worked with the manufacturing technology department, Adventure Outings and A.S. Sustainability to update the A.S. Bike Cart. The new human-powered cart, which provides students with bike repairs and tune-ups, was unveiled at Wrectacular with a very good response from students and staff alike, McTavish said. With the success of the bike cart project, McTavish thinks that any student with a good idea could create a sustainability project. A.S. Sustainability encourages students to participate, DiFalco said. “We want the process to be really educational,” she said. DiFalco has a list of ideas for various projects in case students want to get involved but don’t have anything specific in mind, she said. The Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee awards the funds once each semester. Anyone, regardless of year or major, can approach the committee with an idea, she said. Proposals are due by noon Thursday Oct. 14 to BMU 203. The proposals should be well developed and strongly argued, DiFalco said. “If students have gone to the trouble of coming up with an idea and writing a proposal and it comes to the committee, and the committee takes the time to consider it, we want it to be good,” she said. A.S. Sustainability helps students prepare to approach the committee, DiFalco said. “We don’t want any proposal to get rejected if it’s a good idea,” she said. Avery Beck, a third-year anthropology major, proposed the Bring Your Own Cup campaign to the committee in spring 2010 and his idea is now a reality. The campaign seeks to get students to use fewer disposable cups at all on-campus dining venues, Beck said. Students can purchase plastic cups with the Bring Your Own Cup logo, take them to the dining facility and receive a discount when purchasing soda. For more information about the campaign, see D1. Alan Rhoades, A.S. commissioner of environmental affairs and vice chair of the Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee, spends time promoting sustainability in the Trinity Commons, he said. He highly encourages students to get involved. “You take more pride in the campus,” he said. “You take more pride in the community.” If any students are interested in getting involved or giving their ideas wings, they should visit Bell Memorial Union Room 301 and talk to DiFalco or go online to the A.S. Sustainability website.

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SPEAKING GREEK Blake Rudolph, sophomore, attracts attention to Pi Kappa Alpha Monday.

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Bus crash kills four after ramming into overpass >> A double-decker bus crashed into a railroad overpass and flipped on its side Saturday killing four people in Salina, N.Y. The crash resulted in 25 people being sent to the hospital. As of Saturday evening, five people were still in the hospital and one remained in critical condition. The bus was traveling from Pennsylvania to Toronto, Canada, when the crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. The driver was off his designated route and didn’t realize that the bus wouldn’t fit under the overpass, authorities said.

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Ground zero Quran burning no longer in pastor's agenda >> The pastor of a Florida church called oﬀ a Quran burning that was supposed to be held Saturday in response to an Islamic center being built near ground zero. Saturday was the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida terrorist attacks. Rev. Terry Jones arrived in New York Friday night and tried to set up a meeting with the imam in charge of the planned Islamic center. Two separate rallies were also carried out Saturday — one by groups supporting the Islamic center being built and one by those against it.

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Sigma Kappa was oﬃcially reinstated by Chico State as a recognized student organiC zzation on Feb. 2, after a suspension in spring 2009. 2 On Feb. 18, 2009, then 18-year-old Bethany Dixon was hospitalized for alcohol poisonD ing, according to a Feb. 26, 2009, article in iin The Orion. Dixon had been attending a Sigma T Kappa event prior to drinking at a house across K from the Bell Memorial Union. ffr On March 11, 2009, a letter was sent to Sigma Kappa’s Chico chapter withdrawing uniS versity recognition, said Rick Rees, director v of the student activities oﬃce. Other stipulao tions included the release of all new members tti recruited during spring 2009 and removing the rre letters from the chapter house. lle The university worked closely with the sorority’s national headquarters to review the situation tty and decide what measures to take, he said. a The sorority’s headquarters placed the Chico please see RETURN | A4

Greek organizations prepare for rush of potential members Lindsay Woychick STAFF WRITER

Rush Week has begun for social fraternities, which are placing a special emphasis this semester on matching recruits with the ideal chapter, while sororities will limit recruitment efforts until spring. Eight of the 10 social fraternity chapters will actively recruit transfer students, as well as sophomores, juniors and seniors, said Bob Floyd, vice president of recruitment for the Interfraternity Council. Gamma Zeta Alpha and Epsilon Sigma Rho will not participate in Rush Week events, but will be informally recruiting, he said. Rush Week, which began Monday, is expected to bring more than 100 male recruits to the Greek community, Floyd said. Fraternities accept a certain number of recruits based on figures given by the national headquarters of each fraternity. Numbers also depend on the student population at a school. IFC members encourage students to explore different fraternity houses, said Larry Pinto, vice president of conduct for the council. Making sure recruits are placed please see RUSH | A4

The Dog House opens at One Mile Teresa De Luz STAFF WRITER

After more than 20 years of vacancy, the concession stand at One-Mile Recreation Area in lower Bidwell Park has been revived by The Dog House restaurant. This collaborative effort with the city’s parks and recreation department originally opened the concession stand for bidding when several local businesses expressed the means and interest in the long-time vacant location, said Lise SmithPeters, management analyst for the park division. “There was a huge amount of money and renovations that needed to go into the place,” Smith-Peters said. “The vendor had to understand that money was on their part – I mean, the city is in a deficit.” The city received five bidders that applied for the stand, Smith-Peters said. The Dog House was awarded the stand after committing to a strict contract with the city. “Some folks were concerned about the litter,” Smith said. “It’s in the contract that the stand must be cleaned 60 feet around to keep it clean for the community.” So far, the addition of the concession stand has been a great success for everyone involved, she said. “The pool is a destination in itself,” Smith said. “This wonderful resource is already available to the public and the stand adds to it.” The Dog House has two locations in Chico and the concession stand is a great fit for the business, said owner Chuck Averill. “Bidwell is a huge gem and a beautiful

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DOG HANDLER Rose Chason, 21, works Tuesday at the Dog House concession stand located at One Mile. The stand has recently opened after being vacant for 20 years. park,” Averill said. “I wanted to provide another reason for people to get oﬀ the couch and come down to the park.” With a frequent morning crowd of joggers, the stand is now oﬀering healthy breakfast items such as smoothies and coffee, he said. “We don’t sell junk there, we didn’t want it to be some crappy little place,” Averill said. “We can count on people running in the morning and they can count on us to provide good food.” The response from the community has been particularly rewarding, he said. Regulars to the stand have already started coming daily.

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Day-long event to showcase resident halls, departments >> Prospective students and parents are encouraged to participate in this year’s Chico Preview Day. Registration for the open house begins Sept. 15 at www. csuchico.edu/admissions. Activities include tours of the resident halls and different departments, a trolley ride and an information fair. Student affairs and academic departments are invited to have an information table set up in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. Tours and presentations may also be reserved. For information on reserving your spot on Preview Day, contact Wendy Needels through e-mail or extension 4661 in the admissions office. Source: Student Announcements

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BRUSSELS, Belgium – The Belgian Roman Catholic church acknowledged widespread sexual abuse by its clergy over the past 50 years and Monday pleaded for time to set up a system to punish all abusers. In a report released Friday by an independent panel, hundreds of sex abuse HAVANA,Cuba

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Units available for tutors through CAVE program >>Those who are interested in tutoring students in grades kindergarten through 12th to earn an extra unit of credit can sign up for the Community Action Volunteers in Education Tutorial Program. Tutoring takes place twice a week from 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in BMU 309. Volunteers may also go to diﬀerent Chico Uniﬁed School District sites. Applications are available at www.aschico.com/cave/ application and should be turned in to BMU 309. The tutorial coordinator, Gia Martucci, can be reached at gmartucci@mail.csuchico. edu for any further questions.

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About 40 volunteers floated down the Sacramento River Saturday to clean up trash left behind from the Labor Day weekend floating event. Volunteers in inflatable kayaks and rafts picked up more than 100 65-gallon bags of trash along the river and on Beer Can Beach. This trash was then picked up by officers and transported by boats to the shore near Scotty’s Landing. There is already talk of expanding the event next year to have more volunteers participating, said Joel Robinson,

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Another dumpster was also donated by Waste Management, said Zach Chambers, a California State Parks ranger, who was out on a boat during Labor Day weekend. “It was disgusting,” he said. “It was a constant stream of beer cans, empty and full, 12-pack and 30-pack boxes, tubes, deflated and inflated, and kids passed out on tubes.” Cleaning up the river before the flood season prevents the trash from being washed farther down the river, Chambers said.

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CAVE and Adventure Outings. reach Beer Can Beach. “I was not motivated when I Officers from California State saw it because I thought, ‘How Parks, California Department are we going to do all this?’” of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife she said. Service and Among the When I first volunteers items found fromtheHamin and around got to the beach, ilton City Fire the river Department were clothes, I could not take were presshoes, bro- a step without ent to help ken bottles, being in trash.” with cleanunopened Joel Robinson up efforts. beer cans, Adventure Outings assistant coordiantor A county plastic wrappers, a pack of birth control grant provided dumpsters pills and a foldable plastic for all the trash to go in, said Monique Silva-Crossman, table. The clean up was a collab- event coordinator for A.S. orative effort between A.S. Sustainability and a senior Recycling, A.S. Sustainability, environmental science major.

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assistant coordinator of Adventure Outings. About 30 people had to be turned down because they didn’t have space for the extra volunteers. A.S. Recycling took recyclable materials such as tubes, cardboards, glass and cans, while the rest of the trash was handled by Waste Management, he said. Most of the trash was found on Beer Can Beach. “When I ﬁrst got to the beach, I could not take a step without being in trash,” he said. Senior Chelsea Harris, a director for Community Action Volunteers in Education, was on one of the ﬁrst boats to

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Meriam Library reopens fourth floor after remodel >>The fourth floor of the Meriam Library is now open. Students, faculty and staff once again have access to the fourth floor computer lab, government documents, maps, curriculum and juvenile collections. There are some challenges with the new carpet that the university and the contractor will be working to fix.

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Online workshops provide guidance for students >>The Student Learning Center is oﬀering a variety of workshops for students revolving around academic and personal self-improvement. These free workshops are now oﬀered in an online format so students may access the information at any time needed. After each module, students are asked to complete a brief survey, which will be used to improve the workshop in the future. Students may visit www.rce. csuchico.edu/online/workshops.asp to see the list of workshops available.

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Up ’til Dawn hopes to stay top earner Gorelick said. Downtown businesses such STAFF WRITER as Woodstock’s Pizza and MadUp ’til Dawn is back for its ison Bear Garden also donate 10th annual event and is set- to the event by providing food ting goals for donations to help and gift certificates for raffle prizes, Tavraise funds for ares said. St. Jude ChilUp ‘til Dawn Each year dren’s Research there is a Hospital. is Chico State theme, and The event is this year it’s organized and and it’s great to a luau. executed by be respected as a “We’re students. going to For the past Chico State student, warm everyfour years, besides the common one up in the Chico State middle of has been in misconceptions.” Tony Gorelick November,” the top spot for Up ’til Dawn co-director Gorelick the number of said. donations from The event is about donating universities across the entire nation, said Tony Gorelick, co- money, but it’s also about givdirector of Up ’til Dawn. Last ing hope for another year of year the program reached its life to patients, Tavares said. Last year the event had goal of $200,000, though organizers hope to break $250,000 three students share personal stories about experiences with this year. The event brought in more cancer, she said. This helps than 2,500 student volunteers students to connect with the last year, and this year’s goal patients. Student volunteers put is to get more than 3,000, said Desiree Tavares, co-director of together live skits or sometimes their bands play, the Up ’til Dawn program. There are about 70 students Gorelick said. “We have fun, but we know on the committee that helps put together and run the event, why we are here, too,” he said. The program starts adverGorelick said. At the event, students send tising early to get people prewritten letters to friends and motivated to sign up, he said. family asking for donations to Awareness week for the event starts Sept. 20 when the Up help the cause, he said. This year’s goal is to bring ’til Dawn committee sets up a in the most donations out of table and displays things for any university in the nation, people to do. “I heard about it the moment making Chico State the Up ’til Dawn champion for its I stepped on campus freshman fifth year running, said Dan- year,” Ghiglieri said. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. ielle Ghiglieri, public relations every Tuesday in BMU 209 and chair for the program. Chico State is the fastest all students are welcome and school to hit the million-dollar encouraged to come, she said. mark in the time the event has Up ’til Dawn will occur from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. Nov. 8 in Acker been on campus, she said. “Up ’til Dawn is Chico State Gym. and it’s great to be respected as a Chico State student, besides Stephanie Consiglio can be reached at the common misconceptions,” sconsiglio@theorion.com Stephanie Consiglio

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COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY Students submit applications to the front desk of the CAVE oﬃce on the third ﬂoor of the Bell Memorial Union. CAVE and its subsidiary groups expect more volunteers this year than the usual 1,200 they enlist on a semester-to-semester basis.

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Student organizations have little trouble ﬁnding interested and willing Wildcat participants despite enrollment being down about 1,000 students from last spring semester. In the past, student organizations usually registered for campus recognition by the third week of school, said Rick Rees, director of student activities. This spring semester, most organizations have already registered by the ﬁrst week. “We were startled to see so many register so fast,” he said. “Seems like student organization leadership is ready to rumble earlier than usual.” Most organizations are in the recruiting stages, Rees said. It’s too early to tell exactly where student involvement is compared to last year, but it doesn’t look like it will drop. Community Action Volunteers in Education is expecting to garner more than the 1,200 volunteers who came out last year, said Liza Worden, director of outreach and recruitment for CAVE. All the weekend volunteer trips are already full, and even some of the newer programs such as Chico Ambassadors and Animal

Connection – which struggled to find volunOutreach and reputation are credited for teers last semester – are full, she said. the large student interest in CAVE, Worden The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center said. A booth at Wrectacular and weekly is also expecting to expand this semester, tabling help get the word out, but most stusaid CCLC Director C.C. Carter. dents know about the organization. In the past, there were about 200 stuA.S. Recycling, which employs 17 to 20 dent volunteers that helped with various students and also takes on several interns, CCLC events, hasn’t noticed a drop in involvement Carter said. or interest, said Eli Goodsell, recycling This year, the coordinator for A.S. Recycling. Seems like CCLC hopes Much like CAVE, the group’s reputato attract student organization tion that has been built by the campus anywhere and community keeps students involved leadership is ready from 350 to in sustainability efforts, Goodsell said. 500 volun- to rumble earlier Student involvement may be on the teers and than usual.” rise because of the economic uncercontributors. Rick Rees tainty that comes after college, Rees student activities director “We are said. Students may come back from a very engagsummer job or internship and realize ing and proactive in our outreach,” he said. that there’s a need to bolster their resume. “The goal is always to expand.” Last semester there were 240 student Areas lacking involvement are in stu- organizations and the same is estimated dent committees, said A.S. President for this semester, Rees said. Amro Jayousi. “Chico State has an enormous variety of Low participation is not because of lack of things going on, and that’s the Chico way,” student interest, he said. The problem is with he said. ineffective outreach efforts and a more formal application process than before, which Walter Ford can be reached at may turn students away. wford@theorion.com

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PAY IT FORWARD Funding for new parking structures comes from funds gathered through permit sales and other parking revenues. The structures will be built at the corner of Second and Normal streets and in the College Park area of Warner Street.

