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NEWS »Citations: Penalties for riding on campus will be reduced with online course. A3

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Drought demands drastic measures

Low snowpack forces state’s first mandatory water restrictions

24 students campaign to lead Chico State’s government

Elaine Knudsen

Staff Writer

Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order on April 1 mandating California’s first-ever required reduction in water use, directing local agencies to reduce consumption by 25 percent compared with 2013 levels.

It will be up to the state water boards to determine how the governor’s directive will be accomplished.

Following Brown’s executive order, some were critical that it did not impose restrictions on farmers. Brown has defended this, saying that agriculture’s water use is not frivolous and plays a critical role in food production in the country.

“Civilian use of water definitely makes an impact on the drought but should not be our state’s focus,” said Kristin Rounds, a political science major. “This legislation seems arbitrary to me when the problem is obviously stemming form agricultural use.”

The worsening drought has been spurring actions across the board meant to conserve water. A law passed in 2004 requires that all water consumption be measured with meters, which have to be installed by 2025.

California Water Service Co., known as Cal Water, installed 10,930 meters, converting all flat-rate water accounts in Chico and Hamilton City to metered accounts last year, more than a decade ahead of the deadline. Cal Water serves about 97,300 people through 28,100 service connections.

The new metered system could make Chico residence water bills go up or down.

“We believe that customers can better monitor their water usage and control their bills when they have meters, and we have already seen a decrease in water use due to the conversions,” said Pete Bonacich, Chico’s acting district manager, via a Cal Water news release. “Between the savings from the metering and our robust conservation programs, we are prepared to comply with state requirements.”

Chico State has made many efforts to fight against the drought. One of the largest uses of water on campus is used for irrigation. The university began several water conservation projects in 2008. Some of these include planting native and drought-resistant plant species around campus as well as spreading awareness about how to minimize water use.

A new central control system is responsible for 60 percent of the irrigation on campus. These controllers have provided immediate information about any leaksreceive all of the necessary data that is used to determine each days water use. Censors on the system control the sprinklers and have the ability to shut them off when it is raining.

This year there have been several measures taken by Chico State to prevent water waste. Building exteriors were not pressure-washed last summer as has routinely been done in the past. Washing the outside of campus windows has also been suspended.

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From top: Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates Deanna Jarquin, Vu Nguyen, Luis Tiznado, Jason Anson and Nicole Kowalczyke PRESIDENT Deanna Jarquin Luis Tiznado EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Vu Nguyen Nicole Kowalczyke Jason Anson COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES SENATOR Justin Peterson Dilan Pedraza

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Candidates for A.S. offices on the rise this term Kristina Martinez

Staff Writer

With the Associated Students general election just around the corner, candidates are getting ready to vie for office with more competition than in years past.

This year, 24 students have officially declared candidacy and are approved to run.

Students may also campaign as a write-in, which would mean that their name would not be on the ballot and would have to be written in correctly.

Seventeen positions within the student government are up for grabs, compared with the 10 positions A.S. offered before the introduction of senators for each college last year.

Students can see that current officers are advocating, especially on social media, said Nan Timmons, who works for A.S. Government.

“I think our current slate of officers has done a good job of being very visible and well exposed,” Timmons said. “Our A.S. President Taylor Herren, who is a huge student advocate is everywhere. Students see

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Farmers market vendors feel strain of drought Chico’s downtown Thursday Night Farmer’s Market made its first appearance of the season this week.

The vendors that participate in the markets are from the Chico and northern California region and sell different types of produce, juices and crafts.

Although the vendors and Chico residents were excited for the reopening of the market, the California drought has taken its toll on the vendors and their produce.

On April 1, Gov. Jerry Brown announced mandatory water regulations for the state of California.

The State Water Resources Control Board will implement these regulations to reduce water usage by 25 percent.

“I had to hire someone to help monitor my water,” said Marie Boyd, who sells almond products and other nuts. “We used to water for about two or three days at a time, but we can’t anymore. We have to cut back,” Although the new water regulations have been introduced to conserve what little is left, it also puts a greater strain on farmers and will lessen the amount of crops yielded, resulting in less produce at the Thursday Night Markets.

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Indiana law angers gay rights advocates With the recent passage of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the proposal of the Sodomite Suppression act in California, LGBTQ+ advocates have been in overdrive.

Though the Indiana act was only signed this Tuesday, it has already caused a national uproar.

Hundreds have taken online to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, posting their displeasure about the act, which they see as being homophobic. Indiana has also become the target of the #boycottIndiana movement, which seeks to have the NCAA Tournament finals moved to a different state.

“I think it’s awful that we still have to be having this conversation about such blatantly discriminatory legislation, but that we shouldn’t fool ourselves into thinking that Indiana is some extreme exception,” LGBTQ+ director Eliza Dyer said.

Though California hasn’t been too affected by the controversy surrounding the Indiana act, it has its own legal issues. A recent initiative entitled “the Sodomite Suppression Act” was submitted to the state government to potentially be added to the ballot. The bill, which was proposed by lawyer Matt McLaughlin, calls for

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California attorney general Kamala Harris has tried to have the initiative blocked, but is bound by law to prepare a title and summary for the bill so it can begin collecting signatures.

-Joe Silva

A.S. Bike Cart hosts annual live auction Chico State’s Bike Cart held a live auction to help raise money for funding. Over 50 bikes were donated from the Chico State Police Department and people on campus on March 31.

“It’s a good thing to come and get great bikes for a cheap price,” said Tanner Lyon, manager of the Bike Cart.

The Bike Cart hosted this event to help with their funding and to help students by offering a nice bike for a low price to get around Chico.

Last year the bike cart made around $4,000 from the auction and used that to help fund its cart for the year.

The live auction began at 3 p.m. and the prices started at $15 and went up from there.

“Our main purpose is to help students who cannot afford to get a bike,” Lyon said.

Chico State’s Bike Cart will also be holding an event called “Fix-a-Flat Day” on April 16, where the first 100 students who come to the cart can get their flat fixed.

-Katherine Feaster

This change comes after a survey of McDonald’s employees showed that pay increases, paid time off and better education were at the top of the list for their life satisfaction.

