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Campus delays necessary repairs A 2013 report shows that Chico State has wracked up $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. Yessenia Funes

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combustible Crash Residents of Orland saw the smoke and heard the explosion from their homes and witnessed the gruesome aftermath.

Crash investigation continues Sharon Martin

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Ten people died after a crash Thursday involving a charter bus, a FedEx semitrailer and a white sedan on Interstate 5 near Orland. The accident occurred after a semitrailer traveling south crossed over the center divider and clipped a white sedan, then collided with the bus, according to California Highway Patrol officer Tracy Hoover. High school students from Los Angeles County were traveling by bus to Humboldt State to tour the campus, Hoover said. The students were part of a program that provides higher education opportunities for low-income and first-generation college students. The truck driver, the bus driver and five students and three chaperones on the bus were killed. The two people in the white sedan walked away with minor injuries. Other injuries many of the bus passengers

suffered include moderate to severe burns, contusions and cuts, Hoover said. Many of the victims have been released from the hospital. Three students still remain hospitalized. Arthur Arzola, one of the chaperones on the trip, was killed in the crash. Arzola had been working as an admissions representative for Humboldt State in Los Angeles for the past year, according to a statement on the Humboldt State website. “Our hearts go out to those who have been affected, and we are here to support them, and their families, in any way possible,” said Rollin Richmond, president of Humboldt State, in a written statement. Chico State paid tribute Friday by lowering the University flag to half-staff in honor of the 10 victims. Chico State President Paul Zingg offered support for Humboldt State in an email sent to students. “While the students were headed to Humboldt State University, they were seeking a

university education in the CSU, and we feel a connection with them and all of our campuses,” Zingg said in a written statement. “We’re doing everything we can to support our friends and colleagues at HSU during this time of intense suffering.” Early reports stated that the FedEx truck was on fire before crossing the median and colliding with the bus. There is no physical evidence of a fire occurring before the crash, said the National Transportation Safety Board. “It will take some time to fully understand exactly how this accident occurred and why,” Frederick W. Smith, FedEx chairman and CEO, wrote in a press release. The NTSB is still investigating the cause of the crash. Sharon Martin can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or

Chico State has been neglecting its old infrastructure. However, this maintenance requires serious cash. Total deferred maintenance on campus costs almost $150 million, according to a 2013 report by Andrew Boyd, former Facilities Management and Services design and construction manager. But what exactly is deferred maintenance? “It’s an impact of something that you have not done, so by not taking care of your house correctly, not changing the oil in your car regularly, your car is likely to have problems,” said Luis Caraballo, the assistant vice president for Facilities Management and luis Services. caraballo Though the camAssistant vice pus faces issues like president, Facilities squeaky doorknobs Management and Services and missing ceiling tiles, Caraballo worries about its central power plant, which provides the campus with electricity, heating and cooling. With only one main feed connecting the campus to Pacific Gas and Electric, Chico State risks a potential system shutdown, similar to Fresno State’s four-day power outage during last school year’s winter break. Luckily, the department of business and finance has allocated $1 million to create a backup electrical system for the central

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Downtown businesses struggle with homeless The transient population in downtown Chico leaves customers frightened and the community exasperated, local business owners say. Madison Holmes

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Katie Vaclavik, the owner of Katie’s Corner, was used to cleaning up urine and trash left by the homeless before opening her store each morning, she said. Before changing store locations from Third and Main streets to the Chico Mall on East 20th Street, Katie’s Corner was often the resting place of a host of transients who would often scare away customers, Vaclavik said. “People would walk on the other side of the street if the homeless were there,” she said. “That obviously affected my business because customers wouldn’t even walk by the window to see what I had.” The transients downtown contributed to Vaclavik’s decision to move her store location, she said. “I was on a corner, so I was in a really good spot for them,” she said. “Plus, I wasn’t as harsh with them as I could’ve been because I have a lot of compassion for them.” Some homeless neglect the resources available to them and instead reside outside businesses, said Budd Schwab, president of the Downtown Chico Business Association and owner of Campus Bicycles. The transient population downtown has received a lot of attention from a multitude of resources including the Jesus Center,

Street Ambassadors and various shelters, he said. The Torres Shelter has more than 120 beds that have never been completely full, said Brad Montgomery, the executive director of the shelter. The Torres Shelter, like most shelters, does not allow pets, smoking or drinking. The policy could prevent some homeless from seeking help, he said. There have been talks of building a wet shelter so transients can drink there, Montgomery said. “We are trying to break down the barriers, and that includes making a pet-friendly, wet shelter for transients,” he said. The Internal Affairs Committee shut down a proposal in February to use firefighters to patrol downtown in order to address transient problems because of the lack of police, said Mark Orme, the assistant city manager. The sit and lie ordinance passed in January prohibits people from sitting or lying on Chico sidewalks next to commercial property between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Those who are cited under the ordinance would be given a fine that increases with every violation the individual receives. The ordinance has been ineffective due to lack of enforcement, Schwab said “There’s just not enough police,” he said. The park would be an ideal location for transients, but it is neglected by them, Vaclavik said. “The park is beautiful and I don’t understand why they don’t stay there,” she said. The bathroom doors in the park are locked

