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Human remains found in the backyard of a Chico home on Jan. 27 were determined to be those of a Native American child in between the ages of 2 and 4. The Chico State anthropology department examined the site, recovered the remains, and analyzed them to determine whose they were after Chico Police asked for the department’s assistance. Final disposition is in the hands of the Butte County Coroners’ Office.
Although Chico State already faces large budget reductions in the fall, the losses may still double. The California State University system may suffer a $500 million budget cut, $19 million of which will come directly out of Chico State’s pocket,
said Joe Wills, director of public affairs and publications. A 10 percent tuition fee hike approved last year for fall 2011 will compensate for $6 million, but this still leaves the Chico State budget $13 million short of what is expected, Wills said. The university anticipates reduced enrollment next semester because of these
cuts. “If you have less money, you simply can’t educate the same number of students,” Wills said. There is a possibility that the budget cuts across the CSU system could even double to $1 billion, Wills said. If legislators are not able to get a measure on the ballot for a temporary tax period
extension, or voters don't support such a measure, $1 billion in CSU budget cuts becomes even more likely. This would also increase Chico State’s budget cuts to $26 million — twice the amount that the university is already struggling to cope with. Yet even with the expected loss in state funding of $13 million, there will be little
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The Associated Students is offering a sunset-to-fullmoon paddle trip April 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Forebay Aquatic Center. A California State Park Interpreter will be joining the group to explain natural features, history and folklore of the area. The paddling trip will go around the lake and is $18 for Chico State students. source: Associated Students
Nominations for the Paul Persons Sustainability Award are due April 15. Each year since 2008, the award has recognized the Chico State faculty member who best provides curriculum students on sustainability, incorporates sustainable methods and materials into classes and teaches ways to create a more sustainable organization. The award will be announced on Earth Day, April 22.
effect on the Chico State workforce, Wills said. “I would not expect widespread layoffs or furloughs,” he said. However, if the cuts were to increase, all cost saving measures would be considered, Wills said. “If tax extensions don’t pass, there will probably even >> please see CUTS | A7
DYING ART The mural on the east side of Taylor Hall was painted in 1981 by artist John Pugh. The dimensional illusion of the mural is a trademark of the artist.
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Alexander Seymour STAFF WRITER
The planned demolition of Taylor Hall worries some members of community about the future of one of Chico’s most treasured pieces of art. The mural’s name, “Academe,” does not ring bells for many in Chico, but once the piece is described it is instantly recognizable, said history professor Michael
Magliari. The work painted on the east side of Taylor Hall across from Celestino’s New York Pizza depicts a crumbling wall that tricks onlookers into seeing Greek-style Doric columns through the “broken” side of the building. The original purpose of the work was to flaunt the cornerstone of the modern education system, which is still firmly rooted in that of the ancient Greek >> please see MURAL | A7
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The final “stones” are being slotted into new general education pathways this semester — a major change that makes minors more accessible. Under the new system, the 48-unit general education requirement will be split into 10 different pathways that each focus on a different area of study, said Bill Loker, Chico State’s dean of Undergraduate Education. If a student follows that pathway for 18 units, including nine lower division and nine upper division units, they earn a minor in their pathway’s area of study, Loker said. The remaining 30 units will consist of “foundation” courses, which teach the fundamentals of higher education, such as beginning composition, math and philosophy. The existing general education system, which has not been changed for 10 years, will be completely revised by fall 2012 to make GE more relevant for incoming freshmen, Loker said. “Because there is a potential under the new program to get a minor, students will see value,” Loker said. The 10 pathways, which include “Great Books and Ideas,” “Gender and Sexuality” and “Science, Technology and Values” are intended to produce more worldly, wellrounded students, Loker said. “We wanted to be sure that students had exposure to some of the most important ideas in the world,” he said. Under the new system, students will not be forced to pick a pathway, Loker said. “They can still just sample broadly across GE,” Loker said. “There will still be a wide variety of classes to choose from.” Meetings will be held until the end of the semester to determine which courses will be included in each pathway, said Charley Turner, chair of the General Education Advisory Committee. Because there are only three courses allowed in a pathway per department, and because each department receives funding based on the amount of students it enrolls, there is some competition among professors to get their courses accepted. “If you have three tickets to a ball game and >> please see GE | A7
Diamond anniversary celebration put on hold for KCSC Allison Weeks STAFF WRITER
Social scientists at Chico State are using a mobile iPad lab to research people’s economic and political thoughts in the United States. The scientists have test subjects use iPad applications to test views of the fairness and equality of the economy. Older experiments used paper, and often ended with scientists carrying 20 pound reams of paper.
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MIXING IT UP KCSC DJ Ian Fernie, a senior recording arts major, spins at a fundraising event held at Woodstock’s Pizza April 4.
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Chico State’s student-run radio station, KCSC, postponed its 60th anniversary events until fall 2011 in order to plan for a week full of activities. The radio station has a team of three directors who are solely dedicated to putting on the weeklong 60th anniversary events, said Quinn Mattingly, KCSC general manager and junior media arts major. The planning committee had only half a semester to put on an entire week’s worth of events, leading to the decision to postpone the events. “We have done promotions, but KCSC has never put on a
big event,” Mattingly said. “We decided to push it back a semester so we can get more people involved with a little bit more notice.” The radio station had three fundraisers last week in order to increase funds for next semester’s events, she said. KCSC management hopes to showcase local bands in the celebration, Mattingly said. These local bands will consist of Chico State students, Chico State graduates and musicians from Wild Oak Music Group, the independent record label from Chico State’s music industry program. “We can use our connections and, hopefully, get a band that is a little bit bigger — maybe not from the area — to perform in
the BMU Auditorium,” Mattingly said. “With more time and with this experience under our belt from knowing what we do now, we will have a much easier time putting it on.” The radio station wants to make sure everything they have planned for the 60th anniversary is available, said KCSC Promotional Coordinator and junior communication design major Erica Markham. “We are having fundraisers at Beach Hut and the Bear to show that we are involved in the Chico community as well as the school,” Markham said. The radio station is looking to advertise in the dorms, but they need a permit from the >> please see KCSC | A7
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The Arizona legislature recently passed a measure allowing properly licensed students and staff to carry a firearm while walking or driving through public college campuses. If Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs this measure then Arizona will join Utah and other states in allowing guns on campus. The bill was recently revised so that students could not conceal weapons and firearms in dorms, classrooms and buildings.
London –Two Royal Navy personnel
Libya – A U.N. panel says hundreds
Sendai, Japan– A 7.1-magnitude
Cairo – Protestors calling for the
centrated cyber-attacks against
of mercenaries from foreign countries
were shot, one fatally, on board the
aftershock hit Japan Thursday, leaving
resignation of Field Marshal Moham-
communications and email sites,
are operating in Libya, under both the
state of the art nuclear attack submarine
almost as many as 500,000 homes
med Hussein Tantawi, the current
members of the Russian government
banner of leader Muammar el-Qaddafi
Astute. The suspect “got into an argu-
without power. The quake did not do
defense minister of Egypt, were beaten
on Friday proposed a ban on Skype,
and the opposition. The panel added that
ment and just went crazy and began
nearly as much damage as the March 11
by soldiers in Tahrir Square Saturday.
Gmail and Hotmail, citing that their
many may be involved in serious human
shooting people,” a source told The
earthquake and tsunami that followed,
The soldiers later withdrew, allowing
use is “uncontrolled.” Bloggers have
rights violations. Specifically, the panel
Telegraph. The dead sailor was an officer.
which devastated hundreds of miles
protestors to return to the city center.
blamed government agencies for the
indicated that Belarusian snipers were
The shooting has not been reported as
of Japanese coastline and killed nearly
The military, which taken control of the
cyber-attacks over the week. Russian
contracted by Qaddafi, although the
an act of terrorism and the shooter has
25,000 people. The nation’s troubled
nation after President Hosni Mubarak
President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime
report was called “naive.” This report
not been to Afghanistan, so it is not
nuclear plants remained largely undis-
was forced from office, made a statement
Minister Vladimir Putin have found
comes as NATO air strikes have dimin-
assumed that this is the result of Post
turbed by the most recent earthquake.
that blamed “outlaws” for violating riot
themselves on opposite ends of the
ished in quantity and effectiveness due
Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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to Qaddafi forces staging and operating
immediately and Putin calling the ban
among civilians. As a result, a stalemate
“well reasoned.”
has solidified the battlefield in Libya.
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Beginning with a trip to Southern California, Gov. Jerry Brown will describe the realities of the ongoing budget crisis to voters. In May, he will display an all-cuts revised budget. The goal is to eliminate a $15 billion deficit by ultimately cutting the spending without increasing revenue. Along with the tour that Brown is about to begin, the Republican Party is also beginning a tour to counteract the governor’s claims. Last week, Brown ended discussions with Republican lawmakers to enable a June special election. Brown is pushing voters to extend income tax rates for fi ve years. Bob Dutton, senate Republican Leader, submitted a long list of demands when he said the diff erences between the parties should have been narrowing. Brown stated this week that he is hoping to win two votes that he needs in each chamber for a future special election on taxes in California. source: Contra Costa Times
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SOAPBOX Senior Jacob Wright, an international relations major, presents his point of view to his peers at the mock debate for the Model U.N., a student-run organization. The group will be traveling to New York to utilize its public speaking skills at a international competition against other colleges, including those from other countries.
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In the last two years the Model U.N. has competed in Seattle, Las Vegas, New York and Chicago, Yanez said. The student-run program is completely school-funded, aside from two fundraiser dinners that bring in a few thousand dollars, Crandall said. The school funds give the students the ability to travel and compete without personal cost. Trish Roche can be reached at troche@theorion.com
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Chico State is expecting to come back with both of the highest awards, Crandall said. “It is nice to be a state school going to an international competition with Ivy League schools and people from all over the world doing well,” she said. Another rewarding aspect of competing is persuading a large group of people to agree with the opinions being presented, said returning officer Efran Yanez, a junior international relations major.
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A new bill introduced by the California State Senate will require the owners of the Sacramento Kings to pay their $77 million loan from the city of Sacramento before they move to Anaheim, if the team chooses to do so. The proposed bill SB652 will require all professional sports teams in California to pay off any debts before relocation. The bill would enact immediately if passed by a 2/3 vote.
The Model U.N. leaves for New York on Thursday to participate in a competition representing Chico State. About 300 colleges and universities attend the competition, with slightly less than half being from other countries, said John Crosby, Model U.N. adviser. Students are divided up into committees led by officers
and delegates, and then they research an issue, create a nation’s stance and present their stance at the conference, Crosby said. The two most prestigious awards are the Outstanding Position Paper Award and Outstanding Delegation Award, Crosby said. Less than 5 percent of schools receive both awards. Last year Chico State received the Outstanding Position Paper Award and the Distinguished Delegation
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SIGN OF CHANGE This sign outside the Marketplace Cafe doesn’t seem to be enough to help students adjust to the new hours of service at the restaurants in the Bell Memorial Union.
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The Marketplace Cafe has sliced its business hours, leaving many students confused and hungry. Customers are still adjusting to the new cafe hours in the Bell Memorial Union that were implemented after spring break, due to lack of business, said Aditya Shingore, marketplace employee and Chico State electrical engineering graduate student. The cafe has chosen to cut its opening hours by two, opting for a 3 p.m. closure in lieu of the 5 p.m. Monday through Friday closing of the past, Shingore said. The decline of patrons has forced the cuts to operations, and it has reduced employees’ working hours as well. “Nobody comes after 3 p.m. — actually after 2 p.m.,” Shingore said. The cafe averaged 50 customers or so between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., which wasn’t enough business to keep the cafe running, he said. Associated Students manages the Marketplace Cafe, and its website still lists the old operating hours. The Marketplace Deli, which is located in the cafe, is still open until 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 3 p.m. Friday.
Customers who assume the cafe is open until 5 p.m. often stay for the deli when they’re met with the lowered gates, Shingore said. Shingore has seen his shifts reduced from four hours to three, but he doesn’t mind, he said. “I personally was thinking that four hours was too much,” Shingore said. Employees that close shop have seen their hours drop, but none have been laid off due to the reduced operating hours, said Serena Bhayani, marketplace cashier and computer science graduate student. “When I had my shift from 3 to 5 p.m., I was practically just doing nothing, just cleaning a little bit here and there,” Bhayani said. The new hours are seen as an inconvenience to some students hoping to buy a quick meal on campus. “When they cut down here it kind of threw me off,” said junior Robert Canterbury, an economics major. “I had to actually think about buying real food, and it’s hard because when you go to school it’s easy to just stay at the library then come on over here, grab a slice of pizza, go back and keep on studying.” Andre Byik can be reached at abyik@theorion.com
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POLICE BLOTTER All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department Friday, 6:41 p.m.: Juvenile problem reported on 100 block of Leora Court. “Group of juveniles playing soccer on the roof of one of the portable units.”
Thursday, 1:40 p.m.: Suspicious suspect reported on 1600 block of Bruce Road. “Suspect digging up rocks between roadway and fence. Appears to be taking rocks and loading them onto carrier behind SUV.” Thursday, 4:10 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported on 600 block of West Third Street. “Male subject dressed in all black, wearing a bandana covering his face. Subject told the reporting party his name was ‘Criminal Intent’ and he was looking for ‘Suspicious Subjects.’” Thursday, 6:40 p.m.: Disturbance reported on 200 block of Nord Avenue. “On Nord at the bridge. Subject hitting things with a skateboard and just damaged a sign and broke a window out of a phone booth.”
Friday , 11:08 p.m.: Influence of drugs reported on 100 block of West Second Street. “Male is ripping up stuffed animals and now trying to light them on fire. Trying to get people to eat his candy. Scaring employees and customers.” Saturday, 7:21 p.m.: Disturbance reported on 1000 block of East Avenue. “Female at reporting party’s door trying to get reporting party to come outside to fight. Reporting party saying she hasn’t seen her before and does not know her.”
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Sunday, 12:17 a.m.: Drunk in public reported on 200 block of Broadway Street. “Reporting party was kicked out of the bar and the employee is refusing to give credit card and ID back to reporting party.”
Thursday, 9:48 p.m.: Noise complaint reported on 500 block of Broadway Street. “Group of subjects being loud FRIDAY, 4:44 P.M. Chico Police Records and hanging out near their pickup Sunday, 1:23 a.m.: truck in the parking Drunk in public reported on 700 block of West lot. They are doing back flips off the hood of Fourth Avenue. “Male knocking at reporting the vehicle.” party’s door and trying to use his key to get in. Reporting party told the subject that he was at Friday, 11:55 a.m.: Possession of drugs the wrong house and subject is still trying to reported on 900 block of Esplanade. “Juvenile get into the residence.” detained for marijuana on campus. Reporting party reporting suspect was on campus Sunday, 10:38 a.m.: Traffic hazard reported on selling marijuana brownies. Juvenile was in 700 block of East First Avenue. “Homeowner possession of two, gallon-sized bags with running weed whacker facing the street. individually wrapped brownies. The bags were Reporting party’s vehicle was sprayed with labeled $10 and $5.” rocks. Reporting party stopped to talk to the subject, but subject wanted to fight the Friday, 2:36 p.m.: Drunk in public reported reporting party.” on 600 block of East First Avenue. “Four very belligerent subjects walking around on the property at the rear parking lot. They had a red Sunday, 1:03 p.m.: Traffic hazard reported on 800 block of Lindo Lane. “Reporting party shopping cart with them.” reporting juveniles out in a go-kart riding in the roadway.” Friday, 4:44 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported on 200 block of Main Street. “Subject drove by in a vehicle, said ‘nice legs’ and continued -Compiled by Andre Byik driving down Main Street.”
