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Damage to gym court walls of the Wildcat Recreation Center is costing $16,470. Investigation of the damage showed the cause was impact from basketball players hitting the wall after driving hard for the ball. Cracked drywall was found between steel studs in the wall on court two, which showed the worst damage. A veneer laminate panel system is now being placed on the surface of the walls as a long-term solution.

Chico State will soon oﬀer a new minor in video game design for those interested in applying their skills to the digital arts. The Academic Senate unanimously voted to approve the new minor Thursday, and students can start applying for the course track next fall. Bringing video game design classes outside of mere elective status will create a new incentive for students to pursue the coursework, said senior applied computer graphics major Kayla Leininger.

“I know a lot of people will really appreciate this,” she said. “It will help them specify what they want to do with their education.” The approval comes after growing demand from students for a degree program speciﬁcally structured around the video game industry. The minor will be overwhelmingly popular, as suggested by a recent survey conducted by Clarke Steinback, program coordinator for applied computer graphics. Seventy-three percent of students currently taking introductory video game design classes said they would take the minor, with an additional 17 percent saying they would probably take it.

But the driving force for the new minor is outside of the applied computer graphics field. “The rationale behind offering a minor is that student in other disciplines would have exposure to what their field could be doing in the gaming industry, as well as how video games can be used in their main discipline,” Steinback said. The design of a successful video game involves the collaboration of people with a wide variety of specialties, not the least of which is history, literature and creative writing, he said. There had always been a significant >> please see MINOR | A6

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$4.50 gas prices likely new reality

Source: A.S. Board of Directors meeting

Allison Weeks STAFF WRITER

“Phase Forward” is a play that will be put on by theatre department students today through Sunday. Students of the department helped to direct, write or perform in this theater production. The play is about the unknowns and myths of the world. It expresses problems with justice, greed, pride and love, and was inﬂuenced by world mythology. The performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Harlem Adams Theatre. To order tickets to this event, call University Box Oﬃce at 530-898-6333. Source: Campus Announcements

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SURVIVOR Former A.S. President Joseph Igbineweka talked about the attack not long after leaving the hospital in April 2010. He has since moved to Oakland and is continuing physical therapy to restore functions to his left hand.

Moving closer to closure Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER

The Associated Students Women’s Center’s Take Back the Night will take place from 7:30 to 10 p.m Tuesday. Take Back the Night is an event honoring those that have been sexually abused. It is dedicated to preventing sexual assaults from happening to others. The events of the night include sexual abuse survivors speaking out about their traumatic experiences, a keynote address, workshops for each gender regarding sexual violence and a candlelit march. Informational tabling will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Free Speech Area. Source: Campus Announcements

After enduring a brutal stabbing, six months of physical therapy and two surgeries, former Associated Students President Joseph Igbineweka has decided not to let his injured hand hold him back from pursuing graduate education. Igbineweka, who was stabbed on April 18, 2010 while walking home from a friend’s house, lost the ability to use his left hand to pick up things as light as a laptop, he said in a phone interview, speaking from his Oakland home. Due to a weekly regimen of physical therapy and a tendon-transfer surgery to straighten out his pinkie, his strength is improving, but it will

never be the same as it was before his attack, Igbineweka said. “It’s not like I’ll get the same hand I used to have before, the original hand, but it’s way, way better,” Igbineweka said. Police are seeking Jorge Aguilar Ceja in connection with Igbineweka’s stabbing based on the result of a DNA matching test they conducted on blood found on a folding knife not far from the scene of the crime, Chico Police said in a Jan. 31 press conference. The DNA was processed by the Butte County Department of Justice over a period of eight months, Chico Police Department Chief Mike Maloney said. “We seized the knife, and we took it to the >> please see DNA | A6

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Although the revolution in Libya might seem far away, residents in Chico are certainly feeling its effects at the pump. “The price of gas has gone up 20 cents in the last two weeks,” said Raj Sandhu, owner of the Shell Station on Nord Avenue. “It has gone up 10 cents each week. If gas prices keep going up, it will be going up by $4.50 by this summer.” The problem is transporting the oil to America, Sandhu said. “Most of the gas deposits are located in the Middle East, and it is the No. 1 export in that part of the world,” Sandhu said. “Since there is conflict in Libya, it is not safe to ship oil to other parts of the world.” Not only is dependency on gas causing gas prices to increase, but it is also affecting the price of necessities. “As gas prices go up, store prices go up because of the cost of transportation,” Sandhu said. “Trucks need to pay money for gas in order for the goods to reach their final destination.” The increasing gas prices has had a major impact on Jennifer Roman, a senior health administration major. “I live on 20th Street, so I need my car to get to school, and get to my internship at Enloe Hospital,” Roman said. “I have no money coming in, so I plan on getting a bike and a job because of the high gas prices.” Jami Claflin, a Butte College student and Contagious Motor Sports employee, carpools to school, but fears the increasing gas prices may soon affect her carpool. “One of the people in my carpool drives an SUV which consumes a lot of gas,” Claflin said. “This may affect my carpool soon since there seems to be no end in sight to the increasing gas prices.” Allison Weeks can be reached at aweeks@theorion.com

Planned parking structure focus of student activism Anthony Siino NEWS EDITOR

A group of students is bringing a proposed parking structure to a vote on the upcoming Associated Students’ election ballot — that is, if it can clear the red tape of the A.S. Board of Directors. The student group wants to halt the plans for a new parking structure because it doesn’t meet certain environmental criteria.

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Letting students vote on the issue is important because the structure was approved without student opinions, said Christine Hood, a senior liberal studies major, during Thursday’s A.S. Board of Directors meeting. The measure asks, “Should the Associated Students support the building of another parking structure?” If put on the ballot and then approved by student votes, it could lead to the A.S.

recommending to university oﬃcials that the proposed $14 million structure on West Second Street be halted or even scrapped entirely, A.S. President Amro Jayousi said. Opponents of the measure argue that there isn’t enough parking on the Chico State campus, especially during peak hours when many spaces are occupied. The measure introduces its question with a statement indicating that “Chico State is a

nationally recognized leader in sustainability” and that the proposed structure contradicts commitments to “campus climate neutrality,” which were given without citation as measures are traditionally presented, said Professor Mark Stemen. It can’t be put on the ballot, however, until the language of the measure is found legally ﬁt by the board’s attorney, Jayousi said. Stemen teaches the course

Geography 440: Environmental Thought and Action. Students in the course developed and are promoting the advisory measure as part of their curriculum, he said. The class revised the measure by adding citations and making minor changes and presented it to the board again, Stemen said. At that point, the measure had taken 10 days longer than it had ever taken to approve a measure for the >> please see PARKING | A6

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WORLD NEWS >> Monterrey, Mexico — The mayor of Garcia, a suburb in Monterrey, Mexico, Brussels, Belgium — A baby stuck in

survived an assassination attempt when

killed and 12 were injured in ﬁghts

Ukraine for more than two years cleared

his bodyguards fought oﬀ assassins in a

Saturday between rioters and Tunisian

bureaucratic hurdles and arrived in

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legally married men. The boy was born in

Rodriguez was travelling in an SUV for a

Tunis, Tunisia — Three people were

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has proposed a bill that would take away many of the collective bargaining rights from public employee unions. Supporters of these unions have been camping out at the state capitol building in Wisconsin for the past two weeks. Custodians of the capitol have found it difficult to clean around the protesters and have had to work overtime due to the protesters who are in the way. The dozens of people in sleeping bags crowd the floor, preventing maintenance from fully cleaning the building. Government officials have withdrawn plans to ban overnight stays at the capitol, but have resorted to locking out additional protesters in the evening.

were arrested in the riots organized by

Baghdad, Iraq — Gunmen attacked

supporters of ousted President Zine al-

and bombed Iraq’s largest oil reﬁnery

Ukraine to a surrogate mother in 2008,

meeting when the gunmen opened ﬁre

Abidine Ben Ali. An oﬃcial said that Ben

Saturday and forced the plant to shut

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from another vehicle. At least three Mexi-

Ali oﬃcials pushed some of the rioters

down. One person was killed and

mother laws in Belgium and perceived

can mayors have been killed in 2011, with

into orchestrating the riot, and others

another was injured in the attack. The

anti-gay sentiment prevented the boy

more than a dozen being assassinated in

were even paid oﬀ by them.

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from receiving a Belgian passport. The

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2010. Many of the assassinations have Christchurch, New Zealand — Police in Christchurch, New Zealand say that

been linked to organized crime. Source: Associated Press

violence has risen by 50 percent since a major earthquake destroyed parts of the city and left 123 people dead. Police have seen a marked increase in family assaults since the quake, as many have been forced into homelessness. Domestic violence is already a major problem in Christchurch, and studies indicate that natural disasters can triple the incidence of domestic abuse. Source: Agence France-Presse

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A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit Arkansas Sunday, the largest quake in the state for 35 years. No major damage was reported, but cracked ceilings and screen doors were reported by residents. This was one of many quakes to hit the state since last fall. The series has possibly been connected to naturalgas drillings in the area. Researchers have found connections to the times of the quakes and the use of injection wells. While the connection is being investigated, drilling of new wells is temporarily halted. The quake, which occurred at 11 p.m. Sunday, was felt in at least ﬁve states. Source: The New York Times

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REUNITED Paper towel rolls were returned to Meriam Library following the theft of at least 70 of them Feb. 22. These rolls were returned after police confronted a suspect.

Meriam Library main target of paper towel theft Dario Gut STAFF WRITER

A group of people entered the Meriam Library Feb. 22 not with the intention to study, but to ransack the bathrooms for paper towel rolls. It is thought that a student organization was involved in the act, said Kathleen Purvis, head of building management and student personnel for the library. Her reasoning is that the suspects reportedly wore similar outﬁts. More than 70 paper towels rolls were stripped out of the holders in both men

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is truly important,” Crotts said. Thirty paper towels rolls were also stolen from Tehama Hall and an estimated 28 were taken from Holt Hall Wednesday at 2 p.m., according to the University Police brieﬁng log. It is unknown if the incidents are related. This is the second crime in two weeks involving the library. “It will cost us money to repair the holders for the rolls,” Purvis said. “We have zero tolerance for theft in the library.”

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UPD in the investigation,” Purvis said. A majority of the rolls were returned the next day when police oﬃcials confronted one of the identiﬁed suspects, she said. “I can’t understand how students don’t know there are surveillance cameras in the library,” said Joe Crotts, head of library access services. The towel dispensers were broken open because they were locked and could only be opened with a key otherwise, he said. “When someone pursues these pranks or initiations, they need to think of what is appropriate and what

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Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is backing a proposed California tobacco tax that would fund cancer and tobacco-related illness research. Armstrong and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pressed for support of the California Cancer Research Act, which would add a $1 per pack tax, in hopes to raise more than $500 million a year. The raised tax money would be divided into diﬀerent categories, such as cancer research, smoker prevention programs and law enforcement to inhibit tobacco sales to minors. A decision on the proposed initiative is expected by March 11.

and women’s bathrooms on all four floors as well as two custodial closets, she said. “The same situation occurred last year around the same time,” Purvis said. Cameras that were added last year helped distinguish the suspects this time around, she said. The video cameras installed outside the bathrooms caught the entire group on film, Purvis said. Two members were recognized by library staff the following day. The footage was then sent to University Police, which is conducting an investigation. “The camera footage will greatly assist

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Efrain Velella, freshman civil engineering major: “I see skateboarders or longboarders, they just pick up their board with out even noticing that there is dirt everywhere. There is germs all over the board and they spread their germs everywhere with their friends.” Rebecca Rolapp, senior physics major: “Surfaces get touched by hundreds of people every single day. It’s a combination of people sneezing on themselves, not washing hands, all of that is gross.”

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Juan Villalobos, freshman civil engineering major: “I don’t see people cover their mouth when they cough. I don’t see anybody wash their hands before they walk into Sutter. That’s kind of gross.”

It started with exhaustion, then the sneezing, tissue after tissue into the trash. Waking up in cold sweats every night, another day goes by — then the stomach pains start. He found himself running to the bathroom before his knees crashed onto the cold tile ﬂoor again. Nausea hits. It’s the ﬂu again. David Koch, senior construction management major, is

one of many students who has been handed a note from the Chico State Student Health Center excusing them from classes due to the flu running rampant through campus. While sickness, especially the flu, isn’t always avoidable, there are ways to prevent illness. The Student Health Center offers flu shots Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and again from 3 to 4 p.m. The health center has been busier than usual due to flu

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3n2h3n2h3 2h3n2h3n2 3n2h3n2h3 2h3n2h3n2 3n2h3n2h3 season, said Sandy Hankins, Student Health Center medical assistant. Sometimes patients are sick, but are still exchanging kisses with their significant others, Hankins said. Here are a few helpful tips to avoid catching the flu on a daily basis: frequent hand washing, no sharing cups or utensils and carrying wipes to clean off desks and other surfaces. Avoid handrails as well, because they are one of the most germ-ridden surfaces on campus, Hankins said. Trish Roche can be reached at troche@theorion.com

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Drug abuse in Chico takes on new form Fake apartment Andre Byik STAFF WRITER

Chico State students could be used to the vices that come with attending a party school — the alcohol, late nights and the smell of marijuana on Ivy Street — but indulging is becoming deadly. Intravenous drug use and the rise of prescription drug abuse were possibly the common link in the deaths of two Chico State students in the last two years. Former students Gina Maggio and Reid Engelbrecht, who died in Oct. 2009 and Feb. 2010, were the most recent deaths in which the use of IV drugs were suspected, according to the Chico Police Department. In the last four years there has been in increase in the use of prescription narcotics such as Oxycodone and Dilaudid, Chico Police Department Sgt. Rob Merrifield said. Prescription drug abuse is particularly hard to combat because users often have valid prescriptions for the drugs, and the easy accessibility of prescription drugs can be attributed to “shady” physicians. “The prescription drug thing is so difficult,” Merrifield said. “We’re confident that some physicians make their money on oxy prescriptions.” The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center is one line of defense the school has to fight against alcohol and drug abuse, but IV drug use is relatively new in the community, said Theresa Fagouri, program coordinator for CADEC. “Five years ago we didn’t hear one thing about it,” she said. “Two years ago and last year, that’s all — not all we heard — but a lot.” Maggio’s mother, Jill Maggio, said in a phone interview that the use of prescription and IV drugs among students is a “real hidden secret,” and that the problem is not being addressed with the same fervor as alcohol abuse. There is a “tunnel-vision” approach toward drug

education, Maggio said. Students are very aware of the dangers of driving drunk, but aren’t as versed in the dangers of prescription drug abuse, she said. “IV drug use is going over the line,” Maggio said. She added that the Chico community needs to do something different. The use of drugs comes down to personal choices, said Aaron Smilovitz, a junior criminal justice major. While counseling is available for students seeking help for drug addictions, “no one has really taken action” since the deaths of Maggio and Engelbrecht, he said. Adderall, a prescription amphetamine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, seems to have increased in use among students taking the drug to assist studying, Smilovitz said. CADEC’s approach to combat drug and alcohol abuse is through education, but it also has a relationship with the University Police and the Chico Police Department, Fagouri said. The police will give CADEC information on new drug trends that it sees in the community, Fagouri said. She added that while prescription painkillers such as Oxycodone have decreased in popularity lately, drugs come in waves, and cocaine is currently popular among students. “I can say I’ve never met a student who wants to be an addict,” Fagouri said. “Say it starts with partying and experimentation, and then it becomes a bad habit, and then it’s an addiction.” While Chico police can use undercover tactics to combat illicit drug use, curbing prescription drug abuse proves more difficult because informants may have to be identified, Merrifield said. He added that police don’t have illusions on the problem of prescription drug abuse, but that people have to decide whether to use the drugs. Andre Byik can be reached at abyik@theorion.com

listings part of housing scams Bryan Clendon STAFF WRITER

Crooks working outside the U.S. are targeting perspective tenants on the website Craigslist in an attempt to scam them out of their hard earned dollars, Mikayla Teeter explained. Teeter, a data entry supervisor for Chico State’s ﬁnancial services, had recent correspondence with some scammers when looking for a place to rent. When Teeter sent an e-mail indicating interest in a rental listing, the poster sent an e-mail with the property address and an application, she said. The e-mail also said they were in Nigeria for a conference and would be gone for two to three years. After initial correspondence, they sent her an e-mail explaining the method she would use to send the $900 security deposit through a delivery service. Before committing any money, Teeter drove by the property address and saw a sign indicating that Sheraton Real Estate Management managed the property, she said. She called Sheraton and notiﬁed them of the Craigslist post and

discovered that the Craigslist posters had attempted to scam her out of her money. This type of activity is not uncommon, and happens a few times per year, said Dan Herbert, president of Sheraton Real Estate Management. Usually, Sheraton ﬁnds Craigslist ads that use its property addresses early on and ﬂags them as scams, said Cher Sonday, a property manager with Sheraton Real Estate Management. Scammers often post low prices that look very appealing, Sonday said. “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” she said. Actually meeting the poster of a Craigslist ad is the key to avoiding scams, according to Craigslist. It is also advised to never wire money to a Craigslist poster. Other important things to look for are local contact numbers and addresses of properties, Herbert said. If there are multiple entries on Craigslist for one address, the chances are high that one of them is a scam. Bryan Clendon can be reached at bclendon@theorion.com

WHAT’S THAT SMELL? Fireﬁghters and University Police showed up Saturday to investigate a suspicious odor at the Bell Memorial Union. All those inside were forced to wait outside while authorities conducted their investigation.