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HELP WANTED Jay, a local homeless man, stands outside of a downtown bookstore asking for money. early in the day, which is one reason why the homeless may not stay there, she said. “I think that if they didn’t close those bathrooms so early, those guys would go down there and use it,” Vaclavik said. The Downtown Chico Business Association has an anti-panhandling campaign that tries to teach people to redirect their generosity, Schwab said. The campaign encourages people to do-

nate money to shelters to help the homeless rather than give money directly to transients, he said. “You’re not helping the homeless by giving them money,” Schwab said. “You’re keeping them on the street.” Madison Holmes can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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Oh alfalfa Boswell, a University Farm calf, soaks up the sun at Chico State’s University Farm, which is seeing higher feed prices because of drought conditions.

University Farm feed prices hike tions for the quality of organic animal feed, she said. The dairy farm has gone from paying just under $300 to $365 per ton of alfalfa to feed their cows, Daley said. Paying $300 was already high, and they are expecting to see further raises in the price, she said. Prices of compost and other necessary soil inputs have also been raised due to the low supply, Dailey said. “We are paying extremely high prices for certain necessities that we used to be able to produce ourselves,” Daley said. “We will survive, but there is just no way we will make any money this year.” The dairy farm usually sustains about 90 cows, but this year they have had to sell off a good portion

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Chico State’s University Farm has not had enough rain this year to be able to produce nearly as much feed as it used to. Low rainfall has drastically increased the price and demand for crops, said Cindy Daley, manager of the University Farm’s dairy farm. At the same time, feed crop suppliers have not been able to produce as much either, and both the shortage of and the demand for these crops have lead to severe price increases. The organic dairy farm has been hit especially hard by the drought because there are far fewer op-

of their cows, bringing them down to 70, Daley said. Also affecting California farmers is the zero allocation of water from the State Water Project, prompted in February. The University Farm does not have water allocated to them from the state, but many Butte County farms rely on those allocations, Daley said. “Now everyone who was getting water from the state is switching to their pumps and their wells and sucking it out of the aquifer,” she said. “And there’s only so much aquifer.”

ing for the ballot if it’s backed by enough funds to hire petition circulators to collect signatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislation. Petition campaigns that rely on volunteers to collect signatures rarely make it to the ballot. It costs an average of $1,953,455 to run a petition campaign and get an initiative on the ballot, according to Ballotpedia.org. In 2013, proponents of Proposition 30 spent a high of $8,773,490 to raise the California sales tax. Making the state ballot isn’t as simple as gathering signatures. Clients have to have a firm handle of where the money would come from to pay for petitoners, said Michael Arno, founder of one of the two largest petition gathering companies in the United States. “And it’s not just me,” he said. “They have to have at least an idea of where the money would come from to run a campaign once it’s on the ballot. I’m not the most expensive part of it.” When asked why unpaid petitions don’t make it to the ballot, Arno responded, “It’s because they didn’t have the money or because they didn’t have a good enough idea in the first place.” Collecting signatures is tough work, so people

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They are seen in front of the library or in the commons behind large tables with stacks of white paper. They stop students as they pass by, asking for a signature and personal information. Sometimes it’s “divide California into six states,” or “more bond sales for high-speed rail.” The causes change but one thing remains the same: the money. In 1911, in response to a perception that the California legislature had become a parlour, peddling favors to the rich and well-connected, a reform that allowed citizens to enact legislation directly through the California Initiative Process was instituted. By a process of signed petition, citizens can qualify a state initiative for a direct vote of the people in the general elections if the petition receives 504,760 signatures, according to the California Secretary of State’s website. What started out as an attempt to remove big money from government has now come full circle and a new industry has developed. A petition has a 100 percent chance of qualify-

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more or less need to be paid, he said And it pays well, said Dale Parks, who has gathered signatures at Chico State and UC Davis for the past 12 years. He can make between $250 to $300 a day at $1 to $3 a signature. During a 2011 tuition-hike protest at UC Davis, Parks witnessed the steps gatherers will take to get people to sign firsthand. “In the shadows, 10 feet away,” he said. “I was getting protesters to sign a petition that would go against what they were protesting. I didn’t lie, I just said what the petition was about, but I didn’t go any further by saying, ‘By signing this petition, it will ultimately raise your tuition rates.’” Other petitioners weren’t so honest, Parks said. “Unfortunately, I saw these two other petition gatherers, two women from Florida who were intentionally lying, saying that by signing this petition, it will lower tuition rates,” he said. “Sure enough, the petition made the ballot, became a law and the rates rose.”