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Rising from the ashes of its recent suspension from the Greek system at Chico State, the Sigma Chi fraternity isn’t holding back for its weeklong fundraiser, Derby Daze. After being suspended for not filing documentation for a social and an intramural football league in the 2009-10 academic year, Sigma Chi could not be involved in the Derby Daze fundraiser last year, said Eric Luna, senior marketing major and president of Sigma Chi. The event benefits the Children's Miracle Network, an organization that creates funding and awareness for hospitalized children, Luna said. This year’s fundraiser is a way for Sigma Chi members to prove themselves to the campus community. “This is huge coming from where we were,” Luna said. “And we’re going to blow everyone out of the water on this one.” The combined support of the Greek and local community contributed much to planning the event, said Daniel Johnstone, senior psychology major and event coordinator of Derby Daze. Collaborating with sororities and local businesses lends a sense of community effort to
UPCOMING the event. “It was a really pleasant DERBY DAYS experience to work with these EVENTS organizations,” Johnstone said. “I got the feeling of a Today Kinder’s Meats close, tight-knit community.” & Deli fundDowntown businesses raiser lunch. such as Tres Hombres, Woodstock’s Pizza, Madison Bear Thursday Garden, Kinder’s Meats & Deli Talent show at and Chico Screenprint Custom the Sigma Chi Printing donated to the fund- house. Woodstock’s Pizza raiser, he said. The events for Derby Daze fundraiser 5 began Monday, April 11, with to 9 p.m. “Sign a Sig,” where sororiFriday ties compete to sign the shirts Olympic field of fraternity members, and a day at Yolo fundraiser event at The Bear, Field from noon where 20 percent of the pro- to 2:30 p.m. ceeds went to CMN. They raised $280. A coin drive was held Tuesday on campus. “People may see a group of college kids having fun but the way we promote it ultimately adds more participation, which means more donations,” Johnstone said. In previous years, the Chico chapter of Sigma Chi has donated up to $5,000 to CMN, Michael
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DRIVEN Alpha Phi members Mary Radford [left], sophomore liberal studies major, and Crystal Abeio [right], junior psychology major, partake in a coin drive for Derby Daze with Sigma Chi President Eric Luna, senior marketing major. The coin drive is only part of the week’s fundraising events. Church, operation manager of the Sigma Chi International Headquarters located in Evanston, Ill., said in a phone interview. On a national level, 120 chapters of the fraternity have donated $6 million to the network since their collaboration in 1992. “Of all of the Greek organizations, we are the
ones that give the most to the organization,” Church said. “We really are in a classification all our own.” Teresa De Luz can be reached at tdeluz@theorion.com
Adoptions cost more than just money Students may love their furry friends, but a 66 percent increase in animal return rates at the Butte Humane Society may be a sign of a serious problem. Dario Gut STAFF WRITER
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WAITING A dog tagged “Roy” and two unnamed dogs await adoption at Butte Humane Society, which is seeing increased pet returns.
With clear skies and longer days around the corner, students and their dogs take advantage of the spring weather. Owning a pet may have benefits, but the overall costs can be a vicious reality. Unprepared students are realizing they can no longer afford their pets, leading to increased return rates at the Butte Humane Society animal
shelter, said Lindsey Lieberman, BHS canine services coordinator. The shelter’s recent changes allow anyone more than 18 years old to adopt a pet, Lieberman said. “You don’t have to be 21 anymore,” she said. “We now take it case by case.” Responsibility and commitment have students bound to their dogs, she said. The owners need to know what they are getting themselves into. “Pit bulls are students’ favorite choice, and often we get them back,” Lieberman said. “We get great adopters and then at times we will get poor ones.” The initial price for the purchase of an animal may be minuscule, but over time
students can end up paying thousands of dollars for their loving pet. Animal owner Bryce Martin, an undeclared junior, has spent more than $3,000 on his black Labrador, which he has had for more than a year. “There are holes in the backyard that she dug when she was bored and even broke out through the back,” Martin said. “Definitely put an address on the collar.” Timber Creek apartments on 1253 W. Fifth St. allow a 15-pound weight limit for pets, while Nord Gardens on 1521 Nord Ave. doesn’t allow any dogs. Corey Gruber, who graduated in 2004 with a master’s in English, lived in Nord Gardens, where he would need to
sneak out to go running with his dog while he attended Chico State. “My landlord didn’t know I had her, so I would have to run with her early in the morning,” Gruber said. Owning a pet also can interfere with the social nightlife of a student in college, he said. Pets can become the best or worst friends for students, just for the reason that they move around a lot, Lieberman said. The need to take care of an animal is a constant demand. “If you’re not ready to have a kid, then you’re not ready to have a dog,” she said. Dario Gut can be reached at dgut@theorion.com
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Name: Lindsey Siegel Major: Sociology Class level: Junior Experience: Currently swerving as president of Panhellenic Council Platform: Focuses on creating dialogue between students and administration through giving students a sense of empowerment. Means of achieving this include revamping the A.S. website and encouraging more classroom discussion about campus issues
Name: Christensen "Swang" Sanders Major: Recreation administration, communication studies Class level: Junior Experience: Currently serving as president of Black Leaders on Campus Platform: Wants to encourage student involvement in unviersity affairs, mainly through being accessable to all students
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Running unopposed Name: Natalie Lessa Major: Health science Class level: Junior Experience: Served on the Environmental Affairs Council Platform: Plans to focus on alternative transportation, waste reduction and conservation, along with targeting freshmen for participation and outreach
Incumbent, running unopposed Name: Aaron Rodriguez Major: Multicultural and gender studies Class level: Junior Experience: Currently serving in position Platform: Plans to continue student outreach efforts and possibly create a “MAC week” event for student organizations
Name: Jill Ruddell Major: Multicultural and gender studies Class level: Junior Experience: Served as director of the A.S. Women's Center for two years Platform: Plans to keep budget cuts from impacting student life, particularly by focusing on student organizations. She specifically wants to implement a “student involvement fair,” which would bring student organizations together to let students know what is available to them
Name: London Long Major: Social science Class level: Junior Experience: Served as executive vice president of Alpha Delta Pi, vice president of philanthropy and community service for the Panhellenic Council, Greek co-chair for Up 'til Dawn 2010 and is the incumbent director of university affairs Platform: Advocates keeping A.S. spending out of deficit through responsible spending. Plans to create a weekly “dinner with the President,” which will allow discussion between administrators and students
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VP of Business and Commissioner of Commissioner of Student Organizations and Programs the Activity Fee Council and manages the Activity Fee budget, which is the fund that fuels Finance Community Affairs Chairs A.S. student clubs. Also responsible for monitoring and recording expenses and income of the fund.
Oversees the Government Affairs office. Chairs the Activity Fee Capital Expenditure Council and the Campus Fee Advisory Committee, Acts as Chief Budget Officer for Activity Fee funded programs.
Chairs the Revenue Allocation Committee and serves as chief financial officer for A.S. Acts as a voting member of the Campus Fee Advisory and University Budget Committees.
Running unopposed Name: Elyse Gutowski Major: Political science, option in legal studies Class level: Junior Experience: Worked as a staffer in the Government Affairs Office, a group leader in CAVE and interned at CLIC. Platform: Plans to organize a monthly newsletter reporting the activity of GAC officials, along with a more general promise of accountability and openness within A.S.
Running unopposed Name: Daniel Etheridge Major: Business administration Class level: Senior Experience: Currently serving as Vice President of Finance for Delta Sigma Pi. Platform: Aims to educate students on how to locate and secure funding for their organizations. Will act as a liason between students and A.S. service providers
Voting member on the Government Affairs Council. Works to establish links between campus and community agencies.
Incumbent, running unopposed Name: Jaypinderpal “Jay” Virdee Major: Communication studies Class level: Sophomore Experience: Currently serving in position Platform: Plans to continue strengthening bonds between university and city while expanding projects like Cats in the Community and Town and Gown meetings
Coordinates research proposals delegated by the Executive Vice President.
Name: Ani Nayak Major: Business administration Class level: Junior Experience: Served on the Environmental Affairs Council, the Legislative Affairs Council, underwent a leadership internship with A.S. Sustainability Platform: Plans to focus on three areas: Educating students on how to benefit from the Event Funding Allocation Committee, bolstering sustainability for all proposed events and working to work out issues surrounding event funding for politically partisan student groups
Name: Jose Perez Major: Spanish Class level: Sophomore Experience: Serves on the Stone of Hope Committee, Platform: Plans to help students gather funds with his experience of being on all sides of funding councils — both applying for and making the decisions on who receives grant money. Also wants to help students by giving them a sense of belonging, possibly through student committees and Town Hall dialogues between the students and the city
Name: Ashlee Bischoff Major: Public Relations Class level: Junior Experience: Currently serving as Public Relations chair of Alpha Delta Phi. served on a committee for Up 'til Dawn 2010 Platform: Hopes to increase awareness for groups seeking funding through informational seminars in the beginning of the semester. Plans to encourage groups to get more exposure for themselves through activities and fundraisers and then assist in developing future events to increase attendence.
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Monitors state and national legislation that may impact university affairs. Organizes student events to raise political awareness and lobbies for student interests. Chairs the Legislative Aff airs Council.
Prepares bi-monthly reports of student concerns for the Academic Senate. Represents student interests in academics and serves as another representative for student perspective.
Responsible for financing and expanding areas funded by the Student Union Fee, such as the Bell Memorial Union. Acts as a voting member of the Campus Planning Executive Committee.
Name: Joe Banez Major: Microbiology Class level: Senior Experience: Current vice president of the Filipino American Student Organization, serves on student committee of A.S. Bookstore Platform: Aims to protect student access to higher education through lobbying and awareness efforts. Would possibly advocate for a financial aid pool as a means of helping students stay in higher education. Hopes to reach a diverse group of students as a part of representing students more effectively, as a main goal is to be the voice of students in state legislative issues
Name: Nikki MacDougall Major: History and international relations Class level: Junior Experience: Currently working in A.S. Human Resources, served as student representative for Staff Council and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies Search Committee. Platform: Plans to reach out to students to accurately advocate in Academic Senate. Specifically looking to encourage individual students to participate in university discussions, as student groups present concerns but individial students rarely do. Outreach efforts to students would include polls to gather opinions
Incumbent Name: Kate Knutsen Major: Agricultural business Class level: Junior Experience: Currently serving in position Platform: Promises to continue offering services without raising fees to students in the face of economic crises. Plans to make already available services more accessible to students, with specific plans including bringing the student radio station KCSC to an on-campus building and improving the Wildcat Recreation Center’s services to provide out of shape students with a program to ease them into working out
Name: Gabe Adley Major: Political science, economics Class level: Sophomore Experience: Served as vice president of the Chico State Republicans Platform: Main goals include mobilizing students to take part in issues that affect the campus, to lobby for student rights and to be proactive in protecting Chico State. Specifically plans to advocate on behalf of the DREAM Act, a piece of California legislation that would protect the ability of undocumented citizens to partake in higher education
Name: Anthony Macias Major: Political science Class level: Junior Experience: Served as senator on Academic Senate and as chair of the Academic Integrity Council. Platform: Wants to ensure that students involved in investigations from the Judicial Affairs office are treated fairly throughout the proceedings. Also looking to advocate decisions that will save students money and help to make education more affordable
Name: Joel Ramirez Major: Communications Class level: Senior Experience: Wrote two grants that received more than $20,000 from the Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee, worked at Wildcat Recreation Center Platform: Main focuses are “growth, sustainability and providing a service.” Makes a point of passionate service being his most important asset to bring to the job.
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four friends, they can’t all go,” Turner said. The current list of pathways was whittled down from 17 to 10 fall 2010 based on student feedback received from a survey that was sent to every student through Wildcat mail, said London Long, the Associated Students director of University Affairs. When making the decision of which pathways to select, the GE implementation team frequently consulted the 960 student responses to the survey, Long said. “We were constantly referring to, ‘OK, what did the freshmen think about this one?’, and ‘Did the students like that one?’” Long said. “It changed a lot of what some of the faculty thought.” The academic senate debated whether or not to overhaul GE in spring 2010, when the university implemented furlough days to cope with state budget cuts, said Jennifer Meadows, the chair of the academic senate. At least one professor expressed serious concerns when the senate voted on Executive Memorandum
10-01, the order that set the redesign into motion. Though he was not present to vote when the memo passed, history professor James Matray expressed serious reservations when GE restructuring was proposed. “We might be facing cuts in this university as high as 20 million dollars,” Matray said. “Let’s create a plan that serves Chico State as it is, not as it ought to be or as it was.” He thinks the plan to restructure GE is “imaginative, creative and intellectually uplifting,” but added that the burden of GE classes, which must be offered every semester, will have to be maintained, taught and redesigned almost exclusively by tenure-track professors, Matray said. “I worry about the faculty who are just starting out,” he said. The executive memorandum that finalized the decision was voted through unanimously, Matray said. The total cost of implementing the new GE system includes $5,000 to pay for the time of each of the 10 pathway coordinators, who will each drop one class per
semester in order to balance their teaching load with the time they spend maintaining the pathway system, said Arno Rethans, Chico State’s senior vice provost. The professors will still receive the same salary they did before, and the money will be used to hire other lecturers or professors to teach their classes. “The question becomes, is this a wise investment in the future of our students?” Rethans said. “These are major, major efforts, and we have to invest in concentrated, focused time.” The current budget shortfall, which is projected to cut at least $13 million from Chico State’s budget, shouldn’t deter faculty from perusing better education, said Jason Nice, a history professor currently working to finalize the Great Books and Ideas pathway. “It’s drastic right now,” he said, “but it’s always doom and gloom, and we continue teaching.” The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com
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be furloughs,” Associated Students President Amro Jayousi said. Furloughs were last seen on Chico State campus in spring 2010 and resulted in fewer days of class throughout the semester. “I was here when they were doing the major furloughs, and it definitely affected me and getting everything I wanted out of my classes,” said Frank Mayfield, an employee in the study abroad office and an international relations graduate. Other possible ramifications of an even larger than anticipated budget cut include pay cuts, layoffs, tuition fee increases and cutting programs, Wills said. A reduction in enrollment will also have an
affect on the Chico economy, he said. Downtown businesses will likely not have the same number of customers with a reduced student population. The A.S. is also affected by the budget cuts, though not directly, Jayousi said. A reduction in the number of students means a reduction in the number of students who pay fees to A.S. There is no direct financial impact on the A.S. because of the cuts, Wills said. The A.S. is an auxiliary organization with its own budget The cuts span across the CSU, UC and Community College budgets, according to a letter from Chico State President Paul Zingg. Bryan Clendon can be reached at blendon@theorion.com
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University Housing and Food Service, Markham said. This would be an effort to engage freshmen who may be interested in joining the station. “Freshmen are not allowed to rush, so it will be easier for us to reach out to them since they are not focused on that,” said Trevor Platt, KCSC Traffic Director and junior journalism major. Markham and Platt are two of the three directors in charge of
the weeklong festivities. They ask for ideas from other station directors of what would be best to do. Despite the fact that the KCSC 60th anniversary was delayed until fall 2011, many students, including senior vocal performance major Danielle Silveira, are looking forward to the events. “I think it’s cool they are doing this because it is a great opportunity to see local bands perform,” Silveira said.
KCSC is also doing an iPod Touch survey at their table in front of the Meriam Library this week regarding the kind of music students would want to hear when the 60th anniversary celebration occurs. “We make KCSC by students, for students,” Mattingly said. “We want the anniversary celebration to be something everyone will enjoy.” Allison Weeks can be reached at aweeks@theorion.com
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university, said the mural’s artist John Pugh, a former Chico State student. This illusion is a trademark of the “Trompe l’oeil” or “fool the eye” style of art and launched Pugh’s career when he composed the mural in 1981, according to “The Murals of John Pugh.” Pugh, now considered a master, has gone to spread the Trompe l’oeil style in more than 250 murals across the U.S. “Illusion has a universal appeal, regardless of language or culture,” Pugh said. “Once the onlooker is tricked they start thinking and bonding with the piece, ultimately spending more time with it.” Chico State has made clear that it intends to preserve the mural, although how exactly this will be done is not yet clear, said Joe Wills,
Director of Public Affairs and Publications. The university has decided however, that it will not be able to leave the original mural in place on the Arts and Humanities building that will be replacing Taylor Hall, Wills said. The university is worried that collecting funds to build the existing mural into the new building would cause delays, possibly precluding state funding for any building at all. There is also no guarantee that the mural would survive the demolition and construction process that would be going on nearby, Wills said. Relocating the mural has also been discussed, though the preservation process favored by the administration seems to be repainting the mural on the new building, according to President Paul Zingg’s address on Friday.
