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Hoover held on all charges Riley Dean Hoover, the man facing charges for a DUI hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a Chico State student in September, is back in court.
Mozes Zarate
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A judge ruled that the man charged for a hit-and-run collision that resulted in the death of a 21-year-old Chico State student on Sept. 22 will be held to answer for all charges. Judge James Reilley made the ruling during a preliminary hearing Friday at
the Butte County Superior Courthouse in Oroville. Defendant Riley Dean Hoover, 20, faces the following charges: • Driving under the influence and causing severe bodily injury for the death of Kristina Chesterman. • Driving with a blood alcohol content level above .08 and inflicting injuries upon Chesterman that caused a coma. • Leaving the scene of an accident. • Selling or transporting marijuana. • Manufacturing a controlled substance.
Hoover’s vehicle, a black GMC Envoy, In an additional case filed in January, was discovered and confiscated two felony counts of money launafter a second collision occurred dering were brought against in the parking lot of his apartHoover. ment at 730 Nord Ave., four Approximately two seconds blocks away, that same night. before Chesterman was hit, surTwo men testified to witnessveillance footage from Chico ing the first collision and dePetroleum on West First Street scribed a light-colored vehicle revealed a dark-colored SUV drivthat may have been involved in ing down the roadway toward the Riley the crash. crime scene, said Todd Lefkowitz, Hoover “I heard a ‘bam’ and I a Chico Police officer, at the hearDefendant heard a scrape that sounded ing. The car in the footage was like something was being drug driving approximately 48 mph in a 35 mph zone. » please see COURT | A3
Alcohol, pot found in driver of fatal crash A government agency is investigating how three underage Chico State students involved in January’s crash obtained alcohol. Mozes Zarate Nicholas Carr
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The driver in a single-vehicle crash in January that preceded the death of two Chico State students had alcohol and marijuana in his system, according to a toxicology report. Diego Arriaga-Rodriguez, 18, had a blood alcohol content of 0.06, along with a “significant amount” of marijuana, said Michael Ramsey, Butte County District Attorney. The California Highway Patrol has recommended that Arriaga-Rodriguez face charges for DUI vehicular manslaughter, said Adriana Warner, a spokeswoman for the CHP. The District Attorney’s office is currently looking into the charges, Ramsey said. When those charges will be set is contingent on the recovery of Arriaga-Rodriguez, who is currently at a Bay Area hospital in a comatose state. “We won’t be moving fairly quickly until we have a better idea of his chances of survival,” he said. The California Highway Patrol recently sent an officer to the hospital to check on Arriaga-Rodriguez’s medical condition, Warner
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Outdoor education program may be discontinued Nicholas Carr
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A program designed to give students the skills and knowledge to teach outdoor leadership programs may face discontinuation Thursday. The program, which led students to conduct fieldwork in wilderness survival in and out of California, was approved as an option in the kinesiology major in spring 2010 after similar coursework had existed as a certificate since 1997. In May of 2012, enrollment for new students seeking to join the program was suspended. The Academic Senate voted 17-15 on Feb. 27 to consider discontinuation of the program. Prior to that vote, faculty members of the kinesiology department presented an outline of the proposal, which preceded a discussion between academic senators, faculty and former students of the program regarding the merits of the proposal. The program was put up for discontinuation based on budgetary pressure, unnecessary safety risks, staffing restrictions and disproportionate costs compared to other programs, said Josh Trout, interim chair for the department of kinesiology. These costs and restrictions are in a large part because of the field courses the program requires, according to the proposal. “Quite simply, the Outdoor Education option requires more time and money to safely
implement than our department has,” Trout said. Reid Cross, kinesiology professor and creator of the program, questioned the reality of the budgetary problems presented, citing that no new field courses had been added since the program became an option. Cross was put on academic leave in fall 2012. His dismissal from the campus restricted him from proposing and suggesting changes that could have turned the program around before discontinuation was necessary, he said. Cross’ suspension ended Mar. 3. “Honestly, the problems are so small, they could be resolved so fast, with just open, honest dialogue,” Cross said. “And that did not happen.” Academic senators raised questions about how faculty and student consultations were carried out prior to and during the program’s suspension. Though the kinesiology faculty maintained that they made every effort to conduct the suspension process fairly, several academic senators expressed concerns that the proposal wasn’t clear about what occurred between suspension and the proposed discontinuation. Situations like those experienced during the suspension of Outdoor Education led to the adoption of suspension guidelines in August, said Jim Postma, chemistry professor and representative to the statewide academic senate. Departments and colleges must now
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Going native Michael Alonzo, the supervisor of grounds and landscape services for Facilities Management and Services, highlights Big Chico Creek’s orange poppies.
Chico imports exotic plants campus exclusively native because he must keep campus still planted them because the planters the campus aesthetically pleasing, he said. had already been purchased and would not fit a Though not always the prettiest plants, native tree from the recommend list, Schierenbeck said. species are incredibly beneficial to the environEven so, the department has been slowly tranment because they don’t need fertilizer, which sitioning toward more water-friendly plants. The saves money and time, said Marie Patterson, the drought has highlighted how important it is to do department’s assistant manager of utilities and so, Caraballo said. sustainability. “When the well challenges us, the backup is Schierenbeck adCal Water, and that’s vocates native plants expensive,” Caraballo for their biodiversity. said. “The well water They attract pollidoesn’t cost us anynators, which helps thing other than maybe local farmers’ crops, whatever the electrical she said. system is to use for irOrange poppies and rigation, because it’s a Oregon grape, both natural well.” Wesley Dempsey native species, grow Drip irrigation sysRetired Chico State professor next to Big Chico tems have been imple-
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Students walking through the Chico State campus will find trees and plants from the East Coast, Europe and Southeast China. In fact, 90 percent of the campus harbors non -native flora, said Michael Alonzo, the supervisor of grounds and landscape services for Facilities Management and Services. Though London plane trees, Chinese pistache trees and grassy lawns provide aesthetic value, they require more water than native and drought-tolerant plants, said Kristina Schierenbeck, a biology professor on the Arboretum Committee, which oversees plans for the campus’ trees. Non-native plants need regular watering — about two to three times a week for 15 minutes, Alonzo said. Native and drought-tolerant plants don’t need any watering after the first two years. However, facilities and management services waters them once every few weeks for about 35 minutes to keep them green, Alonzo said. “With the aesthetic component, we want to keep those plants from going completely dormant during the spring, especially as we lead up to the big events for the season,” Alonzo said. “So where they would usually go yellow and brown out, we’ll keep them alive a little bit longer.” Plans are in place to plant more native and drought-tolerant plants throughout campus, said Luis Caraballo, the assistant vice president for Facilities Management and Services. However, Caraballo doesn’t plan to make the
They want to do things like we’ve always done them, but with the drought, we can’t afford that.