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Businesses see summer slump when students leave he said. course packets, a cheaper alternative to textbooks, Businesses used to close in the summer because said Carlos Cuellar, the manager of Mr. Kopy. downtown relied so much on student profit, Schwab “During the summer, we don’t rely on students said. for revenue at all,” Cuellar said. The sum“It’s the downtown business mer guaranarea that keeps us above water a tees a lower lot of the time.” income for Business owners downtown businesses, so are used to the summer lull, Mcstores must Mahon said. come up with “Summer is our slow season, Carlos Cuellar Manager, Mr. Kopy other means to so we just have to bite the bullet make a profit and face the fact that we won’t during the make a lot of money during the summer. summer,” he said. “We have not as many people work as many Businesses are kind of ruled by Chico State in hours during the summer and we do little projects that sense, Cuellar said. in the store that need to be done to keep busy,” Bar“When they’re out of session, it really is like a bera said. ghost town out here,” he said. Chico’s children and young adults also help businesses manage, he said. Madison Holmes can be reached at Mr. Kopy relies solely on students during the newseditor@theorion.com or school year because they provide inexpensive @theorion_news on Twitter.

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Some downtown Chico businesses suffer when the students return home for the summer. Although most downtown businesses have a very broad clientele, the bulk of revenue for downtown comes from Chico State students, said Budd Schwab, the owner of Campus Bicycles on Main Street. “You’ve got 12,000 to 13,000 people who are not here, and that’s a good percentage of the population,” he said. Trucker, a clothing store on Broadway Street, gets up to 75 percent of its revenue from students, said employee Thomas Barbera. “It’s just like any other downtown business,” Barbera said. “When students aren’t here, it’s obviously slower. If you just walk the streets in Chico, it’s slower.” Many students buy their textbooks from Lyon Books, said Ian McMahon, an employee. “We go through a lot of the instructors who will ask us to order a huge amount of books at a time,”

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Students robbed at gunpoint Mozes Zarate

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Three Chico State students were robbed at gunpoint on April 9 near the Student Health Center. None of the students were injured in the incident, according to a campuswide email. The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m., according to the email. The students were heading south on Warner Street across from the Student Health Center, said Chico Police Sgt. Rob Merrifield. They were heading toward the downtown area. Nearing Legion Avenue, they were approached by six men who were reportedly carrying guns, he said. The suspects told them to get on the ground and give up their possessions. Several items, including a backpack, cellphones and wallets were taken. A possible witness called in around 11:20 p.m., saying he saw a fight happening around where the incident reportedly occurred, Merrifield said. An initial report of the incident was made at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday. The suspects were described as wearing black hoodies, with one suspect wearing a bandanna partially over his face, he said. Armed robberies are common in unlit student-populated neighborhoods, including Nord Avenue, West Fifth Street and North Cedar Street, Merrifield said. “It’s a little more common more off the beaten path or off the side streets,” Merrifield said. Mozes Zarate can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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FLAT TIRE Officer Dale Glander detains a man who is accused of stealing a Chico State student’s bike. Officer Marc Reed moves the student’s boyfriend, who chased the alleged bike thief down Warner Street, away from the scene where a foot chase had just ended.

Police chase, detain bike thief Ernesto Rivera

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Chico State University Police detained and handcuffed a shirtless man on the 200 block of Ivy Street. He was accused by a Chico State student of stealing her bike. Around 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jennifer Barker, a exercise physiology graduate student, was reporting her bike stolen at the University Police Department when

she saw the unknown, shirtless man taking her bike for a stroll down Second Street. Barker’s boyfriend Alex (last name not given) chased down the accused thief to the corner of Warner and Second streets where he knocked him off of her bike, she said. Barker’s boyfriend continued to chase him down the 200 block of Warner Street when University Police officers Dale

Glander and Marc Reed broke up the brawl. Glander handcuffed and detained the shirtless man. “I’m glad I got my bike back,” Barker said. “I think bike thefts need to be reported more.” said. Ernesto Rivera can be reached at

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A facility’s condition in regards to maintenance and repair needs can be classified under these categories, according to “Managing the Facilities Portfolio,” a report created in 1991 by the National Association of College and University Business Officers: • 0.40 and above: Failing • 0.30 - 0.39: Expired • 0.10 - 0.29: Poor • 0.00-.09: Good Campus FCI Average 0.26