-Michael McClurg

Massive power outage leaves campus in the dark A power outage in Butte County caused the Chico State campus to close for most of the day Monday.

Classes were interrupted by a power outage about 8:20 a.m.

Soon after the outage occurred, Chico State’s official Twitter account released a tweet stating that the campus would be closed until 5 p.m.

Some teachers made the best of their situations ,such as Dr. Carolynn Arpin, a chemistry professor, who substituted a whiteboard and marker for some cement and chalk to finish her lesson.

According to a tweet from PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno, the outage was caused when an insulator failed at the Table Mountain substation.

Roughly 80,000 people were without power for three hours until it was restored about 11:30 a.m.

Chico State released an update at 2 p.m. in which they confirmed that campus would remain closed until 5 p.m. Students and campus employees were instructed to come in if their classes or shifts started after.

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Sorority buys new house, McDonald’s raises wages historical landmark for corporate-owned sites One of the biggest fast food chains in the world will soon be offering a $1 raise and paid time off.

The only catch is these benefits will only be available to those who work at Corporate owned McDonald’s, which only make up around 10 percent of the U.S. market. The other 90 percent will see no mandated change.

Corporate locations will raise their wages starting July 1 to $1 over the local minimum wage, making the average hourly pay for an employee $9.90. Furthermore, employees at corporate locations will receive paid time off as long as they have worked for at least one year.

Part-time and full-time employees will both receive this benefit.

Franchise-owned locations follow the guidelines of the owner, not corporate, so they can set their own standards for pay and other benefits.

A new benefit that affects both franchise and company-owned McDonald’s is the expansion of its “Archways to Education” program to include free high school completion programs and assistance with college tuition.

Alpha Omicron Pi, Chico State’s newest Panhellenic sorority, which colonized its chapter in April of 2014, officially has a sorority house. The house is located on Normal Avenue, near Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Sigma Phi. The sorority house is a seven-bedroom, five-bathroom house. It is the oldest house in Chico, making it a historical landmark.

The sorority’s members were aware of the possibility of owning the house, but papers still needed to be signed and the situation was not yet confirmed until March 31 when the lease was signed.

“We will be renovating over the summer and will move in during August,” said Kim Sly, property manager for the sorority.

Up to sixteen women can live in the house starting in August. First priority goes to women who currently hold a Leaders Council or cabinet position in the sorority, but others who want to live in the house can apply..

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Citations for riding on campus decrease University Police to roll out online course that allows for reduced fee

University Police Sgt. Bryce Davison.

Instead of having to appear in court and pay the current fee, students will soon be able to pay a reduced amount of $60, take an online safety course and the citation will be dismissed without the need for a court appearance, Davison said.

The course will include slides on basic Michael Arias state and local laws and then a quiz at the Staff Writer end which should take up to 45 minutes.

Students still continue to ride their bikes The University Police hopes to have the and skateboards through campus despite online course available by the end of May, regulations against it, and with changes to Davison said. penalties soon to make their consequences Last month, University Police reported cheaper, it may continue. that 24 citations were written. There were Current policy states also 29 bikers and 15 that all riding within skateboarders stopped Bicycles and the campus core is proon campus. skateboarders on hibited. Students who The dangers of peocampus create are discovered violatple riding on campus a dangerous ing the policy will reis a continued worry ceive an initial warnfor campus members, situation for ing and the next time Hearne said. pedestrians. they will be cited, said “Our campus has Robyn Hearne, chief many concerns for Robyn Hearne, of University Police. those with disabilities chief of University Police and helping to mainThe existing citation rules require that the tain a safe environviolator make an apment for everyone,” pearance in court and Hearne said. “Bicycles pay a fine of up to $200. and skateboarders on campus create a danFor most students, receiving a ticket of gerous situation for pedestrians.” that amount can be a burden. Ian Rene, a juAs much as the university stresses that nior prerecording arts major, was ticketed absolutely no riding should be occurring last semester and ended up paying about within the campus core, students still come $135 on top of having to show up in court on across situations where they find people viMonday, missing his morning classes. olating the rules.

“That’s expensive for a broke college “I would work out really late some nights kid,” Rene said. “No one was even on cam- and walk back to the dorms with headpus.” phones in and jump a freaking mile when A new option is soon being introduced to a skateboarder, longboarder or whatever reduce the punishment on bikers and skat- would whiz by two inches from me,” said ers who are cited for riding on campus, said Katie Barraza, a sophomore child develop-

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A University Police officer gives a student a citation for riding their bike on campus. They distribute tickets on campus to help with safety. ment major. “There are signs everywhere not to do that.”

With bike paths on the roads, Barraza said she doesn’t think there are any reasons for bikers and boarders to ride through campus.

But the University Police understand that biking and skating is an important mode of transportation at Chico State, Hearne said, and is always working to find ways to make

the process more convenient.

At the beginning of the fall semester, the campus introduced the bike path along the tennis courts and by Yolo Hall. Hearne said this is only phase one in a plan to accommodate bikers traveling to campus.

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Forum aspires to ease student, police tensions souri, and the use of police force and privilege.

Profiling, police training and perspectives versus civil“I thought that it was important to have this event be- ian perspectives were among the other topics discussed beStaff Writer cause of the events that happened in Ferguson. That was tween Aldridge and audience members.

A Chico State Diversity Affairs Council event focused on the reason this idea sparked,” Walsh said. “It’s really imAldridge encouraged audience members to educate themdeveloping a better relationship between law enforcement portant that as people we unite as individuals despite our selves on knowledge of the law and to hold community and students by having conversations about police training, differences.” meetings and request that a cop come talk to them. personal experiences and ways that the existing relationAudience members became more tense as the discussion Patten talked about how to improve the relationship beship can become more positive. progressed with Aldridge, and some participants were tween cops and the community by changing the criteria Empowered Encounters was planned to start at 2:30 p.m. asked by event coordinators to remember that that is used to evaluate police performance.

Thursday in the Wildcat Leadership Institute with a poster- the focus of this event was to work toward a posPatten emphasized that change is slow and making session but instead turned itive relationship. said to start off by forming a coalition group or into a prediscussion among audience When Ferguson came civilian review board.