Structures to ease parking problems by 2015 Julia Vazquez STAFF WRITER

Chico State plans on building two new parking structures in the near future, but students are paying for it now. One large structure will be built at Second and Normal streets and another structure on Warner Street in the College Park area, said Lori Hoﬀman, vice president for business and ﬁnance, in an e-mail interview. The structures are expected to be built by 2015, she said. The total cost for the project is unknown at this time, but it will be entirely funded by parking revenues earned. The price of on-campus

parking went up about 13 percent since fall 2008, bringing the current permit price to $88 for students. The revenue earned from parking permits goes into Chico State’s parking fund, Hoﬀ man said. Chico State sells permits for 1,286 spaces for students and faculty, she said. For every G and F parking space, Chico State sells two permits. The reasoning behind double sales is the fact that most students are not taking classes at the same time, which creates a large parking turnover. It is not plausible to have a parking space for every student at Chico State, said parking

officer Lesley Curry. Students who cannot afford parking permits or simply do not want to pay for them tend to park in nearby neighborhoods instead. “Parking is a ongoing situation that not only affects Chico State, but the entire community,” Curry said. Purchasing a parking decal provides people the opportunity to park on campus, but it does not guarantee a parking space, she said. Having the dispensers, which provide people with the option of paying for an hour, two hours or the entire day, has helped students avoid fewer citations, said Lt. Robyn Hearne of University Police.

The dispensers allow visitors, students and employees to park on campus for a limited time during the week by buying an hourly pass rather than buying a parking decal, she said. If students want to avoid parking problems and possible citations, they should make use of alternative transportation such as riding a bike, or take advantage of free bus fare provided for Chico State students, Curry said. “If you live a mile away, there is no need to bring your car,” she said. Julia Vazquez can be reached at jvazquez@theorion.com

Program,” according to Proposition 23. California has lost 34 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001. However, clean energy jobs Heidi Parodi are growing 10 times faster than STAFF WRITER the statewide average, according The City Plaza bustled with to the Chico Conservation Voters members of a group called the flier. Allen wanted to be involved Chico Conservation Voters, who decorated themselves with signs with rallying against Proposition against Proposition 23 at 1 p.m. 23 when she first saw the amount of funding Sunday, Sept. put in by big 12. People need oil compaThe crowd nies to have of people hold- to get together and Proposition ing and wearing 23 on the balsigns against start doing things a lot, she said. Proposition little bit better not “People 23 was led by need to get Jessica Allen, only for ourselves, together and campaign but our children start doing director of the in the future.” things a litorganization. Jessica Allen tle bit better Proposition 23 Chico Conservation for not only is a November Voters campaign director ourselves, ballot initiative but our chilthat overturns AB 32 until unemployment is 5.5 dren in the future,” Allen said. percent for four consecutive quar- “Part of that is to move towards a cleaner form of energy.” ters in California, Allen said. People of all ages showed up AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, was at the rally, from teenagers to passed in California to meet adults. Among the teenagers was goals to reduce and cap green- Cara Cannon, a senior at Chico High School. house gas emissions by 2020. “It’s beyond clean air and The bill set higher standards for cleaner fuels and also clean energy, it’s about clean encourages energy efficiency, politics,” Cannon said. Not everybody agreed with Allen said. Protesters oppose proposition the campaign Allen was direct23 because they believe it is a ing in the plaza. “At the current deficit that our campaign run by big oil companies such as Valero and Tesoro federal and state governments to save themselves billions of are in, we need to focus on more dollars in the long run by hav- than energy conservation,” said ing less pollution regulations, 20-year-old Chico resident Tom according to the Chico Conser- Leddy. “It is more expensive vation Voters Top 10 Questions than economical to be energy efficient.” and Answers flier. There will be another rally The suspension of AB 32 could increase economic activity in against Proposition 23 Sunday, California as well as decrease Oct. 24 in the City Plaza. energy costs for state and local government by abandoning the Heidi Parodi can be reached at “Greenhouse Gas Reduction hparodi@theorion.com

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REORGANIZED AND REVITALIZED The Sigma Kappa house on West Fourth Street proudly displays its letters after the organization was reinstated as a Chico State recognized sorority. Members participated in a lengthy training process to regain good standing.

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chapter on probation in March 2009 as well, said Jordan

Duﬃe Bentlage, director of collegiate services for Sigma Kappa, in an e-mail interview. The headquarters did not suspend the chapter. Sorority members from the Chico State Chapter were not available to comment. In January 2010, the chapter requested to become a

recognized student organization, she said. Sigma Kappa was reinstated because they had completed all the conditions the university and their headquarters had required of them, said Connie Huyck, adviser and coordinator for Greek life. This means that they are now a chapter in good standing with Sigma Kappa, a fully recognized student organization with

Chico State e and a voting t Panhellenic Panh member of the Council. The chapter ter er had to do cational procati training, educational grams, reorganization rganiz ganization within the chapter a and a e sororrecommitment to the ity’s values, Huyck said. aid. a Sigma Kappa was as also ruit new not allowed to recruit members through the he formal forma Panhellenic processs in spring sprin and fall 2009, she said. s

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in the right houses will ensure students are happy and productive in the Greek system. “I’m not concerned with getting these people to go Sigma Nu and these guys to go Theta Chi,” Pinto said. “It’s about getting people to check out multiple houses and see what ﬁts best for them.” The Greek community is a safety net for students to help them succeed academically, Floyd said. He was originally a transfer student from San Diego who joined the Greek community on campus. “For me it was a really good way to stay on top of my education and my schoolwork,” he said. Academics determine a student’s ability to be an active member of fraternities connected to IFC, Floyd said. Currently, students must maintain a 2.25 GPA. Spring 2011 GPA requirements will increase to 2.35 in response to the council’s requirements, Floyd said. A GPA requirement of 2.5 should be in eﬀect by Spring 2012. Registration for recruits is open until midnight

tonight, he said. Social sororities on campus will hold an informal recruitment process, said Dominique Moshier, panhellenic vice president for recruitment. Formal recruitment is not held until the spring because of guidelines set by the Panhellenic Council. The number of sorority recruits for fall will not exceed more than 20 students and not all houses will be accepting recruits, Moshier said. A sorority open house will be a relaxed way for people to meet, she said. It allows students to learn about each chapter and to spark freshmen interest for the spring. It’s important to make sure students feel comfortable to talk to members on campus and stop by the diﬀerent houses, Moshier said. “Just because someone is on campus wearing letters doesn’t mean you can’t go up and be their friend,” Moshier said. To read about Phi Kappa Tau’s fundraising event, see D2. Lindsay Woychick can be reached at lwoychick@theorion.com

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“By the end of the day, we all wear Greek letters and we’re all united under one family, and that’s what really counts.”

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“You feel more connected to the community and more a part of Chico State. You’re giving back to the community, too.”

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All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department Thursday, 11:16 a.m.: Verbal dispute reported at 200 block of Humboldt Avenue. “Four males in verbal over parking issue. One subject holding a bat and dog. Yelling is escalating.” Thursday, 4:51 p.m.: Suspicious circle reported at 2000 block of Mangrove Avenue. “Abandoned call. Four grown men chasing a 15-year-old juvenile down the street. Reporting party not sure why subjects are chasing. One subject is on the phone and the other is stopping cars.” Thursday, 6:14 p.m.: Neighbor dispute reported at 80 block of Ceres Circle. “Reporting party states while he was gone on vacation the suspect threw dog feces over the fence.”

Sunday, 12:12 a.m.: Drunk in public reported at 800 block of Bruce Road. “Teenager in the middle of the roadway bouncing a basketball. Reporting party believes the subject is intoxicated.”

She was also told that he’s been drinking mouthwash all day.”

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Thursday, 7:32 p.m.: Traﬃc hazard reported on 2000 block of Amanda Way at Little Chico Creek Elementary School. “Group of about three teens sitting in the middle of the roadway in front of the school, not moving for vehicles.” Friday, 7:47 a.m.: Subject disturbing the peace reported at 1000 block of Forest Avenue. “Reporting party following vehicle, driver spit at reporting party while stopped at a signal.”

Saturday, 11:01 p.m.: Party complaint reported at 300 block of West Ninth Street. “Two-hundred plus people and people urinating in his yard, also amplified music. Reporting party over a block away and can hear it clearly.”

Sunday, 1:34 a.m.: Drunk in public reported at 400 block of Nord Avenue. “Suspect wandering through complex, knocking on doors. Wanting to sleep on someone’s couch there.”

Sunday, 1:43 a.m.: Family dispute reported at 300 block of Rio Lindo Avenue. “Reporting party’s teenage daughters are out of control. Reporting party states daughter is being threatening to mom, so mom sat on her.”

Reporting party states daughter is being threatening to mom, so mom sat on her.”

Sunday, 7:08 a.m.: City property damage reported at 1000 block of Forest Avenue. “Suspect driver hit a one-way traﬃc sign and left. Sign has been moved out of roadway, suspect’s vehicle license plate also left at scene. Reporting party did not see accident, only found items on roadway.”

Friday, 2:42 p.m.: Suspicious Sunday, 1:43 a.m. subject reported at 1000 block Chico Police Records of Park Avenue. “White male adult carrying a purse and Sunday, 9:15 a.m.: Runaway reported at 1000 looking through windows of vehicles. Suspect block of Normal Avenue. “Reporting party’s saw reporting party watching him and walked daughter left during the night between 1 a.m. to the other end of the parking lot.” and 6 a.m. Daughter is mad because she had her cell phone taken away.” Friday, 3:52 p.m.: Refusing to leave reported at Wal-Mart on 2000 block of Forest Avenue. Sunday, 5:37 p.m.: Drunk in public reported “Suspect is starting to be combative and at Enloe Medical Center on 1000 block refusing to leave the store. Suspect angry of Esplanade. “Subject just bailed out of because store will not issue refund on item ambulance. Still has IV in arm. Nurse was purchased six years ago.” following, but can only go so far. Female fell, hit her head, which got her the ambulance Friday, 7:24 p.m.: Drunk in public reported ride to Enloe.” at Dollar Tree on 2000 block of Notre Dame Boulevard. “Subject passed out on the south -Police Blotter compiled by Rudro Roy side of the store. Reporting party told about the subject there. She was also told that he’s been drinking mouthwash all day.”

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LOUD VOICES, LOUDER SHIRTS Members of the Chico Uniﬁed Teachers Association, along with friends, family and supporters, made a showing of more than 45o people in downtown Chico.

Educators rally against more cuts our backs” and “I don’t want to strike, but I will!” were carried by picketers as they circled City Standing on the tailgate of Hall and City Plaza. Many drivers on Main Street a truck in front of hundreds of excited people in orange shirts, honked in approval as they Kurt Rix spoke of the importance passed, the sound of horns of the rally happening at 4 p.m. mingling with chants of “Hey, hey, don’t delay, we want a setMonday in front of City Hall. “They’d like us to just take it tlement today.” Teachers from the CUSD, the way they’d like to serve it to us and be happy,” said Rix, an Chico State and schools from English teacher at Marsh Junior outside the district, along with High School and chairperson friends and family of those of the Chico Unified Teachers potentially affected by proposed cuts, Association’s made up the bargaining team. “The fact They’d like us majority of the picketing that we’re all crowd. out here is only to take it the way “I can’t going to show they’d like to serve it take a pay them that that is to us and be happy.” cut,” said not true.” Kurt Rix Liz Mosher, Rix took part CUTA bargaining team chair CUTA memin a closeddoor fact-finding hearing at City ber and art teacher at Chico Hall in which representatives Junior High School. “I’m of CUTA met with representa- kind of disappointed at the tives of the Chico Unified School response from the district.” With budget crunches comDistrict to discuss pay cuts to ing from the state level, the teachers, he said. More than 450 people took district needs to fi nd ways to part in the rally organized save money over the next few by CUTA, said Steven Ober- years to can avoid bankruptcy, lander, a sixth grade teacher said Jan Combes, assistant at Neal Dow Elementary superintendent of Business Services for CUSD. School and CUTA member. The district’s proposal Signs with messages such as “Don’t balance the budget on fits this idea and amounts Anthony Siino NE WS EDITOR

to a 5.4 percent pay cut for all CUSD staff, along with what amounts to a hold on usual raises for teachers and a medical plan with higher deductibles, she said. This proposal would last for at least two years with a restoration clause that would return cut funds to teachers if the district gets enough money. While it is true that the CUSD ﬁnished the 2009-2010 year with about $18 million, that money comes from grants and other one-time funds that may not be replenished any time soon, Combes said. The fact-ﬁnding hearing balances CUTA’s proposed plan to cut pay and health services by about 4 percent for one year with the CUSD’s plan, and a neutral mediator will publish the results of the meeting within a few weeks, Brogden said. In the meantime, the results of the hearing won’t be known until October, at which point CUTA could order a strike if an agreement is not made, Combes said. “We’re still working hard to see if we can find a way to find some common ground,” she said. Anthony Siino can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com

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Communication essential to community newspaper In recent years The Orion has received some flak and has been viewed as battling the very community that we aim to serve. Whether you’re a fan of The Orion or not, we’d like to rectify any past transgressions and move forward. We want to accurately represent and inform the student body. That’s the entire reason The Orion exists. It’s understandable that some students perceive our reporters to be paparazzi types, showing up when things are at their worst to bare shameful moments to the public. But remember that there is a reason we represent the student body – we are students too. We’re a small group of undergraduates who scramble like mad every week to produce an exciting, accurate and socially relevant newspaper. Of course, as with any student or intern in a learning experience, we are bound to make mistakes. We do our best to cover poignant issues, get the full story and stay positive, but given the nature of news, that isn’t always realistic and we welcome criticism when we make a mistake. When we do have to report on unfortunate issues or events, it’s with the hopes of avoiding the same problem in the future. That doesn’t mean all of our stories are about bad things – we don’t like to focus on the negative. We consistently have reporters at events like Hoops for Haiti, Up ‘Til Dawn, the Action Rally and CAVE events. It can be difficult to report and comment on the society you live in, and of course we’re going to upset some people, but in the interest of accurate reporting we

want to hear from those people. We want the full story, but it’s impossible for a group of fewer than one hundred to keep their finger on the communal pulse of 16,000 students, without the help of the campus. Regardless of how issues have been handled in past years, The Orion exists to serve this community. We want to reach a healthy balance between providing the news you want to read about while staying ethical and neutral. This is always an obstacle with newspapers – one of the fundamental tenets of journalism is to report the news, to be the watchdogs of society in a sense. If a person or an organization does something newsworthy, especially in a public forum, we’re going to cover it. The bottom line is that all parties in this relationship have the same goal – to create a symbiotic relationship wherein the community helps the newspaper stay accurate and the newspaper helps protect and better the community. With this interest in mind, we urge students, faculty and other members of the community to open the channels of communication – add us to mailing lists or on Facebook, comment on our website, send letters to the editor or just come down to the Plumas Hall basement and talk to us. Once the channels of communication are open, it is much easier for us to have a presence at events you want to read about, to get your side of the story and to makes changes when necessary.