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Chico State is the second oldest campus plant this summer, wrote Lorraine Hoff- in the California State University system, according to its website. man, vice president for business and fiMore than 50 percent was built between nance, in an email to The Orion. the 1950s and 1970s, and 70 percent is more “As you may know, CSU Fresno did not than 30 years old, according to Boyd’s rehave a redundant feed last year when their main switch went down and their campus port. Even with major issues like a potential was without power for three days,” Hoffsystem shutdown, small problems like leakman wrote. “It is important for our campus ing ceilings, a missing light bulb or even an to minimize this risk.” old school classroom add up, Boyd said. James Prince, associate dean of the Col“I think on a very basic level, the quallege of Natural Sciences, worked at Fresno ity of the space that you’re learning in has when it lost power. With fridges and freezers down, his de- a direct impact on the students’ ability to learn,” he said. partment lost hundreds of thousands of The campus uses its resources to focus on dollars in research, tissue samples, RNA its mission to assist students in their search samples and enzymes. for knowledge, but the problem is that facil“A lot of the samples were irreplaceable ities aren’t recognized as core components because they were specific experiments that people had been working on and just within that mission, Boyd said. Good facilities are an important precouldn’t be replaced,” Prince said. condition Many of these for student projects belonged learning, acto faculty and stucording to dents. Some graduThe U.S. Deate students’ thesis partment of projects had to be E d u c a t i o n’s delayed or derailed. website. Fresno State Not only do needed an old part the old buildthat was no longer Andrew Boyd ings lack made in order to Former FMS construction manager aesthetics, revamp the syswhich hurts tem, Prince said. students’ The campus bought it through an online seller like eBay or learning abilities, but building materials of their era contained three hazardous maCraigslist. Facilities Management and Services has terials: asbestos, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls. already dealt with too-old-to-find parts. After two professors died in 2012 from Siskiyou Hall needed two breakers that cancer, colleagues like Mark Stemen, an were no longer made last summer, Caraballo said. The department’s company associate professor in the geography and planning department, speculated their found spares with some of its distributors.

The quality of the space that you’re learning in has a direct impact on the students’ ability to learn.

deaths were related to asbestos in Butte nance,” said Mike Uhlenkamp, the director Hall, where the two professors worked. of media relations for the Chancellor’s ofThough the state denied Marvin Pratt, fice in Long Beach. the environmental health and safety diThe $15 million can reel in up to $150 rector, a state toxicology report million, he said. Once the state because it found no abnormality budget is finalized in July and if within the building and samples the proposal remains in the lanfound no asbestos in the air, proguage, the office will be able to fessors like Stemen still worry. do this. Unfortunately, addressing all Bonds like the one proposed these issues is expensive, and used to be offered back in the Facilities Management and Serearly 2000s, but budget cuts revices doesn’t have the money or moved the revenue to address hands for it, Caraballo said. deferred maintenance. Hoffman funds and prioritizes The Chancellor’s office has marvin issues according to highest risk pratt given Chico State $80,000 a year and as resources become availover the last three years for deDirector, Environmental able, but the California State ferred maintenance, Hoffman Health and Safety University system has left it up said. to campuses to deal with their However, deferred mainteinfrastructure issues after CSU nance costs on campus grow by Executive Order 847 in 2003. $6 million every year, according to Boyd’s “It is the responsibility of the university report. president to ensure that appropriate reCampus administrators have to figure it sources are directed toward meeting the reout themselves until more funding is availquirement of proper operations and mainable, according to the executive order. tenance of the campus physical plant,” “My only thing is to take ownership of according to the order. the situation, and that’s something that I Boyd believes this memorandum primar- think the campus needs to do and the sysily caused the $1.8 billion deferred mainte- tem needs to do,” Boyd said. “And I think nance catastrophe throughout the univer- that they’re trying, but you can try for only sity system, because few campuses actually so long, and I know that that’s an easy statemaintain their facilities, passing the bur- ment to make, but the truth is, you got to den onto future generations, he said. figure something out.” The Chancellor’s office is looking toward solutions. A board of trustees meeting Yessenia Funes can be reached at on March 25 discussed plans to create $15 newseditor@theorion.com or million bonds to service the debt created @yessfun on Twitter. through deferred maintenance. “The initial plan concept is that we take $15 million, and then we can issue our own financial instruments for additional funding that can be used for deferred mainte-

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Police Friday, 10:45 a.m.: Suspicious subject in Modoc Hall. “White male adult subject wandering around halls asking staff and students to use their phone. Sitting next to female student attempting to use electronic device. Subject detained on Legion Avenue. Returned to station.” Friday, 3:31 p.m.: Fight near Holt Hall. “Ten kids fighting next to Holt Hall on creek side. Officers on scene, unable to locate subjects. Chico High students running, yelling ‘split up.’ Reporting party called to advise subjects seen at entrance to Children’s Park. All subjects contacted were counseled and moved along.” Saturday, 10:56 a.m.: Sexual battery on Second Street in front of Hazel Lot. “Reporting party reported while walking to work Hispanic male adult riding a bike grabbed her buttocks area and rode away. Nothing was said during the incident. Reporting party provided Chico Police Department phone number to file a report.” Sunday, 1:09 a.m.: Fire incident on bike path. “Checking on a grass fire on the bike path behind BCP. Advising small mattress burning, attempting to extinguish it. Fire is extinguished, mattress is smoldering. Fire department on scene.”

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The police blotter is a selection of information cited directly from Chico Police Department and University Police Department.

Wednesday, 9:26 a.m.: Nonalcohol-related medical aid on Meriam Library fourth floor. “Female subject on floor, alert and conscious. Chico Police Department notified for medics. Officer outside for medics response. Subject declined transport, will walk with friend to Student Health Center.”

