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Wildcat Store

Labor Day

Loyalty points program canceled Madison Holmes Staff Writer Bookstore loyalty points will no longer be issued at the Chico State Wildcat Store due to new management.

The points, which were rewarded each time a student made a purchase at the bookstore, would accumulate over time and students were able to use them to get discounts on future purchases.

The points will cease to be given because it was a program tied to the Associated Students Wildcat Store, which was purchased by Follett over the summer, said Marilyn Hoag, the Bell Memorial Union coordinator.

“When management of the store switched to Follett over the summer, they

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Chapmantown

City council delays annexation discussion Jovanna Garcia Staff Writer Chico City Council delayed its final decision on an agreement that would integrate the Chapmantown and Mulberry county islands into Chico.

The council voted not to go forward with an agreement that would begin the process of annexation for the Chapmantown and Mulberry areas within the next five years.

The city delayed the initial annexation agreement at its last council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 19, in order to review it more closely before making a final decision.

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Increased police and the river alcohol ban led to a record low amount of people floating on the Sacramento River this year. Police estimate less than 1,000 people attended the annual Labor Day weekend event.

Low float attendance sends officers home early Around 600 people attended the annual Labor Day float this weekend, a stark drop from 3,000 people last year.

Less than 400 people floated Sunday and by 2 p.m., the California Department of Parks and Recreation unit sent four out of seven of its officers home, said Kirk Coon, a Department of Parks and Recreation ranger. In previous years, policing efforts would continue from the morning until 9 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.

“All the agencies represented came to a consensus that some policing units can be sent home,” Coon said.

It’s a huge deal that some police were sent home early because the amount of budget spent on patrolling efforts were greatly reduced, he said.

“We look at the agency budget (and) those costs get exponential,” he said.

“When we’re able to release them, the remaining budget anticipated for policing efforts can be used for other projects.”

The agencies patrolling the river Monday were the Glenn County police, Butte County police, California Department of Parks and Recreation and a few people from Cal Fire.

The alcohol ban is the reason there are not many people attending the float this year, said Jay Waananen, Butte County deputy sheriff. The drop in

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People float down the Sacramento River Sunday during the Labor Day float. floaters means a drop in the amount of trash and number of fights the occur.

“In previous years, when we see fights in the crowd on ‘Beer Can’ beach, we have to go in, break the fight, arrest the person and quickly get him out of there,” he said. “There are a few of them who just want to ruin it for others.”

There are also less assaults this year, especially since “Beer Can” beach was completely empty, said Sgt. Matt Keeling from the Butte County Sheriff ’s office.

“There are predators out there,” he said. “One year, there was a guy who was pretending to catch girls when they fell but he would grab them.”

This year there were:

• No assaults • No altercations • No arrests • 10 rescues • 21 assists Six citations - two for an expired vessel registration, one for no personal floatation device and three for the alcohol ban.

One medical - a Hamilton Fire Department officer slipped and fell on his leg while standing on a snag.

Christine Lee can be reached at: newseditor@theorion.com or

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Impacted Majors

Nursing, music top list of over-crowded programs students per semester, making that a total number of 80 students in one academic year.

“We would like to grow the program but we’re limited by the number of clinical agencies that we have in Northern California,” Huston said. “That is our most significant obstacle in increasing the size of our program.”

“If students are bright, capable and willing to work hard, they have a reasonable chance to get into the nursing program,” said Huston.

Jonathan Gurrola, a sophomore pre-nursing major, is one of the many students trying to get accepted into the nursing program.

“Every day I think about not getting into the nursing

Daisy Dardon Staff Writer Some Chico State nursing students are considering alternative majors as a backup plan in case they don’t get into the program.

There are more than 900 students declared as nursing majors at the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate levels, said Allan Bee, director of the office of admissions.

Recording arts and nursing are the two most impacted majors this year, he said.

“We have many pre-nursing students on campus,” said Carol Huston, director of the School of Nursing. “More than we can possibly admit to the nursing program.”

According to Huston, the nursing program admits 40

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Michael Fritz Staff Writer From the moment a first-year student steps onto campus, they become homesick and their mental health becomes a concern for the professionals they interact with.

Daisy Saldivar, a first-year liberal studies major from San Diego, said she is not depressed but a little homesick. She’s worried about her transition from high school to college.

She’s taking 16 units and is surprised at how fast-paced the classes are, Saldivar said. She’s a first-generation college student and is spending all her savings on bills because her parents are unable to help her.

“Even my older brother didn’t go to college, so there’s a little bit of pressure to stay on track,” she said. “I pay my own bills and stuff and I have what I’ve saved up to pay those things, but they’re going by quick so I’m kind of in a hurry to get a job on campus.”

The two main reasons for depression among students is homesickness and not having the support system they had at home, said Hayley Holloman, a resident adviser at the University Village.

A good way to identify if a student is depressed is when they become reclusive, appear to feel out of place or stop going to classes or events, she said.

“As an RA, we’re here to support our residents,” she said. “If I feel like it’s more than just a bad day and they don’t want to talk about it, I will recommend the health center or some type of support system.”

When she notices a student looks depressed, she talks to them, but if they don’t want to share, she doesn’t pry, Holloman said.

Chico State President Paul Zingg and Drew Calandrella, vice president for student affairs, sent out a letter August 25 to all faculty members informing them about the “Red Folder” initiative.

The initiative is a resource to help staff and faculty identify a student in psychological distress and increase their skills in approaching or intervening.

The letter cited a 2012 American College Health Association survey of Chico State students stating that 46.5 percent said they felt hopeless,

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Dr. Juni Banerjee-Stevens, counselor at the Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center, advocates for students to talk openly about their mental health and seek treatment.

51.3 percent felt overwhelming anxiety and 31.6 percent felt so depressed it was difficult to function.

Every year, the American College Health Association conducts a survey called the National College Health Assessment to examine students’ behaviors and views about health issues.

In the survey, 34,587 students were surveyed across 57 campuses.

Out of all the 57 campuses, 7.5 percent of the students said they had seriously contemplated suicide. 1.4 percent had attempted suicide.

According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, approximately 1,100 students die each year because of suicide.

“The number one ‘cause’ of suicide is depression,” said Juni Banerjee-Stevens, counselor at the Psychological Counseling and Wellness Center, in an email to The Orion.

One in four students have depression, she said.

Junior psychology major Daniel Nguyen said that during his first two years at Chico State, he was depressed because of pressure from his parents to graduate college. During his first year, he didn’t speak about his struggle to anyone.

“It’s very difficult for a lot of students to push forward because of the hardships in college, classes, grades and the workload,” said Nguyen.

He never talked about his depression because he didn’t want to bother people, he said. He thinks other people hold it in for the same reasons.

While there are plenty of campus resources for students to manage their stress, such as free counseling from the Wellness Center and programs like UMatter, the first step is the student’s decision to find help, said Banerjee-Stevens. They avoid talking about depression because of the stigma about mental illness.

“We live in this culture that says if you’re depressed, it just means that you’re too weak to figure out how to not be depressed,” said BanerjeeStevens. “So we have this running track in our head that reinforces this idea that we shouldn’t talk about it.”

Students who don’t get treatment for depression can experience significant stress on relationships, poor performance in classes or they drop out of school, Banerjee-Stevens said “The more that we can have people model being open and transparent about it, the better it is for everybody,” said BanerjeeStevens. “So what we’re talking about is reducing that shame that comes along with not being perfect and start talking openly about it, because that’s what’s going to demolish the stigma.”

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Alcohol

Classes, community service drops fines Madison Holmes Asst. News Editor A developing program in Chico will allow those with alcohol-related offenses to take diversion courses and community service to drop their fines. The program may extend to Chico State students in the future.

Individuals charged with lower level alcohol-related incidents may be discharged from their offenses through a new program.

The program will give these individuals the option to take courses and complete community service to get their charges dropped, said Tami Ritter, a Chico City Council member.

Members of the Chico State community want the program to extend to students, said Trisha Seastrom, the program manager for the Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center.

