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Chico is set to redesign the Highway 99 bike path that should be ready to use in four to ﬁve months for an easy commute from the north to south of Chico. The path runs for about 6.7 miles along the east side of Highway 99, city senior planner Tracy Bettencourt said. Various segments of the path are either completely separated from the road, have designated bike lanes or require sharing the road with drivers. Parts of the path already exist, she said. This project is going to connect all of them together to give an easier way for people to get to work,

starting at Eaton Road and ending at Southgate Avenue. The bikeway will have maps showing bus stops with bicycle parking areas and mileage markers for each segment, said city construction inspector Tyler Bodnar. Every component stands by itself, so bicyclists will be able to start using the path right away as each part is constructed, Bettencourt said. It’s an alternative way to get to work while taking advantage of the already existing bikeway. The bike path will be accessible from diﬀerent points such as East and Vallombrosa avenues and south Bidwell Park, she said. Senior civil engineering major Lee Graber thinks the

bike path is a step in the right direction, he said. “It’s another way our community is encouraging people to be sustainable by opting to bike places instead of drive,” Graber said. The project is broken up into two phases, Bettencourt said. Phase one is all of the construction and phase two is designing and placing signs and symbols to label the path for bicyclists. “We developed the signs and a recognizable logo with local artists to give bikers easy directions,” she said. The city is receiving funding of about $1 million from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program and about $2.5 million from the

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Barack Obama put in place last year, Bettencourt said. It’s nice to see money from the federal level being used at the local level, Bodnar said. It’s hard to determine how much the bike path will aﬀect most residents, Graber said. “Maybe commuters will start biking more, but not the college crowd unless you live oﬀ Forest Ave or the 32,” Graber said. A lot of people bike to work, he said. This path will make the commute smoother. “It goes right past Tinseltown and the mall, so I would use it to go over there,” Graber said.

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As part of an overall plan to enhance security on campus, University Police is looking into putting safety cameras around the exterior of campus buildings. The cameras will be installed in higher risk areas on campus, said Teresa Arnold, emergency preparedness coordinator at University Police. For example, one such place could be the walkway going through the Meriam Library exterior corridor. The plan is still in its early stages, she said. The police are also looking to put in a campus-wide public address system that will have an alarm, Arnold said. It will enable emergency and non-emergency messages to be broadcasted. Funding for this came from a Department of Homeland Security grant

of about $25,000, she said. “It will be another way for us to reach our campus community, our faculty, staﬀ and students,” she said. Another part of this eﬀort is inspecting and adding to the 24 blue light phones on campus, Arnold said. These phones allow people immediate access to the University Police dispatch center. Cameras around resident halls have been present for a number of years, but the expansion of the program is new, said David Stephen, director for University Housing and Food Service. There were 126 security cameras installed in Sutter Hall this past summer, he said. Eighty cameras were also installed in University Village, but these are not linked to the campus server yet. There is a critical difference between security cameras and a surveillance system, he said.

“A surveillance system denotes that there’s somebody sitting at the other end of the wire, so to speak, looking at activity and movement in real time,” Stephen said. “And that’s not our program.” The cameras at Sutter Hall and University Village are meant to be a record that university oﬃcials can go back to if an assault, vandalism or theft happens, he said. “We had a guest of a resident who put a hole in a wall,” Stephen said. “We were able to go back to that camera and identify who he was and hold him accountable.” Recordings are kept on a server at Butte Hall and are overwritten after about 30 days, he said. University Housing and Food Service plans to have security cameras in more of the dorms within the next few years. Rudro Roy can be reached at rroy@theorion.com

Nine students fed up with inactive activism gathered last week to form a coalition with the strict intent of making tangible change. The first meeting of what is simply being called a “coalition” brought together members from various student organizations as well as independent student activists to discuss changes that students can make concerning campus policies. Spearheaded by A.S. President Amro Jayousi, the action-oriented coalition aims to find out what students want and to work efficiently with administration to attain it, Jayousi said. “These are the plans, this is the problem, what are we going to do about it, let’s do it — that’s the mode of operation,” he said. The current processes in place by the Government Affairs Committee that are meant to create change don’t have a lot of actual students involved, said Troy Hackney, administrative director for the Community Legal Information Center. “This is about visibility,” he said. “To have actual student bodies and see students jump in on issues.” The first student-related

topic discussed was the recent change to meal plans, known as the Cash Equivalency Program. Students on meal plans last semester were able to use that plan at any eatery on campus, Jayousi said. This year, the meal plans are restricted to the residence halls, and in place is the new Retail Dining Dollars program. “This is an issue that needs a student voice,” he said. The ﬁrst step for the coalition will be to ﬁnd out if the program is something that students want changed, Jayousi said. Then ideas and plans on how to approach the issue will be considered. Keeping open lines of communication with administrators and working in the best interest of the student body will prevent any backlash from administration, Jayousi said. The coalition is a step in the right direction, said coalition member Luis Munoz. “The general student response is resentment that students aren’t being consulted,” he said. Funding for the coalition could come from Jayousi’s A.S. presidential budget and possibly other Associated Students or student organizations interested in supporting the cause, >> please see ACTION | A4

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New recycling containers brought to Marketplace Cafe >> Diners at Marketplace Cafe now have another bin to put their waste in. A.S. Recycling placed compost bins throughout Marketplace Cafe for students to dispose of their unfinished food, paper plates, napkins and coffee cups. The compost had always been transferred to University Farm, but recently a deal has been made with Recology waste company to pick up the compost on campus and take it to a facility in Marysville, said Eli Goodsell, recycling coordinator for A.S. Recycling. This widens the composting efforts and gives more opportunities to compost for students, faculty and staff. Anything that cannot go in the compost bin is anything that looks plastic, such as forks, knives and Pepsi cups, Goodsell said. These compost bins should help A.S. Recycling reach their zero-waste goal by 2015.

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Fliers have been plastered all over the Chico State campus advertising a service for essay writing that could help or hurt a student’s academic career. The university defines academic honesty as submitting work that is your own, said Connie Huyck, interim director of judicial affairs. If a student turns in an essay from an essay writing service then it is cheating. There are a variety of ways that professors discover cheating, Huyck said. For example, if a paper is turned in that is unlike a student’s usual style, it can be a sign of plagiarism. A clue could also be if the paper is somewhat off topic, according to the Tips for Detecting Plagiarism handout from student judicial affairs. Some professors create their assignments in such a way that it cannot be plagiarized, such as Theodore Singelis, professor in the department of psychology. “Don’t do it,” he said. “It’s wrong and obvious.” Services such as YourEssayWriter. com, which is founded by Jack Ramos and advertised in fliers on campus, avoid detection by custom writing each essay, according to the website’s guarantees. Because the service custom writes each essay, plagiarism detection programs don’t work, Huyck said. “I’m not here to antagonize anybody,” Ramos said in a phone interview. “I’m just here to provide a service

Having help rewriting a paper, paper working in a group for a lab assignment and checking homework answers with others all count as collaboration, according to a flier on unauthorized collaboration from student judicial affairs. But what must be remembered about collaboration is that the rules differ from class to class. “It is never worth turning in someelse’s work because the stakes one el could just be too high for you,” Huyck said. Heidi Parodi can be reached at hparodi@theorion.com

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Israeli politician to speak on Middle Eastern situation >> A talk about Israel’s current state of affairs and the Middle East’s peace negotiations will occur at 7 p.m. Monday in Ayres Hall Room 120. Ishmael Khaldi, author of “A Shepherd’s Journey,” is an Israeli Bedouin who holds a master’s degree in political science from Tel Aviv University. He has served in the Israel Police Force, the Israel Defense Forces and as a political analyst for the latter. Khaldi has agreed to come speak at Chico State while on his tour of California. This event is sponsored by Chico State Hillel and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.

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Women’s Center to host annual week of tolerance >> A week dedicated to gender, sex and sexuality issues will begin Saturday. Queer Week is hosted by the Women’s Center and will end Oct. 8. The week’s events will include a pride march and a movie night Monday, an open discussion on experiences with hate Tuesday, a potluck Wednesday, a workshop examining the history of prejudice and the gay political movement Thursday, a performance by Fresh Meat Productions Friday and a LGBTQ leadership conference Saturday. Go to the Women’s Center for more information.

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Bank heist leaves police searching for suspects >> Bank robbers in Florida pulled oﬀ a dramatic heist Friday by strapping a bomb to a teller and sending him into the Bank of America where he worked. Three masked men broke into the teller’s apartment at midnight and held him and his father hostage for seven hours before strapping a bomb onto the bank teller, said Coral Gables Police Chief Richard Naue. The robbers then took the teller to the Bank of America, where he walked in and took an unknown amount of money back to the robbers. Police bomb robots were sent inside the bank and the bomb was removed from the teller around noon. The FBI and police were still searching for the suspects Friday. source: The Sacramento Bee

Petitioners are trying to change the local election date in what some say is an initiative to deter students from voting. Here is a look into other ways students impact the community. Voices of students affect future Students make up a large part of the voting population, Mayor Ann Schwab said. Chico State’s student population makes up about 19 percent of Chico’s incorporated population, according to information from the Chico Police Department and the Chico State public affairs and publications websites. Students lend their voices and influence several issues in the Chico community, she said. Students were a strong force behind the community lighting project, which brought light to areas of downtown that lacked it. When working on the disorderly events ordinance, the Chico City Council interviewed students and did research based on the students’ response, Schwab said. Student money fuels businesses Students make a substantial impact on the Chico community economically by shopping all over the downtown area and

by working at many of the retail stores, comes to volunteer work. said Alan Chamberlain, president of the Students involved in Community Action Downtown Chico Business Association. Volunteers in Education do many dif“These businesses could not be here,” ferent types of volunteering, including Chamberlain said. “Not just because they tutoring local school children, visiting wouldn’t have the customers, but because senior citizens in the community or by they wouldn’t have the workers if it weren’t doing environmental cleanups, said David for the student population.” Burger, service learning student director Students are also of CAVE. major contributors to “We have roughly 1,400 many of the Downtown volunteers,” Burger said. Student Chico Business AssociAbout 300 volunteers ation’s events such as participation is are involved in the kids the Friday Night Con- absolutely critical programs, about 700 are certs and Thursday involved in the service to their success.” Night Market, he said. learning programs and Alan Chamberlain about 400 are involved “Student participresident of Downtown Chico pation is absolutely in the community conBusiness Association critical to their sucnections programs and cess,” Chamberlain said. “We’re glad to weekend immersion trips, Burger said. have them.” However, some argue that students Many other cities’ downtown areas get don’t always make a positive impact on the life sucked out of them by the sur- the community, such as paid petitioner rounding businesses, he said. Garit Boothe. Chamberlain thinks Chico’s downtown “A lot of the old timers feel that a lot businesses are not afraid of businesses of the students will vote on issues that such as Costco or Wal-Mart and do not will impact the community for years need to be, he said. and years to come, but then they’ll move “We’ve got 16,000 students within walk- away,” he said. ing distance,” he said. Helping hands of students aid Chico Kelly Ward can be reached at Students do their part in Chico when it kward@theorion.com

Jayousi said. The optimal number of people in the coalition would be 15 to 20 students, but no students will be turned away if they want to attend, he said. No other officers from A.S. government were at the coalition meeting, but that doesn’t indicate a lack of support, said Kristina Barger, A.S. executive vice president. Many officers are gearing up for their own projects and committees, but anything that gives the students more of a voice is a good thing, she said. Student activist Jeffrey Kell attended the first coalition meeting because he wants to see accountability across the board from A.S. and administration, he said. That the coalition aims to bring student leaders from all different backgrounds and opinions will give it standing. “When a large group of student leaders get together and wrap their heads around something, it can be a powerful thing,” he said. The next coalition meeting is at 5 p.m. Oct. 6 in Bell Memorial Union Room 205. Walter ford can be reached at wford@theorion.com

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Expansion of action plan aims to boost diversity Heidi Parodi STAFF WRITER

California to administer first execution in 5 years >> A federal judge has paved the way Friday for California’s first lethal injection in almost five years. U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel did not block the execution of convicted murderer and rapist Albert Greenwood Brown, who is scheduled for lethal injection today. source: The Sacramento Bee

Chico State has lacked diversity in the past, but a new expansion plan on campus aims to change that. The ﬁnal 2010-2015 Diversity Action Plan is proposed by the Diversity Scorecard Committee, which is headed by Gayle Hutchinson, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. The committee is completing revisions based on feedback from campus, Hutchinson said. The plan should be presented to President Paul Zingg by early October. The purpose of the plan is to create a more inclusive environment on campus, Hutchinson said. With issues of diversity, the school has been lagging a little bit behind where the committee thinks it should be.

Diversity is deﬁned in the plan with very broad terms, including ability, age, culture, race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexuality, regional and national origin, political orientation, religion and socio-economic background. There are eight priorities on the initiative, including increasing enrollment for underrepresented student groups, increasing diversity in faculty, staﬀ and administration and integrating diversity into the curriculum. “All of that diversity is very important in an academic institution and very important in helping us thrive to excellence,” Hutchinson said. Contributions to this plan come from departments and divisions that develop their own diversity action plans, she said. Anyone can contribute by doing what he or she can to help implement the plan once

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it’s approved. The funds for the plan are all up to Zingg, Hutchinson said. Also, it is possible there would be resources made available for the initiative regarding grants, she said. Much of the diversity initiative, however, will be part of everyone’s work, teaching and learning. The plan will be assessed annually to determine the results, she said. “The details of the plan is expected to happen in each division, each department, each team, each classroom on this campus,” said Hutchinson. Some ideas to integrate diversity were discussed at a Conversation on Diversity meeting last week, attended by sophomore pre-nursing major Janie Trementozzi. “When I told everyone, ‘Oh, I’m going to Chico State,’ they were like, ‘Oh, you’re going to that white school,’” Trementozzi

said. “I think it’s very important to get the information out there.” This plan is important because it will help all students, faculty and staff by creating a more inclusive learning and working environment on the path to academic excellence, Hutchinson said. The school needs more focus on different opportunities for students to experience different cultures, such as international exchange programs, said Tray Robinson, director for university diversity programs. “We need to provide opportunities for our students to do that here and have valuable experience with other communites and cultures, so they don’t graduate not having experience with a black person or a gay person,” Robinson said. Heidi Parodi can be reached at hparodi@theorion.com

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Comparing sustainability eﬀorts of Butte County colleges to CSU system All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department

Friday 8:30 pm |Thursday, 11:33 a.m.: Subject disturbing the peace reported at 1000 block of West Third Street. “Reporting party is attempting to tow vehicle, currently hooked up and suspect is attempting to drive oﬀ while vehicle is up in air.”