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Blotter Tuesday, 8:06 p.m.: Bike theft at Madison Bear Garden. “Bike theft from Bear, subject last seen going through campus. Victim’s boyfriend chasing subject, no further details.”

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Monday, 1:26 p.m.: Reckless vehicle on Mariposa Avenue. “Subject on motorcycle going eastbound, popping wheelies, holding up traffic. Subject almost crashed a couple of times. Was using cell phone popping wheelies, laying backwards removing hands and feet from bike. Subject pulled into bike lane, jumped sidewalk, then back down on the roadway. Split off to Upper Park at roundabout.”

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Tuesday, 1:15 p.m.: Bomb threat at One Day Camp. “Reporting party sees a pipe with two caps on it in the trash near the portable toilet. Says it is a 3 inch PVC pipe with end caps, subject is on road diverting people away. Location is closed, traffic stopped. Officer is at scene to check out object. Bomb squad is being called out.” Wednesday, 2:51 p.m.: Drugs for sale at Fairview High School on East Avenue. “Marijuana packaged for sale with pipes and grinder, student fled after being caught with items in her possession. Contacted juvenile probation, her case is pending.” Thursday, 2:13 p.m.: Suspicious subject on West Fifth Street. “Black male adult walking in the middle of the street with pants down, causing traffic hazard. Suspect now naked and standing at the corner of Fifth/Ivy. Officer out with subject. Subject clothed and counseled.” Saturday, 1:50 p.m.: Suspicious subject at the horseshoe pit on South One Mile. “Male subject with at least $1,000 cash standing at the horseshoe pit, says he’s waiting for someone, asking what day it is. Appears under the influence. Did not know who he was supposed to meet but was going to play horseshoe.”

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steel shredder Gabriel Maddox, the Chico State Blacksmith Club’s president, slices steel bars into small enough pieces to eventually become chisels.

Blacksmith Club sends sparks, flames flying more popular. Justin Urrutia, a junior mechanical engineering Features Editor major, joined the group after being inspired by his Raging flames, whirring fans and chirring saws uncle, who is a master blacksmith in Europe. Urrutia is compete for attention in the Ayres Hall workshop. currently making a tripod to take camping. “I’ve always liked doing shop “Shake, Rattle and Roll” can and metalwork,” Urrutia said. barely be made out amidst the “Right now it’s kind of a fun chaos. expense.” The Blacksmith Club began Urrutia put three pieces of this semester, and it is heating metal into the forge, which is the up — to 1,300 degrees. blacksmith’s stove. The forge was Gabriel Maddox, a senior set at 1,300 degrees so he could applied computer graphics manipulate the ends to make one major, instigated the club. The Robert Bird pointy and one flat. adviser, David Barta, worked Education graduate student “Once you heat steel, it gets to to get it approved for a year the consistency of a hard clay, and now the group meets every and you can shape it however you Tuesday. want,” he said. “I went to David one day and Robert Bird, an education graduate student, recently said, ‘I want to make a sword,’” Maddox said. made a premedieval, Greek-style helmet out of mild The profession is special because it’s something that steel. He is a member of the Society for Creative can’t be seen just walking down the street today, he said. Anachronism and will use the helmet in combat at One The art seems to be making a comeback and becoming Risa Johnson

I like taking raw materials and making something interesting or beautiful out of it.

Mile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park. “It’s kind of an art form,” Bird said. “I like taking raw materials and making something interesting or beautiful out of it.” For a minimum of $350, he sells armor like the mild steel helmet. He would sell it for $1,000 if it was made out of stainless steel. Blacksmithing has a huge learning curve and requires a lot of practice to perfect the technique. “They don’t see the little imperfections that you do from working on it for so long,” he said. Having the opportunity to make armor fulfills Bird’s childhood dream. “Of course I wasn’t thinking of being in a sweaty shop full of guys pounding on metal,” he said. Risa Johnson can be reached at

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Group finds funds for student’s memorial clinic Ariel Hernandez

Staff Writer

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aiding africa James Umekwe, Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic partner, owns land where the clinic will be built in Nigeria.

The Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic is reaching out to the community to aid Kristina Chesterman’s dream of providing medical care to Africa. The group is hosting fundraisers soon and has raised $8,000 toward its $80,000 goal. Chesterman was a nursing student who was killed after being struck by a motorist in September on Nord Avenue. The group raised $500 last fall, as reported by The Orion. Darcy Lewis, a nursing instructor, is eager to reach the $80,000 goal. “We couldn’t save her life as a community, but we can save her dreams as a community,” Lewis said. Chesterman’s passion for a global nursing program, Doctors Without Borders, inspired her classmates and instructors to follow through with her dream and build a clinic in her honor. The clinic will focus on tending to the needs in Nigeria, such as diabetes care, women’s health care and pediatric care. “If we can get our funds going and break ground, our goal is to finish in May of 2015,” Lewis said. “It would be the same time that Kristina would have graduated.” To turn the clinic into a reality, a team of students and faculty organized a variety of fundraisers. The upcoming Live, Laugh, Love and Run! event is a 5and 10-kilometer run on May 4 in Bidwell Park. Those interested in registering can do so on the clinic’s