This approach is endorsed by Pugh as well, who has offered to undertake the work for no cost outside of what is needed to cover his overhead, he said. “Most of my work is in the six figures,” he said. “This will definitely not be.” The old mural has started to show signs of weathering in the form of oxidization that obscures the paint, Pugh said. A new mural, through the use of non-woven material, “acrylic saturation” and a chemical called B72, should preserve the work long after the original would have completely degraded. But the Historical Preservation Society and other members of the community do not think a replica is a sufficient form of preservation for a work of art like “Academe,” Magliari said. “A new improved mural would lose its
historical meaning completely,” he said. “Those imperfections show historical progress in the artist and the art form.” Both the California Office of Historic Preservation and the Chico Arts Commission echo Magliari’s sentiments and have recommended that the university review its cultural impact findings for the Arts and Humanities building. The university does not plan on acting on those recommendations, Wills said. “It’s not the physical piece on the wall, it’s the process in painting,” Pugh said. “I won’t paint it any differently, I’ve learned a lot of tricks over the years but I won’t use them.” Alexander Seymour can be reached at aseymour@theorion.com
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Frozen salaries offer mutual breakdown in budget
Misery loves company and so do budget cuts. As reported by us in an April 6 budget story, there is an activist group circulating a petition through campus asking students to support a movement to freeze the salaries of all administrators, maximize funding to course offerings and to offer transparency of Chico State finances. The student side of this current educational funding crisis isn’t exactly an eye-for-an-eye exchange as we would hope. It’s more like we had our eyes plucked out with a silver spoon without first removing the blindfold to see who’s on the other side. When it comes to trimming the budget, faculty salaries make up a huge portion,
which is why it’s hard to cut from anywhere else. Next in line are students. We are stuck paying the bloated tuition, or in this case salaries, of a screwed-up system that is quickly forgetting what its purpose is — to serve the students. With this thought clearing our minds and another cut likely to come our way in the future, there is no reason not to freeze administrative salaries. The most we can hope from this petition is some accountability and explanation regarding why raises are justified. Perhaps this will help us better understand why we can afford raises, but not any more sections of freshman writing. Any time we can start holding the
For example, president is a job of balance and Paul Zingg can never come out in complete support of either side. However, he has to manage and deal with every party. Sure, he makes $279,500 with a $50,000 housing allowance but comparatively that’s “normal” for university presidents. In his case, there could be perfect explanation and reason behind his pay scale. We cannot take this as an oversimplified analysis of the problem. This action isn’t going to solve the problem, merely give context and time for examination of our economic problems. This is the most important part of the petition and the intended purpose of it. Not to find any answers, only explanations.
administration accountable for their decision-making, it’s good. There is a lot we don’t know about how administrative salaries are set. We hope this petition and its successful results could solve that. Taking some time to examine the situation as a whole will illuminate the grayer areas of this dark time in our university’s history. More than anything, this shows that the students — the reason for a university — are getting tired of rhetoric and getting hungry for substance. Those who get pay raises in a budget crisis should have the burden of proof, including those who govern our school and work both sides of this situation.
Candidates receive editorial endorsements The editorial board has provided information on the candidates that we believe are best qualified for each position. Those running unopposed do not necessarily receive a recommendation from our editorial board. With steep budget cuts looming, next year’s Associated Students will certainly have their work cut out for them, which makes this year’s election even harder to judge — especially given how important our elected student body will be in the months ahead. As hungry eyes watch our budget from every corner with sharp utensils in hand, those elected to represent us will have the daunting task of protecting us. Voters are already expected to reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s education initiatives in the special election in June, meaning that instead of large cuts to the California State Universities’ budget next fall, it could face massive reductions. Therefore, the A.S. government will need to exercise prudent judgment to allocate funds properly and our decision on who to endorse reflects that need. This comes in addition to the already troublesome task of being that messenger between students’ needs and the powers that be. This is also not meant to encompass the entire platform of those candidates presented here. The decision to endorse one candidate over another was difficult, especially given the quality of the candidates. Please take our recommendations as nothing more than that and remember to cast your votes between April 19-21.
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This position will require some experience in a supportive government role, which we feel Gutowski has. We would like to see Gutowski hold firm on her aspiration to make students feel better connected with A.S. government. She made it clear in a meeting with the editorial board that she is excited at the opportunity to assist in this troubled time and is interested in keeping the student body involved in that process. VP of Facilities and Services K ATE KNUTSEN
If she is to obtain the position once again, she will need use her experience and knowledge from her time already spent in the A.S. Government to evolve as a voice and patron of the students. Although this would be her second chance at the job, the student body will need to see open evaluation and improvement in overseeing the A.S. Union Fee, including programs and buildings it funds, especially during such a troubled time.
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Etheridge will be running unopposed in this position but should still be expected to hold true to his stance of giving a better understanding of his role in A.S. to the students. This will inevitably come from greater involvement and transparency in this role. It is undoubtedly a position that will need active participation in the coming year.
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Being a voice of the students in this time of need — and knowing that the A.S. Government needs to act as middlemen for the student body — is perhaps most important for this Director of Legislative Affairs. As the A.S. website describes the position, Adley would be a voting member of the California State Student Association and keep the A.S. informed on state and national issues and legislation affecting the students. Choosing Adley as our recommendation was another hard decision, but we feel that his intended dedication to the position will serve the students. We expect to see concrete examples of how he will actively seek his goal to involve students in the information and decision-making process which was missing from his meeting with the editorial board. Director of University Affairs NIKKI MACDOUGALL
MacDougall expressed that she would like to help the A.S. Government represent a larger body of students in the coming year and we will expect to move toward that goal. The number of students taken in by the university will likely decrease due to a constrained budget and with that slimming acceptance comes a smaller representation of diversity and vested interests. We hope that MacDougall will hold the responsibility of increasing the representation of varied students as this continues to be a growing issue.
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This incumbent has proven h ability to provide and meet goa in this position. The Cats in the Community ou reach event held on Cesar Chavez Day was success beyond the expectations of Virdee or Th Orion. He has also been involved in Preview Da as a representation of our campus community t future students. Virdee spoke about keeping stu dent safety a top priority and we look forward t seeing how he makes this a reality in the comin financial trials of the university. Commissioner of Student Organizations and Programs ANI NAYAK
This position needs the part sanship of which Nayak spok extensively with The Orion. A main function o this position is to help allocate funds to organ zations that wish to provide a culturally base event. If elected to this position, Nayak will hav to evaluate the benefit of those needy organiza tions with the benefit and knowledge they wi provide to the student body if he hopes to us the future’s undoubtedly troubled budget wisel We hope that Nayak will focus greatly upon th effectiveness of the Event Funding Allocatio Committee to provide accountability.
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This leadership post will need all the help it can get if the university wishes to continue as a successful institution. We feel that Siegel will be a strong supporter of student advocacy, empowerment and governance. It would be far too easy for the needs of students to get lost in the budgetary dilemma and Siegel shows an interest in improving the disconnect Chico State currently has with the city. Through her proposal for town hall meetings, we feel that she has the professionalism, intellect and experience to use this position to benefit not just herself, but the A.S. as well.
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Sustainability is an issue that will require a focus on the Zero Waste Initiative that Lessa made a priority in her meeting with The Orion and we expect her to hold true to this commitment. She will have to work closely with the A.S. Government if she hopes to balance the sustainable needs of the university environmentally and financially.
Rodriguez stepped up to fi this position when needed befor and made a positive impact. H helped find a proactive solution to A.S. budge ary shortfalls by making cuts to A.S. Governmen stipends — a small step, but an important on As someone whose major involves studying di ferences in culture and gender, he should be abl to continue to show sensitivity and understand ing when dealing with the diverse communitie and organizations on campus.
WREC trainer responds to questions of cleanliness, practices In the March 30 opinion article, “WREC needs to clean up facility, procedures,” Joanna Hass makes several statements about the cleanliness of the equipment in the Wildcat Recreation Center, as well as glaring flaws in the group exercise class schedule. As a longtime fitness professional, and the current Group Exercise Coordinator at the WREC, I take exception with Joanna’s characterization of our facility and programs and have the following responses to make. Opinion: “Free weights, basketballs and mats are neglected even though they need disinfecting the most.” Fact: Free weights and mats are cleaned on a regular basis by our fitness room staff and custodial crew using Simple Green Pro 3, a one-step hospital-grade germicidal cleaner. As mats get worn down, they are replaced. Opinion: “What we need are disinfectant wipes instead of bleaching the same hand towels over and over again and putting spray bottles full of mystery cleaner in the places they’re needed the least.” Fact: Disposable wipes would create an inordinate amount of waste which would go against the building’s Gold LEED Certification and sustainability standard. They would also create
greater cost in a sensitive budget time. The “mystery cleaner” is Simple Green Pro 3. There is a bottle, with a product content label, on every machine in the facility and multiple bottles in each group exercise room. If there is a spot you think is lacking, please let us know — we’ll be happy to add another one. In a recent survey of 500 members of the campus community, an overwhelming majority of participants were “very pleased” with the cleanliness of the facility. Opinion: The WREC hours of operation and the group exercise schedule are “erratic.” Fact: Save for campus holidays and breaks, the hours of operation have been the same since the 2010 fall semester. The group exercise schedule hasn’t changed since the beginning of the spring semester. We do modify the group exercise schedule during holidays and breaks and post it on the Web, Facebook, front counter and group exercise area. Opinion: The WREC requires you to arrive 30 minutes early for popular classes. The few instructors employed have “the worst schedules ever.” Fact: There are a few class times that are very popular and therefore difficult to get
into, such as spin classes. We have tried t mitigate this impact by purchasing mor equipment including 20 spin bikes at th beginning of last semester, and offering larger variety of class times. In the case o spin, which was specifically targeted in th article, we offer six to seven classes per da The WREC employs 25 group exercis instructors. Our spin instructor team made up of 10 instructors and, as shown o the Associated Students Human Resource website, we are currently hiring mor We in the WREC appreciate and welcom customer feedback so we can provide th best service possible. Our goal is to offe customers the biggest bang for the buc given the constraints of our staffing an budgets. For example, most students ar unaware that no fees are collected for sum mer use but we squeeze our budgets to sta open for those 12 weeks, at no cost to them I understand the WREC is by no mean perfect and Joanna is entitled to her opin ion. However, I wish that before expressin her extreme dissatisfaction in print an ending her “honeymoon,” Joanna woul have done her homework. Brooke Magnotta group exercise/personal training coordinator | wildcat recreation center
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‘Pushy salesman’ outlook tough sell Kelly Hering OPINION COLUMNIST
Nothing can take a day of shopping and turn it into an all out stress-fest more than a pushy salesman. It may be easiest to put up a barrier and act annoyed to drive them away, but it’s important to remember they are people too. I used to be one of those pushy sales folk. I would wake up dreading the moment I had to walk through the doors of that establishment because it meant my personality had to switch from honest and light-hearted to assertive and deceitful. I had to change my values in order to receive a paycheck. It was one of the most emotionally draining experiences I have ever gone through. I would end up driving home in tears because of a manager’s disappointment in my day’s work. I would work extremely hard for hours with a single customer, just trying to collect a measly commission to boost my low wages, only to be rejected at the end of an appointment. It’s easy to be annoyed with an overenthusiastic sales associate, but the next time you go shopping, don’t treat them with disrespect. They are people under incredible amounts of stress from their mangers, who are under even more stress from upper management, who are under the most stress of all. Don’t blame the sales associate for all of the companies’ misdeeds. The only reason companies treat
their employees in this manner is because, unfortunately, it works. When all of their employees are under the impression that they are one week of missed sales goals away from losing their jobs, they react in fear and urgency. This is why the company sets impossible goals. As much as I try, I can’t think of a way to make this system better. Customers could stop shopping at companies like this, but the low man on the totem pole would only be the ones that suffered the consequences. Employees could protest but their jobs could be at risk. How do we react to this? When is a company’s power too much power? There are so many laws protecting employees from physical harm, but emotional and mental health seems to fall by the wayside. Instead of treating an associate like pond scum, reply with a smile and say “I am really not interested in buying anything today. If I need help I will be sure to ask you, thank you so much though.” Act genuinely thankful. This can change a sales associate’s day. So few people treat them as equals. While I am a small voice that cannot command a company to change, I am still a voice. Whenever I can fight for workers’ rights, I will. Whenever there is a protest involving unfair treatment of employees, I will support it. But until then, I will treat all human beings with respect. Even if they are a pushy salesperson. Kelly Hering can be reached at khering@theorion.com
Using your degree to get a fat paycheck is so last 2001. For decades, getting a bachelor’s degree is what set so many people apart for finding a steady job with a nice beefy income. But in 2011, having just a bachelor’s is starting to sounds like a high school diploma would have 50 years ago. Over the past few decades, the number of people getting their bachelor’s has increased. In 1990, nearly 14 million students were enrolling in degree-granting institutions, according to the U.S. Department of Education. It’s estimated that by 2012, more than 19 million students will be enrolled. As supply surpasses demand, the value of the bachelor’s is going down faster than the Titanic. With more people getting a degree, job searching is more like job scavenging. The most qualified candidates will get the highest-earning jobs, leaving the rest of us with just a diploma and a frown. Going to college is still a necessary part of life for those people who want to earn more during their lifetime. Those who have a college degree make on average just over $2 million during their lifetime, while those without a college degree make just over $1 million, according to the Census Bureau. What’s most concerning is that most college age students in the post-Y2K era don’t necessarily see college as a place to educate themselves. In today’s society, college is more about social networking, partying, and getting a job after graduation than furthering their education. Ideally, the role of college would be to make college-age students more cultivated for society, not a stepping stone for a better job and a bigger paycheck. But for those of you serious about getting a stable career after leaving school, then getting a master’s might be necessary. With the economy in the shape that it’s in, taking an extra year or two and getting another degree while waiting for the economy to bounce back might not be a bad idea. It’s like saving up for a car you’ve always wanted. You can either buy a crappy El Camino now or save up and wait for that Lamborghini you’ve always wanted.
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For those of you who either can’t afford staying in school or just don’t want to spend extra time in class, there are alternative ways of getting your master’s. There’s the option of entering the workforce and taking online classes that
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count toward getting ter’s, which may be cheaper depending on the institution you choose to take classes from. For those of you desperately wanting to just graduate already, there’s not a whole lot you can do besides polish your resume and cover letter and hope for the best. With only one semester to go before my graduation, thinking about graduate school has become more important than ever. Unless I win the jackpot sometime in the near future, you’ll find me next year in the next best thing – the classroom.
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I always thought the women who went on “The Bachelor” were desperate until I heard about one of Chico’s own community members, Shawntel Newton. Newton is the funeral director at Chico’s Newton-Bracewell Funeral Home over on Camellia Way. If you look her up on the website, you’re bound to think “Damn. She works at a funeral home?” She looks more like an elite agent for a Los Angeles marketing firm. But Newton’s dilemma of finding someone to date may be a sample that reflects a growing problem for the greater female
During this time in the 19th century, women were viewed as the practical choice for the deceased because of their nurturing intuition, but were later viewed as emotionally unfit to handle death. So men took over and capitalized on a lucrative business — because death is inevitable. Now the ongoing debate is which gender has the most sound emotional ability to not only care for the deceased but to also console the survivors. Newton’s business is family-owned, but she also has a passion for science, psychology and the elderly, as stated in an article on Entertainment Tonight’s website. If you think about it, not too many jobs encompass that array of knowledge.
Thumbs Up to the delay in warm weather. The longer we can go without turning on the air conditioner, the happier our wallets are.
WITHOUT DEGREES Average lifetime earnings just over $1 million
Thumbs Down to Keith Stone.He’s basically Chico State’s Will Katz on a bigger budget.
source: U.S. Department of Educaton
August Walsh can be reached at awalsh@theorion.com
Women make stiff competition in uncommon career population who are starting to infiltrate the funeral industry. In 2004, women made up more than half the students at 54 mortuary colleges in the nation, compared with just 5 percent in 1970, According to a 2004 article in the Christian Science Monitor. Connick was then the executive director of the American Board of Funeral Service Education. The article also stated that although men still dominate the industry, that trend is changing fast. The job pays well too with a mean salary of more than $60,000 per year and no shortage of death, according to an article called “Funeral Divas” from Slate Magazine. In addition, embalming was first a woman’s job within her domestic sphere of duties.
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Bachelor Brad Womack was intrigued by the process of embalming but was ultimately creeped out by it, said the 25-year-old Newton in the article. Now I understand that someone as beautiful and smart as Newton might have trouble finding a beau. But what might seem like a dealbreaker to many people is a duty that is nothing but admirable. For instance, my mom worked as a part-time janitor for a place in my hometown called Dopkins Funeral Chapel for a few years. The chapel was located directly across the street from the high school I went to. Every day, while coming out of a class and heading
for lunch I would see the purple ice plant groundcover my mom planted around the trees in front of the chapel. I would think about how beautifully mysterious that place must have been to work in and keep up — a place, almost like a portal, where the ceremonial proceedings for the afterlife take place. Although the mortician process may seem eerie, it’s as every bit respectable as a doctor helping to deliver a baby. And, as my mom said, you just get used to it. Janitors, babies, morticians — they’re dirty jobs but someone’s got to do them whether they’re a woman or not.
Thumbs Up to group projects that don’t drive you crazy. They’re rare but oh aren’t they fabulous.
Thumbs Down to cleaning the house. Actually, thumbs down to roommates that don’t help you clean the house. That’s the real issue.
