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RIVER RACER Senior business major Sean Field rides his bike through the flooded bike path next to the Bidwell Bowl Amphitheater, which had flooded due to heavy rains over the weekend.
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A four-week film series is being presented by the Environmental Action Resource Center. The film “For the Next 7 Generations” will be shown 7 p.m. April 7 in Ayres 120. It is an educational film about diversity in the environment. The film, provided by the Office of Diversity, is about 13 indigenous grandmothers from all different parts of the world and their efforts to spread their message and concerns about taking care of the planet. Sharleen Lowry from Associated Students Human Resources will be a guest speaker at the event.
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Chico left underwater after week of stormy weather Dario Gut STAFF WRITER
A fierce storm blew through the streets of Chico the weekend starting March 19, pulling down branches and flooding the streets with at least 1.5 inches of rain. Wet and windy weather early March 20 caused dozens of power outages in Chico, affecting more than 5,000 homes and businesses, said Paul Moreno, a Pacific Gas and Electric Company media spokesman. Westpark Plaza, an apartment complex located on 920
West Fourth Ave., was just one of many places that were affected by the power outage, Moreno said. “The first outage began at 1:30 a.m. when a tree branch broke a power line at North Cedar and West Fourth Avenue,” Moreno said. “This caused an outage affecting 1,727 homes and businesses.” The PG&E crew worked all day Sunday until all the power was restored for 500 customers at 2 p.m. and the remaining customers at 5:45 p.m., Moreno said. A large section in Westpark
Plaza lost power due to a branch collapsing on the power grid, said Traci DeDontney, assistant manager of Westpark Plaza Apartments. “I got a call at 1 a.m. by a Plaza resident saying that their power went out,” DeDontney said. “The next morning there was a PG&E truck outside my window fixing the lines.” Not all the apartments in the complex were affected by the power outage, she said. The center apartments all lost power, but the outer buildings continued to have power. Junior Sam Wilson, a
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CAVE is putting on a “handme-up” clothing drive today benefiting the Torres Shelter. Students are asked to bring slightly used or new clothes and shoes to donate. The drive will be located at the walkway between Glenn and Siskiyou Halls from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations should be dropped off at the CAVE Chico Ambassador table. For more information, contact the CAVE office located in Bell Memorial Union Room 309 or call 530-898-5817. source: Student Announcements
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Chaos from Japan spilled over into Chico State’s Study Abroad Office as the organization scrambled to ensure the safe return of its overseas students. Six Chico State students had their Japan study abroad program cut short last week as they were called back to the United States, said Tasha Dev, International Exchange and Study Abroad coordinator. The students’ recall was issued by the chancellor of the California State University system and applies to all CSU students in Japan, she said. “We have evacuated all of them and are bringing them home,” Dev said. None of Chico State’s students have been harmed by the events overseas or were in any >> please see JAPAN | A6
Likely cuts mean tough choices Allison Weeks STAFF WRITER
As California State University officials grapple with California’s budget shortfall, they announced March 22 that they will let in 10,000 fewer students next school term, as a result of the $500 million proposed CSU education cut by Gov. Jerry Brown. “If it remains a $500 million cut, the net effect to CSU Chico would be a reduction of $13 million to our campus,” said Joe Wills, director of Public Affairs and Publications. “That takes the state cut to our campus approximately $19 million minus the added funds we would receive from the 10 percent tuition increase approved by CSU Trustees for 2011-12.” It is still unknown what impacts the planned budget reductions will have on Chico State, since those numbers have yet to be calculated by the school.
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cause for that specific power outage,” Moreno said. “All the customers had electricity again by 2 p.m. that day though.” Brandon Russell, another Westpark Plaza resident and Chico State graduate student, witnessed the power outage late the night before. “There was a crack and then a flash outside my window,” Russell said. “It was a real pain to do simple everyday things with no power. I was scared the food in my fridge would go bad.” Dario Gut can be reached at dgut@theorion.com
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The Museum Without Walls four-part lecture series Microbes on Extreme Missions will begin Wednesday, April 6 at the Chico Area Recreation District Center. The lectures, put on by Gateway Science Museum and the College of Natural Sciences at Chico State, will each be on a Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Students get in free with a student ID, and a $3 donation is requested from all other adults. There will be a question and answer session after each lecture.
geography major living in the complex, experienced the power outage in his home that morning. “We were using flashlights from our camping supplies to see at night,” Wilson said. “I even had a camping stove to cook my food outside, which was pretty fun.” A second outage occurred at 2:30 a.m. Sunday when another line broke near Hobart and West First Avenue that affected 1,990 homes and businesses, Moreno said. “The working crew was unable to determine the exact
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A live magic show is coming to Laxson Auditorium. Chico Performances is hosting Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion at 7:30 p.m. on April 5. The show will feature original elements of traditional magic as well as new-age lighting and special effects. It will include elements of drama, comedy, romance and suspense as well as tricks and illusions. The performance is sponsored by Twin Oaks Post Acute Rehab. Tickets are $27 for premium seats, $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for students and children. Tickets can be purchased at the University Box Office or at www.chicoperformances.com.
“Whatever our budget reduction, and as we consider what areas to cut, we keep in mind that our top campus priority will continue to be serving students with the instruction and services they need to graduate,” Wills said. Faculty salaries make up 84 percent of the CSU’s operating budget, sadi Erik Fallis, media consultant for the CSU Chancellor’s office. “The other 16 percent is for maintaining the grounds of the CSU campuses.” Of the $500 million in proposed cuts, the 23 CSU campuses will need to reduce their funds by at least $281 million. This may require schools to further reduce employees. The CSU system has lost 4,145 employees since the 2008-2009 school year, according to a press release by the CSU Chancellor’s office. Letting in 10,000 fewer students is expected to save the CSUs $60 million. “We are at the lowest point we have been in a decade,”
Fallis said. “The only difference now is we are serving 70,000 more students.” Despite these cuts, Chico State is trying to provide its students with required classes. Some students, like senior communication studies major Lissa Cunningham, are worried about the reduction of classes, she said. The college may face deeper cuts if Brown’s proposed tax extensions are not on the June ballot or are rejected by California voters. “If the Governor does not receive the revenue budget cuts, we could face up to $1 billion in cuts, which would be incredibly difficult and painful for everyone,” Fallis said. While the effects of the budget reduction on the Chico State campus is still unknown, some faculty will be laid off and face furloughs, said Jeff Bell, chair of the Department of Biology. “Faculty will face a 10 percent cut in pay or less than 10
percent,” Bell said. “With a decreasing number of faculty, we will see an increase in class sizes. When they say they will decrease the number of students, it is code for they will decrease the number of faculty.” At Chico State, faculty members that have seniority get paid more than junior members, he said. Both junior faculty and parttime faculty will be the first ones to be laid off, Bell said. Associated Students, funded exclusively by students, is focusing on ways to preserve student services for next year, A.S. President Amro Jayousi said. “Instead of having employees work 12 months out of the year, we are thinking about reducing it to 11 months due to the decreasing enrollment,” Jayousi said. “We are also thinking about cutting salaries because of this.” Allison Weeks can be reached at aweeks@theorion.com
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Chico State students teamed up with University Police to catch an aggressive magazine salesman last Wednesday. Chico police were fi rst alerted to the presence of the “pushy salesman” on March 22 when they received a call from a distressed female student, University Police Chief Eric Reichel said. “He followed her in, and she was concerned for her safety,” Reichel said. “She ended up paying for a subscription just to get him out of there.” University Police received reports of an aggressive salesman the following day whose description matched the man who harassed the student on March 22, Reichel said. In an effort to catch him, the police sent out a bulletin to every Chico State student asking for help identifying the salesperson. “We requested information from students on campus, and man, they were wonderful,” Reichel said. “Within 20 minutes, I had 15 responses.” After receiving a breaking tip from a student, the suspect was identified as David Lawrenz, a resident of Milwaukee and a sales employee of Direct Subscription Services, Reichel said. “He was very cooperative,” Reichel said. “We have enough information now to fi le for an arrest warrant on this individual for trespassing and soliciting without a license.” Lawrenz was working with six other salespeople also employed by Direct Subscription Services, a company operating out of Texas, Reichel said. Lawrenz could not be >> please see SALESMAN | A6
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777 51 The University of Central Florida is investigating members of its chapter of Delta Upsilon for possibly using a date rape drug on women at a recent party. Members of the fraternity are accused of drugging random drink bottles before a social event and passing them around to women, then trying to guess which had been drugged at the end of the night. The accusations come from members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority on campus. source: Orlando Sentinal
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WORLD NEWS >> Libya — The conflict in Libya shifted
Tokyo — Slow progress toward getLondon — More than 250,000 people
toward the rebels’ favor last weekend as
ting the Fukushima reactors to a “cold
coalition airpower continued to enforce
shutdown” state was hampered this
have attended a Trade Union protest in
a no-fly zone over the country. They
weekend when surprisingly high levels
central London against public spending
expanded their mission by attacking pro-
of radiation were detected in standing
cuts Saturday. The peaceful march was
Gaddafi military forces on the ground.
pools of water in and around the nuclear
marred when small groups attacked
After close air support from coalition
facility. The Japanese government’s pri-
shops and banks. 214 people have been
forces, Libyan rebels retook the city
ority had been restarting reactor cooling
arrested and 66 injured. Ministers insist
of Ajdabiya, which had been seen as a
pumps that had been inactive since the
that the cuts are necessary to restore
pro-Qaddafi stronghold. The no-fly zone
tsunami hit on March 11, but two workers
received unanimous support from the
received radiation burns on their legs
Jersualem — Palestinian President
Organization of the Islamic Conference
when they waded into pools of water.
Mahmoud Abbas held talks with Hamas
and Qatari fighter jets have joined air
This has left the repair personnel unsure
officials for the first time in about a year.
forces killed two people on Saturday
patrols with French, NATO and U.S.
of how to safely proceed.
The two-hour talks focused on unifying
and four on Friday in anti-government
the governments of Hamas and Fatah,
protests in the port city of Latakia.
which are separated in the West Bank
President Bashar al-Assad has tried to
fashion. After extended debate, the
and Gaza. The overture comes as tens
contain protests with a carrot and a stick,
coalition agreed Friday to shift overall
of thousands of Palestinians in the
both by promising to lift emergency laws
command of the no-fly zone from the
West Bank and Gaza took to the streets
and cracking down with security forces.
United States to NATO.
last week to demand an end to their
Despite these moves, unrest seems
governments’ rivalry. At the same time,
to be growing, which came to a head
tensions have increased between Israel
after police detained more than a dozen
and Gaza after one woman was killed
schoolchildren for scrawling graffiti
and 30 more injured in a bombing in Jeru-
inspired by pro-democracy protests
salem. The Israeli air force responded
across the Arab world.
allies. The United Arab Emirates pledged to support the allies’ effort in a similar
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Source: The New York Times
The Food and Drug Administration approved a drug manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. that is proven to extend the lives of those diagnosed with advanced skin cancer. The drug, known as Yervoy, worked in a small portion of tested patients to extend their lives by an average of four months. While the drug is not highly effective, it represents a milestone because skin cancer usually doesn’t respond to treatment. source: Yahoo News
public finances, but protestors worry that they will destroy peoples’ services, Latakia, Syria — Syrian security
by bombing targets in Gaza, and in turn
jobs and lives. Source: BBC News
Source: Reuters
had border cities targeted by mortar and rocket strikes from Palestinian militants. Source: The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera
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Standoff with suicidal suspect ends without charges Dario Gut STAFF WRITER
A five-hour standoff between police and a barricaded suspect ended Sunday night when police threw a tear gas into a local business, forcing a 46-year-old man out of hiding. The Chico Police Department received a call from the suspect, Michael Tomlinson, at about 4:30 p.m. He said that he had rigged Johnny’s Lock and Safe with explosives, Chico Police Lt. Linda Dye said. He also threatened to shoot any officer who came near the
said. “That’s the reason why we have these five blocks closed to traffic.” Everyone from K9 units to the hostage negotiating team arrived at Mangrove Avenue in effort to disarm the supposedly armed suspect, MacPhail said. Chico police continued the standoff into the night, keeping the building surrounded and bringing in SWAT, CHP units and volunteer officers to control the traffic, officer Gayla Warner said. “There was definitely the full force out here tonight,” officer Linda McKinnon said. She took post by East First
and Mangrove avenues, just a couple of blocks from the business to redirect traffic and families walking home. William Brown, a resident living down the block from the scene, was on his way home when he saw the first police car pull up. “The police car whipped around the corner and next thing I know there were lights and sirens everywhere,” he said. Police used tear gas to force Tomlinson from the building at about 10 p.m., Sgt. Rob Merrifield said. When police entered the business, they found empty bottles of alcohol, he said.
“The suspect stated in his phone call that the store was rigged with explosives,” Merrifield said. “However the bomb squad didn’t locate any firearms or explosives.” He was taken into custody shortly after and was then transported to the mental health department at the Enloe Medical Center, Merrifield said. Tomlinson will remain at Enloe Medical Center until he is able to go back home, Merrifield said. Charges will not be pressed. Dario Gut can be reached at dgut@theorion.com
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store and made suicidal comments, she said. “He is alone in the building and called telling us that he was going to kill himself,” Dye said. The suspect was later confi rmed to be the owner of the business, Chico Police Capt. Lori MacPhail said. Police closed the stores and businesses surrounding Johnny’s Lock and Safe located on 1224 Mangrove Avenue at 5 p.m. and blocked all main and side streets from East First to East Fifth avenues along Mangrove Avenue. “We weren’t taking any chances with this,” MacPhail
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A recent storm brought more new snow to the Tahoe area. Squaw Valley USA Ski Resort reported over more than four feet of snow for the winter season, only the third time since 1970 that it has surpassed that mark. Another resort in the area, Northstarat-Tahoe reported that this is the most snowfall it has had in 25 years. The large snowpack ensures a good water supply for the summer. source: San Francisco Chronicle
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CALLING ALL CARS Police block off the intersection of East First and Mangrove avenues during attempts to safely remove a suspect from Johnny’s Lock and Safe on Sunday.