Sunday, 9:24 a.m.: Subject disturbing the peace reported on 900 block of Nord Avenue at Crepe Cafe. “Male subject just came into business and is ﬁghting with staﬀ. Subject walked behind counter and screaming at manager.”

Thursday, 1:06 p.m.: Parking violation reported at 1000 block of Lassen Avenue. “Reporting party watched driver pull up and park on sidewalk. Reporting party said something to driver and got a reply of ‘then call the police.’”

Sunday, 12:08 p.m.: Subject disturbing the peace reported at Chico Natural Foods on 800 block of Main Street. “Suspect inside the store, ﬁlming employees and is threatening in demeanor. Suspect has been asked to leave and has refused.”

Thursday, 4:04 p.m.: Traﬃc hazard reported at 300 block of Broadway Street. “Male subject in a wheelchair with his personal possessions around him carrying a sign asking for money. Wheelchair is actually oﬀ the curb in the crosswalk. Has a black dog with him. Subject gets up and walks around then returns to his wheelchair.”

Sunday, 10:30 p.m.: Switchblade reported at 900 block of Lupin Avenue. “Male subject in the middle of the street with a wild look in his eye, swinging around a samurai sword. Second reporting party advising subject asked him to call 911 but won’t say why.” Police Blotter compiled by Rudro Roy

Friday, 2:05 p.m.: Reckless vehicle reported at 1000 block of West Third Street. “Subjects driving recklessly and have a P.A. system. He is yelling profanities and ‘white pride.’ Constant problem. Subject has been driving through the area for last 20 minutes doing this.” Saturday, 12:27 a.m.: “Reporting party asked dog sitter to turn the TV down. Subject will not comply, she won’t even acknowledge reporting party. Reporting party just took her anti-stress medication and is becoming stressed over the situation.” Saturday, 9:24 a.m.: Drunk in public reported at 3000 block of Cohasset Road. “Male subject riding bike in middle of the street and seemed unaware of vehicles in roadway. Reporting party was able to look at suspect’s face while passing and suspect has red eyes.”

The Government Aﬀairs Committee passed an initiative for clubs and organizations that bans distribution of bottled water and requires T-shirts purchased for programs to be made of organic cotton.

Butte College installed 10,000 solar panels in the parking lot of its Chico Center campus, making it the top solar energy producing community college in the world while contributing 30 percent of the energy used on campus.

Associated Students installed motion sensors in Bell Memorial Union rooms that shut oﬀ lights when rooms are not in use. Also, software was installed on BMU oﬃce computers to put them in hibernation mode when not in use.

Two buildings currently under construction on the Butte College campus are being built to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards of a green building.

The Take Back the Tap campaign focuses on eliminating bottled water waste and beneﬁts of using tap water. This campaign provided taps on campus made to reﬁll sustainable bottles.

The A.S. Recycling program has a zero-waste initiative to be met by the year 2015. The initiative identiﬁes all waste produced by the campus and aims to turn 90 percent of that into compost.

The Local Food Task Force is a collaborative eﬀort between A.S. Sustainability and University Farm. It promotes eating local produce and pushes for food that is grown at the farm to be served at on-campus eateries.

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The Environmental Protection Agency recognized Butte College at the Green Power Leadership Awards ceremony for its sustainable practices. Butte College was the only educational institute recognized of the 17 Green Power Purchasers awarded.

Butte College campuses recycle 73 percent of their waste annually via student recycling eﬀorts and also oﬀer the largest bus system in California for its students.

Students use Butte College’s 928-acre wildlife refuge as an outdoor class observatory.

source: Lester Jauron, Butte College vice president of planning and information

Cal State San Marcos’ recycling program recycles at a 72 percent rate. It beat more than 600 colleges and universities to win the 2010 RecycleMania contest.

San Diego State initiated the Center for Regional Sustainability in 2009 for students and faculty. The center oﬀers programs and alternatives for a more sustainable lifestyle through community outreach and service learning projects.

Cal Poly Pomona combined a sustainable agriculture and landscape design area called AGRIscapes. This project displays alternative ways to recycle waste, reduce energy and conserve water.

Cal State Channel Islands reduced its waste by 65 percent by incorporating recycling and reusing waste on campus.

Humboldt State, through partnership with Community Alliance with Family Farmers, now oﬀers organic locally grown produce to students on campus. source: www.calstate.edu - Information compiled by Teresa De Luz

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Pilots showcase talents at air show Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER

Smoke-n-Thunder, a 26-foot rocket car, was seen on the Chico Municipal Airport runway this Saturday, racing a stunt plane with a 200 mile per hour head start. The pilot of the stunt plane, Melissa Pemberton, made several acrobatic passes in the sky before flying over the starting line, a small section of runway where Smoke-n-Thunder idled, its engine silent. When Pemberton’s bright blue Edge 540 aerobatic plane flew past the rocket car, its back end exploded, belching flames and propelling it forward with 6,000 pounds of thrust. The race was close, but Smoke-nThunder sped past Pemberton’s propeller plane with thousands of feet of runway to spare. This rocket race was one of the attractions at the Chico Air Show, which played host to five aerial shows and hundreds of curious spectators, who found shade from the 91-degree heat under the waiting wings of display airplanes. Many of the spectators were clustered under the sizable shadow of the C-17 Globemaster, a 55-foot-tall cargo plane whose pilot, Lt. Col. Ben Hackworth, was listing all of the heavy things that the plane had carried in the past. The list included 18-wheeler trucks, M1 Abrams tanks, hundreds of U.S. troops and a killer whale. “One of the pilots in our squadron flew Keiko when they freed him from Sea World,” Hackworth said. “They loaded him up in a big box and flew him to Iceland.” The C-17 has also been the best foreign ambassador for the U.S., Hackworth said. It flew humanitarian missions to Haiti after it was struck by the 7.0

magnitude earthquake in January, and re-supplied Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, after it was hit with a tsunami in 2009. “After virtually every natural disaster I can remember in the last five years, one of our airplanes and our crews have been going down there and providing humanitarian relief,” Hackworth said. Though the C-17 demonstrated the power aviators had to carry cargo, visitors to the Chico Air Show were also given a glimpse of what it looks like when pilots drop their payload – in this case, a gold Ford Pinto, from the height of 500 feet. Throughout the day, air show announcer Steve Stavrakakis had warned everyone that there was a bright gold Pinto parked in the airport’s fire lane, and it needed to be moved immediately. If it wasn’t, he cautioned, the car would be towed. After repeating this message several times over the loudspeaker, Stavrakakis announced that it was being towed. Soon after, it drifted into view from the left of the runway, suspended in midair by cables attached to a helicopter. At this point, Stavrakakis consulted with the crowd as to what should happen to the car. A consensus was established rapidly. The crowd screamed for the rapid descent and subsequent crash of the car. “Who drives a Pinto in 2010 anyway?” Stavrakakis said. “Okay. Five, four, three, two, one – drop it!” On his cue, the car was released from the helicopter and fell through the air before it landed with a large cloud of dust on the airfield below. “I don’t know how to tell you this, but if you showed up to the air show in a Pinto, you deserve to have your car dropped,”

Stavrakakis said. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds performed at the Chico Air Show last, a nineperson team of aerobatic stunt pilots flying CT-114 Tutors. The CT-114 is a Canadian-built jet that produces 2,700 pounds of thrust, propelling the plane to a speed of 470 mph, according to the Snowbirds website. The Snowbirds’ public affairs announcer, Marc Velasco, described all 55 of the stunts that the team completed, several of which were performed in honor of the armed forces of Canada and the U.S. The Snowbirds traced “support our troops” ribbons in the sky with the white exhaust of their engines and created massive hearts with pink smoke and several midair loops. When the jets were flying in their tightest formation, their wingtips were a mere four feet from each other at speeds exceeding 372 mph, according to the website. William Burnard watched the smoke emitted by the Snowbirds. Burnard is a mechanic for the S2-T, a jet that has been fighting blazes throughout Northern California during this year’s fire season. The S2-T, which has flown missions over Paradise, Oroville and Redding, specializes in dropping organic flame retardant called “mud” over growing fires. “The mud is basically fertilizer mixed with water,” Burnard said. “It’s non-toxic. You can drop this stuff on your lawn, and when you come back the

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next day, that part of your lawn will be growing taller and greener than any other part of your lawn.” The thought that his work is saving lives and property gives him immense satisfaction, he said. “Nothing makes me happier when this plane shows up on the scene where a fire is threatening your house or your barn and knocks the fire out,” Burnard said. “We’re fighting the good fight.” Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com

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ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO A rocket car called Smoke-nThunder races a stunt plane at the Chico Air Show Saturday

Thumbs Up to Indian Summer. We still have time to get in one last float down the river or daytrip to Salmon Hole.

Thumbs Up to deodorant. In heat like this, sitting in class without it would be like taking Italian public transit in the ’80s.

Thumbs Down to running to beat the train. Not trying to pull a “Stand By Me.”

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active student involvement This is not the case. These clubs exist to promote multicultural awareness and personal enrichment on campus. They welcome students from all paths and cultures – anyone who has an interest in broadening his or her horizons. The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center is a great resource for students who are interested in getting more involved with diversity and multicultural awareness. Information is posted around campus and event promotion e-mails are sent through the student announcement service, but specifics and more activities are available through the CCLC. Obviously, we understand that students are busy. After class, homework, jobs and other activities, who has the time for more obligations? But getting involved with diversity isn’t just another educational opportunity – it can be fun and rewarding. There are multicultural food tastings, international festivals, dances and traditional games and sports. Participating in the myriad multicultural and diversity-related activities on campus is not only enriching, but it also has a great impact on the community. As with genetics, diversity builds strength. Get your fill of multicultural nourishment. It’ll leave a good taste in your mouth.

Making a healthily diverse community is like cooking – you can have all the ingredients in the world, but that isn’t enough. You need to add heat to draw out the flavor. In this metaphor, student interest is the heat. We may have an enormous accruement of diverse groups on campus, but if there is no intermingling, what is the point? We don’t have a meal, just a bunch of raw vegetables. Nevertheless, diversity has become a buzzword around campus this semester. The administration is talking about all the efforts the university has made to increase diversity. This is well and good – we certainly want the people in charge to help diversify the student body. But there is more to be said about the process. It takes the whole community to make that diversity into something useful. Students need to take an active role by participating in diversity on campus, getting involved with clubs and attending events. There are multitudes of cultural clubs on campus that welcome all who are interested. The problem seems to be that most students think that cultural clubs like the Filipino American Student Organization, Movimiento Estudiantial Chicano de Aztlan or Black Leaders On Campus are only open to members of their respective cultures.

Joanna Hass OPINION COLUMNIST

It’s too bad that listening to serious things in a comical way doesn’t make them go away because if it did, America would be doing pretty OK right about now. As a viewer of the TV shows “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report,” it is hard for me to classify this form of information gathering. I don’t want to call it fake journalism, but I don’t want to call it serious news either. It’s probably best described as fake journalism that isn’t taken seriously enough. The way these shows offer up the news of the day peppered into a comedic monologue serves as a way to become informed and entertained at the same time. However, come Oct. 30, this jokester political perspective is going to take on a whole new role – an active one. The Rally to Restore Sanity and the

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There’s a cool event with dancing, games and some pretty inspiring speakers.

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Oh, I’m there!

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Social networking has created a chorus in my head – “Add me,” “Friend me,” “Connect,” “Confirm.” It sounds like an electro house song. People look at me weird when I tell them I don’t have a Facebook. I don’t let the “network effect” affect me anymore or influence me about what friendship is. Social networking has real connecting abilities, but the problem is the way in which sites like Facebook go about doing it. Linking you to people you’ve known for years – and people you know of through this person, through that person, over there, who kind of knows you or maybe your cousin – is not creating friendship. It’s computing. The problem with sites such as MySpace and Facebook is that they imitate the idea of friendship. Our generation has understood this since the late ’90s when chatting online was the way to talk to your friends. Texting rolled around and our speech became even more like “computer speak.” In a little more than 10 years, the Internet has created all kinds of tools for us to bend the boundaries of reality, forever

changing the dynamic of call, he said. This doesn’t mean texting – he actually human relationships. But remember the “Real uses the call feature on his World”? It was one of the first phone. Facebook works hard to crereality shows to hit our televisions, where producers tried ate features such as “poking,” to prove something about Facebook talk for “hello,” but human interaction by con- the site doesn’t have the facefining strangers in a house to-face value that strengthens together. Nothing was gained relationships, Rector said. Sites like Facebook and all except entertainment by buffoonery. It was pretty much their stalker-like qualities the precursor to shows such actually give social networking a bad as “Jersey name. It creShore” for The problem ates in us the young, this insatiasilver-slick with sites such ble appetite Millennials for promotwho have had as MySpace and ing ourselves cell phones Facebook is that and digging since the age they imitate the idea through other of 8. people’s lives Realof friendship.” to see what ity TV, like we’re missing Facebook, – or in the most self-indulgent imitates imitating the real. Jeff Rector, a 24-year-old cases, what we think others English education major have missed. Facebook is fine to funcwho wants to be a teacher, thinks Facebook is like a tion as an extended yearbook graph with plots of personas and maybe make some prothat are all connected, and fessional connections, but you have to navigate through it does not cultivate real friendships. it, he said. I used to have a MySpace “It’s like taking everybody and lining them up in for years and I even had a the same clothes,” he said. Facebook in 2004, way before “They’re not more individual- it was popular, but I deleted them last summer because of istic, but it looks that way.” Rector has never all the fakeness and people needed social networking to I don’t really want to know keep in contact with people anymore. I suppose I am somebecause if he wants to “reach socially inhibited someone,” he gives them a what

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part that we should be taking seriously. These events make it all too clear how ready people are to rally behind someone who states the obvious and isn’t afraid to laugh in the face of the government, instead of yelling. It’s not like this is a novel idea either. Aren’t we told from childhood that laughter is the best medicine, regardless of whether it’s from a socialized or private health care plan? The politics of the Rally to Restore Sanity and the March to Keep Fear Alive might be iffy, but the support is real, and anything that takes an idea and gets results should be given our full attention.