Creek. Native lavender, sage, rosemary and oak ferns surround the Student Services Center, which was designed for sustainability, Alonzo said. Drought-tolerant plants don’t have to be native. Southwestern plants in front of the Facilities Management and Services building have been basking in Chico’s sun since last summer and survive independently, Alonzo said. A 1992 executive memorandum required the campus to consult the Arboretum Committee about planting plans and to use recommended plants, Schierenbeck said. The committee explicitly asked for no Chinese pistache trees for the new parking garage, but the
mented to reduce water use, Alonzo said. A watering schedule with weather-based controls will be implemented within the next few months and cover more than 60 percent of campus. Wes Dempsey, a retired Chico State professor who leads the arboretum tours, advocates sustainable plants on campus, too. “Many people look with suspicion on these new movements like sustainability,” Dempsey said. “They want to do things like they’ve always done them, but with the drought, we can’t afford that.” Yessenia Funes can be reached at
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Amendment aims to revive affirmative action of incoming first-year students identified as a nonwhite ethnicity or one or more ethnicities. Ten years earlier, in fall 2003, just 16 percent of first-year applicants were nonwhite or one or more ethnicities. Chico State extends outreach to its local counties, he said. The farther a student is from the local admissions area, the more competitive the applicant has to be in order to get in. “I’m good with that, because that’s raceblind,” Bee said. “That will let us get to all students — regardless of their ethnicity, regardless of their income, regardless of their parents’ education level.” The California State University system does not have a position on the amendment and does not know what the impact would be on the average student, said Mike Uhlenkamp, a university spokesman. “Because of our mission of access, our enrollment typically reflects the diversity of the state of California,” Uhlenkamp said. “If you meet the standards of the CSU, then you would be admitted to somewhere in the CSU system.” Proponents of affirmative action see education as the best way to promote equal opportunity, said Diana Dwyre, a political science professor. To them, affirmative action is a good mechanism to help minorities have equal op-
Enrique Raymundo
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A proposed constitutional amendment legalizing affirmative action for California universities could make it to the November ballot if it passes the state Assembly. The amendment, which passed the state Senate in January, would allow public universities to consider factors like race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin when making enrollment decisions. The practice was prohibited by Proposition 209, which was approved by voters in 1996. Allan Bee, director of the Office of Admissions, worked as a staff member for the Chico State Educational Talent Search program in 1995, one year before Proposition 209 passed. Chico State was less diverse before the proposition passed, but affirmative action did help some of the people he worked with, Bee said. “In a lot of instances, my students in those precollege programs benefited not only at Chico but at other campuses under those pre-Proposition 209 practices,” Bee said. “We know through experience that not every school is created equal.” Chico State has become more diverse under Proposition 209, Bee said. In fall 2013, 30 percent
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portunities. An opposing argument is that opportunity should be granted to those who have worked hard to get where they are and the government should not prefer any one minority over the other, she said. Another issue with affirmative action is that it’s difficult to outlaw — just because it’s illegal to discriminate based on sex and race does not mean that it can’t be done, Dwyre said. “It’s turned out to be a difficult, for those people who believe we should have those kind of laws, a very difficult way to ensure that those laws are implemented,” she said. “Because they are not implemented by the government, they’re just, ‘If you get caught, you suffer for it.’” If the state Senate wants this amendment to be adopted, it will have to be brought to the public for a vote, she said. The amendment is currently waiting to be voted on in the state Assembly. State Sen. Jim Nielsen, who represents Butte County and other counties in the 4th District, was absent for the Senate vote and did not read enough of the amendment to have an opinion, he said. Enrique Raymundo can be reached at
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WHAT IS AN AQUAPONIC SYSTEM?
Two Chico State graduates are starting a sustainable food business using a combination of fish feces and age-old agricultural techniques. Zi Kuang and Kirill Obraztsov, two friends who graduated from Chico State with master’s degrees in business administration, are using a production method called aquaponics to grow vegetables. Aquaponics is a recycling method in which fish and plants depend on each other to grow. “The idea of aquaponics started in China when I was a kid,” Kuang said. “My parents practiced a form of aquaponics where they’d drain rice water into ponds and grow vegetables that way.” Fish are raised in a 4-foot dugout. They produce feces and ammonia, which get pumped into filters where bacteria transS CEaM fE MOn form the ammonia into nutrients. ia The nutrients flow into waterbeds where the vegetables grow. As the vegetables absorb the nutrients, the water is cleaned and transferred back to the fish. fECE S Aquaponics uses five to 10 percent of the total amount of water consumed to produce the same amount of food, he said. “It’s sustainable food producState information technology tion,” Kuang said. consultant for the Distributed They call their business Learning Technologies departTwelve Seasons because vegement. tables are grown inside a greenLulic helped build their aquahouse every month of the year, ponics system last summer, he Kuang said. said. Kuang and his partner started “I helped fund them because testing their aquaponics system I thought it’s a pretty good idea about a year ago. Their system Zi and if we can pull it off, it would is built in a greenhouse just 20 Kuang be worthwhile, not just for me minutes outside of Chico. Chico State as an investor, but I like the idea They had a total of $15,000 in Alumnus of aquaponics and what it can funding from five different indo for our environment,” Lulic vestors when they first started. One investor, Miroslav Lulic, is a Chico said. “It has much smaller impact than
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traditional agriculture.” Kuang already talked to Associated Students Sustainability about selling vegetables to the marketplace in the Bell Memorial Union, he said. “They’re waiting to see what we can produce before they want to establish a partnership,” Kuang said. “They want a stable producer who can provide a steady amount of vegetables weekly or monthly and we’re just starting so we can’t guarantee.” Twelve Seasons produces lettuce, watercress, spinach, basil, dill, parsley and kale, he said.
They’ve been able to produce several hundred heads of lettuce and will be distributing to 13 restaurants in Chico by the end of this month, Kuang said. “Even if they don’t turn out to be a huge company in the future, and if they can show that they can grow their own produce through aquaponics, it will still be a good example of how you can start your own project and do something new,” Lulic said. Christine Lee can be reached at
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Students feel targeted by social host ordinance A new ordinance adopted by the City Council will fine people who are hosting parties where underage drinking takes place.
Madison Holmes
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The social host ordinance unanimously passed at the Chico City Council meeting on March 4. The new law is receiving mixed responses from students. The social host ordinance will punish those hosting private parties where alcohol is consumed by people younger than 21 years old. The law was developed to address alcohol abuse in the Chico community after last year’s call to action. It had already been reviewed by the City Council once before, but was returned to the Internal Affairs Committee to lessen landlord liability and increase the fines on party hosts. Last Tuesday, the City Council reviewed the edited ordinance again and the law unanimously passed. Student responses to the social host ordinance have been varied. Dalton McBride, a recreational therapy major, thinks the ordinance is completely fair. “Hopefully, it will help out with some of the shenanigans that are going on with how people are acting downtown, especially,” McBride said. “I think it’ll make things a little bit safer because people are now accountable for their actions, more so than before, so I definitely think it’s necessary for a lot of reasons.” Kerria Davis, a first-year psychology major, said she thinks the ordinance is unfair because hosts have no way of knowing if underage kids come to their party with alcohol. “I don’t think it’s fair for people to get fined if they didn’t know about this law and because hosts can’t really do anything to prevent it,” Davis said. “Why pass a law
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host with the most Members of Chico State’s administration and student government attend the City Council meeting on March 4 to weigh in on the social host ordinance, which has placed more responsibility for underage drinkers on party hosts, lessening landlord liability for the offense. if it’s still going to happen.” After the city council meeting on March 4, President Zingg said the ordinance was a good example of a true community effort to promote the well being of young people. “It’s unfortunate that folks feel that it’s directed at university students, but clearly it’s not,” Zing said “I mean I can understand why they would feel that way since a significant percentage of our students are under 21, but it’s a community measure and I think the council has been very clear in clarifying that point.” Associated Students offered a forum on
March 3 in the Bell Memorial Union for students to voice their opinion about the pending social host ordinance, but as few as five students that were not required to attend or part of A.S. showed up. Both McBride and Davis said they would have shown interest if they had known about the forum. “It’s really important for the host of the party to know that they are now liable for anything that happens at their house,” McBride said. Students were informed of the forum through more than 1,000 Facebook invi-
tations and the campus announcements, said Taylor Herren, Associated Students president. Davis thinks it’s unfair that something so broad that will affect everyone on campus is being kept within certain groups and clubs, she said. “If this is a campus issue, make it a campus issue, don’t keep quiet about it,” she said. Madison Holmes can be reached at
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COURT: Defendant charged with driving under the influence, causing severe bodily injury » continued from A1 under the vehicle,” said James Roberts, a witness who heard the accident while walking nearby. Terry Smoot, the other witness, saw large amounts of sparks being generated as the bike was being dragged, he said. Both stayed with Chesterman after she was hit and until law enforcement arrived. The area of impact was determined to on be the Nord Avenue bridge based on a gouge in the road made by a bike wheel, Lefkowitz said. Chesterman’s body stopped 125 feet north of the place of impact, he said. Chico Police Sgt. Matt Nowicki was dispatched to the second collision at 730 Nord Ave. A witness walked Nowicki up to Hoover’s unlocked apartment and opened the door. Nowicki found Hoover asleep on a chair. He entered the apartment and smelled alcohol after he approached Hoover.