Serena Cervantes can be reached at scervantes@theorion.com
PIECE OF MIND >> What’s the craziest job you’ve had? “Well, I used to be a nanny and one time when I was babysitting, a three year old little boy punched me in the face. That was fun.”
Keelin Shea
freshman | kinesiology
“I was a banana once. I wore a banana suit and made smoothies. I wore it all day for three days straight at the job when it first opened.”
Claire Aldenhuysen
graduate student | museum studies
Megan Greene
junior | graphic design
“I do freelance facepainting. I go to birthday parties and dress up. One time, I had to go to a McDonalds and dress up as a princess and paint faces and no one really knew I was supposed to be there.”
Ruth Williams
freshman | religious studies, education
“I currently work at Rosedale Elementary and I teach Math and Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish that well. Sometimes, kids are sassy and that’s kind of interesting.”
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Ferid fights through adversity Allie Colosky STAFF WRITER
When he was 4 years old, Ferid Celosmanovic watched his grandmother die in front of him. Today, he is described as one of the most passionate and dedicated players on the Chico State men’s soccer team. “I saw my grandma die,” Celosmanovic said. “She got shot in front of me. I saw her down and not moving — I even offered to help bury her.” With an optimistic light behind his eyes and a childlike grin, it’s hard to imagine the life full of hardship he has since overcome. In April 1992, civil war broke out in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a result of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Bosnian Serb forces targeted Bosniak civilians between 1992 and 1995. These war crimes included the 1992 ethnic cleansing and genocide in Eastern Bosnia that included the murder of Celosmanovic’s grandmother. “I say it with ease but I’m sure it would have affected me if I was older and knew what was going on,” Celosmanovic said. Immediately after the war broke out, Celosmanovic’s parents moved the family to Germany. It was there he found his love for soccer. One day in kindergarten, he said, he discovered a new game. He would kick a dodge ball as far as he could, then he would get it back and kick it again. He went home and told his mom he wanted to play soccer. His mother, Elma Dresser, remembers the day her son asked to join a soccer team. At 5 years old, nobody had even taught him the basics, she said, but he wanted to play. “I don’t know where he got this from, he just knew,” Dresser said. d. “He’s got natural talent.” nt.” In the beginning, Celomanovicc was hardly dly a star player. er. He remembers one specific game me in the fi nals of a tournament when he tripped and fell on three different scoring opportunities. ortunities. The fourth th opportunity, though, Celosmanovic osm s anovic remembers quite clearly. early. “He hit the he ball long to me and the coach ach was yelling, ‘No!’ I was running unning backwards and ended up scoring on a bicycle kick,” k ” Celosmanovic C l i said. “After that, the coach went crazy.” The next stop in
Celosmanovic’s story was San Jose, where he continued to improve his skills on the pitch with various club teams that included Silicon Valley Football Club and the De Anza Force Soccer Club. After graduating from Prospect High School in Saratoga in 2006, Celosmanovic applied for and successfully obtained a spot on the roster for USA Seventeen, a soccer academy that creates opportunities for young, talented players with professional soccer clubs. He played with USA Seventeen, traveling to Portugal to play in the process, in 2006 and 2007. Venturing into college ball, Celosmanovic played for the West Valley Community College Tigers in 2007, and then again in 2009, when they were renamed the West Valley Renegades. He was named the offensive MVP in 2007. But not without another obstacle thrown his way. In summer of 2008, Celosmanovic underwent surgery on his knee for a torn ACL — an injury that benches athletes for a significant amount of time. For many, especially in soccer, it can be careerending. Not for Celosmanovic, though. Celosmanovic pushed ahead in 2009 and tallied 21 goals and 19 assists and was named team MVP at the end of his second year with the Renegades. For anyone who knows Celosmanovic, his success is no surprise. “He knows what he wants and he sticks to it,” Dresser said. “He wants to be a professional soccer player. He should always do what makes him happy and that will always involve soccer.” Playing professional soccer in the United States is different
than in Europe, she said, because you need id b d to go to school and he wasn’t so interested at fi rst. His interest in school grew
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Record holder. All-American. Olympian? It’s quite possible for former Wildcat Scott Bauhs. Bauhs excelled at Chico State from 2006-09, and was a four-time All-American in cross country and a threetime All-American in track and field. Add the honor of being the 2008 Division II Track and Field Athlete of the Year, and being the fourth-fastest American in collegiate history in the 10,000-meter run, and you have one of the most impressive Chico State graduates of all time. But egotistical? Hardly. A
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loudmouth? Not even close. Just ask his former head coach Gary Towne. “Scott’s a pretty reserved guy, not a huge social animal,” said Towne, who’s in his 15th year coaching cross country for the ’Cats. “But he’s not a hermit by any means. He’s just a quiet dude that works hard.” Thomas Whitcomb, a former teammate and roommate of Bauhs, is now an assistant coach for Towne and the Wildcats. “I probably knew him better after we lived together,” said Whitcomb, who lived with Bauhs when he was a sophomore and Bauhs was a junior. “He didn’t interact a whole lot.”
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ULTIMATE OUTLET Junior midfielder Ferid Celosmanovic found soccer while attending kindergarten in Germany, just a year after his grandmother was shot in front of him during the Bosnian Civil War. immensely, though, after a recruitment trip to Chico State in spring 2010. “I pushed him to go to
college,” Dresser said, “and he Chico, and ffell ll iin llove with ith Chi d I feel he’s really happy there.” The turning point for Celosmanovic, who had also
received offers to Division I schools like Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Berkeley, was the atmosphere and general friendliness of the people in t Chico, he said. “Any other competitive team, pet nobody will nob really say ‘hi’ rea to you. Everyone said ‘hi’ to me,” Celosmanovic said of ma his recruitment trip. trip In his debut season seeas as a Wildcat, he became the sixth player in Chico State men’s men soccer history to be named a First Team All-American by the National All A i b Soccer Coaches Association of America, after leading the California Collegiate Athletic
Association with 13 goals. With his swift feet and excellent ball control, he led the Wildcats to a Western Regional Title for the fi rst time since 2003. Chico State’s men’s head coach Felipe Restrepo needed someone like Celosmanovic on his team, he said. “He was the missing ingredient in the way we played,” Restrepo said. “He’s very comfortable in front of the goal and he’s got a skill set that allows him to put the ball in the back of the net.” Celosmanovic never expected to become an overnight celebrity, he said, but he is enjoying the perks of people recognizing his trademark Mohawk haircut and pierced ears. “It’s shocking,” he said. “I didn’t expect to get all these >> please see FERID | B4
Ex-Wildcat runner still tearing up the track, readying for Olympic try Thomas Lawrence
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After graduating in spring of ’09, Bauhs headed southeast to Mammoth Lakes, to be a part of Mammoth Track Club. He’s also sponsored by Adidas as an independent American runner and placed third at the USATF Cross Country Championships in 2010. Bauhs thoroughly enjoyed his time in Chico, he said, but was more than ready to move on to the next level. “I mean, it was a great experience, but I felt like I was very interested in getting the chance to run with people with experience,” Bauhs said in a phone interview. “It was a pretty simple transition.” In addition to running with
professionals, Bauhs now has the chance to devote his life entirely to running, and the meticulous conditioning it requires. After waking up and getting a breakfast in, Bauhs starts with a run or a workout around 9 a.m., followed by lifting weights and dynamic exercises, he said. This lasts until 1 or 2 p.m., and is followed by a break for a couple hours, followed by a final run to cap off his day. On Sundays, he takes a long run that lasts between an hour and a half to two and a half hours. “It’s definitely a very consuming lifestyle,” Bauhs said. “It’s pretty incredible.”
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April 13, 1957 The 17-time NBA champion Boston Celtics won their first-ever title, defeating the St. Louis Hawks 125-123 in a double-overtime classic.
Getting to the place where Bauhs is now — one in which he’ll try to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in the 10,000-meter run — took a long, steady process fueled by, firstly, Towne. Bauhs went to Sam Ramon Valley High, along with former women’s cross country runner Katie Lee, which is how he was found by Chico State. “He was pretty underdeveloped,” Towne said. “He looked like he was 14 or 15 years old when he graduated. That’s pretty much how a Division II school like Chico State got a talent like Scott Bauhs.” Bauhs’ first two years as a Wildcat were used to groom >> please see BAUHS | B4
Tragedy and sports Nothing magnifies how insignificant sports are like the untimely deaths of thousands of Americans. On Sept. 11, the New York Yankees’ pennant race and the start of the NFL season seemed completely irrelevant next to mourning deaths and searching for survivors at ground zero. This is just one example of how sports and tragedy have intertwined, and how they do so repeatedly, across the world. Any blood boiling that sports fans have over 49ers’ quarterback Alex Smith’s passer rating or NBA commissioner David Stern’s excessive fines fly out the window when mortality and the cruel realities of human depravity are brought to the forefront in our lives. I was reminded of this recently when I heard the story of Ferid Celosmanovic, a junior midfielder on the Chico State men’s soccer team from Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With an easy-going personality and a hell of a knack for footie, Celosmanovic was a First Team All-American. This despite the former Prospect High School student having a traumatic childhood that was ruined by civil war and ethnic cleansing. What Celosmanovic provides is the amazing healing effect that sports can have on all of us after something much more serious happens in our lives. Whether it’s national tragedy like the attacks of Sept. 11, or a family member dying, sports provide solace and re-invigorate our sense of hope and perseverance in life. Celosmanovic’s experience, including seeing his grandmother shot in front of him at the age of four, can be seen in Allie Colosky’s front page story. A more well-known American athlete has also displayed the willpower and heart to overcome personal tragedy. Say what you will about Brett Favre, but when his father died on Dec. 22, 2003, he did something that perfectly conveys the lifting power of sports. Favre, grappling with personal grief, put himself on the line for his football family the very next night, on Monday Night Football in Oakland. He absolutely destroyed the Raiders, with 399 passing yards and four touchdowns in the ultimate celebration of Dad. “I knew that my dad would have wanted me to play,” Favre said, according to an Associated Press story. “I love him so much, and I love this game.” Just as music, poetry and painting are all emotional outlets, so are sports for millions of Americans. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Someone like Celosmanovic who can overcome unimaginable tragedy to be a good, light-hearted person only re-instills my undying faith in the power of sports as a healthy day-to-day outlet at the least, and a life saver at best. Thomas Lawrence can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com
[ jock talk ] There’s so many roars that go on around Augusta. Especially the back nine. It echoes through those trees.” -Charl Schwartzel The 2011 Masters champion, and native of South Africa.
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Chico State sports in a nutshell
Chico State baseball still sits atop the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings, despite only getting two wins against Cal State San Bernardino in this weekend’s four-game series. The Wildcats are No. 10 in the nation, and, in an upset, ahead of defendingchampion UC San Diego in the national rankings and conference standings. source: chicowildcats.com
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WILD WATERS Sophomore Hayley Swanson [left] and senior Brooke Bergesen [right] compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday at the Chico State Distance Carnival. Bergesen won the event and Swanson took third.
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The women’s basketball 3-on-3 tournament is Saturday, April 16 at Acker Gym. The tournament has five different divisions, including one that is for people 4o years of age or older. There is also men’s competitive, men’s recreational, women’s and co-ed. All proceeds are going to the women’s basketball program. source: chicowildcats.com
Senior distance runner Clinton Hayes has been named the CCAA Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the week of April 4-10. Hayes, a native of Oakland, got two provisional qualifying marks at the Chico State Distance Carnival Friday, and won the 800-meter run on Friday with a mark of 1 minute 51.79 seconds. It was the fifth-fastest time by an NCAA Division II athlete this season. Hayes also scored a new personal best in the 1,500-meter, with a time of 3:52.47.
Wildcats prove nocturnal at Twilight Invite Gina Pence STAFF WRITER
The Twilight Invitational lasted well into the night, but the stars on the track kept on shining as athletes shattered personal records and qualified for nationals. Sophomore Aimee Rodgers got her fi rst provisional mark for nationals in the 400-meter hurdles event, placing fi rst with a time of 1 minute 2.99 seconds. Until the last 100 meters, she had been trailing Brittni Showers from Cal State Stanislaus. “I’ve been really coming out of my hurdle races really fast, so this week I’ve been practicing on not coming out as quick, and saving myself,” Rodgers said. “This time I
came out really slow, and chilled the entire race, and whatever I had left on the last 100 meters was a lot more than usual. I gave it my all.” The business major also won the 100-meter hurdles, despite running into a headwind, she said. Oliver Hanf, Chico State’s women’s track and field coach, kept a close eye on the weather gauge throughout the race, hoping for a tailwind to push his athletes faster, he said. “I think it’s really cool because the last two weeks she’s had these really positive winds, and then she ran almost as fast into a headwind,” Hanf said. “That tells you it’s not a fluke.” Senior women’s studies major Julianne Conrad also
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Hailey Stockman Softball
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meters. In the men’s 400-meter relay, the ‘A’ team took fi rst place, fi nishing in 41.38 seconds, with Damaris Greer, Jordan Alford-Helems, Isaiah Haywood and Nick Sloggy. “We ran our fastest time this year,” said Haywood, a junior sociology major. “Provisional mark for nationals is a 41.35, and we hit 41.38, which is a bit of a tease.” Haywood also earned a personal best in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 10.69 seconds, just barely missing the 10.60 second cutoff for a provisional mark for nationals. He’s confident that he’ll qualify at the next meet in Davis on Friday and Saturday, he said. The ‘B’ team in the 400meter relay ran to fi fth place
with a time of 43.65 seconds, which earned the runners a special treat, said senior decathlete Talor Fulfer. “Oliver owes us ice cream,” Fulfer said. “We have a bet, as long as we run under 44 seconds, he owes us ice cream.” The athletes achieving their personal best records are right where they’re supposed to be, Hanf said. “We’re on a progression to finish at our top, so it takes a little bit of maturity to take your hits early in the year when we’re training through them,” he said. “One of the aims of this meet was to sharpen our skills and get better marks. I’m very pleased to see the progress in the marks.” Gina Pence can be reached at gpence@theorion.com
Baker, Stockman smack ’Jacks
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Junior catcher Hailey Stockman had a weekend at the plate against Humboldt State that would make Hank Aaron blush. The kinesiology major and Sierra College transfer hit .857 in four games, reaching base 11 times, knocking in five and scoring four times. Stockman also had three extra-base hits and a slugging percentage of 1.571 en route to winning the CCAA Player of the Week for April 4-10.
qualified for nationals in the high jump, launching herself over a height of 5 feet 7.3 inches, tying for fi rst place with Jenny Brogdon of Club Northwest. She missed the jump on the fi rst two attempts, but cleared the bar on the third. “I was totally crying,” Conrad said. “I’m so excited for nationals, I’m so glad I don’t have to worry about qualifying anymore. Now I want the school record.” Conrad currently holds the mark for the third-best jump in Chico State’s history, but Hanf is confident she’ll get the record before the end of the season, he said. Senior Kelly Clancey also posted a winning leap in the long jump with a length of 5.52
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WHEEL AND DEAL Junior pitcher Sam Baker picked up three victories against Humboldt State this weekend, and hit a three-run homer.