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March to Keep Fear Alive are the brainchildren of satirical odd couple Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and they will take the American people out of the audience and into the thunder dome, in a matter of words of course. This is the reason why we need this form of comedic checks and balances. It’s a finger – I won’t say which one – in the face of both the government and the people being governed, while asking for an explanation or a rise out of anyone who will listen. Political humor is by no means new. For instance, Tina Fey lampooning Sarah Palin was just as talked about as Palin’s actual politics during the last presidential election. What is new, however, is the role everyone else can take in the fun poking. This call to action by these newsmen is a way to literally ask the audience to get up off their seats and stand, walk or march behind these figureheads for the fed up. It is a way for the people who once quietly nodded their heads in agreement during their primetime broadcasts to literally march on Washington for the change of ideals they support. By doing this, they will change from observer to participant, and this is the

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since I don’t participate in any social networking sites, but does that put me at a disadvantage? Rector is a little worried that future employees will require him to have a Facebook since the social networking site has become a sort of resume for the personal, social and professional aspects of our lives, he said. International relations major Rick Fowler, 21, thinks more people may be viewing our Facebook profiles than we would expect, he said. “In regards to the military, I have been told by friends who are in the service that Facebook, just like their mail, is monitored,” he said. There are lots of ways of looking at social networking sites. Are they bulletin boards for our lives? Are they cyber bars where people hook up? Are they peer-reviewing tools? Are they communal news centers? A dash of this and a dash of that never hurt anybody, but the ingredients found in social networking sites aren’t the stuff that makes for a satisfying product. The whole point of social networking sites such as Facebook is to make a virtual buddy out of you for someone else’s cyber satisfaction. Serena Cervantes can be reached at scervantes@theorion.com

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Thumbs Up to make the necessity of eating at least taste good.

Thumbs Down to the end of the Thursday Night Market. Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean we don’t still enjoy free samples downtown.

Thumbs Up to music on the Trinity Commons. Entertainment on campus in between classes is much needed.

Thumbs Down to midterms six weeks into the semester. We may not be math majors, but six isn’t halfway to 16.

Thumbs Down to ironic deaths. The owner of Segway Inc. accidentally driving off a cliff in a Segway is just too ripe for jokes.

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California culture clash causes conflict Nick Pike N OPINION COLUMNIST O

It wasn’t until I heard around eight “hellas” in a two-minute period while talking with my roommates for the first time that I realized I was farther from home than I thought. To my surprise, my roommates looked at me as if Spicoli had just washed up on their doorstep between all the “epics,” “gnarlies” and other Southern slang I regularly used. Between the strange words, the sea of Giants hats on campus and a type of hip-hop I still don’t know to spell – I think its hyphy – I felt like a fish out of water. However, I’m not one to judge and I adapted to my new culture by making plenty of friends despite the “slanguage” barrier. Nonetheless, after my first few weeks attending Chico State, I noticed an animosity present when it came to being from a certain half of the state, and it hasn’t seemed to fade. Those of us who migrated from the dry half of the state thought Northerners talked and dressed funny, and those who resided in the north state viewed us Southern folk as a tad peculiar. It’s as if we’ve brought the Civil War back from the dead, sans muskets and burlap threads. Personally I might have to change sides. The south may have the beaches, but the north has the freshwater supply. This oh-so-serious turf war has made me wonder – what happens to the guys in Central California? Do they get to choose what side they want to be on, or is there a defining

boundary that divides the state perfectly in half, making Cen Cal obsolete? Maybe they get to be neutral like Switzerland and just get the best of both worlds. To be honest, I’d bet most of us probably don’t know very much about our adversary’s territory, and they aren’t too privy to our culture either. Ironically, many group those from So Cal as being a population of very similar people, when it is actually a huge region with distinctly different subcultures. Similarly, anyone living north of Big Sur is deemed from Nor Cal and is given the stereotype of the Bay Area, when in reality a vast array of cultures from the city to the farms and the mountains are present. The biggest factor that causes the negative vibes is the intimidation of different norms. The last time I last heard a person badmouth Orange County, which is where I grew up, I simply asked them why, and they had no response other than “It’s full of tools and pretty boys.” I asked if they had ever been to the area or anywhere remotely near there and found they had no frame of reference other than what a TV show depicted it to be. I’ve heard shallow assumptions like these thrown around on a regular basis from both sides of the Golden State. The fact of the matter is that we express ourselves differently, from rhetoric to tastes and outer appearance, and that’s what makes a place like Chico such a diverse community. When it came down to deciding if I wanted to go to college a stone’s throw away from home with all those friends I had made in high school, or to pack my life into my pickup and head due

north for nine hours to a new world where I had zero friends, I didn’t hesitate. Without a melting pot of different styles, slang and expressions, we’d be just another strip mall of a student body. So embrace the fact that not everyone loves your sports team, that your significant other may use slang that makes nails on a chalkboard sound sexy or that the music you listen to may never get played at the party. Separation by an invisible line hardly validates hostility, and it’s the variety in culture which makes our state so special. Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com

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Government regulation can solve sandwich woes Alexander Seymour OPINION COLUMNIST

I’ve brought up many important subjects so far this semester, such as gun control, employee pensions and the California budget, but none of those things are even half as vital as the issue I bring up now – the deteriorating quality of sandwiches in our society. Apparently, Chico has felt the brunt of this crisis. Last week I had a sandwich the likes of which I have never experienced. The only thing more difficult than eating it was sitting by and watching the sandwich being made, knowing very well that the monstrosity would be presented to me in a moment or two. Its shoddy construction disturbed me beyond description, and the experience has enlightened me. I now realize that the government is the only solution to our social problems, and the problem to be solved here is poor condiment distribution. Both expert sandwich makers and consumers agree, condiment distribution is essential. “The spreading of the condiments equally across the sandwich is the most important thing,” said Common Grounds employee Caitlin Albritton. “Every bite has to be equal.” Of course, there will always be the odd individual who likes the “chunking” of ingredients, or as sandwich-connoisseur Hannah Rose said, “putting all the ingredients in the center of the sandwich.” But the practice of chunking is very much a fringe preference and is no way to satisfy the vast majority of sandwich eaters. “My fear is that I’ve done that to somebody else,” Albritton said. “In fact, I know I have, and it really weighs on my conscience.”

It weighs on her conscience for good reason. Careless sandwich constructions hurt countless people. Rose recalled a particularly disturbing instance of poor craftsmanship. “I asked her for two types of cheese on my sandwich – Swiss and provolone,” Rose said. “I watched from behind the counter as she put the provolone on one end of the roll and the Swiss on the other. Did anyone even train these people or do they just assume they know how to make a good sandwich?” Of course, telling your deli employee to simply distribute condiments properly is no way to solve the problem. In fact, this can cause serious, lasting psychological stresses. Albritton shed some light on one tragic situation.

“I remember when I first started working,” she said. “Someone told me I put too much beans in the huevos rancheros, and I couldn’t stop crying.” Besides, lecturing a deli employee about condiment distribution is impossible without sounding like an insensitive egoist, and no one wants to leave that impression. The fact that Chico is a cosmopolitan college town with a great diversity of exchange students complicates matters further. Students from countries where sandwiches aren’t part of the culinary history can find it exponentially harder to tackle the art form that is the panini, especially when an indifferent private industry doesn’t care to properly train new employees in sandwich-making skills. The learning curve is steep for natives too.

“We have a sheet that tells us the ingredients, but it doesn’t tell you about distribution or order,” Albritton said. “I had to pick that up naturally.” The best sandwich makers follow this cardinal rule – imagine yourself eating it or that someone you love will eat it. But is this really enough? I doubt it, and it’s clear that other measures need to be taken – government measures. First of all, deli shops in Chico must adopt some kind of Standard Sandwich Operating Procedure. Clearly the sandwich service industry is unwilling to do this on its own, so the government is going to need to step in here. We need strict federal regulations to ensure that the ignorance and negligence toward condiment distribution stops. Part of this can be solved by ethnic profiling in the deli industry. People who have a culinary culture devoid of sandwiches can’t be expected to just come into a deli and make an acceptable hoagie. Everyone is suffering because of this assumption – consumers get bad food and the new deli employees get the stink eye and culture shock. But really what we need is some sort of new Prohibition Act, like the one that bans the importation of international pharmaceuticals or the purchase of insurance from out of state. Except, instead of restricting consumer choice and inflating price, this one will prohibit what styles and types of sandwiches are allowed. If there is anything history has taught us, it is that government regulation is the answer to everything and can never backfire. Given this irrefutable truth, it must be the best solution to the sorry state of the sandwich status quo. Alexander Seymour can be reached at

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PIECE OF MIND >> What would it take for you to delete your Facebook or MySpace page?

Ally Grein

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Bill Xiong junior | ﬁnance

“Facebook means a lot to me. It allows me to keep in touch with my friends all around the country. Someone would have to pay me an awful lot to get rid of that.”

“A lasting negative consequence of facebook, like an ex-girlfriend who won’t stop stalking me.”

“I think if someone hacked into my account, that would do it.”

“If you were to give me one hundred bucks, I would delete it.”

Anthony Ferreira

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Cami Liggett

graduate student | geology

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From the Cheap Seats Tailgate at Chico State Having spent four out of my five college years at Chico State, I have never once seen a Wildcat tailgate. We all know there isn’t a football team at Chico State, but that doesn’t mean that the Wildcat athletics program and club sports don’t give us plenty of opportunities to rally together and have one. I am no expert on how to have the best tailgate, but I think that’s the beauty of tailgating. For the most part, there are no rules, but here are some general guidelines for how to pregame. Who to invite Tailgating gives fans a time to come together for one cause and root for a team everyone can agree on. That doesn’t mean opposing fans shouldn’t be invited. Having a mixed fan base can lead to interesting conversations, defending viewpoints and can get you more excited to see your team win. Inviting the Rowdy Red would be a good idea. I’m sure those loyal Wildcat fans would love to be a part of anything promoting school spirit that brings an even larger crowd to games. Who to watch and where This semester, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball play. You may need to check up on open-fire rules, but the parking lot in front of Nettleton Stadium gives students a prime place to park, eat and get pumped for home soccer games that take place at University Stadium. Rugby can fill the void of contact football at Chico State. With the preseason starting in October, there is plenty of time to plan and prep for a tailgate before the games start. Although volleyball may be indoors, with the season off to a good start and many up-and-coming underclassmen, there is a reason to watch. There are several flag football games taking place on campus as well. To find out the days and times of intramural flag football games, see the story on B4. The necessities First and foremost, food is a key component in any successful tailgate. I have seen people go all out with truck-sized grills, gourmet catering and even champagne – however, that was when I went and saw USC play in the Rose Bowl. It doesn’t need to be anything over the top, a simple grill with some burgers and hot dogs should suffice. Make it easier on the people planning the party and make it a potluck. Also, attire can be a factor. Foam fingers are optional, but always give off the look of a true fan. Having a red cup in one hand, foam finger on the other and wearing some sort of jersey are all traits of a dedicated fan. Lately the weather in Chico is unpredictable, so it would be smart to bring a pop-up tent or shade provider. Chairs are a must. I have seen full size recliners, but I’m sure lawn chairs would be just as useful. Men and women’s soccer play at home this weekend so dress in your cardinal red and white, grab your Costco-size bag of burgers and start what could become a great Chico State tradition. Lindsey Barrett can be reached at

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DAY IN THE DIRT Wildcat rider Josh Zack, bike No. 658, races around the track and competes over the weekend at the Red Bull Free Ride event in Marysville.

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It was a dusty, hot day in Marysville Saturday as engines roared, dirt ﬂew and people soared through the air at the Red Bull Free Ride event held by E Street MX. The Chico State Dirt Riders club was there to watch and participate with around a third of its 35 members. The event stemmed from an unusual situation. It was originally supposed to be a qualiﬁer for an event in Pala, Calif., which was cancelled, said junior Joshua Zack.

The free ee event eve v nt got got more m mor oree of the or the motocrosss club club to come c me out, co along with a variety var a iety of other people, he said. The track was ﬁlled with people of all ages and sizes. Only a few members were expected to come out for the qualiﬁer, but since the cancellation of the Pala Track event, a more from the Dirt Riders came out to ride. The fact that the event was free wasn’t the only incentive for the Dirt Riders to head to Marysville, said senior Barrett Nettleman. The freedom and the adrenaline rush are what keep him coming out. However, that freedom

can n lead lead to consequences sometimes. Injuries are a part of the sport, some more serious than others, and many members of the team have sustained an injury of some sort. “Got shoulder surgery a few summers ago, broken back, broken arms, feet,” Nettleman said. Senior Nick Tisell separated his shoulder last spring, club co-founder Ren Alber broke his left humerus on a tabletop jump and club member Daniel Werner compressed his vertebrae, broke his nose and broke his wrist in one jump.