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Target Corp. is suing a California group advocating same-sex marriage for lobbying outside of their stores. The company wants to ban Canvass for a Cause from all of their properties. The company claims that recent activity by the advocacy group at eight San Diego stores made customers uncomfortable and may have hurt business. Target also cites their policy of not allowing solicitation at their stores as a reason for suing, while Canvass for a Cause argue that storefronts represent the public arena. This comes eight months after Target took heat for donating to a political candidate who opposed gay rights. source: ABC News
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Despite the unpredictable economy, downtown Chico is adding more businesses than it’s losing. “Last year, we added 20 businesses to downtown, lost nine and had two consolidations,â€? said Alan Chamberlain, president of the Downtown Chico Business Association. “In the ďŹ rst six months of 2010, 255 new jobs were created downtown. People from Red Blu, Marysville, and Oroville all come to downtown Chico to shop.â€? Downtown is the most profitable business area in Chico, Chamberlain said. “We even have better business than the mall because of the numerous local businesses that locals have invested in downtown,â€? he said. “We also have a substantial upper-middle class that is able to contribute to the downtown economy.â€? Because of the recession, people have become more aware of what they spend their money on, said Mark Rozell, general manager of The Naked Lounge. “We have had an increase in business here because we
have more involvement in our products,â€? Rozell said. “I know chains have gone out of business because they do not do this.â€? There are many Chico State students who play an important role in the success of downtown by contributing to its workforce, Chamberlain said. “Downtown is not just a place to shop,â€? he said. “It is a place to meet friends. I usually have to put in 20 minutes of chat time just to walk six blocks in downtown because I always run into people I know.â€? More people have been seen shopping downtown than the mall, said Chad Dykeman, Trucker sales representative and senior construction management major. “I have noticed a lot more foot traďŹƒc downtown than the mall, which is good because there are a lot of local businesses downtown,â€? Dykeman said. “I haven’t noticed new businesses, but they are opening a business two doors down from where I work.â€? Allison Weeks can be reached at aweeks@theorion.com
Thursday, 6:03 p.m.: Fight reported on 200 block of Cohasset Lane. “Abandoned 911. Reporting party advising subjects in the downstairs apartment are ďŹ ghting again. Reporting party hears banging around. Reporting said she had to hang-up so that they didn’t hear her on the phone and attempt to retaliate.â€? Thursday, 7:09 p.m.: Found bike reported on 1100 block of Pine Street. “Reporting party states he saw an unknown suspect riding this bike down Pine. Reporting party’s friend’s bike was stolen recently and reporting party believed this bike was his friends. Reporting party confronted rider who got o the bike and walked away. Reporting party then took the bike. Reporting party found out this bike is not the same as his friends so he brought it to the police department. Bike does appear to have been stolen as it has been poorly painted white and has no serial number.â€? Thursday, 7:38 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported on 1200 block of West Fifth Street. “Male subject came to reporting party’s apartment trying to sell magazines, stated he was in a contest to win a trip to Cancun. Reporting party received an email from Chico State stating this was a scam. Subject told reporting party he’d be in the complex contacting other tenants.â€? Thursday, 10:19 p.m.: Info to citizen reported on 1400 block of West Third Street. “Reporting party’s roommates are having a party with underage drinkers. Reporting party handled. Will advise is further contact needed.â€? Friday, 12:32 a.m.: Party complaint reported on 700 block of Nord Avenue. “Neighbors having a loud party with things being thrown and broken. Reporting party unable to reach management. Verbal warning.â€? Friday, 3:32 p.m.: Residential burglary reported on 700 block of Pomona Avenue. “Reporting party’s cell phone, wallet and MP3 player were stolen this morning about 5 a.m. Reporting party chased him out. Reporting party didn’t call because he thought he imagined it. No suspect description. Reporting party declined a report. Reporting party was high and drunk by own admission. Roommates think he was ‘trippin.’â€?
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Friday, 9:52 p.m.: Juvenile problem reported on 900 block of East Avenue. “Reporting party is the night custodian for the school. He has several juveniles on the roof in the center wing toward the west side of the campus. Juveniles are no longer on the roof, are now on the playground. Reporting party requesting they be moved along.
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Saturday, 12:33 a.m.: Drunk in public reported on 900 block of West Fourth Avenue. “Two male subjects in the street, breaking beer bottles and yelling at passing vehicles. Subjects have been running between the street and the railroad tracks.� Saturday, 12:50 a.m.: Vandalism reported on 2700 block of Madera Lane. “Eggs just came through the window, shattering a window. Reporting party has already walked around the neighborhood.� Saturday, 2:34 a.m.: Vandalism reported on 900 block of West Sacramento Avenue. “House and vehicles were just egged. Suspects are neighbors who ran into their own apartment. Reporting party does not think there is any permanent damage but would like suspects counseled to clean it up.� Saturday, 3:33 a.m.: Noise complaint reported on 400 block of West Sixth Street. “Loud techno music.� -Blotter compiled by Andre Byik
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An EF0 intensity tornado struck Williams, California last Wednesday, according to a report filed by Kathryn Hoxsie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The tornado blew at speeds of approximately 80 mph, tearing off roof-tiles from three homes about a mile away. Tornados like the one in Williams are not uncommon, according to the report, which claimed that it is the fourth tornado to hit California in five months. In fact, all of the right ingredients for a tornado exist around Chico, said San Francisco State University meteorologist John Monteverdi. Ben Mullin can be reached at bmullin@theorion.com
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Fujita tornado intensity scale The Fujita Scale measures tornado intensity based on damage inflicted, not wind speeds.
(EF = ENHANCED FUJITA) EF0: Gale tornado.
Wind speed: 40-72 mph. Damage: Branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over, some damage to chimneys.
can “Even an F0 tornado lids n -ca sh tra e ug rif cent d an t igh he ck at ne decapitate people.” - John Monteverdi Meteorologist
EF1: Moderate tornado.
Wind speed: 73-112 mph. Damage: Roof shingles peeled off, attached garages destroyed, and mobile homes pushed over.
EF2: Significant tornado.
A thunderstorm must be present for a tornado to occur
Northern California tornadoes in the last five months: March 23, 2011: EF0 tornado at Williams in Colusa County
March 21, 2011: EF0 tornado at Maxwell in Colusa County
February 25, 2011: EF0 tornado at Mather in Sacramento County
November 23, 2010: EF1 tornado near Latrobe in El Dorado County
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Wind speed: 113-157 mph Damage: Boxcars upended, large trees broken and uprooted, mobile homes destroyed.
The Sutter Buttes channel surface winds from the central valley East-Southeast to meet with elevated jet stream winds blowing Southwest The intensity of a tornado — and the damage it can cause — depends on wind speed
EF3: Severe tornado.
Wind speed: 158-206 mph Damage: Roofs and walls ripped off, most trees uprooted
EF4: devastating tornado.
Wind speed: 207-260 mph Damage: Cars thrown, badly constructed houses carried off some distance, wellconstructed houses destroyed.
EF5: not possible in chico under current conditions. INFOGRAPHIC BY LINDSAY SMITH
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Orion Staff Bikes have it rough at Chico State. A new bike rack was reported stolen on the east side of Bell Memorial Union and vandals have mangled and stolen parked bikes around campus — sometimes in broad daylight, University Police Sgt. Travis Lawler said. The new racks were initially a welcomed addition, said Cody Leuck, Associated Students Bike Cart shop manager. They offer improved wheel protection and are capable of parking more bikes but were installed with a flaw. “The main problem with those is they were not properly fixed to the ground,” Leuck said. “You could just walk up, unbolt them by hand, put it in the back of a truck and you have two bikes and a bike rack now.” One of the new bike racks was reported stolen early this month, Lawler said. The racks can easily fit in the back of a truck or sedan, Lawler said. The older racks are longer, unified and would be cumbersome to steal, Leuck said. But the new racks, especially with a bike parked and locked in, would make for attractive loot. The A.S. Bike Cart offers repair services for bikes that have been vandalized, usually at a cost between $40 and $100, depending how damaged the bike is, Leuck said. The Bike Cart’s on-campus presence outside the BMU
gave employees some familiarity with the new racks and their shortcomings. “All the ones that were next to Bike Cart we went over there by ourselves and just tightened them up when we were working,” Leuck said. “We were like, ‘This is ridiculous, there’s no way that this is proper at all.’” The vandalism of bikes on campus hasn’t become an unmanageable problem, Lawler said. But the vandalism and theft of bikes sometimes occurs during the day among many people, so he encourages students to call an officer if vandalism or theft is occurring. Some trouble spots to look out for are the racks on Warner Street and other highly trafficked areas, Leuck said. He added not to leave bikes parked on campus overnight, as vandals, whom are most likely drinking alcohol, can mangle a bike into junk. Students should also invest in a good bike lock, said Jason Teixeira, senior manufacturing technologies major. Someone stole the front wheel off Teixeira’s bike outside Plumas Hall on Warner Street about two months ago. “My bike was left overnight,” he said. “it was kind of my own fault.” Students can call University Police at 530898-5555 if vandalism or theft is witnessed. The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com
The Counseling, Wellness and Testing Center has not fi lled the position of interim director for nearly the seventh year in a row, possibly delaying treatment to students that want to meet with therapists. “We are stretched thinner and thinner, and this year we really felt it,” said Marjorie “Mimi” Bommersbach, director of the Counseling, Wellness and Testing Center. The importance of mental health funding has been difficult to express, she said. Bommersbach has the dual responsibility of administration and student counseling. Due to the reduced staff, the center has implemented an urgent walk-in time for students who need to speak to a counselor immediately, she said. The walk-in time is Monday through Friday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Students meet briefly with a counselor for a 15-minute session where the severity and needs can be evaluated, Bommersbach said. “We do amazingly with what we have, and I can’t say
better things about my staff,” she said. In previous years, the center had 11 counselors and a director who could see students, making 12 staff members available. Aldrich “Pat” Patterson began working at the center in 1983 when 12 staff members were available. The current staff is down to seven members, including the director. “It is frustrating,” Patterson said. “You know there’s a demand for services, and it would be nice for someone to come in on a job,” Students are the group directly affected by the cuts in staff, Patterson said. The center has had to alter the services they provide. Striving to be fully available to students is priority to the center, he said. However, because of high demand, therapists at the center have had to refer some students to private practices. “I think even though it is strained we still are available to them no matter what the issue is,” Patterson said. “The staff is fully licensed and highly qualified.”
The treatment at the center is used in collaboration with other mental health related services on campus such as Safe Place, he said. Funded by a federal grant, Safe Place is mostly composed of volunteers from non-profit local organizations such as Catalyst and the Rape Crisis Center, said Dawn Frank, Safe Place’s violence prevention response coordinator. Safe Place has had difficulty referring its patients to the Counseling, Wellness and Testing Center due to the lack of staff there, Frank said. “It is challenging in the sense that there are times we scheduled a student to be seen and they are booked five to six weeks out,” she said. Despite the impacted services, the feedback from the students that are referred to the center has been overwhelmingly positive, Frank said. “The counseling center has been a huge, huge, huge resource for us, but they do provide a brief treatment method,” Frank said. The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com
POWDERPUFF POWER PLAYS Members of Sigma Kappa and Gamma Phi Beta gather to play flag football. Membership in Greek organizations is reliant on paying fees and dues, which go to fund group activities, housing and more.
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Initiation fees, T-shirts, merchandise, monthly payments, events — being Greek comes at a price. A new group of pledges joined the Greek community in February, and Randi Thompson, sophomore political science major, was one of them. She joined Alpha Gamma Delta. “Right now as a new member it’s $925 for everything,” Thompson said. “It’s more expensive just because I thought it was going to be about $300 less.” The $925 covers new member and initiation fees as well other fees she could not identify, Thompson said. After that, the dues are $75 a month. “I don’t know what the initiation fee is for and that is $170,” Thompson said. Alpha Gamma Delta
President Megan Grasty could not be reached for comment on what exactly the funds are allocated for. The women who live in the house get catered dinner, which dues go toward, Thompson said. The regular dues cover the cost of socials and other events, Thompson said. Socials are either dances with fraternities or with dates of the sorority members’ choosing. The majority of the members that live in the house are elected officials but available spots in the house are open to anyone, Thompson said. An Alpha Phi member’s first semester costs $1,500 and $500 per semester after that, rather than a monthly fee, said member Paula Newmaster, junior child development major. Alpha Phi President Shelby Gurss also could not be reached
for comment on the issue. There are also payment plans offered for members who are paying on their own and can’t afford to make the payments at one time, Newmaster said. Some of the monthly dues go toward funding socials, events, improvements for the sorority house and shirts for the members, Newmaster said. There are also costs in addition to the dues, she said. The two T-shirt dances the sorority has set members back $50 per semester because the shirts cost $25 per dance, Newmaster said. Members also are required to spend money on a “little,” who is a new member who becomes a part of a sorority family, she said. “I have two and I spent $400 total,” Newmaster said. There are also discounts for members that live in the
house, she said. “The girls who live in the house don’t have to pay as much,” Newmaster said. “They get $100 dollars off their dues per semester.” Even with discounts and payment plans, some members are still unable to pay their dues. “I know a couple people who don’t,” she said. Members can get kicked out for failure to pay their dues or set up a payment plan, Newmaster said. It also makes things more expensive for all of the members when dues aren’t paid. “Some people don’t pay their dues so we have to pay extra,” Newmaster said. “If people paid all their stuff we’d get a lot more stuff free.” Theta Chi is currently the most expensive fraternity to join at $550 a semester, said member Luis Mejia, a junior business major.
The dues go toward national headquarter fees, house improvements, socials, brotherhood events, T-shirt dances and rush week events, Mejia said. Most fraternities with houses have to pay house insurance which is very expensive. “My fraternity in the spring has a Tahoe formal and a large part of our dues goes toward it,” he said. Kappa Sigma is currently the least expensive fraternity to join, said member Justin Palumbo, senior mechatronic engineering major. There are ways for fraternity members to get discounts on their dues, but on average the cost is about $150 per semester and a refundable $70 fee to join, Palumbo said. Members who live in the house also get a discount because they host events at the house and deal with the
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real danger, she said. “We had four students in Tokyo,” she said. “Those students felt the earthquake and have been feeling the aftershocks. But the other two students are very far removed from this, and they are not noticing anything other than the reaction of the Japanese people, watching the news with them.” The Study Abroad office is optimistic that the disaster will not have a lasting impact on Chico State’s study abroad program, Dev said. She hopes to start sending students back to Japan in the fall, as Chico State’s partner universities are not in disaster areas. “We don’t have any programs where the tsunami hit,” she said. “They are not in dangerous places where buildings have disappeared, and Tokyo is still a couple hundred miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant.” The office also was forced to cancel the spring semester study abroad plans for four
additional students, including senior linguistics major Cate Fisher, who was counting on graduating with the credits earned through her studies in Japan. “I’m kind of still in denial,” Fisher said. “I’ve been preparing for over a year trying to make payment deadlines and practice Japanese. I woke up the day after cancelation and said to myself, ‘What am I going to do with my life now?’” Fisher has had to adopt a new, broader minor in Asian studies as her Japanese language minor would be too difficult to complete here, she said. The Study Abroad office has coordinated with teachers like Kimi Nomura of the foreign languages and linguistics department to offer independent study opportunities for students to make up some of their lost study abroad time, Dev said. Some study abroad students have struggled with the chancellor’s return order.
“I was going to stay in Nagasaki, which is in the far south of the country,” Fisher said. “They barely felt the earthquake and weren’t affected at all.” But the safety in these southern areas has done little to calm the 58 Japanese students currently studying abroad at Chico State. “I don’t know that what I’m hearing and seeing on the news is 100 percent true,” said exchange student Marian Furumi. “And there is always that cynic in me that is saying, ‘Is this being exaggerated, or is there more to this than what they are covering?’” Exchange students in the U.S. have been able to communicate with friends and family back home for accurate information. People in major urban areas like Tokyo are able to get on with their daily lives, but this is not always the case for parts of the heavily affected northern areas of the country, Furumi said. These areas remind some residents of the destruction
left after World War II, said exchange student Tomomi Miyagawa. Even in Tokyo many have begun hoarding supplies like food and water in anticipation of encroaching chaos, Furumi said. The global media’s sensationalism also has its upsides, she said. “I don’t know if what I am seeing is an exaggeration, but this can be helpful because it makes people around the world pay attention and care,” she said. J-Fusion, a cultural organization on campus, began preparing over spring break to set up donation platforms in the Chico area for Japan. “Japan needs help, both from within Japan and from the rest of the world,” said J-Fusion student president Saya Mishima. “Japanese students here are very frustrated because all they can do to help is collect money.”
FUNDRAISERS FOR JAPAN Saturday — Rummage sale at the Butte County Library, Chico branch, featuring Japanese goods and crafts as well as yard sale items. Sponsored by the Chico Japan Women’s Club and Friends of the Butte County library. Sunday — Car Wash and Opportunity Drawing at 1356 Longfellow Ave., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by Chico Beauty College.
clean-up, as well as hosting members at the house daily. “I believe almost every chapter does that,” Palumbo said. Kappa Sigma has fundraisers for members who get behind on payments. “You’re still a part of the chapter — you don’t get kicked out or anything like that,” Palumbo said. “We work with the brother and their financial problems and do the best thing for them.” Members who cannot afford to make payments have the option of taking a financial leave of absence, meaning they leave for a semester if they can’t afford to pay, Palumbo said. “If someone is in severe financial debt and can’t pay for the activities we can’t have them come to the activities,” Palumbo said. Trish Roche can be reached at troche@theorion.com
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reached for comment. The Better Business Bureau has given the Texas-based company an “F” rating after its failure to respond to 91 complaints, most resulting from delivery issues. The tactics that the salespeople used were rapid speech and dogged persistence, said Adam Wilson, a Chico State senior who was solicited by a female magazine salesperson before spring break. “I had no idea what she was talking about until it was too late,” Wilson said. “I invited her in because we were just standing there.” Inviting a salesperson into a residence is a big mistake, said Sgt. Rob Merrifield of the Chico Police Department. “Never let somebody you don’t know into your home,” Merrifield said. If convicted of misdemeanor charges, Lawrenz could face a hefty fi ne, mandatory community service or up to a year of jailtime. As for Reichel, he’s satisfied by the teamwork that students and police accomplished to fi nd the fast-talking salesman. “Without the students’ help,” he said, “we wouldn’t have gotten this guy.”