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False alarm forces BMU evacuation Ben Mullin STAFF WRITER

A suspected gas leak displaced students at Bell Memorial Union when staﬀ alerted University Police Saturday afternoon of a “weird smell,” University Police Sgt. Corinne Beck said. While authorities made their way to the BMU, students were told to leave the building. There was no smell of gas when University Police arrived on the scene, but Chico Fire Department crews were called in to inspect the BMU in the interest of safety, Beck said. The smell, which Beck described to ﬁ re

department investigators, as similar to spoiled food. The Chico Fire Department found no traces of spoilage, however, Chico Fire Chief Steve Brown said. The smell was probably circulated through the BMU by intake vent on its west side, which sucked in the fumes of a nearby dumpster, said A.S. Bookstore operator Steve Dubey. The dumpsters, which are about 20 yards from the BMU intake vent, may have been the cause of the smell, as they contain cardboard and some food from the nearby kitchen. Once authorities declared that the BMU was safe, an electrician was called on his day oﬀ in order to reset the alarm, Beck said. The alarm

sounded for about 45 minutes, and authorities didn’t allow anyone to re-enter the building until the alarm had ended. Among the people evacuated was Losang Samten, a former monk from Tibet preparing to resume construction of his Mandala of Compassion, an elaborate mosaic created entirely from sifted colored sand. The high-pitched chirping was not the most alarming disturbance he’s experienced while working on his sand art, Samten said. A woman caused a huge disturbance during his performance in San Francisco. “She jumped into the mandala,” Samten said.

The alarm also delayed the production of “The Vagina Monologues,” by about half an hour, actress Kelly Reynolds said. The show is sponsored by the Associated Students Women’s Center. The fire alarm didn’t faze the performers — if anything, it made them better, said Jillian Ruddell, producer of the play and director of the A.S. Women’s Center. “The fire alarm I think amped us up a little bit and made us that much more motivated to have a great show,” Ruddell said. Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com

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ballot and it still wasn’t confirmed. Changes were recommended again, Jayousi said. Even though the measure is going through a long revision process, the intent is not to stifle the measure through “death by committee,” he said. The board’s opinion on the measure isn’t the concern — the legal truth of the measure’s statements is the only

issue at hand. Board members are making efforts to help the class get the bill passed, with Lori Hoffman, vice president of business and finance and Jayousi both offering to attend during class time to work on the measure. Once the measure gets approval from legal counsel, the A.S. Board of Directors will call a special meeting to get the measure passed in a

timely matter, Jayousi said. The experience has given the students an important and fun lesson in political activism, said Jessica Ulvang, senior environmental sciences major. Ultimately, the process is more important than getting the measure passed, Stemen said. Anthony Siino can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com

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segment of students from other departments taking introductory gaming courses and the survey indicated that 40 percent of students involved were non-APCG majors, Steinback said. The minor could also have positive implications for Chico State students’ employability in hard science career ﬁelds, said Ralph Huntsinger, director of the McLeod Institute of

Simulation Sciences. Video game design can assist a students’ ability to present numerical data in an understandable fashion, called scientific visualization, which managers in the chemistry, physics and biology fields appreciate. The future of the new minor may be in question before it has even had the chance to take flight, however. The new program lacks

teachers, with only one tenured professor and two lecturers able to oﬀer video game design courses, said communications design faculty member Jennifer Meadows. In the case of future budget cuts and layoﬀs for the CSU, the loss of any of these teachers would devastate the budding minor, she said. Alexander Seymour can be reached at aseymour@theorion.com

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Department of Justice to begin the forensic analysis, which is a complex deal,” Maloney said. “It doesn’t work like TV, where you get a match within 48 hours.” Though the DNA has been successfully matched, the District Attorney’s office does not yet have a case against Aguilar, said Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. Barry Sayavong, the first man arrested for

Igbineweka’s stabbing, is no longer a suspect, though he is still a person of interest in the case, Maloney said. “There’s a very clear suggestion that he was right there when it happened,” Maloney said. “And being right there, he could tell us what happened. But right now, he’s not saying anything.” Sayavong and his attorney declined to comment on this story.

Igbineweka, a Chico alumnus who is currently enjoying the relative peace and quiet of Oakland, is excited to move on with his life and pursue a graduate degree in public policy now that his physical therapy is done, he said. “For the past year now, this hand has been one of my main focuses,” Igbineweka said. “It has actually held me back from applying to grad school or going back to school. Now I’m going to try to go back to school again, and

apply to one of the local universities to get my masters.” Despite the attack, he is still the same person he was before he got stabbed, and he isn’t paranoid in Chico, Igbineweka said. “I miss the college life, a little bit,” he said. “Chico’s really beautiful.” Ben Mullin can be reached a bmullin@theorion.com

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leaves empty dorms the chancellor tells each of the CSUs how many people they can STAFF WRITER enroll.” Eight years ago, University As enrollment figures continue to decline, Chico State Housing officials had no idea students are finding themselves they would be faced with a with a lot more places to live, reduced enrollment, Stephen especially when it comes to uni- said. That is when the plan to construct Sutter Hall came into versity housing. There are 556 vacant beds in place. “When we were designing the all dorms on campus, said David Stephen, president of Univer- construction of Sutter Hall, the sity Housing and Food Service. plan was to be able to fit 1,000 Stephen oversees all dorms beds into the building,” he said. including Sutter Hall, Whitney “But this was when enrollment was increasing.” Hall and the University Village. University Housing is a solely “UV has the most vacancies, but two floors in Whitney and auxiliary department meaning four buildings in UV are closed,” they get its money entirely from the students, Stephen said. Stephen said. The low enrollment cap has Brown warned the public that affected how if voters don’t his department extend state operates, he taxes in the said. June elec“Due to the tions, more decreasing cuts might UV has the most enrollment, we have to be vacancies, but two are trying to promade. mote University “We have floors in Whitney and to have cost four buildings in UV are Village and Sutter to the upper containment closed. classmen in strategies order to get them and close to stay with us,” more buildDAVID STEPHEN Blanco said. ings if this President of University Housing Lower enrolloccurs,” Steand Food Service ment numbers phen said. have also been In fall noticed by 2009, the freshmen class had 2,505 stu- Jolene Francis, president and dents. A year later that number CEO of the Chico Chamber of dropped by 605 students, Ste- Commerce. Private business is the drivphen said. That drop represents ing force behind solving the almost 25 percent of freshmen. Each of the 23 CSUs receive economic crisis driving the enrollment orders from the drastic changes of enrollment, chancellor of the state of Cali- Francis said. “When private business is fornia who manages how much money each CSU can receive, successful, it pays taxes on revenue helping to employ more Stephen said. Juan Blanco, who has been people,” Francis said. “This is working in Chico State residen- the most difficult legislature to tial halls for years, shed some do business in, and I know most businesses that have moved to light on this situation. “The chancellor tries to other states because of this.” meet the needs of all the CSUs in the system,” Blanco said. Allison Weeks may be reached at “Because of the budget crisis, aweeks@theorion.com Allison Weeks

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All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department Thursday, 5:15 p.m.: Loose animal were reported in 100 block of Forest Creek Circle. “Two dogs running loose, one is pit bull. Reporting party in vehicle in front of house and needs to get his kids into house but is concerned dogs might be aggressive. Dogs were not aggressive. ‘Pumpkin’, male pit bull, ‘Wookie’ male pit bull.” Thursday, 8:41 p.m.: Possible drug activity reported on East Sixth Avenue. “Reporting party can see four to five males smoking marijuana on the front porch. When the subject goes out on the residence and makes a drug deal, asked reporting party how he knows this type of activity was taking place in the home behind closed doors. He stated because he is a 60-year-old man and his intuition tells him it is taking place.” Friday, 8:56 a.m.: Civil matter reported on Nord Avenue. “Reporting party is trying to report his bike stolen. Says he had it at his friend’s storage unit. They had a disagreement and friend is selling all his property.” Friday, 9:37 a.m.: Shoplift reported in 2100 block of Pillsbury Road. “Two white male adults stuffed their jackets full of canned goods.” Friday, 12:15 p.m.: Transient problem reported in 970 block of Mangrove Avenue. “Transient keeps coming in the business. Has been in four times, comes in and just rambles. Currently wandering the parking lot.” Friday, 12:15 p.m. Information to citizen reported on Nord Avenue. “Reporting party saw people stashing copper. He believes copper was stolen. Would like to talk to an officer about what he saw.” Friday, 1:04 p.m.: Scam reported at a store on Mangrove Avenue. “Reporting party reporting subjects came in with $3,000 worth of gold. Reporting party tested it. They paid him and subjects switched out the bags and took the gold with them.” Friday, 1:46 p.m.: Thrown object at vehicle reported on Mangrove Avenue. “Northbound on Warner. Spraying silly string out of their vehicle. Reporting party now has it all over the front of his vehicle.”

Friday, 2:03 p.m.: Reckless driving reported in 300 block of Legion Avenue. “Reporting party states that they are doing this intentionally. They wait at the end of the street, look for oncoming traffic, then drive the wrong way up the one-way street.” Friday, 4:28 p.m.: Thrown object at vehicle reported at West 15th Street. “College-aged students throwing ice/hail at passing vehicles. Five males, one female.” Friday 6:29 p.m.: Petty theft reported on North Avenue. “Reporting party is reporting his neighbor stole his satellite dish. Reporting party has a very thick accent and is very hard to understand.” Friday, 6:54 p.m.: Warrant reported on East 20th Street. “Panhandler charging cars and puts cardboard sign on reporting party’s window. The more you try to ignore him, the more aggressive he becomes.” Friday, 11:15 p.m.: Drunk in public reported on Nord Avenue. “Reporting party calling back asking officers to ‘step it up’ because he is detaining one who tried to fight and then urinated on lot.” Saturday, 1:49 p.m.: Neighbor dispute reported on Nancy Lane. “Reporting party reporting neighbor has been feeding her dogs poisoned meat. States he overheard the man saying if they just would eat his meat, he wouldn’t have to deal with them anymore. Dogs appear healthy and show no signs of illness.” Sunday, 12:48 a.m.: Refusal to leave reported at a restaurant on Manzanita Avenue. “Female inside refusing to leave. She is hitting a table with a stick, has yet to assault customers. Now outside hitting the windows. She may have taken the condiments on the table. They are all gone.” Sunday, 3:08 a.m.: Juvenile problem reported on Picholine Way. “Reporting party was just doorbell ditched. Also stink bombs on prop. Ongoing issue.”

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It may have been a fluke, but even that starts with an “F.” As reported by The Orion last week, Chico State recently received a failing grade from Californians Aware in an undercover attempt to obtain records through the Public Records Act. The operation started with an e-mail request to the school that asked for specific public documents from the university. The request was handled by Public Affairs Director Joe Wills. CalAware, a non-profit organization, gave the school a failing grade because it took too long for Chico State to answer the request. Only one other California State University failed the test — Cal State Fullerton. Naturally, this unflattering attention comes as a disappointment to not only the administration, but also to the entire campus community. In a time of fiscal strain and a lack of transparency within the CSU system,

proper handling and availability of public records is paramount. A word of commitment, sent out to the campus community in an e-mail by Chico State President Paul Zingg, rings with so much common sense, that we can’t believe it took this unfortunate event to put it in words. “While the Public Records Act does not say state entities such as a CSU campus should stop other work to respond to these requests, we must do more than comply with legal requirements; we must demonstrate our commitment to being a university of service,” he said. As a part of the university, every student should feel that their interests are being considered important. There needs to be action taken on the part of the administration to alter the practices involved with such requests so we don’t have to deal with these types of embarrassments again. We propose the creation of a library where

these documents go so we can browse them at will, whether online or otherwise. We should challenge the university and make explicit that promising is not enough. This involves students being more diligent in their involvement and monitoring the university. It is time to hold those responsible accountable for the mess-up, however unintentional it may have been. There should be an effort to bring the process to the public, instead of waiting for the occasion to arise once again and dealing with it once that time comes, lest we experience the same humiliation. Documents can be published in a library format, whether physical, electronic or both, as a way to preemptively meet the demands of the public. There should also be an effort on the part of the administration to teach people how to request this information and proceed in the process. In the end, those requesting the information

weren’t at fault. Zingg and Wills need to be personally responsible for finding a way to expedite the process internally and make that process accessible to all those influenced by the Public Records Act. We understand that in a time of strain on our university, all are affected and this failure should perhaps be viewed as yet another unforeseen but unavoidable side effect of budget cuts. Without the finances to create a new position focusing on the collection of these materials, the burden has to fall on others. We need to see a reaction to this situation. Simply letting the embarrassment pass and trying harder the next time isn’t a sufficient plan of action. We cannot wait for this to happen again. Perhaps next time it won’t be Californians Aware in disguise, but an actual student. It was unfortunate this time around, for it to happen twice would be unacceptable.

Do it yourself Dependencies, bad habits revealed during Lent Kelly Hering OPINION COLUMNIST

The “Do It Yourself” lifestyle, more commonly referred to as the “DIY” lifestyle, has become a booming trend and something our generation is accepting with open arms. In the age of gizmos and gadgets, it is refreshing to see that people are getting their hands dirty in order to shape and create, rather than confining them to such idle tasks as daintily typing on a keyboard or twiddling on a smartphone. DIY is a major part of my life. I love to sew, paint, applique, renovate my home, knit, grow my food and cook the food I’ve grown. You get the idea. I share my home with a bread maker and home brewer. It is a way of life, and cannot imagine doing things differently. There isn’t a certain project I prefer over another, but it is the lifestyle itself that I love so much. There is a lot of pleasure you can’t get when you choose to rely heavily on WhateverMart. There is something to be said for taking a moment from your hectic, overtaxing life and choosing to create. Creating takes time. Time that is not to be spent taking phone calls or trolling Facebook, but time that requires dedication. It is a sort of Zen — getting into your “zone” and staying there until you create something beautiful. The nation is taking note. In these stressful times, crafting offers a welcomed break from the day-to-day grind. For many of us, it is an activity that is often much cheaper than the other options out there. Instead of going to a movie theater for two hours and spending $30, you

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I consider myself the “unkosher Jew.” I love to tell my friend about this during big religious celebrations such as Christmas and Hanukkah. With Ash Wednesday and Lent coming up, many Chico residents will be deciding what they want to sacrifice for 40 days. Although many will give up candy or certain foods as a form of penance, a more challenging form of sacrifice should be considered this time around. I enjoy thinking about what people would have to sacrifice during Lent if they were to join in. Alcohol What if for an entire month, every single bar and liquor store were to disappear? Or at least, what would the town be like if students went an extended period of time without alcohol? Two words come to mind: “total chaos.” A friend of mine told me he had heard that the city of Chico consumes more alcohol during a busy weekend, such as Labor Day or Halloween, than the entire state of Rhode Island. Regardless of the validity of this, there is an exceptional amount of tolerance for drinking in this town most nights of the week, especially the big weekends. Chico would benefit

greatly from a month without hangovers, the “drunchies” and accidental hook-ups due to drunkenness. While people might argue that there isn’t anything else to do besides drinking on a Thursday or Friday night, there are plenty of opportunities for students to have a good sober time.

for an extended period of time. While giving up sex or masturbating for 40 days might seem like an impossible task, just think about the euphoric state you’ll be in when you allow yourself to do it again. It’ll feel like you’re 14 years old and falling in love for the first time.