The courses would give offenders

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"These programs are a benefit to ”Education is so much more the community because they keep important than just paying a fine," low level offenders out of the justice Seastrom said. system, saving thousands A group of profesof dollars, while simultanesional mediators and atously helping the offender torneys have already met take some responsibility for to develop a restorative their actions," she said. justice program in Butte The consequences for County, Ritter said. those charged would be "We are starting closely linked with their with a juvenile, first crime, Ritter said. Alcooffender program," she hol-related offenders might TRISHA said. "Eventually, as it clean streets, pick up litter, SEASTROM, becomes a successful repair damage done by Program manager, model, we have no alcohol-fueled activities or Campus Alcohol doubt other restorative and Drug Education hose sidewalks. programs will be impleOnly lower level offendCenter mented into all facets of ers, like someone who was our community." drunk in public, would The notion of developing a be offered the diversion course, diversion program is not new, Ritter Seastrom said. said. Chico once had a juvenile first Based on the level of offense, offender program at the Chico Police the Chico Police Department or

University Police would need to have a system in place by which an individual pleads guilty but does not get processed for a certain amount of time, Ritter said.

If they reoffend, they might not be eligible or have to face heightened penalties including paying steep fees for alcohol classes, she said.

To get the program at Chico State, the University Police and the Chico Police Department need to collaborate with the district attorney’s office, Butte College and nonprofits for community service, Seastrom said.

"There needs to be buy-in by the university and cooperation with CPD," Ritter said. "It needs to be integrated into the student judicial code and practices. It cannot be independent of judicial affairs."

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Labor Day

Local agencies team up for task force Christine Lee News Editor Local agencies within Butte County teamed up with law enforcement agencies in Chico to police heavy party areas Saturday through Monday in the university campus community and at the Sacramento River area in Hamilton City.

The agencies are all signed under the “Avoid the 8” task force, a policing effort funded by the Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All agencies, including Chico Police, Paradise Police, Oroville Police, GridleyBiggs Police and the University Police, signed up under the task force conducted DUI checkpoints in and out of the Sacramento River area in Chico.

This year, agencies involved in policing the Sacramento River area included: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Glenn County Sheriff ’s Office, Butte County Sheriff ’s Office, Butte County Sheriff ’s Search and Rescue, Hamilton City Fire

Department, California Highway Patrol, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cal Fire and Butte College campus police.

“The main concerns are in the river and in Chico,” Hearne said. “Experiences taught us that in the south end there are a lot of parties and they’ve got all their personnel working, keeping eyes on our students so they can go back and forth safely.”

In a campus-wide email, Chico Police Department Chief Kirk Trostle warned students of the “One and Done” policy which rules that the police can break up any party with people committing acts of violence or vandalism.

Hearne said Labor Day is a time where anyone arrested must go to court.

“There are certain times of the year the district attorney’s office says anyone drunk in public during this time of the year has to go to court,” she said.

Christine Lee can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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Police Officers from Chico Police Department and California Highway Patrol team up on traffic stop during Labor Day weekend.

Drought

University installs new water-saving system Robert Engels Staff Writer As California’s drought continues, Chico State has taken further steps to reduce the amount of water used around campus and all facilities.

Over the summer, the school’s Facilities Management and Services department implemented a central control system that will better allow for oversight of the watering of plants and athletic fields.

As of now, the system is in control of six major grass areas on and around campus, said Michael Alonzo, the supervisor of grounds and landscape services.

As soon as next week, five more will be added to the system, Alonzo said. This will give the department control of more than 60 percent of the water dispersed on campus by simply logging into a computer.

The University Farm is another place that worked hard to conserve DAVID DALEY water.

University Farm “We made it this year,” administrator said University Farm administrator David Daley.

The farm increased irrigation efficiency by re-leveling many of the grounds on the site as well as letting some of their ground fallow, Daley said in an email to The Orion.

Fallowing is the practice of plowing and tilling the land but not planting seeds for that season.

“Water conservation is key no matter where you live,” said Alonzo. “It’s good that we have already been on top of it.”

Chico State decreased it’s water usage by more than 15 percent since 2012, according to the facilities’ website.

“We’ve reduced the amount of times

we run the sprinklers on campus from five times a week to maybe two or three,” Alonzo said. “Not only the amount, but the duration each time we do it.”

Another benefit of the new system is that it automatically connects to weather services and determines how much water the campus needs based on that information. It also alerts the department whenever there is a rupture in the irrigation system.

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Majors: Students explore other options, majors » continued from A1 program,” Gurrola said. “Knowing that a B isn’t good enough, I strive for an A in any course I take.”

He’s already planning to apply to other schools this semester in case he doesn’t make it into the nursing school, he said.

“I hope I do get accepted into the nursing program here at Chico,” Gurrola said. “It’s been my first choice since day one.”

Among those who are trying to get into the program, some students have decided to change their major because of the unlikelihood of getting accepted.

“I dropped my major because it was very competitive and I felt like I wasn’t on the same level as the other students,” said Katie Olson, a sophomore business major.

“I chose business because it still incorporates math, which I love, and it pays

a good salary,” she said.

This fall, the business major has the highest amount of newly enrolled students compared to last year, Bee said in an email to The Orion.

According to preliminary fall 2014 data, there are approximately 2,544 undergraduate students in the College of Business, making it the third college with the most undergraduate students.

The other top two colleges with the most

enrollment are the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences with 3,532 undergraduates followed by the College of Communication and Education with 3,001 undergraduates.

The total number of students enrolled in each college won’t be determined until after the university census Sept. 19th.

Daisy Dardon can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@daisydardon on Twitter.

Canceled:

points valid until Sept. 15

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Kyle Sacher, business marketing major and bookstore employee, sorts books at the Wildcat Store.

» continued from A1 of course brought in their own completely different point of sale systems and website,” she said.

Students can use their remaining loyalty points in the store until Sept. 15.

If students still have leftover points following Sept. 15th, they can look up their point balance through the A.S. Wildcat Store website and gift cards to the new store will be created, Hoag said.

The amount on the gift card varies depending on the amount of points. 250 points would be worth $5, 500 points would be worth $10 and 1,000 points would be worth $25, she said.

Under Follet, the Wildcat Store does not currently have a new points program in place, said Sarah Foisy, Chico State Wildcat Store director.

They do, however, offer multiple sales and promotions throughout the year, she said.

Students can follow the Follet Wildcat Store on Facebook to find out when a promotion will be happening, she said.

Follett is a private textbook corporation that signed with the A.S. last semester.

The store made its transition this summer.

Madison Holmes can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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County: Services don’t apply to neighborhoods » continued from A1 Both Chapmantown and Mulberry are neighborhoods located within Chico, but are currently under the supervision of Butte County.

Vince Ornelas, professor of behavioral science at Chico State and homeowner in Chapmantown said cities like these are usually referred to as unincorporated county islands because they fall under the authority of the nearest county rather than the city that surrounds them.

Because Chapmantown and Mulberry are part of the county, that means some of the services offered in Chico do not apply to them.

Some examples include: • Waste management • Fire coverage and protection • Increases to public safety Annexation plans stem from long-term

issues with a lack of waste management in Chapmantown and Mulberry. Many of these residences have localized septic systems which over time leak nitrates into the groundwater suppliers, causing buildup detrimental to local agriculture.

The council previously decided to go forward with annexation.

"The concern at that point would be the rate that all of this is happening at and the cost," Ornelas said.

Average costs of abandoning individual septic tank systems and connecting sewer lines to a main sewer are estimated at $9,000 per residential unit, according to the Chico Area Nitrate Compliance Plan.

Chapmantown and Mulberry are historically lower-income neighborhoods consisting primarily of Caucasian and Hispanic residences.

Several residents of Chapmantown and Mulberry are not in favor of

annexation, and don't want any change.

These residents attended the last council meeting and voiced their opinions.

“You can’t take care of the city you have now,” said Jackie McKinnel, an 82-year-old Chapmantown resident speaking at the Aug. 19 city council meeting. “Why would you want more?”

Residents fear loss of rights they currently have such as possession of certain animals prohibited under city codes and residential yard waste burning, which is not permitted in Chico city limits.

City council members listened to residents’ concerns and tabled the agenda item to an undetermined date.

Jovanna Garcia can be reached at

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POLICE

BLOTTER Wednesday, 7:47 a.m.: Harassment at Parking Structure 1 on Cherry Street. “Reporting party advising that her ex-boyfriend has been harassing her via text messages, etc.

They are both students and have two of the same classes. When she was leaving the parking structure yesterday around 3:30 p.m. her ex spit at her through her vehicle window.”

Thursday, 10:59 p.m.: Petty theft at Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek. “Reporting party was cleaning cafe and vacuuming when a group of four hispanic female adults, high school and freshmen aged one wearing red pants and a white shirt cut off in the back. The second wearing blue shorts and a black shirt. Subjects took 10-11 small containers and SILK milk and fled toward Chico High School.”