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Holiday marked by insensitivity On a day neglected by the education system and disrespected by those it serves, intent is irrelevant. California’s Cesar Chavez Day is meant to honor an American who fought for civil rights, humanitarian liberties and union labor laws. However, his memory is marked with negligence that involves fake, plastic mustaches and wicker sombreros, which bares connotations of racism despite the usually docile and booze-filled intentions of Chico State students. Ignorance is the reason why we see so many people out on March 31 with ponchos and mustaches. Students who indulge in these fanciful and hurtful stereotypes are the ones who are ignorant of how their actions can hurt and offend their fellow students. Ignorance can no longer be an excuse. The way to cure this type of ignorance is to make awareness our No. 1 goal. This is the same sort of awareness we have to be honest with ourselves about when it comes to our celebrations on Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day. These days weren’t intended to be used as an all-out blitz on irresponsible behavior. Our hedonistic tendencies should come out for other reasons. Perhaps the most honest thing to admit is that we drink to excess and throw rampant parties on these days because we get the day off from classes and sometimes work. We push our livers to the limit because we see the following Monday as the end of the world, forcing ourselves to live as hard and fast as we can in the moment. There should be no shame in allowing yourself some seasonal indulgence, at least not when it comes to being by nature young and irresponsible. But the problem arises when you use the honorable reputation of a man whose image simply doesn’t deserve to be parodied for the color of his skin or his ethnic heritage. Some blame should be placed on the California public schooling system which disregards educating its students on the importance and relevance of this holiday. If students wish to observe their day off from campus without realizing its significance then so be it. But for those who use the name of Cesar Chavez with the respect that is due, then there are ways to participate other than perpetuating racially hurtful stereotypes. Cats in the Community, a campus organization dedicated to service and giving back to the community, is holding an event for this day when all students will be welcome to participate in a variety of services like yard work, trash clean up, assisting the homeless and a canned food drive. These are the kinds of activities that best represent and honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez. Most students who dress inappropriately and drink to excess tomorrow will not intend to offend their fellow students and California citizens, but it will happen. Not only will that behavior reflect poorly on those students, but on our university as a whole. We are all direct spokesmen for the institution we belong to. Toning down our behavior and taking a second to consider the meaning of your actions doesn’t need to happen in an attempt to be politically correct, although that wouldn’t hurt. It should be done because otherwise the accomplishments and sacrifices of those praiseworthy men and women are left at the bottom of a beer bottle or tucked underneath a straw hat and hidden behind cheap, dollar-store facial hair.
Majoring in women’s studies is one of the dumbest things a woman can do. There. I said it. Now before the bricks and the hate mail go flying, allow me to raise my voice above the sound of sharpening pitchforks and explain that yes, I do believe this and so does my inner feminist. I’m not knocking the content of a major or minor in women’s studies. I was able to take a women’s studies class last semester and there was a lot of eye-opening information that stuck with me. Looking back, I wish that a women’s studies class, or at least a greater focus on women’s history was required in college or high school. There’s a lot to be learned, even in a single three-unit class. Content isn’t the problem. It’s only when women’s studies become the exclusive focus of a higher education that there’s an issue. When women were first allowed to go to college, it was a giant leap forward for those of us with two X chromosomes. At least until graduation. After these women got their diplomas, they were expected to get married, make babies and maybe possibly someday be able to get a job so long as it didn’t interfere with child-rearing and making dinner.
My metaphorical hat goes off to these women, however, a women’s studies major seems to be just another kitchen to be stuck in. It’s a cop-out, a condescending pat on the head. Yes, you made it to college. Congratulations. Now go study your gender so you can teach other women all about it. Meanwhile, the boys are going to be over in the engineering, pre-med and pre-law classes. If the glass ceiling needs to be shattered, more women need to put themselves in a position to Superwomanstyle
punch their way through, degree in fist. But when the only thing under the belt is a woman’s studies major and a lack of man-parts, that’s when the glass ceilings start looking like a high-security vault with six feet of concrete and steel decorated in kryptonite. It just makes more sense to be educated in
women’s studies through individual classes, a minor or as part of a larger multicultural major. Women in business majors can become entrepreneurs and CEOs and land themselves in at least one of the Fortune 500 slots. In turn, they can inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. It’s a fantastic idea, but it’s not going to happen majoring in only women’s studies. As for a minor, that’s a completely different animal
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It’s big, beautiful and blah, blah, blah. But with winter in the middle of a long tearful goodbye, bikini season has us all in the crosshairs, so let me be the first to end this love affair we’re having with the Wildcat Recreation Center. An accessible workout facility located on campus is something Chico State should have had for a long time now. However, for whatever reason, it took this long for us to get, which makes us the first generation of students to benefit from it. As a participating member of students who utilize the gym, it’s obvious there are some details that could use ironing out. Wiping down a machine puts the dumb in dumbbell. The current system of mopping up pools of sweat or disinfecting for germs makes no sense.
Bacteria is bad. Slipping off a machine because the last person apparently has a gland problem is even worse. But there is nothing worse than picking up a sopping wet towel to wipe down your machine. All of a sudden, your hand is now covered in germs from countless people who came before you. The system is biased too. Everything needs disinfecting at the gym. Let’s face it. We’re disgusting and we have no problem sharing that with everyone in town. Free weights, basketballs and mats are neglected even though they need disinfecting the most. Meanwhile, the minute I don’t towel off the two square inches of treadmill my hands touched, I get a thousand dirty stares from every direction. What we need are disinfectant wipes instead of bleaching the same hand towels over and over again and putting spray bottles full of mystery cleaner in the places they’re needed the least. Beyond the concerns of sanitation and judgment at the gym, there is the big issue with scheduling. The users of the WREC are students. Students who have 15 units, a part-time job, an internship and a personal life. Why then is it so hard to make a workout schedule which provides options for those students and stick with it for more than a week at a time? After setting a time in my schedule
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specifically for a spin class and doing my part by getting there on time I still can’t seem to get it right and it can’t just be me. I do my best by checking the schedule frequently and trying to find a way to fit my favorite way to sweat after work and school — which usually doesn’t happen due to the erratic hours of the WREC — but it’s getting to the point when you almost have to check the website every day. How can anyone live out their “Biggest Loser” guilt trip when getting a steady weekly workout schedule is about as impossible to obtain as Jillian Michaels’ abs? The WREC is also seasonally overpopulated. Fall semester starts out swarming with students when we all get back to Chico and realize how lazy we were over the summer. As the food-centered holidays increase attendance seems to have a negative correlation. The spring semester is the exact opposite. Every day closer to our rendezvous with Labor Day floating there are more and more students lining up to occupy your favorite machine. The same goes with basketball season. I can’t wait for March Madness to be over so I can just shoot a few hoops again. Every bro on campus thinks they’re LeBron James once they submit their brackets on ESPN.com. The WREC even invented a crude limit system that requires you to arrive half an hour before popular classes if you really want a spot — no matter the simple solution would be to hire more than their three-or-so currently employed instructors who happen to have the worst schedules ever. Working out isn’t easy but neither should be recognizing these issues with the WREC. Joanna Hass can be reached at
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that I think is absolutely awesome. Even if I don’t take it home with me, I’ll admire it from afar. Minors are fantastic things. They allow students to delve into an area of personal interest that can be integrated into both life and career. In the case of women’s studies, a minor or even one class could be the driving force behind a women making it to that Fortune 500 list. That same idea can be said of any of the population group study minor offered through Chico State and other universities — Asian American, African American and Latin American studies are all fantastic programs and like women’s studies, we could all do with taking at least one class to better understand a specific slice of our population. Each deal with their own set of hurdles and each can be inspired by success stories from every career field. Women have a history and a perspective that’s worth sharing and worth being a part of higher education. But when the focus narrows to nothing else, then it can hurt more than help. Women of the world can choose to unite and overpower or divide and blitz the competition. They just shouldn’t let a self-indulgent women’s studies major be the wall of defense staring them down.
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Trends in charity value insentive over purpose Kelly Hering OPINION COLUMNIST
The TOMS trend has unveiled the soul of consumer-driven charity. TOMS are simple shoes fashioned around the Argentine alpargata design and for every pair of shoes sold, they donate a pair of shoes to a child in need, according to the company’s website. These shoes are meant to bring awareness to the conditions in which many live in around the world, but it also provides consumers with something else — the all-powerful incentive to spend. There are many ways that you can contribute to a cause directly, but unfortunately that’s not what makes you trendy and being trendy is what’s in. We can look at why people donate to causes and a pattern reveals itself. When you receive a product in return for your contribution, you will use that product. When you use the product, it acts as advertising for the company and other people will want to contribute to the cause. Before you know it, people are sporting yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets, (PRODUCT)RED shirts and funny-looking shoes. I’m sure most people would like to donate to causes more
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often, but because of the allimportant value of the dollar they end up latching onto their money and only using it for their own means. TOMS provide a middle ground for those of us without a surplus income. If they are going to do something selfless, they want something to show for it and
what better way than something that is now in style? Celebrities like the Olsen twins, Scarlett Johansson, and Julia Roberts are sporting TOMS. Surely these celebrities could stand to give and not expect to receive. Those TOMS will look right at home in between their Manolos
and Christian Louboutins. I assume these stars purchased them at one of the many TOMS retailers, which include Bergdorf Goodman and Nordstroms — not your average non-profit. TOMS’ target audience has warped from philanthropists to well-off fashionistas.
I don’t hate on TOMS. I am hating on the members of our society who validate their charitable reputation by buying shoes. A true gift is given without the intent to receive in return. The purpose of charity should be to contribute to causes on a more regular basis and without expecting a reward for good behavior. It is saddening what it takes for our society to contribute to those in need. I respect the TOMS company. It is great that they were able to raise awareness and draw support, but the means in which they had to do it should raise awareness as to what Americans view as valuable. Morals seem to be getting lower on the list. Maybe one day I will buy a pair of TOMS. It won’t be because I need to do so to validate myself or to stick with the trend. I won’t be disillusioned with what so many others consider to be giving, because buying a pair of shoes does nothing for anyone except myself. If I wanted to put shoes on a poor kid’s feet then maybe I would just donate the pair I just bought, leaving any personal gain out of the equation. If I buy a pair of TOMS shoes then it will be because their Vegan Wrap Boots are so darn cute.
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THUMBS >> Thumbs Up to the fact that there are no No. 1 picks in the Final Four of March Madness. Take that conformity!
Thumbs Down to the dispute over whether or not Natalie Portman did most of the dancing in Black Swan. The crazy girl in the tutu wasn’t the biggest question we were left after watching that movie.
Thumbs Up to Qatar’s proposal to use an artificial cloud to help shade the 2022 World Cup. And how close to flying cars are we again?
Thumbs Down to a Montana Radio Shack giving a free gun to purchasers of their Direct TV package. More importantly, how long has Sarah Palin owned a Montana Radio Shack?
Kelly Hering can be reached at khering@theorion.com
Celebrity rage misunderstood Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST
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It’s our fault Rihanna was beaten beyond recognition. If we would all just leave the fact that Chris Brown performed the black-and-blues all over his girlfriend’s face out of the picture and let the guy perform his art, then there would be no reason for windows or bones to break. Just two weeks after he reportedly threw a chair at a window in a dressing room at ABC’s “Good Morning America” studio, Brown has been extremely pro-active — again — in his attempts to make things right. But what about his outburst at “GMA”? An act of violence committed well after the fact that he finished a year in domestic violence counseling? I guess it was pretty scary. But this prince of R&B isn’t worried that the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 65 percent of victims murdered by intimate partners were women. Because Brown believes that his organization will help that statistic go down. But what was going on through his head at the time? It doesn’t matter. Because we’re not really here to talk about something that happened two weeks ago, we’re here to talk about his organization and his music because “it’s all about the fans.” Brown should start an organization called Men Against Their Own Violence after this incident at GMA. So he can do something for men out there who are going through the same no-soul-in-the-eyes anger that leads to chairs getting thrown into windows. The young singer could then release an album to help promote the organization titled something like, “I Can Make It Better” — completely coincidentally, of course. The R&B artist can produce
delicate songs about overcoming the urge to be violent and instead being there for the ladies. He’s so talented that it’s a shame he has to make the rage he experiences a reality in order to communicate it, but his true fans will understand him best. They’ll understand him when they hear the lyrics which would go something like “Come On Baby, A Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich,” where the R&B prodigy sings “no bullshit, we’re like PB&J, even though I’m angry, I know we’re here to stay.” We’d have to salute him for not only wanting to make the issue of anger public, but for also poetically interweaving his lyrics with self-reflection. But I wonder with just a pinch of skepticism, is he really in control of his emotions this time around? That PB&J song could be enlightening, too, with a firsthand account of controlling rage. It could be about a really long time ago in Brown’s life — just two weeks ago — when he had the kind of crushing rage inside him. It could reflect situations like when his girl gets home from work and he asks her — politely — to start making dinner. But the girl is, “all complain’n and shit” and doesn’t want to show her man some love. Brown could then go on to sing about getting angry enough to throw a plate and then realizing that he didn’t really want to clean up the mess later through words like, “I would never hurt you baby. I was just kidding. We’re one in the same, like PB&J.” The message would be that Brown is channeling that anger into sandwiches. Now, if only the rest of the world understood this tragically troubled artist like he understood himself. What a yummy world we would live in.
Thumbs Up to the Narration of the Honey Badger YouTube. You’re so nasty!
Thumbs Down to A Colorado principal shutting down his high school’s newspaper over a content dispute. We’ve got your back Overland Scout.
No room for reason in quitting August Walsh OPINION COLUMNIST
I’m about ready to put my head through a wall and it’s only been two days. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve quit smoking. Enough to tell me that this might not be the last time, though. Most non-smokers find it easy to pass judgment over those of us who decide to fill our lungs with smoke. They don’t realize the physical and emotional stress smokers have to endure every time there’s a craving for nicotine. Smoking is just as unhealthy as it is unattractive, but before you look down upon us from above our cloud of smoke and judgment, take a second and think about how tough it would be to clear the air and see past your next pack. For those of you who have never had a nicotine craving, imagine nearly all of your muscles tensing up. Your heads starts to throb, you want to yell at strangers for no apparent reason and you know that about three inches of rolled tobacco leaves could take away all the pain. I feel guilty after each cigarette. The endless pestering from friends and family begins swirling in my ears about how it turns my teeth yellow, increases the risk of disease and worst of all, makes me extremely unattractive to women. The guilt makes me more anxious and thus the downward spiral continues until rock bottom comes in the form of relapse. While many students and young adults start smoking socially, it almost always turns into a daily routine. Just ate a meal? Well, it looks like I’d better smoke. Just had my morning coffee? Yeah,
I’ll definitely be needing another one. Just broke up with my girlfriend? There goes another pack. There needs to be more help from schools to prevent students from smoking and also to make it more cost-effective for smokers to quit. With regards to preventative measures, there needs to be a bigger push in secondary education to help students realize how big of an issue smoking really is. By this time, we’re all adults and no amount of DARE classes are going to make deciding to smoke harder. If that doesn’t work, then we need to drive up the taxes on cigarettes, making it virtually impossible for today’s youth to afford them. If the worst has already happened and they’re already smoking, then there needs to be a cheap method for people to use to help them quit. A few years ago, I tried using the nicotine patch because I wanted to quit. It was about $40 a week to buy the patch, almost twice as expensive as a week’s supply of cigarettes. As effective as the patch was, I just couldn’t afford it. A few months later, I moved to a more cost effective technique — nicotine gum. After one piece I wanted to throw up. Our university needs to step up its game to make our campus smoke-free. If the Health Center can allow students to get 10 free condoms every day, isn’t it also reasonable to ask for some sort of cheap method for students to quit smoking? Even though it’s obviously unhealthy and expensive, the addiction has a chokehold on me that I just can’t seem to get myself out of.