website or in person at Chico Sports Club. Noelle Jahn, a senior nursing major, has high hopes for the upcoming event. “It’s a fundraiser and a run, but it’s also a whole lot more than that,” Jahn said. The run will also offer booths representing organizations such as BloodSource, Enloe Medical Center and the California Organ Donor Association. This event will be the first large event the group has hosted to help fund the clinic. In addition to the upcoming run, the organization will be selling tiles, which will create a mural in the clinic. “Kristina would have wanted everyone to be able to be a part of this clinic and we wanted to honor Kristina’s spirit,” Jahn said. “The tiles are a way for everyone to contribute, whether they knew her story or not.” Someone can purchase a tile, engrave what they want in the tile and dedicate it to whomever they want, Jahn said. The group will also be hosting a memorial horseback ride, dinner and silent auction, which will take place in September. “Kristina had a very global vision of nursing and these efforts are our way of honoring that vision,” Lewis said. For more information on the Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic or how to contribute to its efforts, email info@kristinachestermanclinic.org or call 530-718-9892. Ariel Hernandez can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

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Film targets Chico’s rape culture selves, and by doing so they can deal with the injustices of daily life, largely a consequence Staff Writer of social inequality,” he wrote. When it comes to sex, it should always be A Chico State professor is passionate about bringing awareness to a controversial issue — consensual and respectful, Dizard wrote. rape culture. Jesse Dizard, an anthropology There’s nothing shameful about sexual pleasure. professor, recently filmed a documentary that “Sexual pleasure is our treasure to be specifically targets sexual assault at Chico shared, not denigrated as somehow ‘dirty,’ but State, titled “Someone You Know.” He was able to use examples that were only in the context of consent and equality ready-at-hand in the documentary, he wrote in and respect,” he wrote. Griselda Avila, a senior sociology and mulan email to The Orion. ticultural and gender studies double major Chico may have fewer sexual assaults than and paraprofessional for the Cross-Cultural other similar places, he said. Leadership Center, organized for a clip of the “But how cool would it be if we could refilm is to be shown as part of The duce the numbers of sexual assault Passion Projects put on by the survivors from one in four to one in center. five, or even just one in 10?” Dizard “I wanted to bring more light wrote. and awareness to it,” Avila said. If this was done, Chico could be “It’s a really big passion area for viewed as a good place for families me.” to send their children, he wrote. It When viewing the movie, Avila would be a safe, respectful place had a different view of sexual asthat values differences, among sault, she said. many other things. jesse “When I watched it, I realized “Sexual assault is a function of dizard that it really could be the person the Male Supremacy Complex, and Anthropology standing next to you,” Avila said. the sooner we all get past such abProfessor “You know it’s prevalent, but surd and self-serving nonsense, the when you watch it, it hits deep.” better,” Dizard wrote. Avila wants to use the film to stem a discusStudents and others can watch this film and sion and bring more focus to sexual assault, realize that enough is enough, he said. she said. “It is long past time to make a stand and in“I want students to know that this isn’t sist that sex is not a weapon,” Dizard wrote. “Men and women can express themselves as something that just happens and you move on,” Avila said. “It’s something that will stay sexual beings with respect for one another.” This film also targets the common miscon- with you for the rest of your life.” Clips from “Someone You Know” can be ceptions of rape culture. viewed at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Cross-Cul“The main one is that ‘they’ asked for it,” he tural Leadership Center. wrote. “No one asks for such humiliation.” Sexual assault affects everyone, Dizard wrote. Jokes targeted toward women may be Dominique Diaz can be reached at at the expense of someone else’s self-respect. featureseditor@theorion.com or “Men or boys must learn to respect them@dominiqueldiaz on Twitter. Dominique Diaz

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home front Volunteers stand outside their dispatch center, the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house.

Full speed ahead

Your Safe Ride Home student workers plan to expand free taxi service

Prin Mayowa

Staff Writer

It is past 4 a.m. and time to close up for the night. Matthew Riebe, a junior public administration major, and his staff are packed up early on Saturday morning and ready to leave. But on the drive home, the group notices a man walking with a black eye. They stop the car. The man says he got into a fight and has no idea where he is. There is no room in the car, but the group knew he needed a ride. So, one of the team members decides to ride his longboard all the way home. Student volunteers for Your Safe Ride Home are used to making sacrifices like this. Every Thursday through Saturday, Riebe, who started the group last semester, gets to his Matthew Riebe dispatch station, the Junior public Phi Delta Theta fraadministration ternity house, at 11 major p.m. to set up for the night. Emily Jones, a junior child development major, is the secretary and has taken on the hospitality unit. Riebe calls her the “mom of the group.” Jones was surprised by how fast the program was picked up, she said. “It just started up with Matt just picking up his friends, and it just reached a bigger audience,” Jones said. “I think it’s great.”

part of it.” Though Klein’s life is filled with late hours working as a desk attendant at Esken Hall, he still took the position. “Matt’s one of those guys that you just can’t help but to say ‘yes’ to,” Klein said. The first call came through the Google Voice app. Riebe and his co-pilot drove from downtown Chico to 11th and Hazel streets. He picks up three young women who are pretty far from home, and one of them has a terrible case of the hiccups. During the ride, the passengers ask Riebe if he is doing it from the kindness of his heart. His answer is, “Yes.”