Hoover was tested for blood alcohol content and scored a 0.33. A search of Hoover’s vehicle revealed 2.95 pounds of hashish, contained in vacuum-sealed bags and held in a postal service box. Tread marks on the Envoy’s air deflector matched the tire of Chesterman’s bike, said Don Dunbar, a senior criminalist at the California Department of Justice in Chico, in his testimony. A plastic piece discovered on the roadway where Chesterman was hit appeared to fit the damaged right-front area of Hoover’s vehicle, said Curtis Powell, a California Highway Patrol officer, in his testimony. Lefkowitz noted a significant dent on the hood and a bent antenna on the right-front of the vehicle. In regard to the money laundering charges, Douglass Patterson, a detective in the marijuana unit at the Butte County Sheriff ’s Department, testified that be-
tween May and June, $10,600 in five cash deposits were made to a bank account under Hoover’s name. Patterson also testified that two people witnessed Hoover manufacturing butane honey oil, or “earwax,” in a residence he previously lived at in Berry Creek. Hoover’s defense attorney, Clyde Blackmon, sought to have some of the evidence suppressed. He alleged that officers unlawfully entered Hoover’s home, searched his vehicle and drew blood and breath samples from him without his consent. Reilley ruled each piece of evidence as admissible. Hoover’s next court date is on March 19. He remains in custody with a combined bail of $530,000 for both cases. Mozes Zarate can be reached at
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Blotter Wednesday, 7:56 a.m.: Vandalism in Physical Science Building. “Front-of-theroom speaker is damaged and not operable. Damage not reported and unknown how it happened. The speaker face was removed and inner parts torn out. Last time reporting party was in the classroom was in the summer time.” Thursday, 2:03 p.m.: Grand theft at First and Ivy streets. “Reporting party caught someone trying to steal bike near Holt Hall. Chased suspect down and obtained it back. Reporting party has video of subject. Will return to provide bike.” Friday, 8:34 p.m.: Suspicious subject at O’Connell Technology Center north entrance. “White male adult putting together some type of device, appears nervous to reporting party. Making contact with subject at Siskiyou Hall bike racks, fled away when officers arrived.” Saturday, 6:57 p.m.: Suspicious circumstances at University Village. “Reporting party received a report from residents of two male subjects wearing hoodies peering into vehicles and pulling on door handles. Unable to locate subjects.” Sunday, 8:50 a.m.: Grand theft in Tehama Hall. “Reporting party, faculty, believes he left his office unlocked since Friday evening. Came in Sunday at 8:45 a.m. to find his Apple desktop computer removed from his office. Reporting party coming to University Police Department to view Apple PowerMac brought in as found March 6. Reporting party does not believe it is a match.”
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The police blotter is a selection of information cited directly from Chico Police Department and University Police Department. Tuesday, 7:17 a.m.: Transient problem at Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek. “Report of a male sleeping by creek adjacent to Selvester’s. Officer out with two subjects. Both UC Berkeley students who were unable to locate a place to sleep last night.”
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Monday, 11:42 a.m.: Bomb callout on Clear Lake Road. “Officer off duty, had a female ask about old WWII hand grenades. She has several at her house that she does not know what to do with. Called reporting party, just one in the house. Explosive ordinance disposal unit will be en route. Item taken by EOD.” Tuesday, 10:57 p.m.: Driving under the influence crash on Sierra Vista Way. “A black Saab crashed into a house. Subject is trying to back the car out and leave. Vehicle has extensive damage. The two occupants do not appear to be injured. Friends of the subject just arrived, reporting party believes to pick up the occupants. Homeowners request vehicle to be towed.” Friday, 10:30 a.m.: Negligent discharge of firearm on Humboldt Road. “Sounds like a volley of gunfire. Several residents in reporting party’s complex heard gunfire. Calling into school, staff not aware of any problems. Shots fired on Humboldt Road 5 yards east. School advised to lock down. Block off Humboldt Road at Forest Avenue, no eastbound traffic. Humboldt Road movement, three subjects from property where shots were heard. Subjects jumped the fence, running eastbound along creek. Subjects ran into house on Forest Avenue. Approaching house from south side. Checking interior, house is clear. Contact school to release the lockdown.” Sunday, 4:42 p.m.: Suspicious circumstances at Enloe Medical Center on the Esplanade. “Nurse was in triage when a subject who was checking in for a cough pulled out his cell phone and was videotaping her. Nurse felt uncomfortable and walked to the other side of the triage, subject got up, kept watching the nurse and adjusted his clothing suspiciously. When subject was called to be seen he was gone.” -- compiled by Nathan Lehmann
said. “They (his family) don’t expect him to be sitting up anytime soon,” she said. Austin Silver and Bryant Mata-Adams, the two passengers in the vehicle, each had a blood alcohol content of 0.07, according to the Butte County Coroner’s office. The report also found no trace of drugs in either passenger. Silver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Jan. 26 as a result of severe head trauma, according to the CHP. Mata-Adams died at Enloe Medical Center on Jan. 28. Arriaga-Rodriguez was found unconscious at the scene of the accident, Warner said. He was taken to Enloe Medical Center for treatment of his injuries after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. An investigation into how the three students obtained alcohol is ongoing, said John Carr, a spokesman for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The penalties for furnishing alcohol to someone underage could result in up to six months in a county jail. The Orion can be reached at
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follow the guidelines prior to suspending a program’s enrollment. “I’m sure a lot of things happened that shouldn’t have, that won’t happen in the future because we have a good policy in place now,” Postma said. “But we didn’t then.” Since the program was suspended prior to the adoption of the new guidelines, they weren’t applied to the process for Outdoor Education and can’t be made retroactively, said Paula Selvester, chair of the Academic Senate. Prior to the program’s suspension, 34 students were enrolled in the option in fall 2013, according to the proposal. About five students remain while others have graduated. The department intends to teach-out students still currently in the program through alternative coursework or external providers whether or not the program is discontinued. As an alternative to the “Practicum in Outdoor Education,” a 35-day course meant to simulate a long-term expedition, students will be taught through similar programs held by the National Outdoor Leadership School, Outward Bound or courses offered by other universities, according to the proposal. After the Academic Senate concludes discussion and holds a final vote, which may occur at Thursday’s meeting, their recommendation will be sent to Chico State President Paul Zingg, who will make a final decision on the fate of the program. If Zingg does not approve the proposal the program will remain suspended, pending efforts to revive the program or another effort to discontinue it. Nicholas Carr can be reached at
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Blame falls on party hosts Last week this city adopted a new social host ordinance. On paper, this new law is supposed to curb underage drinking by fining hosts of parties that serve minors alcohol. In actuality, it seems unlikely that this new ordinance will change the culture of underage drinking that plagues Chico. Originally, hosts of parties that supplied alcohol to minors would be fined $250 for first offenses, $500 for a second and $1,000 for further offenses within a year. However, concerns that these fines would not deter underage drinking prompted the Internal Affairs Committee to increase the fines to $500 on first offenses and $1,000 for repeated infractions in a 12-month period. It would appear that students aren’t the only group skeptical of this new law having any real or lasting effects. The amount offenders will be fined is not the only thing that has changed since the ordinance was first drafted. The law held landlords accountable for gatherings involving minors being served alcohol on their property, in a previous draft. Landlord-targeted fines are no longer part of the new law. “If a landlord has no knowledge or direct control over an unlawful gathering, for example, then the landlord may not be liable under these types of ordinances,” according to a City Council agenda report. Instead police officers are tasked with finding the person or persons most responsible for these unlawful gatherings. Accountability is the problem. Lawmakers want to hold hosts accountable for underage partying occurring on their premises. This is ludicrous. The responsibility and fines should rest with the true offenders: underage drinkers. The law in its current form does little to actually deter minors from drinking. This new law is small and reactionary. Chico needs preventative measures — this town has seen far too many alcohol-related injuries and deaths. That’s not to say the social host ordinance is not important. The law is a step in the right direction. Chico had no laws that specifically targeted the serving of alcohol to minors in a private residence before its inception. As it stands this, new ordinance won’t stop underage drinking. Determined minors will always find a way to skirt the law, but at least Chico has another tool in its attempt to keep the town safe.
The law in its current form does little to actually deter minors from drinking.
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Evolving eating habits are harmful, not healthy Kevin Crittenden
Opinion Columnist
Food is big business. With unfathomable profits to be gained, corporations closely study how and what we eat. Remember Go-Gurt? The tubed yogurt of middle school days is a prime example of a shift in how we eat. Increasingly, Americans eat on the go and, as we age into the rigmarole of adulthood, alone. In fact, eating solo has become so ubiquitous that most people hardly notice it anymore. I was eating at the Bell Memorial Union the other day. Looking around, I saw most of my peers sitting at tables by themselves, plugged into phones, hunched over and eating with somber resignation. I was alone as well, but at least I was giving my burrito the full attention a good meal deserves. People across the nation, in offices, break
rooms and on college campuses split their attention between the food they are eating and their iPhones, tablets or computers. This is a trend that started when television carved its place in the American household. Although the technology has changed, it doesn’t replace the feeling of enjoying one of life’s central joys with another human being. There are South Korean Web shows for people who have acknowledged the reality of loneliness while eating in the 21st century. Subscribers tune in to live streaming food shows — not cooking programs, but eating shows in which the viewers can chat with a host who is enjoying an actual feast somewhere else. Sounds weird, right? But the real weirdness is in the fact that food is so abundant for most Americans that it’s almost invisible. It’s eaten mindlessly, out of boredom, on the way to class, in class and in the dead of night. Sometimes, the Chico blackout zombie hunger can only be satisfied with a personal pizza or a greasy burrito.