“Yeah, it didn’t work out too to oo well for me,” Werner said. The Dirt Riders consist of a large collection of people with various skill levels and different amounts of time that they’ve been involved with the sport. Zack started riding around the age of 9 or 10, while Werner got his ﬁrst bike and started riding this past summer. Regardless of skill level, the community aspect has been a huge part of the club. Several members emphasized that people in the club are willing to help others out with transportation and storing of

bikes, bi ike k s, as some members don’t have a garage or truck. ha “We get discounts from sponsors, try and make it more aﬀordable for everybody and just basically go out and ride,” Alber said. Senior Josh Odenheimer is one of the co-founders and discussed how the group was formed in 2008. “We just all met on a message board and decided we were going to start a club one day, and it has just grown ever since,” he said. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com

Volleyball breaks losing streak with rollercoaster matches Sophia Horn STAFF WRITER

Wildcat fans left Acker Gym with varied emotions this weekend thanks to the mixed play of the women’s volleyball team. The team came together for a win Friday night over powerhouse UC San Diego, who is ranked 21st in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 Poll. However, Chico State did not achieve the same level of play on Saturday night against Cal State East Bay. On Friday, the Wildcats came on strong in the ﬁ rst set with a 25-14 win, but UC San Diego rallied to give Chico State a close game by taking

Men’s Soccer 4:30 p.m. Friday v. Cal State Dominguez Hills 11:30 a.m. Sunday v. Cal State L.A. Women’s Soccer 7 p.m. Friday v. Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 p.m. Sunday v. Cal State L.A. Women’s Volleyball 7 p.m. Friday v. Cal State San Bernadino 7 p.m. Saturday v. Cal Poly Pomona

the next two sets and gaining the 2-1 set lead. The Chico State team had to ﬁght hard for its victory throughout the entire fourth and ﬁfth set, beating the Tritons 25-23 and 20-18, respectively. The win assisted Chico State by pushing its overall record to 8-4 on the season and evening its California Collegiate Athletic Association conference record at 3-3. UC San Diego dropped its fourth straight match to fall to 5-5 and 2-4 in CCAA play. Coach Cody Hein was pleased with the way the team played during Friday’s game, he said. “We have a young team,” Hein said. “Our serving was a little weak, but they had great

THE ORION •KEVIN LEE

COME TOGETHER The Chico State volleyball team celebrates its victory in the match against UC San Diego Friday. The Wildcats would split the weekend losing to Cal State East bay Saturday 3-1. communication throughout the whole game.” Sophomore Jessica Leek made the crowd roar while

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Wildcat earns CCAA crosscountry runner of the week >> Chico State’s Kara Lubieniecki was named the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s Female CrossCountry Runner of the Week on Monday. Lubieniecki, was the women’s top finisher. She placed 38th in the 212-runner field with a time of 21:56 for the six-kilometer event. Lubieniecki’s 2010 debut showing helped Chico State to a ninth place finish and the top DivisionII ranking in the Stanford Invitational, beating several Division-I schools. source: goccaa.org

Former ’Cat standout earns MLS player of the week >> Chris Wondolowski, the star of the Chico State men’s soccer program from 2001-2004, is now one of the biggest stars in Major League Soccer. Wondolowski put together the San Jose Earthquakes’ ﬁrst hat trick since Landon Donovan with three goals against Toronto FC Saturday and now ranks tied for third in the league with a dozen goals on the season. source: chicowildcats.com

Wildcat of the Week

Ferid Celosmanovic men’s soccer

Junior forward Ferid Celosmanovic led the Wildcat men’s soccer team with two goals on Sunday, including a beautiful chip shot from 15 yards out that landed gracefully into the goal’s far corner. Celosmanovic’s twogoal afternoon helped Chico State beat the Sonoma State Seawolves for the ﬁrst time since 2003, a losing streak that had gone on for 12 matches until Sunday’s 2-0 home win. Wildcat of the Week is a regular feature meant to acknowledge the contributions made by individuals to the team. Winners are chosen by The Orion sports staﬀ from nominations taken from all sports. To nominate: sportseditor@theorion.com

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’Cats stay clean with shut-out weekend Isaac Brambila

UC San Diego ranks first in the NCAA Division-II NCSA >> The National Collegiate Scouting Association announced that the UC San Diego was ranked first amongst NCAA Division-II institutions and in the Top 25 of all colleges and universities in the 8th Annual NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings. UC San Diego is a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Associaion and has won the conference’s Commissioner’s Cup each of the last five years as the league’s top athletics program.

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Claps and stomps from the bleachers built an excitement that eventually exploded Friday when freshmen defender Mike Janjigian connected on a header that started a weekend of winning for the Chico State men’s soccer team. The wins put the team in first place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The ’Cats continued the weekend with a two-goal outing Sunday, both scored by junior forward Ferid Celosmanovic, and ended with back-to-back shutouts by goal keepers James Stroud and Sam Evans over the weekend. With Friday’s win over the Humboldt State Lumberjacks, the ’Cats bounced back from a defeat last week against Cal State San Bernardino. Senior defender Ryan Nevarez thinks the team’s skill level is among the highest in the division, despite losing last week, he said. “The last game was a little bump in the road, but when we’re playing our game there is no one that can really hang with us,” Nevarez said. The ’Cats managed to gain control of the game early with prompt ball recovery in the midfield and strong play in the air, making it hard for the Lumberjacks to create opportunities. They attacked with several crosses, but Humboldt State’s defense in the air was effective. The ’Cats maintained pressure on the Lumberjack defense and managed to take 11 shots in the first half, two of which were taken by junior midfielder Nick Tedrow, while Humboldt State managed to get only two shots total before halftime. Tedrow summoned gasps

from the crowd when he made a low-driven shot that came from a couple yards right of the penalty spot. The ball struck the left post hard and bounced out of the goalie box. Humboldt State goal keeper Kyle Verle dove with stretched arms trying to block the shot, but could not reach it. The second close call came when Tedrow connected a soft, low-guided shot from the left side of the goalie box. The ball hit the inside of the right post, bouncing back and rolling close to the goal line before it was cleared by the Lumberjack defense. The only goal of the game came ﬁve minutes into the second half. Freshmen defender Evan Johnston set up to take a corner kick from the right side. The crowd slowly began clapping and stomping the bleachers, increasing in speed as the corner kick approached. Johnston shot a cross toward the left post where Janjigian jumped and connected the header, crossing the ball into the top right corner of the goal and turning the claps and stomps in the bleachers into cheers. “We didn’t stay focused the whole game and we let their goal get us away from our style of play,” said Humboldt State captain Brandon Perrier. Although the Wildcats didn’t play a perfect game, their coach recognized their resolve. The ’Cats were unlucky at times, but were able to overcome unsuccessful attempts, said coach Felipe Restrepo. “My team did a good job managing the game and making adjustments to how they played,” he said. The ’Cats walked on the ﬁeld Sunday with two primary

THE ORION • KENNEDY COKER

HOLD ’EM OFF Wildcat forward Chris Akwaja holds oﬀ a Humboldt State defender on his way toward the goal during the Friday game. Chico State would go on to beat the Lumberjacks 1-0. purposes in the game against Sonoma State – to capitalize on the opportunity to be alone in ﬁrst place of the CCAA North Division and to satisfy a personal need for a victory over the Seawolves for the seniors, Nevarez said. “We have all been waiting for four years to beat Sonoma and we come within inches every year,” he said. “The last game against Sonoma was a blood fest out here.” Crowd cheers came early Sunday when junior forward Ferid Celosmanovic won a clearance by junior defender Jacob Darr between two defenders in the ninth minute. Celosmanovic managed to bring the ball down between

the two defenders before he cut to the right and chipped the ball over the keeper, who was standing about eight yards from the goal line. “I saw the goal keeper cheating way to the left so I decided to chip to second post,” he said. The second goal came early in the second half in the 49th minute when Celosmanovic received a pass from sophomore forward Tyson Crim and took on a defender before he created the one-on-one chance against the keeper. A soft shot to the right was enough to beat the goalie and give the ’Cats a 2-0 lead. The team was excited coming into the game, but the magnitude of it caused some nerves,

Restrepo said. A win in such an important game is a morale boost, he said. Not only are they getting the wins, but they are also playing exciting soccer. “The goals that Ferid scored were unbelievable,” he said. “If anybody is a soccer fan in Chico and they got to see today’s game, they should be proud.” Soccer fans can show their Chico State pride next Friday and Sunday when the ’Cats will attempt to add to their winning record against Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State L.A., respectively, at University Stadium. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com

Women’s soccer sweep Dane Stivers A SSISTANT EDITOR

For a Wildcat team looking to string together some wins after a slow start, the first undefeated weekend of the season certainly came at the right time. Taking on two teams with only one win apiece couldn’t have hurt, either. After a hard-fought Friday night victory over the struggling Humboldt State Lumberjacks, the Wildcats settled in for an easy win Sunday afternoon over the equally scrambling Sonoma State Seawolves. Against the Lumberjacks, the ’Cats made it interesting for their 1-5 California Collegiate Athletic Association opponent. Neither team played well to start, as the majority of the first half was spent exchanging possessions near University Stadium’s midfield. By the halftime whistle, the Lumberjacks held a slim 2-1 advantage in shots. But the ’Cats started licking their chops early in the second half, as the ’Jacks began to turn the ball over more often because of a frenetic Wildcat defense. The home team began attacking the Lumberjack goal time and time again, making it increasingly difficult for the Lumberjacks to get into rhythm. As the game’s momentum began to shift in the Wildcats’ favor, the shooting numbers started favoring them as well. Multiple Chico State players began getting looks on goal, much to the delight of the fans. The game’s lone score would come halfway through the 72nd minute after freshman

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midfielder Scotie Walker collected a loose ball in the box from an Abby Glasgow cross and pitched it back to junior midfielder Lisa Webster, who was ready and waiting. Webster took a smack at the ball from 15 yards out, sending a rocket past Lumberjack goalkeeper Jennie Paugh into the upper-right corner of the goal for the 1-0 Wildcat lead. However, the Lumberjacks would not call it a day as they hung around until the dying moments of the game. But despite a late-game fit of desperation shots, none of their final tries were very close, as the Wildcat defense continued to deny all Lumberjack attempts on goal. The 1-0 victory was crucial for gaining ground in the wideopen CCAA conference, Webster said. “We’ve got to keep winning and continue to gel more,” Webster said. “We have to keep ping-ponging balls together and making good passes to one another, but we really stepped up tonight.” Webster led the ’Cats with her goal, while Walker’s assist and freshman goalkeeper Sydney Oliver’s early save aided the ’Cats in their tight victory. On Sunday afternoon, the Wildcats would take on another one-win opponent, the 1-4 Sonoma State Seawolves. But unlike Friday’s contest, the offense would not be hard to come by. The ’Cats exploded

Men’s Cross-Country The Chico State men’s crosscountry team, ranked No. 5 in the nation among Division-II schools, ﬁnished sixth out of 26 teams Saturday. Three Wildcat individuals placed in the top 50. source: chicowildcats.com

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PEASE IT TOGETHER Forward Melissa Pease connects with the ball during Sunday’s game against Sonoma State. The Wildcats beat the Seawolves 4-0 and Humboldt State 1-0 Friday. in the opening period, erupting with four goals in less than 40 minutes, building a cushion that would not be relinquished. It started oﬀ with junior defender Kasey Wall’s goal at the far post in the 14th minute. Two put-backs in the 16th and 17th minutes by senior midﬁelder Ashley Perlman and sophomore forward Denni Jo Berger quickly followed, before sophomore forward Melissa Pease’s 36thminute volley ended the day’s scoring rampage. The 4-0 victory sealed a muchneeded win and sends a message to other opponents in the CCAA

Women’s Cross-Country The Chico State women’s cross-country team placed ninth overall in a 24-school ﬁeld in its season opener at the Stanford Invitatioanl Saturday. Wildcats Kara Lubieniecki and Alia Gray ﬁnished in the top 50. source: chicowildcats.com

that the Wildcats are a force to be reckoned with, said senior midfielder Kelsey Ikemoto. “When we got the first goal, we picked up the intensity,” she said. “If we can get ahead early and play defense the whole game, that’s when we’re at our best.” Perlman, Wall, Berger and Pease all led the ’Cats with a goal apiece, while Ikemoto chipped in two assists. The four-goal day has the ’Cats on their way up, as they now are in second place in the CCAA North Division after starting off the weekend tangled in

Men’s Golf The Wildcats ﬁnished in second place at the Saint Martin’s Invitational over the weekend. The team ﬁnished shooting a 54-hold total of 16-under 836. source: chicowildcats.com

the middle of the standings. Despite the winning weekend, the ’Cats can play even better, said head coach Kim Sutton. “We’re playing with a more consistent lineup, so we’re playing better together,” she said. “But team defending needs to improve, so we can get more solid as a unit on that end as well.” Chico State will play next at 7 p.m. Friday as they take on Cal State Dominguez Hills at University Stadium. Dane Stivers can be reached at dstivers@theorion.com

Stat of the week Sophomore setter Sable Villaescusa tallied a career-high 70 assists in the Wildcat’s Friday victory over UC San Diego.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Nov. 6

Red/White Scrimmage

3 p.m.

Dec. 31

@Cal State Dominguez Hills 12:30 p.m.

Sept. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

Nov. 7

@University of PaciďŹ c

5 p.m.

Jan. 7

UC San Diego

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 24

Humboldt State

Nov. 18

@Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Jan. 8

Cal State East Bay

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 26

Sonoma State

Nov. 22

Bethany University

7 p.m.

Jan. 14

@Cal State San Bernardino

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 1

Cal State Dominguez Hills

Nov. 26

Northwest Christian

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 15

@Cal Poly Pomona

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 3

Nov. 27

Dominican

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 21

San Francisco State

5:30 p.m.

Dec. 3

Humboldt State

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 22

CSU Monterey Bay

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

7:30 p.m.

Jan. 28

Dec. 8

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Dec. 11

PaciďŹ c Union

7 p.m.

Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

Dec. 31

L 2-1

Sept. 25

@Stanford Invitational

W 1-0

Oct. 2

@Williamette Invitational

TBA

W 2-0

Oct. 16

@Santa Clara Invitational

TBA

4:30 p.m.

Nov. 6

@CCAA Championships

TBA

Cal State L.A.

11:30 a.m.

Nov. 6

@Doc Adams Invitational

TBA

Oct. 8

@Sonoma State

12:30 p.m.

Nov. 20

TBD

TBA

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 10

@Humboldt State

11:30 a.m.

Dec. 4

TBD

TBA

Cal State Dominguez Hills

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 15

@UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 17

@Cal State East Bay

2 p.m.

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 22

San Francisco State

2:30 p.m.

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

5:30 p.m.

Oct. 24

CSU Monterey Bay

11:30 a.m.

@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.

Sept. 3

@Dominican

W 3-1

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

W 3-1

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

W 3-1

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 PaciďŹ c

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

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.

Jan. 22

CSU Monterey Bay

7:30 p.m.

March 1-5

TBD

TBA

Sept. 11

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

W 3-0

Jan. 28

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7:30 p.m.

March 6

TBD

TBA

Sept. 15

@Simpson

W 3-0

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

7:30 p.m.

March 15

TBD

TBA

Sept. 17

Humboldt State

W 3-1

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18

Sonoma State

L 3-0

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

7:30 p.m.

Aug. 17

@Nevada

exhibition

Sept. 22

Cal State Stanislaus

L 3-0

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

7:30 p.m.

Aug. 25

@Southern Oregon

exhibition

Sept. 24

UC San Diego

W 3-2

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 2

Western Washington

L 1-2 (2OT)

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 24-25

@Saint Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inv.