Friday, 8:46 p.m.: Petty theft at Nettleton Stadium on College Drive. “Banner missing from the first base side. Reporting party is waiting for responding officer.”

Saturday, 2:15 a.m.: Medical aid needed at Whitney Hall dormitory on Legion Avenue.

“Residential advisor requesting alcohol assessment on one male. Front desk called and was unable to answer any questions about the call as they were told simply to call UPD.” Sunday, 4:26 p.m.: Graffiti at Parking Structure 1 on Cherry Street. “White marker ‘PEDR’ on third floor light pole east side and on stairwell steps southeast side between second and third floor.”

Monday, 4:43 p.m.: Disturbance at Gateway Science Museum on The Esplanade. “Out on a group that appeared to be fighting. Group is dispersing, black male adult on a bike last seen northbound.”

Chico Police

University Police

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

Wednesday, 6:45 a.m.: Assault/Battery on West 10th Avenue. “Reporting party reported his roommate sprayed ant spray in his face. She is upset because the gate was left open and he asked her to make sure the gate was closed. Reporting party advises she is on medication and does not think she is taking them.”

Wednesday, 1:09 p.m.: Disturbance on Main Street. “Female subject screaming at passersby.

She says she will spit at people, spit in their mouths. Now she is saying she will ‘spit in the face of white people because they speak English.’ She is yelling about how Americans are fat and lazy.”

Thursday, 2:28 p.m.: Suspicious subject on Chestnut Street. “Male subject came in to get information about having a meeting with a priest.

He became agitated and started yelling. He was asked to leave but was refusing. Subject is now standing at the front doors outside of the building and will not leave.”

Saturday, 5:29 p.m.: Suspicious circumstance at West Seventh Street. “Responding party received call from friend at this location. Friend has found videos of animal, human pornography on a computer he purchased from a private party and would like to turn the computer in. Dispatching officer contacted resident. Advised nothing criminal regarding possession of the videos. Advised to delete all the unwanted items on his computer.”

Sunday, 10:59 p.m.: Traffic hazard on Salem Street. “Male or female laying in the middle of the street on Salem. Subject was talking on the phone.

Will not get up. People trying to get the subject up and out of the road but they are not cooperative.”

Monday, 12:09 p.m.: Drunk in public at Motel Six. “Responding party request welfare check, evaluation on female guest that has been behaving bizarre. Female advises she is dying of cancer, but has been wandering the property contacting other guests. Female came into the office requesting a call to the mortuary, since she was ready to be cremated.

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Suspects arrested in fatal 7-11 stabbing Christine Lee David McVicker News Editors Chico Police arrested two suspects in connection to a fatal stabbing incident in front of the 7-11 early Sunday morning on Main Street.

The victim, Randell Sexton, a 44-year-old white male, suffered several stab wounds to his upper body and head, according to police. He was pronounced dead at Enloe Medical Center.

Police responded to a fight outside the store around midnight and found the victim lying in the parking lot upon arrival, said Chico Police Captain Lori MacPhail.

"The suspects had fled," MacPhail said. "One suspect was found in the area a few minutes later."

Chico Police detained Stephanie Vogel less than one block away from the crime scene shortly after the incident. Witnesses identified her as being involved in the fight.

Around 8 a.m., police arrested Joshua Epstein near East First and Mangrove avenues.

Both suspects and the victim are believed to be local transients. The suspects are currently booked at the Butte County Jail in Oroville on an open account of murder, MacPhail said.

MacPhail said there were two to three witnesses at the crime scene but believe there are more.

"We'd really like anybody else in the area to come forward and speak to detectives," she said.

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Labor Day

Float turnout lower than expected

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Natasha Mitchell, Nicola Peterson and Nick Roulades link up their rafts as they float down the Sacramento River.

Business major Brian Loo, communication major Holly Sunyogh, psychology major Allyson Pritchard, enthusiastically walk their tubes in the Sacramento River bed entrance.

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Floaters enjoy their Labor Day weekend on the Sacramento River.

Photo Courtesy of Butte County Deputy Sheriff Jay Waananen

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A side-by-side comparison of “Beer Can Beach,” left, from 2012 to this year’s float. In 2012 roughly 10,000 floaters came out to the Sacramento River. This year there were less than 600.

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Editorial

Chico should annex districts for sake of sewers, services

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fter much protest from concerned residents, Chico City Council has halted their efforts to absorb county islands Chapmantown and Mulberry back into the city proper.

Most students will likely have never heard the names Chapmantown and Mulberry since coming to Chico for college, and that’s just how those neighborhoods want it.

Citizens of these autonomous county islands value their independence from the city of Chico, with such perks as: • No animal possession prohibitions • The right to burn trash However, living in a county island also has it’s downsides: • No fire coverage and protection • No trash pickup • No functioning sewage system

Chico City Council recently pushed to annex the neighborhoods back into the city proper and revamp an old septic tank system that is believed to be a hazard to surrounding farmland.

However, these plans were halted after residents raised a stink over the involuntary breach of their independence.

Although these residents have valid concerns about their autonomous lifestyles, annexation is necessary for the benefit of local residents and the county as a whole.

Chapmantown and Mulberry residents live without services that most cities

deem vital to a healthy lifestyle. Waste ancient septic tank systems are contamimanagement, fire protection and a po- nating local farmland with human waste, lice presence are all then a new sewage crucial parts to a system must be infunctioning city and stalled. are all noticeably Yes, it’s unfortuChapmantown and Mulberry missing from the two nate that a low-inresidents live without services neighborhoods. come neighborhood that most cities deem vital to a The fact that these will be stuck with healthy lifestyle. two neighborhoods higher local taxes have higher poverty and fees to pay, but and crime rates than Butte County’s the rest of Chico just health and farmproves that they would be better off with land has a much higher pricetag. a little more regulation.

If the city is willing work with resiMany Chapmantown and Mulberry dents to ensure their health and safety, residents will argue that they’ve thrived then Chapmantown and Mulberry should without these services in the past and reciprocate by joining Chico. have no use for them now, but they can’t ignore the county’s environmental con- The unsigned Orion editorial is the collaboracerns. If Chapmantown and Mulberry’s tive opinion of the editorial board.

Fear of missing out burdens students Matt Murphy

Opinion Columnist Social media has done a lot of good in its short time as a nearly living and breathing entity.

It has changed the face of journalism as well as contributed to enacting social change.

I’ll be the first to admit it. Ferguson, the Boston Marathon bombing and the revolution in Egypt were incredible examples of social media and the Internet’s power to keep people connected.

That’s one side of the three-headed monster that is Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The other is the side that I hate with a burning passion. It’s the viral hashtags, the pointless drivel that somehow becomes part of our everyday lives.

There’s nothing that irritates me more than “fear of missing out” or “fomo.”

Fomo, if you’ve been lucky enough not to encounter it, is basically feeling left out.

In a nutshell, it’s seeing pictures of people out doing things and wondering why you weren’t invited or wishing you were there.

The very notion that worrying about

missing out on something and then subsequently having that negatively affect one’s day baffles me.

For as much good as social media does in the world, the fact that it apparently has the power to harm people’s emotional state is a stronger statement.

I understand that worrying about missing out on social functions and such is an inevitable part of college. There are always events and people doing things and sometimes it’s hard not to feel left out.

Social media doesn’t help by then making it so everyone can see what they’re missing out on and feel worse.

Luckily, there’s a simple fix: don’t worry about it.

Long-term readers know -- how very Reader’s Digest of me to say -- that I am skeptical at best of anything to do with social media. Nonetheless, one doesn’t need me to say that an obsessive need to always be a part of everyone’s plans is an unhealthy way to live.

The college experience shouldn’t be defined by what other people do. Living life always worrying about what other people are doing sounds exhausting anyway.

Matt Murphy can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @matthewcharlesz on Twitter.

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Partygoers should respect local families

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school, right? And if they don’t like it, they shouldn’t have moved here.

Wrong.