Sometimes, the Chico blackout zombie hunger can only be satisfied with a personal pizza or a greasy burrito.
Regardless of occasional drunken munching, we should be able to consider how to negotiate a consumer culture in which corporations are competing for the limited space in our stomachs. It has led to the replacement of mealtime with snacking. Most aisles in grocery stores are filled with processed foods designed to hack taste buds and short-circuit brains at the expense of good health. Although corporations like Kraft manipulate what we eat by targeting ingredients like sugar, salt and fat, how we eat is shaped by other forces. Time is one of them. Like many students, I’m pretty busy most of the time. As much as I’d like to phone a buddy for a burger and a beer between classes and work, the window of schedule overlap is small. Pondering the future, a voice in the back of my head wonders, “Is it going to be like this forever?” I guess eating alone has its advantages. I can eat whatever I want, be as messy as I like and I don’t have to share. So, if you see me hoarding a bag of donuts in a dark corner of the library, no, you can’t have any. Kevin Crittenden can be reached at kcrittenden@theorion.com or
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Mutual respect can bridge generational gaps to do otherwise.
Be someone that deserves respect Veronica De La Cruz
Opinion Columnist
Respect should not be defined by how much life experience a young adult has. It should be something that everyone is entitled to, unless their actions prove that they don’t deserve it. Transitioning into adulthood is difficult for most college students, but respect is something that everyone expects as an adult. How can one justify the voice of a 40-year-old being more important than that of a 20-year-old? It’s difficult. I think that respect is defined by someone treating another individual in an appropriate way.
Respect until it’s unearned
Most believe that respect is something that should be earned, because it shouldn’t just be handed to others. However, I believe that everyone deserves to be shown respect, regardless of who they are. Starting with a baseline of respect for everyone is key. With that said, there’s a significant difference between showing respect and actually giving respect to an individual. I’ve been raised to show respect to anyone I encounter in life, unless they give me a reason
Chico State students in particular have a difficult time getting the respect they deserve because of the school’s reputation as a “party school.” The level of respect some elders have for students tends to change when they become aware of what some young adults do in their free time. This is why it’s important to remember that if someone wants respect, they must respect themselves first. Weekend keg stand photos on social media might earn respect from peers, but expect the opposite from others.
Veronica De La Cruz could be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com or
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Life experience doesn’t entitle one to more respect
I’ve encountered numerous arguments with my mother about how I thought I knew everything by the age of 15. It was a constant battle over me thinking that no one really understood or respected me because of my age. Many adolescents fall into the trap of thinking that they are not being respected if someone doesn’t agree with them. Age shouldn’t define the level of respect one receives. That’s not to say older people don’t deserve respect, but they shouldn’t instantly get more than anyone else.
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Letting age define the level of respect someone has for another is another from of discrimination. Someone is not automatically right just because they have a certain quality, such as race or gender. When it comes to respect, older people should remember that they were young once too — I’m sure they know exactly what it feels like to not be heard.
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‘Hanger’ hits close to home Prin Mayowa
Opinion Columnist It’s an epidemic sweeping the nation. It hits the disadvantaged and wealthy alike. That’s right — “hanger.” “Hanger” is no longer just a plastic or metal object on which one hangs clothes. It is now a state of being that can control the very facets of your existence. When people are “hangery,” they find themselves angry due to their state of hunger. Symptoms of “hanger” include, but are not limited to: being a brat, giving friends the silent treatment and asking people for food without thinking about saying “please.” “Hanger” usually occurs when someone finds themselves overworked. I sometimes get so busy that I forget I haven’t eaten. I will go my whole day attending meetings, classes and doing homework assignment after homework assignment. The hunger pains will hit me right before I go to sleep. My stomach will gurgle in that terrible way that makes me feel like a small child from an impoverished country. Being “hangery” makes me feel like the Hulk mixed with a rabid dog — I just want to smash and bite things. The other day was a long procession of classes, two hours at the gym and a meeting. I was running on empty. I was becoming “hangery.” Not only that, I had a craving for some epic nachos I wouldn’t be able to get because of the time constraints of my busy day. Thank goodness the Wildcat Store’s convenience store was open. As I walked about like the “hangery” ogre I was, everything began to annoy me. Faces, humans, books — no, seriously — I almost flipped a table of books over because they were in my way. It didn’t help that I am a picky eater. I found myself ambling in the frozen food section
of the convenience store. Nothing seemed worth my $5 and certainly not with those epic nachos on my mind. I ended up buying a Hot Pocket and used the Wildcat Store’s crappy microwave, holding back the urge to beat it as if I were a wild monkey. When I thought my food was ready, it wasn’t. The outside was lukewarm and the inside was like molten lava. I
Matt Murphy
There was a time, in a galaxy far, far away, when the words “public education” meant more than they do now. Putting the word public next to an institution’s name used to mean that it was accessible and affordable to the largest group of applicants, different from a private university. But at some point during the last decade, as tuition was rising by at least 10 percent each year, California State University administrators became more focused on keeping low-income students from falling through the cracks. Coming from a middle-class background, I entered school ineligible for any grants. Instead, I was offered loans, not so cleverly
THUMBS Thumbs up to the new Redhead Society on campus. Although specifically geared towards redheads, the society assures that it is a safe place for all magical creatures to feel empowered, be they ginger or otherwise.
was so hungry I ate it anyway. People across the nation experience “hanger.” This was just one of my personal encounters. My question is — will you be ready when it hits?
Thumbs down to Vine banning content that is sexually explicit. It’s as if millions of 6-second pornos suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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Thumbs up to the proposed “Blackfish” bill, of the same name as the popular documentary, banning Seaworld’s orca shows. Who knew Netflix could be a force for change?
Thumbs down to Rachel Canning for suing parents for college tuition money. We all hate filing for financial aid, but this seems a little extreme.
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Photography by Neon Tommy via Flickr Fourth Fortune A fourth term for Gov. Jerry Brown could mean a better future for California students.
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Middle-class students face tuition without financial aid Opinion Columnist
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disguised as “awards.” There’s nothing quite like filling out the federal financial aid application for the first time, hoping to receive some help and instead seeing I was “awarded” a loan. Student loans remain the only award I’ve ever received that actually cost me money. The irony stings every time I have to hit “accept award” in the Student Center. I will leave college with these loans and they will be my motivation, as they will for many other middle-class students, to get a job soon after graduation. A loan is no better than postponing an execution date. Yes, there is no cost today. But four to five years down the line there will be. With interest, it will be more expensive than if tuition had been paid in full each semester. I have all the same expenses that someone receiving grant money does. Milk is the same price at the store. Gas is just as
A loan is no better than postponing an execution date.
expensive. It’s not as though I’ve been given a pass in other aspects of college life. I’m not saying that those who receive grants are undeserving. Many people would not be able to get a college education without that help. Financial aid changes the quality of life of many students for the rest of their lives. With that in mind though, it’s time that the priority list for financial aid changed. There was a time when middle-class students like me didn’t complain about tuition and loans because they didn’t have to. Tuition was just more than $2,000 10 years ago, a relative bargain compared to the almost $5,500 students pay now. If universities are going to call themselves public institutions, the cost should only be as high as the lowest common denominator can afford. The current system penalizes students for their parent’s income under the false notion that they will be able to significantly contribute to education costs. It’s broken and change would be appreciated.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to run for a fourth term is a wonderful thing for California State University students. His efforts to stabilize tuition costs and increase funding for universities were a welcome sight last term and gained him a lot of support among college students. Brown seems like an ideal solution to governmental gridlock with a commitment to addressing both environmental issues and immigration reform.
Photograph by Gillibrand2010 via Flickr Shocking Sentence US Sen. Kristen Gillibrand’s bill to change military sexual-assault polices fell short.
The US Senate’s failure to pass a bill that would have mandated professional prosecution of sexual assault cases seems shocking. One would think that the authority check would have been welcome after the Pentagon’s report showed a 35 percent increase in reported sexual assaults from 2010 to 2012. If the Senate wants to grant commanders the authority of a professional prosecutor, they should provide the mandatory schooling to match.