It’s really members about local law enforceup in conversation, an auThe discussion ended on a positive note with important that as ment. About 3:30 p.m., conversations dience member asked AldPatten answering questions on how he has mainbegan with guest speakers Sgt. Billy ridge what he thought of tained a positive view on law enforcement. people we unite as Aldridge from the Chico Police DeHe also invited audience members to go on individuals despite the use of military-style partment and Ryan Patten, chair of equipment by police in Ferridealongs to help understand the police perour differences, the political science department. guson during protests. spective. unity is a lot better Jordan Walsh, the Associated Stu“I don’t know the intel “Ride with different police departments, of an option.

RYAN dents commissioner of diversity afthat they were faced with different agencies, and you will see their job PATTEN fairs, put on the event with help of to make the decision to use through their eyes, especially if you just talk to Chair of political Jordan Walsh, the equipment they did,” Mazi Noble, a catalog editor in the an officer as things are going along,” Patten said. science department Student Services Center.

“You see that on ridealongs, police officers becommissioner of diversity Aldridge said. “But in a “The whole purpose of the event situation like that would come human. They’re not the other side. They’re is to improve positive relationships we have done that? I don’t not this evil government bureaucrat wearing among students and law enforcement know. Maybe, maybe not.” dark shades in a car who won’t listen to you. This becomes because I think that often times as students we don’t necAn audience member then repeated Aldridge, saying, a flesh and blood person.” essarly have the most positive interactions with law en- “Maybe, maybe not,” as he shook his head. forcement,” Walsh said. “I think that one way that we could Aldridge agreed with audience members that how the po- Kristina Martinez can be reached at improve that is by talking together instead of dividing our- lice responded in Ferguson did indeed look bad but empha- newseditor@theorion.com or selves further apart.” sized that he could not say that they should or should not @kristinacsuc on Twitter.

Conversations at the event focused on recent cases like have done something because he does not know what they the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mis- were faced with.

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New legislation increases access to online classes Michael Arias

Staff Writer

Students attending any California State University will now have the opportunity to enroll in online classes at other campuses in the system.

Assembly Bill 386 requires that every fully online course offered by the CSU system be made available to all eligible students at no extra cost beginning in the fall.

The current online cross-enrollment policy, CourseMatch, specializes in helping students complete general education courses by allowing them to enroll in only one online course per semester at CSUs outside of their own.

CourseMatch requires campuses to se-

lect which courses they will offer online abling them to complete their degrees in a to other CSU students, thus retimely manner,” Loker said. serving room for them in their However, students might run online classes. into issues regarding their maThe new bill, however, relies jor credits, Loker said. on students to self-certify them“Students may think they are selves and choose the right ongetting courses that count toline class that is offered at any wards their majors,” he said, CSU. “when their home departments Assembly Bill 386 has taken are not prepared to accept the the idea of CourseMatch and extransfer of these courses for the panded it, said Bill Loker, Chico major.”

BILL State’s dean of undergraduate With CourseMatch, “the camLOKER Dean of education. pus is in control,” but that isn’t undergraduate “The positive aspect of Assemthe case with the changes that education bly Bill 386 is that it has the powill be implemented in the next tential to make classes available academic year, said Kathleen to students across the CSU, enKaiser, Chico State professor and

a member of the CSU’s Academic Senate.

Beginning next school year, Assembly Bill 386 and CourseMatch give students two ways of online access to other CSUs, as long as they meet the following requirements: • Student has completed at least 12 units at home campus.

• Student has a minimum GPA of 2.0 or better and is in good standing.

• Student will be enrolled at the home campus during the period of enrollment at the host campus and has paid tuition and fees as a full-time student.

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Candidates: A.S. sees rise in students vying for office » continued from A1 said that because it’s a hub of different things, like student government, the Wildcat Leadership Institute, Freshman Leadership Opportunity, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, and Student Life and Leadership.

Having all of those in one spot has provided officers with a lot more people traffic to engage with.

“I think just that visibility, the location, and how available our current set of officers have made themselves available to students at large has made more students aware of what’s going on,” Timmons said.

Last year, there were only 20 candidates running for office.

“There’s a lot of opportunity out there for students,” Timmons said. “We just need them to know about them.”

Current officers made a commitment to do better outreach this year about positions available for students, said Darion Johnston, A.S. director of legislative affairs. She

has been encouraging students to run for office and get involved by offering them opportunities to learn about her position.

“A lot of our officers have given students opportunities to become engaged in A.S. so that they can be qualified candidates this year,” Johnston said.

Last year was the first time that the senator positions for each college were available for students. This is why many candidacy numbers were lower last year, Johnston said. Many students did not know what a senator was or what their duties would be, and this year senator positions are more well-known.

Senators are elected by the student body to represent one of Chico State’s seven colleges. If students have an issue with a major within that college or an academically focused issue, then they can go to the senator to help with that process.

One officer last year stepped down for personal issues, and the other two officers were forced to step down because they did

not meet minimum requirements for major office-holding students that were set by the chancellor’s office.

New officers were appointed to these positions after candidates went through an application and interview process.

“We’ve had a lot of turnover and it’s been sad losing our officers,” Johnston said. “But it’s been good for other students who’ve had an opportunity to step into those roles.”

Four senator positions were also replaced, two in the fall semester and two in the spring semester. Those people may not have been aware of what the position entailed as well as some requirement issues, Johnston said.

Johnston expects the senator positions to be more stable this time around, she said, and emphasized that there is a big responsibility in these jobs.

“The reason you should be running, bottom line, is because you have a passion for serving students,” Johnson said. “It’s not about boosting your resume. The most suc-

cessful officers are the officers who take the work that’s been started before them and continue off that foundation.”

Last year, many positions had no candidates at all while others were unopposed.

“I would’ve hoped that there was a competitive race between each elected officer position,” Johnston said, “meaning that there’s at least two candidates for each of them.”

Kassandra Bednarski, A.S. commissioner of community affairs, said it is important for candidates to beyond what their bylaws ask of them.