Wildcat softball used its stingy defense to overcome Humboldt State’s dangerous offense this weekend in Chico. Head coach Angel Shamblin’s crew took the opener 2-0 before losing the nightcap 6-2 Friday, but swept the second day, 8-3 and 5-2. The ’Cats improved to 23-9 overall and moved to second place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings with a 14-6 conference record. It was looking to be a slugfest for Chico, as the Lumberjacks came into the series with a .309 team batting average, a .470 slugging percentage, 195 runs scored and 180 RBIs on the season. But behind junior pitcher Sam Baker’s three complete games, the Wildcats put the brakes on the second-best offense in the CCAA. Baker worked the mound for a combined 21 innings, striking out 12 and allowing only five earned runs, en route to her current record of 17-3. “Humboldt is a really good hitting team,” Baker said. “They are free swingers and if they hit, the ball is going somewhere. It felt good getting outs when I needed them and having my defense behind me.” Baker managed to keep the ’Jacks scoreless in the series opener, and when Humboldt State had opportunities to tie both games on the second day, Baker and the defense held on. Despite shutting down Humboldt State’s highpowered offense for a majority of the series, Shamblin’s priority was putting points on the scoreboard. “We knew we needed to put up runs to beat Humboldt and we did that successfully today,” Shamblin said, after wrapping the series up. “We weren’t able to do that as much yesterday.” The Wildcats began the series with an offensive bang, as junior catcher Hailey Stockman hit a solo home run — her team-leading sixth on the season — in the fourth inning of the opener. “I’m having fun out here and I’ve been super relaxed,” Stockman said. “I don’t have anything to lose and I want to win.” In seven at-bats, the Auburn native Stockman had six hits, four runs and five RBIs in the series to escalate her batting average to a teamleading .400. “Hailey has good at-bats,” Shamblin said. “She knows what she’s looking for and is able to
hit the ball on both sides of the field.” Freshman shortstop Taylor Hanamaikai scored from third on a hit by junior outfielder Sam Quadt in the fifth inning to establish a 2-0 lead that would stand as the final. Humboldt came out swinging in the second game of the series, as junior outfielder Felicia Viveiros hit a two-run home run in the first inning against junior pitcher Jessica McDermott to give the ’Jacks an early lead. The Wildcats fell behind by four and couldn’t muster a rally for a win. Junior second baseman Diana Payan’s sacrifice fly brought in junior shortstop Jessie Minch in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Chico couldn’t get any offense going and finished the first day with a final score of 6-2. Baker looked like the “Babe” kicking off the second day, crushing a three-run homer in the first inning after Humboldt walked the Wildcats’ slugger Stockman to get to her. It was the fifth home run on the season for the Reno, Nev., native. “It’s been a while and I’ve been in a slump,” Baker said. “It was amazing — the hit felt really good.” The Lumberjacks responded with junior catcher Courtney Hiatt hitting a three-run home run in the second inning, but that bomb proved to be the only score for Humboldt State in the game. While Baker shut Humboldt State’s offense, junior first baseman Rachel Failla hit a two-RBI double in the third inning, and in the fifth inning, Stockman hit an RBI single. Junior third baseman Jackie Munoz’s two-RBI double brought the score to 8-3. Baker came to the mound again in the final game of the series — a move Shamblin thinks was the only answer to keeping Humboldt from splitting the series. “Going with Sam was something we decided to do to try and shut them down offensively,” Shamblin said. “It would be nice to give her a break, but at this time of the year we’re not able to do that as much.” Despite giving up two runs, Baker kept the Lumberjack offense at bay. She was tired after the long day, she said, but happy they got the wins. Kevin Augustine can be reached at kaugustine@theorion.com
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Ranking of the Chico State softball team in the April 6 National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll. The Wildcats also moved into third in the Western Regional poll and to second place in the CCAA.
BASEBALL
14
Runs allowed to Cal State San Bernardino Saturday, as Wildcat baseball was swept in a doubleheader by the Coyotes. Chico split the series, and is 22-7 overall.
SOFTBALL
17
Number of wins earned by junior Sam Baker for Chico State softball. Baker is 17-3 with a 1.33 ERA and 147 strikeouts this season.
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No. 10 baseball loses first home games, stays atop CCAA Kevin Amerine STAFF WRITER
Chico State baseball lost its first home games of the season this weekend in a Saturday doubleheader sweep at the hands of Cal State San Bernardino. However, the No. 10 ’Cats remain atop of the California Collegiate Athletic Association at 16-6, and 22-7 overall, and earned a series split with wins Friday and Sunday.
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Cal State San Bernardino
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In their first Friday night home game of the year, the Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 15, going back to last year, as they rolled past the Coyotes 10-7 in the series opener. Senior second baseman Jackson Evans hit a three-run homer that cleared the right-center wall en route to the ’Cats’ five-run second inning, putting them ahead 5-1, and they added five more before the ninth. The Coyotes mounted a comeback in the ninth inning, scoring three runs, but fell short as ’Cats’ closer Juan Guerra notched his eighth save of the season. “I trust the people behind me so I know if I miss my spot, they will back me up,” said Guerra, the junior from Chino Hills. “I see pressure as adrenaline which I use to my advantage. I may not throw hard, but I rely on mostly my natural movement to my fastball and slider.” Junior Jordan Lindebaum got the win in relief after the starter Brian Buckham struggled, upping his record to 3-0.
GAME 2
Chico State
6
Cal State San Bernardino
8
The ’Cats came back to Nettleton on Saturday to take on the Coyotes in a doubleheader. Lefty Kevin Brahney took to the mound as the starting pitcher in game one. He lasted five innings while giving up seven hits and five runs, walking five and striking out six. Sophomore catcher Ben Manlove and Adrian Bringas both smashed homers and drove in two runs. Junior infielder Shane Kroker also earned two RBIs, but it wasn’t enough as the ’Cats fell 8-6 and their home win streak was snapped at 15.
GAME 3
Chico State
3
Cal State San Bernardino
4
In Saturday’s second game, Wildcats head coach Dave Taylor sent redshirt freshman Ryan O’Shea to the mound, and he promptly shut down the Coyotes in his first five innings of work. But the Coyotes would score four runs in the
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SLIDING AT HOME Senior third baseman Adrian Bringas slides back into first base as Brandon Day gets ready to apply the tag in Sunday’s 6-4 win over San Bernardino. Bringas, a transfer from Southwestern College, leads the Wildcats in batting average at .374 and slugging percentage at .475. sixth inning after T.J. Yasuhara committed an error while trying to turn a double play. O’Shea went six innings, allowing four runs on four hits and striking out five. Yasuhara’s hitting streak ended at 13 games, but junior outfielder Cody Foster extended his hitting streak to 16 games.
GAME 4
Chico State
6
Cal State San Bernardino
4
The ’Cats came back on Sunday to down the Coyotes 6-4 as starting pitcher Nick Baker went seven strong innings. He gave up seven hits and one run, while striking out six batters — remaining undefeated at 6-0. Baker’s dominance stems from a mixture of movement and control, he said.
“A majority of my pitches are fastballs that could be considered cut fastballs,” Baker said. The Coyotes scored their only run off Baker in the first inning when Chris LeFay smacked an RBI single. A late rally wouldn’t matter, as Guerra went on to get his ninth save of the season. “When coach Taylor gives me the ball, I feel like I can get the job done regardless of what the situation is,” Guerra said. “In my eyes, it’s nine on one. The odds are all in my favor so why not throw strikes and let my defense work.” Kroker had a big series, as he went six for 15, drove in four runs and scored three times. “It was nice to get back home,” Kroker said. “I just tried to relax and focus on my mental approach. It also helps the pitchers get more relaxed with run support.”
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The ’Cats take on Cal State L.A. this weekend at Nettleton, in a matchup of the upper echelon of the CCAA. The Golden Eagles are 17-11 in the CCAA and 22-14 overall. “We’ve got to get going with the bats and the pitchers need to throw strikes,” Kroker said. “We can’t allow the big innings when we’re out on the field and the pitchers need to be settled and do their thing.” The Golden Eagles are tied for second place in the CCAA, four and a half games behind the ’Cats. “This upcoming series is huge because they are only a few games back and are very similar to San Bernardino,” Baker said. “We have to come out ready for game one.” Kevin Amerine can be reached at kamerine@theorion.com
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@University of Pacific
L 44-59
Nov. 7
@St. Mary’s
L 58-104
Feb. 5
Simpson University
Nov. 18
@Cal State Stanislaus
W 64-59
Nov. 19
Academy of Art
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Nov. 22
Bethany University
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Nov. 20
Hawaii Pacific
W 64-46
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Montana-State Billings
Nov. 26
Northwest Christian
W 85-72
Nov. 23
Cal State Stanislaus
W 74-59
March 4-6
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Nov. 27
Dominican
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Nov. 27
@Cal State Stanislaus
W 88-80
March 11
@Western Oregon
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
L 81-84 (OT)
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
W 64-62
March 17
@Cal State Stanislaus
Dec. 4
Sonoma State
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Dec. 4
Sonoma State
W 52-41
March 22
Simpson University
Dec. 8
Cal State Stanislaus
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Dec. 10
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March 25-26
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Dec. 11
Pacific Union
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Dec. 11
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April 1-3
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Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
L 62-71
Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
W 68-58
April 5
San Francisco State
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
L 65-76
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 71-59
April 8-10
Cal State San Bernardino
Jan. 7
UC San Diego
W 68-55
Jan. 7
UC San Diego
Jan. 8
Cal State East Bay
W 65-47
Jan. 8
Cal State East Bay
Jan. 14
@Cal State San Bernardino
Jan. 15
@Cal Poly Pomona
Jan. 21
San Francisco State
Jan. 22
Cal State Monterey Bay
Jan. 28
W 65-62 (OT)
W 21-9, W 6-2
Feb. 5
Dominican
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Feb. 5
Cal State San Marcos
3W
Feb. 5
San Francisco State
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Cal State East Bay
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Grand Canyon
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Dominican
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UC San Diego
April 8-9
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Cal State Stanislaus
April 11-12
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May 6-7
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Jan. 21
San Francisco State
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Jan. 22
Cal State Monterey Bay
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Jan. 28
Cal State Dominguez Hills
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Sonoma State
April 21-22
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Cal State L.A.
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Jan. 29
Cal State L.A.
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May 19-22
NCAA West Regional
May 13-15
NCAA West Regional
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Feb. 5
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May 20-21
NCAA Super Regional
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Feb. 10
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L 69-74
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Feb. 12
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Feb. 12
@UC San Diego
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Cal Poly Pomona
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Feb. 18
Cal Poly Pomona
L 79-93
Feb. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
L 60-67
Feb. 19
Cal State San Bernardino
L 60-70
Feb. 24
@Cal State Monterey Bay
W 68-66
Feb. 24
@Cal State Monterey Bay
L 48-54
Feb. 25
@San Francisco State
L 62-64 (OT)
Feb. 25
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March 1
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
L 59-75
March 1
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April 18-19
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March 28-29
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2nd
May 2-4
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April 11-12
Hanny Stanislaus Invitational
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May 17-20
NCAA National Championships
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April 21-23
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April 15-17
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2 W, 2 L
W 5-4, W 3-2
W 74-47
L 38-51
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April 30
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Men’s lacrosse trying to turn around season FERID: Bosnian
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22-0. That was the score when Chico State men’s lacrosse took on Humboldt State Sunday in Redding. But it hasn’t been an easy ride for the Wildcats.
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awards. It’s cool ’cause random people say ‘hi’ and you can get to know them.” But Celosmanovic knows better than to let the attention go to his head. His character and laid-back personality have made him countless friends. One of those is teammate and roommate Cody Levar. “He’s not like most people,” Levar said. “His perspective is a lot different and he leads by example. He pushes people to try harder.” The list of tragedy and setbacks that has become a part of Celosmanovic’s history hasn’t made him bitter or full of selfpity. He remains optimistic and determined to reach his goal of playing professional soccer. In the meantime, he’s happy to enjoy life as it comes. “Whatever I decide to do, I do it passionately,” Celosmanovic said. Restrepo couldn’t say enough about his junior midfielder. “I’m very proud of the young man,” Restrepo said. “I think
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Despite sporting a strong 9-5 overall record, Chico State’s men’s lacrosse team has struggled in conference, as they currently sit at No. 5 in the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League. The Wildcats have blown out opponents 60-7 in their past three games – which include a 22-0 victory against Humboldt State on Sunday – but are 1-2 in league. However, those two conference losses came early in the season. Players hope this won’t effect their recent strong performance, which includes four straight wins. Junior A.J. Wilkens said that Chico is coming into its own down the stretch. “We’re really hitting our stride here at the end of the season,” Wilkens said. Junior Graham Nichols thinks their defense has been solid all season, but only of late has their offense begun to really come through as well, he said. “Our offense wasn’t really clicking,” Nichols said. “Now we kind of have the best of both worlds.” The only team that can really beat Chico State is themselves, Nichols said. The graphic design major thinks that they will be a tough team to beat. “We already have one of the best defenses on the West Coast,” Nichols said. Their stingy defense has been accredited to their defensive coach, Adam Brockmeier, an Army alumnus that was brought on this season. Defensive player Frank Cueno thinks making the playoffs would be big for the program after they had failed to make it the past three years, he said. The junior criminal justice major
he’s gone through a lot in his personal life and that hard work to get through adversity will project you to do some really great things in life.” Celosmanovic is currently a business management major, looking to someday achieve his second dream, which is owning a restaurant that serves Bosnian and other European food. His fi rst dream is still to play professional soccer — maybe for Arsenal, his favorite club — but only if it’s with great people and in a place that keeps him content, he said. “I think living life is about being able to do what you like to do and being happy,” he said. “If I’m making millions and playing pro but I don’t like where I am, it wouldn’t be worth it.” His grin stretched to every corner of his face, and his eyes lit up again. “Well,” he said, “maybe millions.” Allie Colosky can be reached at acolosky@theorion.com
BAUHS: Still running continued from B1 THE ORION • JOSH ZACK
CHOKING THE COMPETITION Sophomore Grady Van Boxtel pushes past a University of Montana defender in a 19-2 win April 6 at home. Chico State is 1-2 in its division, and in fifth place overall. is eager to play these remaining three games at home. “We are really looking to take it to these guys,” the junior said. Their upcoming games won’t be easy though, as they play UC Berkeley Sunday, third-place UC Davis April 23 and first-place Cal Poly San Luis Obispo April 30. These three teams were all ranked in the top 25 of the division to start the year, something that Wilkens said his team is prepared for. “They’ll be tough games, because all the teams in our division are pretty equal,” he
said. If the Wildcats are able to win at least two of their final three games, they would have a chance to make the playoffs and play at Novato High School in North Bay, Wilkens said. Nichols is confident in his team’s ability and thinks Chico State should win these next three games, despite their struggles at the beginning of the season. Cueno blames the ’Cats early season faltering on youth and inexperience, but the team’s play has come together for the
homestretch of the season, he said. Cueno and Wilkens both think that the team is poised to surprise and firing on all cylinders for their remaining games. “It’s all coming together and meshing at the right time,” Cueno said. The team’s pieces may all be falling into place in the nick of time, but only the results matter, Nichols said. “These last couple of games, it’s win or die,” he said. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com
him for when he came into his own. “He’s always an athlete that’s raced better than he’s trained,” Towne said. “He doesn’t look like a world beater in practice.” The Danville native Bauhs is more than thankful to Towne for how he helped mold him. “He set a really simple path to success,” Bauhs said. “I was not somebody that could’ve gone straight from high school to an incredibly complex training regimen.” Whitcomb and his teammates just saw Bauhs as another one of their guys, he said, even when he started competing at
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English Beat goes on Isaac Brambila STAFF WRITER
n ’80s vibe came grooving back to Chico Saturday night courtesy of The English Beat, with a mellow reggae rhythm and an up-beat ska energy that inspired some skank dancing and unintentionally almost produced a fight. Even before the show began and the Rastafarian sounds spread through El Rey Theatre. The positive pre-show vibe seemed to set up a trip of nostalgia for some and a hip shaking night for others. Throughout the first half of the show the tunes maintained a festive atmosphere and no one could have foreseen an ongoing argument between guitarist and singer Dave Wakeling with a persistent fan, security interference and The Beat momentarily leaving the stage. The dancing didn’t wait for The Beat, as the band is known in their native England, and a bright neon-colored cap danced around in the dark theatre over the slim drawing of a woman in her early 20s. The Beat jumped on stage between cheers as Wakeling, the only original member, announced the start of the show with nothing but two words in his signature thick British accent. “Rough Rider,” he said. An almost perfect synchronization of guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and saxophone created a blend of reggae and ska that inspired movement throughout the age diverse crowd. Singer Antonee First Class, who replaced original member Ranking Roger in the U.S. version of The Beat, grew up listening to The Beat and is very happy to have the chance to tour with the band, he said. Antonee did not expect to see the number of younger audience that made an appearance at the show, but he wasn’t completely surprised. “It’s good music,” Antonee said. “Anything good never goes bad. It’s timeless and its classic.” Joel Garret, 50, has been a fan of The Beat since 1982 and was very excited he had the opportunity to enjoy a Beat endused flash back to his early 20s. “I saw them on MTV and loved them immediately,” Garret said. “They were the new ‘thing’ back then. Dancing to this music again returned that feeling of
youth.” As the show progressed, many of the more devoted ska fans showcased their dance moves with a shuffling style called skanking, which consists of alternating arm movements forward and backward along with rhythmic hip movement and coordinated kicking. The style varied from person to person and song to song, adapting to a smoother rhythm by holding the kicking and swaying to a slower pace. A rhythm change in the set list and an ongoing discussion between Wakeling and a spectator in the front row began to diminish the mellow vibe the night had built up. Soon after, an argument over a spot in the front row that almost turned into a fight nearly causing Wakeling to stop the show. A few people were escorted out, including a woman who was not involved in the issue. Wakeling stopped the show and refused to continue until the woman was brought back. The woman was let back into the show, but issues with security continued and the band walked off stage after only one song. The claps, stomps and cheers continued and some fans asked in a synchronized voice for one more song. The lights were turned on, the rowdies jumped on stage and security began to spread through the crowd, but very few people left. After a few minutes of nonstop cheers and the refusal from fans to leave, the lights went off and The Beat jumped back on stage in the middle of the confusion. Wakeling did not really want to come back, but he declared from the stage that the fight was not the fans’ fault. The beat played another 23 minutes, but the mood had severely suffered despite Wakeling’s best intentions to keep the show going. Butte College business major Tracy Bowen was upset with the turn the show took, she said. Though it was neither the band’s nor the fans’ fault, she was very impressed with The Beat for jumping back on stage. “It was obvious they weren’t going to play another song,” Bowen said. “But graciously, they came back.”