What many people are forgetting is that Chico is actually a family town Megan Mann Opinion Columnist that just happens to have a college in it. It’s not like when summer starts It’s Thursday night and my the whole town shuts down for two neighbors across the street are at months and nothing happens. People it again. Old Man Jenkins next have jobs here, raise their families door is shaking his cane and here, make lives here. We disrupt yelling out the window at a noisy these lives every week when we try to hoard of students. Their music get back our “party school” image that is not only keeping me and my is probably better left dead. building up, but also a family Students should try to be considthree blocks erate for those away. around them Mom who are trying to We disrupt these lives every week and Dad live happily and when we try to get back our “party had finally healthily. school” image that is probably gotten the This is their kids ready town, and most better left dead. for bed at a of us are just decent time passing through. and put I’m not the baby down as a huge drop of saying don’t have fun or don’t party, bass suddenly sends the tyke into but rather to be respectful about it. a new fit. It’s like this on their Don’t go raging for three to four days whole street and the other streets straight, lighting couches on fire and near them for another two to breaking bottles in the street, and three blocks. please turn the music down a little.

Tomorrow, when the kids If that seems like a tall order, think drowsily walk to school from about it from the people of Chico’s being up all night, they’ll try to perspective: would you like it if people dodge shattered Burnett’s Vodka came into your hometown and partied bottles and pieces of charred like it was 1999 while you were trying couch. to sleep?

A family pet will come home with shredded paws from that Megan Mann can be reached at same glass. opinioneditor@theorion.com or But it’s okay. Chico’s a party @meganisthemann on Twitter.

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‘Big is beautiful’ objectifies women Alyssa Dunning

Opinion Columnist Society’s obsession with beauty is getting old.

I love seeing women of all sizes and shapes feel confident enough to strut their stuff, but I feel that isn’t addressing the beauty problem as a whole.

Changing beauty standards to include different body types is the equivalent of slapping new paint on a house that is unlivable.

Sure, it looks nice, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is an inhospitable environment.

One example of this fad is the popular “fatkini” trend. This is where larger girls post pictures of themselves in bikinis on social media and tag it #fatkini.

I think it is great that women are not letting their insecurities get in the way of summer fun. What bothers me is what men’s brains do when shown a woman in a bikini.

According to National Geographic, men no longer view women as human. The prefrontal cortex just shuts off, making men view women as objects.

I have seen countless articles and blog posts discussing the fatkini trend over this summer. This also makes it seem that looks are open to be critiqued.

Some people might still wonder what the big deal is and feel they aren’t affected by these issues. However, this is not just about

looking good in a bathing suit or being popular.

There are major issues in the wo rk p l a c e de pending on looks, and it does not just affect women.

According to an article from the Huffington Post, taller men get paid more than shorter men, and women with BMIs higher than 23 have their wages drop by almost $3 compared to women with BMIs of 23. Wages should only be determined by skill, performance and seniority.

I think that #fatkini trends are fun, but they still contribute to the idea that women’s looks are open for critique and judgment. There should be better social media fads for women like #goodgrades or #volunteertime.

We should start congratulating each other on accomplishments instead of our makeup.

Thumbs Thumbs up to Willie the Wildcat working with kids in after school programs. His new look isn’t half-bad either.

Thumbs down Follett terminating Wildcat Store rewards points.

Students would have used those, eventually.

Thumbs up to Chico State’s drought-friendly ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Supporting charity without depriving the environment is a solid win-win.

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Alyssa Dunning can be reached at

Talking Points

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @alyssadunning3 on Twitter.

Negative news can be overbearing Julianna Eveland

Opinion Columnist

There is one thing that can always be expected in the news, and that’s bad news.

On one hand, half the time I hesitate to look at major news sites from fear of what I’ll find.

On the other hand, when there are no catastrophes, disasters or major crimes to report on, the news seems a bit dull or irrelevant.

Twitter posts containing lighthearted news stories always receive comments like, “How is this news?” or, “Why do we care?”

Throughout my summer internship at NewsRadio KFBK, I scanned online news sites for crime stories in the larger Sacramento area. By the end of my internship, I found myself only searching for the bad news.

It felt like if I had no decent crime stories, I hadn’t done my job well enough that day.

People in the newsroom and myself would find a way to get past the horrific truths of certain events, usually through humor.

Bad news is the majority of what stimulates readers. I’ve found this not only in the KFBK newsroom but through working at The Orion as well.

The Orion issues with less b u z z about holiday arrests, DUI’s and other mishaps tend to get less praise.

When good news is reported on, even in great detail, it gets less recognition and often goes forgotten.

The bad news is what sticks. Ebola, Ferguson, ISIS, journalists being beheaded.

All of these events will remain in the news for weeks, even months to come.

Right now society may seem messed up and out of

whack, but relishing in the tragedies of the world will not get anyone anywhere.

The news may be depressing, but if I balance it out with inspiring, unique and uplifting news stories, I can learn a new appreciation for the world.

The sad part is, I can’t even think of a monumental good event that can counter the events above.

My new mission is to find the good in the world. I will seek it out and find the lighter side of journalism.

Bad news is important to report on, but relishing in it just feels wrong.

Veronica De La Cruz

Opinion Columnist

If there’s one thing in the world I can’t stand, it has to be a catcall.

As a young female college student living in Chico, it’s become apparent that the only time it’s safe to walk through town is with a large group or accompanied by a male.

It’s outrageous to think women can’t even walk down the street to Safeway without

As Chico State’s recording arts and nursing programs become increasingly impacted, students are either switching majors or turning to other school’s programs. It’s unfair that students with impacted majors have to choose between changing passions or changing schools. The university should give Chico State students priority when applying for impacted programs. Their in-house experience with professors and the community should be worth more than a slight GPA difference.

Julianna Eveland can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @janeca12 on Twitter.

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Men aren’t entitled to women’s bodies getting verbally harassed or simply honked at. Even at parties, I find myself having to stay close to my boyfriend just so guys don’t feel the right to grab or dance with me.

I believe this sense of entitlement comes from a male’s inability to accept getting rejected.

There have been multiple occasions where I’ve witnessed a girl get called a slut or whore if she denied a guy. At that point, I think the only way a guy will make up for his loss is if he values himself more than the opposite sex. This usually means that a girl will be considered too stuck up for not wanting to accept his offer.

Let’s not forget the horrific Isla Vista shooting that involved several stu-

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dents from UC Santa Barbara. Elliot Rodger’s violent actions sparked a large controversy over misogynistic views about women in general.

Men who have a sense of entitlement need to understand that it isn’t anyone else’s responsibility to be attracted to them, show them attention, and most of all, it isn’t any girl’s responsibility to throw herself at guys.

The only person responsible for making a male’s life enjoyable is that man himself.

Whether it is a gun control issue or a spoiled, entitled kid, women shouldn’t face the threat of violent acts if they choose to deny a guy. It shouldn’t go as far as having to shoot up a school for men to realize women should be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

After one of the calmest Labor Day weekends in known memory, it’s clear that the way to crack down on out-of-control parties is with a strong police presence. The university should keep this in mind when planning for Halloween weekend. Chico’s streets need more cops, not water stations and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Comments of the week In response to the features article, “Equipment preference causes gender separation at gym” by Amanda Rhine: “I’ve felt low levels of contempt from people for doing yoga unless I walk into the room with a female friend.

Suddenly an escort of the opposite sex means you’re not a creeper.”

-Brice Campbell on Facebook

Veronica De La Cruz can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @Veronica_dlcon Twitter.

In response to the news article, “Task force patrols Labor Day weekend” by Christine Lee: “What’s really funny is that all these cops participated in the same fun when they were young...”

-Andy Fox on Facebook

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Brennan May, a new Wildcat track and field runner, used to play minor league baseball for the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Track and Field

Former baseball player joins the ranks Lars Gustafson

Staff Writer

After a career that’s spanned several states and multiple sports, Brennan May just may have found a team that can take full advantage of his natural abilities: the Chico State men’s track and field.

May is a new track runner for Chico State, and is one with quite a past. Born in Fayetteville, Georgia, he was a natural athlete at a young age, playing his first baseball season at age 6.

May started his semipro career when he was signed by the Cincinnati His story was Reds in 2011. Playing for the Reds, May was a compelling standout in the minor and what it leagues with eight home told me is runs and a .274 batting that this guy average. Despite these is a strong numbers, the Reds cut May on July 4, 2012. person.

May then went to Arizona to try out for Oliver Hanf, multiple teams during head men’s track Major League Baseball and field coach spring training. There, he recorded a stunning 6.4 second 60-yard sprint at the Dodgers tryout but didn’t make the roster.

He said he grew frustrated, repeatedly hearing, “You’re better than most of the prospects on our rosters, but we have to respect our scouts.”

After a tough few weeks in Arizona, May headed to New Mexico to play minor league for the Taos Blizzards and had continued success with baseball. It was a changing point in his athletic career.