Ignorance suppresses gay culture For a vibrant college town, Chico has a noticeably absent gay scene. There are a few resources for counseling and discussions, but no nightclubs, major parades or pride festivals celebrating the culture. Chico may never have been the vibrant, buzzing hub of gay culture that San Francisco is, but as little as 30 years ago this town enjoyed much more tolerance and celebration of same-sex lifestyles than it currently does. Somewhere along the way, this tolerance and openness succumbed to fear and insecurity and now it seems that when it comes to gay culture, Chico is as arid and desolate as the surrounding geography. There may not be blatant bigotry such as anti-gay rallies or hate crimes, but there is a definite and palpable air of intolerance. In fact, many of us on the editorial board have gay friends who refused to come out of the closet until after they left Chico – that’s a fairly strong indicator that something isn’t right here. To make matters worse, we’re not sure why this is happening. When the crystal clear waters of logic and reason are muddied by deep currents of prejudice, it is impossible to fish out the truth. What we do know is that this isn’t OK – bigotry is not one of our core values at Chico State. But when the root of the

problem is as deep and elusive as it is, it’s difficult to propose an effective solution. However, there are a number of steps that we believe would help relieve the social tension caused by the repulsion of opposing perspectives. As with most issues involving social cohesion and tolerance, education is the key that will open the doors to acceptance. As prevalent as gay culture is these days, it’s still very misunderstood. Gender studies and human sexuality classes exist at Chico State, however the students who opt to take these classes are generally those who would be tolerant toward homosexuality to begin with. However, making these classes mandatory probably wouldn’t solve the problem. Forceful coercion of students into classes clearly doesn’t work, which is our opinion of AlcoholEdu, and on a moral level it isn’t really much better than homophobia – it is never right to force your perspective on another person. There doesn’t seem to be a real solution other than personal responsibility and growth. This is one of those issues that the community must work through as a whole. Homophobia is as destructive to a community as racism or sexism, always carrying with it the looming threat of violent division.

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Theft spurs security initiative Alexander Seymour OPINION COLUMNIST

Searching for new ways to solve old problems is part of the human condition. It’s also the driving factor behind the video security system in the new Sutter Hall dormitory. There are 126 mysterious, gray orbs placed throughout the dorm in strategic locations such as hallways, entry ways, stairwells and public areas. The system is intended to resolve theft and vandalism issues in the dorms, which cost the university $63,000 in damages last year. But 126 cameras in a facility intended for 222 students may seem unreasonable to many. “These little orbs are pretty much everywhere,” said freshman Kendra Hessel. “Honestly, the system is excessive. It makes me feel uncomfortable.” Her sentiments are understandable. Students must cross the video system’s sight line to reach bathroom facilities and cameras are sometimes situated in front of resident doors, which worries some that the devices may be able to look into their rooms. This level of monitoring is not something people usually expect in their homes. Others, such as sophomore Ali Freeman, see the value in added security. “I don’t feel that these things are an invasion of privacy,” she said. “Actually I think I could count on these cameras to recover my stuff.” But the bottom line is that we don’t really know how these cameras are being used, she said. Director of University Housing David B. Stephen did his best to dispel some of the mystique surrounding the new system. “First of all, it’s a security forensic system, not a surveillance system and they cannot see into rooms or bathrooms,” he said. This means that there is no one behind monitors watching scantily clad students going to and from the showers. The system is reactionary, in that it is monitor-free and records video data on a server to be accessed after theft, crime or vandalism. The director added that future goals include the installation of similar systems in the rest of the dormitories and potentially meshing their servers with the

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University Police. His last point may raise a few eyebrows. It makes for faster assessment and resolution of crime, but it also puts video archives in a position to be more easily accessed by federal organizations such as the FBI, to whom the University Police must answer if requested. And while the school and University Police have neither the aspirations nor the resources for surveillance, the same assumption cannot be made of the federal government. Civil protection and privacy legislation can be cited in response to the threat of governmental surveillance. In reality, if the government’s best interest is served by monitoring citizens, it will find a way to rationalize it – just as it has in a limited fashion under the Patriot Act. The school and University Police will be unable to stop this regardless of their intentions if their jurisdiction is trumped. Steps need to be taken to ensure security does not cross an unacceptable threshold. Simply denying the use of cameras in security is unrealistic. These tools are already widespread and useful as far as crime prevention and deterrence is concerned. Perhaps their use can be legally hamstrung by binding video security with contractual agreements.

At Chico State, a good first step could be to calm student fears over illegitimate camera use by including a simple contract in the student living handbook. One proposition by Sutter Hall residents suggested that the school outline terms of acceptable camera use on the first day by including a written guarantee that they won’t be used in ways other than the resolution of vandalism and theft. Agreements like this would help students feel more comfortable in their new homes. If for some reason a camera is abused, they will have a document they can point at to draw a clear line in the sand. This kind of accountability also makes it more difficult for federal organizations to take surveillance aspirations out of the shadowy realm of national security, where it currently resides. If the government gets into the habit of using these devices to enforce common law, then the door opens wide for the exploitation of our civil liberties, not to mention an unhealthy increase in various petty fines. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, those who give up their liberty to obtain temporary security end up with neither liberty nor safety. Alexander Seymour can be reached at aseymour@theorion.com

Stress hurts mental health Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST

Stereotypes inevitably surround those who have a mental health issues or are in the process of seeking help for issues. College is stressful, but stress doesn’t always have to translate into a psychological crisis. Seeking help for problems like mood swings, love relationships, anxiety and depression early on can help prevent problems from becoming a debilitating issue in your post-collegiate life. It’s too bad there isn’t a more positive image of a person within the mental health world – an archetype who was conflicted by his own mind and that by seeking help was considered heroic, not enabled. I heard in one of my journalism classes that archetypes are an image of the ideal prototype of a concept, often recycled over and over again. Archetypes are a positive motif in storytelling, and just by seeing an archetype we might mentally unravel the story behind the image. Likewise, stereotypes may originate from an archetype, but they are a recurring concept and posses flawed generalizations, said my professor, Matt Blake. At what point do the edifying qualities of an archetype stop and evolve into a stereotype? By seeking help for problems now, students can become archetypes — heroes of

their own lives. Stereotypes have no room The Friday night concert, a coffee social to spread if students are knowledgeable held every Friday, and end-of-the-month about mental health. celebrations for birthdays and accomplishThere are several places students can ments are ways the center strives to create go when things get rocky cohesiveness between its and decide they’re ready members. College is to take that first step. The Iverson Center is stressful, but stress Chico State’s Wellness mainly utilized by older and Counseling Center is doesn’t always have adults. However, if stua good start. dents decide that a more to translate into a “The Wellness Center is youthful environment fits kind of the outreach arm, psychological crisis.” their needs better, they are offering peer education welcome to visit the Sixth whereas the CounselStreet Drop-In Center. ing Center is the clinical treatment arm of There are also plenty or services in what we do,” said Stephanie Chervinko, a town that specialize in their own areas staff psychologist and adviser at the Well- of expertise. ness Center. People looking for a “safe zone” might The Counseling Center offers one- try Stonewall Alliance, which is located on-one counseling, couples counseling across the street from Cafe Flo and the Pagand a number of therapy groups such eant Theatre. The center is open for all, as Making Peace with Food, Chervinko but they specialize in issues pertaining to said. The groups each have about six to homosexuality. eight students and are lead by clinical One of Stonewall Alliance’s philosophies social workers. is that the only labels that have any value The two main issues students seek are the labels people apply to themselves, help for are depression and anxiety, Ruben said. Chervinko said. “Whatever term they want to use to define If students need a place that offers a themselves is acceptable to us,” he said. relaxing environment with peer-led groups Labels don’t have to be stereotypes – focusing on mental health, they might try they can be positive affirmations toward the Iverson Center located on Parmac Road the creation of your archetype. next to the Chico Sports Club. A mental health issue is important and The center is working on efforts to get personal — there is help out there. its members out into the community and active in social settings, said Claire Hunt, a Serena Cervantes can be reached at mental health intern at the Iverson Center. scervantes@theorion.com

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Thumbs Down to spilling urine on your bus driver. You know there’s a bathroom in the back, right?

Thumbs Up to football season starting. It feels so short, but it’s so sweet.

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Media encourage negative stereotype Joanna Hass OPINION COLUMNIST

Hello. My name is Joanna, and I am a bitch – apparently. At least that is how publications like Cosmopolitan, “Skinny Bitch” and other bitch-ographies would have the women of the world refer to themselves. The day has come when that word means nothing and everything at the same time. No one is free from this tyrant of the name-calling world and women are increasingly expected to strive for such a title. My renewed interest in the word comes from the over usage that can be seen anywhere from P. Diddy’s campaign against what he calls “bitchassness” to the pages of today’s literary world, the most shocking of which is the usage in female-oriented media. This word’s power is being abused more than your laptop privileges during a Friday afternoon class and the best example can be found in the modern tween’s handbook known infamously as Cosmopolitan. A new and recurring feature in this narrative for the naïve is the section called Bitch it

Out. In this special section, women between the ages of “too young” and “thinks she’s younger than she actually is” are encouraged and rewarded for submitting their rants and woes to the magazine. Readers are asked to “lose the filter” on all the most important and critically vital topics of a woman’s life, according to the magazine’s website. After all, what things complicate a woman’s life more than “heinous bridesmaid dresses you were forced to wear” or “boyfriends who act like birthdays don’t exist?” Participants who provide photo documentation of their feminine perils even receive $50 as payment if printed. If anything is heinous, it is the cycle of bitchness that this sort of undue attention given to bitchness creates in the first place. What this seemingly well-intended corner of the magazine does is turn women against the world by asking them to call another person a bitch and then gives them advice on how to be a one in return, claiming this will solve matters. Last time I checked, two jerks didn’t equal zero jerks. What’s

both troubling and sad to admit is that this circular logic blatantly doesn’t make sense, but still seems to be popular. The book “Skinny Bitch,” which started out as a guide to a woman’s healthy lifestyle, is now covering topics from pregnant women in “Skinny Bitch: Bun in the Oven” to the point where the trend falls over into guy territory in “Skinny Bastard: A Kick in the Ass for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat and Start Getting Buff.” The fact that there is a need for this B-word bonanza raises the question, why is this even necessary? The answer is not as simple as these publications would have you believe – that we are all bitches waiting to happen. This does

not seem to be the case, at least not here in Chico. The concerns of female students generally do not differ too greatly from those of their male counterparts, said Stephanie Chervinko, a counselor at the Chico State Counseling and Wellness Center, in an e-mail interview. In fact, continued stress for any human comes from the psychological conditioning of an imbalance of the stress hormone catecholamine said Janice Kalman, a faculty member of the Health and Community Services department. Wouldn’t it stand by this definition that the best way to fight stress would be cut it off at the bitch and start identifying yourself with a healthier noun? I caution the bitch-curious from taking advice in this manner by asking her to pair this logic with the sentiment that we show people how to treat us by showing them how we treat ourselves. While we may find humor or control in calling ourselves that word, I doubt it will feel as satisfying hearing it from someone else. Joanna Hass can be reached at jhass@theorion.com

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Music industry hits low note as pop blends together Nick Pike OPINION COLUMNIST

The evolution of music over the decades has split musicians into two groups – the artists who stay true to their music and those who conform in order to make money. I’ve heard many say that today’s mainstream music has turned into a jumble of remixes and auto-tunes that lack originality and creativity. If you look at music since its birth, it can be compared to a seed. A single seed that was planted beginning with the religious groups praising their deities with vocal chants and praises. Over time it grew into a thriving tree until today where it has branched off into innumerable sprigs. From classical, to folk, to rock ’n’ roll and more, music variety has exploded as our cultures have used it as an avenue of expressionism. Today we have access to so many hybrids of music that it’s overwhelming to comprehend. However, for many musicians to be heard on the radio and turn out top selling records, they have to conform to what the mass public wants to hear. Whether it’s rock, hip-hop, country or something in between, I don’t see much distinction between the top players of the industry. If you turn on the radio, go to a party or let loose at a local watering hole, the music being played is generally the same and can be consolidated into a very short list of artists and songs. It seems fewer and fewer artists write their own material anymore and

most instrumentals are taken off of a soundboard with computerized beats. If an artist wants to be a star, he has to compromise his artistic ways and blend in with the crowd. Art has always battled between individual expressionism and popular appreciation over the years. So will our thriving tree continue to sprout more branches of expression or will the masses settle for the same reoccurring noise that we are spoonfed and leave our tree to dwindle to a few distinct limbs? Musicians are considered artists for a reason – music is a form of art. It’s a mixing of vocals and instrumentals that are put together in such a way to induce harmonic euphoria. Music is what we listen to to keep away the troubles in our lives, part of how we connect and define who we are. That’s why it’s so crucial to keep all forms of music alive and accessible because if we don’t, everything deemed different and “unpopular” will fall by the wayside. By limiting our intake of all the great genres of music, the personalities will merge and people will have one less way to distinguish themselves from one another. It’s an issue of individualism – that’s why it is great to see new artists break out onto

the scene constantly and get mass exposure. This is true especially in Chico where we have access to a variety of underground venues, but how long will those unknowns keep playing if they want industry success but don’t conform and can’t compete with the Ke$has and GaGas of the world? Every musician starts as an artist, from a high-school garage band to choir girls to the kids

writing lyrical poetry during class. But along the way, the craving to give the world your soul through music and set yourself apart from the rest broke away to the showers of green that the record man promises if you would just tweak your style.

We represent the soil, sun and water that will keep this tree of musical variety flourishing. Let’s not take a vacation and expect it to feed itself. Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com

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Piece of Mind | Is theft prevention a valid reason to install security cameras in dorms?

Hanzel Palacios freshman | international relations

Chloe Anchordoguy sophomore | nutrition

“It’s a good idea. If you’re doing something you shouldn’t be doing, you shouldn’t be in the dorms anyway.”

“There must be another way to prevent theft. It tramples on some people’s right to privacy.”

“None of my friends had problems with theft in the dorms. I’m not sure if security cameras would be a good use of money.”

“I think its okay just for safety and theft reasons. If something were stolen I’d want to know who it was.”