Sex I recently woke up to the familiar banging of a bed against the wall and knew only too well what my neighbors were up to. Far too often, students are so obsessed with who their next lay is going to be, that they forget what it’s like to go without sex or masturbation

Inappropriate language Maybe I’m just hanging out around the wrong parts of campus, but I hear a lot of dirty talk and inappropriate language. I generally will look the other way when people swear, but students should consider giving up sexually abrasive language forever. There are times throughout

the day when students will call each other derogatory terms, but that doesn’t belong on a college campus. Derogatory terms are extremely offensive and what’s worse is that students are either choosing to blatantly disregard other people’s well-being or are just downright ignorant. Even though I might not be a very religious person, Lent is still something people from different beliefs should consider living by, even if it’s just for a couple days. Sometimes you never really appreciate something until you go without it for a while. August Walsh can be reached at awalsh@theorion.com

Student opposes Planned Parenthood budget restrictions Planned Parenthood offers a multitude of services. They present people with a variety of options in birth control and seek to help consensual adults in practicing safe sex with the distribution of condoms, advice and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Additionally, Planned Parenthood is an outlet for women to get a Pap smear, which not only detects sexually transmitted diseases but can help a woman to discover cervical cancer in its early stages. Planned Parenthood is an especially attractive alternative for those who cannot afford to pay for a physician. No one is disagreeing that Planned Parenthood facilitates abortions. With the GOP-supported proposition to cut funding to Planned Parenthood a flurry of posts have The Orion encourages letters to the editor and commentary from students, faculty, staff, administration and community members.

been made on Facebook and grotesque images of aborted fetuses have been plastered for all to see. The problem here lays in the fact that Planned Parenthood is being viewed as the sole responsible party for these abortions. They facilitate abortions, yes. They facilitate the abortions to create a safe environment for women. We’ve all heard horror stories of young and old women alike taking their own measures when their ability to get an abortion is blocked. Taking away funding for Planned Parenthood will not stop abortions. Women will find other ways. Unfortunately, without the services that

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Planned Parenthood provides, some women will find themselves turning to the “hanger method” which can permanently mutilate a woman’s uterus and endanger her life. This is an important issue to consider, but another one to note is that cutting Planned Parenthood’s funding increases the chance they will be unable to provide the non-abortion related services. This increases the chances, not only for sexually transmitted diseases to go unchecked, but for reproductive health in general to be slighted. Most importantly it poses the potential increase for unwanted pregnancies as birth control methods are made less

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can spend the same or less amount of money and enjoy a full weekend of entertainment, and have something to show for it other than sticky shoe soles and a couple of ticket stubs. There was a time when “crafting” around the home was deemed “women’s work.” Yeesh. By the ’90s, women were on the way to breaking free from the confines of the homestead and were actively redefining what it meant to be a woman. Women became consumers that were heavily dependent on items that made things more convenient in order to keep up with their increasingly fast-paced lifestyles. Crafting, over the past couple decades, has undergone a revolution. Instead of being considered old-fashioned, it has become a counterculture. Men and women alike are breaking from mass consumerism in order to stop feeding the corporate machine. We are bringing everything back to basics, something everyone could benefit from. DIY culture is growing at full speed. Generation Y has a lot to gain from partaking in this movement. After having consumerism and technology shoved down our throats for most of our young lives, we deserve a break. We owe it to ourselves to experience life in a way that is not typically endorsed by today’s media. Just imagine a life where you have the time to appreciate attention to detail and notice the beauty in life’s most simple, organic things. This is a life that DIY can teach you to have — it’s something you can’t just Google or download a podcast to experience and that is the beauty of it.

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accessible. My position on the pro-life or pro-choice debate has little to do with my support for Planned Parenthood. As a young woman who has an interest in keeping herself healthy, sexually active or not, I feel there is so much more at stake here than the picture that is being painted. It is your right to protest abortion and to lobby as you wish. Is it your right to interfere with preventative measures of women to keep themselves healthy? Certainly not. The repercussions of the cut in spending to Planned Parenthood does more than “stop the baby killers” as I have seen so vehemently written on signs. It presents a problem for men and women alike. Dayna Kennedy senior | criminal justice

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Internet community helps cope with loneliness Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST

It is a global community where the lore of the game is based on virtual fantasy while at the same time individuals know that they are getting more than their imagination bargained for. They are gaining insight into human beings across the world and they are learning a new type of socialization. No, I’m not just talking about the major presence of online communities — I’m talking about World of Warcraft. What I learned about WoW is that it’s a game that enables role-playing so in-depth that it gives players an outlet identity that allows for players to ultimately project their emotions into the game. Players can work with the game seamlessly because of the arbitrary judgment given freely at the player’s discretion. The game is such a highfunctioning virtual reality though, that like all technology, it can become more than just “virtual.” I felt its effect and realized its potential through a parable that I call “Eating Chinese Food in WoW.” On Feb. 1, 2010, I moved into my apartment and met the manager of the complex, 55-year-old Donna Hurd, and her assistant, 25-year-old Julie Clark. On the first day of moving in we talked about going out for Chinese food. Whenever I went in to pay rent they always asked me

when we’re going out for Chinese. “Whenever,” I’d say, and we never end up going. This quick exchange became perpetual and just the thing to say whenever I happened to be in the office. About halfway through the year I went in to handle some paperwork and I told them I was having trouble meeting people in town. They then told me about WoW. It’s a good way to handle loneliness and it’s fantastical fun, they said. They explained the beauty of meeting people across the world through this virtual reality. Months went by and we never ended up going out for Chinese. I pondered about meeting up with them on WoW. We would fight a few battles, win a few quests and then they could lead me somewhere secret — a quaint pavillion where they serve Chinese food. A year later, I thought about how our dinner date never happened and felt uneasy about never taking the time to get to know Hurd and Clark. For some reason I was chickening out. I walked into the office and told them that we must go eat Chinese. I thought I’d be a bad person if we didn’t settle this ordeal. So finally we ate Chinese food. As I look back on this incident, I realize that if I had joined WoW like they suggested, I would have gotten to know them better, because

WoW is such a big part of their lives. It may have been easier and less awkward for us to go out for Chinese if we had been playing the game regularly with one another. I learned that Hurd and Clark have experienced the loss of loved ones in their lives. Hurd lost her boyfriend seven years ago to cancer and Clark lost her dad less than a decade ago. In a way, WoW has become a huge outlet for them to experience life in a different way. It is a way to build upon the losses that reality has taken away. In no way can the game

GUEST COLUMNIST

Zionism is a movement and ideology that believes in the right of the Jewish people to have their own state. To be an anti-Zionist is to reject this right. Thus, this ideology is disallowing the Jewish people to have a state of their own, which is something that has been given credence to other nationalities. There are 26 official Muslim states in the world and 18 official Christian states. AntiZionism is anti-Semitism when only Israel and its people are being condemned. Why do the Jews need their own country? Six million Jews perished in the Holocaust, and no country in the world, including the U.S., was willing to take enough Jews in to prevent this tragedy. Is that not reason enough? Even today Jews are by far the most targeted religious group for violent hate crimes in the U.S., according to FBI statistics. Also, the Jewish people were born in Israel thousands of years ago. Throughout the years they were dispersed and exiled from their homeland, but are the only people to have a continuous presence in the land of Israel. Israel has absorbed 350 percent of its population in 60 years, which is more than any other country. Most of these immigrants are Jews from countries like Ethiopia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Russia. These are all countries where they were persecuted and lived under constant struggle. If Israel ceased to exist, where would these people go? Who would save these people? Do we need to repeat the tragedy of the Holocaust? In essence, anti-Zionism rejects the most basic rights of Jews to be able to live in peace and practice their religion. A movement that rejects the right of a people to live and practice their religion is racist. Just as we reject the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis, we must strongly reject anti-Zionism, even if it is masked as a progressive, anti-racist movement. The anti-Zionists often try to mislead people by labeling Zionism itself as a racist movement, therefore making their movement a fight against racism. There is an intensive anti-Israel/anti-

interesting women. For the first in my life, I can see how the virtual world can help realize the missed opportunities in the real world.

THUMBS >> Thumbs Up to Unileaks. Think Wikileaks but for universities. Let’s get that information out there.

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Thumbs Down to Chico State getting an “F” on its test for the Public Records Act. Aren’t the students supposed to be the ones making us look bad, not the administration?

Thumbs Up to finding out your Klout score online. Go ahead — it’s addictive.

Thumbs Down to this extra weird winter we’re having. Longer winter means longer flu season.

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Anti-Zionism creates double standard in religious states Jessica Leitner

replace what reality takes away, but the virtual power of WoW allows people to project that vengeance into the game that is absent in their real lives. My Chinese food parable now seems silly, because it took me a full year to socialize with two very

Zionist movement on many college campuses throughout the world. Here in California, and even at Chico State, there have been incidents over the last several years where pro-Israel or anti-terrorism speakers have been rudely, even violently disrupted from speaking. There have also been anti-Israel/anti-Zionist speakers brought to campuses, including Chico State, using Associated Students and university funding, to espouse their hatefilled rhetoric. These speakers, most notably Norman Finkelstein, insult those who ask questions to challenge them. Anyone who challenges the worthiness of funding such a speaker is shouted down as violating freedom of speech. Related to the anti-Zionist ideology is the current movement on college campuses and in many communities to boycott/divest from Israel. In Chico, there has been a table at the Saturday farmer’s market where anti-Zionists are encouraging people to sign a petition trying to get an Israel boycott/divestment initiative on the ballot. The Israel boycott/ divestment movement works against efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict peacefully. Its aim is to cripple the state of Israel economically and cause its demise. It is a cruel contradiction that so-called progressive individuals are often at the forefront of these Israel boycott/divestment campaigns. Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East. It is the only country in the region where there is freedom of speech, where women have equal rights and where homosexuals can live openly and freely. Women are stoned for committing adultery in Saudi Arabia, and homosexuals are hung in Iran for being gay, like 16-year-old Mahmoud Asgari and 18-year-old Ayaz Marhoni. Can you imagine a gay pride parade in Iran, like the annual events held in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem? Whether you are liberal or conservative, the state of Israel deserves your full support. The efforts of anti-Zionists to harm Israel should be rejected loudly and clearly on the grounds of protecting the basic human rights of Jews, the most persecuted people in the history of the world. The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com

Cookie values being chipped away Joanna Hass OPINION EDITOR

The Girl Scouts are dying slowly. At least their values are. The final frontier of acceptable child labor is being replaced for no better reason than our own lust for overpriced cookies. Never have I purchased a box of Tagalongs without thinking about where that money is going — to building strong will, confidence and skills in young girls. Now that you can find your Samoas with a smartphone, those qualities no longer feel quite as important as the speed and ease of the cookieconsuming. It might be from years of patronage, or it might be from the many more years I spent peddling the pretty little packages myself, but it is all too easy to see how the new improvements to online purchasing are turning us all into cookie monsters. It was probably inevitable that Girl Scout Cookies would go mainstream and find their way on eBay, but really? For one, if those cookies are being sold by private individuals, then they should know that they are stealing business from little girls who are just trying to raise money for camp. And if those people selling the cookies online are actually Girl Scouts themselves, then it might be time to strip someone of their merit badges, because I think they’re missing the point. The organization does not officially allow its kids to sell cookies online, according to the Girl Scouts’ official website. Instead, it would have us all turn into stalkers by using its cookie locator application for iPhone or Android. You can even use its cookie finding

website to enter your name, zip code and e-mail address to receive updates about when and where these underage girls will be selling their wares next. I feel creepy even knowing about this. Parents are letting their daughters’ whereabouts be advertised online for anyone to see. Now all we have to do is cross-reference that schedule with the Megan’s Law website and we can all feel sick to our stomachs. I wouldn’t have these little girls live in fear — putting restrictions on their lives would only punish them for the transgressions of others — but there has to be a better way to sell cookies. Things weren’t much better when I wore the green vest either. I pushed my cookies in a small Iowan town where the constant flurry of snow made sitting out in front of the local drugstore next to suicidal. I pushed my cookies door-todoor and on days my mom couldn’t drive me down each street, I took the telemarketer route. I wouldn’t recommend either option for today’s scouts. While they both helped me to understand business principles at a young age, it wasn’t the method, it was the activity. That’s why when you take the girls out of the cookie equation all you’re left with is a remainder of guilt and an excess of a couple thousand calories — depending on your taste. Give a 10-year-old girl $4 and you buy her cookies. Teach a girl to sell them herself instead of relying on the Internet and she will be more likely to succeed in school, go to college and one day have her own business, according to the Girl Scout website.

Thumbs Up to Tom Guilmette’s slow motion video on YouTube. Inception isn’t the only thing cool in super-slow motion.

Thumbs Down to chasing the Aaron Rodgers sightings during the weekend. Can we just slap a homing device on this guy already?

Thumbs Up to Girl Scout cookie season finally opening up. Let’s get one of those booths going on campus.

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“It-Leaked. It’s a community where popular CDs are ﬁrst leaked to, so it’s a great way to ﬁnd music”

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Thumbs Down to Watson ruining Jeopardy for us all. Watching Alex Trebek tell awkward jokes hasn’t been the same since.

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SOARING ABOVE THE REST Junior jumper Clayton Francis competes in the triple jump relay during Saturday’s Wildcat Relays. Francis, of Concord, won the triple jump with a mark of 13.93 meters.

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GET UP Senior heptathlon athlete Kelly Clancey runs in the 100-meter hurdle relay in Saturday’s Wildcat Relays. Clancey, at 15.88 seconds, was second to teammate Aimee Rodgers.

Track and field both take 22 first-place finishes at Wildcat Relays Kevin Augustine STAFF WRITER

With starter pistols flaring, shots kicking up sand and discuses flying, the Wildcat Relays rang in the new year of track and field Saturday. The Wildcats came out determined, as both the men’s and women’s track and field teams finished in first place, compiling 22 first-place finishes out of 38 total events on the day. Men’s track and field amassed 215 points, followed by the Butte College Roadrunners with 167, the Humboldt State Lumberjacks with 124 and the Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls with 75. The women’s team finished with 226 team points, while Humboldt had 101, the Hustlin’ Owls had 84 and the Roadrunners compiled 69. While both teams held their own in the standings, there were plenty of Wildcats who took on multiple events. Out of the 36 ’Cats who scored points for Chico State, 26 of them scored in at least two events. For the men’s team, senior Talor Fulfer earned first place in the javelin relay an NCAA with Provisional Qualifying mark of 59.11 meters, good for

eighth all-time in Chico State history. Fulfer also placed third in the 110-meter hurdles, third in the discus throw relay, fifth in the pole vault relay, ninth in the shot put relay and helped the Wildcats place third in the 4x400meter relay. On the women’s side, sophomore Aimee Rodgers hurdled past the competition in multiple events while earning high marks. Rodgers took first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15:59 seconds, coming within a second of the school record of 14:72, set by

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Abbey Butler in 2005. Rodgers also earned second place in the 400-meter hurdles and helped the Wildcats earn first place in the

800 sprint medley. Though the Wildcats came me out strong in multiple events, nts, the competitive atmosphere ere kept many ’Cats on their eir paws. In the men’s high jump mp relay, freshman Zach Long ong tied with Humboldt State ate sophomore Brady Baumgartartner for third place with 1.85 .85 meters. Facing a tough stretch tch of approaches, Long attempted d to change his step, a move that may have hurt him toward the end of the event. “It felt good until my step backed a little trying to get more distance,” Long said. “My step was off. I felt good though and it was my fi rst event.” In the women’s discus throw relay, sophomore Brooke Shepard fi nished fi rst with 38.93 meters and fi fth in the shot put relay with 12.02 meters. Despite fi nish in p the fi rst-place p Shepard discus, walked away from the landing zone with a displaced grin. “It wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be,” said. “It Shepard ended up being 127 meters. Two weekends ago I threw 134, so I was hoping for at least 130, but I just wasn’t feeling it today.” Nerves were the she culprit,

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said. “Sometimes the nerves help me and get me pumped, but they got to me today,” Shepard said. Junior Melissa Rene came up big for Chico State, finishing first in the 400-meter relay with a time of 1:00.72, while assisting the Wildcats to wins in the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay. Despite the sunshine, the wind was still a factor for Rene. “Overall it was a good run and I felt pretty good but the backstretch was hard,” Rene said. “The wind was hard, especially on the last hundred. The last stretch killed me.” It was a four-way tie for ﬁrst in the men’s pole vault relay, as sophomore Adam Fry and fellow Wildcats junior Jon-Michael Delima and sophomore John Brunk along with Oregon Tech junior Kevin Ellingson placed with a ﬁnal of 4.27 meters.

Fry began the event clearing the bar and took the lead, but as the bar rose higher, many participants including Fry had to take multiple approaches. “Too small of a pole and the weather’s been killer,” Fry said, explaining what happened at the end of the event. “We haven’t had a chance to go for the big runs since real meet conditions haven’t been here during the week with how the weather’s been, so hopefully in another week or two we’ll get days with some consome nice day sistent jumpin jumping.” launching on his Before lau attempts, Delima Delim aimed for the A response of box and shouted. shout applause from his teammates and the crowd kept the event atmosphere vibrant. and atmospher “Chico always alwa has spirit,” Fry said. “We’re a always like that. Always supportive.” suppor Kevin Augustine ca can be reached at kaugustine@theorion.com kaugustine@theo

BREAK THE PLANE Freshman Zach Long competes in the high jump relay competition in Saturday’s Wildcat Relays in Chico. Long, from Davis High School, tied for third place in the event, passing the 1.85-meter bar.