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Excuses exemplify unprofessionalism Kristina Martinez
Opinion Columnist
College is a great time to grow, learn and overcome bad habits and tendencies, like making excuses. It is often easier to think of ways to explain an action than to just admit that it was wrong. People tend to think that all of their actions, even the bad ones, can somehow be justified. Responsibility comes with age and the older we get, the harder the responsibilities become. People will expect more and want more. College is one step closer to the real world. Excuses won’t get anyone very far in this not-too-distant land. Bosses expect to have reliable employees. It is not a positive quality to hear an excuse come out every time expectations are not met. College is a learning environment filled with plenty of opportunities to grow and
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practice handling situations in a more professional way. Professors are aware of the excuses students tend to make. They’re two steps ahead in some classes, with policies that give students leeway but don’t accept excuses. These policies might give students a number of free absences regardless of their reasons or drop the lowest quiz score, regardless of if a student getting to their computer in time or at all. Professors hear the same excuses every semester and are tired of them. They do not want students going to their office hours during “dead week” to figure out how to boost their grade after not following the policies given during first week of classes. Professors do this because they want to
prepare students for the responsibilities that will be expected of them later in life. Making excuses may seem like a good idea at the time, but they really aren’t. Excuses, like other bad habits, feel good at the moment but tend to blow up later. They’re like lies, and in some cases, they actually are lies. It is better to tell the truth and admit to wrongdoing than drag an issue out. Making an excuse is like trying to fit into a pair of jeans that are too small. It might feel better to lie and say they fit, but the best solution is finding a pair that are the right size.
Professors hear the same excuses every semester and are tired of them.
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Photograph by suman Park via FLickr Happy Days Pharrell Williams released his latest album “GIRL,” jam-packed full of catchy dance hits.
Album Review: Pharrell Williams “GIRL” Singer, producer and multi-track instrumentalist Pharrell Williams released his second full-length album “GIRL” March 3. There is not much happening lyrically in the album; Williams barely scratches the surface of anything personal or revealing. However, he delivers several infectious dance tunes. The album opens with the catchy groove of “Marilyn Monroe” and continues to lay down his soulful-pop style with “Gush” and “Gust of Wind.” It’s clear he wants listeners to get up and dance. His No. 1 hit “Happy” is sure to put listeners in a good mood. The duet with Alicia Keys on “Know Who You Are” has a pleasant reggae feel and Keys’ vocals complements Williams’ well. If you need some new dance or car jams, this upbeat album won’t disappoint. - Nicole Santos
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Swinging for success
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shredding grass Sophomore golfer Lee Gearhart clips the green during a swing at Chico Golf Park. Gearhart is one of three sophomores who rank among the West Region’s best players this season. talent from all over the map. Several golfers come from places like Washington, Arizona, Oregon and even Australia. They will need to work hard and learn from each other to be able to play at the high level that they are expected to be at. Lee Masten The Wildcats also have a fairly young team this Staff Writer year. The team consists mostly of sophomore and first-year students. With so much young blood, The Wildcat men’s golf team kicked off the 2014 season with a strong come-from-behind win the team will be looking for head coach T.L. Brown’s expertise. at the Cal State San Bernardino Coyote Classic “We had a really young team last year,” Doyle tournament during the last weekend of February. said. “So his coaching and guidance has really The ’Cats were behind on the final day of the been a necessity this year and last.” tournament, but with a strong performance, they Brown has gained the respect of the team and were able to come back and win the tournament. has them playing at a high level so far. Last weekLee Gearhart, sophomore and California Collegiate Athletic Association Golfer of the Week, end, the ’Cats were able to place second among placed first in that tournament and has high many Division I competitors in the Sacramento State Intercollegiate Cup. hopes for the season as it continues. However, the Chico State was able to put together a great team’s success is what really counts. team effort and beat many “It was pretty teams that weren’t only unexpected in from the West Coast, but how we were able from all over the continent. to come back,” Schools like Boise State, Gearhart said. “I University of Nevada, Unibegan to play a versity of Northern Cololot better the last rado and even the Univernine holes and sity of British Columbia the rest of the Lee Gearhart participated in the tourguys on the team Men’s golf player nament but the ’Cats were stepped it up and able to place second. were able to outChico State golfers manplay the other aged to crush CCAA rival teams. It was a Cal State Bakersfield by 71 shots. The team saw great way to start out the year.” a strong finish from sophomore Justin Wiles as Getting the entire team to nationals is the goal he tied for sixth place overall and Lee Gearhart and the Wildcats, ranked seventh in the NCAA, tied for twelfth. will work to get there. The team will also rely “We have been playing very well and I can’t heavily on senior Chris Doyle for his leadership wait to see what we do this season,” Gearhart and abilities for a chance at success. said. “We are a very competitive team and I know “I’m the only member of the team this season we can go very far.” that has played in a national championship so I Chico State will try to keep the momentum on know what it takes to get there and how good it their side and push each other after the strong feels to be there,” Doyle said. “I try to teach the younger guys and convey the message every start. “No golfer is ever satisfied,” Doyle said. “I’ve chance I get.” had some bright spots and some low points, but Chico State golfers have worked hard over the past few months after a fall 2013 season that didn’t I’ve come to realize that when I put the team first end quite the way they wanted. A poor showing and work my hardest for them, the individual accolades will come along naturally.” at the final tournament last season had the team ready and motivated. This season’s roster has veteran talent that will help them compete with the Lee Masten can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or top teams in the CCAA. The ’Cats have a very diverse team; they pull @lee23masten on Twitter.
Up-and-coming Chico State men’s golf team hits its stride this season with the help of returning talent and leadership.
We are a very competitive team and I know we can go very far.
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gearin’ up Lee Gearhart practices at Chico Golf Park to prepare for the next competition.
Men’s golf team schedule Buccaneer Invitational
Hanny Stanislaus Invitational
CCAA Championships
When: March 31 - April 1
When: April 14 - April 15
When: April 22 - April 23
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Brooke Langeloh Sophomore Pitcher
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Despite earning a first-round bye in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament, the Chico State women’s basketball team was unable to advance past Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday. The ’Cats lost 52-64 to the Toros in the semifinal matchup. After holding on to a steady 3121 halftime lead, the ’Cats gave up a 12-0 run to the Toros. From there, the ’Cats were unable to take back the lead. Junior guard Annie Ward lead the team with 17 points, while Jazmine Miller added 13 points, four assists and three rebounds. McKenzie Dalthorp was on the edge of a double-double, finishing the night with 10 points and eight rebounds. The team fell to 18-9 overall, but are the No. 5 seed for the NCAA championship tournament. The ’Cats will have a rematch at 5 p.m. Friday against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
After defeating San Francisco State 78-66 Thursday in the opening round of the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament, the Chico State men’s basketball team defeated rival Cal Poly Pomona 77-73 Friday in the semifinals. However, the ’Cats dropped the final game of the tournament 70-82 to Cal State Stanislaus giving the Warriors the title of CCAA champions. It was the first loss of the season where the team was defeated by double digits. In Friday’s game, the ’Cats were able to avenge the regular season finale loss to Cal Poly Pomona behind a double-double from Jordan Semple and 18 points for Amir Carraway. In Saturday’s championship matchup, the ’Cats were outrebounded by the Warriors 40-21. Chico State fell to 22-7 overall, but have been selected for the NCAA Championship tournament. The ’Cats will face California Baptist University at 5 p.m. Friday.
wild hops Senior Sarah Hockensmith participates in the first round of the long distance jump during last weekend’s Chico Multi-Classic meet.
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Sport: Softball Class: Sophomore Major: Exercise physiology
In game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against Cal State Dominguez Hills, Brooke Langeloh earned the save for the ’Cats. In game two of Friday’s doubleheader, Langeloh pitched a complete game shutout and also pitched a complete game in game two on Saturday.
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Meghan Delameter finished first place in the javelin event at the Humboldt Invitational with a distance of 122 feet, 10 inches.
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at the plate Third baseman Courtney Brown takes a ball during game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The Chico State track and field team had a field day at the Humboldt Invitational, with first place finishes in 11 men’s events and 10 women’s events. On the men’s side, Michael Souza scored an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark in the high jump on his way to a first-place finish. J Patrick Smith took first in the 100-meter dash and 200. John Brunk also won the 400, while taking second in the high jump. Isaac Chavez also won the 3,000-meter run. Eight of the first across were Chico State runners. For the women, Kasey Barnett met an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark in the long jump, and Amilia Santos finished first in both the 100 and 200. In hurdles, Tori Mason won the 100-meter and 400-meter races. Other first place finishes include Annelise Spargo in the pole vault, Brooke Whitburn in the triple jump and Meghan Delamater in the javelin. The team will compete March 15 at home for the Wildcat Invitational.