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SKA-BRITS The English Beat performs Saturday at El Rey Theatre.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? DO I NEED TO GET CLOSER? Vocalist Wayne Lothian and saxophonist Matt Morrish share a musical conversation.
In Defense of Piracy Boston University grad student Joel Tenenbaum got caught downloading 30 songs illegally. The Recording Industry Association of America is now suing him for $67,500, according to an article in The Boston Globe. That’s right — in the eyes of the recording industry and the law, 30 songs are worth the price of a German sports car. Currently, my iTunes library holds almost 24 gigabytes of music obtained mostly through copying and pasting other friends’ collections — that’s 3,399 songs totaling about nine days of playing time. If you were to follow the RIAA’s mathematical logic, then my music collection would be valued at $7.6 million. If a picture is a thousand words, then a song must be worth a Russian novel. It’s very hard to feel sorry for the music business over piracy when they’re spying on university computers and making examples out of people like a dictator ordering public executions. If the RIAA is going to legitimately prosecute people for piracy, then they should do it right — if you’re caught downloading 30 songs, you should have to pay a ticket for $30 since those songs would cost a dollar apiece if you bought them legally. College students in residence halls are the easiest subjects to target. If a copyright holder tracks a file-sharing violation on Chico State’s dormitory Internet service, ResNet, for example, the school is required to find the IP address in the network, suspend the student’s access and corroborate with any legal action taken against the individual. The lowest settlement in one of these cases was $3,000, according to the Chico State website. I would argue that the moral seesaw in the piracy debate is unfairly weighted more on the side of the content owners tracking everyone’s Internet history than it is on the few people who want to listen to Steely Dan or watch “Alvin and the Chipmunks” without paying any money. Sometimes piracy is a necessary evil, especially in the case of music. File sharing networks are flooded with rare B-sides and bootleg recordings that would be impossible to find in a physical copy or a download on Rhapsody or the iTunes store. You shouldn’t be able to sue people for downloading something they couldn’t buy anyway. It’s always been my admittedly problematic belief that it’s OK to steal from multinational corporations in small doses. I would rather a drug addict steal DVDs from Best Buy to support his habit than steal from an actual person. But Internet piracy isn’t even stealing — it’s sharing. Didn’t your kindergarten teacher teach you to share? Earl Parsons can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com
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Women trapped in ‘Doll’s House’ Leila Rodriguez STAFF WRITER
“The Killing” (TV) AMC’s original lineup has revolutionized TV drama over the course of the last year, and now it turned its sights on the procedural crime genre. Based on a Danish series, “The Killing” is a Seattle homicide detective on the last case of her career, a teenage girl found dead at the bottom of the river in a politician’s car. After only three episodes, it’s tough to see how “The Killing” is going to keep things fresh following only one murder over the course of the season, but the realistic dynamic between the characters is building up well alongside the show’s immersion into the lives of everyone affected by the tragedy.
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Charlie Sheen’s live show (DISASTER) This whole situation has evolved faster than any entertainment spectacle I’ve seen in my lifetime. Winning invaded the lexicon within 48 hours and it’s still sort of floundering about, but people were over it before the T-shirts even finished printing. The poor citizens of Detroit anticipated Sheen’s show like a racing fan anticipates carnage, but alas, the Violent Torpedo of Truth Tour was mostly met with booing and derision. He tried tweaking the show around but it’s continued to bomb in Chicago, Cleveland and New York. The surreal nature of the “Two and a Half Men” debacle is symbolic of something scary in our culture — that someone can rise and fall from god to pariah over the course of a month.
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“Scream 4” (FILM) I’ve always appreciated the mystery element of the “Scream” movies. Most horror villains are supernatural killing machines, but what made “Scream” so interesting was that the killer was always a member of the cast. It’s
The thunderous sound of a slamming door shattered the glass ceiling. The Chico State theatre department’s production of “A Doll House” unfolded the unhappy reality and unavoidable truth in married couple’s relationship in performances that ended Saturday. A cutout of the Norwegian skyline framed the background scene, welcoming the audience into a copiously furnished home, with fine china filling cabinet shelves and antique furniture. Scenic designer David Beasley paid much attention to detail in recreating a cozy 1880s home. Stage set revealed everything, from the shadows on the doorways’ wood arches to the frost smudged on the living room window. Impressive costumes stayed true to the era with pinned curls covered by vintage hats, high-buttoned shoes and cloaks. The story, based on Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” began as Nora Helma, played by Theresa Nicholas, graced the stage with her bubbling, effervescent personality, returning from a successful shopping trip on a cold Christmas Eve in 1879. Her husband Torvald, played by Maxwell Pickens, was just promoted, and the idea of more money stirs enthusiasm and extra Christmas cheer in the household. The chemistry between Nicholas and Pickens is picturesque, with constant warm embraces, joyful dancing in the living room and big smiles — not what one would expect from a woman feeling caged in her own home. Nora is more like an imprisoned canary trying to breathe under her husband’s hand than a porcelain doll trapped in a quaint house. Torvald’s constant use of pet names throughout the play, often referring to some sort of bird or singing bird, became obnoxious rather than sweet by the second act. He often told their company to absorb and admire his wife’s beauty. She indulged his tastes by dressing fancily and dancing for him at his request. “Torvald and Nora are deeply in love with the idea of being in love,” Nicholas said. “They play shallow games not knowing the other person.” Nora’s story unfolded when a dear friend from childhood, Kristine Linde, played by Sepi Burgiani, visited looking for a job. Nora disclosed how she saved her husband’s life by “finding” a large sum of money and relocating to Italy to nurse him back to health. The generous sum of money ended up being lent to Nora by Nils Krogstad, played by Kevin Angulo. Angulo’s dark presence not only made Nora nervous but audience members uneasy every time he entered the stage. Krogstad’s visit to the Helmer house did not end well. Out of desperation, Nora forged her father’s signature on a contract two days after his death. Krogstad threatened to
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HELLO, DOLLY Nora Hemler, played by senior musical theater major Theresa Nicholas, explains her prediciment to Kristine, played by theater arts major Sepi Burgiani, in the department of theatre’s production of “A Doll’s House” at Wismer Theatre. reveal Nora’s secret if she did not sway her husband to keep his current position at the bank. Krogstad’s demand jumbled Nora’s thoughts into a hyped mess as she tried to remain calm and prepare for their house party. Torvald is told of his wife’s deception through a letter left by Krogstad. His rage prevails as he belittles his wife, casting her out of their home and shaming her actions when Nora was certain her husband would not hesitate to stand at her defense. In that frenzied moment, another letter from Krogstad returning the forged contract and asking forgiveness changes Torvald’s temper into relief. He dismisses his wife’s actions, saying she was just a poor dove and that he released her from the “hawk’s claws.” He is delusional and no astounding hero, but he is just doing what society called normal. Nora realizes this and confronts the unavoidable truth.
“It was accepted for a man to control his wife,” Pickens said. “That’s how he showed his love.” The terrible tragedy is that her husband did not recognize his wife’s sacrifice. As a wife in the 1800s, she fulfi lled her duty of being a doting wife by providing two children and a comfortable home and by sacrificing her life to protect her husband’s. Dim lights in the final act made the couple’s brutally honest conversation uncomfortable to watch. Nora shared her discontent and revealed how, for years, she has felt like a “doll child” growing up with her father and now a “doll wife” to her husband being passed around to sit and look pretty. Nora and Torvald returned wedding bands before Torvald sat devastated in the darkness as Nora slammed the door on her way out, symbolizing her independence as an individual.
“There’s a common barrier between men and women,” Pickens said. “But really they’re just hurting each other.” Nora’s astonishing departure left audience members shocked, but her only solution to her pivotal revelation was to fi nd peace on her own without her family. “People look at Nora as the heartless bitch,” Nicholas said. “But she’s one of the greatest American heroines of theatre.” Nora’s boldness was unheard of in the 1800s, and many critics considered Ibsen’s play controversial for the time. But his strong, pro self-identity theme still speaks volumes in modern times. “Times change,” Pickens said, “relationships don’t.” Leila Rodriguez can be reached at lrodriguez@theorion.com
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(IMPROV) Real improvisational theater is a lot edgier than what you see on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” The Upright Citizens’ Brigade was founded by Amy Poehler in the mid-’90s and has grown into a comedy instution following a three-season Comedy Central show and opening a series of premier improv schools across the country. “ASSSSCAT” is the the theater’s most popular improv format — a comedian performs a monologue on the spot based on a suggested topic from the audience and the troupe invents sketches based on what he says.
“Network” (FILM) Produced 20 years before reality television, this Acawwdemy Awardwinning film is oddly prophetic. Peter Finch is brilliant in his depiction of a political pundit who loses his mind in front of a camera for a rubbernecking America waiting for the moment he crashes and burns.
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FOLK FLUTE Sarah Nutting, vocalist for MaMuse, performs a spirited flute solo Wednesday at Cafe Coda.
One voice complemented another perfectly, creating a sound so significant it turned a performance into a sing-along. MaMuse filled Cafe Coda April 6 with a harmonic melody that had the audience singing to every word by the last song. The instant connection was apparent from the moment Karisha Longaker’s smooth, rich voice was paired with the soft vocals of Sarah Nutting. “MaMuse speaks to the harmony and weaves our two voices into one,” Nutting said. “It’s a beautiful connection.” The voices of MaMuse were complemented by the soft instrumentals of an upright bass, mandolin, guitar and flute on stage. “Listening to MaMuse perform made me instantly feel at peace,” said Chico State junior Jill Ruddell. MaMuse’s melodies and body language reveal their passion for the music they produce, she said. “MaMuse kept the vibe positive and gave people the
feeling of empowerment,” said songwriter Jack Wilson, who also performed at Cafe Coda that night. “It was an enjoyable experience and made me feel at home in Chico on my first night. It’s soulful West Coast gospel from the 21st century.” This harmonic duet’s lyrics express the ability to see beauty in everything. Nutting, from South Carolina, and Longaker, from Chico, have been singing together for nine years, but the natural growth and evolution of their voices developed into the duo of MaMuse only three years ago, Nutting said. The pair now lives in Chico while performing internationally. The majority of the songs they performed came from their album “Strange and Wonderful,” which encourages the audience to observe the earth, Nutting said. “Their songs speak to solidarity with planet Earth,” Ruddell said. “Treading lightly and being kind to the place you call home.” Nicole Walker can be reached at nwalker@theorion.com
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FAMILY MATTERS Jeremy Votava and Lynda Gizzi Gregerson star in the Blue Room Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dying City.â&#x20AC;?
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A soldierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow and his twin struggle to live day to day on the stage of the Blue Room Theatre, conversing in awkward dialogue that makes the audience shift in their seats. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dying City,â&#x20AC;? written by Christopher Shinn and directed by Hilary Tellesen, is the story of Craig, a veteran who lives with his therapist and wife, Kelly, played by Lynda Gizzi Gregerson, before being killed during his second tour in Afghanistan. The story starts when Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay twin brother, Peter, arrives at Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ&#x201A;at unannounced, a year after Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funeral. The night spirals out of Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s control as Peter attempts to reminisce about their mutual love, but Kelly very obviously keeps her distance with sharp tension. This three-character play showcases only two actors, as Jeremy Votava portrays both Craig and Peter. The play ďŹ&#x201A;ashes seamlessly between Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past and Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s present, with Votava walking on and oďŹ&#x20AC; stage, changing characters
as the lighting transitions into the next scene. The scant set is composed of a homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remnants packed away in boxes alongside a white couch and a small TV. During the play, the couch rotates, bringing the characters from one area of the room to the next. Despite the fact Votava plays identical twins, the characters are light years apart, Gregerson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jeremy does such an amazing job,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see Jeremy at all.â&#x20AC;? When Votava dons a black blazer and glasses as Peter, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a New York actor whose life revolves around the stage and his boyfriend. When Kelly begins to have memories of her husband, Votava appears as Craig in a white T-shirt and glasses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his ďŹ&#x201A;amboyancy disappears, leaving a rugged military man in its place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dying Cityâ&#x20AC;? opened March 31 and will continue with shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m in the Blue Room Theatre. Madison Parker can be reached at mparker@theorion.com
The Third Floor Art Gallery inside Bell Memorial Union is hosting art by Amie Rogers, inspired by the events of the BP oil spill. The interactive exhibit, simply called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spill IT,â&#x20AC;? deals with the environmental and economic impact of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Rogers is a second year Master of Fine Arts student focusing on ceramics, originally from Louisiana, the epicenter of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and its aftermath. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The news hit me where it hurt,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My arms reached just out of range to a home I recently left, a home I so badly wanted to help heal.â&#x20AC;? Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goal with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spill ITâ&#x20AC;? was to start a conversation about the inďŹ&#x201A;uence of petroleum consumption on society, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to show that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all part of this problem and that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only people that can ultimately ďŹ x it,â&#x20AC;? Rogers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perhaps jostle us into thinking about the gas weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending, about the 10 minute car ride we took instead of walking, what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using up as a civilization and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting into the air that we breathe and the water that we drink.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spill ITâ&#x20AC;? depicts an inverted topographic view of the Louisiana coastline, with 5-by-7 inch silkscreen cards hanging from black strings that viewers are encouraged to take. Each card contains small facts along with statements from those aďŹ&#x20AC;ected by the oil spill. Fellow MFA student Ruby Rudnick admires Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artwork, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really wonderful that she decided to explore this through art,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I appreciate that she looked at it from so many diďŹ&#x20AC;erent angles
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mimics the layers of oil that are accumulating in the well. The pelican sort of has a sadness to it but also a resilience.â&#x20AC;? Fellow Chico artist David Hopper is also a fan of Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artwork. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pipe coming up is symbolic of the pipe in the earth,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The oil and the tar mixed with the earth is symbolized by the moving tar paper. And then we have the black pelican on the top that is impacted by the oil spill.â&#x20AC;? This environmental symbolism is a common theme in Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always had the environment in mind with all of my work and the invasiveness or the way that man-made nature kind of coalesce into one kind of being,â&#x20AC;? Rogers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I think this work is starting to get underneath something. Getting into the roots of things.â&#x20AC;? Tim Kerber can be reached at tkerber@theorion.com
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The air was thick with the smell of gasoline and burning rubber and the deafening sound of crunching metal. The stadium at the Silver Dollar Fairground was packed Friday, yet no one was sitting — all stood in hopes of glimpsing the carnage laid before them. The sadistic feeling is all part of the experience. The mechanical hyperbole, the maelstrom of testosterone and devastation — it’s the American disposition. My wife and children accompanied me on this charade of constructed chaos called a monster truck rally. They could hardly hold their anticipation. I, on the other hand, was skeptical. This was alien to me. Entertainment of this sort was never a part of my upbringing. My family loathed such nonsense, which was an odd notion since my ancestors have been NASCAR fans for as long as I can remember, primarily to watch the crashes. I parked a distance away from the gate to avoid parking fees and traffic. The odor of burnt fossil fuels and dust intensified with each step. We took our seats and started watching, and a truck by the
name of Rock Star tipped on its back while attempting to run over a line of cars. The crowd screamed with excitement at the vague possibility that someone may be hurt. It’s what everyone came to see. The same mentality overcomes a driver passing an accident. Rubbernecks, I believe is the term, slow down to a dead snail’s pace in hopes of seeing a body or some blood on the pavement, a crying survivor. I had never seen such diversity in an audience. No demographic was left unrepresented. It was a coalition of hillbillies, yokels, bumpkins and hippies. Indeed, people from all walks of life were in attendance. For many it seems to be a way of vicariously venting their frustrations. They appear consumed with fantasies of running over that bastard that cut them off this morning or running into that damned bicyclist listening to music who nearly swerved in front of them on their lunch break. It was madness, and we were all reveling in it. The mob mentality was brought to life. It was an orgy of ruination. All that said, it would be wholly un-American of me not to admit that that I take great pleasure in watching such spectacles as this. I, as
CHARADE OF CONSTRUCTED CHAOS Destruction reigns supreme at the monster truck rally Friday at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds.