Thumbs Up to Russia permanently changing their clocks instead of submitting to Daylight Saving time. This puts Russia four hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. We always thought the Chinese would be the first to invent time travel.
Thumbs Down to Chris Brown. Just ... in general.
August Walsh can be reached at awalsh@theorion.com
PIECE OF MIND >> What’s the worst fashion trend you’ve seen? “When I was in grade school, the most annoying thing was that girls had those bracelets that you just slap on your wrist and it really hurt.”
Scott Featherston junior | accounting information systems
“Overalls are the deaths of our lives. They’re the worst thing ever. I feel like only farmers are allowed to wear those.”
Katherine Schue sophomore | recreation administration
“Sagging. I don’t want to see guys’ underwear.”
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Ashley Dartz
sophomore | psychology
“The worst of the worst was when girls would wear those tight pants that would come up to here with the big combat boots and the belly shirt or a big flannel plaid.”
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STRETCH IT OUT Sophomore distance runner Julian Spence has come a long way to be a Wildcat — more than 8,000 miles. Spence has brought his native Tim Tam cookies and Vegemite to Chico, as well as his exceptional endurance on the track.
ONE TALENTED IMPORT Spence brings more than just a new cultural perspective to Wildcat track and field. In this weekend’s San Francisco State Distance Carnival, Spence set what was at the time the best mark for the 5,000-meter run in Division II, with a mark of 14:30.61.
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Coming from the land down under, Julian Spence is willing to go the distance to be an All-American track runner this season. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, the nutrition and food science sophomore spent most of his free time surfing and playing Australian football back home, he said. He wanted to study abroad so he could compete on the collegiate level, and began researching Californian schools for track programs. “I looked at schools that I would be eligible for,” Spence said. “We don’t have any college sports back home, it’s completely different. Most of the schools there are commuter schools, most people don’t leave their city to go to a different college, and so there’s no real pride for any school.” Spence stumbled across Gary Towne, the head cross country coach and distance coach for track since 1997, and was quick to send him an email. Though Towne frequently receives similar requests, the program can’t entertain that many international students, he said. “I get maybe three to four emails a week from
international students, and it’s really hard to keep up with those,” Towne said. “I am really glad I responded to Julian’s.” Because Spence was applying through the student exchange program, and would be eligible for just the spring semester, Spence would be able to compete for Chico State, Towne said. Once he cleared the rigorous NCAA regulations, Spence was ready to train. “Usually he works on his athletes over four years, and sort of builds them but cause I’ve just come in, we’ve taken a few risks in building mileage,” Spence said. “Before, I wasn’t running very much during the week. My overall mile count at the end of the week wasn’t hot but over here we’ve gotten right into it. It’s been sort of a risk because a lot people can get injured doing that.” So far, Spence has improved his personal best records in both races he’s had, Towne said. Although he hasn’t had many chances to compete, Spence is already looking forward to competing in nationals in May, especially after earning an NCAA provisional qualifying mark at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival Friday. His time of >> please see SPENCE | B4
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The No. 5 Wildcat baseball team extended its winning streak to five games this weekend after taking down San Francisco State. Chico State won both games in San Francisco this weekend, raising its record to 16-3 overall and 10-2 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. With rain covering the Chico area in recent weeks, the ’Cats have lived on the road, and have found continuous success, winning 11 of their last 14. Senior lefty Kevin Brahney took to the mound on Saturday,
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giving up three runs in five innings and striking out five batters in the ’Cats’ 5-4 victory over the Gators at Maloney Field. All three runs were given up in the bottom of the first inning, but Brahney turned it around to shut down his final seven batters in a row, throwing 82 pitches overall. The ’Cats’ offense did not disappoint, as they rapped out 12 total hits while scoring four runs
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with two outs. Juniors Shane Kroker, Ian McKay and Matt Anderson all had RBIs on two-out hits. Anderson and McKay, along with junior shortstop T.J. Yasuhara, had two hits on the day, while junior outfielder Cody Foster contributed three hits in his five trips to the plate. In the top of the fifth inning, senior third baseman Adrian Bringas, a native of San Diego, smacked a double to right field to push his hitting streak to 22 games. His hit sent him straight into the Chico State record books, as he tied former Wildcat Daniel Code’s hitting streak from 2007.
Bringas came around to score and tie the game at three on McKay’s up-the-middle single. In the top of the eighth inning, Yasuhara would score the go-ahead run, making it 4-3 as Kroker got a soft liner to drop down for a hit down the right field line. The ’Cats would extend their lead to 5-3 as Gators’ pitcher Matt Cummins threw a wild pitch, enabling Foster to come home from third base. Freshman pitcher Nick Baker snatched his fifth win of the season, pitching 2 ⅔ innings without allowing a run, and remained undefeated this season, with a 3.66 ERA.
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“This was the first time coming out of the bullpen, so that was a different perspective for me,” Baker said. “I tried to work quick and keep the fast tempo of the game.” Junior closer Juan Guerra came in to finish out the game, but gave up a run and got only two outs. Up 5-4 with a runner at third, Wildcat senior left-hander Sheldon Lechuga came in to get the last out and his third save of the season. The ’Cats came back to Maloney Field on Sunday and got another win against the Gators as head coach Dave Taylor sent redshirt freshman Ryan O’Shea >> please see ’CATS | B4
Champs you’ve never heard of Hidden behind the shadows of more mainstream athletics, the underappreciated sports in Wildcat country have been our best in recent years. Because of the continuous excitement and fan-friendliness of baseball, basketball, soccer and softball, those sports dominate local attention and praise, and garner the best student turnouts. Meanwhile, those like the men’s golf team plug away as national contenders in relative obscurity. T.L. Brown, the head coach of Wildcat men’s golf since fall of 2008, thinks there’s enough pressure in the game of golf as is, he said. “I think last year, we had a target on our back a little bit,” Brown said, referring to the exceptional ’Cats team that was nearly a national champion. “We want to be one of the best teams in the nation.” Brown’s team gets considerable support from parents, siblings and alumni, but usually not much else, especially on the road, he said. That said, Brown understands the sports hierarchy in place — it’s the nature of golf as a niche interest. Bad weather has also been a bane on live support for golf, no matter where the ’Cats play, said Brown, a University of Idaho alumnus. “There’s a lot of fairweather golfers, and fair-weather spectators,” he said. Chico State is currently No. 2 in the NCAA Western Regional poll, and are very much in contention for the second national title in school history, and the first since 1966. A little closer to home on the Chico State campus, our local versions of Usain Bolt have won seven straight track and field titles on the men’s side, while the men’s cross country team has taken home eight straight conference titles and the women’s have won six of eight. Sure, the Wildcats have the Chico Multi-event, the Wildcat Relays and the Twilight Invitational at home, but the never-ending nature of track meets and the limited amount of home events mean limited fanhood. The reality of runners and golf swingers isn’t so much disrespect from the community at large, though, as the inconvenient nature of their sports in terms of fan digestion. Alumni in town who come out to women’s basketball every week aren’t disrespectful to golf, track and the like, but just general fans of the Wildcats, not fanatics of those limited-market sports. Meanwhile, men’s golf, still ranked No. 1 in the nation, has one more regular season tournament before the conference championships April 18-19, and the imminent national competition May 17-20 in Florence, Ala. Brown knows that the supporters and alumni in Chico expect great things. “They want a national championship,” Brown said. “This year, we’ll have another chance.” Thomas Lawrence can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com
[ jock ] talk You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” -Joe DiMaggio Hall of Fame Yankees outfielder on Opening Day for baseball.
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’Cats claw out competition at Stanford Invitational Kevin Augustine STAFF WRITER
The Chico State distance and track and field squads broke several personal and school records last Friday and Saturday at the Stanford Invitational at Cobb Track and Angell Field. Despite the cheers and trashcan drumming from the infield, nothing could drown out the Chico chants or spirit that echoed around the track.
The Chico State track and field teams set several personal records Friday and Saturday at the Stanford Invitational. Junior Anthony Costales set the Division II record for this season in the 5,000-meter run, just a few hours after sophomore Julian Spence did so at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival.
Qualifying ’Cats Five Wildcats reached provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships, showcasing their endurance against Division I and II schools from around the country. Three of four Wildcat entries in the late night 10,000-meter race posted near-automatic qualifying marks and placed within the Chico State record books. Freshman Isaac Chavez finished fifth out of 50 participants with a time of 29 minutes and 30.06 seconds, best for second all time in Chico State history. For the women’s distance team, senior Tori Tyler and junior Alia Gray both broke school records. Out of 40 participants, Tyler finished 14th with a time of 35:02.12, the best time in Chico State history. Gray clocked in at 35:20.21 — 21st in the race and second all time in Chico State history.
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Chico State softball got rained out yet again this weekend, and missed out on a chance to take on first-place UC San Diego at home. The series was canceled. The Wildcats now have three rained-out series this year for a total of 12 missed games, only four of which have been made up. Their last home games were March 9 against Cal State East Bay, when they swept a doubleheader.
Chico chants and cheers Under the lights of the video board and lining the west fence, teammates, parents and coaches turned a little piece of the Bay into home with cheers of, “Chico, Chi-co, Chi-co.” For senior Kara Lubieniecki, there’s nothing like that kind of support at such an event. “The Chico chant is what really gets you,” Lubieniecki said. “It reminds you that that’s my team. All of your teammates — who put in the miles and share the blood, sweat and tears alongside you — for them to be here and support you like this is amazing.”
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The women’s golf team is looking to stay in the national hunt and gain some ground on conference opposition. The next tournament, the Grand Canyon Invitational, may be their last chance. The tournament is being hosted by Grand Canyon University at the Palm Valley Golf Course in Goodyear, Ariz., Monday and Tuesday. Chico State has finished in sixth place in its last three tournaments coming into Tuesday.
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BIG-TIME BIRTHDAY Senior distance runner Kara Lubieniecki [middle] celebrates her 22nd birthday in a big way at the Stanford Invitational Friday and Saturday, here flanked by Sarah Bobbe [left] of Washington State University and Miriam Kipng’eno from University of Alaska Anchorage. Lubieniecki set a personal best in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:33.45.
Kara’s day Lubieniecki finished seventh out of 31 participants in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 16:33.45 seconds, the third-fastest time in school history and an automatic qualifier for the NCAA
Championships. To qualify for the provisional mark, it takes a time of 16 minutes and 37 seconds or less, Lubieniecki said. The time she posted not only took care of that, but also broke a personal record, placed her in the record books and put her on track for the championships in May. All of this came on her birthday. “I didn’t feel great though,” Lubieniecki said. “My mind seemed elsewhere. Usually when I’m in a race, I’m in a race, but this time my mind wandered. Usually that stuff doesn’t bother me ’til after the race.” Despite things feeling a little off, Lubieniecki said she feels good knowing she can run the 5,000-meter again. In her first year, she ran the 5,000-meter at nationals and felt she didn’t do so well. Though she qualified for it last year, she chose not to run it. “This year I’m definitely going for it,” Lubieniecki said. Wildcat distance men The Wildcats had a strong showing in the 5,000-meter from the men’s team as well, as junior Anthony Costales finished 13th out of 27 participants with a provisional qualifying time of 14:27.68, the second fastest Divisional II provisional mark in the nation. “It was nice being in a fast heat,” Costales said. “It was the first time in a long while. I was running the last couple laps on fumes and probably made a break a little too early but it was a good race.” This was the first distance race in nearly two years for Costales, who faced injuries in years prior, he said. “I’m real happy with my time,” Costales said. “It’s about 50 seconds over my personal record.” For distance coach Gary Towne, Chico State’s performance solidified an evening of celebration both on and off the track. “We’ve had a great night,” Towne said. “Kara ran an automatic qualifier and it’s her birthday. Anthony ran a huge personal record, a provisional mark and it’s one of the best times for our school.” Kevin Augustine can be reached at kaugustine@theorion.com
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Wildcat recruits feel like family Thomas Lawrence SPORTS EDITOR
Wildcat of the Week
Kara Lubieniecki Women’s Track & Field
Wildcat distance runner Kara Lubieniecki celebrated her 22nd birthday in style at the Stanford Invitational Friday. The senior from Lakewood, Colo., recorded a personal best in the 5,000-meter run with a mark of 16:33.45, the fastest in Division II this season. Her 5,000 time is also the third best in school history. Lubieniecki finished seventh out of 31 runners in a Division I-packed race. 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 editor from nominations taken from all sports. To nominate: sportseditor@theorion.com
Making someone feel welcome right away can go a long way not just in recruiting, but in life. Here at Chico State, coaching staffs across the board are taking that to heart when reeling in new Wildcats for their respective squads. Men’s basketball head coach Greg Clink just completed his third season at the helm of the ’Cats, and already has two postseason berths to his credit. Most importantly, though, might be the recruits he’s already lured in an underdog role, and the strong recruiting culture he’s facilitated in general. “I think one of the great things about Chico is that it’s a great product to sell,” Clink said. “The university, the education you get and the fact that it’s a college town are things that are very sellable.” That said, the guys in Acker Gym who are already Wildcats might be most important of all. “We’re fortunate,” Clink said. “We’ve recruited really good players, but great guys. It’s a family-type atmosphere.” One of Clink’s major accomplishments as a recruiter has been attaining Jordan Semple, a 6-foot-6-inch freshman forward from Arcata, whom he stole
away from Semple’s hometown Humboldt State Lumberjacks. “I did not want to stay in Humboldt — I kind of wanted to get away,” Semple said. “I feel like the people are together here, it’s more social here.” Clink and assistant coach Gus Argenal, the recruiting coordinator for the ’Cats, helped instill that feeling in Semple by bringing him right in with the current players. “I felt a togetherness in the team,” Semple said. “I like how they played. They played fast break but passed a lot. There’s a lot of showmanship, they let you play. Some programs are really strict and don’t let you play your game enough.” The escape to Chico, a universal theme for not only athletes but college students in general, as well as his program’s style, were what sold Semple, Clink said. “He had an itch to go away to school,” Clink said. “Our guys did a great job of selling him on the program and the things he wanted.” Of course, collegiate recruiting isn’t a stress-free show-and-tell, as the NCAA has proven over and over again with its massive sanctions on prominent Division I programs – on display for millions of Americans via sports media conglomerates like ESPN
and Sports Illustrated. As Clink will say, though, being in a smaller market makes it easier to stay clean. “I think a lack of funds makes us frugal with what we do,” Clink said. “We’re not in a position where we can just be out and about storming the country for players. Because of that, it’s very easy to stay within the guidelines.” Making young athletes feel at home isn’t just a whimsical practice of the men’s basketball program, but one that the athletic department utilizes in general. Adrian Bringas, a senior third baseman on head coach Dave Taylor’s baseball team, was treated in a similar way to Semple when he came up to Chico. “Everyone was friendly,” said Bringas, a native of San Diego. “They took me to the hot spots downtown. They made me feel comfortable. They talk back more to you, like a back-and-forth conversation. Other recruiting trips were straight informational.” Bringas came up on a recruiting trip with his 2010 teammate on the Wildcats, Casey Edelbrock, and was won over almost instantly, he said. “We just fell in love with Chico,” Bringas said. The reputation of the town
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REELING IN THE BLUE CHIPS Men’s basketball head coach Greg Clink has earned two playoff berths in his three years with the Wildcats. and the baseball program had been on his mind, even while at Southwestern Community College. “Obviously people before called it the party school, but they won championships,” Bringas said, referring to the two Wildcat titles in 1997 and 1999.