The Chico State softball team won three out of four games, starting with a doubleheader split on Friday, losing 0-9 then coming back in the nightcap 7-0 over Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Wildcats capped the weekend with two more wins against the Toros 6-4 and 3-2 Saturday. After being shutout in game one, the ’Cats bats came alive in the second on Friday. Desiree’ Gonzalez and Emily McEnaney both hit home runs to back Brooke Langeloh’s first career shutout. The ’Cats kept on winning Saturday, this time with dramatic flare. Chico State took a 6-0 lead into the last frame when the Toros erupted with four runs. Langeloh relieved starter Alex Molina and preserved the win. In the final, Kelli Keefe delivered the gamewinning single as part of a three-run rally in the seventh. Chico State will host Pace University for a doubleheader on Saturday.
-Compiled by Sharon Martin and Nick Woodard
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Standings
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(MEN’S BASKETBALL) Jordan Semple scored a team-high 24 points in Friday’s win against Cal Poly Pomona.
15.04 (MEN’S TRACK) Hakeem Dyson was victorious at the Humboldt Invitational in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.04 seconds.
14 (SOFTBALL) In game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, Chico State put up 14 hits against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
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Overall
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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20 – 2 19 – 3
23 – 4 21 – 6
16 – 6
22 – 7
14 – 8 12 – 10 12 – 10 11 – 11 8 – 14 6 – 16
21 – 8 15 – 12 14 – 12 15 – 11 10 – 15
10. Sonoma State
6 – 16
7 – 19
10. Cal State San Bernardino
11. Cal State East Bay
4 – 18
7 – 21
11. Cal State Monterey Bay
5 – 17
9 – 16 8 – 17
12. Cal State Dominguez Hills
4 – 18
7 – 22
12. Sonoma State
3 – 19
4 – 22
CCAA
Overall
1. Cal Poly Pomona 2. UC San Diego
11 – 4 8–4
17 – 4
1. Cal State Monterey Bay
3. Chico State
11 – 6
5–3
13 – 4
4. Sonoma State 5. San Francisco State
5–3 7–5 8–7 6–6 6 – 10
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2. UC San Diego 3. Humboldt State 4. Cal State San Bernardino
1. Cal State San Bernardino 2. Cal Poly Pomona
3. Chico State 4. Cal State Stanislaus 5. Cal State L.A. 6. San Francisco State 7. UC San Diego 8. Cal State Monterey Bay 9. Humboldt State
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6. Cal State L.A. 7. Cal State East Bay 8. Cal State Monterey Bay 9. Cal State Dominguez Hills 10. Cal State San Bernardino 11. Cal State Stanislaus
11 – 17
12 – 10 10 – 11 12 – 8 9 – 14
1. Cal Poly Pomona
18 – 4
22 – 6
14 – 8
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Wildcats strive for streaks
Sergio Sanchez
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faces in the crowd: Loyal softball fan roots for the Wildcats
Angelo Boscacci What do you get when you mix women’s basketball player Courtney Hamilton, men’s basketball player Nate Appel and women’s softball player Sammi Ridgway? Streaks of success, of course. “It’s looking for that player who wants the ball in their hands at that time,” Hamilton said. “The game kind of flows and you have that good feeling with the ball in your hands.” Hamilton, who averages 6.3 assists a game, channels the energy of the crowd. “You’re just pumped because there’s so much energy and you feed off the crowd and your own teammates,” Hamilton said. “It gets everyone going and it puts them into that hot streak feeling.” courtney Hamilton recalls hamilton her best hot streak Women’s performance and basketball player credits momentum as the spark. “Going back to last season, on our last game we played Monterey Bay and I scored 18 points,” Hamilton said. “I was able to get to the basket at will and I was making almost every layup.” Consistency and hot streaks go hand in hand. “If I’m scoring the ball or rebounding a bunch, it’s all about being consistent,” Appel said. The pressures of performing on a hot streak can bring out the best in players. “Rashad, Amir, Sean, Gio are always scoring the ball a lot,” Appel said. “When nate they are scoring, appel there is a little bit Men’s basketball more pressure on player them because not a lot of people may be scoring at that time.” Appel remembers his own hot streak on the hardwood. “It was in high school and I was playing against my now-teammate Jordan Barton,” Appel said. “I played him in a summer league the summer before my senior year and I scored 35 points.” Hot streaks extend to the softball field too. For example, Ridgway had her own nine-game hitting streak earlier this season. “It’s just confidence and keeping the same mindset,” Ridgway said. “There’s someSammi times pressure but ridgway you have to think Softball player about your team instead of being an individual.” Ridgway’s best performance of her collegiate career was last year, when she was playing for her junior college team, she said. “I hit for the cycle,” Ridgway said. “It was awesome, that was always one of my goals. Hopefully that comes for Chico this year.” Ridgway puts it best for those that don’t know what a hot streak feels like. “It feels like being on cloud nine.”
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dedicated fan Rick Drouillard has been cheering on the ’Cats since moving to Chico in 2005.
There are different types of sports fans. There are the fans who watch their favorite team try to win a championship or their favorite player hit the winning shot. Then there are fans like Rich Drouillard, 68, who watch simply for the love of the game. “I’ve been coming to these softball games since I moved to Chico, which was in 2005,” Drouillard said. Drouillard mainly attends the Chico State softball games but he did go to the cross-country California Collegiate Athletic Association finals at Hooker Oak Park to support the ‘Cats this past fall, he said. Prior to moving to Chico, Drouillard lived in Santa Barbara and worked in project management for a defense company. The beauty and size of Chico drew him to live
here once he retired. “I lived in Santa Barbara and once I stopped working I couldn’t afford to live there anymore,” he said. “I’ve been to Chico before and wanted to live in a smaller town.” When Drouillard is not watching the Chico State women’s softball team, he enjoys catching other softball games on television. “Stanford and Cal are the two teams I root for on TV,” he said. “I need to keep it close to home and pick Northern California teams.” As for the ’Cats, he hopes it will be a good season for Chico State. “I’d like to see them a little bit better,” he said. “We have a great pitcher and just need to wake up our bats more often.” Sergio Sanchez can be reached at
Ssanchez@theorion.com or @sergechez on Twitter.
Students wreak havoc on the rink “My mindset is to kill the jammer and “I use it to build myself up,” Kirk said. help my jammer out when I can,” Sim“If I’m afraid to ask someone out, I tell mySports Editor mons said. “I’m good at sitting on people self, ‘Come on Sarena, you can jam, so you can do this.’” Cal Skate Chico, normally home to chil- and making them pay.” Kirk, a senior sociology and women’s Between school and work, Simmons dren’s birthday parties and elementary studies double major, has been a part of must sacrifice time to make room for school field trips, transforms into an inthe team for about a year and a half. She derby, she said. However, the sacrifice has tense roller derby rink home to the Nor chose to join a roller derby team after see- been helpful when it comes to family. Cal Roller Girls. ing the Santa Cruz “It’s a sacrifice I make with Roller derby is a contact sport Derby Girls compete my family and school, but it’s that involves two teams of five and watching the also cyclical,” she said. “It gives members. The Nor Cal Roller movie “Whip It.” me the presence of mind to be Girls have been a team since “I started because more present with school and 2006. I was looking for a family.” For Chico State students physical activity that The rush that comes with the Sarena Kirk and Shannon SimI enjoyed,” Kirk said. game helps Kirk stay energized mons, roller derby is more than “I stayed because and able to balance school and just a sport, but a stress relievit’s so much more derby, she said. ing tool. than that. It’s just an “I can push off sleeping, takSimmons has been competSarena shannon amazing and empowing naps, showering, seeing my ing in roller derby for two and “Raina D. Pain” “Bad ering thing to be a family — but derby is a set time a half years. She goes by the Kirk Vibrations” part of.” for myself,” Kirk said. “When name “Bad Vibrations” on the simmons Nor Cal Roller Girls Kirk is known as I go to derby, I leave feeling so rink. Off the rink, she is a gradmember Nor Cal Roller Girls “Raina D. Pain” on pumped up, so it gives me enuate student in the social work member the rink and plays as ergy rather than take it away.” program and works with adults a blocker and occasionally as a The inclusiveness of the sport with developmental disabilities. jammer. Kirk made sure to pick something appealed to both Simmons and Kirk. “When you’re in school and you’re busy fitting while choosing a derby name. “Everyone is embraced,” Simmons said. and things are stressful, you come to prac“I wanted to do something with my own “There is no type, size or whatever. Everytice and everything just melts away,” Simname in it and that was more fierce than one can play roller derby.” mons said. how I feel inside,” Kirk said. Simmons is a blocker on the team. Her While challenging, roller derby has also objective is to prevent the opposing team’s Sharon Martin can be reached at proved beneficial in everyday life. Kirk sportseditor@theorion.com or jammer from getting through the pack and uses derby as a motivational tool, she said. scoring. @SharonBMartin on Twitter. Sharon Martin
Three athletes shine through the storm Ryan Grady
Staff Writer
Slippery hands, drenched uniforms and muddy cleats all come along for the ride while competing in a downpour. Adjusting to the differences in game play while at the whim of the weather is another task completely for three Chico State athletes. Sometimes baseball games are called due to the rain. This is the worst part about playing in the beginning of spring for senior catcher Jake Bailey. “I hate having the uncertainty of if we are playing or not,” Bailey said. “I always want to go out and play.” A problem that arises with rain is not staying warm enough. “When it’s cold and rainy, you want to stretch a little more,” Bailey said. “You never want to tighten up.” For players on the diamond, cold hands can be uncomfortable and throw off an athlete’s game. Bailey wears batting gloves every game, no matter what the temperature is, he said. The gloves keep hands warm and help hitters avoid a weak grip that may be caused by the rain. The change in weather means changing attire for most outdoor athletes. However, long sleeves are not an option for Bailey. “When I’m playing, my body gets warm anyways,” Bailey said. “Although most prefer sleeves, I feel like they get in my way.”
