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Bike Safety: The second annual Kristina Chesterman memorial bicycle safety event educated bike riders and community members on safety. A2
Sofa King: The Orion met with the musicians of Sofa King to discover their origin story, writing process and inspirations before their show Oct. 14 at the 1078 Gallery. B7
Opinion Sexism: Opinion columnist Megan Mann discusses sexism in the nerd and geek world. Mom’s basement: no girls allowed. A6 John Domogma/The Orion
Emeralds: Anthropology professor Brian Brazeal is no stranger to the dangerous and affluent world of emerald trading. B5
Sports Profile: Wildcat women’s soccer alumna Molly Downtain finds success off the pitch as the U.S. women’s national team logistics coordinator. B3
Chico State’s Independent Student News Source since 1975 theorion.com | Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014 | Vol. 73, Issue 9 | First copy free, additional copies 50¢
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Student remembered as caring Christine Lee
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Samantha Lewis, 20, died after being struck by a train the morning of Oct. 13. Lewis was a Chico State sophomore student majoring in nutrition and food science. She came to Chico State from Clayton, in the Bay Area, in fall 2012 and was pursuing a career in nutrition management, according to a Chico State press release.
Lewis was born May 5, 1994. "She was super bubbly, happy, smiley and she took a lot of care in class," said Robin Magalis, a Chico State nutrition education graduate student. "She was very meticulous about the stuff she made." Magalis was Lewis' lab instructor for the class, “Elementary Food.” Lewis always made good food and was attentive and usually
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chatting and cooking with her friends in class, she said. Lewis worked with staff members from the Center for Healthy Communities, formerly known as the Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, on projects at the Gateway Science Museum and Production Kitchen. "She was super friendly,
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Sean Crossland, senior Wildcat water skier, practices his moves on the slalom run at the 36th Collegiate Water Ski National Championships. Read the story on B1.
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The California State University chancellor’s office and the California Faculty Association have come to a tentative agreement for a new multiyear union contract. The California Faculty Association board unanimously recommended to vote “yes” Monday on the recently negotiated agreement with CSU administrators. “We’re glad to be at this point where we have a tentative agreement,” said Charles Turner, Chico State’s union president. “We all feel like it’s certainly not a perfect agreement but it’s definitely a move in the right direction.” The contract adds a 3 percent increase to the salary pool of CHARLES all CSU faculty for TURNER the 2014-15 academic Chico State year. From that pool, California Faculty Association 1.6 percent will go to President increase the salaries for the 25,000 instructional faculty, counselors, coaches and librarians on all 23 CSU campuses. The remaining 1.4 percent will go to reduce individual issues on a per-campus basis, said Mike Uhlenkamp, spokesman for the chancellor’s office. “The multiyear agreement is a tremendous accomplishment, as well as a special opportunity for CFA and the CSU to continue to strengthen communication and collaboration as we work together to
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Federal law requires new reporting methods Madison Holmes
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New rules created by the U.S. Department of Education will make it easier for law enforcement to track crimes occurring on college campuses. The final rule implementing changes made to the Clery Act was announced by the Obama administration Friday, according to a media release from the U.S. Department of Education. The Clery Act requires federally funded universities to comply with certain campus safety measures authorized by Title IX. Programs in federally funded universities cannot discriminate against an individual on the basis of gender. The changes made to the Clery Act, which was formally published in the Federal Register on Monday, must be implemented at universities by July 1. On June 20, a draft of possible safety provisions was published on the Federal Register, the U.S. government’s daily publication. The draft was required by law to remain a proposed rule with a 30day public comment period. Based on the comments from a variety
of groups and individuals, the final rule includes additional requirements like providing students with information, better informing and protecting of victims and clarifying the process for collecting crime statistics. According to the media release from the U.S. Department of Education, additional provisions required of universities under the new rule are: • Including gender identity and national origin as categories of hate crimes. • Describing each type of disciplinary action used by colleges in cases of alleged dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. • Public information regarding the college's programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. • Giving the accuser and the accused the same opportunities to have others present during the disciplinary proceedings. Under the current act, universities are required to disclose crime incidents that occur on campus, on public property within or adjacent to the campus, or in non-campus buildings or property owned or operated by the school. The final rule now requires universities
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Dylan Saake, Chico State’s Title IX coordinator, said Chico State already complies with many of the new requirements from the Clery Act. to record incidents of stalking based on the location where the offender stalked the victim or where the victim became aware of the stalking. The new rules will ensure that students
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