2nd

Sept. 4

Central Washington

Feb. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

7:30 p.m.

Sept. 27-28

@Western Washington Inv.

TBA

Sept. 10

@Cal State Monterey Bay

Feb. 24

@CSU Monterey Bay

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 11-12

InterWest Wildcat Classic

TBA

Sept. 12

@San Francisco State

Feb. 25

@San Francisco State

7:30 p.m.

Oct. 18-19

D-II Championship Preview

TBA

Sept. 17

Cal Poly Pomona

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L 3-1

Sept. 25

Cal State East Bay

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 (2OT)

Oct. 8

San Francisco State

7 p.m.

L 0-1 (OT)

Oct. 9

CSU Monterey Bay

7 p.m.

March 1-5

TBD

TBA

Sept. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

W 2-1

Oct. 13

@Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

March 12-15

TBD

TBA

Sept. 24

Humboldt State

W 1-0

Oct. 15

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

March 23-26

TBD

TBA

Sept. 26

Sonoma State

W 4-0

Oct. 16

Cal State L.A.

7 p.m.

Oct. 1

Cal State Dominguez Hills

7 p.m.

Oct. 22

@Sonoma State

7 p.m.

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Sept. 19-21

@Sonoma State Inv.

8th

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.

2 p.m.

Oct. 30

@UC San Diego

7 p.m.

Nov. 7

@St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

2 p.m.

Oct. 11-12

@Viking Inv.

TBA

Oct. 10

@Humboldt State

Nov. 12

@University of Nevada

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.

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 PaciďŹ c

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

Nov. 27

@Cal State Stanislaus

2 p.m.

Oct. 27

Cal State Stanislaus

7 p.m.

Nov. 18-20

TBD

Dec. 3

Humboldt State

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 2

Western Washington

W 2-1

Oct. 30

@Cal State Stanislaus

Dec. 2-4

TBD

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

5:30 p.m.

Sept. 6

Seattle PaciďŹ c

W 1-0

Dec. 10

@Western Washington

5 p.m.

Sept. 10

@Cal State Monterey Bay

Dec. 11

@Seattle PaciďŹ c

5 p.m.

Sept. 12

Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

12:30 p.m.

Sept. 17

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4:30 p.m.

Nov. 5-7

TBD

TBA

W 2-1 (OT)

Nov. 11-14

TBD

TBA

@San Francisco State

W 2-1

Nov. 19-21

TBD

TBA

Cal Poly Pomona

W 3-0

Dec. 2-4

TBD

TBA

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Intramurals give Wildcats football ďŹ x During the week there are 14 teams that compete on Tuesday, four co-ed teams on Wednesday, 12 teams on Thursday and the fraternity-sorority division plays on Friday, said Joel Ramirez, director of oďŹ&#x192;cials. In order to accommodate the leagues that play on certain days, University Stadium is split in half vertically, giving each contest equal playing time. The Chico State recreational sports ďŹ&#x201A;ag football rules state that a game is allotted 40 minutes, split into two 20-minute halves with a ďŹ ve-minute intermission. Each team is given two timeouts a game. Between the end zones lies 60 yards, which are divided into three marked sections of 20 yards, each line signifying where a ďŹ rst down can be reached. It takes a minimum of ďŹ ve players on a team to start the game, seven players per side allowed on the ďŹ eld at one time and a total of 15 players on each team.

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Under the lights of University Stadium there are footballs being thrown, but there are no coaches, no pads and no cleats. There are only students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both male and female. Chico Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intramural ďŹ&#x201A;ag football teams kicked oďŹ&#x20AC; the season Tuesday at University Stadium, bringing together students of all athletic skill levels and backgrounds. Chico State may not have an oďŹ&#x192;cial collegiate team, but that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopping students from tossing the pigskin. Director of Intramurals Steve Riccomini thinks ďŹ&#x201A;ag football has beneďŹ ted from Chico State not having a collegiate team, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without a collegiate football team, intramural ďŹ&#x201A;ag football has a chance to grow,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can use the ďŹ eld when we need to, as well as recruit more teams and garner more participants.â&#x20AC;? One thing is for sure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lack of teams and participants. Flag football has ďŹ ve divisions split up into seven leagues, with each league varying in number of teams. Divisions range from menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recreation and competitive teams to co-recreation teams, as well as fraternity and sorority teams.

If a team scores a touchdown, they are awarded six points and the chance to go for either an extra point from the three-yard line, or two points from the tenyard line â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there are no ďŹ eld goals. If the opposing team intercepts the extra point attempt, they are awarded the points. For co-recreational play, if a female scores or throws a touchdown, the point value of the touchdown is increased to nine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The point diďŹ&#x20AC;erence gives some incentive for women to play,â&#x20AC;? said senior Kera Hearn, member of the co-recreational team R.H.A.P.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of discriminatory when we are all working together yet some can score more points and have more of an advantage than others.â&#x20AC;? Following each contest, student oďŹ&#x192;cials assign sportsmanship ratings that determine whether a team is eligible for playoďŹ&#x20AC;s. Regardless of a teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win/ loss record, a team must have a 2.8 average sportsmanship rating at the end of the season to be eligible for playoďŹ&#x20AC;s. Any team receiving two ratings less

than two will be removed from the league and forfeit their $50 deposit. During playoďŹ&#x20AC;s, if a team receives a rating less than three, they will not be allowed to advance, regardless of victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sportsmanship ratings are there to help student oďŹ&#x192;cials make correct calls while protecting them from aggressive players,â&#x20AC;? Riccomini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every team starts out with a three, and the scale ranges from zero to four.â&#x20AC;? The playoďŹ&#x20AC;s can add ďŹ ve to six more weeks of play for teams, Riccomini said. Sophomore Brandon Durkin, captain of the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitive team Renis Pinkles, thinks the ability to win or lose and still make the playoďŹ&#x20AC;s helps everyone have a positive outlook, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if you win or lose all your games,â&#x20AC;? Durkin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your team keeps up good sportsmanship and lasts to the end of the season, you make it to the playoďŹ&#x20AC;s. Everyone has a great attitude, win or lose.â&#x20AC;? The season ends in early November and there is still time to join, Durkin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People can join all the way up until the week before playoďŹ&#x20AC;s,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t create a team at this point in the season, but there are openings on other teams as well as a free agent team, so everyone gets a chance to play.â&#x20AC;? Hearn thinks ďŹ&#x201A;ag football is an outlet for her student club, Recreation Hospitality and Parks Society, to meet and recruit new people, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to join an intramural sport each semester,â&#x20AC;? she said. But if there was a drawback to the league, it may come from the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The refs are college students,â&#x20AC;? Durkin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably be bad calls.â&#x20AC;? For more information, go to www.csuchico.edu/wrecsports. Kevin Augustine can be reached at

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set with a score of 25-22. It was Chico Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third loss entire game, he said. Johnson usually only plays in its last four matches and lowthree sets per game, but Hein ered the team record to 8-5 on thought it would beneďŹ t the the year and 3-4 in CCAA play. Cal State East Bay ended team to have her on the court at a three-match losing streak all times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She really calms things with the victory, improving the down on the court when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get- teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season record to 9-3 and ting tough out there,â&#x20AC;? Hein said. 4-3 in conference play. Hein was disappointed with Johnson was motivated Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to keep the loss, but energy going thought it was throughout We did not a competitive the game by game overall, the excitement work at six in the from her fel- morning for nothing.â&#x20AC;? he said. Saturlow Wildcats, Cody Hein day the team Chico State volleyball coach had one glarshe said. ing problem â&#x20AC;&#x153;We let them get some points throughout the that kept them from winning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass well,â&#x20AC;? he game,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we were pumped and came out said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just was not crisp.â&#x20AC;? The energy of the team was strong.â&#x20AC;? Johnson rallied up 10 kills not as high as it initially was and 28 total digs during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s during Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, Hein said. game. Freshman Molly Ratto was Freshman Makenzie Fahnestock showcased her skills with dissapointed by the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 kills, 34 total attacks and energy Saturday, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We gave it our all,â&#x20AC;? Ratto nine digs. Fahnestock was content with said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the the way the game turned out energy and need to try better and enjoyed the energy pro- next time.â&#x20AC;? Although Chico State did not duced from both her team and pull through with a complete the fans, she said. During the game, the team weekend of wins, team captain sought motivation from its coach Crystal Trifeletti was one of the to help pull them through, Fah- best players during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, Hein said. nestock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was really good at keepâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Come out with conďŹ dence,â&#x20AC;? Hein said when the game was ing us up throughout the game,â&#x20AC;? coming to an end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did not Hein said. The Wildcat team still diswork at six in the morning for played its talent throughout the nothing.â&#x20AC;? Hein was enthusiastic about match with Leek racking up 11 the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communication and kills and freshman Alex Shurtz wanted the same level of team- scoring 10. Johnson and Trifeletti each work to happen again during the match against Cal State East collected nine kills. Setter Sable Villaescusa gathBay, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to be together ered 42 assists, while Jessica and keep that communication,â&#x20AC;? Simms and Ratto helped with 10 digs each. Hein said. The team will play at 7 p.m. However, during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Cal State East Bay, Friday at Cal State San Bernarthat communication and team- dino and 7 p.m. Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona. work seemed to falter. The Wildcats won the ďŹ rst set, but the Pioneers won the Sophia Horn can be reached at last three sets, winning the last shorn@theorion.com

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Editorialcore Undercover It’s like a fine drink paired with a meal – done well, it can bring out new and unexpected flavors from the original, but done poorly, it can leave a bad taste in your mouth. It should add something to the original. It could be a different feeling or a new arrangement. But of course, to have a great cover, you need a good original song. Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” the title track from his 1995 album, is meaningful and sincere. Tom Joad is the main character of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” who, like “The Boss,” has long since been a hero of the common man. Rage Against the Machine covered this song in their 2000 cover album, “Renegades.” Without knowing about the original version, it would sound exactly like a Rage song. It’s angry, riff based and high energy, unlike Springsteen’s soulful acoustic version. Rage added something here. They took the “worker’s plight” theme and lyrics from the original, but changed it from a gritty harmonica-infused ballad to a soundtrack for revolution. In their 1973 album “Houses of the Holy,” Led Zeppelin released “No Quarter,” a dark, artsy, pseudo-metal number that was way ahead of its time. Many bands have covered it, but Tool’s 2000 version does it real justice. It helps that Tool is a band that is dark, artsy and pseudometal itself. Rather than add an entirely new approach to the original, Tool removes the haunting keyboards and fills out the sound with bass and guitar. It brings the song into the modern era of music without deviating much from Led Zeppelin’s vision. The Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes,” a rock classic, was covered in 2003 by Limp Bizkit. At this point, they’ve been a punch line for a long time, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good example of the damage a bad cover can inflict on a once-great song. Pete Townshend wrote the powerful ballad, and Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit, murdered it. The Biz, who even in ’03 were an easy target, released the song as a single. The cover art was a close-up of Durst’s face, emphasizing his blue eyes. Get it? Their version added nothing. It was more of a self-indulgent borrowing than anything else. So if your band is thinking of doing a cover, please do us, the original band and yourself a favor and evaluate your motives. If there’s something to add, go for it, but you’re better off doing a crappy original than a crappy cover of a great original.

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The foundations of the El Rey Theatre were rocked and rolled Thursday night when Lemmy Kilmister’s new rockabilly band The Head Cat and Chico locals Truckers Wife played some oldstyle rock ’n’ roll with a modern attitude. The Head Cat consists of Kilmister, founder and bassist of the band Motorhead, James “Slim Jim Phantom” McDonnell of The Stray Cats and Danny B. Harvey of the Lonesome Spurs. Their name is a combination of their three original bands. “I wish we thought of a better name though,” Kilmister said. “Still, it’ll do.” Kilmister is best known for his work in the rock/metal scene, whether it’s with Motorhead or even as a songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne, but his true passion has always been rock ’n’ roll, he said. He played rockabilly songs as a boy and became famous as a metal bassist later on. He’s reliving his roots in blues and rock ’n’ roll, allowing loyal fans to see a side of him seldom known to the public. “This is the stuﬀ I used to play when I was a little kid,” he said in his signature gravelly English accent. “I’m not retro – I was there.” He grew up listening to musicians such as Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and The Beatles, all of whom inspired him to become a rock ’n’ roll artist himself, he said. He seemed to be right at home playing their songs again onstage. “When you hear something that really turns you on for the ﬁrst time, that music will stay

the best music you ever heard all your life, so that’s what I’m doing,” he said while smoking a cigarette inside the JMAX Productions office. “It’s just like a really fun hobby, and you get paid for it too. So where’s the harm?” The Head Cat dove right into ’50s rock ’n’ roll with songs like “Susie Q” by Dale Hawkins and “Big River” by Johnny Cash. They also covered “Rock This Town” by Stray Cats, as well as the blues classic “Crossroads.” Their stage presence showed each member’s experience as musicians and the band was energetic onstage. The loud rockabilly solos of Harvey blended with the bluesy bass tones of Kilmister and Phantom’s energy on drums. Phantom, who is known best for his stand-up drumming style and ’50s bad-boy image, supplied the beat and excitement for the foot-stomping crowd as he sauntered the stage and set the rhythm with just his drumsticks. He even climbed onto his drum set and jumped off, slamming the platform to Buddy Holly’s “Fool’s Paradise.” Rock ’n’ roll solos surged like a flash flood from Harvey’s blue Les Paul, inundating the crowd in their wake. With his slicked-back blonde hair and a two-piece suit, he was dressed for the glory days of rock ’n’ roll. Kilmister looked to the sky as he played and sang into his microphone, which is always set higher than his hat and pointed downward toward his rugged face. He strummed his custom Rickenbacker bass with oak leaves carved into the hardwood body as his gravelly voice churned out melodies that were sometimes hidden in Motorhead. Kilmister has also supplied the voices for several characters in some recent video games, he said. He was the voice of the English arms dealer in