“The caliber of competition was lower,

Photograph courtesty of Brennan May

Before running track at Chico State, Brennan May, right, played minor league baseball for the Taos Blizzards in New Mexico. (and) the fact that I was going backwards in my career left me unmotivated,” May said.

After leaving baseball behind, May planned to walk onto the football team at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California, but the football team decided to deny any walk-on players that season. Having never run track in his entire life, May decided to join the track team there.

In his first season, May achieved major improvements. At the beginning of the season, he ran a 12.38 in the 100-meter sprint

and improved by 1.31 seconds by the end of the year to an impressive 11.07.

Most track stars try to improve by .3 to .5 seconds a year, May said. Improving by over one second in just one season shows the sky is the limit for May on the track.

May reached out to Oliver Hanf, the head coach of Chico State’s men’s track and field team, and that led him come to Chico State.

“His story was compelling and what it told me is that this guy is a strong person,” Hanf said.

He expects May to have a positive impact on the whole team, Hanf said.

“I get the sense he’s going to be a team leader from the start,” Hanf said. “(He’s) brand new to Chico State, but demonstrating leadership skills, which excites me. He’s going to be a great addition to our team as a team player.”

Lars Gustafson can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @theorion_sports.

Soccer

Team leaders set sights on returning to postseason Angelo Boscacci

Staff Writer

The Chico State women’s soccer team’s 2013 season ended after missing the playoffs with a record of 8-8-2. The Orion chatted with three key members of the team about their goals for the 2014 season.

Goalkeeper Brianna Furner “I think the key to our success is we all have to all be on the same page,” Furner said. “Each day we have to show up ready.”

She sees the advantages her team has over competitors, Furner said.

“I think the advantage is that we know where we have been in the past and we know how to get to the Final Four,” Furner said. “We will be able to teach that to our younger girls and persevere though.”

Last year’s team didn’t have set goals, Furner said.

“Last year we were more Emily Teague/The Orion lackadaisical about our goals,” Junior Emily Shleppey works on her skills.

Furner said. “This year we repeat our goals and we remind ourselves about them.”

Midfielder Megan Tabler One of two captains on this year’s team, Tabler was third in points on the team.

The ’Cats lost four key seniors from last year and will need their younger players to step up.

“We lost a lot of talent with that graduating class,” Tabler said. “I have confidence that our underclassmen will really step up and take on bigger roles this season.”

Being a veteran on a young team, it might seem there would be added pressure. In Tabler’s case, it’s the opposite.

“Any of the added pressure I feel is just from myself,” Tabler said. “I want to go out with a bang and have the best last season I can as a Wildcat.”

Head Coach Kim Sutton Entering her 14th season as head coach, Sutton’s team only has five

I have confidence that our underclassmen will really step up and take on bigger roles this season.

Megan Tabler, midfielder

returning seniors.

“It’s a long season and we have to continue to get better,” Sutton said.

“The conference is very tough.”

The team starts the season on the road for its first two games, with the first home game against Seattle Pacific University Sept. 10th at 7:30 p.m.

Angelo Boscacci can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @Boscacci6 on Twitter.

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Wildcat Week of the

Willie the Wildcat In conjunction with a new “cartoon Willie” Chico State athletics will begin a partnership with Round Table Pizza and Chico Recreation Area & Park District to improve the CARD youth sports and after-school programs. Starting in September, Chico State athletes will be visiting Chico elementary schools and promoting the importance of good grades in school.

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Men’s Soccer WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

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(Volleyball) The number of miles the volleyball team will travel this weekend to play in the Seattle Pacific University tournament.

16 (Women’s soccer)

The number of returning players for this year’s women’s soccer team.

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Junior Emily Shleppey sets up for a kick during a women’s soccer practice earlier last week.

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The number of players the men’s soccer team lost from last season.

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The Chico State men’s soccer team won a scrimmage against the Rocklin, California William Jessup University team 4-2 Friday night. The scoring started early for Chico State and the team never looked back. The Wildcats found the back of the net three times in a matter of six minutes in the first half. The first goal was by midfielder Russell Ellyson, with a nice shot to the right side of the goal. The next goal, happening four minutes later, was a shot by Luis Martinez, also to the right of the goalie. Chico State continued the goal barrage with a goal in the 29th minute of the first half and a header off a corner to put the Wildcats up 3-0. William Jessup University got on the board in the second half on a cross that was headed in by Justin Soria, but could never catch up.

The Wildcats begin their regular season play Thursday at 7 p.m. with a match against Dominican University on the university soccer field.

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Chico State women’s soccer team beat Sacramento’s American River College 6-0 Friday afternoon. The Wildcats fast and furious pace overwhelmed American River College from the start. All of its goals came in the first half, with the first goal scored just 10 minutes into the match. The highlight of the game came on the fourth goal. First-year Pooja Patel hit a 35-yard laser beam into the net. The Wildcats tacked on two more goals, ending the game 6-0. American River College only had two shots on goal the whole game. Chico, on the other hand, had 19 shots on goal. The Wildcats will open the season Thursday against Dixie State University from St. George, Utah.

(Women’s cross country) Chico State’s women’s cross-country team will seek a seventh straight CCAA title this season.

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Sophomore Lindsey Dias and senior Megan Tabler go for the ball.

Golf

Upcoming Games

Brown named coach of the year Kevin Lucena

Staff Writer

Players, former players, assistant coaches and people who work at the golf courses where the Chico State team plays has included the same word about T.L. Brown, the head men’s golf coach: professional.

“From the day he got here, he handled

Chico State golf under TL Brown • • • • • • •

2 NCAA Championship Tournament finals appearances 8 consecutive NCAA postseason berths 1 California Collegiate Athletic Association conference title 16 stroke play tournament wins 55 top-five finishes, including 23 straight from 2009-11 2014 highest average GPA of all Chico State athletic teams 2014 Golf Coaches Association of America West Region Coach of the Year

himself in such a professional manner with assistant coach. “He was the best coach how he treats and what he exI’ve ever had.” pects from his players,” said Trask played for the Chico Anita Barker, Chico State’s State golf team in 2006-2007 afathletic director. “It’s been no ter playing at a junior college surprise to see how well the in the Napa, California area. golf team has progressed both After graduating, he was one of on the course and in the classBrown’s assistants for two years. room.”

He now runs The Practice Tee at Since coming to Chico in the Sunset Hills, a par 3 course on the fall of 2007, Brown has kept north end of Chico.

TL Chico State in the conversa“He showed me the right BROWN tion as one of the best golf proway to run a team, practice Head coach, men’s grams around. In July, Brown and player management like a golf was awarded the West Region professional,” Trask said. “It’s Coach of the Year. Brown also exciting to see the team keep won the 2011 and 2012 GCAA/Eaton Golf growing more dominant under Coach Pride West Region Coach of the Year award. Brown.”

Since 2007, the men’s golf team has proBrown also keeps his team focused in duced two first-team, two second-team and the classroom, as the team was recently one third-team All-America winner. There rewarded at the fall welcome back dinhave been five honorable mention All-Amer- ner the athletic department holds at icans, 15 PING All-West Region recipients the beginning of each school year. and 17 All-California Collegiate Athletic As- Among the many awards the Chico sociation selections, including two confer- State athletic department received, the ence Players of the Year, five Newcomer of men’s golf team was honored for havthe Year winners and a pair of CCAA Fresh- ing the highest average GPA of all of man of the Year awards. the teams.

“My first year was his last year, so he was my coach for only one season, but I wish I Kevin Lucena can be reached at could have stayed longer,” said Ryan Trask, sportseditor@theorion.com or a former Chico State men’s golf player and @klucena824 on Twitter.

MEN’S SOCCER

Thursday, Sept. 4 7 P.M.

VS. Dominican University

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Thursday, Sept. 4 3 P.M.

VS. Dixie State

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Baseball

Ex-’Cat still an ace in a new place

Jose Olivar

Staff Writer

Getting off to a great start is something former Chico State pitcher Nick Baker has been accustomed to throughout his career.

During his first season in 2011 with the Wildcats, he posted nine wins out of the 12 games he started, the most out of any pitcher on the team that same year.

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Baker, 22, during the 29th round of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft this summer. While playing for Arizona’s minor league team, he compiled a 3-1 record with a 3.20 ERA and only two walks.

Now in his first year as a member of the Hillsboro Hops, Baker is at it again.