Never-ending movement Gelling as a baseball or softball team takes time, endless hours of repetitive practice and a process of building trust on the field. Building a champion can take years of this. Unfortunately, in college baseball and softball, the luxury of keeping a team together is as rare as a championship itself. Especially at the Division II level. Just ask Chico State baseball, which only has 10 returnees back from a team that was an NCAA Western Regional runner-up in 2010. And that’s not bad, considering how many players are community college transfers, run out of eligibility or graduate. In fact, only senior pitcher Scott Newberry and junior pitcher Jordan Lindebaum have been on the team for at least two years coming into 2011. Softball’s a bit better off, returning nine on an overall roster of 20, compared to baseball’s 32, as a fellow regional runnerup from 2010. Still, this is why it’s so tough to keep a continuous group together, regardless of results. College sports have a small enough window as is, but the ever-rotating nature of college baseball and softball makes it exponentially tougher. The best fits right away really tend to be those who excelled at the higher levels of community college. Some young arms and hot bats come out of high school and succeed immediately, as do some Division I bounce-backs, but extra seasoning at a slightly lower level really tends to hone college players at the right time. For example, on this year’s softball team, Britt Wright — a junior transfer from Grossmont College — is already performing at an exceptional level for Angel Shamblin’s Wildcats. Wright hit .440 with 10 triples and 25 stolen bases for Grossmont in 2010 and was an All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference first team selection. So far this season, Wright has a .448 average with five stolen bases. For Dave Taylor’s baseball squad, outfielder Ian McKay from Bellevue College, is tearing up the Division II ranks for the ’Cats. McKay has a .357 batting average, a home run, a triple and seven RBIs through nine games played. Unfortunately, because of the fickle nature of baseball and softball rosters, the graduation rate is much lower for the two sports, which can lead to undue criticism. While it’s usually upper classmen who play at the NCAA level, even they often move on to different schools to finish out their collegiate athletic careers. Softball’s 70 percent falls short of the national average of 77 for the sport in the NCAA, while baseball’s much lower 35 — indicating that there is indeed much more movement in baseball — still trumps the national average of 29, according to a report by the Chico State Office of Institutional Research. Eagle-eye recruiting and rapid team cohesion have to occur for winning to become a habit in college baseball and softball. Thankfully for Chico State Athletics, both programs at our university seem to have that figured out. Thomas Lawrence can be reached at

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SLASHING TO THE BASKET Freshman guard Courtney Hamilton drives to her left against Cal State L.A. in a Jan. 29 game at Acker Gym in Chico. Hamilton, a kinesiology major from Walnut Creek, had six points and four assists in the Wildcats’ win Friday over San Francisco State.

Allie Colosky Long-time Mississippi State broadcaster Jack Cristil called his last game on Feb. 23 in an 84-82 loss to LSU. His decision to retire came at the end of the game. Cristil, 85, was hired right before the 1953 football season, and has been a ﬁxture ever since. He called more than 2,000 athletic events over the course of his tenure with Mississippi State. source: ESPN.com

Mike Montgomery, head coach of men’s basketball at UC Berkeley, made more than 300 forbidden calls to recruits in 2008. After realizing this, Cal promptly notified the NCAA of the situation. Montgomery and his staff are now on two years’ probation. Both the coaching staff and the NCAA are calling the misconduct unintentional. The Cal staff will be monitored and limited in recruiting calls and visits the next two years. Source: Yahoo.com

The new head football coach at the University of Florida will be making $2.93 million this year. It has been reported that Will Muschamp, the new coach, will be making slightly less than the combined mark for his assistant staff, which is totaled at $3 million. This is $300,000 more than his predecessor Urban Meyer’s staff made in 2010. Former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis is perhaps the biggest name on staff, as the new offensive coordinator, and will be making $765,000 in 2011. Source: Yahoo.com

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Roderick Hawkins Men’s Basketball

Senior forward Roderick “Rod” Hawkins is the Wildcat of the Week for the second time this semester. Hawkins had a combined 33 points in two games against Cal State Monterey Bay and San Francisco State this weekend, and became just the third Wildcat ever with 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in his career. Hawkins is a business management major from Granite Bay. Wildcat of the Week is a regular feature meant to acknowledge the contributions made by individuals to the team. Winners are chosen by The Orion sports staﬀ from nominations taken from all sports. To nominate: sportseditor@theorion.com

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The Wildcats headed into their final weekend of the regular season on a five-game losing streak, but they found a way to turn it all around and bring themselves back to life. After extending their losing streak to six games with a 54-48 loss to Cal State Monterey Bay Thursday night, the ’Cats took advantage of the second half Friday and came back from an 18 point deficit to get the better of San Francisco State, 60-52. Junior guard Courtney Harrison thinks the team just couldn’t take another loss to end the season, she said. “We were sick of losing,” Harrison said. “We lost what, six games? It took us 20 minutes to finally come out, but we have to start the game with the same mentality that we finished that second half with.” Harrison added eight points and six rebounds in the second-half comeback. Another 3-pointer gave her 47 for the season, putting her at third place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The road swing didn’t start well for the Wildcats, though, who slipped to 11-10 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play with the loss. Freshman Jazmine Miller continued to lead the team, with a career high of 14 points in the loss. Miller added six rebounds and four assists. She was the only ’Cat to reach double digits, at the Kelp Bed in Seaside. “I finally started to realize what I can do, and it’s all coming out now,” Miller said. Junior forward Pauline Ferrall and freshman forward Analise Riezebos added eight points apiece, and senior forward Taylor Lydon contributed seven points — matching a career high with two blocks. The Otters held leading scorer, junior guard Molly Collins, to three points, and while the ’Cats were able to hold up defensively, they were no match for former Wildcat Shonetta Crain-Williams, who had 12. “Our shooting struggled,” Collins said after the loss Thursday night. “We were one for 10 from the free-throw line. But our defense was solid. We definitely took steps tonight.”

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The ’Cats’ first steps the following night, however, were backward, when they were on the losing end of a 40-22 first half against San Francisco State. But with an outstanding second half effort, Lydon, Miller and Riezebos helped lead Chico with a 40-17 run. “We all just said it’s our decision, right now, whether we want to turn this game around and end on a good note, or just let it go,” Lydon said. “So we just took charge.” Lydon led that charge with three 3-pointers en route to 14 points and six rebounds. Miller, continuing to score in double digits, added all of her 11 points in the second half. Coming off the bench, Riezebos was close behind with 10 points and six rebounds in only 18 minutes. The Wildcats were told by the coaching staff to respect the end of the seniors tenure, and that

the underclassmen needed to appreciate their time and the upcoming years of college basketball in their lives, Riezebos said. Obviously, they listened. With the series split, Chico State earned the No. 6 seed in the CCAA Tournament and will hit the road for the first round. The Wildcats will need all of their momentum from the Bay Area road swing, in their matchup against three-seed UC San Diego in the first round of the CCAA Tournament, Tuesday in La Jolla. The Tritons are 2-0 against the Wildcats this year, but Harrison said it is “impossible” to beat a team that has so much energy and confidence — like Chico State — three times in a row. Allie Colosky can be reached at acolosky@theorion.com

Conﬁdent ’Cats ﬁnish up regular season Kevin Amerine STAFF WRITER

They’re headed back to the playoffs. After two tightly contested games in the Bay Area over the weekend, men’s basketball will be the No. 7 seed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. The ’Cats took on Cal State Monterey Bay in Seaside Thursday in front of a crowd of 490 at the Kelp Bed. Sophomore guard Damario Sims executed outstanding defense against the Otters’ Davion Berry, the CCAA’s leading scorer, limiting him to one for four shooting in the first half. “I tried to keep the ball out of his hands,” Sims said. “I slowed him down, and he had to work hard for his points.” The ’Cats dominated the first half, shooting 67 percent from the field and taking a 41-30 lead into the locker room. In the second half, the ’Cats jumped out quickly extending the lead to 14, but the Otters’ Warren Freeman generated a 12-3 Monterey Bay run, pulling them within five. The Otters kept chipping away, and then went on a 9-0 run, slicing the deficit to one at 61-60 with just under two minutes to go in the game. Berry had a good opportunity to give the Otters the lead, but junior guard Jay Flores forced a turnover. The ’Cats’ possession resulted in senior forward Roderick Hawkins converting one of two free throws. Sims’ defensive dominance on Berry and a couple of free throws from freshman guard

Sean Park sealed the ’Cats’ victory at 68-66. “We’re playing better than we did earlier in the season,” Sims said. “We want to play well and play hard.” Park led the ’Cats with 21 points and four boards, converting 10 of 12 free throws. Hawkins finished with 13 points and eight rebounds, and Flores also had 13 points along with four rebounds. With the win, the Wildcats secured their second straight winning season. “We had something to prove,” Hawkins said. “At this stage in the season, you wanna be playing your best. I feel like we’re playing good basketball.” Leaving Seaside victorious, Chico State traveled north to take on the Gators of San Francisco State at The Swamp. The Gators came to play, taking a 29-22 lead at halftime. Coming out of the locker room, Flores hit a couple of shots to cut the deficit to four, but the Gators quickly responded with 10 unanswered points. Hawkins went on an offensive tear, scoring seven of Chico State’s nine unanswered points. The Wildcats pulled within one at 49-48, with just under five minutes to go. The ’Cats then got back-toback 3-pointers from Flores and Park as they took the lead 54-51. The Gators’ Winston Demmin converted two free throws, tying the game at 55 with a little over a minute to go. Neither team could break the tie, so the game went into overtime. The Gators scored the first

six points and the ’Cats missed five straight free throws. Senior forward Terence Pellum got a layup to fall and Sims drained a 3-pointer to pull within three at 63-60. With only five seconds left, Sims was fouled and ended up making both free throws. Still down by one, the ’Cats immediately fouled sophomore guard Nefi Perdomo, who only made one of two from the line. With time expiring on their last possession, Flores’ half court shot was off, giving the Gators a 64-62 overtime win. Demmin led the Gators with 15 points and 14 boards. Ralph Nevarez and Phoenix O’ Rourke had 11 apiece. Both Sims and Hawkins had 20 points, combining for 12 rebounds. Flores chipped in 12 while grabbing seven boards. Although the Wildcats lost the game, it marked a personal achievement for Hawkins, who became the third player in Chico State history to record 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. “It’s extremely humbling and a great accomplishment,” Hawkins said. “I didn’t really wanna think about it. It’s more about team success and getting wins.” With the loss, the ’Cats finish the regular season at 14-12 overall, 10-12 in CCAA and as the No. 7 seed in the CCAA Tournament. They will need to win three in a row in tournament play to advance to the NCAA West Regionals, and kicked things off last night against Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson. Kevin Amerine can be reached at kamerine@theorion.com

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LEAPS AND BOUNDS Freshman guard Sean Park gets some hangtime in a layup attempt against San Francisco State Friday. Park had ﬁve points in the game against the Gators in a 64-62 overtime loss.

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The amount of men’s basketball players in Chico State history who have amassed 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. Senior forward Roderick Hawkins became the third on Friday night in San Francisco.

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The amount of points TRACK AND FIELD Chico State put up in the second half Friday against San Francisco State to win the game 60-52, snapping a six-game losing streak.

The number of first-place finishes that the men’s and women’s track and field teams earned in Saturday’s Wildcat Relays.

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PUMPING IRON Scott Bidwell, a junior public administration major, lifts two 25-pound dumbbells in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All-Around Athlete Competition at the Wildcat Recreation Center. More than 20 students attended.

Amateur athletes ďŹ&#x201A;ex their muscles at WREC Blake Mehigan A SST. SPORTS EDITOR

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typical to walk into the Wildcat Recreation Center and see a large number of people sweating and working their bodies tirelessly to get into better shape. To see this on a Saturday at 10 a.m. is rare. The dedicated group of around 25 at the gym on Saturday were competing in the WRECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second annual All-Around Athlete Competition. Kevin Shephard, a kinesiology graduate student, pitched the idea to Robin Embry, the program director at the WREC. From there the idea for the competition gained steam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea actually came from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pros vs. Joes,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; the TV show,â&#x20AC;? Shephard said. The purpose of the event is to raise money for Chapman Elementary School, which receives 50 percent of the donations, and the other half goes to the Physical Education Teacher Education club on campus, Shephard said, a member of the club. Outside of the competition and charitable

aspect of the event, education of improper dieting and unhealthy habits related to body image were also a focus of the event, he said. Embry was very pleased with the turnout this year compared to the first year, he said. Though there was some discrepancy on the growth from this year compared to last, both Embry and Shephard seemed to agree there was a larger turnout this year, along with more sponsorship. In fact, Embry said, last year sponsorship was non-existent. Lack of support was tied to the lack of media outlets; the facility did not have the televisions throughout as they do this year, he said. Spencer Williams, president of the PETE club, said the event showed improvement from a year ago and only has room to grow, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I figured I should help promote it more,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to get more people involved.â&#x20AC;? Getting the Greek system involved in the event is something the senior aims to do in coming years, he said. There were even a few returners from last

yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competition. Junior Victoria Chicca enjoys competing and came out again this year to defend her title in the co-ed section, she said. She saw the All-Around Athlete Competition as a fantastic chance to compete again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really compete much anymore, because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in college,â&#x20AC;? Chicca said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I guess I compete with myself.â&#x20AC;? Despite her lack of competition with other athletes on a regular basis, Chicca enjoys the challenge of bettering herself constantly, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to come back and do it, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cool event,â&#x20AC;? said Chicca, a communication sciences and disorders major. Defending his title, senior Matthew Aaron won his section of the competition last year and is the assistant director of programs at the WREC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I set it up, got the word out with marketing and tried to pull in more people than we had last year,â&#x20AC;? Aaron said. The agility course, a course with a set of

obstacles, was set up close to what it was last year but slightly tweaked, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a little bit more complex than this one,â&#x20AC;? Aaron said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for a little more simplicity.â&#x20AC;? Despite a solid turnout, those involved with the setup are hoping for an even larger turnout next year. Those interested in competing next year are encouraged to come out and test it themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how you do, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still competing with yourself,â&#x20AC;? Chicca said. While pushing yourself to the limits is a big part of the contest, having a good time is important too, Aaron said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just come out, have some fun, money goes towards some good causes, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to come out and have something diďŹ&#x20AC;erent to work toward,â&#x20AC;? Aaron said. For those interested in the full results from the competition, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re available at www.aschico. com/wrec. Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com

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LOCK AND LOAD First baseman Rachel Failla prepares for a pitch in spring 2010. Failla, now a sophomore, is hitting .259 with one home run and four RBIs in 2011 for the Wildcats. In the weekend series against the Warriors, she had ﬁve hits, three RBIs and three runs scored.

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hits in the doubleheader on Monday. “Sam is just on fire right now, she got into everyone’s head,” Wright said. Wright was the sole scorer in Monday’s second game. The victories can be attributed to preparedness and a sense of accountability, she said. “Every single person, one through nine, did their job,” Wright said. “Everyone on our team was accountable. They know the person in front of you and behind you is going to do their job and you want to do your job and do right by them.” The game delays and rain-outs the ’Cats have dealt with have only made them more eager to go out and play, said junior outfielder Kelly Head. “It was good to be back on the field and having an opponent was great,” she said. “We’ve been practicing for weeks and everyone’s just excited to finally play.”

Chico State baseball came out and remained strong this weekend, sweeping Montana StateBillings in a Sunday doubleheader and single game Monday. The team developed a boost of confidence from coming back last week with a series win against Cal Poly Pomona, head coach Dave Taylor said. “We went into the game not knowing who we were,” Taylor said. “It was one of our first times out with new guys.” The Wildcats showed their new-found confidence with the doubleheader on Sunday, earning two wins to improve to 7-1 on the year. Their determination was obvious throughout, and they nabbed a 4-2 win. Junior Brian Buckham gave up only one unearned run, on four hits through five innings. In game two, though, the Wildcats had to claw their way back. Chico scored nine unanswered runs in the second game, resulting in a 10-5 win. The Wildcats were able to pull through despite the Yellow Jackets’ initial 5-1 lead. Junior outfielder Ian McKay nailed a two-run double and the Yellow Jackets saw their lead disappear when Kroker tied the game on a two-run single through the left side. Senior second baseman Jackson Evans tied the Wildcat single-game record for steals with four, matching Beau Johnson’s mark from March 15, 1997. Stephen Thompson, a senior, got the win in relief, with a strikeout and no walks through 2 ⅔ innings. Senior Scott Newberry came into the ninth to seal the deal for Chico State, with a pair of strikeouts. Guerra was able to assist the Wildcats in claiming another win on Monday with a two-inning save, in a 5-4 victory over Montana State-Billings. Senior third baseman Adrian Bringas also felt confident about his game on Monday, after contributing an RBI single and an RBI double. “It was the best we’ve come out,” Bringas said. “But we can still get a little better and play smarter.” Andrew Kachel, a catcher on the Yellow Jackets, was impressed with the host Wildcats, he said. “Chico is a scrappy team,” Kachel said. “They proved it this weekend, showing the difference between a good team and a bad one.” Chico State, now 8-1, is currently No. 9 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Rankings Poll, and are currently on a six-game winning streak. The team will try to hold onto that winning mindset when on the road for a four-game series at Cal State Monterey Bay Friday through Sunday.