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From the Cheap Seats Personal Bias When a college adviser asked me and a charity group I was involved with in high school what was important when choosing a college, a lot of my friends said things such as being close to the beach or the school’s focus on a specific major. I said I wanted to attend a school with a Division-I football team. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, but that was what was important to me. Clearly that little dream of mine didn’t come true. This doesn’t mean I am not a huge fan of college football still and when the games started, I couldn’t have been happier. It didn’t matter that school was already starting to stress me out or that I had to decide between buying groceries and paying bills last week. All that mattered was that football had fi nally started. I know that professional football has also started, but I am a little biased because I think college football games are more exciting than watching the pros. My team is the St. Louis Rams. They have been on a steady decline since losing Kurt Warner, and it all culminated in being the worst team in the NFL last season. The one good thing that came out of this was the recruitment of former Heisman trophy winner from Oklahoma, Sam Bradford. With a new sense of optimism I may watch a Rams game or two. Professional football can’t compare in excitement to college games. The rivalries are bigger and it is also more exciting to see a college underdog beat a top-ranked team than when the same occurs in the pros. There is nothing in professional football to compare to the Heisman trophy race and even just watching the top players trying to win it is exciting. College players seem to play with more heart and determination. Which is more exciting to watch, a bunch of overpaid whiners complaining about not being the highest-paid football player in the league – that’s right Darrelle Revis, I am talking about you – or watching people play their hardest just to make it to a bowl game? Although Chico State doesn’t have a football team – something that has been written about every semester – I am not going to voice my opinion on that. It’s just my thought that the Chico community and campus would be able to support a team if they wanted to. In all honesty, it doesn’t matter who is playing. I am going to watch and cheer as if I was a part of that student body. Although there is an overlap between baseball season and football season, I will switch all my attention over to football, especially now that the Dodgers have no chance of making it to the playoffs. At least I know my roommate will be happy that I have football on TV now and not baseball. Lindsey Barrett can be reached at

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Blake Mehigan STAFF WRITER

Time wasting is an athletic strategy for stalling a game when a team has the advantage and wants to maintain the lead. The women’s ﬁeld hockey club experienced its own version of time wasting, as the club was on a two-year hiatus. The program suffered a set back with a coach who was not entirely dedicated to the team and not fit for the job a few years back, which led to the two-year break, said Kelley Urionaguena, the club’s president. The club has been trying to revamp its program by recruiting and rebuilding with the goal of moving up from Division II to Division I. Competing in Division I

would likely lead to facing more challenging opponents. “A lot of the other schools are pretty close to going to D-I, and we are not quite on that level,” Urionaguena said. To reach Division-I status sooner, the team is using recruiting to improve its play, she said. However, getting players acclimated to the schemes and style of play that Chico State executes always takes time with new players, regardless of skill level, she said. After a couple of practices, players begin to familiarize themselves with one another. “It always takes a few games before everything just clicks,” Urionaguena said. The club is looking for different methods to bring in new players that benefit the

team in more than one way, said junior Lauren MillerGalvin. “We’re working hard to recruit players,” she said. “We’re doing a lot of fundraising at restaurants downtown.” The team will also have fundraising car washes this month, which is key to the club reducing costs in travel, Miller-Galvin said. Another way to reduce costs is to play as many away games in a row as possible, Urionaguena said. Although traveling this way can be a hassle, some players, such as junior Katherine Petersen, look for the positive. “It sucks, but I think it will really bring us closer together as a team,” she said. The way these road trips can unite the players should improve what Petersen

considers to be a team with promising talent, she said. Some of the players come from the Bay Area, which is known as a hub for many talented players and clubs, she said. Other members prepare for the season by participating in other clubs, such as the Los Gatos of the Central Coast Section, Petersen said, who played on a Del Mar club. The Los Gatos club has won eight titles in the past 17 years, including 18 straight playoﬀ appearances, according to the Los Gatos Observer. When players return for the Chico State season, they practice three times a week in preparation for the long road trips ahead. With the club’s current talent and promise, Urionaguena hopes the ﬁeld hockey

program will be able to reach the goal of ascending to Division I, she said. The women’s field hockey season kicks off Oct. 3 and 4 at University Stadium. The club encourages all who are interested to come out to a practice and join the team. Practices are every week from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Practices run Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Chico High School field hockey pitch, located off the corner of Warner Street and West Sacramento Avenue. Wednesday practices are 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on the multipurpose court in the Wildcat Recreation Center. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com

Wildcats split c nference opener Dane Stivers A SSISTANT EDITOR

For the first weekend of innerconference play, the last thing the Wildcats wanted was a rough start. After a competitive set of weekend matches down in Southern California, a 1-1 split will do. Despite starting off the weekend against Cal State L.A. with a tough four-set loss, the ’Cats ended on a high note with a three-set trouncing of Cal State Dominguez Hills to wrap up the weekend. Game 1 Sets 1 and 2: On Friday night at the Eagle’s Nest, the ’Cats competed hard against their first California Collegiate Athletic Association foe. The nationally ranked Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles took the first set in a tight game, 25-21, before the team in cardinal red and white evened up the match with a 25-17 win in the second set. Set 3: The ’Cats toughness would begin to wear, though, as the Golden Eagles reversed the fortunes of the second set with a 25-17 victory of their own. Clinging to a 2-1 lead in the match, the Golden Eagles would have to stay in top form if

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they wanted to stave off a pesky Wildcat comeback. ack. Set 4: The fourth set et started off in ’Cat-like favor, as they pounced to a 9-4 lead in the opening minnutes to putt pressure on the he Golden Eagles. But Cal Statee L.A. would respond with a mini-run of their own, and the set became a frantic neck-and-neck k-and-neck tugof-war after Chico hico State pulled even late at 23-23. 23. But the Eagles es would squash all Wildcat hopes pes of a fifth and final set, as they y scored three of the final four points oints for the nailbiting 26-24 sett win and a 3-1 match victory.

Sophomore opposite and outside hitter Jessica Leek led the Wildcats with 12 kills and a .500 hitting percentage, while

sophomore outside hitter and sophomo defensive specialist Jessica tallied 17 digs in defense. Simms ta Sophomore setter Sable VillaesSophomo contributed 29 assists. cusa cont Game 2 Set 1: Saturday night at the On Sa Torodome in Carson, the Wildjumped ahead of the host cats jump quickly. The winless Toros qu an early 4-3 lead Toros gained gai in the ﬁrrst set, but a series of big ’Cat runs closed out bi Dominguez Hills with D a ﬁnal score of 25-19. Set 2: Wildcats used an exploThe Wi to put the game sive 7-1 start s early. The Toros could away ea closer than within six get no cl the rest of the way, and points th the ‘Cats settled in for a definitive 25-1 25-16 match victory.

Wrap up: The loss dropped opped the ’Cats to 4-2 on the season, though both losses came me over their past three games. Friday night’s ht’s loss came down to execution ion and one speciﬁc area that the he Wildcats need to get better in, said head coach Cody Hein. “They showed owed why they’re ranked No. 21 in the country,” Hein said of the Golden Eagles. “They passed d consistently better than an us for the whole game.”

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Toros battled back with another four-point run. But that would be the last run from the Toros, as Chico State kept the lead from there for a ﬁnal set win of 25-18, and a 3-0 match victory. The loss dropped the Toros to 0-2 in conference play and 0-7 overall in the young season. Wrap up: Leek continued her sensational start to the season, putting in a team-high 12 kills and a .647 hitting percentage. Freshman outside hitter and defensive specialist Makenzie Fahnestock had a solid box score of her own, contributing eight kills, 12 digs and three service aces. The Wildcats have to take the energy they played with against the Toros and carry it to other conference matches if they’re to make the CCAA playoffs this year, Hein said. “This was our best match of the year so far,” he said. “We played great pretty much the whole game, we maintained it. It was a big improvement from our last game.” Chico State will play tonight in Redding to take on Simpson University in a non-conference match. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Dane Stivers can be reached at dstivers@theorion.com

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| Wednesday September 15, 2010

Sports Shorts College sports around the nation

UC San Diego basbeall honored at Padres game >> After ﬁnishing the 2010 campaign with an overall record of 54-8 and advancing to the NCAA Division-II National Championship game, the UC San Diego baseball team was honored by the San Diego Padres in a pregame ceremony prior to Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets. The Padres showed highlights from the Tritons’ season, including their four games at the NCAA National Championship Finals in Cary, N.C. source: goccaa.org

CCAA women’s soccer season opened Friday >>California Collegiate Athletic Association women’s soccer play begins this weekend with all 12 teams opening conference play on Friday. The showcase matches of the weekend feature nationally ranked UC San Diego hosting Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday and Sunday, respectively. The Tritons are ranked No. 6 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll. Cal State Dominguez Hills is No. 9 and Cal State L.A. is No. 23. source:goccaa.org

Two Top 25 CCAA men’s soccer opponents meet Sunday >>Men’s soccer play begins this weekend with all 12 teams opening conference play on Friday. The showcase match of the weekend will be on Sunday when Cal State San Bernardino travels to Sonoma State in a matchup of Top 25 teams. The Coyotes are ranked No. 10 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll while the Seawolves are No. 25.Both teams advanced to last year’s CCAA Championship Tournament and NCAA West Regional. source: goccaa.org

Wildcat of the Week

Makenzie Fahnestock women’s volleyball

Freshman Makenzie Fahnestock played well beyond her years this past weekend against Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills. The outside hitter and defensive specialist had nine kills and six digs Friday before cashing in eight kills, 12 digs and three service aces Saturday. Though they lost to the nationally ranked Golden Eagles, Fahnestock’s contributions helped the Wildcats earn a three-set sweep over the Toros. 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

Old Wildcat, new coach brings winning mindset Irvine. During that time, Spencer had to go through the transition Former women’s basket- from player to coach, she said. When the Chico native ball standout player Audriana Spencer returns to Chico State, returned with the new occupaonly this time she is on the side tion of head assistant coach, of the court with a whole new the response from the town was view of the game as head assis- extremely welcoming, Spencer said. She enjoys being a part of tant coach. Spencer played for the Chico the community once again. However, this isn’t the only State team from 2004-2008 and left a lasting mark in Chico thing that Spencer loves about being back. women’s basketball history. She is also excited to return During her athletic career, she set numerous records for and be a part of a program she Chico State and led the team had always loved, she said. Since the former Wildcat is so to three California Collegiate Athletic Association champi- young, she thinks of it almost onships during her four years as a dream job and by accepting this opporplaying. tunity, she The former I feel extremely is taking the Wildcat still first step to a holds the title comfortable with bigger future as the school’s in basketball, career leader my decision of Spencer said. in 3-pointers hiring her.” By coming and 3-point Brian Fogel back to the percentage women’s basketball coach team, Spencer and she ranks fourth on the career assists was reunited with a few of her list, sixth in scoring and sixth former teammates, but now in a coaching role. in steals. It is not uncommon for former During Spencer’s time playing at Chico State, she spent players to return to coaching one season playing for current positions, Fogel said. The team is mature enough to respect coach Brian Fogel. “She was a very good player Spencer as a coach. “I was a little skeptical at in the program and I have known her for four years,” first,” said senior Taylor Lydon, Fogel said. “I feel extremely who played her freshman year comfortable with my decision with Spencer. Lydon thinks Spencer has of hiring her.” When Spencer left the team raised the bar for the team after receiving the 2008 First regarding expectations and Team All-West Region selection is starting to see Spencer as a and Honorable Mention All- coaching figure rather than a American in more games than fellow player, she said. At first there were some anyone in Chico State basketball history, she spent one year doubts in Spencer’s mind about as an assistant to her former how coaching her former teamcoach Molly Goodenbour at UC mates would play out, she said. Sophia Horn STAFF WRITER

She thought that it might be a little odd, but then discovered everyone handled it well. “They know I am there to help them,” Spencer said. “By actually playing with them, there was a trust already built.” Lydon’s goal for the season is to get to that national championship level again and thinks Spencer can assist the team to reach that goal because of her past accomplishments, she said. “She was such a determined athlete when she played, I definitely respect her,” Lydon said. In 2006, Spencer assisted the team when they advanced to the national semifinals, which had never been done before in Chico State history. Fogel thinks that since Spencer has been a part of the Chico State team, she has a full understanding of the high expectations that the community has, he said. “She’ll be loyal to me, the team and the school,” Fogel said. By working with both Fogel and past coach Goodenbour, Spencer has learned to incorporate what she has learned from her playing days into her coaching strategy, she said. “Both Fogel and Goodenbour have different approaches to coaching, but overall, basketball is basketball,” Spencer said. Fogel is fun to work with and is laid back off of the court, Spencer said. Since Spencer was already aware of Fogel’s techniques, she thinks that both she and Fogel have similar coaching styles, she said. Spencer fully comprehends that there are extreme differences between playing on the court and coaching.

THE ORION • KENNEDY COKER

BACK IN ACTION Women’s basketball assistant coach Audriana Spencer [right] helps freshmen Analise Shawlina during a drill. “I try to separate myself from when I played to coaching,” Spencer said. “Playing was the best time of my life, but coaching will be amazing as well.” The women’s basketball team will have its ﬁrst exhibition of the season on Nov. 7. It will receive home court advantage on Nov. 19 against the Academy

of Art and on Dec. 3 when competing against CCAA rival Humboldt State. For more information on the women’s basketball team and its schedule, check out chicowildcats.com for all Chico sport information. Sophia Horn can be reached at shorn@theorion.com

Water ski funds impact pro and college level Kevin Augustine STAFF WRITER

It takes more than an adventurous attitude to be a member of the Chico State Water Ski Team — a checkbook is handy, too. Ski club president senior Joe Smallwood thinks that the downturn in the economy has trickled to the collegiate level of competitive water skiing, he said. Club members must pay for a majority of expenses, from equipment to traveling costs. “Many members cannot travel to tournaments out of state because they work or just can’t afford it,” Smallwood said. The club has maintained buoyancy through its competitive play and aggressive approach to fundraising. The team, with Smallwood at the helm, finished sixth at the 2009 Division-I Collegiate National Water Ski Championship while making fundraising an emphasis off the water. “Right now, our main fundraising comes from registration fees and selling merchandise and food,” Smallwood said. To Mary Wallmark, Chico State director of club sports, the economy has affected the fundraising of all the recreational clubs, she said. “All the clubs were down in fundraising revenue this past year for the first time in nearly five years,” Wallmark said. However, the ski club has shown promise, she said. The club has been very aggressive in fundraising.

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“Out of 17 clubs looking for the maximum funding by the recreational sports council, only two have been granted the complete sum,” Wallmark said. “The ski club is one of them.” The club looks to continue building its talent and to stay afloat financially, but it may be more difficult this year, as they won’t be hosting a tournament this fall. “The jump ramp we use at Sky Lake in Durham is in repair and other teams are not in school yet,” Smallwood said. “We chose not to put a tournament together last-minute either. That way the team stays on track.” Also, recruiting has been a tough area for the team since fees have gone up. “When we go to recruit new teammates, the dues turn people away,” Smallwood said. “Team fees haven’t gone up, it’s the fees to the lakes that go up, and they add up.” For the ski club, the effects are all too familiar. When Chico State alumnus and former men’s water ski President Brian Kinney described what sets the ski club apart from other school clubs, he was quick to point out how close members are despite what state the economy might be in. “The men’s ski club is definitely student based and student oriented,” Kinney said. “There really isn’t a coach. Your peers help coach each other, which allows for a freedom and comfort that is hard to find.” Kinney, who held the president position from 2006 until

Men’s Soccer Sept. 6, Wildcats defeated Seattle Paciﬁc at home, 1-0. They went on to beat Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside on Sept. 10, 2-1. They defeated San Francisco at Coz Stadium on Sept. 12, 2-1.

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TAKE FLIGHT Alumnus Brian Kinney competes at the 2009 SplashEye Rocketman Record in Polk City, Fla. The Chico State men’s water ski team hopes to jump start its season in similar fashion. graduating in 2008, thinks clubs from larger schools don’t necessarily have an edge on the water, he said. “There are other schools like Arizona State and Louisiana who actively recruit, but they are heavily coach-dependent and very restrictive in their approach to their team,” Kinney said. The student approach has shown positive results over the past four years and the club has benefited from student leadership. In his first year as president, Kinney set a Northwest Conference record in trick skiing and in the same year helped guide the team to a top-five ranking in the Division-I Collegiate National Water Ski Championships, according to the National

Women’s Soccer Sept. 10, Wildcats defeated Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside, 2-0. They lost to San Francisco at Coz Stadium on Sept. 12, 1-0 in double overtime.

Collegiate Water Ski Association website. Kinney thinks other clubs in the circuit have taken notice of the team’s building talent, he said. “Clubs like Sacramento State look up to Chico,” Kinney said. “Regionally, Chico’s club is well known.” Professionally, Kinney attends up to six tournaments a year that vary in location from the World Leisure Games in Chuncheon, South Korea, to the Cray Valley Pro-Amateur in Lincolnshire, England. Regardless of location, Kinney thinks the tournaments and the sport, both professional and collegiate, have suﬀered from the eﬀects of the economic downturn, he said. “As the recession hit, there

were less tournaments overall,” Kinney said. “When the boat industry began feeling the effects of the economy, sponsors such as MasterCraft withdrew their tournaments while cash pots have gone down.” However, in spite of financial woes, the club looks to start the 2010 season off with a jump. Wallmark is optimistic, but certain of one thing. “As we all know, prices only go up,” she said. “They never go down.” The ski club will have its first tournament of the year hosted by University of San Diego and UCLA this Saturday and Sunday at Ironwood Lake in Arvin.