“Scarface: The World Is Yours,” as well as “The Kill Master” in “Brutal Legend.” Although he’s not too fond of the video game itself, he was also in “Guitar Hero: Metallica.” “It’s pretty sad really,” he said. “Why don’t you learn to play a real guitar? I mean, no chicks are gonna suck your dick for a fuckin’ little plastic guitar – that’s not how it works.” Audience members shouted phrases such as “You are God!” up to Kilmister between songs. “Silence when you speak to me,” Kilmister replied with a mustached grin. The band ended the night with “Crossroads,” or what Kilmister referred to as “some homegrown English delta blues.” “This is our last song,” he said. “But if you make a ruckus, we’ll come back.” They played a few more songs for an encore after a short rest and then returned to Kilmister’s home – the road. He’s a man who’s seen it all and been through it all, and after all these years he still wants to rock ’n’ roll. One fan came all the way from Santa Rosa to see the rock legend, even though he had never heard of The Head Cat. Adam Lesh dressed as his idol that night, complete with sideburns, mustache, black hat and button-up shirt. “It was an awesome rock ’n’ roll show,” Lesh said after the concert. “I’m deﬁnitely a Head Cat fan now.” The inked-up women of Truckers Wife opened for The Head Cat, playing their “dirty rock ’n’ roll,” as lead singer Miss Rebecca Lee called it. Their rambunctious rock triggered a mosh pit toward the end of their set, causing a few to spill their beers. Their songs deal with issues that the wife of a trucker might contend with, such as drinking, heartache, love and life in general, Lee said. When asked about opening for Kilmister, she responded in a single word – “awesome.” Tyler Ash can be reached at tash@theorion.com

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Earthdance promotes peace, love, sustainability Lauren Beaven STAFF WRITER

Music drifted from inside Bidwell Park Saturday as community members danced the day away at Chico’s fifth annual Earthdance festival. The nonprofit celebration, which was part of a worldwide, week-long festival for peace, sustainability and social justice, transformed Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove for eight hours with live music, vendors, food and fun. Tanya Kieselbach was one of the performers who provided entertainment at the festival. “Sometimes you find people that say things like ‘Oh it’s over, the ’60s are over,’ but the issues that are involved here are not over by a long shot,” Kieselbach said. “Sustainability is not over, it’s just getting more important. Peace movements are not over, they just get more important every year.” While most other U.S. branches of the festival occur in major cities such as Los Angeles, Houston and New York, Chico Earthdance coordinators harnessed the support and the permission to bring the celebration to a smaller community as an official Earthdance location. The Chico Earthdance offered a convenient alternative to the next closest Earthdance location in Laytonville, Calif., said Chico State senior James Hall. “I never get to go, so it’s nice that Chico has its own little festival,” he said. Laura Smith, one of the coordinators of the Chico

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TAKING A BREAK Chico Earthdance attendees enjoy some down time Saturday at Bidwell Park. The festival had music, food and dancing. Like the Earthdance festivals held in major cities around the U.S., it centered around themes of sustainability and peace. Earthdance, described putting on the event as “throwing a party for our community.” Los Papi Chulos, Good Luck Tumwater and Jahman Shaman created the musical atmosphere for the ﬁrst half of the day, leading into one of Earthdance’s signature events – a half-hour Prayer for Peace on the lawn of the park, which was synchronized worldwide. Festivities culminated in a dance-worthy performance from ska musical talent Boss 501, who had the mostly barefoot audience bouncing and swaying to their medley of guitar, saxophone, trombone and more.

Booths for Freshies, Lotus Eaters and KonKow Trading Co. lined up next to vendors selling handmade jewelry, henna tattoos and healing services on the edges of Cedar Grove. Free activities such as T-shirt designing, hula hooping, a children’s corner and a poetry stage occupied audiences between shows. “It’s awesome,” Hall said. “I love all of the interactive booths that they have.” Belly dancers from the Goddess2U Dance Collective put on a performance to a live drum and guitar rhythm, adding the bell-like beats of ﬁve pairs of ﬁnger cymbals and astonishing

the audience by dancing while balancing swords atop their heads. Kieselbach, the founder and director of Goddess2U who performed a solo number at the Earthdance, thought the dances and the event went well, she said. “I think it’s wonderful,” Kieselbach said. “It’s really important to continue to support this kind of a cause, and so here we are.” One of the major progressions for the Chico Earthdance this year was booking Cedar Grove. “We wanted to be within the community,” Smith said,

noting that the coordinators of the celebration had their eyes on Cedar Grove since the establishment of the Chico branch. While there are still bugs to work out with the new location, this year’s Earthdance ran smoothly, she said. Earthdance coordinator Eartha Shanti also thought the event was a success, she said. “I think we have a really special community and we had a really special day,” Shanti said. “We deﬁnitely created peace today, and that’s what it all about.” Lauren Beaven can be reached at lbeaven@theorion.com

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LET THE BEAT ROCK BETA special guest Freddy Todd came from Detroit to play Saturday at Lost on Main. BETA has done dubstep dance parties at Lost every other Saturday since August 2009.

DJs fill music scene with technical dance music called dubstep Candyce Chilson STAFF WRITER

The bass pumps through the speakers like a heartbeat and the crowd feels it in their bodies. Dubstep, a quickly developing genre of music, is making its way through speakers everywhere, and Chico’s BETA is on the cutting edge. BETA, a trio of disc jockeys in Chico, began hearing about dubstep more than six years ago. The group formed through mutual friends and began working as a team in August

2009 when they performed together for the ﬁrst time at Lost on Main. Jordan Layman, Billy Hopkins and Mike “Z” Zubricky helm the group. Layman, 23, was a manager and occasional DJ who became obsessed with dubstep from the ﬁrst time he heard it, he said. Hopkins, 26, was a house music enthusiast that stumbled upon becoming a DJ when he tried mixing rock music in 2004, he said. Zubricky, 30, became overwhelmingly obsessed with dubstep after loving house music, but becoming bored with the music currently available, he said. After getting just one shot at success on their first night,

the group delivered and earned a spot as regulars at Lost on Main. Performing two Saturdays a month, the group typically pulls in an average of 400 to 500 people that shuﬄe in and out throughout the night, Layman said. Between the three members, they would know about half the people of a capacity crowd at Lost, Layman said. “A lot of people know each other and it’s very social,” he said. “It’s cool.” Since landing the job, the trio has been working on exposing its audiences to the freshest music and getting its fans to enjoy themselves, Zubricky said. “I want to blow their minds

with stuﬀ they’ve never heard,” Zubricky said. “I want them to dance until they can’t dance anymore – and that happens a lot.” The music has no boundaries. BETA mixes electronic, dance, house and a variety of sub-genres within dubstep itself. It can range from heavy, sinister dubstep to hip-hop dubstep. The genre has room to grow because it integrates so many diﬀerent kinds of music such as jazz, hip-hop, reggae, drums and bass, Layman said. Before beginning their show on a Saturday, BETA spends the day anticipating the night ahead of them, Hopkins said. They run through their set, looking for new

tracks and adding songs to the list, up until the last minutes before a show. “We try to play a diversity of everything,” Hopkins said. “We both try to be as comfortable as we can with multiple genres and whatever is new and happening, so we can sprinkle in a little of this and that.” Each member spends hours online, scouring blogs, forums and online shops looking for new music because the scene is always changing. Despite preconceptions of BETA’s scene, it has nothing to do with raves. It’s about creating an atmosphere to enjoy the music, to dance and to just have fun, Layman said. Each month, the group does

its best to reach out to local DJs and even some from around the country to make guest appearances at their events. BETA’s goal is to put Chico on the map, as far as quality music goes, Layman said. Many believe there isn’t anywhere in between San Francisco and Portland to go to satisfy the need dubstep fulﬁlls. Besides this, eventually the trio wants to branch out, possibly traveling overseas to go worldwide with their music. In the meantime, BETA is sticking around in Chico, building up their fan base and enjoying their time playing with other talented DJs. Candyce Chilson can be reached at cchilson@theorion.com

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KAVA KAVA Cafe Culture now provides kava, a root tea that and has euphoric effects.

Parveen Ram, head chef at Cafe Culture, is getting back to her roots – chopped up ﬁnely and infused with a chai or colada kick. Ram, who migrated to California from Fiji when she was 3 years old, has been a longtime connoisseur of an exotic drink from her native country, and she’s decided to share it with Chico tomorrow night at Cafe Culture’s inaugural Kava Kava Party. “Kava kava is a mildly anesthetic drink made from a root that comes from Fiji,” Ram said. “I’ve been around kava all my life and I wanted to bring it to Chico because no one else here serves it.” A concoction that is steeped in water with more than 1,000 years of traditional history, kava – or kava kava – has long been consumed by South Paciﬁc Islanders because of the non-intoxicating, communal atmosphere that it creates. “It’s a social drink, kind of like the way that people drink alcohol here,” Ram said. “You drink half a coconut

• Sleepiness • Body and muscle relaxation • Pupils get heavy • Mouth and tonge get numb due to anesthetics • Effects of Kava are not instantaneous like that of alcohol, rather a tolerance must be built during multiple Kava drinking sessions. • It is very dangerous to drink alcohol after consuming Kava For more information http://www.nakamalathome. com/effects-kava/the-effectskava-gives.htmlvvv shell, wait 15 minutes, hang out and then drink another shot to keep the buzz going.” This does not lead to loss of memory or impairment of motor reflexes, though it does have some interesting side effects, Ram said. “Kava has a relaxing, calming effect,” she said. “It numbs your lips a little bit and relaxes your muscles. If

you drink about 10 coconut shells full of kava, you might even start to fall asleep.” Despite its mild mood-altering eﬀects, there is no minimum age requirement to consume kava in the U.S. At Thursday night’s party, however, it will only be served to people who look old enough to be responsible for their own bodies, Ram said. “There’s no age limit, but we try to keep it over 18,” she said. “We’re not going to be serving it to kids who don’t know what they’re drinking.” The kava culinary celebration will kick oﬀ at 8 p.m. tomorrow night and will cost $10 for unlimited tastings of kava. The party will feature the world musical stylings of Greg Fletcher, who will be playing the ngoni, an instrument rarely seen in the U.S. “The ngoni is a harp from West Africa,” Fletcher said. “I discovered it while I was traveling around Africa studying drumming.” Partygoers will drink and socialize on traditional Fijian mats, circled around a central bowl containing the drink. “In Fiji, they sit in circles and dip

their bowls directly into the kava, but we’re going to use a ladle in the interest of hygiene,” Ram said. Jillian Lotti, a seasoned kava consumer, has been drinking the beverage at Cafe Culture ever since she discovered it at the Mystic Garden Party, a music festival held in Manton, Calif., she said. Lotti described kava’s flavor with furrowed brows, after a moment of consideration. “It’s a unique taste,” Lotti said. “It’s completely different from tea or any of the herbal drinks with lots of caffeine in them.” Lotti recommended the coconut-infused flavor for beginners because of its sweetness and commented on kava’s effect on the drinker’s mood. “Kava is relaxing, but at the same time, it makes you very alert and aware of your surroundings,” Lotti said. “It’s healthy and probably more liver friendly then the other things Chico State students are drinking on the weekends.” Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com

Costa to bring indie-pop sounds to BMU Saturday Stephanie Maynard STAFF WRITER

A.S. Live! is bringing an old favorite back to Chico. Matt Costa, who just released his third album, “Mobile Chateau,” will play at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Bell Memorial Union. Costa has been to Chico before, but not recently, he said in a phone interview. He will most likely play a mix of new and old music, but doesn’t have the set list predetermined. “I don’t like set lists because they are conﬁning,” Costa said. “There will probably be more of the new thing. It’s nice to really work out a song.” Costa’s band is new, which means new blood and fresh takes on songs old and new, he said. “A song that was mainly country we might add a little drum and bass to,” Costa said. “Once everyone’s settled and comfortable with each other, we

can play around.” Settling into a routine during an extensive tour takes a week or two, Costa said. Chico is one of many stops along the two-month nationwide tour starting in October, according to a press release. Costa was contacted by A.S. Live!, though some members such as Hannah Dondero had never seen him perform. “I’ve never heard him live before, but I heard his albums and I really enjoyed them,” Dondero said. A.S. Live! plans to play the new album at a table on campus to help increase interest in the show. “Ticket sales are going very well, as is advertising,” Dondero said. “We’re really reaching out to the community, going to sororities, fraternities, downtown and even a skate park because Matt Costa used to be a professional skateboarder.” Although the budget for A.S. Live!

has had to deal with cuts, especially to advertising, Dondero doesn’t see that affecting ticket sales, she said. “We’ve had to change the way we work and focus on free advertising, which is actually turning out to be more effective than advertising we’ve paid for,” Dondero said. In addition to setting up tables on campus, A.S. Live! has also been doing small events and ticket giveaways on campus. They hosted a game of musical chairs Wednesday and gave out tickets to the winner. During Friday night’s “Movie on the Lawn,” they held a raffle for free tickets, promoting the upcoming show and the new album. “Mobile Chateau” was released Sept. 21. Unlike his previous albums, Costa himself was the producer. The inspiration for the title of the album came when Costa was on a leisure trip in France, staying about 40

miles from Paris in a chateau with his wife, he said. Costa had gotten married only a few days before, describing it as a “whirlwind romance.” The positive response of his last show was what made A.S. Live! director Dwight Frey interested in hosting a Costa show again, he said. “I enjoyed his lighthearted and fun lyrics,” Frey said. “Students had a great time and were very energetic.” Although ticket sales could be better, Frey is optimistic, especially because many students in Chico buy tickets at the last minute, he said. “Matt is a quirky kind of guy,” Frey said. “He’s hard to pin down into one spot of music and that makes him appealing to students.” San Francisco group The Ferocious Few will also perform. Stephanie Maynard can be reached at smaynard@theorion.com

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The Melodramatics 9 p.m. @ LaSalles $3 cover

The Melodramatics will be coming to Chico featuring Run From Cover and Fortunate Youth. The Melodramatics, a musical mixture of reggae, dub, ska and rock, have a sensational energy and upbeat sound.

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Pure Chico: Acoustic Open Mic(Less) 7 p.m. @ Cafe Flo Free

Love music and great coﬀee? Then come listen to the plethora of talent available in Chico at Cafe Flo while enjoying something from their kitchen.

TV Buddhas

8 p.m. @ Monstros Pizza $5 donation Israeli punk band TV Buddhas shakes it up at Monstros, along with The Shankers, Season of the Witch and The Pushers. Grab a slice and enjoy the show.

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The extremely talented Steep Canyon Rangers accompany Steve Martin in a night of bluegrass to be remembered. This is not funny Steve Martin – this is Grammy Award-winning Steve Martin.