From meticulous recruiting, to continuous on-field success, recruiting is becoming less and less about showmanship for Chico State coaches, and more about plain honesty. Thomas Lawrence can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com
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Women’s rugby returning to championship form Allie Colosky STAFF WRITER
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Women’s rugby is ready to rise from the ashes and return to prominence after a season on the sidelines last season. But it won’t be without plenty of hoops to jump through. The women’s rugby team, founded in 1998 by current coaches Alex and Mary Triantafyllou, is using its 11th season to breathe life back into a team that has seen the Sweet 16 of the USA Rugby Women’s Rugby Collegiate National Championship Tournament eight times in only 11 seasons. Despite the talent on his squad, they may run into some trouble in the playoffs, Alex Triantafyllou said. “Do we have the talent? Yes. But I’m not sure we have the depth to carry us through two games,” he said, referring to their small roster size. Senior captain Ramona Prieto thinks despite a transitional phase, the team is on the brink of being a national contender again, she said. “This is a really big rebuilding year,” Prieto said. “The dynamic of the team is different because we are a lot younger, but the improvement we’ve seen this year is absolutely tremendous.” Prieto is looking to resurrect the program that was suspended for an alcohol related incident that left them out of the league last year. “It’s something that I would prefer not to go into,” Prieto said. “I don’t want to discourage people from this sport.” Rookie Joelle Cabasa, however, is enjoying being a part of the newly eligible club. “They had an incident where the team was reprimanded for a hazing incident,” Cabasa said. “I don’t know how much truth there is to the underlying story though.” In raising money for a trip to the Pacific Coast playoffs in Utah this Friday and Saturday, as well as the journey to New York for nationals, creativity was even more imperative than marketing and fundraising, Prieto said. Their most recent fundraisers include the Fan Appreciation Dinner held March 25 and the Home and Garden Show Fundraiser the weekend
prior. The second hurdle was with the new crop of inexperienced players. SHORT BUT With an immense SWEET gap between veterans and rookies, the In just 11 seaWildcats looked to sons, Chico their leaders. State women’s Prieto, Erika Lane rugby has garnered eight and Caitlin Fontana Sweet 16 appearhave served as the ances and took foundation for the home a national young group, Cabasa championship. said. “They have spearThis year’s headed our return,” chances hinge on she said. this weekend’s As a rookie, Pacific Coast Cabasa joined the Play-Ins in Utah. women’s rugby team to get back into a competitive sports atmosphere, where you can show up and have a great connection with girls over an uncommon sport, she said. Prieto, a fi fth-year senior playing her fi nal year as captain and club president, thinks the mix of players who love the sport and players who are truly invested is the key to a strong bond on the team, she said. Prieto and Cabasa both credit their coaches in the end. They have developed a solid program that brings a lot of women together to play rugby, which is very unconventional, Prieto said. In 2001, the ’Cats won the national championship. Since then, they’ve made six appearances at both the Pacific Coast Territorial Playoffs and Sweet 16 tournament, and placed first in the Pacific Coast playoffs once. The third-ranked ’Cats head to Utah for the Pacific Coast Play-ins this weekend where they must win one of two matches to make the Pacific Coast playoffs before heading to nationals in New York at the end of April. “It’s a talented bunch of girls,” Alex Triantafyllou said, “and they’ve managed to rebound from a year’s suspension and get their heads back into it.” Allie Colosky can be reached at acolosky@theorion.com
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PLAYER’S COACH Puck Smith won 287 games and four Northern California Athletic Conference titles in 21 years at Chico State.
Prescott Smith had an indelible effect on the countless players he coached. And now that he’s retired, he gets to give that much more of his love to his family, and his personal life in general. Smith, better known as Puck, impacted lives as head coach for the Chico State men’s basketball team from 1987 until 2008. The Wildcats’ current head coach, Greg Clink, played under Smith in the early ’90s and was a part of two of Smith’s four teams to win the divisional title. As a player, Clink, along with his teammates, immensely enjoyed playing under Smith, who Clink described as the ultimate player’s coach. “He really let us play our style, and emphasized keeping it simple,” Clink said. Clink tries to embody some of the qualities that Smith demanded in his players, specifically hard play, simplicity and defensive effort overall, he said. He supported Clink becoming the men’s head coach from the beginning, Smith said. Had Chico State gone another way, Smith might have lost interest. “I don’t know if I would have, to be honest, supported the program as strongly as I do now,” Smith said. Smith was a father figure to some Chico State graduates, and many have grown closer to him and continue to stay in contact
with him, he said. “What made it special was the enormous amount of guys I got to work with,” Smith said. “At the end of my career, I learned much more from my players than they ever learned from me.” Smith is currently second in Chico State history for wins all time, including five NCAA tournament berths. Despite the success Smith had over the course of his career, he has moved on from his time as a coach. “I think that part of my life is passed,” Smith said. While Puck was still in charge, current Chico State assistant coach Tim Haley started at point guard for him in his senior year, and felt he had a lot of control and trust from Smith with the ball in his hands. “He was my coach, I was the player, and I respected how he coached us,” Haley said. While there was a tremendous amount of respect between the players and coach on the court, it was the relationship off the court that Haley truly cherishes. “As soon as I stopped playing for him, he was really involved in my life,” Haley said. Haley and Clink noticed this sort of bond with many of Smith’s former players. He was a coach that players worked hard for and many got along with off the court, Clink said. “He does a good job of building that friendship with you,” Haley said. “He really does care.”
Since retiring in 2008, Smith has been active in his travels. This past year he took a three-week trip to Vietnam, the first time he had been there in more than 40 years. Smith served in the Army during the Vietnam War. This summer, he plans to visit various countries in Europe and retrace the World War II battlegrounds that each of them hosted. “I’m a real history buff, so I appreciate those kinds of things,” Smith said. Along with travel, Smith has also gotten to spend a lot more time with his grandchildren and has taken time to enjoy his family more than before, he said. The relationships with his players are familial in a way as well, Haley said. “I know his relationships with every single one of his players is important to him,” Haley said. “I think he has affected more people off the court than anybody ever knows.” Smith is embracing the current chapter in his life and enjoying the new experiences. His broken NCAA Tournament bracket is the most basketball stress that he’s currently enduring, he said. Now that his career is over, Smith is able to focus more attention on what is important to him and keep growing as a person. “You never stop learning,” he said. “You never stop getting better.” Blake Mehigan can be reached at bmehigan@theorion.com
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14:30.61 earned him the third best finish out of 90 competitors. “He’s got good potential to do something great there,” Towne said. “He could get All-American. He’s going to be a big part of our success at NCAAs.” Sophomore Zachary Zadrozna, a business management major and teammate, enjoys having Spence on the team, he said. It brings diversity and perspective. “He’s competitive, and he fit in really well,” Zadrozna said. When he’s not training, Spence has had some time to explore California with Zadrozna and other teammates. He traveled down to San Diego and back up the coast over spring break, taking the opportunity to surf at various beaches. One of his favorite things about California is the food, he said.
“I’ve gone to a lot of fast food restaurants,” he said. “I love Chipotle. During the road trip, all we ate was Mexican food.” Spence does have some of his favorite food from home, particularly Tim Tams, a chocolate and graham cracker-type cookie, and Vegemite, a paste made from yeast extract. He finds it entertaining to share Vegemite with his friends to see their reaction. “It’s hilarious out here. Everyone’s done the same thing,” he said, making a disgusted face. “It’s just so natural to eat it for me.” America and Australia don’t have too many cultural differences, Spence said. That doesn’t mean it’s all been easy. “I went to the supermarket to buy beer and I showed them my driver’s license,” he said. “The guy was looking through the
directory, trying to find Australia between Alabama and Arkansas, and I tried to explain to him that it’s not going to be there, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a real place.” He’s also found his brand of humor to be taken too seriously and even offensive at times, he said. “I curse a lot,” Spence said. “If you watch Australian movies, they say the C-word a lot. The first time I used that here, it didn’t go down too well. I think I’ll put that one away for a while.” Spence is already dreading the day he’ll have to leave, but Towne believes this opportunity will stay with him forever. “When he looks back, it’ll be a great experience in his life, I hope,” Towne said. “It’s been really neat having him here for us.” Gina Pence can be reached at gpence@theorion.com
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to the mound. O’Shea gave up two runs in the second inning, but that would be the only damage, as he kept the Gators scoreless from then on, through the fifth. Anderson became the hero as his two-run single in the Wildcats’ three-run eighth inning pushed Chico State to its fifth straight road win, downing the Gators 3-2. Bringas went hitless and only reached base on an intentional walk, and was unable to break Code’s hitting streak. Junior lefty Brian Buckham tossed three scoreless innings
out of the bullpen, giving up only one hit, to earn the win. With the two wins, the fifth-ranked ’Cats improved to 6-0 in one-run games and are No. 1 in the West Region, remaining in first place in the CCAA. The Wildcats travel to Southern California to take on the Toros of Cal State Dominguez Hills this weekend for a fourgame series in Carson. Head coach Dave Taylor is more than ready for the southern road swing. “This weekend is crucial,” he said. Kevin Amerine can be reached at kamerine@theorion.com
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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
@University of Pacific
L 44-59
Nov. 19
Academy of Art
W 73-55
Feb. 18-20
@Cal Poly Pomona
Nov. 18
@Cal State Stanislaus
W 64-59
Nov. 20
Hawaii Pacific
W 64-46
Feb. 27-28
Montana-State Billings
Nov. 22
Bethany University
W 63-44
Nov. 23
Cal State Stanislaus
W 74-59
March 4-6
@Cal State Monterey Bay
Nov. 26
Northwest Christian
W 85-72
Nov. 27
@Cal State Stanislaus
W 88-80
March 11
@Western Oregon
Nov. 27
Dominican
W 71-52
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
W 64-62
March 17
@Cal State Stanislaus
Dec. 3
Humboldt State
L 81-84 (OT)
Dec. 4
Sonoma State
W 52-41
March 22
Simpson University
Dec. 4
Sonoma State
W 69-65
Dec. 10
@Western Washington
March 25-26
@San Francisco State
Dec. 8
Cal State Stanislaus
W 61-59
Dec. 11
@Seattle Pacific
L 56-57
March 29
Cal State Stanislaus
Dec. 11
Pacific Union
W 69-40
Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
W 68-58
April 1-3
Dec. 30
@Cal State L.A.
L 62-71
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 71-59
Dec. 31
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
L 65-76
Jan. 7
UC San Diego
Jan. 7
UC San Diego
W 68-55
Jan. 8
Jan. 8
Cal State East Bay
W 65-47
Jan. 14
@Cal State San Bernardino
Jan. 15
W 65-62 (OT)
W 21-9, W 6-2
Feb. 5
Dominican
3 W, 1 L
Feb. 5
Cal State San Marcos
3W
Feb. 5
San Francisco State
3 W, 1 L
Feb. 6
Sonoma State/CSU Stan.
Feb. 18-19
Cal State East Bay
W 7-2 (12), W 3-2
Feb. 25-26
@Cal State Stanislaus
Canceled
March 4-5
San Francisco State
2 W, 2 L
March 11-12
@Cal State San Bernardino
1 W, 3 L
March 18-19
@Sonoma State
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
March 25-26
UC San Diego
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April 5
San Francisco State
April 1
West. Oregon/Hawaii Pac.
April 8-10
Cal State San Bernardino
April 2
Grand Canyon
Cal State East Bay
W 74-47
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
@UC San Diego
March 1
@Cal State Dominguez Hills
W 60-52
May 28-June 2 NCAA Division II College WS
WOMEN’S GOLF
4W
PPD Canceled
Wildcat Relays
March 3-4
Chico Multi-event
March 5
Kim Duyst Invitational
March 12
Aggie Open
March 19
Hornet Invitational
March 23-24
California Multi-event
March 25-26
S.F. Distance Carnival/Stanford Invite
Grand Canyon Invitational
April 2
American River College
April 11-12
Tarleton State Invitational
April 8-9
Chico Distance Carnival/Twilight Invite
May 1-3
NCAA Super Regional
April 15-16
Mt. Sac Relays/Woody Wilson
April 22-23
CA/OR Border Battle
April 30
Peyton Jordan Invitational
May 5-7
CCAA Championships
May 13-14
Stanislaus Twilight
May 26-28
NCAA Championships
Grand Canyon Invitational
Oct. 11-12
Viking Invitational
Oct. 18-19
Golf Mart Lady Otter Invitational
March 5-6
Cal State East Bay Invitational
MEN’S GOLF
March 21-22
InterWest Chico State Invitational
March 28--29
CSU Monterey Bay Otter Invite
March 21-22
Mustang Intercollegiate
April 18-19
CCAA Championships
April 4-5
March 28-29
Grand Canyon Thunderbird Invite
May 2-4
NCAA Super Regional
April 11-12
Hanny Stanislaus Invitational
May 17-20
NCAA National Championships
5th
PPD
Feb. 26
Sonoma State Invitational
Sept. 27-28
L 71-76
L 59-75
W 4-1, L 1-2
TRACK AND FIELD
Sept. 19-21
L 62-64 (OT)
L 0-9 W 2-0
L 1-4, W 5-2
L 53-73
L 38-51
W 7-0
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NO SLEEP ’TIL CHICO The crowd dances to Team No Sleep at Wild Oak Music Group’s “ElectroSunset” show Saturday at 1078 Gallery.
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Red, green and blue lights flashed across the white walls of 1078 Gallery as the empty space began to fill with audience members who couldn’t resist dancing to the vibrating bass. Wild Oak Music Group, a Chico State music industry group, put on “Electro-Sunset” Saturday. The featured disc jockeys included Beta’s Mike Z and Simple Science, Team No Sleep and DJ Ko-De-Ak. All these events are put on by students, said Nader Dehghan, a music industry and recording arts major and Wild Oak member. Every semester they switch shows, including an electronic show each year, he said. As Ko-De-Ak began setting the mood for the night,
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his set was stopped midsong when the sound system short-circuited. The show was stopped for a half an hour as voices filled the room and the eager dancing audience members milled about grabbing beers and pizza to distract them. DJs at “Electro-Sunset” varied from soon-to-be Chico graduates to experienced Beta members but they all had the same high hopes for the show and the same love for electronic music. The artists use the art form to share the things they love with others, Mike Z said. Film reels played across one wall as the lights flashed across peoples faces. The music of the show ranged from house beats to dubstep, pleasing every type of electronic music fan. Team No Sleep began their set after Ko-De-Ak, and the three of them worked in sync to create the music. But for Team No Sleep its more then just music to dance to, said Team No sleep member Ian Fennie. “For us it’s about invoking a
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PUSH AND PLAY DJ Ko-De-Ak performs at Wild Oak Music Group’s “Electro-Sunset” show Saturday. different reaction a different response from each individual but at the same time a collective consciousness that’s perceiving the same music,” Fennie said. The avid listeners never left
the dance floor, bobbing their heads in time with the music and themselves. The artists aim to create an atmosphere where people can let go, said Ruben Sanchez of Team No Sleep.