Sleeves are also an obstacle when playing Brunk said. “It’s something that our team is the game for Kelli Keefe, a junior middle inaccustomed to.” fielder on the softball team. No matter what event Brunk is competing “I never wear any under armor,” Keefe said. in, he knows a way around the poor weather, “I stick to just my jersey because I like to have he said. full movement. I just bundle up in my big He prefers to wrap up in a rain jacket and jacket in between innings.” poncho in between his events, he said. For A rainy day does Brunk, keeping track of has its benefits on the his body is just as imporinfield. The water protant in the rain as it is in vides smoother dirt, the sun. eliminating some of the “It definitely has more bad hops taken on an orcons than pros,” Brunk dinary day. said. “One thing that Jake Bailey “I can really tell the most people forget about Baseball player difference fielding that in the rain is to stay hyball when its raining,” drated. Being that it is so Keefe said. “It’s just imwet outside, it’s usually portant to get a good grip on the ball before the last thing on someone’s mind.” you throw it. You don’t want it to be flying all When the ground is wet, it makes it easier to over the place.” slip during throwing events, he said. When drops of water are constantly blurBrunk shined through the rain at last ring vision, it can take away from a batter’s week’s home meet and topped his personal focus and make it hard to see the ball out of best in the pole vault. the pitcher’s hand. “I had some stick spray that I put on my “It all depends on if the wind is blowing,” hands and the pole to avoid slipping,” Brunk Keefe said. “If it’s blowing rain in my face, it said. “I felt pretty good about it. I didn’t expect makes things difficult, but it’s something you to do what I did because it was pouring rain learn to just play through.” and I was soaked.” All-American decathlete John Brunk It wasn’t the best day for a meet, but Brunk knows what it’s like to play through the rain. made it one to remember for himself. Being a decathlete means competing in both the track and field events. Brunk competes in Ryan Grady can be reached at 10 different events during a two-day span. sportseditor@theorion.com or “At Chico State we practice when it rains,” @RyanGrady23 on Twitter.
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Sojourn to “If you can do it now and you have the means to do it, do it.” -Ashley Dominici first-year liberal studies major
Student will walk 500 miles on pilgrimage this summer Amanda Hovik
Staff Writer Sole Sister Ashley Dominici, first-year liberal studies major stands on a trail in Upper Bidwell Park. Dominici is preparing for her 500 miles pilgrimage. She will be traveling the Camino de Santiago through Europe this summer on a solo journey to find personal success. The Orion ∤ Photograph by Emily Teague
Ashley Dominici, a first-year liberal studies major, said her decision to go on a 500-mile pilgrimage was easy. The Orion sat down with her to talk about how and why she is preparing for the trek. The Orion: How did this idea come about? Dominici: My sophomore year of high school in Spanish class, we watched a movie called “The Way,” which is about the pilgrimage that I’m doing. It wasn’t something I was serious enough about, that I was gonna put it on my bucket list like, “I am going to do this one day,” but I was so enamored by the idea of it. Just the thought of walking 500 miles through a country with a completely different culture in such an amazing setting, I think it’s mind-blowing to anyone. So it was just sitting in the back of my head for a few years. The Orion: What is your background like? Dominici: I grew up with my mom and my brother and we move around a lot. When I first started high school, we settled down in the East Bay, which is my favorite place in the world. The Bay Area is so diverse and I’ve met people who have done really amazing things. It kind of inspires you to know that you can do those things too. That’s what helped me take the leap of faith into this. I went to a Catholic allgirls school. Everyone that comes out of that school is really successful, and I kind of struggled a lot with not having accomplished so much as people around me. For me, doing this pilgrimage and doing the work I’ve done for camp and through the career trajectory that I am on, I think that’s my way of finding my own success. If I can do it, anyone can really do it. It’s not as hard as it seems. All I had to do was scavenge up the money, buy my plane ticket, get a guide book and buy a pair of shoes. That’s not a lot. Its easy. So if you wanna do it, do it. The Orion: Do you have any advice for people who think they can’t do something
like this? Dominici: If you can do it now and you have the means to do it and you’re alive and healthy, do it, because there is something significant that could stop you later, so you need to take advantage of it. The Orion: What has been your motivation to do this? Dominici: I think I’m gonna to come out of it with a really different perspective of myself. My life revolves around other people a lot of the time. I am going into a career of special education, which is all about focusing on other people. I’m a caretaker of kids with special needs, and in the past I have done a lot of work for this organization called Camp Krem. That’s all about other people and I think my motivation is to truly do something for myself. The Orion: Explain the fundraising process. Dominici: One sacrifice in doing this is giving up my summer at Camp Krem. For the last five years, that place has been everything to me. So a good way for them to be there in spirit would be to donate some money to them. What I’ve done is set up Indiegogo, and it’s a crowd funding website. Even if I don’t meet my goal of raising $1,000, Camp Krem is going to get something out of it. Its just a matter of how much they will get. The Orion: What are your feelings about making this journey alone? Dominici: I think there’s a lot of comfort in something that so many people have done for thousands of years. The Orion: Do you have to do any training before this? Dominici: What I read online is anyone can do it in decent physical condition. It’s just gonna make a difference of how quickly you do it. I could probably do it in 28 or 30 days if I really push myself, but I am giving myself almost 40 days just so I can enjoy the experience. Amanda Hovik can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or
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Mental health matters to club Dominique Diaz
Staff Writer
Asking for help isn’t easy. Most won’t even do it. One group on campus is looking to change that. More than 1,000 college students complete suicide each year, according to the Active Minds website. Meanwhile, one in four Americans has a mental health disorder. Active Minds, a club on campus, is one of hundreds of chapters across the nation dedicated to promoting mental health aw a r e n e s s , said Ariel Ellis, UMatter liaison and p s yc h o l o g y graduate student. Each Daisy Godinez chapter is asActive Minds President sociated with the nonprofit organization Active Minds. The club has been around since 2007, she said. It is making efforts to get more people involved and spread the word. The club’s mission is to promote mental health awareness and to change the conversation about mental health, said Daisy Godinez, president of the club and senior psychology major. “We try to educate the students about the resources that are available to them and their friends,” she said. “We also try to get people talking about mental health to make the campus a more comfortable place, so that people who need help can reach out.” It’s normal to go through rough spots, Godinez said. Awareness of that normalizes it and allows people the confidence to ask for help. “One of the Active Minds quotes is that, ‘We don’t all have mental illness but we all have mental health,’” Godinez said. “I think that means that even though you’re not diagnosed with anything, that it is normal to go through anxiety or things like that.” Active Minds has participated in and hosted a variety of events over the years, including tabling, De-Stress Fest and the National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk every year. The club is hosting Mindful Expressions, a spoken word event that promotes self-expression and active listening, during UMatter Day. The event will take place at 5-7 p.m. Thursday in Bell Memorial Union 008. Jasmine Buck, club treasurer and senior psychology major, hopes they are reaching people who need help, she said. “They do matter, and their feelings and emotions, whatever they’re going through, is not trivial and there’s other people out there,” Buck said. “They’re not alone.” The club shows people they’re not the only ones going through difficult situations, said Maria Veloz, club publicity coordinator and sophomore social work major. “There are people who you can talk to if you feel like you’re isolated,” Veloz said. “If you have no one, there are resources that you can go to.”
You don’t have to be perfect, you just need to be there.
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UMatter Day Mindful Expressions: music and poems for mental health 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Bell Memorial Union 008
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Screen time Mark Pullybank, film animation instructor, works on an animation with Devon Mc Mindes, a senior applied computer graphics student.