Women’s Volleyball Sept. 7, Wildcats defeated William Jessup at home, 3-1 (25-18, 17-25, 25-17, 25-15). They lost to Cal State L.A. Sept. 10, 1-3 (21-25, 25-17, 17-25, 24-26). They beat Cal State Dominguez Hills Sept. 11, 3-0 (25-19, 25-16 and 25-18).

Stat of the week Freshman goalkeeper Sydney Oliver had a phenomenal weekend for the Wildcats. She shut out San Francisco State for all of regulation before they scored in double overtime to win, 1-0. She blocked ﬁve out of six shots.

Kevin Augustine can be reached at kaugustine@theorion.com

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

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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 exhibition

Sept. 22

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

7:30 p.m.

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

Feb. 19

MEN’S GOLF time/results TBA

7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL time/results 9 a.m. 1:30 p.m.

date Aug. 17

opponent @Nevada

Aug. 25

@Southern Oregon

exhibition

Sept. 24

UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Sept. 2

Western Washington

L 1-2 (2OT)

Sept. 25

Cal State East Bay

7 p.m.

Sept. 4

Central Washington

W 2-1

Oct. 1

@Cal State San Bernardino

7 p.m.

w 2-0

Oct. 2

@Cal Poly Pomona

7 p.m.

L 0-1 (2 OT)

Oct. 8

San Francisco State

7 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Oct. 9

CSU Monterey Bay

7 p.m.

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

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

2 p.m.

Oct. 16

Cal State L.A.

7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL time/results 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S GOLF date Sept. 19-21

opponent @Sonoma State Inv.

time/results TBA

Oct. 1

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

Oct. 22

@Sonoma State

7 p.m.

Oct. 3

Cal State L.A.

2 p.m.

Oct. 23

@Humboldt State

7 p.m.

Sept. 27-28

@Grand Canyon Inv.

TBA

Oct. 8

@Sonoma State

3 p.m.

Oct. 29

@Cal State East Bay

7 p.m.

Oct. 11-12

@Viking Inv.

TBA

Oct. 10

@Humboldt State

2 p.m.

Oct. 30

@UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Oct. 18-19

@Golf Mart Lady Otter Inv.

TBA

Oct. 15

@UC San Diego

4:30 p.m.

Nov. 5

Cal Poly Pomona

7 p.m.

date Nov. 7

opponent @St. Mary’s

Nov. 12

@University of Nevada

Nov. 19

Academy of Art

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17

@Cal State East Bay

11:30 a.m.

Nov. 6

Cal State San Bernardino

7 p.m.

Nov. 20

Hawaii Paciﬁc

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 22

San Francisco State

4:30 p.m.

Nov. 12

@CSU Monterey Bay

7 p.m.

Nov. 23

Cal State Stanislaus

6 p.m.

Oct. 24

CSU Monterey Bay

2 p.m.

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

opponent Western Washington

Oct. 30

@Cal State Stanislaus

Dec. 2-4

TBD

TBA

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 6

Seattle Paciﬁc

Dec. 10

@Western Washington

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.

MEN’S SOCCER date

time/results W 2-1 W 1-0

4:30 p.m.

Nov. 5-7

TBD

TBA

W 2-0(OT)

Nov. 11-14

TBD

TBA

W 2-1

Nov. 19-21

TBD

TBA

Dec. 2-4

TBD

TBA

7 p.m.

schedules subject to change

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| Wednesday September 15, 2010

Fitness, stamina imperative to mountain bikers’ winning season Isaac Brambila STAFF WRITER

Long hills, fast rides and fun times surround the average day on the bike seat for members of the Chico State mountain bike team. The more than 30 members of the mostly self-funded mountain bike team are soon to begin the season. With a friendly atmosphere and competitive attitude, the team is getting ready to face eight season races and the team’s fundraiser, The Bidwell Bump. For sophomore Evan Bissell, a pro-class cyclist, the competition is what is most appealing of the sport, he said. During collegiate nationals, the Wildcats face competition from all over the country, from within the state and even from foreign competitors, as students from all over the world compete in the races, Bissell said. Last year the ’Cats placed third in the Western Collegiate Cycling Conference behind rivals Cal Poly Pomona and UC San Diego. The 2009 season was also one that left the Wildcats with high-ranking bikers, such as All-American Ryan Kresich,

who was the eighth fastest male in the nation in the downhill event, and Heather McFadden, who was the ﬁfth fastest female in the nation in the downhill event, Bissell said.

You ﬁnd someone who you’re competitive with at your skill level, and every weekend you try to go out and better yourself with that person.”

Kirby Faulkner

mountain bike club president

Senior Kirby Faulkner, the mountain bike club president, is optimistic for the upcoming season, he said. The team is fast, friendly and team-oriented, but competitive with each other at the same time. Faulkner is currently trying to get more female students to join the team in order to even out the gender ratio, he said. The team is currently composed of about 30 male and only two female team members. Because Chico is close to

PHOTO COURTESY OF • CHRIS SEYMOUR

BIKING DIRTY Vice President Sam Wilson bikes down a trail during the 2009 season. The junior’s favorite event is downhill.

many mountains and steep hillsides, it is appealing to people involved in the mountain biking community. “For cross-country you have terrain that is nice, mellow and smooth,” he said. “We also have the nasty trail rides of Upper Bidwell and challenging downhills.” Faulkner has been mountain biking the past two years since he came to Chico, when former club president Max Hinckley got him involved, he said. Every time he competes, it is a new opportunity to improve. Faulkner utilizes the opportunity of competing with hundreds of cyclists to meet new people and improve his skills by facing tough competition, he said. “You fi nd someone who you’re competitive with at your skill level and every weekend you try to go out and better yourself with that person,” he said. During the fall semester, the ’Cats will face stiff competition, especially against the 21 cycling teams associated to the WCCC. During the season, competition mountain bikers participate in various events. Cross-country and Super D test different skills and fitness abilities possessed by the participant. Racers in both events will be entered in the Bidwell All-Mountain Challenge, which combines the times of both races and gives the victory to the racer with the lowest cumulative time. Wildcat cyclists will participate in events such as short-track cross-country, downhill, hill climb, crosscountry, dual slalom and Super D. The last two are head-to-head races on manmade tracks. Cross-country tests the cyclist’s endurance as well as

PHOTO COURTESY OF • CHRIS SEYMOUR

COMPETING AT A HIGH LEVEL Mountain bike club member Devin McPherson competes at a course during the 2009 season. The junior and his teammates will face 21 cycling teams this season. speed and technique. The hill climb challenges the cyclist’s stamina, while the downhill challenges speed and ability to maintain control of the bike while dodging rocks and trees. In the business aspect of the sport, the club also helps with opportunities in the cycling industry, said club Vice President Sam Wilson and senior Chris Seymour. Wildcat alumnus and former Chico State mountain biker Matt Cipes found a job at Specialized, a company that

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manufactures diﬀerent types of bicycles, Wilson said. Seymour worked at an internship at Santa Cruz Bicycles and Wilson worked for Intense Cycles, something that was made possible by the club, he said. The Wildcats will face their next challenge on the track during their fundraiser race, The Bidwell Bump, which takes place Saturday Sept. 18 in Upper Bidwell Park. The Bidwell Bump will hold two types of races common in most events associated with the WCCC for beginner, sport,

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expert and pro classes. The team will represent the Wildcat colors in the diﬀerent races for the ﬁrst time of the season at the Park Field Classic on Sept. 25-26, an event organized by Cal Poly Pomona. People who are interested in joining the team can attend one of the meetings held at 9 p.m. every Tuesday in Tehama 106. More information can be found at csuchico.edu/recsports and wccc-info.com. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com

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Matt Shilts Entertainment Editor

Editorialcore The way of the future During a lecture in a history class my fourth year here, a professor tried to look up a date in the endnotes of a book. It was a book we all had to buy – a book that he wrote. After about 30 seconds, a student shouted what I thought to be sound advice. “Just Google it,” my classmate said. After all, there was a computer available. The professor looked at the student disdainfully and glanced around the room. “I prefer books,” he said with a sneer not unlike Alan Rickman as Severus Snape. Maybe I’m just imagining that last part. Like that teacher, I enjoy books, but I also enjoy technology. I think it’s healthy to look up terms and contextual information while reading, as well as to read essays, articles and even books on the computer. I will admit that this constant connection to the Web has had an impact on my attention span. I’ve gotten used to having multiple tabs open in many windows while I’m on my computer, but they all serve a purpose. Usually, there’s one tab for the object of my attention, plus several for related searches for questions that come up. There’s one for music, one for e-mail and one for something I forgot I was looking at an hour earlier. There are also a few ﬁlled with unrelated nonsense – Web comics, videos and lists. It’s a problem and I’m working on it. Really. This semester I’m working with a teacher in an education class that focuses on social networking and utilizing technology as a tool in the classroom. We work on changing the way information is viewed by future educators. We look at Web 2.0 – that is, the Internet and its culturally relevant applications starting at the advent of YouTube and widespread social networking and blogging – in hopes that rather than discouraging it, instructors will embrace it and shape their curricula accordingly. To teach students as if they’re not on Facebook and YouTube every day is not only ignorant, but also irresponsible. Students can go on Wikipedia and read 20 articles on the subject they’re supposed to be learning about, so the focus needs to shift from handing out information with no context to something more helpful. Wiki has a reputation as “unreliable,” but it is an awesome resource and it illustrates my point. The articles might not be peer reviewed and they might not be written over decades in a musty room at the top of an ivory tower. But like Fat Mike says in NOFX’s “The Decline,” a million people are smarter than one.

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Honky Tonkin’ on the River at Scotty’s Landing raises funds for charity while getting country Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER

Tunes, rather than tubes, ﬂoated down the Sacramento River Saturday night during the celebration of the second annual Honky Tonkin’ on the River country music showcase. Thirteen bluegrass, country and honky tonk acts came to play at the showcase, held at Scotty’s Landing. Exes, the sexes and Texas were all popular subjects among the many musicians who took the stage at Scotty’s, though there was also some modern music played alongside the twangy blues. David Ennis, one of the ﬁrst acts of the day, regaled the audience with a country cover of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice,” prefacing

the song with a brief warning. “If there’s anyone here under the age of 18, you might want to cover your ears, because they won’t let me leave until I play this one,” Ennis said. David Vert also took country

Honky Tonkin’ on the River and the Handi-Riders – it doesn’t get more country than that.”

John Scott

Owner, Scotty’s Landing

music in a new direction, experimenting with a bluesy cover of Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage.” His version falls somewhere between Soundgarden and

Johnny Cash. “It’s one badass song,” Vert said. As the day rolled by, banjos, guitars and fiddles were set down on the patio next to the tapping feet of the audience, which grew steadily to more than 350 people. When the musicians finished playing their sets, they came down into the crowd and sat down to appreciate the music of their fellow country enthusiasts. The musician who most helped make the event possible was Keith Kendall, a country artist who described the Honky Tonkin’ on the River music showcase as something that evolved fairly recently. “I’ve fished off Scotty’s Landing for decades and I really enjoyed the laid-back feel it had, like a beautiful riparian slice of Americana,” he said. A couple of years ago, it occurred to him that Scotty’s

Landing would be a great place to hold a weekly music showcase for locals, Kendall said. “Well, fast forward two years and we’ve done more than 150 shows, including two all-day music showcases,” he said. “The showcases are growing every year and this year’s proceeds are going to beneﬁt a great charity.” This year’s showcase was a beneﬁt for the Handi-Riders, a local charity dedicated to giving “physically, cognitively and emotionally challenged” people the freedom of mobility that comes with riding on horseback, according to its website. John Scott, owner and operator of Scotty’s Landing and a former stunt rider himself, explained how he got involved with the Handi-Riders. “It was Tricia’s idea,” Scott said, indicating Tricia Clark, one of the event’s organizers. “Her son used to volunteer for the Handi-Riders, and I thought,

‘Honky Tonkin’ on the River and the Handi-Riders – it doesn’t get more country than that.’” Suzanne Bernard, the assistant executive director for the Handi-Riders, described her charity as “honored” to be the beneﬁciary of the country music fundraiser, but made it clear that she worked hard to help put on the show. “I ate more cobwebs today cleaning this place up then I have in my entire life,” Bernard said with a laugh. “I’ll still be picking burrs out of my hair tomorrow.” The total amount raised for Handi-Riders has not been totaled, Bernard said. However, about $600 was raised through a raﬄe and donations collected at the door. “It was great,” Bernard said. “I’m looking forward to next year.” Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com

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>> “Halo: Reach” (VIDEO GAME: XBOX 360) The franchise that has deﬁned ﬁrst-person shooters for the last decade continues with “Reach,” a prequel to the existing trilogy. Rather than

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puny Marines, you play alongside other Spartans. Because the other games explain that Master Chief is the last surviving Spartan, the ending of “Reach” is a foregone conclusion. That shouldn’t stop you from enjoying Bungie’s ﬁnal “Halo” oﬀering.

>> “Modern Family: Season One” (DVD) Those who haven’t gotten to see the Emmy Award-winning mockumentary now can pick up from the beginning. Just be careful – you don’t want to fall into the trap of watching the entire season in one sitting.

>> “Wake Up!” (ALBUM) John Legend and The Roots have put together something really special here. “Wake Up!” incorporates John Legend’s silky smooth voice and The Roots’ serious musical chops to produce a groovy, soulful R&B record with political

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THE SAINT GOES MARCHING IN Anthony “The Saint” Gonsalves, slam poet, gives Cafe Culture a piece of his mind Thursday. Gonsalves shared the stage with other poets. THE BAD

Tyler Ash STAFF WRITER

>> “Confessions” (ALBUM) Liza Minnelli has been recording music since 1964. She is an institution in American entertainment culture, but do you really want to spend money – or hard drive space – on this?

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Local poets battled with words and wits at Cafe Culture’s Chico Slam Thursday with Bay Area slam poetry champion Anthony “The Saint” Gonsalves. Here’s a quick definition for those of you who don’t know what slam poetry is – a competition between poets reciting original work, judged by members of the audience on the content, delivery and passion behind their poems. The two-round slam started out with nine poets, five of which proceeded to the second round. Victor Dukett, who was ejected from the first set, thinks that most of the poets that show up for the slams at Cafe Culture are well spoken and passionate about poetry, he said. “Everybody comes in and they throw their heart, their love, their soul into it and it comes off real,” he said at the end of the competition. He enjoys the seasoned talent that the venue brings in as well, he said.