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A rain delay couldn’t dampen the spirits of Wildcat softball as they overwhelmed Cal State Stanislaus in two days of doubleheaders. The games were delayed twice, pushing the first pitch of the series from Friday to Sunday due to inclement weather. The delays only seemed to encourage the ’Cats, as they went on to beat the Warriors 17-7 and 5-1 on Sunday, and 5-3 and 1-0 on Monday. The first game on Sunday was dominated by Chico, with 17 hits and 17 runs. Junior outfielder Britt Wright was the first to score, off a double by junior outfielder Sam Quadt. Wright had been walked, and then scored on the hit into the right-center field gap by Quadt. The ’Cats kept the Warriors off the scoreboard until the bottom of the third, when they

scored three runs. The Wildcat defense was focused on keeping the leadoff lefty, Sarah Locarnini, off the bases. Jessie Minch, Chico State’s junior shortstop, said that her team has been focusing on stifling Locarnini’s impact. “Their leadoff batter has a lot of speed and so we’ve been really practicing on making sure we can get her out,” Minch said. The practice proved to be successful, as the defense held Locarnini to only three runs in the tournament. Junior catcher Hailey Stockman led the Wildcats in thier first game Sunday, belting two home runs and adding five RBIs. “It was just one hit after the other after the other,” Wright said. “Everyone got on base at least once.” Junior pitcher Sam Baker was integral to the ’Cats’ success on Sunday, allowing only six hits in the first game, and five in the second on Sunday. The next day she was equally dominant, only allowing eight hits and three

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

SOFTBALL

Nov. 6

Red/White Scrimmage

3 p.m.

Nov. 7

@St. Mary’s

L 58-104

Feb. 5

Simpson University (DH)

Nov. 7

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Nov. 19

Academy of Art

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Feb. 18-20

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Nov. 18

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Nov. 20

Hawaii Paciﬁc

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Montana-State Billings

Nov. 22

Bethany University

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Nov. 23

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March 4-6

Nov. 26

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Nov. 27

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W 88-80

March 11-13

Nov. 27

Dominican

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Dec. 3

Humboldt State

W 64-62

Dec. 3

Humboldt State

L 81-84 (OT)

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

Dec. 4

Sonoma State

W 69-65

Dec. 10

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Dec. 8

Cal State Stanislaus

W 61-59

Dec. 11

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L 56-57

Dec. 11

Paciﬁc Union

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Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

Dec. 30

@Cal State L.A.

L 62-71

Dec. 31

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

Dec. 31

@Cal State Dominguez Hills

L 65-76

Jan. 7

UC San Diego

Jan. 7

UC San Diego

W 68-55

Jan. 8

Cal State East Bay

W 65-47

Jan. 14

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Jan. 15

W 21-9, W 6-2

Feb. 5

Dominican

3 W, 1 L

Feb. 5

Cal State San Marcos

Feb. 5

San Francisco State

@Cal State Monterey Bay

Feb. 6

Sonoma State/CSU Stan.

@Western Oregon

Feb. 18-19

Cal State East Bay

PPD

March 18-19

Cal State Stanislaus

Feb. 25-26

@Cal State Stanislaus

W 52-41

March 20

@Cal State Stanislaus (DH)

March 4-5

San Francisco State

W 65-62 (OT)

March 22

@Simpson University

March 11-12

@Cal State San Bernardino

March 25-26

@San Francisco State

March 18-19

@Sonoma State

W 68-58

March 27

San Francisco State

March 25-26

UC San Diego

W 71-59

April 1-3

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April 1

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April 8-10

Cal State San Bernardino

April 2

Grand Canyon

Cal State East Bay

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April 15-17

Cal State L.A.

April 2

Dominican

Jan. 14

@Cal State San Bernardino

L 56-61

April 21-23

@Cal State East Bay

April 2

Montana State-Billings

L 61-75

Jan. 15

@Cal Poly Pomona

L 42-62

April 29-30

UC San Diego

April 3

Tourney of Champions TBD

@Cal Poly Pomona

L 68-82

Jan. 21

San Francisco State

W 59-46

May 1

UC San Diego

April 8-9

Humboldt State

Jan. 21

San Francisco State

L 70-83

Jan. 22

Cal State Monterey Bay

May 6-7

@Sonoma State

April 15-16

@Cal State Dom. Hills

Jan. 22

Cal State Monterey Bay

W 73-68

Jan. 28

Cal State Dominguez Hills

W 55-42

May 8

Sonoma State

April 21-22

Cal State Monterey Bay

Jan. 28

Cal State Dominguez Hills

L 66-76

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

W 63-60

May 12-14

CCAA Tournament

April 29-May 1 CCAA Tournament

Jan. 29

Cal State L.A.

L 53-71

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

W 64-44

May 19-22

NCAA West Regional

May 13-15

NCAA West Regional

Feb. 3

@Sonoma State

W 80-77

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

L 60-76

May 20-21

NCAA Super Regional

Feb. 5

@Humboldt State

L 60-65

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

L 69-74

May 26-30

NCAA Division II College WS

Feb. 10

@Cal State East Bay

L 66-72

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

L 60-71

Feb. 12

@UC San Diego

W 60-56

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

L 79-93

Feb. 18

Cal Poly Pomona

W 62-58

Feb. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

L 60-70

Feb. 19

Cal State San Bernardino

L 60-67

Feb. 24

@Cal State Monterey Bay

L 48-54

Feb. 24

@Cal State Monterey Bay

W 68-66

Feb. 25

@San Francisco State

Feb. 25

@San Francisco State

March 1-5

CCAA Championship Tourney

TBA

Sept. 19-21

Sonoma State Invitational

Feb. 26

Wildcat Relays

March 1-5

CCAA Championship Tourney

TBA

March 11-14

NCAA Championship Tourney

TBA

Sept. 27-28

Grand Canyon Invitational

March 3-4

Chico Multi-event

March 12-15

NCAA Championship Tourney

TBA

March 23-26

NCAA Championship Elite 8

TBA

Oct. 11-12

Viking Invitational

March 5

Kim Duyst Invitational

March 23-26

NCAA Championship Elite 8

TBA

Oct. 18-19

Golf Mart Lady Otter Invitational

March 12

Aggie Open

March 5-6

Cal State East Bay Invitational

March 19

Hornet Invitational

March 21-22

InterWest Chico State Invitational

March 23-24

California Multi-event

March 28--29

CSU Monterey Bay Otter Invite

March 25-26

S.F. Distance Carnival/Stanford Invite

L 62-64 (OT)

L 38-51

W 60-52

MEN’S GOLF Feb. 28-Mar.1 Coyote Classic

May 28-June 2 NCAA Division II College WS

WOMEN’S GOLF

W 7-0 L 0-9 W 2-0 W 4-1, L 1-2

TRACK AND FIELD

April 18-19

CCAA Championships

April 4-5

Grand Canyon Invitational

April 2

American River College

March 21-22

Mustang Intercollegiate

May 2-4

NCAA Super Regional

April 11-12

Tarleton State Invitational

April 8-9

Chico Distance Carnival/Twilight Invite

March 28-29

Grand Canyon Thunderbird Invite

May 17-20

NCAA National Championships

May 1-3

NCAA Super Regional

April 15-16

Mt. Sac Relays/Woody Wilson

May 11-14

NCAA Championships

April 22-23

CA/OR Border Battle

April 30

Peyton Jordan Invitational

May 5-7

CCAA Championships

May 13-14

Stanislaus Twilight

Note for softball, golf, and track and ﬁeld: Home meets and tournaments are in bold, while neutral sites – in softball – are in italics.

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The Found Footage Festival prides itself in preserving lost and forgotten VHS tapes while providing a good laugh for its audience. From estate sales to dumpsters, there are no boundaries when looking for footage. Found Footage co-creators Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are bringing their absurd, vintage footage to Chico for one night only Thursday at the Pageant Theatre. The former Onion writers compile the best parts of old ﬁ lms and the results tend to be random yet hilarious. “We look at it like being VHS curators,” Prueher said in a phone interview. “The Smithsonian doesn’t have any temperature-controlled vaults for the Angela

Lansbury exercise video, so we are doing our part.” Pickett and Prueher host the event at each of the 75 stops of their tour, serving up lively commentary as they guide the audience through each year’s newest collection. Prueher and Pickett have found a handful of their videos inside of camcorders, Prueher said. They’ve recently discovered that when people sell their old VHS camcorders, they often forget to eject the tape that was last put in. The unﬁ nished home movie can be like gold. Prueher was taking out the trash in his Brooklyn apartment building and noticed that the dumpster contained a stack of VHS videos inside. “The one on top was labeled ‘Bunion Surgery,’” Prueher said. “When you see something like that, you just can’t pass it up.” Prueher and Pickett have pursued this hobby since high school, collecting and showing video compilations when they were 16. The two started out showing their videos in the back of a bar in

Manhattan. After a great turnout one night, the idea of a tour started brewing. Prueher’s favorite found footage has been a video called “Rent-a-Friend,” dated 1985. The video is designed to be an interactive friend. A man sits in a chair and starts out asking basic questions about the viewer. He then later segues into the Rent-a-Friend, sharing more than the viewer would care to know about him. The two have discovered more VHS tapes this year than in any other year, which allowed them to create a diverse line-up for their ﬁfth tour. Boasting more than 75 different videos, audiences should expect everything from an American Gladiators’ exercise video to O.J. Simpson’s exercise video to cats riding motorcycles. “If that doesn’t sell tickets, I don’t know what will,” Prueher said. “Just when we think we have seen it all, we ﬁ nd something new that we can’t wait to share with you all.” Paige Fuentes can be reached at pfuentes@theorion.com

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Pop Culture Shock Bieber sucks, now get over it I was 11 years old in the spring of 1999 when I broke my little sister’s *NSYNC CD in half. Every day after school, Breanna and her friends would crowd into the room we shared and play that blue and orange self-titled album on her karaoke machine. I was discovering The Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead at the time, and *NSYNC’s manufactured garbage sent chills down my spine. I was furious because she’d accidentally erased my save ﬁle and more than 50 hours of work on “Final Fantasy VII,” so I broke her CD and left it in the karaoke machine and waited until she came home. Breanna held the two pieces of plastic in each hand like a broken dream and she wept, sneering at me from across the room. I just sat there with an evil grin on my face and laughed under my breath. I’m older now, and any time I hear music elitists like myself complaining about Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, it makes me reminisce about the little asshole I used to be. Don’t get me mixed up — I’m not a pop music apologist in any sense of the term. Most of the albums in my iTunes were released before I was born. But Bieber’s just a kid who got roped into show business because people liked his singing voice on YouTube. His music might sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks at regular speed, but it’s not hurting anybody. Everybody’s jumping down Bieber’s throat because of some misinformed comments he made in a Rolling Stone interview, but how eloquent were your political beliefs when you were 16? Am I supposed to be surprised that a Canadian kid has strong opinions about America? His country’s only been living in our shadow since the discovery of the New World. Lady Gaga sounds like an electronic mashup of the soundtracks to “Hairspray” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” But at least she has an interesting if peculiar image and she’s interested in bringing Dadaism back into popular culture. It’s more than I can say about a certain willfully ignorant bleachblonde glamour whore who brags about using whiskey as mouthwash — I’m looking at you, Ke$ha. You can make the argument that pop singers like Bieber and Lady Gaga are destroying the artistic integrity of the music industry, but the music industry hasn’t had any integrity since “Achy Breaky Heart.” My generation missed the glory days of rock ’n’ roll and those days are never coming back. So stop breaking your sister’s CDs and ﬂaming Bieber videos on the Web. Get over it. Earl Parsons can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com

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LOOSE TEEPH The members of sludge metal group Teeph lay out on top of some cardboard with a boxer. Teeph is one of the bands featured in Sludge As Fest Friday at 1078 Gallery.

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THE GOOD >>

>>“Comedy Death Ray Radio” (PODCAST) Most podcasts are structured as low-rent talk shows, but “Comedy Death Ray Radio” is an improvisational showcase featuring the best comedic actors every week, including Andy Samberg, Zach Galiﬁanakis, Sarah Silverman and even Jon Hamm. But the real reason to subscribe to this free podcast is the celebrity impersonations, including Huell Howser, Jesse “The Mind” Ventura, Cake Boss and “Dame Sir” Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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>> Award shows (TV) Award shows are always woefully out of touch with the general public’s cultural taste. Oscar nominations seemed to match the movies that were popular this year, but the board has always shown an unwarranted affinity for period piece prestige pictures like “The King’s Speech” and half-baked inspirational biopics like “Precious” and “The Blind Side.”

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Friday will be an adventure in Chico metal, and it shall be called Sludge as Fest. This immersive experience into all things heavy will take place at the 1078 Gallery featuring Armed for Apocalypse, Teeph, Amarok, Cold Blue Mountain, Epitaph of Atlas and Into the Open Earth. Sesar Sanchez, guitarist for Cold Blue Mountain and Teeph, is spearheading the event. “I’ve been trying to get all the heavy bands together for a long time,” he said. “It was pretty easy to get everyone on board.” Even though all of the groups performing

are metal bands, Sanchez notes that the audience can expect a lot of diversity. Epitaph of Atlas are a minimalist two-piece band, Into the Open Earth perform with ambient aggression and Amarok are described as “sodomy by doom metal” on their Myspace page. Cold Blue Mountain is fairly groovy despite their heaviness and Armed for Apocalypse have tight riffs that Sanchez describes as “the most punishing of all,” which is why they will be the last one performing to “close the night out with a bang.” Sludge as Fest is a play on the saying “sludge as fuck,” used to describe metal that is “heavy and grimy sounding,” Sanchez said. He originally wanted to call the event “Sludge as Fuck

Fest,” which could have been misinterpreted as some sort of strange, muddy orgy. Kirk Williams, guitarist for Armed for Apocalypse, suggested censoring out the profanity for promotional purposes. “This fest is a testament to the quality of the bands that we have in Chico right now,” Amarok bassist Brandon Squyres said. “They all have something going for them.” The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m. Bring $5 for the cover, and since the event is all ages, feel free to bring your kids, too.

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>>“The Adjustment Bureau” (FILM) Matt Damon has always been hit-and-miss as an actor. He’ll follow “The Departed” or “Good Will Hunting” with a weak franchise movie like the Jason Bourne and Ocean’s trilogies. “The Adjustment Bureau” is a surreal film based on a Philip K. Dick story that appears to be capitalizing on the popularity of “Inception.” With appearances from John Slattery and Jon Stewart, this could be one of the best movies of the year so far or a derivative dud.

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>> “The Trial” (FILM) Orson Welles directs this 1962 adaptation of the classic Franz Kafka novel starring Anthony Perkins, better known as the shower-stabbing Norman Bates from “Psycho.” Josef K. is awakened by two police oﬃcers and must defend himself against charges of a crime he doesn’t know he’s committed. Welles’ directorial style matches the paranoid and claustrophic feeling of the novel perfectly and Perkins is spot-on as an understandably confused man trapped in the clutches of dystopian bureaucracy.

>> “Strangers With Candy” (TV) Before Stephen Colbert became a satirical blowhard, he was a gay history teacher on “Strangers With Candy,” a short-lived Comedy Central show about a 40-year-old ex-prostitute who goes back to high school.

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Wild Oak goes to City of Angels Leila Rodriguez STAFF WRITER

Matthew Weiner, Randall Jangula and Bill Kelley stepped out of the Sheraton Universal Hotel elevator and into a taping of “The Office.” “This guy was flaring his arms, mouthing no,” Kelley said. “And we were all, ‘What are you talking about?’” Turns out the Chico State music industry students had accidentally walked into their first television cameo. But the 15 Wild Oak Music Group students were in the hotel strictly on business. As part of their major requirements, music industry professor Paul Friedlander sent his students to Los Angeles’ New Music Seminar. Prominent figures in the music trade gave a combination of lectures and workshops guided to help those stepping into the industry. The students had one-on-one mentoring, music competitions and vendors at their disposal as they soaked in the knowledge of the many working music legends in the business. As students, the most valuable thing was being able to absorb the expertise and advice, Weiner said. A repeated theme of the conference was passing down knowledge and new ideas in hopes of adapting to today’s Internet-driven society. “We’re just kind of scratching our heads trying to figure out how we can make money on something that has no value anymore,” Kelley said. A transition in music sales and a surge of small artists promoting themselves is forcing the industry to revitalize its

role, music industry major Allison Meekins said. The “old model” of record labels dominating the indus-

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try is no longer valid because music has turned digital, Friedlander said, moving toward a global technical transmission. “Now it’s a question about getting through the noise to find music,” he said. Though the seminar was not geared towards students, the Wild Oak Music Group benefited most by the firsthand experience of what professionals in the industry are doing. “A lot of the major label guys were asking the artists if they wanted to be the next Lady Gaga,” Jangula said. “And everyone’s kind of going, ‘Well, we don’t.’” The advice of electronic artist Moby on the personal care of relationships with one’s production crew. Weiner agreed. “My experience with local artists is that they’re all really respectful of each other,” he said. “It’s a give and take kind of relationship.” Meekins said that while attending an after party at The Roxy and watching up-andcoming musicians from Los Angeles and New York perform, it made her realize the talent.