“I think being an officer is being able to fulfill the needs of your students and outreach to students to see what the problems are,” Bednarski said. “You need to be the goto representative for the students.”

Kristina Martinez can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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

Call Type: Suspicious Circumstance Wednesday, 5:11 p.m., Roycroft Lane It was reported that there was a “crime scene” on mailboxes, which appeared to be blood and brain matter.

Call type: Suspicious Subject Thursday at 7:03 p.m., O’Connell Technology Center “Black male adult hanging around the bike rack wearuing blue sweatshirt, baseball cap and a backpack. Would hide in bushes if anyone came out.”

Call Type: Vehicle Burglary Friday, 7:25 a.m., East 1st Street “Passenger window broken and craft bag with scrapbooking supplies stolen.”

Call type: Suspicious Circumstance Thursday 9:06 p.m. Plumas Hall “Passerby heard a woman screaming in the area but no problem was detected.”

Call Type: Indecent Exposure Friday, 5:36 p.m., Rey Circle “Two women were walking. A man drove up, asked if she gave massages and then pulled out his penis. The driver then sped off.”

Call Type: Evaluation Requested Saturday, 11:55 p.m., Lassen Hall “Occured at Lassen Hall, requested evaluation. No medical attention needed. Disposition: has been drinking.”

Call Type: Petty Theft Saturday, 2:24 p.m., College Drive “Wooden sign at entrance to stadium lot and four more signs are missing” Call Type: Medical Aid Saturday, 12:42 p.m., Warner Street “Officer initiated activity at Shurmer Gymnasium, was released to medical personnel.”

Call Type: Suspicious Circumstance Sunday, 6:27 p.m., Shurmer Gymnasium “An Individual found approximately five gatorade caps jammed into the locks to doors near the basketball area at Shurmer Gymnasium.

The caps were removed and the individual was instructed to call police if anyone shows up.”

Call Type: Petty Theft Monday, 7:07 p.m., Sutter Hall “Reporting party left their brown long board unsecrued in the skateboard racks outside Sutter Dining. Only was in side for a short time.”

Call Type: Petty Theft Monday, 6:33 p.m., Lassen Hall Dormitory “Black and pink Mongoos BMX bike was taken”

Call Type: Transient Problem Saturday, 11:17 a.m., Greenwich Drive “Elaborate camp set up behind caller’s residence on the west side of the railroad tracks.”

Call Type: Party 25+ People Saturday, 9:11 p.m., West 8th Street “Loud music and drums. A lot of lights in the back yard. Sounds like about 50 people.

Party shut down.”

Call Type: Drunk In Public Sunday, 1:35 a.m., East Lassen Avenue “Vehicle pulled over. Female is sick. Female pulled down her pants when vehicle pulled over. She would not get back in the vehicle until she went to the backroom at East Lassen and El Paso intersection.”

Call Type: Subject Sunday, 9:36 a.m., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Parkway “Subject near Chapman School doing karate with a 10 inch blade and chopping up a tree. Children crying and scared.”

Call Type: Vandalism Sunday, 8:32 a.m., West 5th Street “Man arrived at business and found what he thinks are 2 bullet holes in the front window.”

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Chico State no longer a safe place Lately, there seems to be more hate and violence in Chico than love and peace.

Raelynn Vincent, a Chico State student, was walking home from her boyfriend’s house early on the morning of March 7.

A man in a car first verbally harassed Vincent and then he exited the vehicle and punched her in the face, breaking her jaw in two places.

After assaulting Vincent, he got back into his car and drove away.

The man has yet to be apprehended.

On March 7, Travis Powell, a 22-yearold Chico State junior, was shot and killed at a house party on West Seventh and Oak streets early in the morning.

Powell was attending the party when a fight broke out and spilled out into the streets.

The fight escalated and three victims, including Powell, were shot. Two individuals were stabbed and one victim was hit in the face with a glass bottle.

These are not the only incidences of violence that have occurred in Chico.

However, they are the most recent and directly highlight the problems in this community.

Chico is supposed to be a forward-thinking town full of informed and caring individuals.

However, in light of certain events of the past few weeks, it has come to the attention of The Orion that people may still be a bit confused as to how to treat others.

In simple terms: Violence is never the solution.

If an individual has a problem with someone else, using violence is not the way to express frustration.

The incidences that have occurred in Chico should concern every member of this community.

One Chico State student is dead and another has her jaw wired shut because of the excessive violence in this community.

All people deserve to be treated with respect, no matter their gender, race or sexuality.

Remember, every single person in this world is fighting a battle that no one knows anything about.

Be kind. Always.

The unsigned Orion editorial is the collaborative opinion of the editorial board.

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Beware: Social media blunders can sink career opportunities Joseph Rogers

Staff Writer

Graduation is just around the corner, job fairs are sprouting like the pollen-spewing plants that stuff up my nose and resumes are being written to entice employers into a job offer.

But in the 21st century, we have advanced communication tools and employers know it. Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are all great ways to connect with family, friends and classmates.

But those sites can also serve as pitfalls to finding and keeping a job. Career Builder conducted a study on employers, potential candidates’ social media profiles and the extension of job offers.

The top two reasons the research suggests that a job offer is not extended is because the “candidate posted provocative/inappropriate photos/info” and “there was info about candidate drinking or using drugs.”

Jobvite also conducted a survey about hiring and social media. They found that “83 percent of recruiters” say that references to illegal drugs “is a strong turnoff.” The next category, “sexual posts,” noted that “70 percent of recruiters” would count those against a candidate.

Not only can the content count against an applicant. Simple things like spelling and grammar are being used to sort

through candidates.

While I need to get back on and update my profile, LinkedIn has become a major force in the business and professional world to recruit or find a job. Time noted “93 percent of recruiters are using LinkedIn to discover talent.”

Social media also provides positive outcomes for applicants. A professional image, good communication skills and a sense of the applicant’s personality actually attract employers.

What to do? People should get on a computer and check on what their social media presence looks like on all platforms. What’s public is what a potential employer will see.

Manage settings and lists. Only some of my friends fall into the “close friends” category on my Facebook. Remember to check the viewable settings before posting.