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is the case for most of us, am hardwired to react in a manner that can only be labeled as childish when watching a car get melted by a jet engine. Flames jumped 20 feet in the air with a low and steadily increasing rumble that would quickly consume your entire being at the sight of it, shaking your vision and rattling your consciousness. The people in attendance perhaps expected a tear in reality, to be enlightened to the true nature of existence. But alas, the price of such
atonement is very steep. Like so many purchased bags of potato chips, it is too high of a cost for such a small product. Especially with our seating on the far end of the action, tucked away and nearly forgotten, an outcome that was undesired but partially greeted in the absence of earplugs being sold at the event. At least my 4-year-olds weren’t completely robbed of their auditory sense. Granted, we could have obtained better seating had we showed up earlier, and
yes, we could have brought our own earplugs. But one would seriously expect an event such as this to sell such associated accessories and amenities, albeit at inexorably high prices. We’d had our fill. It was already 10 p.m. and there was no sign of relenting. The air was biting cold and a general discomfort began to take over the audience. People had started slipping out about an hour earlier, the tinge of protest still on their tongues, and now it was our turn. Next
year we’ll all have to come early to get our dollar’s worth — maybe then the experience will be more enjoyable. As for now, we’ll all have to pray that we get to see some catastrophe happen in our daily commutes. Ah, if we would be so lucky. Maybe a pedestrian will be doomed with collision eminent. Maybe a car chase will begin in Sacramento and be televised. Please let it be so. J.W. Burch, IV can be reached at jwburchiv@theorion.com
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F R I DAY
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BANFF Mountain Film Festival
Thursday Night Market returns for the spring.
Adventure Outings presents a series of films about mountaineering.
7:30 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium $6 student admission
6-9 p.m. @ Broadway between 2nd and 5th streets
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Eco Festival
11 a.m.-5 p.m. @ Kendall Hall lawn Free AS Live! presents an all-day sustainable event with food, dancing and live entertainment.
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Life Against Death
7:30 p.m. @ Ol’ Hawkeye’s Art Shackle $5 Vancouver thrash band performs with Helm of Cerebus, Power and Wreck.
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On April 13, 1968, the two dollar bill was re-introduced as U.S. currency.
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Sustainability Seminar 3-4 p.m. @ Holt 266 Free
Chico State Sustainability coordinator Halli Bovia discusses greenhouse gas inventory.
The Melodramatics 8 p.m. @ LaSalles $5
T H U R SDAY
CAMMIES indie/ experimental showcase 7 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5
The Chico Area Music Awards showcases indie artists with Soft Crest, Birds of Fire, Clouds on Strings, West by Swan and Barbara Manning
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The Boobie Ball
7 p.m. @ Chico Women’s Club The Women’s Club hosts a fundraiser for breast cancer with Aubrey Debauchery, Crashed Giraffe, John Paul Gutierrez and My Peoples.
The Deaf Pilots 8 p.m. @ Has Beans Free
Chico psychedelic rock group performs with Banned from Earth..
The Melodramatics perform with The B Foundation & Katastro.
SAT U R DAY
CAMMIES funk/jam showcase 7 p.m. @ The Graduate $5
A night of funk and jam bands with Black Fong, Electric Circus, Gravybrain, The Jeff Pershing Band, Spark n’ Cinder and Swamp Zen.
Botannical Illustration
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Tomatoes, EggStudent Print and plants, Peppers and Ink/Clay exhibit more 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 1:30 p.m. @ Chico Grange
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Tomato and pepper growers from Sawmill Creek Farm will be teaching gardening techniques at the Chico Grange on 2775 Nord Ave. off of East Avenue and Bell Road.
The Turner Print Museums hosts artwork in a wide variety of mediums selected by an outside
Epitaph of Atlas @ Monstros Pizza
Sludge band performs with Let the Night Roar and Abberance.
Jahny Wallz
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Noon @ Trinity Commons Free
Spill It!
Free concert in the Commons.
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10 a.m.-4 p.m. @ Holt 129 $30 student admission
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A large, interactive piece about the Gulf oil spill.
If you’re interested in how to draw plants, then you can attend this seminar from local illustrator McCrary.
STAFF FAVORITES >> RAPPERS Ol’ Dirty Bastard — There truly was no father to the style of Dirt McGirt AKA A Son Unique and Big Baby Jesus, among countless other styles. This founding Wu Tang Clan member switched up between gangsta rap and references to “Happy Days.” Rest in peace, Dirk Hardpec. >> Earl Parsons Arts Editor
Lupe Fiasco —His fans love his style so much they protested Atlantic Records when they refused to release his newest album “Lasers.” When you start a song with “I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit,” you can see why Atlantic was worried.
>> Mark Rojas Arts Designer
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien — Del has been doing it right since 1990’s “I Wish My Brother Georbe Was Here.” He’s a founding member of Bay Area hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, and his rhymes are accessible to hip-hop aficionados and casual fans alike. Always remeber his advice: “It’s important to practice good hygiene.” >> Matt Shilts Editor in Chief
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Chico State’s notorious history
Griffin Rogers STAFF WRITER
Since the campus’ opening in 1889, Chico State has seen some current and future successes walk through its halls. A few others would walk down different paths. Paths that brought controversy. Paths to become infamous. The following people, groups and events are of the more notorious that brought national attention to Chico State over the years.
Phi Kappa Tau
Infamous for: porn video. Association to Chico State: fraternity. Current members of Phi Kappa Tau have tried hard to rid themselves of the bad reputation that followed members in 2005, a group who hired a Southern California-based adult film company named Shane’s World to shoot a pornographic video in 2004, according to MTV. The chapter has been trying to put its X-rated past behind them, said Julian Osuna, a senior business major and vice president of recruitment for Phi Kappa Tau. Those issues left when those members did, he said.
Adnan Khashoggi
Infamous for: arms dealing.
Association to Chico State: former student. Khashoggi, born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 1935, was 18 when he attended Chico State, according to Time Magazine. In order to help his son in college, Khashoggi’s father, a wealthy Middle Eastern physician, sent him $10,000 to buy a new car. Instead, Khashoggi invested in heavy trucks he leased to a construction company. He eventually made enough money to move into a hotel and hire a female student as a personal aide, according to Time Magazine. All of this was achieved during his three semesters at Chico State. By the early ’70s, Khashoggi was making millions off selling military weapons between foreign countries, according to The New York Times. He was involved in “almost every” major scandal in the 20th century including the Iran-Contra affair, an event involving sales of arms to Iran during the Reagan Administration. Conspirators have even connected him to Princess Diana’s death and the Florida recount in the 2000 elections, according to the Times article. Khashoggi continues to come up in recent news, as recently as this month when a former executive director of
a bank in Switzerland denied accusations of being linked to the international arms dealer, according to economictimes. com.
Chi Tau
Infamous for: fatal hazing. Association to Chico State: some fraternity members were students. “Hell Week” started in late January 2005 for pledges willing to do what it took to become a member of Chi Tau, a fraternity not recognized by Chico State. After a few days of enduring often humiliating trials, two pledges remained and were told to exercise in a damp basement while chugging water out of a five-gallon jug, according to a 2005 Orion article. Hypothermia set in as pledge Matthew Carrington’s brain stem began to swell from water intoxication. He died two hours later. “It’s a worst nightmare for any of us,” said Joe Wills, Chico State’s public affairs director. “To find out the terms of how he died was gut-wrenching.” Carrington’s death was terrible and sad, he said, but the result forced a review and evaluation to improve the Greek system at Chico State.
Nicholas Nagy-Talavera
Infamous for: accused of being a Soviet spy.
Association to Chico State: former professor. Nagy-Talavera was born in Hungary in 1929, and was in German concentration camps by the time he was 15 years old, said history professor Robert Archer, a former student of Nagy-Talavera. In Auschwitz, Nagy-Talavera was forced to become an assistant to Nazi physicians, including the notorious Josef Mengele, who performed “horrific” human experiments on live inmates. “He was a really bizarre guy,” Archer said. “Big guy, big square shoulders. If he wasn’t off on a tirade, he was good.” After some time in a Russian gulag, Nagy-Talavera fled to the U.S. in 1957 where he became a CIA source for two years, according to The New York Times. He dealt with the increasingly suspicious CIA in the years that followed until they briefly accused him of being a Soviet spy while he was a faculty member at Chico State in 1967. Nagy-Talavera continued teaching at Chico State until his retirement in 1991. He died in 2000.
Carolivia Herron
Infamous for: controversial children’s book. Association to Chico State: former professor. Herron taught English at
Chico State in 1998 when her book “Nappy Hair” received national attention for bringing third-grade Brooklyn teacher Ruth Sherman under verbal fire after reading it to her class, according to the New York Times. Parents called Sherman, a white teacher, racist and threatened her because she read the book, which focuses on physical features of AfricanAmericans to a dominantly Black and Latino classroom. Sherman requested a transfer. Herron taught at Chico State for one year.
Steven Crittenden
Infamous for: double murder. Association to Chico State: former student. In 1987, former Chico State football player Steven Crittenden, then 19, was arrested for the robbery and torture murders of William Chiapella, 68, and his wife Katherine, 67, according to The Los Angeles Times. Crittenden received the death penalty by Judge James Garbolino in 1989. Crittenden’s case is still in the appeals process, and he has a hearing June 8, according to the California Eastern District Court. Griffin Rogers can be reached at grogers@theorion.com
Bank accounts suffer from unnecessary spending Hailey Vincent STAFF WRITER
It’s the beginning of the month and undeclared sophomore Blake Morrow had $120 left in his bank account. His rent was due, but instead he chose to spend what he had left on “extra-curricular activities.” “It was supposed to go to rent, but then I went shopping instead,” he said. “I don’t drop a dime on much besides alcohol, tobacco and eating out — but I spend a lot on those things.” College students are said to be spending 40 percent of their
budget on discretionary items alone, according to a breakdown of the average student’s budget done by Westwood College. The rest of student’s money is broken down as 26 percent toward room and board, 19 percent going to tuition and fees, 4 percent to books and supplies, 3 percent toward transportation and 8 percent goes to other expenses such as health care, according to the Westwood College report. While harmful to the student budget, businesses that specialize in discretionary items do well in the college setting. Tammy Hiller, owner of
Party Town on East 20th Street, had to learn the terminology of party themes in order to accommodate one of her largest clients, the college crowd, she said. “I order product to cater to them,” Hiller said. With the demand of college students purchasing items for themed parties, Hiller has had to expand her 21st birthday section and add in product for themes like jungle parties, “ABC” parties where students wear anything but clothes, “Heaven and Hell” and the increasingly popular stoplight party — where party-goers >> please see SPENDING | D4
Super senior This is the end of my fourth year at Chico State, and no, I’m not graduating. At first I was really discouraged to find out I was not on track with my original four-year plan. For various reasons many students need an extra few semesters before filing for graduation. I didn’t want to be left behind as my friends began renting their caps and gowns and making life plans. However, after talking to many friends I found that many of my peers also needed an extra semester or two. In fact, national statistics reported that most college students need five years to graduate, according to collegeparents.org Then, I started thinking about how fast my college years have gone by, and all of the things I would miss about Chico State and how I might not be ready for the real world, just yet, emotionally and academically. I need the extra year because it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to major in. My first year here I declared English as my major because I liked to read and write and had taken AP English classes in high school. When that didn’t work I switched to psychology and, not finding any true interest there, I finally settled on journalism, which fit my goals and personality. When I graduated high school and came to Chico State for a campus tour, my guide led my group around campus walking backward facing the group as he talked. His feet seemed to know every crack and dent of the uneven pavement as he announced to the group that he was a “super senior.” I remember thinking “I do not want that to be me,” and well, here I am. I did not realize how fast time would pass and I am now glad to be staying here. I will miss everything about college. I will even miss writing papers and stressing over deadlines because in retrospect a job will most likely be more stressful. I will miss being told what to read and discovering a great writer. I will miss the parties, and the small-town vibe of Chico, the all-nighters studying, and let’s face it, socializing in the library with friends. I will miss the close friendships and living with my best friends, always having someone to talk to and to lie in bed nursing a hangover with. For those of you who are graduating and have made it out in four or five years, congrats. Make sure you live up these last few weeks. If you still have time to enjoy the college lifestyle, don’t take for granted what you have here, and always remember the things that you love about Chico State.
ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTO • GINA SPADORCIO
IMPULSIVE BUYS Many students will splurge and spend their money on new clothes instead of saving it or using it toward paying bills.
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WORD OF MOUTH >> How do you find out about parties? See story D4 DICTIONARY
Lullabrew
“Just through Facebook or calling people I know.”
[lul• lah • br • ew] The beer one drinks right before bed. Person 1: I really need to go to sleep. Person 2: Here, drink this lullabrew, it’ll put you right to sleep. source: urbandictionary.com
Trevor Davey sophomore| business
“Facebook or text message.”
Channary Phal freshman | nutrition
“By word-of-mouth, usually.”
Shane Alexander
sophomore | religious studies
“My roommate knows a lot of groups or I hear it through the grapevine.”
Emily Nissen
freshman | pre-nursing
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Sex across cultures Sexual desires and practices differ from individual to individual, and I’ve recently learned that they also differ from culture to culture. First, Latino men tend to be more sexually permissive than Latino women, Asians are less likely to engage in oral sex than any other ethnic group, and lastly Asians are the most conservative in terms of sexual behaviors, according to the Study of Women’s Heath Across the Nation. Since Latinos and Asians are two common subcultures in Chico, I took these results to some friends belonging to each group. My question was whether these results held true in the high-risk environment of college life. While obviously lacking any real scientific merit, I figured I’d at least get some interesting answers. My two Japanese friends, both 22-year-old females, have never experienced the holy grail of foreplay — oral sex. That’s right, in 22 years they’ve never given or received oral pleasure. Part of me was envious that they had never felt the need to perform the daunting task of giving a blowjob, while another part of me wanted to give them a detailed rundown of exactly how much fun they were missing. Their reasoning was simple. They never needed to and never wanted to. Having grown up in California, they’d obviously been exposed to a wide variety of sexual explicitness, but in both of their homes sex was never discussed in any context other than “when you’re ready to make babies you’ll know what to do,” they said. They received sex education classes in public schools, but both found the idea of mouth-to-privates interaction thoroughly offputting and pointless. On the other hand, a female Latino friend of mine finds herself at the other end of the spectrum. In her home, where she had two older brothers, she grew up feeling like she was missing something. Her brothers were allowed to date in high school, and were always told that if they tried to sleep with a girl and she did it, she wasn’t right for them. When my friend finally left home for college with no prior permitted dating experience, she was told that under no circumstances was she to start having sex until she was sure she wanted to get married, she said. While she entered college with no idea how to approach sex and dating she saw all her seemingly fearless friends jumping into intimacy like it was the Sacramento River, she said. I of course explained to my friends that no one way of becoming sexually active is necessarily better than another. I do, however, think that the most important thing is to be given all the facts and the opportunity to decide for yourself what you want, independent of your parents. There are obviously more subcultures than just Asian and Latino that might have a very different take on sex. Whatever group you belong to, it’s up to you whether you adopt the beliefs or not. When it comes to sex, no matter what your background is, the most important thing is to do what makes you happy. Lexi Brister can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com
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CLAY ART Sherri Fizer works at a studio and sells her art to the community. She crafts ceramic works despite being visually impaired.
Downtown art studio teaches ceramic classes to people with disabilities, some dropped due to budget Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER
utte College graduate Sherri Fizer was born with Congenital Glaucoma making her visually impaired, but for 30 years it hasn’t stopped her from doing something she loves — ceramics. Originally from Berkley, she worked in Oakland for 11 years through Vista Community College helping teach ceramics to people with cerebral palsy, Fizer said. Most people with Cerebral Palsy have difficulty using their hands, so there were different techniques they could do such as using their mouth to draw or painting with a tool wrapped around their heads. Fizer moved to Chico and attended Butte College receiving her associate’s degree in behavioral and social sciences, she said. While attending Butte, Fizer took sculpture and ceramics classes for educational and enjoyment purposes. “There is so much joy in creating,” she said. For the past two and a half years on Tuesdays and Thursdays for five to six hours, Fizer has gone to All Fired Up Ceramic Art Center & Gallery on Broadway Street to design hand-built sculptures with clay, she said. When Atlas Clayworks, a studio in Chico she used to go to, was shut down, she discovered All Fired Up, Fizer said. Rather than designing at home she is more comfortable working in an art studio. The center has been working with disabled people for some time, said Janice Hofmann, owner of All Fired Up. Some are a part of the classes she teaches, while others are like Fizer, more selfsufficient.