“This is it,” she said. “These are the top dogs in here.” Wild Oak Music Group brought much of what they learned at the conference home with them, Kelley said. Expanding business and creating new ways to market to fans is what the Wild Oak Music Group is all about. “It allows students as people who have passion for music to envision a way to earn a living,” Friedlander said. Wild Oak began out of recognition that students need to have a “hands-on” training in the business to complement the academic aspect of the music industry major, Friedlander said. Since Chico State students aren’t able to intern twice a week at a company in Southern California, Wild Oak offers the opportunity for students to earn experience in various management roles like marketing, audience outreach and development, concert production and media relations, all of which highlight university and community talent. Wild Oak works closely with the Intercollegiate Record Label Association, an organization made up of music industry programs across the country, Friedlander said. Using the group’s direct connection with music coordinators at ESPN, Wild Oak was able to feature an Oroville band during a football game last August, Friedlander said. “It’s that visionary experience,” he said. “They got to listen to them and hear their best shots of what’s over the horizon.” Leila Rodriguez can be reached at lrodriguez@theorion.com

Shore to wheeze juice inside El Rey Theatre Earl Parsons ARTS EDITOR

There was a period in the 1990s when Pauly Shore was synonymous with cartoonish slackerdom, starring in films like “Encino Man,” “Bio-Dome” and “The Goofy Movie.” He disappeared off the face of the Earth as actors are inclined to do, but now he’s back with a stand-up comedy record, two pseudo-reality shows and an appearance in the upcoming Adam Sandler-produced film “Born to Be a Star,” starring Nick Swardson. The Orion had the chance to speak with Shore before his stand-up performance Thursday at El Rey Theatre to talk about comedy, pineapples and drinking soda straight from the fountain machine, a practice known as “wheezing the juice.” The Orion: How’s the tour? Pauly Shore: It’s cool, bro. It’s so happenin’. O: You have a lot of projects lined up. Are people ready for Pauly Shore again? PS: It’s, uh, happenin’, bro! O: I have to tell you this story. When I was a kid, “Encino Man” was my favorite movie, and I got kicked out of a 7-11 for wheezing the juice. PS: Wheezin’ the juice-a, buddy, aooooww! O: Could you describe your stand-up style for people who might not have seen you before? PS: Kick down, laid back, shoot it in the pocket, bitch! O: So you’re in the Midwest right now? PS: Yeah we got a big show tonight here in Des Moines, Iowa. O: Did you sell out Des Moines, Iowa? PS: Yeah it’s all sold out, bro. All farmers. O: Farmers love Pauly Shore. PS: They all wanna see me wheeze the juice. Eeeeeeee! O: So you’re a comedy kid and you grew up with your mom owning a bunch of clubs in LA. How do you think standup comedy has changed from the brick wall days of the ‘80s to today, in the age of Twitter and podcasting? PS: I’m the best, I’m the original, bro. I don’t know what to tell you. I’m the king, bro, I’m wheezin’ the juice. O: Is it hard to keep up that

persona now that you’re older? PS: Aooooooww! [The phone cuts out a bit] PS: Hello? PAULY SHORE O: Hello, can you hear me? PS: I’m sorry, Time 8 p.m. Thursday I didn’t know you were still there. I’m Price $22 advance just havin’ admission fun with you. You’re a cool Location kid. El Rey Theatre O: How does it feel to be back in the saddle? You went away for a while. PS: Yeah I lived in Guam for like five years. O: How was that? It’s still technically America. PS: I don’t think so. O: Well they’re a U.S. territory. PS: Is it? O: I’m pretty sure we’re in charge of that shit. PS: I thought it was Hawaii. O: I might be getting the two confused. PS: Hawaii’s where pineapples live. O: Do you perform in a lot of college towns? PS: I haven’t done Chico in a while but I do a lot of college towns. Every town’s got a college in it. O: What’s the difference between playing a college venue and doing a club? PS: When I’m in a comedy club, I don’t feel like such a pervert. O: I fall in love every day out here. PS: It’s bananas, right? O: So you did a lot of movies in the ’90s, and one of the big problems in your career was that people couldn’t differentiate you from the characters you played. Why is that so hard for people, especially in your case, where you played different variations on the same type of character? PS: Because I’m so convincing playing a knucklehead, bro. O: Do you think you’re a knucklehead? PS: Yeah, buuuddy! Aoooooww! Are you my best friend? O: For life. PS: They’re callin’ me, bro. I’ll see you in Chico. Sorry, I just gotta go do my show. O: Good luck out there. PS: All right, one love. Earl Parsons can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com

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Songs remain same, musicians don’t Led Zepagain breathes new life into Zeppelin Isaac Brambila STAFF WRITER

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TURN THE PAGE Guitarist Steve Zukowsky performs with Led Zeppelin cover band Led Zepagain Saturday at El Rey Theatre.

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JOHN-PAUL JONESIN’ Bassist Jim Wootten performs with Led Zepagain Saturday at El Rey Theatre. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page invited the band to perform at a Zeppelin reunion show in 2007.

More than 30 years after Led Zeppelin’s breakup, Jimmy Page’s legendary guitar riffs and Robert Plant’s signature high pitch voice seemed to rip through El Rey Theatre Saturday when cover band Led Zepagain brought life to classic songs. The smells of popcorn, beer and the occasional hint of marijuana rested in the air and short, long, brown, black, blond and gray hair bobbed as the crowd danced to the rhythm of the thunderous guitar. It wasn’t long into opening song “Rock and Roll” that people began to leave their seats and form a crowd in front of the stage, dancing and singing along. A few women in the audience enjoyed parts of the show from the shoulders of men. Led Zepagain’s performance by has been approved by Page himself, said guitarist Steve Zukowsky. Page witnessed a show at the Los Angeles House of Blues and waited backstage after the show to complement the band. “‘It’s amazing how much you guys sound like us,’” Page told him, Zukowsky said. “‘You must have grown up with this because you were inside the music.’” A mutual respect and connection grew out of that night, vocalist David Swan Montgomery said. The band was invited to the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion show in London and even had Zeppelin drummer John Bonham’s son Jason play with them. Zukowsky’s guitar playing sounds exactly like Page’s,

hitting most of the notes on the solos accurately, and Swan Montgomery’s voice is about as close to Plant’s as anyone can get. The legitimacy of the show goes beyond the music. The band members both look and play the part, from the show’s lighting to Plant’s tight pants and long curly blond hair and Page’s bell bottom pants with moon designs. Montgomery’s stage presence creates the illusion of Plant with similar hand gestures and dancing style. Montgomery does not really practice for his act, he said, since growing up with Led Zeppelin’s music makes it almost come naturally to him. He is lucky enough to have a voice that sounds so much like Plant’s. “It makes you feel good to have people who saw the real Led Zeppelin say, ‘Wow, you guys got it down and it made me bring back a time in my life that was wonderful,’”

Montgomery said. The show slowed down for a short acoustic set in the middle, but the connection with the crowd did not stop. The mandolin and acoustic guitar came out and people sang along to “Going to California” with lighters in the air. The acoustic set was broken by the screech of Zukowsky’s double guitar playing the notes to “The Song Remains the Same.” A young girl enjoyed the show as her small hands clapped above her head and her curly blonde hair bounced rapidly from side to side. “We’re just keeping the magic and spirit alive by introducing it to a younger generation,” Montgomery said. “It was music that we grew up on,” bassist Jim Wootten said. “We feel very privileged to preserve that for the next generation.” Being a part of a Led Zeppelin

tribute band seems to create a moment of unity between the band and fans. “I’m a fan and the crowd is a fan,” Zukowsky said. “It’s like being the ﬁrst kid on the block to get a new record and sharing it with everybody.” As Jim Kersey’s drums loudly hit along with the slow buildup to the ﬁnale, the crowd stood and cheered as the lights dimmed almost to a complete darkness. The claps and cheers continued for several minutes until Led Zepagain came roaring back to please the multitudes with “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and “Whole Lotta Love.” Chico rocked the air guitar and head banged for a few more minutes before what many consider the birth of hard rock left once again — at least until next time. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com

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“Houses of the Holy” >> Right from the beginning, “Houses of the Holy” has you headbanging and rocking the air guitar with “The Song Remains the Same” and ﬁve minutes and 32 seconds later has you swaying in your seat with eyes closed, humming along with “The Rain Song.” With energetic, riﬀ-driven songs like “Over the Hills and Far Away” and “The Ocean,” “Houses of the Holy” is a must-hear for any Led Zeppelin fan.

“Led Zeppelin IV” >> Perhaps the most commercially popular Led Zeppelin album, “Led Zeppelin IV” rattles your head with a vigorous intro in “Black Dog.” As it transitions to songs like “Rock and Roll” to “The Battle of Evermore,” UK’s Classic Rock Magazine’s Greatest Rock Album Ever creates an energetic ﬂow from heavy to calm rhythms throughout the album, perfectly exempliﬁed by the immortal song “Stairway to Heaven.”

“Physical Graffiti” >> The Massive 15-track double album contains everything Zeppelin has to offer. From energetic happy songs like “Houses of the Holy” to darker songs like “Kashmir” and the calmer style in “Ten Years Gone,” “Physical Graffiti” is a complete summary of the work the legendary band created and a great way to browse through the band’s talent. >> Compiled By Isaac Brambila

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Group raises money using local music Nicole Walker STAFF WRITER

Music can bring a community together to serve those in need, and one group is out to prove it. Changing All Lives through Music Productions is hosting a benefit concert Saturday at Woodstock’s Pizza with Hail the Sun, Hawker Dobkins, Mark Pagel and The Dynamics. All proceeds from the event will go toward Habitat for Humanity, said Cara Hoyt, CALM Productions head of promotions. CALM Productions came to Chico State in 2010 and has put on one show prior to this event, founder Allie Meekins said. The first show was a benefit concert for The Sunshine Connection a non-profit organization in Chico that offers children a place to gain self-esteem and be accepted by one another. “Music causes the community to join forces and help out one another,” Meekins said. “Music, to me, is a universal language. There are so many components with music that help you to identify yourself and find people you relate to.” By bringing together alternative rock, folk, funk and acoustic music, the concert will reach a wide audience, said Jessica Gore of CALM Productions artist management. Gore’s grandfather has Alzheimer’s disease and does not remember who she is, but when she visits him they sing together. They share the talent of singing and in turn that passion holds their relationship together, Gore said. CALM Productions relies on the determination of the

members to coordinate benefit shows. “Music brings people together through the melodies, lyrics and instrumentals,” Meekins said. “The passion and influence of music has helped through the struggles.” Putting on shows to support non-profit organizations creates acceptance and celebrates differences, she said. “The gap of what is and isn’t normal was completely closed,” Meekins said. “Everyone is accepted through music because music doesn’t have eyes.” Performers donate all of their time to these events, Gore said. The main entertainers are sorted by size of venue and by the genre they play, and CALM Productions finds performers at music conventions through networking. Everyone involved in the events benefits, Gore said. The bands get exposure, the organization receives 25 percent of revenue brought in and the venue will gain customers. One group of artists performing in support of Habitat for Humanity is Hail the Sun, whose members are Donovan Melero, Aric Garcia, John Stirrat and Shane Gann. Their name was derived from humanity’s dependence on the sun, resembling the need people have for music and the impact it has on their lives, Melero said. “Music has the ability to heal, match a particular emotion and bring you back to an experience when music helped you cope within your life,” he said. Nicole Walker can be reached at nwalker@theorion.com

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Whale murder paved American Dream J.W. Burch, IV ARTS COLUMNIST

The captain stands at the mast, scanning the horizon and forever searching for his prize. His crew worships him and listens to every order he commands, as is their duty. They look upon him with wide, saucer-eyed grins, reveling in the very awesomeness that is their captain. In the words of Herman Melville, he is “a grand, ungodly, god-like man.” The captain looks through his telescope and smiles as he witnesses the metal beast before him begin to retreat. The Nisshin Maru is running away frightened and intimidated. The captain’s goal has at last been realized. The Japanese government announced Feb. 10 that they are ending their whaling season early, according to the Associated Press. This is due

to Captain Paul Watson’s Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and their most recent campaign “Operation No Compromise,” documented in the Animal Planet reality program “Whale Wars.” For now at least, the whale wars are over. According to the Sea Shepherds, they saved some 900 whales in this current venture, having let the Japanese capture only 15 percent of their seasonal quota. Perhaps the most baffl ing notion of the Sea Shepherds is the startling similarities in demeanor between Capt. Watson and Melville’s fictitious Capt. Ahab in “Moby-Dick.” Both share a monomaniacal outlook toward polar opposite goals. Ahab wishes only to destroy the whale, whereas Watson wishes only to save the beasts. As dignified and selfless of a goal as saving the whales might be, I am cursed with a dissenting opinion. In my eyes, whaling is OK,

but that’s not to say that I believe all whales should be hunted to extinction. It’s simply impossible to overlook the vital role whaling played in our great nation’s heritage. To be against whaling is an un-American act of denial. Before there was the Exxon Mobil Corporation, Texaco, the Shell Oil Company and BP, there was whale oil. Whale oil lit our houses, lubricated our machinery and served as the base of our perfumes. Indeed, our nation was moved and managed in barrels upon barrels of deceased whale product. Our constitution was probably drafted and signed by whale oil light. Benjamin Franklin sang praises of spermaceti candles, known for producing soft light equal to four candles while producing little soot and burning twice as long. American whalers were the ﬁrst industrialists of our nation. They were explorers, economists and merchants.

America was known as a nation of extraordinary whalers before it was known as a global political force. That being the case, it makes sense to support what led us as a nation down the path of greatness. If petroleum had not been discovered or as widely accepted, we would all be clamoring to stuff Shamu’s descendants into our gas tanks. A frightening idea, indeed. This is not to undermine what the Sea Shepherds have accomplished. Everyone should pursue what they believe to be right. I just have trouble following any line of thought that denies our past as a country. From Nantucket, Mass. to San Francisco and from Alaska to Hawaii, our ports have been forever tainted with the massive destruction of whales. And here’s the kicker — we’re better oﬀ for it. J.W. Burch, IV can be reached at jburch@theorion.com

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Vamps + pirates = sick punk, literally Madison Parker STAFF WRITER

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GATHER ‘ROUND [above] Chris Fox [left] and Pat Mayﬁeld perform with the Vampirates Thursday at Monstros Pizza. CALL AND RESPONSE Fox and Mayﬁeld get aggressive on stage.

The small venue began to overheat and the bassist ripped off his sweaty T-shirt as the audience banged their heads and stomped their feet to floor-shaking guitar riffs. People packed Monstros Pizza Thursday night, crowding the sawdust-scattered floor and lining the walls clad with pizza boxes from all over California to watch Reno, Nev. hardcore band Vampirates perform. The show was coordinated by nationwide booking collective Pyrate Punx, Chico Area Pyrate Punx agent Rachel Riot said. The band has performed with Against Me!, Death By Stereo and Circle Jerks. As Vampirates took the stage, Monstros patrons shuffled about, chugging beer and chatting with friends. The band began their performance with no introduction and the fast-paced drumming and loud guitar crept up on the crowd. There was no stage to distinguish band from crowd. Guitarist Chris Fox even dropped his guitar and ran into the crowd, pushing people as he went. The high energy of the show kept everyone on their feet as the band swung their heads back and forth in time and the amps caused bodies to vibrate and ears to ring. The traveling power trio began their five-month national tour last week, said merchandising and travel assistant Katy Clement. Although it’s only been a week, the band has had its fair share of bumps in the road, literally. “Four hours outside of Reno, our van flipped into a snow bank,” singer Dave Masud said. “But it’s running like nothing happened.” Despite their ability to bang their heads and focus on their instruments, Masud said the entire band performed while sick. “You dread unloading everything,” he said. “You’re just thinking, ‘How the hell are we going to do this?’ But once you start playing you just kick into that mode.” Masud and Fox began playing in bands together at the age of 12 and formed Vampirates eight years ago, Fox said. The band is usually a four-piece and Masud is the singer, but he’s taken on the role of drummer on tour since their actual drummer is unable to leave Reno while he works on his master’s degree in accounting. With the first week behind them, Vampirates still have five months of touring left to go and the next month is booked, Masud said. The band heads back to Reno and then to Southern California, shattering eardrums, shaking floors and moshing every step of the way. “They are a high-energy band,” Clement said. “They do great frickin’ performances.” Madison Parker can be reached at

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Bale Folclorico de Bahia: Brazilian Carnivale!

7:30 p.m. @ Laxson Auditorium $15 student admission The 38-member troupe of dancers, musicians and singers perform a mix of choreography based on traditional African and South American tradition.

T H U R S DAY

Pauly Shore

8 p.m. @ El Rey Theatre $22 advance admission The actor and standup comedian stops oﬀ at the El Rey Theatre to say the word “bro” a lot.

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Sludge As Fest 6:30 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $5

A night of Chico’s best metal with Armed for Apocalypse, Cold Blue Mountain, Amarok, Epitaph of Atlas, Teeph and Into the Open Earth.

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6:30 p.m. @ The Palms $20 advance admission

Maria Muldaur and Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band perform to beneﬁt community radio station KZFR 90.1at The Palms on 2947 Nord Ave.

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‘Desire Under the Elms’

Trail 90

The opening night of the Blue Room’s rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s 20th Century re-imagining of the Greek tragedy of Phaedra and Hippolytus.

Folk duo performs with McDougall, Willy Tea and Mad Bob Howard.

San Francisco folk artist performs with Che Sole and Mr. I.

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7:30-9:30 p.m. @ Harlen Adams Theatre Student-produced play explores world mythology in the Performing Arts Center.