Future of the program Riebe is withdrawing from Chico State next semester to fully focus on the implementation of Your Safe Ride Home. “I realize that being a student is supposed to be a full-time job,” Riebe said. “I also had a part-time job, and I’m trying to start a new business. Altogether, it became pretty chaotic in my own life. This is the best way for me to save my grades and also bring up the service.” Once the group is grounded, it would like to work with businesses in the community to maintain the free rides. As Riebe and staff try to figure out what they want their business entity to be, they are also thinking of offering a grant they will call GRACE: “Gratefully Rewarding Awareness in Community Efforts.” It will be used to better the community. “The idea is that we’re going to be providing a great service for our students, but then students will also get to 11:30 p.m. contribute back Staff memto the commubers begin to nity through this arrive. Morgan GRACE fund by Rowley, a senior becoming part business major, Matthew Riebe of the solution is the chief opJunior public administration major by giving peoerating officer ple rides,” Riebe of communicasaid. “Just maktions. The drivers and co-pilots are all Red Watch Band ing sure that we can go hard and go home safely.” certified. It’s scary to be liable for everything, he Rowley is proud of what Riebe is doing said. and offered her services. “I know that this is a good cause and that “He really wants to make this its own organization in the future, so he needed it’s worth it,” Riebe said. “I feel like the some help, and he had no business expe- liability is just a molehill in what I want rience,” Rowley said. “We’ve been doing a this program to develop into.” Most of the time Riebe doesn’t sleep unlot of research on how to be a nonprofit.” til 6 a.m. He likes to joke around and call himself Batman. Midnight “I don’t have a Batmobile,” Riebe said. The sounds of rowdy students can be “Just a Ford Taurus.” heard. Taylor Klein, sophomore child deThe staff doesn’t only take drunk stuvelopment major and director of recruitdents home — they give rides to anyone ment, shows up. He and Riebe heard of other campuses who doesn’t feel safe. “They are not a burden,” Jones said. “We having a designated driver service, so that was the starting point for everything to want them to feel safe — drunk or sober.” come. “Next thing I know, a week goes by and Prin Mayowa can be reached at Matt has already developed this into a featureseditor@theorion.com or program,” Klein said. “A thousand people @PrinSupreme on Twitter. know about it, and Matt asked me to be a

I don’t have a Batmobile. Just a Ford Taurus.

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Stand tall The Founders Tree landmark in front of Kendall Hall represents Chico State’s history.

Founders Week celebrates campus roots the California State Universities, Wills said. “It’s a great time of year when these Staff Writer events take place, and it’s just kind of acknowledging the special people who work In the spring of 1887, John Bidwell founded Chico State. In 1909, Charter Day here and also go to school here,” he said. was started. Finally, in 1993, Founders Week “Also, they’re all connected with the people took the place of Charter Day and has since who came before them.” Wills has been a part of many continued to make an impact. memorable events on campus. Founders Week, April 4-13 this “We rededicated a little grove year, is a way to uphold campus of redwoods next to Ayres Hall,” traditions and commemorate he said. “Students many years new ones. ago had given it as a gift to the Joe Wills, director of public school.” affairs and publications, has The plaque the students had been involved in Founders Week originally given was found and since starting work at Chico put back up, Wills said. State nearly 17 years ago. “It’s those little things around “It’s a time in the spring that Joe Wills campus that are kind of historical the university has some of its Director of that are kind of fun,” he said. important events to honor memPublic Affairs Susan Anderson, director of bers of the community, and it alumni and parent relations, manalso is a way to acknowledge the ages the Distinguished Alumni Recognition long history of the university,” Wills said. There are several events that take place Dinner that occurs during Founders Week. The dinner has taken place for more than during Founders Week. This year’s events 21 years and has honored almost 150 alumni, include the Outstanding Professor Award Reception, University Awards Reception Anderson wrote in an email to The Orion. Alumni leaders are chosen every year by and Annual Staff Awards Luncheon. each college. These events highlight Chico’s heritage, “Many of these honorees are also comWills said. Charter Day was originally celmunity leaders and have contributed to the ebrated in 1909 to remember John Bidwell world through volunteer service,” she said. and other original faculty members. The dinner is invitation-only and hosts The president in 1993 decided to have approximately 30 student scholarship recipFounders Week, a newer version of Charter ients, Anderson said. Day. “I think the awards are important, as they Two years ago marked the 125th annivershowcase the incredible talent that this insary of the school, the 50th anniversary of stitution produces,” she wrote. “We also the George Petersen Rose Garden and the get to see how our alumni contribute to the 75th anniversary of Trinity Hall. world.” “One year we commemorated this beautiful tree and decided to call it the Founders Tree,” he said. “We put a plaque on a stone.” Dominique Diaz can be reached at This week it is important to celebrate the featureseditor@theorion.com or tradition of Chico State, the second oldest of @dominiqueldiaz on Twitter. Dominique Diaz