“All the guests that come in, an eligibility worker for a San they’ve been proven through Joaquin County welfare center. fire, brimstone and lots of There he was inspired to write judges,” he said. “They know his opening poem of the night, what kind of stuff the judges “Systemanic.” In the poem, he expressed his concern for the like to hear.” The star attraction of this way some of his clients abused particular poetry slam was their loved ones and the welfare system. Gonsalves, a The Saint poet growing was versatile in fame who We all know in his art and has defeated that talk is like Top had poems two-time filled with World Poetry Ramen – cheap.” humor, love, Slam chamAnthony Gonsalves sincerity and pion Buddy slam poet seriousness. Wakefield. Some of them Gonsalves has wanted to come to Chico were so funny it seemed that for a poetry slam for quite a the audience was watching a while, he said. He finally got comedian rather than a poet. His funniest poem of the his chance when the scheduled poet, Amy Everhart, winner of night, “Breath Stank,” was last year’s World Poetry Slam in about his biggest pet peeve Berkeley, couldn’t make it from – bad breath. The audience was in hysterics as he sparked her home in Boulder, Colo. “Chico is interesting,” Gon- off line after line of halitosisrelated verses. salves said with a laugh. “Your breath is so bad that I He visited some friends who were students here more than talked to you on the phone and a decade ago and this was his you gave me an ear infection,” he said as the crowd roared first time back, he said. For the last two and a half with laughter. “Your whispers years, The Saint worked under stank.” He remained just as the title of “Mr. Gonsalves” as

passionate for each of his poems, especially for “Fake Poets,” a poem about poets who write to say they’re right and you’re wrong for doing something, or poets with advanced degrees in poetry that still don’t know what it’s all about. “All they wanna do is talk,” he said. “We all know that talk is like Top Ramen – cheap.” The winning poet of the night was Sarah Myles Spencer, whose poetry combined her singing voice with her passionate choice of words. Her poems focused on her mixed family heritage and a former lover of hers. Second place went to Anthony Arreaga, who took the stage out of turn at one point during the slam. He apologized to the poet he butted in front of before he recited a short and fervent poem that won him some fairly high scores from the judges. Third prize went to Matthew Zellmer, whose ﬁnal poem was riddled with metaphors and imagery. In this poem, he described being mesmerized by a woman he saw on a dance ﬂoor, comparing his embarrassment to talk to her with symbols

of war, missiles and explosives. The owner of Cafe Culture, Tazuo “Taz” Yamaguchi, expressed his fondness of Chico’s laid-back and mellow poetry scene. “Chico is a really unique slam – there’s a lot of love in the house,” he said after the crowd ﬁ ltered out of the cafe. “I mean if you go to slams in the Bay Area and other places, you can’t have it as loose as we have it. They really get competitive.” Yamaguchi is a poet himself and has been nationally recognized as a master of Haiku and spoken word poetry. He is of Japanese-American heritage and has a deep history in poetry, with ancestral ties to Shigin poets and Samurai of ancient Japan. “That’s what’s great about the art form,” he said. “Anyone can rise.” Tyler Ash can be reached at tash@theorion.com

Next poetry slam

When: Thursday Sept. 23 Where: Cafe Culture, 931 W. Fifth St.

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hard to think this movie – where a group of people are stuck on an elevator with ith the devil – will bring i him hi outt off the critical doghouse, especially with the ﬁlm’s tame PG-13 rating.

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STAFF WRITER

Zombies will rise soon in a Chico neighborhood near you. Don’t worry, local film clubs have got the epidemic under control. Not Quite Hollywood and Consortium of indies, Artistes & Others are independent film groups from Chico that are teaming up to create a zombie film. But, as are the ways of zombies, things are never that simple. Here’s the catch – the team has 48 hours to complete the film, from brainstorming meetings to actual filming and post-production editing. The tight schedule is because of the film being made specifically for a contest called Two Days Later. Like the name implies, the contest gives contestants 48 hours to create a film, though the 48 hours can be divided out along several weeks. Zombie flick connoisseurs might find familiarity in the name of the contest, which is a play on the 2002 film “28 Days

Later.” The contest is run by some of the same minds that created the film. Bill Donnelly of CiAO was the one who found the contest and asked around to see if anyone was interested in entering it. Donnelly mentioned the idea last year, he said. There wasn’t much interest then, but this year the idea picked up steam. This is probably the last movie Donnelly will make this year, he said. “If I could, I would make a movie every month, but it’s very time consuming and expensive,” he said. Other members of the project, such as James Smith of Not Quite Hollywood, agreed. “It’s a big juggling act,” Smith said. “If you could pay everyone, then it would just be a job, but we don’t so everyone has to be very committed and work around other people’s work schedules.” Other challenges to making any film are obtaining the necessary permissions and permits to film at places such as schools, parks and downtown.

are required are clowns, pliers, belly dancers, a magnifying glass, a black cat and the line, “It was full before we left.” As part of the challenge, filmIt’ll be a great makers are required to include at least three of the above list weekend – running in the film, which led to discusand killing zombies.” sions of a zombie belly-dancer Scott Brown chase during one of the script filmmaker, actor meetings Friday night at Not 17 permits. In Chico, they gener- Quite Hollywood. Other topics that came up ally don’t care as long as you’re included how a character should not disrupting traffic.” When shooting in residen- react to killing a zombie based tial neighborhoods, it’s usually on his experience in the field, the good to get residents’ permission elapsed time since the zombie before hand, especially in a hor- apocalypse and when a zombie ror film where there could be lots should run and jump a fence, if of screaming and loud noises, at all. There were other more techniSmith said. For the same reasons, police are also informed cal discussions going on as well, ahead of time of film plans such as obtaining permissions and permits to film in various around town. “The last thing we want is to locations and if there was a gun have police called in and walk in the film, how to shoot it and in on an actor pointing a gun at eliminate risk of an accident. The meeting included script someone,” Smith said. Though this short will be writers, directors, producers, zombie-based, zombies are not actors, sound techs and special a requirement for the Two Days effects experts. Many individLater contest. A few things that ual members were taking on “It varies wherever you go,” Smith said. “Some places, to shoot downtown you need like

several roles of the project, such as Scott Brown, a filmmaker who is assisting with the script and will be playing the lead role in the film. “I’m basically the guy that gets to run everywhere,” Brown said. “It’ll be a great weekend – running and killing zombies.” During the meeting, Brown offered up several ideas to help implement the script, such as loaning out his power washer for the creation of a blood-splattered wall or as a possible weapon against zombies, and making character development and motivations realistic. “People who do shorts are insane,” Brown said. “It would be a hell of a lot easier to make this a feature-length film. We could spend 30 to 40 minutes on making you feel bad for the main character.” The film will be shot from Sept. 17-19 and Donnelly hopes to have a showing around Halloween, he said. Stephanie Maynard can be reached at smaynard@theorion.com

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<< Super Mario Bros. — About 40 million copies of the best-selling Mario game of all time have been sold – that’s more than The Beatles’ “Sgt. Peppers.”

Super Mario Bros. 3 — This game is the definitive 2-D platformer. It had cool power-ups, an interactive map, a slew of mini-games and, of course, the flutes. << Super Mario Land — This quirky addition the franchise takes place away from the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario saves Daisy instead of Princess Peach and sometimes he flies in a plane. Super Mario World — The arrival of Yoshi was epic. Who wouldn’t want a dinosaur that eats enemies and converts them into projectile eggs?

<< Super Mario Kart— This racing masterpiece has spawned ﬁve sequels of its own. The Mario Kart games have ﬁlled the void of the good multi player experience created by the main series.

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Super Mario 64 — The first 3-D Mario game stepped up everything about the series — especially game play, considering the extra dimension Mario could now move in. << Super Smash Bros. — This is the ultimate Nintendo fanboy fighting game where Mario takes on dozens of company favorites, such as Link and Star Fox. Mario Party — Mario is a great host, already having multiple parties across five systems. Bitesized games make for multi player madness.

<< Paper Mario — There is nothing dull about these 2-D characters in a 3-D role-playing game — just watch out for paper cuts.

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THE ORION • ELI MAY

GET A HAIRCUT Rob Mannering [left] concentrates on his craft while Eric Shanafelt [right] climbs up the neck while giving Cafe Coda a taste of their rock Friday. The Great Good and West by Swan also played.

West coast bands get rocking The Shivas, West by Swan, The Great Good share Cafe Coda’s stage Josh Hegg STAFF WRITER

Rock ’n’ roll was the name of the game Friday night at Cafe Coda as The Shivas, West By Swan, The Great Good and Furlough Fridays each dished out their own take on the classic genre. The Shivas, a Portlandbased indie band, performed their British-rock fused songs to a packed house of dancing

and head-bobbing listeners. The band has been on a sixweek tour and it showed in its performance. The ensemble executed its songs with expert precision. Bassist Eric Shanafelt highlighted the set with his incredible lead lines. Navigating the bass with ease, Shanafelt played complicated runs that still fit with the rest of the song. The crowd shared The Shivas’ high energy. The band looked like it was having fun performing and it translated in its music. “That’s what it’s all about,” Shanafelt said.

In addition to the lively rhythmic elements, The Shivas played music full of diversity and shared vocal duties. Their harmonies were a welcomed offset to the upbeat songs during the set. The band is looking forward to returning home to Portland, but they appreciate the Chico vibe and will be back soon, said singer and guitarist Jared WaitMolyneux. Joining The Shivas was West By Swan, a staple of the Chico experimental scene. West By Swan’s music is full of complex melodies and rhythm. The band exuded

a certain confidence that comes only when the members have been playing together for a long time. Also performing was Chico’s newest local super group, The Great Good. Consisting of musicians from other local bands, the three members brought together their different influences to produce an original sound. The band takes its influences from the noises that come from birds, jets and armpits, said bassist Robert Smith. These influences are an accurate depiction of the alternative style that the

group played. The Great Good played songs with long improvised sections between vocal parts. Smith’s distorted bass coupled with Michael Strishak’s unorthodox guitar style created crowd-pleasing sounds. Strishak, who goes by “Fera” in his solo project, also made it a point during the set to retool the idea of what a guitar could do. Odd playing styles in addition to sporadic tuning changes gave the songs an unconventional feel, which was right at home on the Cafe Coda stage. Furlough Fridays, a new

Chico band, played their first show at Cafe Coda as part of the line up. Their music was straightforward, bar-friendly rock ’n’ roll. The band was led by charismatic vocalist Linda Bergmann. Since its formation, the mission of the group has been to “rock the cradle,” Bergmann said. This is an appropriate mission statement as the members also deal with “parenthood, full-time jobs and homework,” according to their MySpace page. Josh Hegg can be reached at jhegg@theorion.com

Museum displays spiritual prints Lauren Beaven STAFF WRITER

THE ORION • EMILY WALKER

TRANSCENDENT PRINT Janet Turner’s personal press sits in the lobby of the Janet Turner Print museum. Donated in 2009 by art and art history professor Marion Epting, the press is still operational.

Three of Chico’s top bands to play tour beneﬁt at LaSalles

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Sound: Extreme, percussive, grindy, mathy metal Members: A4A guitarist Cayle Hunter has helped ﬁll • Sesar Sanchez vocals, guitar in on guitar and drums with Surrogate. • Gavin Fitzgerald bass, vocals • Alex Coﬃn drums Teeph guitarist and vocalist Sesar San- Albums: “Teeph,” self-released chez is in Red Giant with A4A frontman Lyrical Example: “Storm the gates of Kirk Williams. heaven, show no mercy to them.” – “Male Pattern Bullshit” Surrogate bassist Daniel Taylor drums in Cold Blue Mountain, in which Sanchez does guitar and vocals.

I was looking for themes and metaphors about our spiritual lives. How can art engage how we grow as spiritual beings?”

Jim Peck

guest curator

“There are some prints that I chose that ﬁt in that I don’t particularly like,” Peck said. “If you only choose the art you like, the art will never push you.” Some were exceptional prints that had not been used simply because they didn’t quite ﬁt into previous themes, Sullivan said. Peck separated the prints he chose into categories such as celebration, journey and evolution – which he describes as “change over time” – that each

occupy a wall of the museum. As viewers see each wall, they are meant to contemplate not only the relationship between the print and the theme, but also the relationship between themselves and the theme as well, he said. Sean Peeler, a Butte College ﬁne arts major, attended the reception for Transcendence with classmates from an art appreciation course. The prints that Peck chose convey the emotional or spiritual breakthrough known as transcendence that artists and art enthusiasts sometimes undergo, Peeler said. The reception, which began with speeches from both Sullivan and Peck, drew a diverse crowd. “Tonight is an example of the cross-section of people who come here,” Sullivan said. “Some are students and some of them have probably never been on campus before.” Peck thinks of the gallery as one of Chico’s treasures that not many people know about, he said. The exhibit will remain at the Turner Museum until Sept. 25 and is open to the public for free Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lauren Beaven can be reached at lbeaven@theorion.com

Armed for Apocalypse, Teeph and Surrogate are set to play at LaSalles Friday, Sept. 17 in support of A4A’s ﬁrst full U.S. tour. Though the styles don’t all mesh, the groups are intertwined. Here’s a few examples, and some highlights. -Compiled by Matt Shilts

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The Janet Turner Print Museum has taken a supernatural approach to art with its current exhibition, Transcendence: Enlightening Spirit in Prints. The point of this collection is to help viewers move outside themselves and engage the world beyond their own concerns and comfort zones by asking questions about the works and the way they are perceived, said Jim Peck, guest curator and pastor for the Congregational Church of Chico. Varying media, styles, colors and focus invited viewers into what Peck described as “the spiritual journey of transcendence” at a curator’s talk and reception for the exhibition Thursday. “I was looking for themes and metaphors about our spiritual lives,” Peck said. “How can art engage how we grow as spiritual beings?” Peck is the ﬁrst member of the clergy to create an exhibition at the museum, said Catherine Sullivan, Turner Museum curator. For a long time, she has wanted to showcase a theme based on the power of spirit, as it is so often involved in art. Peck was the logical choice for guest curator, she said.

“I invited him knowing that he would be the most willing to do the work that it takes before he chose these prints,” Sullivan said. Peck searched through hundreds of Turner Museum prints to make his decision, deciding on speciﬁc pieces including those by featured artists Sister Corita Kent, Rembrandt and Marc Chagall.

ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE >>

Sound: Slow, heavy, rhythmic, brutal metal Members: • Kirk Williams vocals, guitar • Cayle Hunter guitar, vocals • Corey Vaspra bass, vocals • Nick Harris drums Albums: “Defeat,” Ironclad Records Lyrical Example: “The souls of the wicked and the damned have staked their claim on this land.” – “We Fell from the Bottom”

SURROGATE >> Sound: Catchy, thoughtful indie-rock Members: • Chris Keene vocals, guitar • Michael Lee guitar, vocals • Daniel Martin keyboards, xylophone • Daniel Taylor bass • Jordan Mallory drums Albums: “Love is for the Rich,” “Popular Mechanics,” Tooth & Nail Records Lyrical Example: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder, whiskey makes the mind grow weak.” – “Whiskey (Vomiting Words)”

C A L E N DA R

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[DAILY DOSE ] SEPT. 15 - 21 [ STAFF T ODAY

PRESCRIPTIONS ]

T H U R S DAY

The Melodramatics

Ryan Bingham

This 21+ show features the energetic reggae beats of The Melodramatics, a group based out of Redding. It’s sure to bring that “Cali” beach vibe to the dance ﬂoor.

Feeling like a night of music? Come join in the introspective songs of Americana singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham as he comes to El Rey.

9 p.m. @ Lost on Main

8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5 admission

F R I DAY

SAT U R DAY

SU N DAY

Open Micful

7 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium Free

The Minsky Blackouts

Chico World Music Festival

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave.

University Film Series

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This show has something for everyone. The Minsky Blackouts will provide their good-time garage punk. Soft Crest does their own thing – mellow, noisy and catchy – and The Great Good should put out thoughtful alternative rock.

Free daytime performances, workshops, art classes, children’s crafts, crafts from around the world and international food booths.

“Playing the trombone” takes on a new meaning when this guy gets his hands on one.

Get into the school spirit with “Shall We Dance?” This Japanese version was the basis of the American remake.