“It’s all about the music making everybody forget what happens outside the doors and having fun,” he said. Madison Parker can be reached at
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Pop Culture Shock The People v. Music Before class one day I was chatting with a casual acquaintance and the subject of classic rock music came up. I lost a casual acquaintance that day. I’d mentioned in passing how I’ve always begrudgingly respected The Who for their rock operas but detested their bombastic, overblown “CSI” theme songs and style-oversubstance attitude that poisoned the rock ’n’ roll aesthetic and paved the way for glam rock just 20 years later. This person became noticeably upset and started yelling in the middle of class about how I’m a pretentious asshole and should just shut up and die already. I shrugged my shoulders and never exchanged another word with this individual since. Now keep in mind — we weren’t arguing about global warming or abortion or anything that has a real impact on society. We were talking about The Who. Musical taste has always been the only artistic sensibility without a middle ground. TV, movies and books are narrative media with a long tradition of storytelling and about 300 years of mass literacy at their foundation, but music’s only become more poetic and less structured since Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph. This makes consensus harder to find. Rock ’n’ roll, for example, developed out of the awkward fusion between blues, hillbilly and folk — regional styles of American music segregated by racial and technological barriers. It’s branched off in about a thousand different directions since then, from punk and metal to pop and hip-hop, genres that people spend gigabytes of server space arguing about on message boards across the Internet. Headphones and iPods have only made these differences more contentious. People develop a much more personal relationship with music than they would have been able to in the time of Mozart or even Lead Belly, a Louisiana guitarist who introduced the world to famous folk standards like “House of the Rising Sun.” Now that fanatics hoard their playlists for themselves like Pokemon, they’re more apt to passionately support their tastes among dissenting peers. People who would never dare talk politics or religion at the dinner table will defend their unironic appreciation of Boyz II Men to the grave. This might be good from an access perspective, but it makes music fans less willing to step out of their comfort zones and try something new. I never saw my classmate after the end of the semester, but if I did, I’d probably ask him one simple question —“Can’t we all just get along?”
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>> Elizabeth Taylor’s death (ACTRESS) People my age will remember Liz Taylor for her perfume, but she’ll be forever etched in the halls of dramatic history for revolutionizing the range with which women were depicted on the stage and screen. Her emasculating yet damaged performances in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” changed Hollywood and Broadway forever, inspiring generations of talented actresses in the process.
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AIR GUITAR RIFLE Bethany Johnson portrays Annie Oakley in Chico Theater Company’s “Annie Get Your Gun.”
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Chico Theater Company’s latest production of “Annie Get Your Gun” journeys into the matter of romance in show business. “You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun,” sings Annie Oakley — but can you? Directed by Marc Edson, the Chico Theater Company’s latest production of Irving Berlin’s classic musical runs through April 17. Bethany Johnson plays the titular “pistol-packing mama” discovered by Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. As Oakley quickly overcomes Frank Butler, played by Tom O’Connor, as the main attraction, romance and rivalry ensue. “My favorite part is the ‘Anything You Can Do’ song,” said Johnson, who has experience in theater choreography and performance. “It is fun to sing.” Johnson’s subtle actions throughout the show add to the performance — the way she glances to her left hand in a love song with Butler, you can’t help but get the idea that she wants a ring. O’Connor, on the other hand, has been a returning face in Chico Theater
Company shows over the last three years. “Where else do I have the opportunity to act with such a diverse group of people?” O’Connor asked. “I love interacting with these people.” The show consists of 27 people, including cowboys, Indians and even can-can girls. They participate in songs such as “Anything You Can Do,” “The Girl That I Marry” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” adding to the fun of the show. “Collectively, we have forgotten more words than remembered up to this point,” O’Connor said. “There is so many of us.” As Oakley and Butler meet for their final shooting match to see who has the better shot and if their romance will survive, the audience shares in the supporting cast’s anxiety to see if Oakley can get a man with a gun, said Rick Anderson, who plays Pawnee Bill. “The show should be great,” he said. “It will be exciting with so many people.” Paige Fuentes can be reached at pfuentes@theorion.com
Anything is possible when you put your mind to it — even magic. Magic is about believing the impossible, said illusionist Kevin Spencer, who will be demonstrating an unconventional form of therapeutic art. Spencer and his wife Cindy will conduct a “Healing of Magic” workshop Monday, teaching some simple therapeutic illusions to local nursing home residents of Twin Oaks Post Acute Rehab. “I enjoy being on stage,” Spencer said. “Knowing that my talents and abilities as an artist can also impact the quality of someone’s life is an incredible experience.” “Healing of Magic” is an organized, systematic approach to using simple magic tricks in physical and occupational therapy, Spencer said, adding that the strength-building movements required to learn and perform these tricks are akin to traditional rehabilitation techniques. After a traumatic car accident early in Spencer’s career, he spent several months in physical and occupational therapy and created about 50 different magic tricks out of boredom to help patients accomplish specific therapeutic goals, he said. The program was introduced at a hospital in Virginia and is now practiced in more than 2,000 hospital and rehab centers in more than 30 countries. The workshop will begin with an introduction of the concepts of the program and simple tricks for therapists to apply to their practice. After the staff workshop, patients who best benefit from this type of therapy will adopt it into their rehab repertoire. Believing in magic may seem to be essential to this healing, but curiosity is what actually motivates people to learn a simple magic trick, Spencer said. “Learning and performing
magic tricks can be a powerful motivator for people who need a boost in their rehab,” he said. “Learning a magic trick is FOR MORE just a lot more INFORMATION fun.” about the The “HealSpencers’ ing of Magic” “Healing of and “Theatre Magic” physical of Illusion,” therapy another exercises, go to bunch of spencersmagic. tricks up com/healing_ of_magic Spencer’s sleeve, are two very distinct programs that are connected through magic. “Spencer’s Theatre of Illusion” performance will follow the “Healing of Magic” workshop Tuesday at Laxson Auditorium. “I believe the art of illusion has the potential to move an audience, intellectually and emotionally,” Spencer said. “In the much same way that great music, inspiring dance, and powerful theatre does.” Most people don’t see magic as performance art because many magicians have done such a poor job with presentation, Spencer said. They fail to bring magic into modern times, embrace technology and give their audiences an experience. “When presented properly, the art of illusion belongs on the stage,” he said. “No other place allows a performer to take his audience on a journey that pushes the boundaries of the imagination and impossibility.” The Spencers’ performance showcases a collection of illusions gathered from the last 10 years of the duo’s productions. “The show combines all the great elements of a Broadway production and has the high energy of a rock concert,” Spencer said. “Magic is simply the vehicle that moves it along. Our production, ‘Theatre of Illusion,’ is a combination of our love for theatre and our passion for the art of magic.” Nicole Walker can be reached at nwalker@theorion.com
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Religion is fine in small doses for consenting adults, but when it becomes a way of indoctrinating young people with poiitical ideologies, that’s where I have a problem. “Jesus Camp” documents a Christian summer camp where children are taught that global warming and evolution aren’t real, Muslims are evil and Harry Potter would be executed in Biblical times. The film grows increasingly surreal as the children dance to Christian heavy metal music and pray to a cardboard cut-out of George W. Bush. The owner of the Kids on Fire School of Ministry camp in North Dakota complained that the documentary unfairly depicted evangelical Christianity, but when your camp services include teaching exorcism, promoting homophobia and insulting other children as “phonies,” you are engaged in brainwashing.
>> “The Cruise” (DOCUMENTARY) It’s hard to describe what’s compelling about “The Cruise,” a documentary about eccentric New York City tour guide Timothy “Speed” Levitch, who would later make appearances in “Waking Life” and “School of Rock.” As Levitch passes by Manhattan landmarks in a double-decker bus explaining historical events with his nasally, fast-paced, poetic delivery, director Bennett Miller paints a stunning portrait of both the greatest city in the world and the life of a man who’s genuinely weird and profound at the same time.
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The smells of sweat and beer breath mix. Contraband liquor is passed throughout the crowd and, of course, a chaotic circle of a several people brutally clashing into each other forms while thunderous guitars pump energy into the crowd. It takes time to build up, but in most rock shows, moshing is inevitable. Moshing, which is a tradition rooted in most punk rock shows that has become almost universal to all rock shows, expels the raw energy that a couple of guitars, a fast drum beat and a heavy-sounding bass can inspire in rock ’n’ roll fans. The first time I saw a mosh pit, it stirred a mixture of emotions in me. I was amused, scared, pumped and nervous all at the same time. It was at a Stone Temple Pilots show in my hometown of San Diego. The laser lights scanned the open field of people and the energy in the crowd intensified when the band jumped on stage for the gig. It wasn’t long before a crowd surfer kicked me in the back of the head. The mosh pit began to truly develop during the song “Vasoline.” It was a massive circle of chaos with people running around and pushing and shoving each other while yelling and singing. Some were laughing.
Only one of my friends joined in on the fun. As soon as he ran into the testosterone-driven pit, a considerably larger man than my six-foot friend picked him up and slammed him on the floor. Someone helped him up as if nothing had happened and he ran off, bumping anyone who got in his way. After the show, we didn’t mind that our clothes were drenched with the sweat of the cumulative night or that we were hit here and there. Some controlled moshing often adds to the experience of seeing a band perform. There are, however, different types of moshing, from energetic pushing and shoving to more aggressive moshing that may include some punching and kicking. In some metal shows, fans like to practice a moshing style called the “wall of death.” To create a wall of death, a rectangular space is cleared in the crowd and two groups of people stand on opposite sides facing each other. On command, the two groups run toward each other and collide in a fury of punches and shoves. It is extreme moshing like the wall of death that has led to some bands — such as The Mars Volta and the Smashing Pumpkins — to prevent moshing from happening at their shows altogether. Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan spoke out against moshing after a teenage fan died
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PIT OF RAGE Moshers slam into each other for the Rum Rebellion show Saturday at Monstros Pizza. during one of their shows in Dublin, according to an article on MTV.com. Mars Volta vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala has actively spoken against moshing since before the disintegration of his first band, At the Drive-In. Although overaggressive moshing can severely decrease the enjoyable atmosphere of a concert, I think some energetic pushing and shoving at a rock show can help the entertainment. After all, moshing is only supposed to be dancing, as aggressive as it may seem, and rock ’n’ roll has no better partner than a few guitardriven dance moves. Isaac Brambila can be reached at ibrambila@theorion.com
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African guitarists rile up Laxson Leila Rodriguez STAFF WRITER
Many seats were left vacant Thursday night for the Acoustic Africa concert at Laxson Auditorium. Instead, audience members found themselves in the aisles swaying to the thriving percussions and rhythmic guitar of Habib Koite and Afel Bocoum, both from Mali, and Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe. The famous African guitar players ventured from their homelands for the second installation of the Acoustic Africa tour. Their smiles and guitars enchanted Chico in a foreign tongue with a message of happiness, hope and taking naps. Their illuminating presence on stage carried into their playful nature. Watching the relationship between the three performers and the band was charming. Separately, the three performers have established notable musical careers reflected throughout the world, though on this tour they
collaborated, blending styles and culture. Mtukudzi’s husky yet smooth voice carried over his guitar in a booming manner. Song styles varied with each musician. Some gradually progressed into a tune slowly adding instrument by instrument until all were loudly present. Some even sounded like an endless jam session until Mtukudzi, Koite or Bocoum’s voice belted out the lyrics. It was easy to get lost in a song. “It’s good when we play,” Koitéesaid. “We feel very close.” During one of Koite’s songs, Bocoum came out in a white robe dancing gracefully and fluidly, serving as a narration for the song. Just his eyes and glasses peered out through his royal blue head wrap that covered his head. Dance was very much part of the performance. At one point the trio set their guitars down to join the audience, dancing, striking poses and taking turns showcasing their dance moves. Their angular and timely
movement fit perfectly with the songs as they froze in place waiting for another beat to release them onto the next move. Traditional African instruments accompanied the group. A peculiar wooden dome-shaped hand drum sat amongst the drummer’s six-piece drum set he played. His tapping made a light yet boisterous rain droplet clink. Phillip Tzikirai, who played the mbira — a handheld xylophone — and rattled with a hosho — shakers — also took front stage dancing. His energy and enthusiasm was contagious. Variations of rhythmic guitar and a beautiful blend of Malian and Zimbabwean polyrhythmic melodies kept audience members out of their seats and dancing. It was grand party where Koite, Bocoum and Mtukudzi were the dance hall bandleaders. “Music is just the heartbeat of Africa,” said Shirley Adams, founder of Bridging the Gap Foundation, an organization established to provide fresh, clean water for people in Africa.
Adams returned from Mali in October, where she continued providing water wells in Malian villages. Adams could just see the children of Africa dancing to tonight’s music, she said. Audience members were gestured to assist in adding another layer of percussion by clapping. Some members added in their own hoots and hollers. The audience’s rapid request for an encore rippled through the theatre where Mtukudzi, Koite, Bocoum and their bandmates trickled out of the stage wings for another tune, only to be playing the wrong song off their set list — a memorable moment everyone laughed at. The combination of musical ingredients stood out in the show, said Dan DeWayne, director of Chico Performances. “There’s something so magical about the African music,” he said. “All these wonderful elements coming together.” Leila Rodriguez can be reached at lrodriguez@theorion.com
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CALL AND RESPONSE Two guitarists at the Acoustic Africa show trade off riff s Thursday at Laxson Auditorium, accompanied by traditional drums.
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Automobiles convenient but cumbersome, costly J.W. Burch, IV STAFF WRITER
Since I got my driver’s license a decade ago, I have learned to loathe automobiles. And the disdain is mutual. In the 10 years that I have had a driver’s license, I have averaged one car per year. This makes it very hard to build a relationship with a vehicle. I greatly doubt that my children will be given the opportunity to reminisce about the family car, as so many can, with a track record such as mine. My first car was a Chevrolet El Camino. The radiator burnt out and my father decided to claim it as his own and give me the Toyota Celica. God, I loved the size of that little bastard. The head gasket cracked in my Chevrolet Suburban just after I moved to Chico. We called it the “Big Banana,” “Gertrude” and “The Beast.” It was a monster. Then there was my Geo Metro, fourdoor. You’ve never heard a stereo like that in a car that compact. It was essentially a clown car. My wife had a Chrysler Sebring, an 18th birthday gift from her parents. It disintegrated — computer fried with no warning. That was the end of that. We just bought a Volvo Wagon and my wife loves that car. Plenty of storage room, leather upholstery and an incredible heater. Overdrive. I swear the thing slows the passage of time. My favorite was the Oldsmobile Cutlass — the neighbor sold it to me for below market price. Old lady car and all that. That car became the one I judged all others by. I loved that car. It was a road-whale. It seemed like it could handle just about anything put before it, but the cylinder head cracked and I had to move on. Nearly all of these cars were sold for a couple hundred bucks to salvage companies and pick-aparts. Far too often I’ve found myself battling with mechanics who are blatantly trying to take advantage of what they assume is my limited knowledge of cars. Granted, I’m not
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an expert by any means, but I have owned enough crappy cars to have learned a thing or two. “Well you see, here’s the thing,” the mechanic will always say. This is the fi rst tell that he is preparing to molest your pocketbook. “The muffler is shot. It needs a new one of those defi nitely. But then there is the tailpipe — that should be replaced. Also, your catalytic converter is about to give way, so we should fi x that too while you’re here.” I smirk and shake my head at him. “I only came here for a radiator flush, man,” I say. “Why the hell are you looking at the rest of the thing for? I’m only getting the flush.” He has heard this before. “Well you see, we don’t usually check the rest of the car like this,” he reports. “But it seemed to be riding rough so we thought we would investigate.” “Funny, the thing has always driven beautifully for me,” I say. “No roughness whatsoever.” “Well good thing it started doing it here then, eh?” he says.