WORKING WILDCAT: Certain perks worth more than salary

For many graduates, the end of school means the end of minimum wage jobs, buck night specials, taco trucks and off-brand toilet paper. A job with higher pay will hopefully be in your future, but it shouldn’t be the only consideration in your search. Keep in mind that a company that pays the most doesn’t necessarily offer the best package. Consider these three things in addition to salary before accepting a job offer:

in the company? How long does it normally take to get a promotion? These are important questions. The company may pay you $5,000-$10,000 more initially, but those competitors you turned down may have a better career path in the long run. Find out how much upward mobility a company offers, because a stale career path means fewer opportunities for pay increases.

Career path

Training programs

Ariel Hernandez

Asst. Features Editor

It’s hard not to get caught up in a shiny new salary, but it’s important to look beyond the initial offer. Dig a little deeper and ask some questions. How hard is it to move up

is often a good indicator that they want to retain their employees. Employers sometimes spend a lot of money getting you trained, because they want you to stick around. Would you rather work for a company that values you as an employee and hopes to keep you in its corporate family, or a company that views you as disposable?

Keep in mind that a company that pays the most doesn’t necessarily offer the best package.

U.S. employers spent more than $70 billion on corporate training in 2013, according to Forbes. Why does this matter? A company that is willing to spend money on training

Check out the perks

Private businesses in the U.S. are not required to offer employees vacation or paid holidays. The average American worker at a private company receives six paid holidays and 10 vacation days a year, according

to CBS News. After years of summer vacations and winter and spring breaks, the loss of freedom may be a bit of a reality shock. Ask what the company policy is on vacation, holidays and sick leave. You might not stay with that employer until you die, but you should know if you’re chained to five days off a year for the next five years. It’s definitely important to make sure you can keep your electricity on and fridge filled with groceries, but don’t let salary be the sole factor if it doesn’t have to be. Ask yourself, if a company is paying significantly more than the rest of the competitors, is it because it’s a better company, or because a high salary is the only way that company can get someone to work for them? Ariel Hernandez can be reached at

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The evenings are getting warmer, which makes it possible to cook and eat outside. Most of these ingredients can be found at the farmers market and incorporated into this recipe. You can eat this salad as a main dish or as side dish with grilled chicken or meat patties. Black-eyed peas are high in fiber, which keeps you full longer and decreases cholesterol. Christina Saschin can be reached at

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THE O-FACE: Bound and blindfolded in bed

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Bondage requires kinkiness and a creative, dirty mind. It’s a realm of sexuality that digs deep into the psyche of those who take part. I don’t know exactly why I get so turned on by restraining my partner. I’ve even entertained being restrained myself, but the power and dominance really get me going. Releasing control is very sexy for my partner. The rush of pressing against the restraints is a huge turn-on. There is mystery and creativity involved. You can come up with spontaneous ways to pleasure your partner on the spot without them knowing what’s coming next. For me, it takes sex from good to mind-blowing. There are a number of devices to aid the adventurous sexual explorer along their journey, such as rope ties, gags and blind-

Also, if someone gets off on hardcore pornography or fantasies, they may be more open to experimenting with bondage and other related acts in their sex life. Second, I believe it also has something to do with trust. While tied up, you release all control to the other person. This requires a massive amount of trust. It is this level of comfort that can allow their mind to free itself and play out these types of fantasies. In my opinion, this aspect is a huge turnon. Because bondage is a little far from the norm, it can be seen as taboo. It can be rebellious, daring and raunchy.

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folds. You can play around with who will do the restraining and who does the teasing. You can even add role-play to the mix and really make the sex come alive. Incorporating sex toys can also take bondage during sex to a whole new level of pleasure and experience. How bondage enters someone’s sex life also interests me. What is it that makes this potentially sadomasochistic act pleasurable for all parties involved? First off, I believe it has a lot to do with the porn someone has watched. I’ve certainly seen some BDSM, and watching it could’ve contributed to my interest.

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And when combined with the pleasure of sex, it’s extremely exhilarating. However, the importance of safety cannot be understated here. Bondage has the potential for injury, and there must be a large amount of trust between both partners. A lot can go wrong when rope ties and gags are involved. Be sure to look up safety tips for both you and your partner before engaging in any of these activities. You wouldn’t want one of the greatest experiences of your life turning into one of your worst memories. Don’t be afraid to communicate and express these desires to your partner or partners if you are considering acting out any bondage fantasies you have. It may very well be the turning point of your entire sex life. Michael Karp can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or

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