Twitter is public. Period. Find posts that may be inappropriate and delete them. Quickly.

So even if that Friday night party was dope, think twice about posting the pics of smoking pot or beer pong on social media.

Joseph Rogers can be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com or

@JosephLRogers1 on Twitter.

ILLUSTRATION: COLLEGE DEBT SPIRAL

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THUMBS Thumbs up to Chico Breaks the Record. For the next month, over 250 bands will attempt to double the Guinness World Record for the longest concert by multiple artists at The Tackle Box.

Thumbs down to the Synthesis stopping its weekly printed paper due to a shift in readership to the online publication. As much as we love the Internet, we’re going to miss reading those quirky art stories in print.

Thumbs up to the return of the Thursday Night Market. We’ve been waiting for this all year. Where else can we buy BBQ, vegan cupcakes and dream catchers in one place? That’s right, nowhere.

Thumbs down to April Fool’s day.

It’s legitimately the worst holiday of the entire year. Did anyone else get pee everywhere after their roommate Saran Wrapped the toilet? No? ... oh.

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COMIC STRIP

Video games oversexualize powerful women Allison Galbreath

Staff Writer

Video games are amazing. They are little virtual realities and forms of escape, allowing players to create and live as alternate selves.

What’s disturbing is that not only do gamers in general have to confront prejudice and stereotypes about playing video games, but female gamers also have the added bonus of being constantly faced with oversexualized female characters.

Think about: • Tiffa from “Final Fantasy 7” • Lara Croft • Pretty much any female “Final Fantasy X-2” character • Kitana (or any other female characters) from “Mortal Kombat” I could go on.

I feel like this is because many people operate under the assumption that women don’t play video games, even the makers themselves. Therefore many games are made more for men.

There are two things many female characters have in common.

First, they have extremely large boobs but never the proper bra, or one at all.

And second, they wear significantly less clothing than makes

sense for the amount of fighting and battling they are doing.

This is especially true for female characters in games with combat. Who knows, though. Maybe logic works differently in the video game world. Maybe the less clothing one has on, the more they are protected.

What’s terrible about this is that the oversexualization becomes the focus and often diminishes any strength, intelligence or any other perceived masculine trait that a female character might have.

Maybe it wouldn’t seem so blatant and apparent if males were sexualized just as much as females, but they’re not.

And yes, I recognize that video games are virtual reality. But when actual reality is so inundated with images of sexualized females, I have a hard time letting this go as well.

It’s the same message media and society keeps sending.

This is also seems dangerous to me because it could inform men about what they should want and expect from women.

What I mean is that besides the common thread of oversexualization, female characters are usually boiled down to a couple basic stereotypes: • The serious badass who has that sort of confident, borderline arrogant charm that makes her near emotionless. And yet she still manages to wear less clothing than Kim Kardashian at a

pool party. Or better yet wears a tight, full-body suit comparable to Catwoman.

• The flip-side to the serious one — the supremely feminine one who is silly, flirty and maybe a bit airheaded, usually blonde or light-haired. She is sweet but still can kick ass.

Probably less clothing than the above though, if possible.

• The femme fatale. Basically, an evil seductress. Usually the villain.

Then there are classic characters, like Princess Peach.

Usually the problem with these are that they are damsels in distress, waiting for a guy, like Mario, to come and save them.

The problem is that this is so overwhelmingly common.

Sure, video games have come a long way and there are some female characters who challenge these stereotypes like some women from “Dragon Age.” But not nearly to the extent to which female characters are represented.

I think it’s about time that we stop making sex the primary aspect of female characters’ personality and start making more well-rounded, complex heroines.

Allison Galbreath can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @agalbreath19 on twitter.

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Tumblr epitomizes pretentious millennial generation William Rein

Staff Writer

Tumblr is the worst social media platform in the world.

More blatantly bigoted or hate-spreading websites might top this list, but Tumblr’s connection with a younger audience and increasing popularity make it far more dangerous.

A good 70 percent of the blogs are interchangeable, both in terms of style and content, with the homogenous user base of 16 to 24-year-olds. I peruse friends’ and nearly all fit into the hipster mold.

Tumblr was created with the intention of providing a platform for short-form blogging. Now, it’s almost all reblogging and people just regurgitating someone else’s work out onto their own profiles. It’s become a website where an opinion column on its failures is the only possible catharsis.

A website where users believe everything they see without investigating and their only reaction is to reblog.

A website where hate manifests in a more widespread and ignorant way than bigot-based forums because of Tumblr’s tolerance for Miles Huffman/The Orion

defamation. Misinformation is conceived and spread on a whim of the most vocal idiots.

A website that celebrates unoriginality, staleness, and the perpetration of conventionality.

A website that calls for a lack of creative profundity and exalts thoughtlessness as modern art.

A website that takes counterculture to a pretentious, hipster extreme that abandons practicality for the grandiose and doesn’t recognize its own conformity, mindlessly defending anything.

A website that is the epitome of the millennial generation’s self-entitlement stereotype. Although a large chunk of the user base is not college educated, everyone is free to act like a professional and speak smooth butter out of their ass.

A website where comedic posts are staged and based upon a subterranean humor level, where users are desperate to provoke the next burst of social reaction at any cost.

A website sustaining vices like

TALKING POINT

Photo courtesy of Chico State

cowardice and being antisocial. Tumblr is a place where anorexia and depression are often romanticized and instead of seeking help, people wallow or reblog with their chronic, potentially serious conditions.

The idea of “beautiful sadness” is promoted steadfastly, and lost love is glorified like it’s the artsiest thing ever.

No website should exist where posts like “I’m sad, but that’s OK, I always am” get a hundred thousand favorites. It’s not OK, and it’s disgusting to try and get attention by slathering posts with sadness or self-pity like it’s honey BBQ sauce.

Not everyone can identify as weird. Not everyone is different, and no, not everyone is unique. Tumblr is like an elitist anthill, with a hive mind and incessant groupthink that squanders any hope of ingenuity or free expression.

The expression side of Tumblr — Netflix celebration, small-draw artists, band portfolios, harmless Vine sharing — is the extent of its social network usefulness. It serves little practical function aside from artist updates, and even then, the microblogger’s Twitter is more applicable.