“I suppose, except for the fact that I’m only doing the radiator flush,” I say. The mechanic isn’t happy with this answer. He’s been planning on making a pretty penny off my dumb ass. He is obviously a man who doesn’t take kindly to the word “no.” His tone changes from its friendly demeanor to that of an angry parental figure. Kindness didn’t work as planned, so he figures maybe intimidation and fear will get me. “Now listen,” he says forcefully, “if you don’t get these things done now, it is only a matter of time until it does happen. Then you’ll be right back here, telling me how right I was and how you wish you would have done these repairs earlier. Oh, how you’ll be wi — ” I interrupt. “Are you going to do the repairs for free? Cause that’s going to be the only way I agree to this scam.” “Well no, that’s ridic —” “Ridiculous? As ridiculous as trying to get more money out of someone who has none? You ever hear the
phrase ‘you can’t squeeze blood from a stone,’ buddy? You’re barking up the wrong tree. Find someone driving a Mercedes or a Cadillac.” These jackals are only part of the reason behind my hatred of vehicles. There’s also the traffic, the smog and the increasing prices of gas. On top of all this, automobiles are simply not safe. The most recent statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, published in 2009, show that approximately 33,000 individuals were the victims of approximately 30,000 fatal automobile accidents in America alone, of whom about 4,800 were pedestrians, 24,000 were vehicle occupants and 4,400 were motorcyclists. Now don’t get me wrong — I love the act of driving, the long hours behind the wheel with the window rolled down, a cigarette between my fingers with music blasting at nearly intolerable levels, weaving in and out of traffic like a fish swimming downstream. There is special kind of hubris
that overtakes me every time I assume command of my vehicle. Despite this fond connection, however, I fi nd myself longing for the days of horses and buggies. Often I fi nd myself visiting Bidwell Mansion’s collection of horse-drawn transportation, imagining the clunking of hooves on the asphalt and neighs peppering the street. You would never hear a newscast reporting that a drunken equestrian plowed through a group of pedestrians. You might hear a public service announcement encouraging that “drivers” clean up their own “emissions,” but that would be about it. Horses are smart beasts that can be trained, they don’t require fuel and their “emissions” can be used for fertilizer, making them a greatly more sustainable alternative. So basically, if you don’t ride a horse and buggy, you are against sustainability. J.W. Burch, IV can be reached at jburch@theorion.com
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Suicide Silence
7 p.m. @ Senator Theatre Armed for Apocalypse open for this Riverside metal band with special guests I Declare War and Holy Ghost Revival.
T H U R S DAY
Josh Funk
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The Oro-Chico Omnium Bicycle Race: Stage 1
8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5 Funk performs with Tiny Salmon and Philip Zabala.
6-7 p.m. @ Chico Airport
The first stage of this race through Table Mountain starts Friday and continues through four stages over three days.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011
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Guitar Project with Warren Haskell and Friends
7:30 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $5 student admission A night of Chico State guitarists with Warren Haskell.
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The Chico-Oro Omnium Bicycle Race: Stage 4 9 a.m. @ Table Mountain
The final stage of the Chico to Oroville bike race, after the brutal uphill and 15-mile time trials. For more information about the race, contact the Chico Velo Biking Club at (530) 3438356.
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Ice Cube
Local bluegrass duo performs with Tiny Salmon and Philip Zabala.
Gangsta rap legend Ice Cube forms a Westside Connection to Chico with CD ENT.
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Cooper McBean 8 p.m. @ Cafe Coda $5
Cooper McBean of Devil Makes Three performs solo with Aubrey Debauchery, Lish Bills and Zach Zeller.
Dan Bern
6:30 p.m. @ 1078 Gallery $15 Folk singer performs two sets at 1078 Gallery.
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Amarok
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Baritone guitarist and songwriter Matt Miller performs at 1078 Gallery.
Amarok kicks off their tour with La Fin Du Monde and Cold Blue Mountain.
Acoustic Open Mic(less)
Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar
7-10 p.m. @ Cafe Flo
Grab your guitar and sing some songs at Cafe Flo’s unamplified open mic night.
1-1:50 p.m. @ Ayres Hall Free
Dr. Craig Lindsley of Vanderbuilt University discusses issues in the field of chemistry.
Plant Evolution Discussion
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Christabel and the Jons 8 p.m. @ Cafe Flo $5
Tennessee swing group performs with Grey Loom and Orland Folk band Missoula Flood.
Swamp Daddy
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Big Chico Creek hike
Terri Clark
Natural history and nature photography professor Jadea White leads this hike through the 3,950 acres of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve every Sunday, rain or shine.
Country music star Terri Clark comes to Chico.
9 a.m. @ Chico Park & Ride
Grab a slice and listen to Swamp Music at Left Coast Pizza on 800 Bruce Rd. off of East 8th Street.
7 p.m. @ El Rey Theatre $18 advance admission
Spill It!
All day @ Bell Memorial Union Free A large, interactive art piece about the impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.
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Theatre: A Doll’s Tale
7:30-9:30 p.m. @ Wismer Theatre $6 student admission The School of the Arts presents Henrik Ibsen’s play about women’s rights in the Performing Arts Center.
International Forum: Exploring Modern Russia 4-4:50 p.m. @ Ayres 120 Free
Foreign language professor Julia KobrinaCoolidge presents “Out with the Old, In with the New: Exploring Russia” as part of Chico State’s International Forum.
4-5 p.m. @ Holt 170 Free
The Department of Biological Sciences presents a lecture from Dr. Jay Sobel of UC Davis’ Department of Evolution and Ecology.
STAFF FAVORITES >> MAGICIAN Penn and Teller — Magic is only fun when the magicians are in on the joke, and you’d be hardpressed to find two magicians that are easier to laugh at than a mime without makeup and a libertarian with a pony tail.
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G.O.B. Bluth — Every time Europe’s “The Final Countdown” plays, images of G.O.B. from “Arrested Development” begin to Segway around my mind. His frequent troubles with the Magicians’ Alliance are probably the reason he learned ventriloquism later in the series. >> Mark Rojas Arts Designer
Harry Houdini — As far as quintessential magicians go (there aren’t a whole lot), Erik Weisz, who later changed his name to the much more memorable “Harry Houdini,” is the original. He became a sensation for his escape acts that seemed to defy physics and logic, back when magic was still “real.” >> Liam Turner Art Director
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In-N-Out Burger These menu items aren’t secret, but the way some customers like their burgers prepared and they are served to make all customers happy, according to the In-N-Out website. Burgers can be ordered with up to three or four meat patties, without meat — as in a grilled cheese — without a bun and “animal style.” If customers know their way around and know what they want, most restaurants, local and chain, will want to please them and give them what they want, Chan said. All they need to do is ask. What people may refer to as the “secret menu” may just be specific changes customers make to their orders. Secret menus are more about the different ways customers want their orders, Fay said.
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unaware of what they are, Cooke okee ok said. Some creations people order are called Captain Crunch, Mint Chocolate Chip Frappuccino, the Red Eye, which is regular coffee and a shot of espresso, she said. When Chan goes to Starbucks in the afternoon, he orders his coffee a certain way because he doesn’t want to drink that much caffeine that late, he said. “I order a half-and-half at Starbucks and they know I’m not talking about the cream, but a half regular coffee and half decaffeinated coffee,” Chan said. The menu has gotten so big everything can’t fit on the board, employee Brendan Fay said. It’s like going to a bar, orders are word of mouth, he said.
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just need to ask for it or, if they already know of a secret menu drink they want, just order it, said senior Jessica Brieno, a health science major and former Jamba Juice employee. “My favorite is the Butterfinger, which has chocolate soy milk, frozen yogurt and carrot juice, which you can’t even taste,” she said. “A popular one is the White Gummy and also the Sour Skittle, which has lemonade in it to make it sour.” They don’t advertise them because the nutritional value is so low compared to the other smoothies, Brieno said. They still have the menu just in case a customer wants to personally order it. “It gets out through word of mouth,” she said. “I know when I worked there, I was telling everyone about it because there are so many good things on there that nobody knows about and its fun to order something that’s secret.”
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Secrets are fun and make people feel special. Everyone keeps secrets with friends, family and even business establishments have their own secrets. Many restaurants are heard to have what is called a “secret menu,” which is composed of items customers can’t order on the displayed menu. These menus are spread by word-ofmouth. Businesses like to give customers more of a choice to what they can order, said marketing professor Kenny Chan. Different establishments, such as Jamba Juice, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks and InN-Out Burger, all have items that customers have created. These menus aren’t necessarily secret, but rather a way that the businesses can offer their customers something more specific to what they want, Chan said. Some businesses go by the book and never deviate from the rules, while other restaurants allow their employees to have some leeway in helping the customer get specifically what they want even if it is not on the menu, he said. While eating out Chan asked to change a menu item and the restaurant complied with his request, he said. “I dined at a local restaurant recently and I liked the fish special, but I wanted my fish blackened,” Chan said. “This wasn’t on the menu, but they cooked it that way for me anyway.” If it doesn’t cost them anything, most restaurants will make something for a customer to keep their business, he said.
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Despite terrible odds, students continue gambling Griffin Rogers STAFF WRITER
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FULL HOUSE Cards and chips are used in gambling popular games where players bet to win big.
June Gentry, a 2009 graduate, never had much luck gambling, but as the clerk at the Shell station on the corner of The Esplanade and Cohasset Road slid her $3 scratch-andwin across the counter she knew something was different. “Honestly, I had a good feeling,” she said. Gentry was sitting in her car in a bank parking lot the next day when she found out her “Crossword” scratcher was a $20,000 winner, $15,000 after taxes, she said. “It didn’t even hit me,” Gentry said. “I was in shock.” Despite the mathematical improbability of winning
consistently, gambling has survived over centuries due to a stubborn notion in human nature that allows people to think they can predict the unpredictable, said Marlboro College professor Joseph Mazur at a lecture event on March 23. Anyone placing bets in the lotto, sports brackets, poker or craps throws in their hard-earned money with hopes of hitting it big, but may not realize how much the odds are against them, even from birth, he said. Of course there’s always the chance of losing, but the risk can sometimes be worth it, Gentry said. After all, a person never has a chance of winning if they never play in the first place. After using her winnings to get herself out of debt, enjoy a
cruise to Jamaica and go on a “huge” shopping spree, Gentry has been gambling more than before she won, she said. But besides hitting a $150 on a scratcher a few weeks ago, she hasn’t been able to get her luck back from 2009. The idea that someone possesses luck is an illusion, Mazur. People get the mistaken view that they will eventually hit it big, only to further increase their losses. “Gambling is about odds,” Mazur said. “It’s about the chance of going one way or another. It’s about risk.” Risk, as a part of gambling, has been around since the time of cavemen, he said. It wasn’t until 1654, the beginning of >> please see GAMBLE | D4
GAMBLING ODDS The odds of winning the California Super Lotto Jackpot are 1 in 18 million. It is three times more likely for a person driving 10 miles to buy a Lotto ticket to be killed in a car accident than to win the jackpot. Odds of being dealt a royal flush on the opening hand in a poker game: one in 649,739. source: pbs.org
Mark Zuckerberg and the team over at Facebook are constantly making changes to everyone’s favorite website. Some may complain, but I think the site keeps improving and I am glad that Facebook has gotten rid of some of the annoying useless fads of the past. While these applications may not be as prehistoric as MySpace, and some still exist, they are thankfully not as commonly used on Facebook. The site has improved without these applications which have provided annoying and hurtful comments. Honesty Box This is possibly the rudest feature on Facebook and has undoubtedly lead to cyber bullying. It allows users to post comments without giving away their identity. This application is still available for those of you who need to hide behind a computer screen to send demoralizing anonymous comments. Superpoke! This was an especially annoying form of virtual flirting I have fallen victim to. Call me old-fashioned, but it was irritating when a guy would “blow a kiss at” me, or “send flowers to” and all I would get was a lousy notification instead of the real deal. Twenty-five random things no one knows about me I have to admit, I did post this obnoxious note back in 2009 when everyone’s newsfeed was covered with their friends posting useless facts about themselves like “I hate broccoli LOL.” Then they tagged all of their friends who would then comment “Haha on No. 19, so true.” Or sometimes the facts would be more depressing than the dislike of broccoli, and you would think maybe your friend needs to get off Facebook and get a therapist. Gifts These little pictures of hearts, thongs, flowers and chocolate were introduced to Facebook near Valentine’s Day in 2007. You could send your friends these dumb little pictures for a dollar or two, but were completely removed by the end of 2010 when Zuckerberg learned that hardly anyone on the internet pays for anything. Compare People This was another app for all the haters out there. It would ask you to choose which friend was “most attractive” or “has a better personality,” and like the Honesty Box, your rude judgments were anonymous. The worst part about this was seeing your stats at the end. I had rated high in the “who would you rather kiss” department but low in “who will be more successful,” to which I too offense. All in all I think Facebook has become a better place without these annoyances. Ally Dukkers can be reached at adukkers@theorion.com
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Pillow Lust
“If you’re a professional then you have to make money, but other than that, probably not.”
[Pill• low • luh • st] That feeling that college students get when they are so tired that the idea of their pillow sounds so awesome, it’s almost sexual. “It’s been such a long week. I’ve got pillow lust, and I’ve got it bad.” source: urbandictionary.com
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“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
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Like a virgin Though I’ve said several times that college students trade partners as much as textbooks, it has been brought to my attention that this isn’t true for everyone. The university setting is meant to bring opportunities for experimentation and self-exploration, but I’ve realized that while my personal “To Do Before Graduation” list has always included names and phone numbers, not all of my peers share the same opinion. Some students choose not have sex for reasons varying from religion, to lack of impulse, to simply having too much to do to worry about sexual encounters. During an argument a few months ago, a very good male friend of mine pointed out that my willingness to take everyone I’m interested in to bed might detract from the quality of any serious relationship I commit to. Before immediately defending my choices I decided to hear him out and asked for further clarification. According to this trusted opinion, the fact that I have no problem engaging in meaningless hookups makes sex with a committed partner less significant. While I respectfully disagree, I think I can understand where he’s coming from. What matters most to him is having something special to share with a significant other, and for him, nothing is more special than the first time he has sex, he said. Once upon a time, sex was thought of as a highly prized intimacy shared with only one special someone whom you will be with for the rest of your life. Even my friend admits that this is an unrealistic idealization, but it doesn’t change his opinion that the first time he has sex with someone it should mean more than any other time, he said. With these things in mind, I asked around multiple social circles if anyone could go back in time would they have chosen to wait. I like to think of the resounding “No” that followed as “the ‘No’ Heard ’round Chico.” I am aware that not everyone takes the same approach as me and chooses to give it up at the ripe old age of fifteen, but I’m apparently not alone in my love for lusty behavior. Most of my friends, however, did at least wait until college to begin their sexplorations. The most common reason seems to be, “I wanted to wait for the right person and the right time.” Most of them are now in committed relationships with someone other than their first sexual partner, and they all said that just because that person isn’t their first, it doesn’t make the sex any less special. I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. I obviously did not lose my virginity to my current boyfriend, but I can definitely say that the sex is intimate, special and amazing every time. We’re all capable of deciding when we’re ready to turn in our precious V cards and to whom, so whatever your decision is, feel good about it.
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A culture or a “place” that takes time in a Victorian-like era but includes advanced machines based on 19th-century technology: Steam-powered travel by air, train or submarine. Think flying ships, space travel, lost civilizations found and lost again.