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Along with the Aggrolites and The B Foundation, The Expendables will provide an experience not to be missed or easily replaced.

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops

7:30 p.m. @ Sierra Nevada Big Room $25 admission A fusion of rustic beats, simple harmonies and classically trained musicians, The Carolina Chocolate Drops showcase the bowing skills of Justin Robinson opposite the operatic vocals of Rhiannon Giddens.

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Joe Buck Yourself 9 p.m. @ Lost on Main $5 cover

Rock, rock and more rock is what it’s all about as Joe Buck Yourself comes to town on his tour across country, featuring Trucker’s Wife and Witch Dick. The alternative sound of Joe Buck Yourself brings something diﬀerent to the stage that has captured the attention of punk rockers across the U.S.

Family Nutrition Made Simple 7 p.m. @ Cafe Culture Free

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Featuring Erin Lizardo, All On Seven and Mad Bob Howard. And if you love the Rock Creek Jug Band, you’re sure to enjoy a solo performance from their bassist/guitarist/singer, Rustwater.

The Anthropology Forum: Tanzania and Energy Balancing Malawi 5 p.m. 4 p.m. @ Ayres 120 Free

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National Yo-Yo Contest

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SU N DAY

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2 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium Northstate Symphony presents a treat for classical music enthusiasts.

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MON DAY

Tech N9ne

7 p.m. @ The Senator Theater $25 admission One of Independent Hip Hop’s most well-known acts returns to Chico on its “Independent Grind Tour,” featuring many hip-hop heavyweights from its label, Strange Music.

Trucker’s Wife

9:30 p.m. @ Normal Street Bar Free The free shows at Normal are always worth at least the price of admission. These rocking ladies are sure to put on a rocking show.

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New club aimed at 18-and-up students Kelly Smith STAFF WRITER

No longer will students under 21 be excluded from the Chico club scene. XO Dance Club, Chico’s only 18 and up club, held its grand opening Friday. The club, at 671 Walnut St., will provide an atmosphere of dance, live music and special events. Chico State graduate Saul Rodriguez and Roman Mendoza, Rodriquez’s business partner and a disc jockey who will perform at the club, saw there was a need in Chico for a place that could be enjoyed by all college students, not just those old enough to drink, Rodriguez said. “Students show up here at 18, 19,” he said. “Many spend several years spinning their wheels going from house party to house party, only to have them get shut down.” Upon entering the club, people will be put through three levels of security – the door check, the table check,

where people will get their hand stamped, and fi nally the bar check, where students will receive different wrist bands indicating their age, Rodriguez said. Rodriguez and Mendoza plan to design the club thematically — each night showcases a different theme or atmosphere. “We don’t want to be another Lost on Main or LaSalles,” Rodriguez said. The club plans to have a neon or black-light night on Tuesdays, he said. Wednesdays would take on a ballroom theme, complete with chocolate strawberries and wine. The goal is to create a menu where people can experience different things on different nights. The owners want to make the club affordable for everyone, Mendoza said. The owners understand that students are already dealing with other expenses, Rodriguez said. “In terms of a cover charge, we’re thinking $5, maybe $10 if there’s a special event happening that evening,” he said. The club also has a

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Facebook page, which the co-workers plan to use as a vehicle for customer input and promotions, Mendoza said. The club not only offers a variety of beer, but also various flavors of margaritas. Like most aspects of the club, the owners plan to tailor their selection of beers and wine to the input they receive from customers, Rodriguez said. While still in the process of formulating ideas and remodeling the layout, the club will soon feature a VIP section, raised DJ booth and raised glass-covered dance platform with blue lights, Rodriguez said. No set date has been determined regarding the completion of the remodel. “We’d like to do something where people can experience not only different kinds of lights, different kinds of menus, but different dance floor elevations as well,” Rodriguez said. “It would really lend to the whole unique experience we are trying to put out.” The club’s location is central for most students, Mendoza said. The owners are realistic in their attitude

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toward alcohol consumption. “For those who had a couple drinks before they showed up or drank when they got here, we’d like to be conscious of that and approach them as a friend,” Rodriguez said. “We’d have no problem asking students to leave their car here and calling them a taxi to get them home safely.” Kelci Ramos, a 20-yearold child development major

who attended the soft opening Sept. 16, appreciates that Chico ﬁ nally has a club for those under 21, she said. “It’s great because it actually gives underage students something to do,” Ramos said. “I could deﬁ nitely see myself going back after it’s up and running.” Kelly Smith can be reached at ksmith@theorion.com

Professor, students help heal Kenyan children Ally Dukkers STAFF WRITER

Jiggers, which are tiny sixlegged larvae found in the dirt and moist places, burrow into the skin folds of the feet and under the toenails of some Kenyan children who can’t aﬀord shoes for protection. They begin multiplying, causing severe itching and disable the children from walking and going to school. The removal is a painful process that can only be done by prying the jiggers out with tweezers for 15 to 20 minutes per day. Nursing professor Janelle Gardner volunteered in Kenya the past two summers, and this summer, six Chico State nursing students volunteered to join her to help treat these children for jiggers, malnutrition and other diseases. One of the student volunteers, senior nursing major Andrew Bartlow, saw kids walking on their heels because

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they were in so much pain from the jiggers, he said. “We would have to remove them,” Bartlow said. “It would become worse and worse. They would be screaming for their lives, but you have to do it.” The students saw many diseases that were all a result of poor hygiene and malnutrition, he said. Gardner introduced the idea of the trip to her nursing students and many wanted to get involved, she said. Gardner ﬁrst traveled to Bunyore, Kenya, in summer 2009 to work with the Community Outreach Centre, where she worked with Swiss couple Mark and Sue le Roux, who were in the process of setting up a children’s support center, she said. The center is a house that provides services for malnutrition, parasitic infestation and other ailments for destitute children, Gardner said. Kenyan parents may bring their sick

nursing program raised $5,000 for the center, she said. Before Gardner returned home in 2009, the facility admitted its ﬁrst patient, Gardner said. In the past year, hundreds of children have

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children to the facility where they can stay and be treated for up to two months. The organization is funded by donations from its website, money raised by the le Rouxs, and last year Gardner and the

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HEALING HANDS, HELPING HANDS Nursing students, Chelsea West [left] and Alexa Martinez [right], spend time with some of the children at the children’s support center in Bunyore, Kenya.

Apathetic stance must go I’ve never been the type of person that has a passion for helping people. While growing up, I didn’t donate my toys or volunteer at shelters, and a few years back the most I ever did was give people money – it didn’t take much effort. It all changed at my community college after I was assigned a story about the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship club helping host an event called “Jesus, Justice, Poverty.” The event was a look into what homeless people’s lives were like. Club members slept on the streets of San Diego and went to soup kitchens for their meals. During this time, I met a guy whose family lost its home because of situations out of their hands – not drugs and alcohol as often assumed – and was living on the streets and in shelters. He was a student at my college. Meeting him changed my perspective. I had a sudden urge to help people, especially those who were homeless. While in San Diego, I volunteered at a church to serve holiday meals. I donated clothes to shelters, food to churches and would try to help as much as my schedule allowed. Then I moved to Chico and I went back to my apathetic self. I got settled in my routine, and although I considered volunteering here, I kept putting it off, thinking I could just do it when I got home. This semester, my health class will be running a food drive for the Jesus Center along with another class. One of the first comments I overheard a classmate say was, “I already do volunteer work at home.” It was a relief to know I wasn’t the only one who thought that way, but it also made me wonder why she and I shared that feeling. Maybe it’s the fact that we don’t feel like Chico is our home or that we owe it to this community. There may be other students like us who don’t think that they need to help. For most of us, our time here will eventually expire and we’ll pack up and go home. However, the more I think about it, the more I feel like I owe a lot to this city and should get off my bum and help. Chico has embraced me. Strangers say hello, which doesn’t happen in San Diego, making me feel more at home than I did at my actual home. As temporary residents, we should aim to make a difference in this community so that the students who come after us are also greeted kindly and are encouraged to keep helping. I’d rather be remembered by the number of people or organizations I helped than by the number of beers I shotgunned.

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o one wants them, but they happen to everyone and can drive people to do uncharacteristic things. Dry spells. We all hate them, yet we all experience them. Some buy a vibrating rubber duck that innocently sits on the side of the bathtub to deal with it, or create an online dating profile that lies about income and weight in hopes of getting a decent response to their “down to f*@&” status. There are times when it seems like the sex gods are showering me with so many potentials that I’m drowning in my options of who to take home. At other times, the drought is so severe that I resort to flipping through the personals section of newspapers in the back of the library where I pray that no one will notice my desperation. After cycles of feast and famine, I realized the best way to beat a sexual slump was to reinvent myself. After all, it’s pretty hard to be noticed by potential dates while hiding behind a newspaper in the back of the library – especially while wearing a sweat suit. Sometimes when you’re single and looking for a good romp, all it takes is a pair of skinny jeans and a few highlights. Each time I’ve tweaked my guise, I’ve re-entered another downpour. However, when you are dating someone and experiencing a dry spell, reinventing yourself doesn’t cut it. My boyfriend recently asked if I still enjoyed giving him blowjobs. I thought for a second and realized I couldn’t recall the last time I’d charmed the one-eyed snake with my mouth. After a few more seconds, I couldn’t even remember the last time we’d had sexual contact of any sort. Of course, my first reaction was to blame him, but he quickly pointed out that I kept using the “I’m too tired” excuse. He stumped me with that one – it was true, I had been saying that. Fortunately, during a weekend at home, I was digging through my mother’s bathroom looking for any products I could seize when I saw them – passion pills. I added the cute little box of mint-like things to my bag of “borrowed” goods and made my way back to Chico where I had plans to see my beau. About an hour out of Chico, I popped a passion pill. I’ll spare you details, but let me just say those pills did the job. My sex drive was at an all time high and I was so turned on that it took every ounce of responsibility in me to keep both hands on the wheel, instead of in my pants. When I saw my boy, I pounced on him so quickly he didn’t know what hit him – I never told him either. It was my little secret. However, don’t keep it a secret from everyone. These type of products aren’t regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and can claim what ever they want making them unsafe, said Andre Guay, who specializes in sexual dysfunction, in a Cosmopolitan article. I only took one once, but it reawakened a dimmed passion. So if your sex life could use a little va-vooom, I have one suggestion – passion pills. It’ll make it rain, so to speak.

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protagonists at their meetlittle boy wearing a space helings. But, for the Comic Book met that was too big for him. STAFF WRITER Coterie, this is normal converFormer club president Matt sation that isn’t taken lightly. Riebold offered advice. CREAKKK … squeak squeak “If you want your work to be “You may need to shorten squeak …WHOOSH … slam. out there, you have to be serihis legs a little – squash him,” Rattle, clatter, rustling … babous,” DuJordan said. he said. ble babble. Silence. During the meeting on Each anthology is comThe forces of the comic book Sept. 17, each member shared prised of multiple comics that creators unite. Awweeeeee. its sketches in front of the have different genres, and this From Spider-Man to Superclub to get constructive critisemester’s book will be action man, comic books have cism. Senior applied computer packed and full of sci-fi, zomcaptured America’s attention graphics major Adrian Burt bies and gore, said Kellen for decades. But Chico State’s ran a proposed addition to Dyer, the club’s president and Comic Book Coterie is breakhis comic by his fellow club a studio art major. ing away from the traditional members. He collects comic books, art superhero stories by putting “I was thinking about addand videos of artists drawing science fiction and gore into ing sub-human mutants to my to show during club meetings, the comic strip. comic,” Burt said. he said. The Comic Book Coterie is a Staring at the projector “I’m inspired by people’s campus organization started screen in O’Connell 254, each artwork,” he said. “That’s five years ago that gives of the nine members enthusiwhy we show so much artartists and writers the opporastically shouted constructive work in here.” tunity to publish their battles, criticism and comments across Dyer passed around the rescues and humorous banthe room. comic book “CHEW” by John ter every semester in a comic DuJordan shared a sketch of Layman with art by Rob Guilbook anthology. the character Peter Boyes from lory and described the main Josh DuJordan, the vice his comic “Blue Yonder” as a character by saying, “This president of the club and an not a football jock. Somebody guy tastes crime.” applied computer graphics I can relate to.” The overlapping feedback major, thinks it’s important This will be the final comic from the members continued for comic book enthusiasts to strip for his “Blue Yonder” as they talked about using have an outlet for their work, story and for Dyer’s comic different textures and medihe said. “Blank Canvas,” DuJordan ums to create unique pieces. “It’s a great way to get your said. But they are looking for“I’ll do as much as I can on artwork out there,” DuJordan ward to this anthology and paper – I’m a traditionalist,” said. the new stories and characDyer said. Toward the end of this ters that will be in it. Other members use graphic semester and during winThe Comic Book Coterie design elements such as Photer break, club members will gives members the chance toshop to enhance and edit sharpen their pencils and put to get published, but most their drawings once they’re the finishing touches on their importantly it gives them a scanned into the computer. newest anthology, Volume venue to de-stress, DuJordan Dyer and DuJordan both 4. It will be published in the said. explained how they put some beginning of spring semester. “For a little while,” he said. of themselves into each one of The club will promote the “You get to be in a world that’s their characters without conbook by selling it for $15 at not your own.” sciously thinking about it. Chico State’s Mini Con and at “I think in my story for the International Festival next Amanda Jacobs can be reached at ‘Blue Yonder,’ my character semester at Trinity Commons. ajacobs@theorion.com is based on my grandpa, but BUT FIRST! The creators I feel like I put a lot of myself must get to work. TO BE into him,” DuJordan said. Not many campus organiCONTINUED...? “He’s a skinny kid who wants zations can say they discuss to make a big change, but he’s mutants, villains, aliens and

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Buﬀalo Field Campaign hits road Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER

In the last two years, more than 1,500 buffaloes have been killed in Yellowstone National Park in Montana, according to the Buffalo Field Campaign website. Only 3,000 buffaloes remain. The Buffalo Field Campaign, an organization that works all year protecting buffaloes, will bring its road show to Chico State from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today in Bell Memorial Union 201 to bring attention to the issue and gain student involvement. This campaign is hosted to spread awareness about stopping the slaughtering of buffaloes, said Suzanna DiBenedetto, a graduate student from Chico State who volunteered at Yellowstone last summer. Farmers that graze cows don’t

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premises, she said. They leave during winter to find food, and babies suffer injuries when people try to get them back to the location. She decided that it would be a good idea to get the road show to come to the university because Chico was on the way of the Buffalo Field Campaign tours, DiBenedetto said. Monique Silva-Crossman, the A.S. Sustainability events coordinator, helped arranged the event. With the second annual show on the way, Silva-Crossman expects more people this year because they paid more attention to advertising, she said. Also, Native American performers Good Shield, who performed last year, and Phoenix Afterbuffalo will be at the event. These performers sing, play drums and talk about the Native

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American life with the buffalo, she said. Avery Beck, an office assistant at A.S. Sustainability, attended the event last year and plans on going today, he said. “I enjoyed Good Shield performance,” Beck said. “The music was traditional. It’s cool to hear music that you normally don’t listen to.” Some new issues facing buffalos will also be brought up at the event, DiBenedetto said. Recently the park has talked about giving vaccinations for brucellosis, a bacterial disease that affects livestock and wildlife. Yellowstone is talking about giving vaccinations to buffaloes even though the side effects are unknown, DiBenedetto said. The ones that are outside of the property will either get slaughtered or held until spring.