Every time I go on Tumblr, I feel like I tumbled down a rabbit hole into hell.

William Rein can be reached at wrein@mail.csuchico.edu or

@toeshd on Twitter

COMMENTS OF THE WEEK President Zingg seems to be on a steady road to recovery following a triple bypass surgery. Acting President Rollin Richmond sat down for a Q&A with The Orion to discuss his plans for campus, the main one being increasing diversity.

It will be interesting to see what Richmond will do to implement these changes.

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BASEBALL

BATTER UP Consistent hitting from second baseman gives Wildcats hope Dylan Wakefield

Staff Writer

From Cougar to Wildcat, junior transfer Andrew Carrillo is playing a major role on the Chico State baseball team for the 2015 season.

In his first year as a Wildcat, Carrillo has earned his spot as the starting second baseman and No. 2 hitter in the team’s batting order.

So far he has been a consistent player for the ‘Cats, batting an impressive .341 over the team’s .242 average on the season.

Carrillo tries to keep his mind clear and his thoughts simple when he is up to bat.

“I just try to hit the ball hard,” he said.

Carrillo, who is an Azusa Pacific University transfer, works hard at practice so that during the game everything feels like second nature to him, he said.

The players in the dugout feel comfortable whenever Carrillo is standing over the plate, said - Robert Engels Robert Engels, Chico State senior pitcher senior pitcher.

“We have a lot of confidence that he is going to get on base one way or another,” Engels said.

Carrillo’s on-base percentage this season is .384.

Chico State baseball head coach Dave Taylor said that Carrillo is a player who takes tough at-bats and makes things happen.

“He gets on base for the middle-of-the-order guys,” Taylor said. “I think he’s done his part.”

Aside from fitting in with the team on the field with his performance, he is also getting along with them like he has been in the program since the beginning of his collegiate career.

“I feel like the baseball team is like a family,” Carrillo said.

“I felt welcomed from the get-go.”

Carrillo is easy to get along with because he just takes care of business and he does not step on anyone’s toes, Engels said.

Carrillo transferred to Chico State because of the mentality within the baseball team.

“At Chico State, we grind, we play small ball — we do the little things right,” he said. “Azusa was more like we just go out there and play.”

Even though the season is not going as planned for the Wildcats, Taylor said that Carrillo shows up giving his all to the team.

Carrillo already has collegiate summer baseball opportunities lined up because he does not want to take a break after the season is over.

Playing year-round is a crucial aspect of collegiate baseball so players keep their form and work out the kinks in their game before the new season.

Carrillo received a summer contract offer from the West Virginia Miners — a summer collegiate baseball team — and is waiting to see if he will get an offer from the Alaska Goldpanners.

Carrillo is expected to earn the starting second base position again for the 2016 season, Engels said, and be a major contributor to the baseball program’s push for a national title.

Although every year is a new tryout for players to earn a spot in the starting nine, Taylor is excited to have Carrillo back for one more year, he said.

“He’s just that little dirtbag second baseman that you like to have in your lineup and on your team,” Taylor said.

We have a lot of confidence that he is going to get on base one way or another.

Dylan Wakefield can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or @dylan_wakefield on Twitter.

Photos by Ryan Pressey/The Orion

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Wildcat Week of the

Abby McGrew

McGrew was instrumental in the ’Cats’ successful run in the Western New Mexico Intercollegiate, helping the team finish eighth in the tournament this past weekend. She finished in seventh place in the tournament posting a score of 6-over 150—the lowest two-round score of her Wildcat career. It was also McGrew’s second top 10 finish of the season, and her third overall.

Photograph courtesy of Abbey McGrew

Sophomore Abbey McGrew takes a swing at a recent tournament.

STAT ’CAT

Sport: Golf

Position: Golfer

Class: Sophomore

Major: Kinesiology

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

2 Baseball The Chico State baseball team is 2-10 in its last six doubleheaders.

3 Track & Field The men and women’s track and field teams competed at three different meets in Palo Alto, Stockton and San Francisco this past weekend.

Track and Field WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

2nd The Chico State men’s and women’s track and field teams capped off a successful weekend competing in three different meets at Stockton, San Francisco and Palo Alto. Junior Olivia Watt broke her own school record in the 800-meter with a second place finish at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto with a time of 2:10.87. Watt also joined teammates, senior Bailey Henshaw, junior Aja Erksine and first-year Marina Berrios in posting the third fastest time in school history with 3:50.49 on the 4x400-relay. On the men’s side, senior Derek Taylor finished second out of 11 athletes—including five Division I team representatives—at the triple jump in the Stanford Invitational. The men’s track and field team also had 10 athletes record NCAA Championship provisional qualifying marks on Saturday. Both teams head back to Chico this upcoming weekend to host the Chico Distance Carnival and the Chico Twilight Invitational.

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Senior Dylan Garcia is batting .398 over the team’s past four series, good for the fourth highest batting average by a Chico State hitter with at least 100 at-bats in a season.

8 Softball Pitcher Brooke Langeloh who currently rocks a 2.62 ERA and a 10-6 record, has posted eight complete games for the season.

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Phillip Bailey vaults over the bar in a meet on March 14 at the Wildcat Invitational.

Baseball

Softball WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

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Women’s Golf

The Chico State softball team went 1-3 against UC San Diego over the weekend. The team lost both of its games in a doubleheader on Friday to kick off the four game series. The ’Cats, who were hitting .324 as a team, were unable to score the entire day losing their games, 1-0 and 3-0. Gilham posted her sixth lost of the season in the series opener. The team lost its first game on Saturday, 8-6, in a 10-inning game. Chico State would salvage the series by winning the final game, 3-1.

The Wildcats are holding on to fourth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association with a 14-10 conference record. Chico State leads Cal State San Bernardino by just a game-and-ahalf, with UC San Diego and Cal State Dominguez Hills only two games back in the race for a CCAA Championship Tournament berth. The team will try to bounce back on the road this upcoming weekend in a four game series against Sonoma State.