Her biggest class held 18 high school students with disabilities, she said. Hofmann taught this class for three years, but the class was dropped due to budget cuts. Other classes usually held two to three students. Recently the Little Red Hen, a company that works with children and adults that have developmental disabilities, has been working once a week on their big project of mosaic tiles that will be displayed to the public, Hofmann said. After seeing an advertisement last year for a position, ceramics teacher Cory Conbry decided to get involved with All Fired Up art center, he said. Graduating last May from Chico State with a degree in ceramics, he teaches children ages 9 to 14 a variety of handbuilding techniques and teaches a wheel-throwing class, Conbry said. When designing her sculptures, Fizer does most of her work without assistance, she said. One of the challenges she faces is wheel throwing. This is when an artist put pieces of clay on an electric wheel that spins while the artist forms a shape using their hands. Family sculptures, flower pots, coil frames, animals and prayer figures are some of the sculptures Fizer likes to make, she said. Some of her items are made for friends or members of the community who wants to buy her designs, she has her own business cards that she gives out to the community. Fizer thinks anyone can explore their artistic side, disabled or not, she said. There are ways things can be accommodated for disabled people — their disabilities should not stop them from participating in this craft. “It’s important as it is to anyone else to explore their creativity,” Fizer said.
Graduate art student and 2-D design teacher Chelsea Gilmore also thinks it’s important that everyone have access to
CERAMICS TECHNIQUES Coil — taking a piece of clay and rolling it out to create shapes. Pinch shots — rolling the clay into a ball, then pinching it out to make different designs, can add coils. Slab — using a slab roller to put the clay in between in order to get a nice piece of layered clay. Glaze — adding texture to the clay. Firing — temperatures range from 1,8002,300 degrees Fahrenheit. Low firing creates brighter colors to the clay, high firing creates darker colors, and is a lot more durable. If a plate is created, and low firing is applied the plate can be used in the microwave or oven. Source: Sherri Fizer
art, she said. People with disabilities incorporate their life into their work, Gilmore said. “Art should be an expression of personal experiences,” she said. In the future, All Fired Up plans on hosting an event to get the community involved in hand painting, Hofmann said. Particularly the center wants to sponsor a fundraiser helping children at the Torres Community Shelter, she said. Being able to help people with disabilities gives Fizer drive and motivation to continue making art, she said. “It’s not a hobby,” Fizer said. “It’s part of who I am — I’m an artist.” Tasha Clark can be reached at tclark@theorion.com
Sandal company takes steps to show Chico pride Stephanie Consiglio STAFF WRITER
Dirt crusted between toes, soles of feet stained black and the edges turned a bit callous from spending the hot summer days in Chico hiking in Upper Bidwell Park, swimming in the creek, jumping off rope swings and Slip ’n Sliding in downtown in the front yard of a friend’s house. Many Chico students know this to define the term “Chico Feet,” but as of March, a new company inspired by the lifestyle of Chico has given the phrase a literal meaning. CHICO FEET is a business that designs sandals and was started by Sam Kabert, a graduate student who majored in recreation. As a jumping-off point, he wants to sell sandals and eventually other products that leave an impression wherever people wear them, he said. “CHICO FEET” is etched on the sole of the shoe with the words written inside the shape
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of a bare foot, Kabert said. When worn in the dirt or sand, it leaves this symbol. This is something that students can take with them after they leave Chico, he said. Sandals will be sold for $18 at a booth during graduation weekend, but students are able to pre-order them now. The idea behind the company is to put Chico on the map by selling them all over and getting people interested in everything it has to offer, he said. For
example, if they sell them in San Diego, he wants to add beach waves to make it distinct to the area. “CHICO FEET supports the active lifestyle with clothing and accessories that leave their mark on the world,” Kabert said. “In addition it is supporting the unique Chico community.” Eventually, the company wants to sell accessories such as waterproof cases to keep valuables safe for the outdoors and water packs to keep people
hydrated, Kabert said. “There has already been amazing feedback from Chico so these items are already in development,” he said. These sandals represent the pride that the Chico community shares, said senior Kevin Cesario, a commercial community recreation major and a friend of Kabert who he hired as a CHICO FEET street ambassador. “The idea was to represent the magic this town has,” he said. “You could talk to somebody that is an alumni from 30 years ago and they still talk about how they love Chico and love the town.” The sandals were inspired for people to have a little piece of their time in Chico that they could take with them, Cesario said. The company also wants to create a way for student organizations to raise money, so CHICO FEET has created a program that provides all the tools to ensure the success of fundraising through selling sandals,
Kabert said. “I have strong ties to Chico and I want to help local organizations with fundraising,” he said. “I feel like we’re providing that for them.” Right now CHICO FEET is giving funds to help the tsunami relief in Japan, Kabert said. The five-year plan for the company is to have a charity attached to the business and give back earnings to local groups such as the Boy and Girls Club, he said. Student representatives will be tabling this month for people to order their sandals for graduation and the float on Labor Day, said Caitlin Catelli, a senior recreation administration major and another CHICO FEET street ambassador. These sandals represent memories that were spent here in Chico, Cesario said. Leaving the mark shows that people are happy to come from here. Stephanie Consiglio can be reached at sconsiglio@theorion.com
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Challenge boosts hunger awareness Melissa Hahn STAFF WRITER
Weeks ago, I bought a bagel with cream cheese and a coffee for breakfast. The total was $4.55. I was immediately reminded of the article I wrote on March 23 about the Hunger Challenge which dared the community to live on $4 a day in order to create the experience of food stamp recipients. It was 9 a.m. and I had already spent more than $4. The true essence of the challenge caught my attention, and so I decided to do it. Before challenge week, I repeatedly planned out the grocery list to get as much variety and healthy foods as possible. My biggest worry was about my fast metabolism â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I eat a lot and still get hungry a few hours later. The day before Hunger Challenge week, I shopped at WinCo Foods. While approaching the register, anxiety arose about going over the $28 budget. I estimated the total amount in my cart maybe five times. I was afraid I would have to pull something out after the clerk rung me up and delay the customers behind me. I took the initiative to warn the clerk of that possibility. To save myself the embarrassment, I pulled out a potato and the cube of tofu beforehand. The total came out to be $21.90. I decided to save myself the extra $6.10 for whatever I needed later, which I ended up using for coffee and muffins during school hours. Day one was instantly difficult. I love cooking, which
means I like generous use of spices and garnishes. The rules state that salt, pepper and tap water are free. As I stared down my bottle of paprika that I desperately wanted to put on my breakfast potatoes, I grabbed the salt and pepper shakers. Those are all I used to flavor my foods for the week. I resorted to not buying cooking oil, so each meal was bland and turned into a flavorless mound of beans, pasta and vegetables. What I cooked was not satisfying, but ate them to stop my stomach from growling. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize what luxuries simple items were, like ketchup and vegetable oil. I cheated Monday and Wednesday, days when I am at school from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., by accepting free food that was provided during a class project, for the sake of maintaining my energy. By Thursday, I ran out of coffee. My head felt empty but heavy, and I started to feel weak and tired. It was hard to concentrate in class and I continuously thought about when I can go home and eat the crap food that I had in my refrigerator. I stepped on the scale Thursday and found that I lost two pounds since Sunday, regardless of eating three meals a day. I understand why lowincome families might resort to dollar menus. Before I assumed it was for the affordability, but I realized regardless of health, dollar menu items offer flavor, fat and calories that help throughout the day. Instead of worrying about reducing the fat and calories, the worry was whether Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting enough of them. Before the challenge, I
FOOD STAMP FACTS Nearly 34 million people in the U.S. received food stamps in April 2009, up about 20 percent from April 2008. Approximately 2.5 million Californians â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 million households â&#x20AC;&#x201D; receive food stamps each month. In California, a single person is eligible to receive food stamps, only if their yearly gross income is $14,079 or less. source: hungerchallenge.blogspot.com
would buy more food than I needed. I have a new appreciation for the smaller things and will be grateful for anything oďŹ&#x20AC;ered, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a piece of candy. Turning down free food was an excruciatingly common encounter. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was the week in particular or if I never noticed how much I get oďŹ&#x20AC;ered food, but I refused ice cream and mouth-watering ethnic foods several times. Living on $28 a week may be easier for some than others. For me, it was harder because I enjoy the luxuries of cooking. Food is a privilege and an important aspect in holiday celebrations, social gatherings and self-enjoyment. When an everyday essential like food is taken away, there are more consequences than just hunger. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine the feeling of working two or three jobs only to come home to an empty refrigerator. I have a new respect and sympathy for food stamp recipients because sometimes after a day of hard work, a nice meal is a great way to unwind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and here I am, fussing about not getting to put paprika on my potatoes. Melissa Hahn can be reached at mhahn@theorion.com
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It’s Tuesday night and there’s nothing to do. Some students look to local newspaper calendars to find upcoming events, others hear about parties through Facebook or word-of-mouth. There’s now a new social planning resource named Party Chico for those who want to find something to do. It’s a website that maintains a calendar of events for all types of social activities for all ages occurring in Chico. Anything from bar specials, live music, art shows to outdoor activities can be found on the site. Jason Childs, was the one who bought the domain name while Party Chico Vice
President of design Brandon Thomas, a former Chico State student, handles the design and technology aspect. Vice President of marketing and relations Robert Nevers, a former Butte College student, is in charge of marketing and business relations. “We initially started with capturing the bar aspect of Chico because that’s where we fall and then expanded to represent every other demographic in town,” Nevers said. “Although Chico is a college town, there are a lot of other people here who want to have fun.” The site also has occasional coupons that reduce or void any cover charges at venues as well as filtering options for people who only want to view particular events on the calendar, Nevers said. The site doesn’t want to only focus on
the over 21 clientele but to have multiple social options, he said. Party Chico is open to posting any event whether it’s someone wanting to have a big birthday party, a wine party or a church event, Nevers said. “All we want Party Chico to be is a lemming sitting on the couch next to you spitting ideas at you all day,” Thomas said. “When you’re bored thinking what you want to do for the day, it’s the gremlin that sits there and tells you what’s going on.” People should learn how to get as much as they can out of their free time, he said. “We want those few hours of the day that you’re not working, sleeping or being told what to do to, to be enjoyed,” Thomas said. “I think I just got tired of
not being a kid anymore.” An online social calendar will help junior Sydney Valia, a anthropology major, plan her weekends, she said. “I’ve always thought of a place that you could resort to that tells you everything that’s going on,” Valia said. “If there was a site where people could post reviews and sponsored events that would be really resourceful.” The community should embrace all the events the town has to offer, Thomas said. “It’s really about exploration,” he said. “There’s way too much going on in Chico to be bored unless you really want to be.” Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com
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wear red if they are in a relationship and green if they are single, she said. To go along with party decorations, alcohol is a significant item purchased for discretionary purposes, said Brittney Weltz, a junior health science major. “I like to have fun,” she said. “But it’s money that could be used toward bills.” While purchasing items for themed parties may be unnecessary, it is beneficial when it comes to having fun, said Sydney Blatt, a junior majoring in nutrition. “It’s part of the culture,” she said. Alcohol is a waste of money, but it is always in demand, said Amy Glavich, a junior agriculture major. “Whenever I go to Safeway, people are buying alcohol,” she said. Being on a tight budget, Glavich conserves her money well, but sees people spending money on useless things like trendy items, clothes and unnecessary eating out at restaurants a lot, she said. One of the largest areas
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DINING OUT Spending money on food instead of cooking it at home can add up to be a pricey habit. students could be saving money on is not eating out so much said Michaela Reed, a junior exercise physiology major said. “Eating out a lot is what gets me,” she said. “Damn T. Bar. I always go back.” Along with spending money
on expensive food, shopping for clothes is a way that students constantly waste money, Reed said. “Some girls definitely have a shopping obsession that wastes money,” she said. “And people are always wasting money
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buying representative T-shirts and trends that they buy to fit in.” Others that do not buy into trends, still waste their money in more excessive ways on the college basics of partying, Morrow said.
“I save my money by not being trendy,” he said. “But then I spend it all on partying.” Students are encouraged to keep track of expenditures to help budget themselves, said Frederica Shockley, chair of the economics department. “The first thing students should do is get a spreadsheet and list out the obligations they have each month,” she said. “Then they should add on how much they plan to spend on extra things like gasoline or eating out.” With the cost of tuition rising, students may struggle with their budget and should evaluate how they spend their money, Shockley said. “People are rational and should be allowed to make decisions that satisfy them,” she said. “Information is power though and students need to analyze what they are spending.” When rent was due, Morrow had to resort to selling his fishing pole in order to make rent, he said. He regretted his shopping spree.
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Q: What unnecessary items would you most likely buy? >> Story D1
A. Fast food to recover from a hangover Luicita Ramos
senior | exercise physiology
B. Laptop accessories Daniel Lovik
freshman | mechanical engineering
C. Smart phone applications Karine Meyer
junior | liberal studies
Ricci See
junior | liberal studies
Towfy Alapalawi
grad student | microbiology
D. Trendy room decorations Andrew Benedict
sophomore | nutrition
Marissa Nash
sophomore | Legal studies
Erin Lund
Sophomore | child development
Audrey Miller senior | studio art
Hailey Vincent can be reached at hvincent@theorion.com
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March 18, 1998 “CAVE surpasses own reputation of service” CAVE was Chico’s premier service learning organization across all state school’s campuses, former CAVE Director Nan Timmons said. There were more than 1,800
project pals with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Adopt a Grandparent, Sports Connections, helping out in a hospital program, working with the environment and working with kids with English as a second language. CAVE was open to everyone and always welcomed new students from freshmen to seniors.
student volunteers reaching up to 55,000 hours of community service. CAVE helped the students who volunteered, the community and the people they connected with. Students were capable of gaining experience in prospective fields. Volunteering for CAVE also helped volunteers when networking for jobs. Programs offered included
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Though programs haven’t changed significantly, CAVE has grown with the needs of the students and has remained successful since it first began. The program brings in almost 2,000 volunteers a semester, each of who put in more than 30 hours a week. There are three program areas and Chico Ambassadors and Animal Connections are both new community connection programs where students go into the community and work with different populations, said junior Liza Worden, a therapeutic recreation major and outreach and recruitment director. Students can volunteer to work at animal shelters, improving the
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is only offered on the Chico campus. Students aren’t placed in outside classrooms to tutor elementary school kids anymore, since that’s done in the Bell Memorial Union, Worden said. Other programs help students in the classroom and this transition gives students who don’t have transportation and freshman students the chance to also tutor students, she said. Staying on campus allows for them to have full support of the CAVE staff. CAVE has grown throughout the last few semesters and offers many options for students to gain experiences, Worden said.
environment or with the elderly. Other programs are weekend immersion, which lasts from a Friday afternoon until Sunday evening, Worden said. Students will travel off-site and out of Chico to places such as San Francisco to work in parks or Sonoma to work in a development center. The largest addition is service learning, which has six programs that work with kids ranging from working inside the classroom as a teacher’s aid, one-on-one with a child to Youth Entrepreneur Camp, where students learn about entrepreneurship skills, she said. Students get to build a product and sell it at the farmers market. Tutorials for students have changed this semester and it
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IRESEARCH The political science department is now using iPads to collect data to avoid the hassle of paperwork or large computers.
Campus Spotlight: Professor’s research goes outside the lab with the use of iPads
assistant’s time. I’d rather the assistant use their time to help with the analysis rather than just the data itself. With the iPad, data gets recorded right away.
Paul Viotti, assistant professor in the political science department, has begun to use iPads for his research. The social science department is using iPads in a mobile experimental lab to collect data on attitudes toward economic inequality. Viotti has conducted thousands of experiments across the United States, India, Panama, Uganda and China, producing an excess amount of paperwork, something that he hopes to change by the use of iPad technology.
Q: What is the main purpose of using the iPads for this research? Viotti: The idea is to be able to conduct fieldwork more efficiently then we’ve been doing and conduct surveys outside the university setting.
Q: How did the idea to use iPads for this research come about? Viotti: I’ve been wanting to use laptops for a long time, but even those are a bit cumbersome. Using paper to collect data is very difficult and there is a huge possibility of losing the data. Q: What are the benefits of conducting this research using iPads versus the alternatives? Viotti: Using paper is not a good use of the research
Q: Do you see iPads revolutionizing the way research will be done in the future? Viotti: I think so — not just iPads, there’s a huge proliferation of products like it. They are going to contribute to greater productivity and research and reduce reliance on non-renewable resources, mainly reams of paper that currently are used. Back in the 1980s when computers started up, we thought we would see a reduction in paper use, but we started printing everything. I don’t see iPads printing or wasting paper. We might be at a bifurcation now when technology will reduce the use of paper. -Compiled Vincent
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