Midnight Blues Society

7 p.m. @ Nash’s Restaurant The monthly open jam session at Nash’s on 1717 Esplanade.

7:30 p.m. @ Blue Room Theatre

Hail the Sun 7:30 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5

Hail the Sun performs with Master Lady and Valembrosa in a beneﬁt concert for Habitat for Humanity.

F R I DAY

KZFR Blues Bash

8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5

7 p.m. @ El Rey Theatre $27.50 advance admission Legendary Procol Harum guitarist comes to the El Rey Theatre.

SAT U R DAY

John Craigie 8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5

9 p.m. to 1:45 a.m. @ Lost on Main $5 BETA’s spinning records all night with special guest DJUNYA.

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Callow

7 p.m. @ Cafe Culture Free San Francisco indie duo performs with local singer-songwriter Fera.

SU N DAY

Blame Sally

7:30 p.m. @ Manzanita Place $15 advance admission

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‘Contested Knowledge: What Conspiracy Theories Are Telling Us’ 5-7 p.m. @ Trinity 100

San Diego State religious studies professor Rebecca Moore presents a lecture on the impact of conspiracy theories.

MON DAY

Dead Man’s Hand 10 p.m. @ Normal Street Bar Free

Blame Sally performs with Keith Greeninger and Dayan kai at manzanita Place on 1705 Manzanita Ave.

Local group performs today’s country and Southern rock hits.

Dance Church

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. @ Turner Print Museum Free

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. @ Cafe Culture Come to Cafe Culture with a skip in your step and praise in your heart for the Mind, Body and Soul exercise with David Winglifter.

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Ingenuity: Thinking Creatively

The Turner Print Museum’s art exhibit about invention in the Meriam Library. Curator’s talk and reception March 3.

T U E S DAY

Take Back the Night

7:30 to 10 p.m. @ Common Grounds Free The Associated Students Women’s Center hosts a seminar and candlelight march through downtown Chico to spread awareness about sexual violence toward women.

T U E SDAY

Robin and Linda Williams

@ Sierra Nevada Big Room $20 Gospel and bluegrass singers Robin and Linda Williams of the show “Prairie Home Companion” perform with Kate Gaﬀ ney.

International Forum: Comparative Educational Practices 4 to 4:50 p.m. Ayres Hall 120

Chico International Training Programs director Diana Parks presents a panel of visiting teacher from around the world. THE ORION • MARK ROJAS

STAFF FAVORITES >> HORROR MOVIES “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) – Vincent Price plays a deliciously evil millionaire who lures a motley crew of desperate professionals over to a party, promising them each $10,000 if they survive the night. When the doors get locked from the outside and Price’s wife hangs herself, reality begins to unwind. >> Ben Mullin Staﬀ writer

“Psycho” – Psychological terror beats out shock value any day in my book, and you can’t get any more psychologically disturbing than an oﬀ-putting hotel owner with mommy issues and a murderous lust around showers.

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“The Shining” – From the moment Jack Torrance’s car is winding through the Rocky Mountains with the haunting theme during the opening credits, it’s apparent just how damn creepy this movie will be. One of King’s best, and one of Kubrick’s best. >> Thomas Lawrence Sports Editor

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and decided I was a Featherholic,” Wheelehan said. Their feathers come in colors from black and brown to bright pink and yellow. Some are long and skinny and others short and wide. They also come in spots or solids and each one is one of a kind, said Laura Lucia, senior child development major. Lucia, Wheelehan, sophomore business major Hillary Clowdsley and senior business major Daniela Posada are behind Featherholics. The four of them love creating new ideas for feather combinations and enjoy making people smile with their new hairdos. These new hair styles are created by clamping the feather to the root or braided into diﬀerent parts of the customer’s hair, Wheelehan said. People are able to put them wherever they want — up high, down low, on top or underneath. The women were excited about >> please see FEATHERS | D4

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More unisex bathrooms allows ﬂushing without fear Hailey Vincent STAFF WRITER

Before entering a bathroom, there are typically two universal symbols to direct people into specific gender roles — a stick figure in a triangular dress and a stick figure in pants. These pieces of plastic on the wall that separate women from men can make using the bathroom an everyday fear for some. Of the many buildings and 119 acres on campus, there are eight locations that are designated as unisex bathrooms. Adding more unisex restrooms is a recent topic of discussion that some say would benefit various individuals and communities across

campus. For some people, like those of the transgender community, the lack of knowledge regarding the importance of this addition is the problem, said Aydin Kennedy, a transsexual senior social science major. When the California State Students Association, a student organization that helps address campus and statewide issues, met at Chico State’s campus Feb. 11 to 13, the addition of more unisex bathrooms was discussed. This is a topic that is overlooked by many, said Jillian Ruddell, director of the Associated Students Women’s Center. “I highly doubt that the majority of campus has even thought

about the anxiety that using a public restroom can bring,” she said. After facing the issue of ﬁnding unisex bathrooms on campus during his transition, Kennedy agrees that there is a need for more unisex bathrooms on campus, he said. Labeling bathrooms to be more than just a toilet in a room is harmful for society, Kennedy said. Adding more unisex bathrooms on campus could help increase awareness of gender issues, Ruddell said. “The categories of ‘female’ and ‘male’ are not only outdated, but also conﬁning,” she said. >> please see BATHROOMS | D4

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GENDER-SPECIFIC Bathrooms at Siskiyou Hall separate men and women.

Birth control funding In an attempt to reduce overall expenses and the number of abortions performed in the nation, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed the Pence Amendment Feb. 18, which would cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood and its aﬃliated organizations. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., proposed the bill, which was passed 240-185. He argues that the $363 million Planned Parenthood receives is too much and an organization who facilitates abortions should not receive funding. However, this cut would be very dangerous for many people. Planned Parenthood is a necessary organization that provides services to promote a healthy sex life and body for many people, myself included. Only 3 percent of its care actually goes toward abortions, so Pence’s reasoning for the funding cut is not relevant. Not to mention abortion is still legal, so Planned Parenthood and its patients should not be punished. The majority of the heath care provided by Planned Parenthood is providing birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, cancer screenings and other women’s health screenings such as Pap smears. Providing this free or low-cost healthcare to both men and women is essential. Unsafe sex is one of the scariest issues in my mind, and it is particularly important for young adults to have a place to go to maintain sexual health. I have been going to Planned Parenthood for a few years to protect my health and receive free birth control. This is not an organization that should be abused in any way and if you are able to pay for your birth control, you should do so. However, there are many people who cannot aﬀord the expensive testing and birth control prescriptions which, in my experience, can cost around $80 per month. Sexual health is not something that should be jeopardized and the government should support organizations such as Planned Parenthood instead of stripping them of all funding. For some, especially young people and those with low income, Planned Parenthood may be the only access to health services. Even though they are a provider of abortion services along with everything else they do, they also contribute to a lowered abortion rate. Hopefully the predominantly democratic Senate will vote against this measure, the safety and help of our nation will be protected, and we won’t lose access to basic care. Ally Dukkers can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com

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Joke Insurance

“Those must have been some broken shoes.”

[joke • in • sure • ens] When friends laugh at each other’s jokes, no matter how lame, lessening the social failure of a bad joke. “Luckily, I had joke insurance with Chris.” source: urbandictionary.com

Paul Hebert

freshman | undeclared

“Doesn’t it mean that drugs are sold nearby? ‘Drugs found here’ kind of thing?”

“Someone’s initiated into a gang, but that’s only in super ghetto places.”

Vincent Newsom junior | music industry

Jennifer Kortier freshman | theater

“I think it means that a person has been there and wants to leave their mark.”

Patrick McClain freshman | environmental science

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Sizing up the penis “It’s not the size of the boat, it’s the motion of the ocean.” It’s a cute saying with many similar counterparts that also happens to be entirely accurate. For the record, there is such a thing as too small, but I’m here to tell you that bigger is not necessarily better. Let’s start with the hard facts. An average-sized penis is approximately six and a half inches in length when fully erect, according to the Netdoctor website. Those on the small side will reach only three to four inches and those on the large side can reach upwards of eight. Then there’s girth and width. As far as pleasuregiving goes, this is where it counts. The average girth of a fully erect penis is around four inches, the width itself around and inch and a half. The research also yields good news for those less well-endowed. If you’re small in length, it’s usually made up for in girth. This doesn’t mean you’ll be a successful orgasmgiver just because you’re packing serious pubic inches, but there are plenty of options for solving a size issue. If you think you’re exceptionally small, I recommend mastering your tongue technique and getting busy in positions where you can get maximum reach, like doggie-style or legs-overthe-shoulders. On the other hand, if your one-eyed monster is more like a two-ton Cyclops, there is one word you must never forget: lube. While the vagina is capable of expanding up to 200 percent to accommodate an exceptionally large member, I can say from experience that it isn’t particularly comfortable. My ex and I struggled with this, and achieving the right amount of pleasure with the least pain could be quite tricky, often involving massive amounts of prep work in the form of intense foreplay. The downside in our case was that the time it took us to get started made having quickies nearly impossible. When it comes to dealing with sensitive issues like your man’s size, honesty isn’t always the best policy, but there’s no need to suffer in silence. If he’s huge and you’re hurting, you have to let him know, and explain that you have to use more lube because he’s just so gifted. It’ll feed his ego and save you a lot of pain the next morning. On the other hand, if he doesn’t have the raw material to get you to your big O, teach him some new techniques by simply telling him what to do to get you going. This could also be a great way to spice things up by introducing a little dirty talk; take command and be very specific, and it’ll be an enjoyable experience for both of you. So as far as that adorable little saying and its many cousins about size, the main idea is this: If you’ve got it, work it, and if you don’t, work it twice as hard. Lexi Brister can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com

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Theater makes privates public Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER

very year women from the Chico community come together to celebrate the va-jay-jay. This year is no diﬀerent, as the sold-out production “The Vagina Monologues” took center stage at the Bell Memorial Union auditorium on Friday. For more than 10 years, the play has returned to Chico State with its stories about community, culture and vaginas. Jackey Humphrey-Straub, a Chico State graduate and current Catalyst employee, opened the play with a statement about V-Day, a movement that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. “The V-Day mission is simple — to end violence on women and young girls,” HumphreyStraub said. All proceeds are distributed to local organizations such as the Associated Students Women’s Center, Catalyst, Chico Safe Place, The Sunshine Connection and the Women and Girls of Haiti, a global organization. “It’s not all about the money,” Humphrey-Straub said. “We’re here to celebrate women.” The play is based on interviews with 200 women by playwright and activist Eve Ensler. She talked to the women about their vaginas, said Nikki Allair, senior women’s studies major. Allair helped backstage during the play. Ensler asked questions about how women felt about their vaginas and what would they would change if they could, Allair said. Her work has spread

globally from college campuses all the way to India, she said. The monologues are mostly one-woman acts, though sometimes two or more women perform together. The 30 women actors in the play think performing empowers them, Allair said. They are able to connect with other women through the monologues. Graduate student Tameica Chambers has performed in the play for three years, she said. Chambers saw the play her freshman year, and was inspired to participate, she said. “When I left the play I couldn’t put into words how I felt,” Chambers said. “There were diﬀerent emotions from the monologues and I wanted to be a part of it.” Chambers performed the monologue “Because He Liked to Look at it” along with Lauren Smallwood, a senior religious studies major. It was based on a man named Bob who became aroused when he looked at a vagina. It’s amazing how the women in the play are helping women in the community and in other countries as well, Chambers said. It’s one small way for her to change the world. This was the ﬁrst time that junior legal studies major Elyse Gutowski performed in the play, she said. Gutowski loved the play and auditioned for a part in November, she said. Gutowski performed “My Angry Vagina” where she talked about how a dry piece of cotton such as a tampon is not a pleasant feel in the vagina. The play is nothing people would expect from the title, she said. It’s more eye-opening than people can imagine.

VAGINA STORIES Performer Michele Bechard acts out her part called “Hair.” She shares the story about having to shave her vagina to please her husband.

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“It’s intimidating but at the same time powerful,” Gutowski said. There were comical monologues such as “The Flood,” “Hair” and “Vagina Happy Fact.” Some monologues evoked emotion like “My Vagina was a Village” which talked about rape that occurred in the Balkan region. The Balkan monologue made junior communication studies major Michelle Minnick cry, she said. “It’s sad to know that happens in those countries,” Minnick said.

This year three women were given the Vagina Warrior award. The three recipients of the award were Amy Lance, Majorie Cusick and Vianey Martinez. The award is given to someone who has suﬀered or witnessed violence and then does work to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else in her or his community such as putting on workshops and conferences about rape, domestic violence and self-esteem issues. Butte College student Alan Smith and senior history major Shane Morey attended the play for the ﬁrst time and enjoyed it. Smith had wanted to see the

play for four years, he said. Smith has worked with Catalyst, Safe Place and Rape Crisis Intervention. Women have told Smith domestic violence stories, he said. That’s why he’s involved in those programs. The play was good, funny and disturbing, Smith said. Some parts gave him chills. Morey has interned with the A.S. Women’s Center and came to show support, he said. “I will always appreciate the vagina,” Morey said. Tasha Clark can be reached at tclark@theorion.com

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HANGING ON BY A LACE A squirrel runs over a pair of shoes on a telephone wire on Warner Street. Abandoned shoes can be seen on wires in Chico streets.

Shoeﬁti hangs, no sole purpose known Nick Pike STAFF WRITER

They see the ground all day, they usually smell funky and tend to take a beating. Shoes are one of the most essential accessories and they’ve been hanging out in some interesting places lately. Recently, many students have noticed shoes hanging from telephone wires in residential areas near Chico State. There are eight pairs slung across Warner Street, just north of campus. Sophomore graphic design major Kaila Gottlieb finds humor in the act but also finds it unattractive., she said. “I’m not really sure where it came from or what it means,” she said. “I think it’s kind of funny but still disrespectful.” In Irvine, she never sees shoefiti, Gottlieb said. The rumored origins of what “shoefiti” — shoes thrown over telephone lines — signifies boils down to a few different meanings according to websites like Wikipedia and Snopes. The act of hanging shoes is commonly used to mark gang-related activity or territory, signify a nostalgic memory or a form of self-expression. Large cities such as Chicago, New York and St. Louis derive the gang cultural aspect, according to an article in the Chicago Tribune. Other students such as senior construction management major David Browne see the shoes as a nuisance and an eyesore. “I think it’s an old school habit that kids are trying to bring back and is just a pointless prank,” he said. “If anything, those shoes should be put to use and donated instead of wasted. There are plenty of

kids who could use a pair on their feet.” Browne wasn’t aware that there was any gang connotation with the shoes, he said. Having the shoes removed by graduation was another one of Browne’s concerns, as they are unattractive, he said. Although he thinks most people do it out of boredom, Sgt. Billy Aldridge of the Chico Police Department has heard rumors of the shoes relating to drugs and gangs, he said. “To be honest I have no idea why they do it,” he said. “It’s something I think juveniles or high school kids do when they’re drunk or bored, and it’s immature.” The police don’t follow up on the shoes, or ﬁ nd any correlation with drugs or crime, Aldridge said. The actual part of the wire that the shoes hang on isn’t electric so there’s no danger, he said. Kiley Short, an undeclared freshman, has experience with shoeﬁti near her residence in Live Oak. “The shoes hanging are down the street from me but I generally stay away from the area because it’s considered the ghetto side of town,” she said. “I have heard that the shoes have something to do with gangs.” Short would feel safer if there weren’t any shoes hanging near her residence, she said. “If it were closer to me I wouldn’t really be worried about it but I would feel more comfortable it the shoes weren’t around at all,” Short said. Nick Pike can be reached at npike@theorion.com

Chico locals and businesses have played a role in supporting the entrepreneurial spirit among students. Many make their mark because of Chico State’s Center for Entrepreneurship, which gives students the opportunity to receive grant money or funding from outside investors with resources that can turn a simple idea into a viable business. One of these resources is the Business Concept Competition. This contest gives students a chance to present their ideas to a panel of judges in which the top contestants get a chance to receive funding from the entrepreneurship center accelerator fund, a fund designated specifically to help launch student businesses. Any student from any major can participate in the competition. For instructions on applying, students can visit the competitions linked page on the Chico State website. Contestants have the opportunity to attend a workshop prior to the competition and the highest-ranked winners will be invited to a “boot camp” on campus where they’ll receive advice on obtaining funding and how to launch a business. One student who is currently developing his idea and considering entering the competition is senior finance major Colin Phillips. His idea, an entertainment website called VenYouMenu, lists music venues in the surrounding areas and offers playlists of the entertainers and new music, he said. “I really like music and just got the idea recently talking with my roommates,” Phillips said. It has different playlists and calendar dates for music events, he’d eventually like it to spread throughout California and the U.S., with funding being the only obstacle, he said. For now, Phillips hears

about events by looking up the venues websites and fi nds his new music from word of mouth or online, he said. Entrepreneur professor and local businessman David Halimi gives entrepreneurial students advice on starting their own businesses. “Use the tools you learned in college and only take calculated risks,” he said. “Keep COLIN PHILLIPS Senior finance in mind that major there are no guarantees of success in every venture you take on, but using the entrepreneurial tools will lead you to being successful in the long run.” Halimi operates the Diamond W Western Wear on East Second Street and has a production company that produces the local bull riding competitions. He encourages students to stay diligent with their ventures even though they may not all pan out, he said. “In taking on entrepreneurial ventures you win some and you lose some,” Halimi said. “What matters is to win more often that you lose, leading to an overall success.” Peter Straus, entrepreneur professor and assistant director for the Center for Entrepreneurship, has seen a number of his students become successful with their ideas, he said. The center and its funds are specifically designed to help students launch their ideas and become successful entrepreneurs, Straus said. “I’ve seen a number of students of mine go out on their own from nightclubs to restaurants and even a wine distributor,” he said. “But we’re still waiting for the next Google.” Th Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com

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Rise in American cheese consumption has become health concern for many Melissa Hahn STAFF WRITER

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CHEESE HEAD Senior biology major Zachary Baroni eats a cheesy slice at Celestinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Live from New York Pizza. The average American eats 32.9 pounds of cheese per year.