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

Baseball

8th

The Wildcats placed eighth overall in the Western New Mexico Mustang Intercollegiate at Goodyear, Arizona this past weekend. The team combined for 22-over par 310, with each player improving their score as the tournament progressed. Sophomore Abbey McGrew finished in seventh place overall, while junior Dani O’Keefe cracked the top 20 placing 19th in the 96-player field.

O’Keefe posted the low round for Chico State with 2-over par 74 on Saturday.

The ’Cats will return to action at home when they host the Interwest Wildcat Invitational on April 20 to April 21.

The Chico State baseball team went 1-3 in its four game series against Cal State L.A. this past weekend. The team won the series opener, 3-2, on Thursday. Graduate student and pitcher Luke Barker limited the Golden Eagles, who were batting .311 as a team, to one earned run on seven hits in eight innings. The Wildcats would go on to drop the last three games of the series. The team lost its doubleheader on Friday, 9-7 and 8-3. Chico State tried to bounce back in the series finale on Saturday, but ended up losing 7-2. The only positive takeaway for the team on Saturday was senior Dylan Garcia who went 4-for-4 in the game. The Wildcats are now 13-17 overall and 12-15 in the conference. They are 5.5 games behind Cal State Monterey Bay for the fourth and final CCAA Championship Tournament berth. The team will try to right its ship this upcoming weekend against Cal State Dominguez Hills in a four game series.

-Compiled by Jose Olivar MORE ON THEORION.COM/SPORTS For weekend recaps of track and field events go online and follow @theorion_sports.

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ABBEY MCGREW

BASEBALL

Cal Poly Pomona Cal State L.A. UC San Diego Cal State Monterey Bay Sonoma State San Francisco State Cal State Dominguez Hills CHICO STATE Cal State Stanislaus Cal State East Bay Cal State San Bernardino

CCAA 17-7 17-7 19-8 18-10 14-14 12-12 11-13 12-15 9-14 5-19 4-19

Overall 25-9 22-10 23-12 22-14 20-17 13-17 17-16 13-17 14-19 8-23 6-26

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CCAA

Humboldt State Cal State Monterey Bay Sonoma State CHICO STATE Cal State San Bernardino UC San Diego Cal State Dominguez Hills Cal State East Bay Cal State Stanislaus San Francisco State

18-6 17-7 15-8 14-10 12-11 12-12 12-12 9-15 5-19 5-19

Overall 32-10 33-89 28-13 21-13 20-18 22-16 19-19 21-18 13-25 10-28

UPCOMING GAMES

BASEBALL

This week’s series Cal State Dominguez Hills in Chico

Friday - 6 P.M. Saturday - Noon & 3 P.M. Sunday - 11 A.M.

Make up game Cal State Stanislaus in Turlock

Tuesdy - 4 P.M.

SOFTBALL

This week’s series Sonoma State in Rohnert Park

Friday - 1 P.M. & 3 P.M. Saturday - Noon & 2 P.M.

Next week’s series Humboldt State in Chico

April 17 - 1 P.M. & 3 P.M. April 18 - 11 A.M. & 1 P.M.

TRACK and FIELD

Chico Distance Carnival Friday in Chico

Chico Twilight Invitational Saturday in Chico

MEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S GOLF

Hanny Stanislaus Invitational

Interwest Wildcats Invitational

Monday & Tuesday in Turlock

April 20 - 21 in Chico

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Fortunes flip for Bay Area teams Kevin Lucena

Staff Writer

The NFL stands for “not for long” for a lot of players and teams. Whether as a Super Bowl contender or a bottom feeder, a team’s fortunes can flip in a season or less.

So far in the 2015 offseason, the two NFL teams in the Bay Area seem to be headed in opposite directions.

San Francisco 49ers John Domogma/The Orion

Wildcat first-year Haley Gilham pitches against the University of Hawaii on Feb. 12, posting her first complete game of this season. Gilham has achieved a 9-2 record, including a streak of 31.1 straight innings without allowing a run.

Scoreless streaks and shutouts — Gilham untouchable from mound Nick Martinez-Esquibel

Staff Writer

When first-year pitcher Haley Gilham is not busy with school or trying to be a part of the K-9 police unit, she is on the mound showing opponents that she is the new sheriff in town.

Gilham, a criminal justice major, has been untouchable lately. Since March 6, she has posted a 9-2 record, including a streak of 31.1 straight innings without allowing a run.

“Sometimes you don’t know how a freshman is going to respond in pressure situations,” said Angel Shamblin, Chico State softball’s head coach. “But she’s really picked it up in the second half of our season.”

Gilham’s scoreless innings streak was broken on March 27 against Central Washington, but she said that it was never a distraction for her.

“I didn’t think about it when I was pitching,” Gilham said. “I was kind of shocked at how many innings I had gone.”

Gilham also won in six consecutive starts from March 14 to March 28.

In the 60.1 innings she threw, she gave up 37 hits, 13 walks and only six earned runs while striking out 39 hitters.

Not even fourth-ranked Cal State Monterey Bay could score a run on her when they came to town.

“My favorite part of the season was to win against Monterey Bay knowing they were high ranked,” Gilham said. “And winning the series was pretty cool.”

Gilham threw two consecutive complete

game shutouts against the Otters on March able to be so close-knit on the field,” she 20 and 21. She struck out six batters in each said. game and only allowed a total of seven hits Gilham and junior pitcher Brooke Lanand four walks. geloh have combined as the team’s one-two Gilham’s incredible run in March has im- punch. They have helped lead the team to a proved her season record to 12-5 overall and 20-10 record. brought her ERA down from a 3.65 to 1.71.

Graduating in 2014 from Norco High In 86 innings she pitched this spring, she School, Gilham is no stranger to winning. has only allowed 21 walks, while striking In 2012, her team won the Division I Caliout 49 batters. Opposing batters are hitting fornia Interscholastic Federation state and a mere .211 against her. national championships.

Gilham also leads the team in the most After that season, Gilham would go on to pitching categories, including ERA, wins, play with a traveling softball team in her complete games, innings pitched, hits, junior and senior year. walks and runs.