Despite only playing 16 games for the Hops so far, the young pitcher has started to make a name for himself by posting an impressive streak of 28 innings with no walks.

Baker’s recent streak resulted in an invitation to this year’s Northwest League AllStar Game, where he played as a starter for the South Division Team.

His recent accomplishment does not come as a surprise because even as a firstyear, Baker always had the knack to get the job done, said Abel Alcantar, Baker’s former Wildcat teammate.

“The reason why he was such a good pitcher his freshman year is because he competed every single game,” Alcantar said.

Though he recognizes and appreciates the praise that he has gotten for his streak, it has actually hurt his game, Baker said.

Hitters on opposing teams started to look at the stat sheet and realized that he was only throwing strikes, which resulted in batters being more confident on swinging the bat while facing him.

Former Chico State ace and current Hillsboro Hops minor league baseball player “I think walking a hitter actually benefited me more than not walking a hitter,” he said. “It’s kind of hurting me in the long season.

“I had my ups and downs, like anybody run. I think it’s kind of almost backfiring.”

After their conversation, Baker worked at Chico State,” he said. “I think I learned According to Chico State’s head baseball hard in the weight room that summer, and from my failures, what did and didn’t coach Dave Taylor and his former team- he came back the next season ready to work, so I took the best of all that and apmates, Baker’s success on the next level start, Taylor said. plied it here.” is a result of his competitive nature and “He cleaned up some of his mechanics Although he’s had a good season so far, his ability to and really was his time in the minors is not without growthrow strikes I think I learned from my failures, what determined to ing pains, like getting used to the grueling when on the show myself schedule the league offers, Baker said. did and didn’t work, so I took the best mound. and everybody “In college you play once a week, but of all that and applied it there.”

“He’s not a that he’s a week- here it’s everyday there’s traveling so (I’m 92-93 mph guy, end guy, a Fri- still) getting used to that difference,” he Nick Baker, minor league pitcher but he’s an day guy, and he said.

80’s guy that did that,” Taylor The main difference between a college has ball movesaid. team and professional team is the mentalment,” Taylor said. “He throws strikes.”

Adding to Baker’s ability to take criti- ity of the players, Baker said.

Taylor also attributes Baker’s success to cism, he always took whatever the older “In college it’s more of a group effort, as his knack of taking advice and learning players told him with a grain of salt, and opposed to here it’s more of an individual from it, recalling a conversation on a plane learned from what they had to say, Alcan- effort,” he said. “I mean not that it’s a freeduring one of the ’Cats’ World Series runs, tar said. for-all here, but it’s more of you looking when the two talked about what Baker He credits his time in Chico for helping out for yourself than the team.” needed to do to improve for the following him grow as a pitcher, Baker said.

With only 33 games in the season so far,

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Nick Baker.

Baker still has a significant amount of time left to get used to the game and contribute to his new team, which currently sits at the top of its division with a 25-12 record.

Just a year removed from playing for the Wildcats, Baker has experienced quite the ride so far in his career.

Between getting drafted by a major league team to playing in an all-star game, there are still things he misses from his time in Chico, Baker said.

“I miss the good local food, the mac and cheese from The Banshee,” Baker said.

“My girlfriend is still there. I miss a lot of people there, just hanging out having a good time and the good weather pretty much year-around.”

Jose Olivar can be reached at

jolivar@mail.csuchico.edu or @jpu_olivar on Twitter.

Men’s Rugby

Veteran squad priming for playoff revenge Ryan Grady

Staff Writer

The 2014-2015 Chico State men’s rugby team welcomes back 14 starters in a game played with 15.

“It’s good to have all these veterans out here,” senior Charlie Brennan said. “We also have good depth in our rookie class.

There is a lot of new faces out here.”

Among all the returners, seniors outside center John Wesley Davis, eight man Brennan, fly half J.P. McKinley, flanker Ian McLens and junior flanker Oisin Collins were named All-League.

“We’ve all played together for a couple of years now so the chemistry on the field is so strong,” McKinley said.

The team runs a seven-man league in the fall that is used for exhibition games.

From there, it quickly transitions into 15-man official games in the spring. It’s no surprise the Chico State men’s rugby team is so successful as it practices yearround.

“We are about to get going with our offseason training,” Brennan said. “We want

to get our revenge against Stanford.”

“Staying injury free is big,” McKinley Stanford University handed the Wildsaid. “We have a long season and it’s difficats the only regular season loss last cult to stay healthy in a sport like rugby.” season. That game is fueling some motivaEvery October, the team schedules an tion for their rematch. The ’Cats finished alumni weekend that includes some comup with a record of 10-2 and are on the petitive rugby as well as fundraising. move to be just as good this year.

“It’s fun going up against some of the The team guys that competes were seniors against Diviwhen I was We are about to get going with our sion I schools. a freshman offseason training. We want to get UC Davis and and sophoour revenge against Stanford.

Sacramento more,” Davis Charlie Brennan, men’s rugby player State will be said. entering the Students league this can catch year, two the team teams Chico has seen before. practicing out on Yolo Field, polishing up “Right now you just want to come out its game. The team is always looking for and win the Pacific West Conference,” new players to join. It welcomes everyone Davis said. “From there we want to make and are willing to show them the ways of a deep run in the playoffs.” the game.

While getting out early is key, it is important to make sure everyone isn’t Ryan Grady can be reached at worn out. sportseditor@theorion.com or “Our biggest thing is to keep everyone @RyanGrady23 on Twitter. healthy and committed,” Davis said.

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Students gather at the Wildcat Recreation Center to work out. Often men will gravitate toward the weights on the bottom floor and women toward the second floor.

Students discuss the division between genders at the Wildcat Recreation Center

that seems to keep the genders separated is their own personal comfort levels and activity preference.

Barney has explored many new activities during his two years of very female-friendly,” he said. “(Downfrequenting the facility despite Amanda Rhine stairs is) a little intimidating – bunch of his initial lack of comfort.

Staff Writer guys down there lifting heavy weights and “The first time I did yoga, I was The Wildcat Recreation Center offers maybe two or three girls that are doing the shaking I was so nervous,” he various exercise options for all students, same – but most of (the girls) just come said. but there are noticeable areas that the dif(upstairs) and do their thing.”

Barney wasn’t nervous because ferentiating genders gravitate to –­ men stay Brooke McClure, a senior nutrition mahe didn’t know the poses, but in the weight room and women jor, spends a majority because he didn’t want upstairs on the cardio floor. of her gym time on to be perceived as The WREC underwent many the second floor and someone with ulterior motives changes recently. One of the when asked about considering the class majority changes was the relocation of her preference, she was women. some female-friendly equipanswered without “I was a little worried about ment, such as lighter dumbbells, hesitation. being ‘that guy’ in the room yoga balls and stretching mats.

“Downstairs is going to yoga to check out the The equipment was moved from intimidating (because girls,” he said. the first floor where the heavy of) all the guys,” she Barney has since grown acweight machines are located to said. customed to the class as well as KENDY JUSTIN the second floor with the cardio While the intention the WREC in its entirety.

DUARTE BARNEY machines. behind the move is “I feel comfortable in the Senior economics Junior business When asked if the equipment unclear, there is a prewhole gym,” he said. major administration major move made downstairs less conceived notion that When asked about her initial welcoming for women, Justin women have a place impression on her first day Barney, senior economics major, upstairs and the men at the WREC, Kendy Duarte, said that it didn’t make much of have theirs downstairs. a junior business administration major, a difference in how women perceived the There is no written, spoken or even noticed the separation. already male-dominated floor. silent rule that women and men must stick “It was a little intimidating when I “I think regardless of the mats, it’s not to specific areas of the gym. The thing walked in just to see no girls downstairs,”

she said.

However, like Barney, Duarte is not letting the idea of being surrounded by the opposite sex hinder her interest in lifting

I was a little worried about being ‘that guy’ in the room going to yoga to check out the girls.

Justin Barney, senior economics major

and pressing.

“I don’t think that would stop me from going down there, but yeah, it would be nice to see more girls downstairs,” Duarte said.

So while gender segregation at the WREC is obvious, it does not appear intentional, but merely situational.

There are particular areas that have both genders equally pumped to utilize no matter the circumstances and that’s the WREC’s climbing wall and pool. Both are highly recommended to anyone looking for fun and intermingling during their workout.

Amanda Rhine can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

@am_rhine on Twitter.

Culture

Students experience shock after going abroad Michaela Sundholm

Staff Writer

Karl Pfeifer, senior international relations and German major, spent his time abroad in Tuebingen, Germany.