SAT U R DAY

SU N DAY

8 p.m. @ The Maltese Free

8:30 p.m 8:30 .m.. @ La LaSa Sall lles es $5 ccov over er

Every Wednesday Cafe Culture oﬀers a microphone to anyone willing to take the spotlight and entertain the crowd with a tune.

“Fiesta of Bullets” 8 p.m. @ LaSalles $5 cover

Join history professor Stephen Lewis for this historical discussion of the legacy of the Mexican Revolution.

T H U R SDAY

Environmental Film Festival 5:30 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada Big Room $15 for films only

Come enjoy live music and top-notch ﬁlms at one of the town’s best venues.

Stress Reduction @ Selvester’s Cafe Free

Feeling stressed about the school year? Then come see Steve Flowers as he lectures about stress reduction techniques.

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11 a.m. @ Chico State Free

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MON DAY

F R I DAY

Ozomatli

7:30 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium $25 student admission The Chico World Music Festival kicks off with a must-see performance by Ozomatli right here on campus.

Destroy Nate Allen 8 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5 admission

Looking for something diﬀerent? Don’t miss Portland-based folk punk band Destroy Nate Allen. Also featuring Red Ribbon Brigade and Fera.

Hurray for the Riﬀ Raﬀ

6:30 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada Big Room $20 admission

7:30 p.m. @ Ayres 106 $3 suggested donation

THE COUNTER ] MON DAY

T U E SDAY

Canine Carnival

Up Died Sound

West Coast Swing

The country-blues group Samuel Doores and the Tumbleweeds hail all the way from New Orleans, as do the folky headliners.

Spend the day with man’s best friend. Food, pets and activities for kids will be at this celebration of canine’s and their companions. Well-behaved dogs on leashes welcome.

Rock music comes face to face with psychedelic Turkish groove. Guitarist Nicky Mao, drummer Jonathan Leland and bassist Jordi Wheeler presiding.

Movies in the Park

Live Jazz Jam

Do you just wanna dance? Then swing on down to Cafe Culture for West Coast Swing with Cameron Martinez and stay after for a social dance with swingin’ DJ. Remember, you don’t have to swing to swing dance.

7 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5 admission

15 minutes after sunset @ Sycamore Field, Bidwell Park Free Come see Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in 1953’s “Roman Holiday.” Movies in the park are always free and should begin 15 minutes or so after the sun goes down.

10 a.m. @Community park

7:30 p.m. @ Has Beans

Sit back with a cup of tasty joe, cappuccino or whatever strikes your fancy for Live Jazz Jam. B.Y.O.I. – bring your own instrument.

8 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $5 admission

The Melodramatics 9:30 p.m. @ Normal Street Bar Free

You’ve got a whole week to ﬁnish up that homework. Get your ﬁll of brews and beats at a quintessential college tavern.

7 p.m. @ Cafe Culture $5 admission

Karaoke

@ The Maltese Get your drink and your sing on. If you suck there, hey, there’s still alcohol, and it doesn’t care how awful your singing voice is.

ILLUSTRATION BY CHELSEA ROSS

[ stafffavorites cartoons] “Pinky and the Brain” — My childhood Saturday mornings were never complete without a lesson of world-domination tactics. I always suspected Pinky was smarter than he let on — notice how the opening theme song never specified who was a genius and who was insane? — Stephanie Maynard Staff Writer

“Cowboy Bebop” — Set in a dystopian future, “Cowboy Bebop” follows the story of bounty hunter Spike Spiegel as he pursues fugitives across the lawless reaches of our solar system. Kindled with hot jazz and sparked with a sprinkling of beautiful Kung Fu, Cowboy Bebop is an artistic masterpiece. —Ben Mullin Staﬀ Writer

“Ren and Stimpy” — The life of an infuriated chihuahua and an idiotic cat, mixed in with awkward, strange and sometimes gruesome situations, is one cartoon that no elementary school child should ever watch. I watched the sickened duo go on bizarre and hilarious adventures, probably resulting in my strange sense of humor today. — Tyler Ash Staﬀ Writer

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Gateway Science Museum opens doors | D2 Three of the exhibits featured this fall at the museum are Nature’s Numbers, A Forest Journey and Aurelius O. Carpenter’s photo exhibit.

Wednesday Sept. 15, 2010

Almendra Carpizo Features Editor

In a nutshell... Y this generation matters Lately I’ve heard comments about how my generation, known as Generation Y or the Millennial Generation, is screwed and lost. I fail to see exactly how that is. I know my generation is not perfect, but neither were previous ones, and I think this generation is no more lost than the ones before us. Are we screwed? Maybe, but it isn’t entirely our fault – all the generations before us played a role in that too. The first time I heard a negative remark about this generation was from my 22-year-old friend, which confused me. The comment went something like, “This generation hasn’t offered anything to the world.” Like generations before us, we have and will continue to offer value to the world. However, it is too soon to be measuring how much we’ve contributed. You can’t measure our worth until years pass and we can reflect on what we have and haven’t done. One of our biggest differences from other generations is technology. We are heavily immersed in this digital world and sometimes it is hard to maintain our attention. However, we are slowly creating a new way of looking at issues and addressing them with these new technologies. Technology has also changed medicine, the way we build houses and keep people safe. It’s easier to focus on the negative, but technology is not all bad. Everything isn’t perfect, either. We have a lot of the same issues as before. There are wars, drugs, promiscuity and what generation didn’t have image issues? This generation didn’t introduce these problems into society – we grew up with them. We are trying to deal with it all, just like many did before us. Not one generation reacted perfectly to these issues, and we won’t either. One of the best things about my generation is how much more open-minded we are. There will probably always be ignorance and racism, but it was my generation who voted for a black president. Sixty-six percent of voters under 30 voted for Barack Obama, making the disparity between young voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since exit polling began in 1972, according to the Pew Center website. Would past generation have been as open-minded about having a black president? I doubt it. We are slowly also changing the face of the U.S. to reflect that of the world. “One of the most striking features of young voters is their racial and ethnic diversity,” according to the Pew Center website. I am proud to be from this generation and others should be too. The world still hasn’t seen what we can do. Nas said it perfectly in his song, “My Generation” – “there’s a mission we gotta finish before we leave. This generation is destined to do historic deeds.”

FINDING

BOOK IN COMMON:

Common

the boy who

HARNESSED

ground

THE WIND

The book tells the story of William Kamkwamba as a young boy in Malawi, Africa. Kamkwamba designed a windmill using imagination, determination and discarded materials. The windmill gave electricity and water to his people, changing his life and the lives of those around him.

‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ unites Chico, focuses conversations on single topic Gina Pence STAFF WRITER

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” not only captured an environmental source of power for his people, but also caught the attention of the Chico community. The Book in Common kick off for the 2010-2011 school year took place Thursday in the City Plaza. The book, written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, tells the real story of Kamkwamba as a young boy in Malawi, Africa. Kamkwamba designed a windmill using imagination, determination and discarded materials. The windmill gave electricity and water to his people, changing his life and the lives of those around him. The kick off featured speakers from Africa, a proclamation read by Mayor Ann Schwab and selected readings from the book. A cost-effi cient wind turbine designed

Events Sept. 9 - Oct. 25 Become Windspired: The 26th Annual National American Visions Juried Photography Exhibition

by Chico State students from the Sustainable Engineering and Environmental Health for Development organization was also exhibited. The bright orange turbine towered over audience members, pumping water as it slowly turned. SEEHD also sought to create change for developing communities when they designed a sustainable and aﬀordable wind turbine, said Lisa Hall, a senior engineering student and president of the organization. The turbine can provide clean water into dry areas for communities to use. “As engineers, we are fortunate enough to have aﬀordable and available education that we can share that knowledge with others,” Hall said. Koudougou Koala, a senior accounting major from Burkina Faso, Africa, was a >> please see BOOK | D3

Where: Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology What: An exhibition of photographs inspired by the wind and in conjunction with the Book in Common. Oct. 9 - Oct. 10 First Year Experience: Windmill Building Competition Where: Gateway Science Museum What: Campus and community teams will build “art windmills” made of recycled and found materials. Dec. 7 International Forum Where: Ayres 120 What: People helping people: NGOs and grassroots development in Africa.

M THE ORION • SAMANTHA YOUNGMAN

SPEAKING WITH PURPOSE Koudougou Koala, a senior accounting major from Burkina Faso, Africa, speaks to the crowd gathered Sept. 9 to kick oﬀ this year’s Book in Common in the City Plaza. Koala is the founder and president of Feeding the Nations Through Education.

Save green being green; bring own cup on campus Amanda Jacobs STAFF WRITER

THE ORION • AMANDA JACOBS

Almendra Carpizo can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com

DICTIONARY

HIS CUP OF TEA, COFFEE OR SODA Avery Beck, campaign director for Bring Your Own Cup, sits in the Free Speech Area Thursday with one of the cups he ordered to bring awareness to the campaign.

congreenient

Lauren Billings senior | kinesiology

“I ride my bike everywhere. I got rid of my car a year and a half ago and I haven’t driven one since.”

“I have a Klean Kanteen, I recycle and I buy food at the farmer’s market.”

“I use a Klean Kanteen, my own bags, I ride my bike and I recycle.”

The practice of being green when convenient.

source: urbandictionary.com

Being eco-friendly and thrifty will be easier for students now that Avery Beck, a junior anthropology major, is raising environmental awareness and reinventing the Bring Your Own Cup campaign. Beck joined A.S. Sustainability to promote the spring 2008 campaign on campus. With $3,000 from the A.S. Sustainability Fund, he purchased 2,500 reusable 32-ounce, BPAfree, recycled-plastic cups. They went on sale in the A.S. Bookstore and the Marketplace Cafe last Wednesday. The collaboration between

Beck, A.S. Dining Services and the A.S. Bookstore has resulted in a money-saving tool. The ﬁrst reusable cup a student buys from A.S. Dining Services or the A.S. Bookstore costs $2 and comes with a free drink. Thereafter, students with any reusable cup pay 65 cents to ﬁll up. “The idea behind the green cup came from looking at the statistics of people already doing it compared to those who weren’t,” Beck said. The majority of students use disposable cups when buying drinks on campus, he said. His goal is to change that. “We think it would be >> please see CUP | D5

Word of Mouth | What do you do to be sustainable?

[con • gree • ni • ent]

“I would have recycled my water bottle, but the bin was full. I guess I’m congreenient.”

For more information and additional events, check out www.csuchico.edu/bic

Danielle Cook junior | pre-nursing

Glenn Rush

junior | communication design

“I ride my bike, use recyclable water bottles, turn oﬀ all of the electricity before I leave my house and we never turn on the air conditioning.” Madison Fellenz sophomore | nutrition

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Gateway Science Museum reopens Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER

Boshion Crandall Bosh SE S X COLUMNIST

Mixed signals a bad idea oing to high school in a small mountain town with a whopping population of 2,000 and a school of 200 students didn’t afford a lot of dating options. I wasn’t taken by the flannel shirts and beat-up trucks that were so popular among the male specimens in Chester. My friends were boys and I flirted with them endlessly, eventually becoming known as a “tease.” I never dated any of them because I was a prude — and chewing tobacco disgusted me. I left home for college and moved to the Bay Area and then to Italy before settling in Chico. Somewhere in between the lovely ladies of the bay and the smooth-talking Italian men, I decided that I would continue to not date anyone so that I could date everyone. For a few years I was like a kid in a candy shop with a sugar addiction and Attention Deficit Disorder. I didn’t know what I craved, but I knew I wanted to try everything. And so I did. This is when I turned into a dating disaster. I got away with dating multiple people at once by pulling the “we aren’t together” card if they had issues with me sleeping with someone else. At that point, some would tell me to “piss off.” The majority, however, would stick around and try the daunting task of dating me. Sadly for them, it was wasted energy. Eventually I would trump them with the highest card – “It’s not you, it’s me.” Instead of just keeping it casual, I would treat the people I went out with as if they were my significant other. I would take them out to dinner on my dollar, hold their hand as I walked them to class and send them texts just to say “hi.” Then without notice I would dump them. My friends began calling me “the Black Widow,” after the female spider that kills and then eats her male partner after mating. The nickname made me realize that I was breaking the hearts of many when I didn’t need to be. What I really wanted was to enjoy the single life and have fun in the process, but that wasn’t the message I was sending. My actions were telling them that I wanted to be with them or that we would be together eventually, when my intentions were only to sleep with them until I was bored. Take it from me, trying to buy a drink for someone who already knows your nickname is the Black Widow when you don’t even know her name is uncomfortable. Especially when she won’t accept the drink because of the reputation it implies. Save yourself the trouble of a nickname like mine. It’s embarrassing, not to mention hard to explain to the parental unit. So, if you are at a stage in your sexual life where you want to get out there and experience the wide varieties of sweets in Chico’s candy shop then that’s fine, just follow this advice ehow.com gives regarding sending mixed messages – be honest with yourself and be honest with your partner so that there is no confusion regarding the direction of your relationship. Get out there and do your thing, just be sure to define what your intentions are to everyone involved.

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.

After the Summer Science Exhibit closed in July, the Gateway Science Museum is ready to display its fall exhibits, which opened up to the public Friday, Sept. 10. Three of the fall exhibits include Nature’s Numbers, A Forest Journey and Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier. Each exhibit has something different to offer to everyone, said Rachel Teasdale, acting executive director of the museum. They each have a different comfort and appeal. The process of choosing the right exhibits can take up to six months, Teasdale said. Exhibits are advertised through different websites and you have to weigh the pros and cons of each. She liked the idea of exhibits dealing with forests since Northern California is made up of forests, she said. These exhibits were rented from a company in Philadelphia. “Chico can be too hot to go out to the parks sometimes, and the museum is a nice indoor recreation for the kids,” said Wes Bews, who attended Friday’s member preview. Bews was excited to see the new exhibits and thinks it is important to support community programs, he said. It’s playing and learning at the same time.

Upon entering the museum in the Valley Gallery is the exhibit Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier. This collection of photos taken by Carpenter was the first collection of the artist’s photographic work. Most of the photos were snapped in Northern California. The photographs displayed were of railroads, bridges and shipping ports. One photo of a hooker oak that stood in what is now Bidwell Park helped locals connect with the exhibit. “People who are interested in where we come from will like this exhibit,” Teasdale said. “It’s more than photography – it’s history.” In the north gallery, A Forest Journey explores different

It’s more than photography — it’s history.”

Rachel Teasdale

executive director of Gateway Science Museum

forests both locally and all over the world. This interactive exhibit was inspired by the Harvard classic “A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization” by science writer John Perlin, according to the press release. A Forest Journey has many hands-on activities. The Benefits of Trees shows all of the

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EXHIBITING CURIOSITY Senior geology majors Jake Farhar [left] and Elisabeth Johnson [right] stop by the Gateway Science Museum during its opening Sept. 10 to check out the three new exhibits. ways that trees are helpful while The Life of a Tree has a wheel you can spin to see how trees grow from start to finish. The back of the exhibit has a gallery called Conifers of Northern California. Different specimens are displayed that came from Chico State’s herbarium, a research center on campus. The exhibit area had extra space so the herbarium provided specimens to put on display, Teasdale said. In the Nature’s Numbers exhibit in the south gallery, people can explore the different patterns in nature through activities. The interactive activity Repeating Patterns is where people can add triangles together to complete a snowflake. The As Easy as Pi activity shows how mathematical formulas resemble some of nature’s creativity. A circumference can relate to blood

cells, the moon, the nucleus and atoms. Chico resident Dan Dietz heard about the opening over the radio, he said. He decided to bring his 17-monthold daughter, Madelyn, to explore the museum where they played with one of the hands-on activities. Dietz enjoyed the Nature’s Number exhibit as well as the Discovery room, he said. It is more interactive and has different activities for children. Visitors can also expect new activities in the Discovery room for children to enjoy. So far the community has enjoyed the exhibits, Teasdale said. Gateway Science Museum will display the exhibits from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday until Jan. 23, 2011. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 children.