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rom Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” science fiction has been nesting in society’s creative interests for decades. With recent releases like the TV show “The Walking Dead” and movies “Red Riding Hood” and the upcoming “Resident Evil 5,” science fiction and horror has increasingly gained popularity. Chico State has its own SciFi & Horror Club, formerly known as Chico State Zombie Enthusiasts, said senior criminal justice and psychology major Alex Barton, president and founder of the club. The student organization changed its name this semester to bring a broader and more diverse focus within the science fiction topic, he said. It is hoped the name change will attract new members and allow any kind of science fiction fanatics — not just zombie fans — to join the club. The meetings include discussion of topics such as movies, video games, books and conventions, Barton said. The topics don’t stick to just science fiction, however, as the club is a place to be social and interact with one another. Science fiction is an umbrella term with many subgenres, including horror, steampunk and fantasy, he said. Horror has become gradually trendy in Hollywood movies. The zombie trend started off small and underground, but it’s defi nitely grown in popularity, Barton said. “With that, it’s brought the whole horror society and culture thing up a little bit,” he said. The modern horror tends to favor the gore aspects however, rather than the supernatural aspects of cclassic spects o ass c horror, such as
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CLUB MEMBERS The members of the Sci-Fi horror club gather together at a meeting, some dressed as fantasy characters. ghouls, zombies, werewolves and vampires, he said. “The storyline isn’t that great — there’s no redeeming quality,” Barton said. “The whole movie is a slaughterfest, which has its place, but it seems to be the more popular trend.” Besides zombies and blood, steampunk is another rising subculture that has gained attention for the sci-fi world. Steampunk is a Victorianlike culture set in the future, where steam powered technology is still widely used, Barton said. The romantic and technological marriage of steampunk cross-pollinated to other genres such as erotica and young adult fiction, according to steampunk.com. But the subgenres of science fiction in general can fall into multiple categories, said Cole Christensen, a junior mechatronic engineering major and Sci-Fi & Horror Club member. “Nothing is really definitive on its own,” he said. “All categories tthee catego es interweave with
one another.” Fantasy seems to be the most commonly accepted genre by society. This genre contains elements that are not realistic such as talking animals and magical powers, according to readwritethink.org. It is often set in a medieval universe involving mythical beings. Barton established the club a year and half ago to create a social network with the players of Humans vs. Zombies outside the game, he said. The club strives to bring people of diverse majors together and share the common interest. Christensen joined the club after participating in Humans vs. Zombies game his freshmen year, he said. “Obviously there’s so much academic stuff to do on campus,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to have fun and put the academic stuff on the shelf for bit and talk about zombies and spaceships and whatever.” This semester, Dragon Graphics and G ap nd Collectors Ink are
sponsoring the club, Barton said. Dragon Graphics will give discounts on club shirts and donated a banner, which will be used for tabling. Collectors Ink will be donating zombie comics, which are likely to be prizes for the Humans vs. Zombies winners, said the store’s sales manager Jason Reifert. “We’re trying to get involved in the community,” he said in a phone interview. “When the offer is brought to us, we’re more than happy to do stuff like that.” The club plans to host the biannual HvZ game event from April 4-9, Barton said. They will also hold a sci-fi movie and pizza night on May 1 and a video game tournament, which the date will be announced later. “We do it for fun, not for stigma or to stand out,” Christensen said. “It’s the little things that allows you to connect with people on a nerdy level — it’s just fun to have that.”
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HORROR Can deal with the mundane or the supernatural, with the fantastic or the normal. Dark, eerie, chilling, and nightmarish setting with a growing sense of dread, with an intense, suspenseful atmosphere and supernatural elements or monsters.
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Persian traditions stay strong Student celebrates Iranian background, builds bonds in quiet, proud community Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST
Last semester, Sabrina Derr, a graduate student in English literature, wrote a poem depicting a picture of her mother after the Iranian Revolution that occurred in 1979. The poem tells the dynamic relationship between Derr and her mother who have had to face challenges stemming from cultural differences. The poem is reminiscent of who her mom was before she immigrated to America from Iran in the 1980s, the 21-year-old Derr said. In America, where immigration is a pervading theme for lots of members of society, new land means traditions get lost, identity gets cloudy, and first and second generation kin are often like the splitting off of different tribes. Derr, an Iranian-American who grew up in Chico, is one of many other Persians in Chico who continue to celebrate their culture. After her mother came to America, she married a GermanAmerican then gave birth to Sabrina and her younger brother, she said. Her parents are since divorced but the relationship between Derr and her mother is now strong and rewarding based on their mutual search for independence. Derr’s mother was a free woman for most of her life, Derr said. As a teenager she was able to wear nail polish and makeup and go to discos, she said. But after the revolution, the veil was enforced as well as other strict standards for women, Derr said. It turned her mother’s life upside down. For Derr, her identity is crystal clear because of how greatly Persian culture has been an influence throughout her life, she said. The cultural division that often separates fi rst from second generation is a subject that is not taught in school, but one that has caused Derr
to learn the meaning behind her she said. life’s paradox, she said. The contraBut she enjoys Norooz and the Perdiction is that the differences that sian community in Chico hopes to caused the separation between Derr celebrate the holiday around April 2. and her mother have actually shown One of the leaders in Chico’s Perto reveal how similar they are. sian community, Farshad Azad, Derr left home at 17 and began who teaches martial arts on Walcollege early. She struggled to get nut Street and is also a kinesiology through her education and to reach lecturer, said that the general puban independence that was unat- lic is free to contact him at kjn1@ tainable while living under her sbcglobal.net for more information mother’s roof and her stepfather’s regarding the free event celebrating abusive tactics, she said. the day. “And when I felt that I was being Master Azad, also an immigrant put in danger, I ran away,” she from Iran, hopes that his country will said. “And even though I resented one day achieve democracy, he said. her for not fighting back for me, in Iranians are notorious for wanting to many ways she was letting me go deny their ethnic backgrounds and the way she was let go — quickly assimilate into Amerso that we could both grow ican culture, he said. from it.” “Because Iran is such Amid the violence spun a negative light right now by the phenomenon of proin the media, a lot of Iranitests springing up across ans don’t go around saying the Middle East, Derr is they’re Iranians because ■ POEM making her identity more Visit theorion.com they’re self-conscious,” Azad actualized by planning a to read a poem said. “To me it’s a lost race, a trip this summer to visit Sabrina Derr wrote lost generation because they Iran for the first time, she about her mother. don’t know to walk like a lion said. She’ll be traveling or walk like a duck, because with her mother to visit her they are neither.” aunt and uncle. Norooz is therefore a time for all Derr is not scared to go overseas members to come together and be because the protests are only occur- proud that they are Iranian, Azad ring in certain pockets throughout said. the nation, she said in an email Iranian-American author Laleh interview. Khadivi gave a fiction reading in “If I was a youth having lived all Trinity Hall Room 100 at 7:30 p.m. my life in Iran, I would resolve to March 10, for her new book “The Age muster up all of my courage and pro- of Orphans.” test along with the others,” she said. Derr and Master Azad both “Without demonstrations of disap- attended the reading for Khadivi’s proval, nothing will change.” book and were enlightened by its Over 60 percent of Iran’s popula- opposing themes of loyalty to land tion is younger than 30, Derr said. If and orphanhood. all of the younger individuals demDerr said that the book focuses on onstrated in unison, change could a character whose identity is fracactually be a realistic aim. tured after being adopted by soldiers “I want nothing more than who killed his family. He is then democracy for Iran,” she said. “It forced to become a soldier and to foris something they were striving for get his identity. many years ago, until the Shah’s “For me my identity is so clear,” downfall in ’79.” Derr said in reference to Khadivi’s The Persian New Year, called book. “Like on a financial aid packet Norooz, usually begins on March 21. or on an application they ask you, Although Derr is proud to be Per- ‘What is your ethnicity?’ I always sian, she tries not to get too involved put ‘Persian.’” with the Persian community in Chico because it’s very competitive aca- Serena Cervantes can be reached at demically and socio-economically, scervantes@theorion.com
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This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrating Women Through Art and Music,â&#x20AC;? and included a keynote address by Laura Joplin, music by MaMuse, spoken-word artist Jovi Radtke and Foster, arts and crafts for sale from local female artists and food and drink for all that attended. This year the Red Tent event did particularly well, said Lana McKnight, co-chair of the Red Tent event and Wellness Center counselor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an extremely successful event,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The room was packed.â&#x20AC;? The event drew in women of all ages, ranging from girls as young as eight to women over sixty, Kidd said. The yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was classiďŹ ed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the best,â&#x20AC;? having to turn away people at the door due to over crowding. The Red Tent event has won two awards in the past for its innovative program and has inďŹ&#x201A;uenced other campuses to throw their own Red Tent events, Kidd said. The importance of this event within our society and to women is apparent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are the glue to our society,â&#x20AC;? Kidd said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and passing along wisdom to each other is critical.â&#x20AC;?
probability theory, that gambling was seen as something more than just randomness or the desires of the gods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It tells us we can make a proďŹ t from gambling,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only way to make a proďŹ t before that was to cheat.â&#x20AC;? Even after people realized that their mathematical chances of winning most games were considerably low they still gambled, and still do to this day. The reason for this, Mazur said, is people want to feel like they have control over something they are inherently curious about. But the theory that conquering luck is an illusion doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain how some people defy the odds and win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coincidences do happen more often than you think,â&#x20AC;? Mazur said. People can deďŹ nitely ďŹ nd their bankroll rising with an increased understanding of mathematics, he said. Especially if playing the casino game with the highest odds of winning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; blackjack. Another reason why some people continue to gamble is hard-wiring in the brain, he said. The good feelings people get when winning a game of luck increases dopamine levels in the brain which, over time, teaches them to want more. Mazurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event ties in with the Humanities Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chanceâ&#x20AC;? this school year. They chose the theme because chance, like gambling, is fun and interesting to people while involving many diďŹ&#x20AC;erent ďŹ elds of expertise such as psychology, philosophy and mathematics, said Sarah Pike, director of the Humanities Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mysterious,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully understand luck and chance.â&#x20AC;?
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Cut them open and let them bleed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this medical practice of bloodletting was not out of the ordinary for menstruating women in the seventeenth century. Whether the theory indicated that menstruation was due to animal spirits, excessive nervous energy or a physiological disorder, one thing was clear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; menstruation was the root of insanity. A few centuries later, menstruation is no longer regarded as any of the above, but patriarchy has still deemed a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s period as that â&#x20AC;&#x153;time of monthâ&#x20AC;? when something is physically and mentally wrong with her â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a deceptive image of women that organizations like the Counseling and Wellness Center and the Associated Students Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center are trying to change, according to their websites. The Wellness Center and the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center sponsored the eleventh Red Tent event Sunday in Selvesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe-by-the-Creek, an event to celebrate women and to ďŹ ght oppression. This annual women-only event is meant to bring together all ages and cultures to share
their experiences, questions and stories about being a woman. Kimberly Edmonds, program coordinator for the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center, helped to put on this event in order to give women the opportunity to share in a safe and accepting place, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea of the Red Tent is to take something that used to be oppressive and turn it into something empowering,â&#x20AC;? Edmonds said. In many past cultures, red tents were places meant to segregate women from the rest of society while they were menstruating, according to the Eleventh Red Tent Event Celebrates Women with Art and Music press release. Now, instead of using the red tent as a form of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oppression, the Red Tent event gives women the opportunity to reclaim their power. Kris Kidd, co-chair of the Red Tent event, sees this event as a great way for women to connect, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can gain so much by sharing our stories with each other,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is such a powerful pull for women to do it all, and that being who they are is OK.â&#x20AC;? The need for more events like this on campus
and in society is evident, Edmonds said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the broader society, there are so many stigmas and stereotypes still,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Events like this create a good environment for women with a common shared experience to connect and be yourself.â&#x20AC;? Kidd agrees that there is a need for more events like this as well, both for men and women. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think having gender-only spaces are important for men as well as women,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The space to share ideas and thoughts about being who you are or want to be in a space that is safe and non judgmental.â&#x20AC;? Although things like red tents do not exist in our society anymore, the oppression of women is still alive and well, Edmonds said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t being segregated into tents anymore, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bodies are still being segregated,â&#x20AC;? she said. Along with issues regarding womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bodies being oppressed, women not being seen as equals is a hefty problem today, Kidd said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We currently live in a patriarchal society, which will never see women as equal,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are still ďŹ ghting to keep rights to their own bodies.â&#x20AC;?
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LOOKING BACK >>
c. 1975
c. 1980
“Student leads battle for more library hours” March 9, 1989 Student activist Eileen Burke proposed to lengthen Meriam Library hours and provide more study areas for students at Chico State. The study hours at the time were from 1 to 5 p.m. on
Saturdays. Meriam Library was open 88 hours per week, exceeding the CSU average of 86 hours and 24 minutes per week. However, Burke encouraged that the library stay open for more than four hours on Saturdays because it only enhanced Chico State’s party image by showing that students aren’t expected to study very much on
the weekends. Student’s use of Meriam Library exceeded all other student uses in the CSU system and matched a similar level of those attending UC schools. Burke also thought that there should be more study areas than just the Bell Memorial Union and Meriam Library, because Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek closed at 3 p.m.
c. 1981
c. 1983
c. 1986
c. 1995
Zimride, a private company which is now connected to Chico State, allows students to essentially rent cars for however many days they need it. Students can set up profiles with Zimride through Facebook and Twitter using their Chico State emails to connect and share rides with other people who have the same commuting patterns, said Allison Travis-Bee, coordinator of the University Information Center. These efforts improve the campuses sustainability practices and also reduce the amount of driving and traffic, she said. Sharing rides also reduces the cost of travelling for students and faculty.
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STUDY TIME Meriam Library where many students study, is now open more hours than in the past.
NOW c. 1988
Ride-sharing program switches over to virtual trip-planning
Q: What inspired you to come up with the idea for students to carpool? Travis-Bee: The campus transportation committee wanted to offer an online ridesharing program for students and staff to save money on transportation, conserve resources and commute more efficiently. It saves money, saves gas, reduces the driver’s and passenger’s carbon footprint, reduces needed parking spaces.
c. 1985
c. 1988
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c. 1980
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Currently the Meriam Library’s main library is open 90 hours and 45 minutes per week. Selvester’s Cafe-by-theCreek is now open until 5 p.m and the BMU is filled with study areas on three levels
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opened for business 101 hours per week. Junior political science major Collin Chandler hasn’t been struggling with finding the space or time to study, he said. “I usually find a pretty good spot on the fourth floor,” he said. “In terms of
crowdedness you have to plan out your studying and not wait until the last minute.” The library’s open hours have never been a problem for Chandler, who splits his study time between home and school, he said. - Compiled by Nick Pike
Q: How has Facebook been effective? Travis-Bee: The official statement by Zimride is we embrace ridesharing as a social activity and Facebook provides a rich social context to connect and establish trust. Zimriders can view profiles for common networks, interests and friends before deciding to share a ride.
COURTESY OF • ZIMRIDES.COM
Q: Is this private through Chico State and who can sign up? Travis-Bee: It is a private company and private to the Chico area. Anyone with an official campus email (ending in csuchico.edu) – this includes students, staff and faculty. Chico State has Butte College as a “trusted partner” to increase the chance of finding a match you’re your ride post. Q: Where can the rides go to and who do they know who they are sharing rides with? Travis-Bee: Students and staff can use it to commute to campus, get rides to the airport, go home for break and even piece together a summer trip. Each ride post includes an online profile with as much or as little information as the commuter wishes to include. Q: How much does it cost for the student to sign up and use Zimrides? Travis-Bee: If someone is offering a ride, they can post that they would like the person sharing the ride to contribute gas money or the person looking for a ride, say to LA, can note they would be willing to kick in a certain amount of money. There is no cost to using the service or signing up. Students can sign up at zimride.com using their Chico State log-in. -Compiled Consiglio
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COMICS >>
CROSSWORD CHALLENGE >>
THAT MONKEY TUNE by Michael A. Kandalaft
HEAD by Larry Pocino
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BEAR JAIL by Devon McMindes
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45- Entreaties 46- Burn the midnight oil, studying 48- Radical ‘60s org. 49- Baby bird? 50- Golfer Calvin 51- Handle 53- The sacred scriptures of Hinduism 55- Martini liquor 56- Not religious 59- Actress Gardner 60- Golfer Ballesteros 61- Excrement used as fertilizer 62- Japanese computer giant 63- Mid-month times 64- Playground retort 65- Sugar suffix
Down 1- Hulled cracked grain 2- Gilded 3- Automobile transmission 4- Social gathering 5- Black-and-white treat 6- Schematic 7- Sharon, e.g. 8- Beverage commonly drunk in England 9- Break off 10- Prepare a book or film for release 11- Government sponsored inn 12- Art of public speaking 13- Greek goddess of the moon 19- Ed.’s pile 24- Conductors’ rods 26- Dusk, to Donne 27- Stage plays 30- Punctual 31- Part of a woman’s
dress 33- 7th letter of the Greek alphabet 34- Boy king 37- Commanded 38- Save 39- “Hold On Tight” band 40- Soothing medicine 41- Food ordered to go 42- Aromatic herb 43- Indigenous inhabitants 44- Birthplace of St. Francis 47- Threaten 49- Impresario Hurok 50- Stroll 52- Driving aids 54- Hard, in Havana 57- ___ little teapot... 58- Needlefish;
POWERKIDS by Max Nelson
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