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It was accidentally made 4,000 years ago in a pouch made of a sheepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stomach. Cheese is a national staple that Americans consumed an average of 32.9 pounds of, per person, in 2009, according to International Dairy Foods Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known for protein, fat and calcium among other nutrients. Only three servings of cheese hold almost an entire dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of saturated fat, according to Nutrient Factsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website. Commercial use of cheese is expected to grow faster than the U.S. population over the next decade, according to Cheese Market Newsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website. Cheese demand will boost trends in eating processed and packaged foods, as well as eating out. Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dietary decisions are concerning Jess Jansen, senior computer graphics major. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The choices kids in America make are horrible,â&#x20AC;? Jansen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where a lot of food comes from and arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t conscientious about it.â&#x20AC;? Chico State uses an estimate of 30 pounds of cheese per day for food production, said Yves Latouche, the director of Associated Students Dining Services. Most of it goes on one of the top sellers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pizza. Although some nutrition facts posted around Marketplace Cafe are alarming, students arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worried with the health risks, Latouche said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to satisfy the customer and we follow the trend,â&#x20AC;? Latouche said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We provide (the nutrition facts) for the people who want it, but students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really ask a lot about it.â&#x20AC;? In 2010, Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheese output was highest since 2007, according to the Cheese Reporter Publishing Co. While federal government agencies encourage Americans to eat fat-free and low-fat dairy products, some corporations donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t subscribe to that agenda. Dairy Management Inc. partnered with Dominoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza in 2007 to boost

cheese sales, according to an article published in November 2010 by The New York Times. Together they developed pizzas with 40 percent more cheese, with one slice containing twothirds of daily recommended level of saturated fat. Chico State nutrition professor Michelle Morris acknowledges the link between health organizations and the food industry, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ nitely a conďŹ&#x201A;ict of interest in that USDA oversees agricultural productions for this country, and also makes nutrition recommendations,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dairy and beef industries are certainly pretty big lobbying organizations, and I think they have too much inďŹ&#x201A;uence on the USDA, therefore the nutritional recommendations.â&#x20AC;? In a weight-obsessed culture, public messages about saturated You fat being linked to obehave to sity and heart disease satisfy the could have portrayed customer cheese inadvertently as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;badâ&#x20AC;? food, Morris and we said. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not necesfollow the sarily a national health concern. trend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Restriction is not in my nutrition philosophy,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want YVES LATOUCHE people to relax more director of A.S. Dining around food. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Services source of pleasure, and we should put it back in a place where it should be.â&#x20AC;? Instead of eliminating certain foods, the Western diet would better beneďŹ t from adding more fruits, vegetables and whole grains for ďŹ ber, Morris said. The food industry and health organization aďŹ&#x192;liations are prominent, such as Coca-Cola Co. sponsoring meetings for American Dietetic Association to get its stamp of approval, she said. The health messages would be clearer if the associations didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist, Morris said. But the trend doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be changing as long as there are enough people thinking that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there was a critical mass of people saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No, this is not appropriate,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; then maybe some things will change,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But right now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status quo.â&#x20AC;?

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Q: What is your favorite food to put cheese on?

A. Pizza Erik Allison

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Nikki Scruggs

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Mikevia Kiles

sophomore | biology

Franco Ragusa

sophomore | criminal justice

C. Pasta

Felesha Valdez

sophomore | political science

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Fish species endangered

Griﬃn Rogers STAFF WRITER

One breed of sturgeon is listed as protected species

Underneath the murky waters of the U Sacramento River lies huge creatures, camouflaged in the rocks, looking silently up at sunburned college students floating down river in tubes. These quiet monsters are also known as sturgeon, a prehistoric-looking fish that can grow up to 20 feet long and live more than 80 years, making them a formidable fish to catch during peak sturgeon season from February through early April. The two main species of sturgeon in northern California, white sturgeon and green sturgeon, have seen a drastic decrease in population over the years, leading to a permanent closure on all sturgeon fishing on the Sacramento River north of U.S. Highway 162 in January. The closure was enacted in an effort to protect the dwindling species, said Sam Castillo, the Department of Fish and Game patrol warden Lt. for Butte and Glenn Counties. He doesn’t see the ban lifting anytime soon. “We want them to be able to make babies and not be harassed,” he said. The Fish and Game Patrol is also concerned with beer cans floating to the bottom of the rivers and filling up deep holes, ruining the habitat, he said. Sturgeon mainly live in the ocean, but swim up rivers to breed in the spring. Because of this, fishermen can only keep sturgeon between 44 to 66 inches. Anything shorter is they must throw back because it is premature, and able to carry more eggs the larger they get, he said. Fishermen hunt for sturgeon because of the size and fight they put up, Castillo said. The problem is that people sometimes fish for the green sturgeon, an endangered species. Green sturgeon have been federally listed as a protected species since early 2000. Instead of fishing for legal white sturgeon with bait, poachers hunt for green sturgeon using a method called snagging, Castillo said. This is when a person uses a drift boat and a line with an oversized hook to impale large sturgeon. Illegally fishing for green sturgeon can end with jail time and thousands ca

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of dollars in fines, said Duane Massa, a project manager for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Fishers would be able to tell the two species apart from the white sturgeon shorter snout and blunt head. The reason for fishing green sturgeon instead of white isn’t clear. White sturgeon are generally larger and there wouldn’t be much of a taste difference between the two species, he said. One factor might be availability, since green sturgeons tend to travel farther upriver. The largest sturgeon Massa has ever seen in the Sacramento River was a 72-inch green sturgeon that took two fisherman two hours to pull in, he said. Andrew Roberts, a senior business administration major, was fishing the Petaluma River off the San Pablo Bay with some friends when he felt a tug on his line, he said. On the other end was the biggest sturgeon he’d seen — 68 inches. “The fish jumped clear out of the water,” he said. After an hour of fighting the fish and being towed a mile down river, Roberts said he pulled the fish in to find out it was too big and had to be let go. But keeping the fish isn’t what makes the sport exciting, he said. “You need to have patience, and you need to find deep holes,” Roberts said. “It takes time and knowledge.” The best way to catch a sturgeon is with anchovies, sardines, heavy weights and a big 10-foot pole, said junior Paul Vue, a criminal justice major. Vue has been fishing his whole life, he said. He was inspired by his father, who used to catch sturgeon and take him when he was young. Trying to snag a sturgeon is slow fishing, but the reward comes from fighting with and catching a large fish, Vue said. He hasn’t caught his first sturgeon yet, but he hopes to turn that around this season. “If I caught a sturgeon I would take pictures and be very excited,” he said. “Mission accomplished.” Griffin Rogers can be reached at grogers@theorion.com

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Greek ceremony promotes unity, inducts members FEATHERS: Students run hairstyle business Tasha Clark STAFF WRITER

This spring, 400 Chico State students joined the Greek system. The new members attended the Greek Induction Ceremony to learn what it means to be Greek and the rule of no hazing, Larry Bassow, program coordinator for Greek Life said. In an eﬀort to improve their reputations and leadership skills, Greek organizations hosted the ceremony Feb. 20 at the Bell Memorial Union auditorium. The event was set up ﬁve years ago to introduce members new and old to the Greek life, Bassow said. People have misconceptions about Greeks, he said. This is a group that’s going to get judged. Tyson Wooters, a leadership speaker from Oregon, spoke to the roughly 900 in attendance about how members have the power

to decide what is positive and negative to them in Greek culture. Members need to be aware that they have a responsibility being in a sorority or fraternity, and that one individual’s negative choice could ruin a whole organization’s reputation, he said. “You’re always building your reputation and you’re always being watched,” Wooters said. There are expectations of Greek members to reach their maximum potential, Bassow said. They are leaders and have an opportunity to represent Chico State. Students have to represent their organization in a positive light when they become a part of the Greek system, Bassow said. When someone makes the wrong choice another member has the chance to stop it. The ceremony promotes unity, he said. All fraternities and sororities stand for the same cause, so everyone needs to help each other. Junior Cullen Bowen, a business major

and member of Theta Chi, thinks that the ceremony teaches members that Greek organizations are bigger than just one person, he said. “We’re a community of Greek groups,” Bowen said. Bassow helps fraternity and sorority members succeed in their Greek life and in school, he said. They are guided and encouraged to make a diﬀerence in the community. When students put on shirts with Greek letters, they are representing something bigger than themselves, Bassow said. Junior Daniel Southwood, a ﬁnance major, is a new member of Sigma Pi. He said that he’s excited for the new opportunities that await him in his fraternity. “This is a world-connected organization,” Southwood said. Tasha Clark can be reached at tclark@theorion.com

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The CSU policy on nondiscrimination vows to commit resources and create a supportive atmosphere to provide equality among students, faculty and staff, according to the Chico State website. Unisex bathrooms would be beneficial to the transgender and transsexual communities as well as others, Ruddell said. “Without access to a variety of unisex restrooms, the university is neglecting a large group of students,” she said. “Not only would unisex restrooms benefit transgender and transsexual individuals, but also any person with a small child or who needs to be accompanied when

entering the restroom.” Molly Heck, professor of social work and multicultural and gender studies, thinks more unisex bathrooms on campus would be beneficial, but she sees a lot of work to be done in understanding non-discrimination policies, she said. “Many of us have a long way to go to understand how our policies and procedures are either discriminating, unbeneficial or just simply don’t make sense for folks because gender identity has not been on our radar like race and sexuality have,” she said. “We are just beginning, as a community, to understand how policies and practices are affecting certain

people.” Chico State has the ability to use funding when available for ADA upgrades for bathrooms, said Lorraine Hoﬀ man, Chico State’s vice president for business and ﬁnance, in an e-mail interview. “In 2006 to 2007 and 2007 to 2008 the University received some funding for ADA upgrades,” she said. “These funds were used for ADA upgrades to a few elevators, path of travel, ramps and restrooms. Where it was possible we upgraded the restrooms and made several of them gender-neutral.” There needs to be education about gender, Kennedy said.

The community and campus could use this change as an opportunity to educate people on the importance of changing perceptions on gender. As with any social issue, it takes time to change people’s perceptions on matters such as this, Heck said. “There are a lot of diﬀerent social and systematic belief systems and values,” she said. “There is resistance to change and a fear in which our culture has equated diﬀerence with deviance that makes social change and acceptance a real challenge.” Hailey Vincent can be reached at hvincent@theorion.com

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their ﬁrst customers and did a “feather dance,” Posada said. They moved their feet and body from side to side quickly and swung theirs arms with excited looks on their faces. The best part is the end result and seeing the look on their face when it’s all done, Clowdsley said. Customers don’t get to see the process of putting in the feathers, so they’re really eager to look in the mirror. The women have made a lot of friends through the business and enjoy seeing the people they encounter around town and at school, Posada said. Megan Boydston, a senior liberal studies major and a Featherholics customer, said the girls helped her decide on what feathers would look best. “I plan on going back soon to get some green feathers so I can avoid being pinched on saint patty’s day,” Boydston said. The idea of Featherholics came when Lucia went to visit her cousins in Oregon and they wanted to put feathers in her hair. “I had never seen it before,” she said. “I was really nervous about it and when I came here everyone loved it. We did everyone in the house and we were like, ‘We could do this as a hobby,’ and ran with it.” The women have been experiencing and developing

teamwork, synergy and trial and error, Posada said. “It’s been fun watching our profit grow,” Wheelehan said. “Everything we talk about in class relates to everything we’re going through.” Students who want to run a successful business need to work hard, lecturer of the business department Peter Straus said. It is 90 percent perspiration and 10 percent inspiration. “Money is overrated to start a business,” he said. “You can be like these Featherholic girls and jumpstart a business, all you need to do is have imagination and to plan ahead.” The women have gained skills and learned a lot from this experience, Clowdsley said, including adapting to different personalities. Customers are not only the college crowd. High school girls and toddlers get feathers too, and the house becomes a business atmosphere, Wheelehan said. There have been a few of men who have also come in, Posada said. One time a guy wanted his goatee feathered. “It’s a rewarding experience,” Posada said. “We do this all the time, but when they’re so excited about it, you feel good because it’s nice to know you made that person feel good.” Stephanie Consiglio can be reached at sconsiglio@theorion.com

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Nov. 10, 1976 “Women’s Center Seeks Home, New Friends” Located on 746 W. Second St., the Associated Students Women’s Center was a place where women could learn more about themselves and express themselves freely. As

a very active organization, the Women’s Center initiated programs dealing with topics relevant in today’s society. “Community outreach is our main goal,” said Susan Sibilia, former coordinator of the center. “We are trying to reach as many women through our programs as we can.” Events included diversified

programs such as self-defense workshops, a Katharine Hepburn film series and a consciousness-raising festival. “A lot of women are afraid,” Sibilia said. “They don’t know what we’re doing here or what we’re talking about in terms of becoming a full person.” She encouraged women to visit the center and see what is going on.

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CIVIL ENGINEER Senior Andrew Langelier, a civil engineering major, stands outside Langdon Hall where he takes engineering classes.

Chico State senior Andrew Langelier is a civil engineering major from Pioneer, Calif. He has been recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers for his achievements in civil engineering and was named an Outstanding Civil Engineering Student. Langelier is one of two honorees of the award in the 18 ASCE student chapters in California. The award ceremony will be held in Sacramento on March 9.

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Campus Spotlight: Student recognized for his engineering studies, leadership

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WORKING WOMEN Interns at the Associated Students Women’s Center work in the oﬃce eight to 10 hours a week helping with events, tabling, blogging and much more. Rachel Robledo, [left] a sophomore biology major, and Hanna Clause, an undeclared freshman, work together on the blog for the week.

NOW

The A.S. Women’s Center is now located in the Bell Memorial Union and does not only serve women, but men too, said senior Sharina Jackson, Women’s Center program coordinator. There were four male interns last semester. The center also puts on events revolving around

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lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer and women’s issues. Events like Take Back the Night and issues surrounding body image and sexuality are ways the center brings awareness on campus, she said. Students have a negative connotation with the word feminist, Jackson said. Not everyone at the center is a

feminist and not everyone defines feminism the same. “Feminism can be different with each culture,” she said. Students should come in and get to know everyone, Jackson said. They should also attend events to gain their own perspective of what the women’s center does. - Complied by Tasha Clark

Q: What did you do to receive the ASCE honor? Langelier: I ran an ASCE conference called the Mid-Paciﬁc Conference last year. There were about 420 students participating from 12 schools as far south as Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and as far east as University of Nevada, Reno. Students participate in various competitions in the conference, including Steel Bridge, where students assemble and test a 20-foot long bridge, water treatment and concrete canoe — and yes, they do ﬂoat. Q: What does it feel like being recognized for your accomplishments? Langelier: Satisfying. It’s nice getting the recognition, but

I wish some of the other people at the conference could get recognized for their hard work too. Q: You’re graduating this spring. What’s the next step? Langelier: Grad school, maybe down in Texas. First I’m going to take a year off. Take some time to refocus. Maybe even get a job. Q:Are there any projects you are currently working on? Langelier: I’ve been involved with Alpha Sigma Phi and helping establish that. I’m also trying to push for a national water treatment competition, where we make fake waste water full of orange juice, cottage cheese, stuff like that, and try to clean it out. Q: What led you to becoming a civil engineer? Did you see yourself doing this when you were a kid? Langelier: My older brother, who was also majoring in civil engineering here, asked me to help him on a project. That’s kind of how I got into it. When I was kid, I never thought I’d be doing this specific kind of civil engineering. I probably would have been comfortable playing with LEGOs for the rest of my life. - Compiled by Griffin Rogers

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temperature 5- Of the absence of life 6- Dupe 7- Slumbered 8- Bleach 9- Biblical birthright seller 10- Warts and all 11- Religious sch. 12- Actress Balin 13- Author Deighton 21- Aﬃrmative reply 22- Agricultural implement 25- Member of a great Peruvian people 26- Connections 27- Scarf 29- Haunted house sounds 31- Unordered 32- As a female, you could be queen or worker 34- Pamper

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