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625 Esplanade (near Bidwell Mansion) 530-898-4121 Open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday Exhibits A Forest Journey — will help visitors explore the world of trees and math in nature. Nature’s Numbers — gives visitors ﬁrsthand experience investigating the presence of math in nature. Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier — Aurelius Ormando Carpenter was one of the ﬁrst photographers to set up shop in Mendocino County.

Rose Garden has blooming history Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER

Each day thousands of students stroll by the vibrant George Petersen Rose Garden, a place deeply rooted in Chico State’s antiquity and beauty. The Rose Garden has decorated the Chico State campus for more than 50 years and sits on the spot where the school’s old cafeteria once stood. Born in 1903, George F. Petersen, a known horticulturist, donated 400 rose bushes to Chico State in 1957, according to Chico State’s special collection website. Petersen gained his love of gardening from his father, a groundskeeper of John Bidwell’s. The garden is now cared for by lead groundskeeper Gary Shields and gardening specialist Janice Gabrysiak, said Durbin Sayers, manager of custodial, moving services, landscape and grounds. Shields declined to comment, but Sayers appreciates his dedication to the roses, he said. “Shields is meticulous with the garden,” Sayers said. “He enjoys the love and care that it takes to keep healthy roses.” Senior Sydnee Zemel, an anthropology major, admires the garden on her way to and from class, she said. “When it’s in bloom it makes me think of how beautiful our campus is,” she said. “I wish I took the time to walk through it more often.” Dick Pesner, a campus groundskeeper in the ’50s, originally designed the Rose Garden’s layout. It took three weeks to come up with the ﬁnal design for the garden, Pesner said in an Orion article published in 1989. Pesner and ﬁve other groundskeepers spent four months installing sprinklers and preparing the rose beds.

Each year, new students at Chico State take the time-honored guided tour of campus. On the tour, students are told there are cameras hidden around the rose garden, placed there to deter people from picking the flowers. Students are also told they will face hefty fines if caught in the act of picking. “I was a student here in the 1980s,” Sayers said. “Back then there was still the common understanding that there was a fine for picking the roses.” Of all the places on campus, people seem to treat the Rose Garden well, said Joe Wills, director of public affairs and publications. “The Rose Garden may be one of the most popular places on campus,” he said. “It’s just a place that people seem to love.” The Rose Garden is cut back at certain times throughout the year, Sayers said. When this is done, people looking to get a piece of the garden can receive actual cuttings of the flowers. “We do the cuttings every January,” he said. “They are free to the students and even the public if they want a free bouquet.” During the 50th year anniversary celebration in 2007, hundreds of cuttings were given away, Wills said. “Many of the rose plants are old, some dating back to the original plants,” he said. “As many as a third of the rose bushes in the garden date back to 1957.” The rose garden has become a staple on campus and people recognize that and respect it, Sayers said. “It’s important that people stop and smell the roses,” he said. “If everyone picked a rose, soon there wouldn’t be any to look at.” Kelly Smith can be reached at ksmith@theorion.com

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A TIME TO REMEMBER Chico police Chief Mike Maloney tells people at the fundraising event for the Sept. 11 memorial, coordinated by the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, that he hopes to plant a seed in minds.

Phi Kappa Tau raise money for Sept. 11 Ally Dukkers STAFF WRITER

American flags, the red shirts of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity brothers and the blue uniforms of the Chico police set the patriotic scene at a fundraising event for the Sept. 11 memorial. The ceremony and fundraiser were led by the events’ coordinators, junior kinesiology major Alex Bemis and senior business major Ryan Beyers, both members of Phi Kappa Tau. Bemis inspired Beyers and the other fraternity brothers to become involved in the event, he said. “This is something I am very passionate about,” Bemis said. “In the past years it has been overlooked on campus, and I wanted to bring back the significance of the tragedy.” The fraternity’s efforts have raised an estimated $300 and will continue to fundraise over the next few weeks. The proceeds will be sent to the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York at the scene of the attack. “We’ve set up a donation at the ceremony and made calls to alumni asking for donations as well,” Beyers said. Bemis and Beyers wrote a letter inviting fire Capt. Dave Main,

Chico police Chief Mike Maloney, Pastor Brian Solecki of Bidwell Presbyterian Church and University Police oﬃcers and to speak and show support at the event. “The speeches put on by our local law enforcement made a great impression on me,” Bemis said. “I caught myself getting somewhat emotional.” The local law enforcement was enthusiastic to help the fraternity with the cause. “I am glad to help these students,” Main said. “Sept. 11 is on a Saturday this year and it is good that they chose to do it earlier so that students would be on campus and be involved in the ceremony.” Maloney was honored to speak at the ceremony, he said. “I hope that we will plant a seed in your minds — the Chico State students — to follow the Phi Taus in making a donation for the memorial,” Maloney said. Planning the event was a learning experience for Bemis and he will continue to be active in all of his fraternity’s events, he said. “I would love to see a larger crowd next year, being that I plan on making this an annual event,” Bemis said. “Next year will mark the 10th anniversary and we see great potential in this

event.” The memorial is just one example of the philanthropy work the fraternity has been recognized for, winning them awards at a national level. The brothers of Phi Kappa Tau received ﬁve awards last year at the fraternity’s 59th National Convention in Denver. Phi Kappa Tau has been an active participant in the community, won community service awards and spent more than 20 hours per member volunteering for the Boys and Girls Club, Bidwell clean up and other various causes. The fraternity began rush week Monday with a meet and greet and barbecue at the Phi Kappa Tau house and will end Saturday with a formal bid night at Grand Ballroom, Bemis said. Fundraising for various organizations will begin Saturday, Sept. 25 starting with a car wash to raise money to donate to breast cancer research. “With the positive direction that our chapter is moving towards, the possibilities are endless,” Bemis said. “I have very high expectations for my brothers, as well as myself.” Ally Dukkers can be reached at adukkers@theorion.com

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1988 | School’s green commitment still strong THEN “Styrofoam Ban Resurfaces” Even before “An Inconvenient Truth” made the threat of global warming a concern to students in 2006, Chico State was making efforts to be environmentally friendly. Striving to be sustainable, the university sought to suppress the use of plastic foam in 1988. An environmental organization named Earth First! urged students to sign petitions to ban plastic foam from A.S. Dining Services, formerly A.S. Food Service Operations. Associated Students had previously called for a ban of plastic foam products, but the resolution that was passed in 1982 was misfiled and lost. The resolution’s original objective was to offer an alternative to plastic foam for A.S. Dining Services. Between 1982 and 1988, scientists had discovered that chlorofluorocarbons, a chemical used in the process of making plastic

foam, is detrimental to the ozone layer. A.S. Dining Services had tried replacing plastic foam with other products in the past, but with little success, said John Milano, former director of A.S. Dining Services. “We’ve tried it, but it’s always met with customer dissatisfaction, especially with hot beverages,” Milano said. “Customers complained because the cups were poorly designed and affected the taste of the coffee.” Members of Earth First! were invited to speak at A.S. meetings to discuss the status of the resolution and to explain the importance of the necessity for the ban.

NOW Chico State’s tradition of being sustainable has only gotten stronger. A.S. has partnered up with Recology, a trash collecting company, to launch a post-consumer recycling program. In an effort to be zero-waste,

post-consumer products such as leftover meat and dairy products and recyclable paper cups and plates will be collected in post-consumer trash bins around campus. Recology collects the used products to use for compost. “This composting effort is a huge step toward zero waste,” said Monique Silva-Crossman, event coordinator for the A.S. Sustainability Program. “Since we’ve started this program, we’ve reduced the amount of organic material that goes to landfills.” Previously, only pre-consumer products that were used in cooking food, such as coffee grounds, were collected and given to University Farm or to the compost display area. The partnership with Recology’s collection program allows Chico State to contribute its trash toward the zero-waste effort. Another sustainability program at Chico State is the Bring Your Own Cup campaign, which allows students to purchase a reusable cup that can

THE ORION • GINA PENCE

LEADING THE WAY Junior Ben Bennett [left], a mechatronics engineering major, is shown where to throw away trash by freshmen business major John Girvan in the Marketplace Cafe. be reﬁlled for only 65 cents. Students can find the postconsumer collection bins in several A.S. Dining Service

locations, including the Marketplace Cafe. Signs posted on the bins help students identify

compostable items that can be collected. - Compiled by Gina Pence

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guest speaker at the event. “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” can bring attention to some of the struggles that developing communities face, he said. “The opportunities that are in Chico are not available in Africa,” said Koala, who is also the founder and president of the Feeding Nations Through Education program, which donates farming equipment to families donates farming equipment to families that rely on

farming to support themselves. The book was selected for its perspective of impoverished and developing communities in Africa, said Matt Jackson, chair of the Enloe Medical Center board of trustees who helped picked the book. The book was chosen to inspire the people of Chico. “It’s a story not about Africa, but about a committed spirit,” Jackson said. “Each of us has the capacity to create great change.” After the event, audience members

browsed around the booths set up in the plaza that advertised community events, volunteer and charity opportunities and a table where the book could be purchased from the A.S. Bookstore. The Book in Common program was created for members of Chico to have a communal topic to discuss, Schwab said. Besides being the Book in Common on campus, several other organizations throughout the community will be reading “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.”

Schwab encourages members of the community to read the book and become part of the discussion, she said. “Chico is a very involved community and people who live here are interested in talking about many diﬀerent topics,” Schwab said. “This book tells us that with a few materials and some hope and determination, anything is possible.” Gina Pence can be reached at gpence@theorion.com

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OPT for Fit Kids serves up healthy, fun eating tips Sarah Brown STAFF WRITER

On average, 30 percent of white and 40 percent of non-white 3-year-olds are overweight, said nutrition and food sciences professor Cindy Wolff. Children should reach their lowest body mass index at age four, so it’s a problem if they’re already overweight at such a young age, she said. Blubber burgers, blender-bike parties and solar-cooked rice are all strategies Chico State’s Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion uses to teach children healthy eating techniques. The center is the umbrella organization for four programs aimed at promoting healthrelated issues to high-risk populations in Northern California, according to its website. It started about 10 years ago when Wolff was approached by an elementary school teacher, Wolff said. The teacher wanted to know where to get help for an overweight child, but she

couldn’t find any organization to refer the teacher to. Wolff immediately recognized the need for more resources that combat childhood obesity, she said. With that in mind, she started Overweight Prevention and Treatment for Fit Kids in 2001 with funding from the First Five Butte County Children and Families Commission. The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion currently employs 70 paid and interned Chico State students who benefit from the application component of what they learn in the classroom, Wolff said. “Our students are very employable,” she said. “It’s a big service to Chico State and to the community.” Six of these students currently staff the Overweight Prevention and Treatment for Fit Kids office, which works on the frontlines of childhood obesity and is like the community arm of

the center, said Karen Goodwin, nutrition education specialist at OPT. Staff work one-on-one with families who may need help with nutrition, most of which tend to be low-income. “We encourage families to structure their meal patterns in a healthy, positive way,” she said. To address these issues, OPT hosts a variety of classes and works on individual goals, Goodwin said. Currently it offers a monthly class called Eat Right When Money is Tight, which includes cooking demonstrations and strategies for healthy eating on a limited budget. Since the program targets primarily low-income families, OPT offers its services at reduced cost for those with a lower income, she said. Over the summer, OPT offered a reduced-cost two-week Leap into Summer Camp for kids that incorporated physical activity

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with nutrition education, said senior Summer Lanfranco, a nutrition major. “The kids really enjoyed it because they were getting a lot of one-on-one attention,” Lanfranco said. Children are exposed to a variety of foods and learn to eat when they feel hungry and stop when they feel full, Goodwin said. They call this “eating competency.” Education about healthy eating doesn’t have to be boring or tedious. OPT employs a variety of techniques to make a healthy lifestyle more interesting and sustainable. For example, OPT uses a portable solar oven to cook brown rice, which tastes much better than oven-cooked rice, Goodwin said. They also host blender-bike parties where they use energy from an attached bicycle to make smoothies. “This is a great example of healthy weight management,” she said. “Energy in, energy out.” They also have the blubber burger, which is a burger made of shortening that shows clients just how much fat people eat in a burger and small fries, Goodwin said. The blubber burger contains approximately 10 teaspoons of fat, whereas their alternative veggie burger recipe contains less than one teaspoon of fat. Eating competency education is for both children and parents, who are the gatekeepers of a child’s health, Goodwin said. “We’re a family-based nutrition program,” she said. “What’s good for the child is good for the adult.” Sarah Brown can be reached at sbrown@theorion.com

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PLANT TITLE Herbarium curator Lawrence Janeway holds one of the 103,000 mounted dried plant specimens found in the herbarium.

The Chico State Herbarium located in Holt Hall holds a collection of rare, threatened and endangered plant specimens from Northeastern California. The facility’s curator, Lawrence Janeway, spends Fridays in the lab studying and mounting more than 103,000 dried plant specimens. Q: Where did you get these plants? A: The plants come from a mixture of people who like to make collections or are working on projects studying specimens. Q: Who uses the facility? A: People from the larger botanical community, other institutions who need specimens for their studies. Sometimes graduate students will use the equipment or a professor will take a mounted plant to show their class. Q: How many plants are in the herbarium?

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A: We have more than 103,000 specimens. Q: What is your favorite species? A: The sedges – most people disregard them because they look like grass, but they’re my favorite. Q: What else is in the herbarium besides the mounted plants? A: We have microscopes for people who are using the lab and a library to help them identify the plant they bring in. Q: Are there any new plans or expansions for the lab in the future? A: We are in the process of getting a grant from the National Science Foundation. We want to get a row of compactors for the shelves of mounted plants. We are busting at the seams with folders and these compactors would double our storage space. -Compiled by Ally Dukkers

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they want to,â&#x20AC;? said Brionne Saseen, Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee assistant administrator. The sustainability organization wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any proďŹ t oďŹ&#x20AC; the green cups, but the money will go toward buying more, Beck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plastic is not the ideal material for the cups, but the price was our only option,â&#x20AC;? he said. The green cups with a picture of the earth on them can be found next to the soda fountains in the Marketplace Cafe, the A.S. Bookstore and Butte Station. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good idea for students,â&#x20AC;? said Jake Bolen, a sophomore Marketplace Cafe cashier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheaper and there are less cups being used, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good.â&#x20AC;? To promote the new cups, Beck is putting together ecofriendly fact bookmarks to place inside of them, he said. He has also made new signs and is making sure that A.S. Bookstore and

A.S. Dining Services employees know about the promotion. Beck is also planning to build a pyramid of trashed disposable cups on the Free Speech lawn in November, he said. Other students, such as sophomore theater major Amelia Bransky, appreciate the eďŹ&#x20AC;orts of sustainability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good that businesses are keeping their minds open to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s green,â&#x20AC;? Bransky said. A.S. Dining Services and the A.S. Bookstore have been real receptive to everything the sustainability organization has been doing, Beck said. He has been waiting for the campaign to start and the cups to arrive since he placed the order in the spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited about this,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We waited a long time for them to get here.â&#x20AC;?

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