The Orion: Was the culture shock coming home different than the culture shock going abroad?

Pfeifer: I didn’t have a ton of culture shock going to Germany, but coming back there were a lot of things that I had to adjust to.

The Orion: What were some of the things that were shocking when you came back to America?

Pfeifer: For me, there were a lot of little instances of shock. When I first got back, during the car ride home from the airport, I couldn’t help but think oh my God, I’m going to die. The freeways are so much more chaotic than the roads in the town I was in.

The Orion: How do you think going from culture to culture changed you?

Pfeifer: The coming back home culture shock isn’t something that is really talked about but there are so Photograph courtesty of Shane La Vigne many things that affect someone coming back. I myself Shane La Vigne, senior English major, spends his changed – I became more German. I’m a lot quieter. When time abroad in Hirakata, Osaka in Japan to study.

I got back I had to grow back into my American self.

Jet lag, foreign languages and unfamiliar places are all elements of culture shock. Students not only experience that shock when they go to the foreign country they are studying in, but also when they return home.

Shane La Vigne, senior English major, is now a peer advisor for the study abroad office. He spent his time in Hirakata, Osaka in Japan.

The Orion: What was something hard to adjust to coming back home?

La Vigne: One thing that was really hard was adjusting to the climate. The humidity is so much higher in Japan.

Coming back to California, it’s the exact opposite in terms of humidity. It is so dry here, my hair and my skin were just going crazy when I got back.

The Orion: Did you have any issues with the language?

La Vigne: When I had just gotten back, I was transferring planes at the airport in LA and someone who worked there stopped me and I just started speaking Japanese to them. It made me look very suspicious for some reason and I ended up having to get my hands dabbed to test them for chemicals or something.

Photograph courtesty of Jessica Vasquez

Jessica Vasquez, senior agriculture business major, travels in Jaen, Spain while she is over seas.

Jessica Vazquez, senior agriculture business major, spent a year abroad in Jaen, Spain.

The Orion: What is something you did in Spain that you don’t in America?

Vazquez: In Spain they have siestas, which are not just naps like everyone thinks but more of a time of rest. After lunch, my host family and I would always just sit down and watch TV or just hang out with each other.

The Orion: Did the different language cause any problems for you?

Vazquez: Getting used to all the English spoken here has been really hard. While in Spain if I heard English being spoken, it would be my friends, classmates or other Californians who were in my program. When I came back I would hear English and think, oh I must know them, then I would turn around and it would be just some random stranger.

The Orion: What was one of the hardest things to adjust to coming back?

Vazquez: One of the hardest things is coming home to changes like people having graduated. I knew people wouldn’t pause their life while I was gone, but it was weird to come back and see that people had in fact moved on.

Photograph courtesty of Karl Pfeifer

Karl Pfeifer, senior international relations and German major, travels to Vienna while overseas.

Michaela Sundholm can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

@Michaela_Sun on Twitter.

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Social Media

Students utilize Facebook as marketplace Taylor Sinclair

Staff Writer

Each Chico State graduating class has its own page on Facebook so students can stay connected with each other. However, the pages have become an online student-run marketplace where students can sell books, find roommates and pawn off furniture.

The Chico State Class of 2017 page, containing 2,075 members, has 167 posts for the month of August. These posts are dedicated to selling books, finding roommates or placing miscellaneous ads. Miscellaneous ads include students offering rides to Chico, internships, outdoor activity groups or student-run businesses.

Of those 167 posts in August, 53.89 percent were focused on selling books. This includes Marion McClelland, a sophomore psychology major.

“I chose to sell my books on the Class of 2017 Facebook page because there are a lot of people that are on the page and get the notifications of posts,” McClelland said. “So far I haven’t gotten any responses on my post.”

9.58 percent of the August posts on the 2017 class page were posts dedicated to finding roommates for students in apartments

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or houses.

Lindsey Brock, sophomore nutrition major, talks about why she chose to look for another roommate on Facebook.

“My two other roommates go to Butte and thought it would be safer to find a roommate on the Chico State Facebook page than Craigslist,” Brock said. “I normally

wouldn’t do that, but one of my roomates is a guy and wanted another guy roommate, but didn’t know of anyone so asked me to post on the page.”

Brock talks about the possibility of not knowing her future roommate beforehand and the potential issues it may cause.

“We figured we would have better luck

Campus Jobs

Resident advisers shed light on position Samantha McKibben

Staff Writer

As Wildcat Welcome Week drew to a close, most students were breathing a sigh of relief and settling into their first semester’s routine. For resident advisers in particular, the start of school is especially chaotic.

70 resident advisers start their school year three weeks early in order to be prepped and ready to go when all of the first-year students move in.

Amy Schuman, a third-year business major, is an RA for women on the first floor of Mechoopda Hall. Schuman said the training process was extensive.

“I had two weeks of training,” she said.

“We went to camp up in Nevada City. We did a lot of team building like a ropes course, conversations and we shared our life stories.

It really helped build the team.”

Team-building exercises are essential for the RAs because student housing is broken into three communities. Each community has its own personality and unique dynamic so cooperation is necessary to bring students together.

Caleb Meyer, a fourth-year liberal studies major, has been an RA to both Whitney Hall and now University Village. Both house the

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Caleb Meyer, a liberal studies major, hangs out by Whitney Hall. same percentage of the student population, but are different in a few ways.

“When you live in Whitney Hall, you are all in the same building and all that’s separating you from meeting new people is another floor,” he said. “University Village accommodates more for those who want a more independent style of living and a closer relationship with smaller groups of people.”

Despite the differences between the hous-

ing communities, Meyer emphasized that the underlying theme is respect.

“It’s respecting residents, respecting their privacy, while at the same time being unwavering when there is a circumstance or situation that you have to address and a problem that you have to take care of,” Meyer said.

Amid everything else that the first week entails, RAs have to establish good relationships with their residents. This means walking the line between authority figure and friend.

“What makes a really good RA is balance,” Meyer explained. “It’s really easy to fall on the enforcer side and get detached from your residents, but at the same time it can be really easy to just become really good friends with some of them.”

Schuman agrees that finding the balance is something she has to work to achieve constantly, but she has found that her role as a big sister in her personal life has helped.

“We have meetings and at those I try to be firm, tell them that these are the policies and then soften up,” she said. “I love these girls, they’ll all be my little sisters this year.”

with finding someone we knew on the Chico State page,” Brock said. “We were concerned with them maybe not being close enough in age or having different priorities than us.”

Of the 167 posts, 30.54 percent were for miscellaneous items or events. An example of this would be a post regarding getting a ride to Chico from Southern California, trying to sell furniture or trying to find an item lost over the weekend.

Kendall Reynolds, a sophomore journalism major, lost her student ID card and talks about trying to use the class page to find it.

“Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses about my ID and resorted to getting a replacement at Student Services today,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds discusses why Facebook is a great resource for Chico State students.

“I chose to try Facebook because it’s a great way to reach a vast amount of people with one post,” Reynolds said. “It also seems that people are supportive of other classmates so when you post in your Chico class page people want to help you out.”

Taylor Sinclair can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @taysinclair17 on Twitter.

One Question

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Q: Has anyone or anything had a real impact on your life?

A: “The Newman Center really helped me out when I first came to college because I wasn’t a very devout Catholic at all. I had grown up a Catholic and I went to Catholic Mass and I thought it was kind of cool, but for me personally having it be my own choice to go to church and be surrounded by people who are my age and that absolutely love their faith was amazing and the Newman Center really made a difference.”

Teddy Crete, sophomore mechanical engineering major

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The O-Face: Current female pubic hair trends percent). (The figures add up to more than 100 percent because there is overlap.)”

Jessica Candela

Sex Columnist

Bush. Carpet. Lady garden. Landing strip. Mow the lawn. And my personal favorite, pusstache. These are some of the phrases used to describe female pubic hair and the ways some are choosing to maintain it.

Trimming, shaving, waxing, creams and the dreaded plucking – most women have tried these methods at least once in their post adolescent lives.

According to Five Thirty Eight, “The majority of women who had ever groomed their pubic hair said they used a razor and shaving cream (77 percent). That was followed by trimming with scissors (23 percent) and hair removal cream (19

The Nebula

Society is in our pants?

In our society, all genders are bombarded with pressures on how to look and behave. It’s hard to resist any trend the dominant culture deems as “natural” and “attractive.” Pubic hair, or lack thereof, is one of these trends.