Animated instructor rehashes working on 'The Hobbit' films Risa Johnson
Features Editor
“Alright nerds, who’s up!” shouts the instructor, the center of attention in the dark room. Crouched workers are huddled around brightly-lit screens in the dark room and the wheels can practically be seen turning in their heads. Their eyes scan rapidly and they feverishly click their mouses. It’s just another day in film animation instructor Mark Pullyblank’s lab. Outside of the classroom, Pullyblank works on large-scale productions, including the second and third “The Hobbit” films last summer. He played a big part in the animation technology behind the dragon in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” Pullyblank said. But, he hasn’t seen the movies or read the books. “You know what it’s about and I’ve been working on it so long I don’t necessarily need to go and see it,” he said. “It’s all about the process. I might as well make it as great as I possibly can.” He even mixed the movie up with “Harry Potter” during filming. “I went to the animation director and I said, ‘Hey, do you know where the Ravenclaw environment is?’ and the whole room got silent,” Pullyblank said. “He said it was a sackable offense.” Pullyblank previously worked in animation in Vancouver, British Columbia, he said. He animated for films such as “Avatar” and “The Adventures of Tintin” in New Zealand before moving back to Vancouver and working for Sony Pictures Animation. Then one night, he and his wife talked about where they would live if they could live anywhere. “I just called the school and I said, ‘What do you guys got?’ and they said, ‘We’ve got this,’” Pullyblank said. The animation professor continues to work in the industry. He has enjoyed working for Weta Digital and getting close with Peter Jackson, director of “Lord of the Rings,” he said. “I’m not big in the technical stuff,” he said. “It’s mostly brainstorming.” Animators had little if any interaction with the actors, Pullyblank said. However, the animation studio was just across the street from the football field-sized green screen where the actors worked on “The Hobbit” movies. Pullyblank would shoot film at night and show Jackson his work the next day, he said. He had the opportunity to be almost a gag writer, essentially creating some of the storyline for the movie. “I just kinda spent two months hobnob-
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creative calling Mark Pullyblank, film animation instructor, explains the technicalities of animation. Pullyblank has worked for companies such as Sony Picture Animation and director Petter Jackson’s Weta Digital. He lived in New Zealand and British Columbia before moving to Chico to teach.
bin’ and sipping lattes saying, ‘What if the meeting, he said. ogre led with his left foot? Brilliant!’” Pully“We became good friends very quickly,” blank said. “That’s the job. People get paid Pozzi said. for that stuff.” The applied computer graphics program The first film he worked on was “Gar- is underfunded and understaffed and Pullyfield: The Movie,” Pullyblank said. He also blank brought a much-needed energy to it, worked on movies he said. They such as “Night team-teach at the Museum,” some classes. “Elektra” and “He is a di“Blades of Glory.” amond in the “I like the comrough,” Pozzi edies, you know?” said. he said. Nicole Dozier, Mark Pullyblank His best expea senior apFilm animation instructor riences working plied computer on films were for graphics and “Garfield 2” and English litera“Dr. Dolittle 3” beture double macause of his colleagues, he said. jor, has taken all of Pullyblank’s classes and In this industry, all animators get a lot of is his teaching assistant. negative feedback at the beginning, Pully“Mark is super passionate about animablank said. tion and the industry,” she said. “He’s really “It’s like playing the trumpet,” he said. energetic and brings that to the classroom.” “It’s going to sound like a fart for three Dozier wants to be an animator and enmonths.” joys how Pullyblank works with students Successful animators stay humble, Pullyone-on-one, she said. blank said. “He’s so goofy,” Dozier said. “That’s part “Although they’re doing really amazing of the enthusiasm. He wants us to be excited work, you don’t find anyone in that system too.” who really struts about it,” he said. “Everyone is like-minded.” Risa Johnson can be reached at John Pozzi, digital art and design lecturer, featureseditor@theorion.com or felt connected to Pullyblank right upon @risapisa on Twitter.
I just kinda spent two months hobnobbin’ and sipping lattes.
Students start group for sober socialization Dominique Diaz
Staff Writer
Students have banded together to provide an environment for sober events. Amanda Levy, Anna Smith and Mike Hofstetter, social work graduate students, created Sober Chico in February. The group is meant to give students an avenue to hang out without drug or alcohol use. Chico’s reputation for partying and binge drinking is problematic because it supports an unhealthy relationship with substance abuse, Smith said. The students want to build a community where anyone can come and not feel pressure to drink or use drugs, she said. “Sober Chico is not just for those in recovery from addiction,” Smith said. “It is for any adult interested in having fun without
Alcoholics Anonymous have meetings drug or alcohol use.” Students don’t need to directly encoun- but don’t host activities or find other likeminded people ter issues with in the commualcoholism to nity, she said. be a part of this “As far as group, Levy said. we’ve looked, The group hopes there’s no students will regroup that’s alize that activproviding ities can be fun these kinds of without alcohol Anna Smith events,” Levy through connecCo-Founder of Sober Chico said. “There are tions with memsupport groups bers. and stuff but no “We’re just just fun events hoping to profor people to go vide an opportunity for students,” Levy said. “We’re really to.” The group isn’t affiliated with other orgalooking to build a community.” nizations and doesn’t have a hidden agenda, Groups like Narcotics Anonymous and
Sober Chico is not just for those in recovery from addiction.
she said. The members just want to have fun with people. “We’re hoping that students and people realize that they can make these connections and make these choices,” Levy said. “We definitely want this to be a lasting group.” Dominique Diaz can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or
@dominiqueldiaz on Twitter.
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READERS, DIGEST: Irish corned beef sliders
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Christina Saschin
Food Columnist
Four-leaf clovers, luck and green beer come to mind when I think about St. Patrick’s Day. Corned beef, associated with St. Patrick’s Day, originated in Cork, Ireland. Cork is a port city; historically, people picked up provisions there before traveling across the Atlantic. Ireland was once the largest exporter of corned beef. The term “corned” comes from the fact that the beef was preserved with corns of salt. This St. Patrick’s Day, try making some corned beef sliders with a side of cabbage. Christina Saschin can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or
@Stina127 on Twitter.
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Luck of the Irish Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this Irish dish of corned beef sliders and cabbage salad.
THE O-FACE: One-night standing on the verge of relationships
Sex Columnist
You wake up in the morning next to a person you’ve just met, attempting to relive the events of the night before. It is at this point that the potential relationship teeters on the edge of a cliff. Whether it falls off or carries along its merry way may be determined by a number of things. Here are some questions to ask before developing a one-night stand into a relationship:
How good was the sex?
Depending on how strong of a connection was built, your sexual compatibility may be the driving force behind whether you say another word to each other. It can be difficult to build a strong emotional attachment without the time to develop feelings or really get to know the other person. In this case, the interaction is just physical. I personally find it more difficult to pass up another opportunity for great sex.
Were you two comfortable with each other?
I’m not going to beat around the bush. It can be really awkward in the morning. This awkwardness is usually taken negatively and seen as something bad. From my point of view, despite having had sex, you’re probably not compatible with each other. This is perfectly fine. The morning after can also feel completely natural. You could even start your days with a piping hot cup of morning sex. In this case, a significant combination of physical and emotional connection might be present. From here, a foundation can be built for see-
ing each other again and to possibly progress the relationship.
Did you exchange numbers or make plans?
This part tends to be quite crucial. If you don’t have mutual friends or anything like that, you need to be able to contact each other again. If you two already made plans to hang out, it probably means you are attracted enough to each other that you’re both willing to see where things might go.
I’m not going to beat around the bush. It can be really awkward in the morning.
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Is one of you going to take the initiative?
At least one person needs to take the initiative and lead the relationship forward. If both of you make moves, that’s great. But, if neither is willing to put themselves out there, then the relationship can and will go nowhere.
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If the relationship ends up continuing, whether it’s solely sexual or not, then there may be time for an emotional connection to develop.
Someone has to say, “I really had fun with you last night. Let’s hang out again this week,” or something along those lines to push things forward. One-night stands tend to be associated with the consumption of alcohol, and I wouldn’t be surprised if most one-night stands do involve drinking. It must be noted that consent cannot legally be given if alcohol is consumed, so avoiding alcohol is the best route before a personal encounter. This passionate yet fleeting engagement has become paramount to those seeking temporary physical and emotional pleasure. It starts with meeting one another. Then it rapidly progresses to attraction, passion, connection and ultimately a bedroom of some sort. Whether it goes beyond that point is another story. Michael Karp can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or
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