These are the last buffalo in America and the parks are using public money to exterminate them, DiBenedetto said. They’re being contradictory to what they stand for. There is also a petition that needs more support to achieve protection of the last buffaloes, Silva-Crossman said. She thinks the buffalo should be added to the endangered species list. Bringing the campaign to Chico State will hopefully bring the message to students, DiBenedetto said. Students can volunteer anytime of the year and make a difference for the buffaloes. “If I had some months to take off to protect the buffalo, I’d do it,” Beck said.

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1988 | Vacancy issues arise for diﬀerent reason NOW “Students unprepared for housing shortage” Sept. 7, 1988, Vol. 21, Issue 1 Advertisements that read, “Help! I need a place to live now,” covered a bulletin board during the ﬁrst week of school at Chico State in fall 1988. Only a 1 percent vacancy rate was available, and many students had no place to stay. The shortage of housing for students was so bad that some students had to spend nights in motels, according to an article in The Orion. Enrollment was higher than anticipated that year and Chico had a “slower-thanusual” rate of apartment construction, said Jim Moon, former head of University Student Housing and Food Services. “There are not many large lots left near the campus for construction,” Moon said. “This is a dense area and developers are reluctant to develop apartments away from campus.”

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There is more than a 1 percent vacancy rate at Chico State. This semester, Whitney Hall has fewer students compared to last year. Chico State’s 2005 Master Plan predicted how the university will grow in enrollment and how to best serve the needs of students. Because of budget cuts, there was an enrollment decrease that reduced the number of students living on campus, according to an article in The Orion. There are about 1,000 fewer students this semester compared to last spring.

The university chose to fill Sutter Hall first, where freshmen and transfer students can live, said Raven Hunter, desk attendant at Whitney Hall. The eighth and ninth floors are closed completely due to the lack of students, she said. “Last year, the waiting list was ridiculous,” Hunter said. “Now, we have more room than needed.” All small triple rooms are double rooms, and double rooms are now singles, she said. Furthermore, some students could have also chosen to live off campus rather than in the dorms. -Compiled by Tasha Clark

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all of the staff.” The experience was rewarding enough for her to decide to include her students, Gardner said. She originally hoped they could receive a unit for their volunteer work, but because Kenya is on a State Department warning list, the trip could not be aﬃliated with the university. “Even though there is the danger issue, I never once felt unsafe,” Bartlow said. “I feel more unsafe in downtown San Francisco.” Most of the town lives on less than $1 a day, according to the center’s website. Because of poverty, lack of hygiene and

an outbreak of HIV and AIDS, many children have been left sick and in poor physical condition. Despite Kenyans having so little, senior Krissy Bussell thinks they were some of the happiest people she had ever met, she said. “It is crazy to see how much they appreciate what they have,” she said. The experience and the Kenyan people taught Bartlow to be thankful for what he had, he said. “They really recognized luck and happiness,” he said. “The experience really grounds you. I miss the simplicity of it, the true

conversations and friendships.” The organization has many other services, such as farming programs, educational programs for preschool to high school students, sewing school and other accommodations, Gardner said. The le Rouxs live in a house nine months out of the year close by the shelter, where Gardner and the students stayed this past summer, Gardner said. They are very integrated in the community and hired about 20 Kenyans to work at the facilities. The male students worked and lived in the shelter alongside two Kenyan housemothers, a cook and a worker who did the

children’s laundry. The female students and Gardner stayed with the le Rouxs. The students also participated in educational programs in the high schools, Gardner said. They taught health classes and brought in some of their personal interests from home to share with the kids, such as rock climbing and baseball. “The students taught them the rules of baseball and then they went outside to play,” she said. “They didn’t really understand and would keep running around the bases, carrying the bat. It was cute.” Currently, Gardner is on sabbatical and working on a

research project she started when they were in Kenya, she said. The study focuses on why Kenyan women do not get tested for HIV even though the government covers all cost of testing and medication. The belief is that the ﬁrst one in the family who tests positive for the disease is to blame, and since many women are the ﬁrst to discover the disease, they fear divorce and domestic violence from their husbands and are referred to as “walking graves,” Gardner said. Gardner has taken two groups of Chico State students on trips to the south of Mexico to set up health clinics and

many of her students would like to travel abroad in the future, Gardner said. Bussell’s future plans include working with Nurses without Borders, working in America as well as projects in other parts of the world, she said. Senior Alexa Martinez thinks traveling abroad is very important in the ﬁeld of nursing, she said. “You can take your skills anywhere, that is what is so great about our profession,” Martinez said. “There is a need for nurses everywhere.” Ally Dukkers can be reached at adukkers@theorion.com

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MAKING THE CUT Sandra Torres, a sociology major, was the only woman to shave her head out of the 56 people who volunteered during Up ‘til Dawn’s Bald is Beautiful event Thursday. Sandra Torres, a sociology major from Redwood City, volunteered to have her head shaved last week for Up ‘til Dawn’s Bald is Beautiful event. Fifty-five men participated, but Torres was the only woman to do so. Q: Do you regret having your head shaved? A: I don’t regret it at all, whatsoever. Regretting it would be like telling those little girls at St. Jude that they’re not pretty without their hair. And that’s not true. Q: What was going through your mind? A: I was thinking to myself, “Wow, am I really doing this?” I was also thinking how I’m going to look like for my dance event in December. Maybe I’ll spike my hair if it’s long enough. Q: What did it feel like to have that first chunk of hair shaved off? A: I felt like crying, but

not because I was sad, but because of the emotions. I thought to myself, “Wow, what an accomplishment.” I felt proud of myself. Q: What was the environment like? A: People cheered, it was really nice. When I sat on the chair, everyone stood up and applauded. They gave me hugs. Q: What ■ EXCLUSIVE were your Go online to friend’s read her profile reactions? and learn more A: They about who San- were really dra Torres is. shocked. Especially because they know how I used to be with my hair. I didn’t like anyone touching it. I was very picky with my hair. Q: How does your head physically feel like now? A: When the air blows, I

feel where it’s coming from. And when I’m sleeping, I can feel the warm spots on my pillow. When I turn sides, I feel the cold spot, and the warm spots. It actually feels pretty cool, and you can hear it when you touch it. It sounds like you’re sanding something. Q: Would you do it again, if you had the chance? A: Yes, but once my hair grows out again. Q: Are people always curious to touch your head? A: Yes, they ask if they can touch it and I tell them to go for it. Q: Do you have some kind of message you’d like to send out? A: You don’t need your hair to be beautiful. Especially for a lot of girls. I feel they’re too attached to it. Society has told us we need our hair, and I feel hair is an accessory now. - Compiled by Esmeralda F. Ramirez

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Chico State’s videos go viral Sarah Brown STAFF WRITER

A diverse range of activities at Chico State may keep the student body healthy, but even the best intentions can cause a viral outbreak. With today’s technology, personal and local videos are easily uploaded to YouTube and shared with anyone who will watch. Sometimes these videos spread across social networks so rapidly they are called “viral videos,” according to the National Law Journal. Viral videos happen by sheer luck, according to a response by “rewboss,” a Google Help contributor. Most videos go viral accidentally as they are discovered by the right people at the right time. That’s what happened to senior Brian Kim, an agriculture education major, whose video is currently at 1,031,326 views in ﬁve months. What started as a simple YouTube post for a friend turned into a massive spread of his “lipsync to Kesha.” video after a popular video blogger found and promoted it, Kim said. He’s done a couple other videos since, one of which was shown on the Lopez Tonight show. The initial video shows Kim in his dorm room dancing to Ke$ha’s song, “Blah Blah Blah.” The reason Kim’s video went viral may have something to do with LEGS, an acronym for laugh, edgy, gripping and sexual, according to videoproductiontips. com. It gives reasons why a video is able to stand out from the crowd. Kim’s video is funny because he’s a man singing a song by a woman, said exchange student Koki Tsuzuku, a French major. In Japan, where Tsuzuku is from, there’s one popular comedian who lip-syncs and another who’s overweight and dances. Kim’s video reminds him of them.

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INSTANT HIT Senior Brian Kim, an agriculture education major, lip-syncs to Ke$ha’s song, “Blah Blah Blah,” in his YouTube video. “I think it comes from my diva side, my inner diva,” Kim said. “I love just shaking it and working it.” Though Kim hoped The Ellen DeGeneres Show would respond to his dance moves, he’s received attention from other sources that have him a little worried, he said. Kim was wearing a T-shirt representing his high school’s Future Farmers of America program in the video, which upset someone in the FFA organization. “The ag industry is very conservative,” Kim said. “If any other boy less ﬂamboyant than me was dancing to that song, it wouldn’t have been a problem.” A future career in agriculture education might not be hindered by Kim’s inadvertent fame, said Brad Dodson, Kim’s adviser and coordinator for agriculture education. However, some people “in the community” felt the video was a little over the top. As for other critics who mock his personality and weight, he doesn’t give much thought to it, Kim said. “There’s always going to be people in the world trying to bring you down,” he said. “Why would I focus on the negative when some person out there in

the world has a smile watching my videos?” In an eﬀort to keep the peace, Kim removed the video from YouTube, but others had already re-posted it elsewhere and the world kept watching, Kim said. The video might blacklist him as a future educator in the agriculture industry, but he also tries to keep in mind that he’s a college student who should be allowed to have fun. A search for “Chico State” on YouTube reveals that almost 20 related videos have more than 4,000 views. In two weeks, “Nord Gardens Wakeboarding” has gotten more than 9,000 views, according to YouTube. A bikini contest at Normal Street Bar has generated more than 25,800 views in the past two years and a 2008 Chico State riot is closing in on 34,800 views in one year. Yet even those areas of interest could not generate the 38,000 views the choreographed Flash Mob at Chico State received in one month, according to the site. Even more, Shane Farmer’s baseball “Catch of the Year” is nearing 576,000 views in two years. Sarah Brown can be reached at sbrown@theorion.com

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Roommate problems; time to move out, move on Gina Pence STAFF WRITER

Everyone has heard horror stories of bad roommates. There have been tales of roommates stealing, disrespecting the shared living space and even being outright abusive. My roommate was not like that. She was respectful, clean and always able to pay the bills — she was an ideal roommate. But after living together over the summer, we began to realize that living together was not good for either one of us. It became obvious to us that it simply wasn’t going to work, and so, in the middle of September, we both began looking for other roommates. It was a very stressful time, but somehow we managed to ﬁnd someone to take over my lease and a new place for me to move into.

The ﬁrst lesson I learned was the importance of being civil in times of tension. It’s so easy to resort to name-calling and screaming, but that path will achieve nothing. We both understood this and easily came to the agreement that we would be courteous to each other. By being polite, we were able to comfortably communicate what our personal positions were and work together toward a common goal. While I was able to stay calm and collected when talking to my roommate, I was a mess of nerves inside. Talking to my mom gave me new perspective, and it was with her guidance that I was able to work my way through this. I learned from her advice and applied it to the situation. A harder lesson for me to learn was the importance of standing my ground. I hate

confrontation — I actively run from my problems, as if hoping time and space will fix them for me. At one point, I was so eager to escape the tension that I would have agreed to any solution, even if it meant staying on a friend’s couch. Rather than hastily moving out for fear of confrontation, I had to be firm with myself and stand my ground when working with my roommate until we found a resolution that pleased us both. Patience was another virtue I had to actively work on. I was struggling to secure a place to move into while my roommate sought my replacement. One of us would find a suitable alternative, but the other would still be looking for her solution. Timing was key, but patience was the ultimate virtue necessary to resolve this. Talking to the leasing office

was a vital step in the process. Before I considered moving out, I had to make sure I could. Learning the legalities of the lease agreement and keeping the leasing oﬃce updated on what the situation was at home were crucial to the process. Had I not been aware of the rules and procedures, I could have seriously jeopardized myself by signing myself into two leases or terminating my lease without consent of the owner. I’ll be moving out this weekend. Along with my desk, bed, clothes and belongings, I’ll be taking with me some very important lessons I learned from this experience. It always amazes me what you learn in college that’s outside the classroom. This was just another opportunity to learn. Gina Pence can be reached at gpence@theorion.com

HOW TO HANDLE MOVING OUT

If you and your roommates have decided it’s time to part ways, keep in mind these following tips to make the transition easier. 1. Talk to your roommate about your concerns and needs, and make sure he or she voices his or her opinion. Communication is crucial to fi nd a workable solution for you both. Deciding on who moves out, whose responsibility it is to fi nd a replacement and what needs to be done to legally move out is something you both need to be involved in. 2. Talk to the leasing office. Let them know what the situation is and pay attention to the legal information they have for signing out of a lease. 3. If you’re looking to move to a new place, make sure you sign out of your current lease before moving. Being on two leases

means you are legally obligated to pay two rents. 4. Don’t move out until you have a new place to move into. Have a plan before signing yourself out of a home. 5. There are countless resources when looking for a new place to live. Bulletin boards in the Bell Memorial Union and Craigslist are both great places to look for new digs. 6. Chico State has resources available to roommates who want to work through their issues. The Counseling and Wellness Center provides advice on how to handle this situation through group and individual counseling and therapy sessions. The Wellness Fair will also have some resources for roommates in trouble. The fair goes from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Student Services Center Plaza.

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