Tiana Echols, a first-year psychology major, urges individuals to communicate their preferences of grooming with their partners.

“If you’re single, you should do whatever you want (with your pubic hair), whatever is most comfortable for you,” Echols said. “But, if you’re in a relationship, see how your partner feels about it too. Take into consideration what they like and listen to them.”

Though I agree communication and compromise is key in any relationship, I caution individuals to change any aspect of themselves, including how they groom

their pubic hair, for their partners. It’s your body, not your partner’s, and you should decide how to present yourself.

Sabrina Arredondo, a first-year psychology major, has a free-spirited attitude on her body hair grooming habits.

“You’re born with hair,” Arredondo said. “I rarely shave my legs. I hate it, it’s the worst thing to shave. With pubic hair, just let it grow, let it happen, it’s more free. It’s not a big deal because not everyone sees it, only the people you’re having sex with. It’s like the movie The Lorax; just ‘let it grow.’”

Let it grow or wax it bald, it’s up to you Altering pubic hair is purely cosmetic.

There is no rhyme or reason to remove the naturally occurring process from our bodies. However, over the decades, various trends of pubic hair alterations have made waves through our mass media culture.

As quoted in the New York Times,

Cameron Diaz said, “Grooming one’s lady bits is a matter of personal choice... I simply urge women to consider not doing anything permanent down there. Wax it bald, leave it wild and bushy, shave it into a heart or a landing strip or a birthday cake. Trim it, tease it, dye it like an Easter egg ... just bear in mind that trends and preferences change, and you should think about keeping your future options open for yourself.”

If you don’t want chemical creams in your body, itchy red bumps and you don’t feel the need to keep trimming hair that will never stop growing, then consider just leaving it be!

My advice? I urge all genders to do what’s right and practical for them, not for society, for their partners or for their friends. It’s your body and you have the distinct pleasure of living with it.

Jessica Candela can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @_jessicacandela on Twitter.

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Recording studio creates scholarship

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Alex Brown captivates the audience with intrepid guitar strums and a stirring voice Saturday at 1078 Gallery for the Energy Plant Arts recording scholarship benefit concert.

Jeffrey Fox

Staff Writer

There’s only one place you’d find two rappers, three singer-songwriters and a funky family band performing in the same night.

Chico’s 1078 Gallery, which has become well-known for showcasing local talent, hosted a benefit concert Saturday featuring Sick Bird, Jbiz, Deedee Vest, Alex Brown, Joe Goodwin and Sofa King for the Energy Plant Arts recording scholarship.

YJ CARSON The benefit was Energy Plant Arts developed by Energy Director of Programs Plant Arts, a commuand Development nity nonprofit recording and multimedia studio that began operating September 2012.

YJ Carson, director of programs and development at Energy Plant Arts, said the studio is hoping to raise $3,600 for three professional recording scholarships to be offered to local talents.

“The EP Recording Scholarship was originally conceived by our organization to create meaningful support for local music by the community, for the community,” Carson said.

Those awarded with the scholarships will record an album of up to 12 songs utilizing the studio’s professional-grade equipment, sound engineers, live recording room and other facilities.

The benefit’s first act and scholarship competitor, Sick Bird, showcased his hip-hop flow while the audience bounced to the rhythm.

He performed with confidence as he rapped.

After Jbiz busted out some hard rhymes, Deedee Vest hit the stage with her signature singer-songwriter style. She won the crowd “The EP Recording quickly with her raw and lovely Scholarship was vocals that came originally conceived straight from by our organization the heart. to create meaningful Alex Brown, support for local also a singmusic by the er-songwriter, community, for the quieted the room with community. intrepid guitar strums and a YJ Carson, Energy Plant stirring voice.

Arts Director of Programs Indie folkand Development rocker Joe Goodwin showed versatility by playing keyboard, guitar and harmonica. He never opened his eyes, but his original songs sent out a warm, pleasant, personal connectivity that isn’t often distributed so freely.

Energy Plant Arts will create a sign-up list for local solo artists and bands to compete for votes from the community once the fundraising goal is raised. The band and artists with the most votes will receive a scholarship and begin working with the studio to record and mix an album.

“This Energy Plant recording scholarship is the pilot and first scholarship to be offered by our organization,” Carson said. “The turn out was much better than I could have hoped for. I’m really happy that people came out for a good cause” So far, Energy Plant Arts has raised $805 out of its $3,600 goal. Contributions to the scholarship can be made at a show or online at gofundme.com/energyplantarts.

Jeffrey Fox can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com or

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Janet Turner, a world-renowned printmaker and professor at Chico State, would have turned 100 years old this year.

Turner’s collection at the Janet Turner Print Gallery currently contains more than 3,500 prints.

Remembering a legacy: Janet Turner

Turner’s massive collection of prints, art spans 40 years and is housed on campus Emma Wood-Wright

Staff Writer

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rom 1959 to 1981, students at Chico State who took printmaking in Room 205 of Taylor Hall were exposed to prints by artists like Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and David Hockney, and not just projected on a big white screen, but within arms reach.

Janet Turner, their teacher and world-renowned printmaker, made this possible through her own personal collection.

This year marks what would have been her 100th birthday. Although Turner is no longer alive, her collection and legacy continue to thrive at the Janet Turner Print Gallery, across from Meriam Library.

“She collected the prints so her students wouldn’t have to go to Los Angeles, New York and Paris to see the latest in printmaking, and all of this at her expense,” said Michael Halldorson, a printmaker and former student of Turner’s.

Turner’s collection now contains more than 3,500 prints, featuring hundreds of different artists from more than 40 countries around the world.

Printmaking is a unique art form and can be accomplished by numerous techniques. What sets every print apart is its originality — each one is an original impression of an intricate design that can never be exactly replicated.

Halldorson was on the first committee in 1981 to keep the collection in Chico.

“We were tasked with getting $300,000 to keep the collection here in Chico,” he said.

“Portland, Oregon desperately wanted it up there. With the help of some major donors, we were able to keep it here in Chico.”

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Turner in the fall of 1963 and again in the spring of ’67, where he developed a love for the etching process. He became Turner’s teaching assistant in 1970. He is still very much involved with printmaking at Chico State and continues to make prints of his own.

“Janet was so helpful with techniques,” he said. “She and I used to sit up in Taylor (Hall) at night working on our prints and we would talk about campus politics.

Janet had so much knowledge to impart to her students.”

Turner had a funny little sense of humor, often putting out zingers and waiting for reactions from them, Halldorsen said.

But she also let students find their pas-

first located in Laxson Auditorium when it opened in 1981. It moved to its current location, across from Meriam Library, in 2009. The gallery will be moved again to the northeast corner of of the new arts and humanities building once the its completed in 2016.

Halldorson said Turner had specific requirements for keeping and maintaining her collection: • It had to be in a climate-controlled space.

• There had to be a certain number of print shows a year.

• Her prints could be used as teaching The Turner collection of the university is tools. truly extraordinary. Not just a celebration Chico State Presof Janet Turner’s work, but one of the most ident Paul Zingg impressive print collections in the country has his own print for the size and breadth of its holdings. collection that includes around 40 limited-edition Paul Zingg, Chico State President prints hand-drawn by the artists. It’s no surprise that his collection includes a sions, Halldorson said.

Turner print, too.

“Janet enriched my life so much and “The Turner collection of the univerI get so much joy out of donating to sity is truly extraordinary,” Zingg said. nonprofits because Janet did it first,” “Not just a celebration of Janet Turner’s Halldorson said. work, but one of the most impressive print The current exhibit at the Janet Turner collections in the country for the size and Print Museum, “Inhabitable: The Sense breadth of its holdings. The new gallery of City,” is a collaboration between the for this collection in the new arts and gallery’s curator, Catherine Sullivan, and humanities building will be a fitting home professor Laura Nice, a co-curator and for this treasure.” lecturer in the comparative religion and Paula Busch, a local printmaker, painter humanities department. The exhibit is and Janet Turner Print Gallery board open until Sept. 20. member, took printmaking classes from Turner in 1972 when she attended Chico Emma Wood-Wright can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com or State for graduate school.

“Janet was my first female art instruc@emmawoodwright on Twitter. tor since junior high,” Busch said. “She ON THEORION.COM/ARTS Check out a inencouraged me to go on and be an artist.” teractive timeline of Turner’s artistic Halldorson took printmaking with and professional achievements.

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