During that time, “I definitely didn’t exGilham would develop Sometimes you pect to have this much her own pregame ritudon’t know how a success this early,” she als that start off with freshman is going to said. “I’m only successtaking an ibuprofen respond in pressure ful because of my team. then warming up with They’re the ones that just the catcher for situations. But she’s are hitting and fielding a certain amount of really picked it up ground balls.” pitches. in the second half of Junior first baseman Once she feels our season.

Desiree Gonzalez feels warmed up, one of that Gilham has gelled her teammates stands Angel Shamblin, in the box, and she with the team well as a softball team head coach freshman, she said. throws a couple more “We actually did a times. team bonding thing Shamblin said she where she took us up to her family’s ranch has been most impressed with Gilham’s up here with horses,” Gonzalez said. “She’s calm demeanor on the mound this season. really opened up to us.”

“She’s always willing to take on any chalDespite all her pitching accomplish- lenge,” Shamblin said. “She’s not afraid of ments, including winning the California anything.”

Collegiate Athletic Association’s Pitcher of the Week, Gilham said it’s her team bond- Nick Martinez-Esquibel can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or ing that she is most proud of.

“I’ve never been on a team that’s been @THENickMartinez on Twitter.

By the Numbers

1.90run Haley Gilham 10w --L6 earned First-Year Pitcher

Record

Average

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Pitched Strikeouts

Let’s review.

Jim Harbaugh, who led the 49ers to three NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl appearance: gone.

Frank Gore, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher: headed to the Indianapolis Colts.

Patrick Willis, a seven-time Pro Bowler: retired due to injury.

Justin Smith, a five-time Pro Bowler and defense leader: retired at 35 years old.

Chris Borland, who filled in for Willis last season and led the team in tackles as a rookie: retired due to concussion concerns.

That imposing defense that led the team a few seasons ago now has gaping holes. Of the 11 starters who took the field that game, only three remain: defensive end Aldon Smith, and linebackers NaVorro Bowman, and Ahmad Brooks.

To help fill these holes, the 49ers have signed players such as former Baltimore Ravens receiver Torrey Smith, a deep-ball threat who can hopefully help quarterback Colin Kaepernick improve from his drop in play last season.

Unfortunately, it’s not 2013 anymore and without Gore, the backfield — with the exception of Reggie Bush — is young and unproven.

Oakland Raiders

Because of the league's minimum spending rules, the Raiders were going to be big players in free agency. The players they brought in seem to fit well and should help sophomore quarterback Derek Carr in his second season.

To keep Carr upright, the Raiders signed center Rodney Hudson, a former division rival, away from the Chiefs on a five-year, $44.5 million deal, making him the highest paid in his position in the NFL. The running-back-by-committee approach looks to be continuing as the Raiders signed both Roy Helu Jr. and first-round bust Trent Richardson, who join Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reece in a crowded backfield.

While the Raiders may have missed out on giving Carr a top-flight threat on the outside like Green Bay’s Randall Cobb or former Chicago Bear Brandon Marshall, the team is rumored to be targeting wide receivers Amari Cooper from Alabama and Kevin White of West Virginia in the upcoming draft.

Going Forward

As a 49ers fan it pains me to say it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Raiders finish next season with a better record than the 49ers.

I can’t believe I just said that — the Raiders could be ahead of the 49ers by the end of next season.

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Male Wildcat cheerleader keeps squad flying high James Groh

Staff Writer

Some are destined to play the guitar and others know from the start they want to be a lawyer, but for sophomore Omar Chavira it took time to find his calling as a cheerleader.

Chavira had played soccer and track and field for a number of years before he realized he wanted a change of pace. “(It was) senior year — I had nothing to lose,” Chavira said.

In all three season he has been cheering, Chavira has always been the lone male on the team.

It could be overwhelming being with so many women all the time, but it is not something that really bothers him, he said.

“It’s kind of nice," Chavira said. "You get a lot of attention."

He even gets certain routines focused around his skill set.

Having a man on the team makes the stunts more dynamic and diverse, said Brooke Shanahan, cheer team coach.

“A guy compared to a girl in stunting — it’s unbelievable," Shanahan said. "Guys can throw girls so much higher. He can do one man stunts."

Stunting is one of the basic building blocks of cheerleading, in which a base or a group of bases lift or toss a flyer overhead to perform tricks in the air.

If there were more men on the team, it would elevate her squad to the next level, Shanahan said. For a short time there was another guy on the team, but he quit shortly after joining.

Getting men to join the team is hard, said

Alyssa Hansen, sophomore captain.

There are two main reasons for this: The Chico State cheer team does not go to competitions, and they are not allowed to stunt in games, because the team is not officially a part of the athletic department, Hansen said.

It was the athletic department's lack of funds that kept Chico State from incorporating the cheer team into the athletic department, Shanahan said.

The team is not allowed to stunt during basketball games because of safety concerns and liability issues with Chico State.

“This hurts us the most because most people’s favorite thing in cheer is stunting,” said Maija Lazenby, sophomore cocaptain.

However, this rule only applies to basketball home games. The cheer team can still stunt when they table or at events like Up 'Til Dawn.

None of this deterred Chavira from joining the squad, he said. Even though he doesn’t get to do as much as he wants, he still loves being on the team, he said.

Not only is he an asset to the team for stunting, but people also look up to him as a leader and a role model, Shanahan said.

Chavira hopes to inspire other men who want to cheer collegiately but are hesitant, he said As of now, Chavira has no plans to further his cheerleading career past college, he said, but he is open to the possibility of continuing.

James Groh can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @James_Groh14 on Twitter.

Photo courtesy of Omar Chavira

Chico State Wildcat cheerleader Omar Chavira provides support and balance for cheer team captain Alyssa Hansen throughout routines.

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Chico State forward Drew Kitchens brings the ball down the court against an opponent from Cal State L.A. on Jan. 30 in Acker Gym.

Wildcat rivalries elevate performance more physical and more pumped up.

Lars Gustafson

Staff Writer

Do you have any opponents that you have a personal rivalry with?

UC San Diego. I grew up in San Diego and played in that gym growing up so every time I get the opportunity to play them, it adds some fuel to the fire.

Sports rivalries are without a doubt one of the most exciting aspects of sports.

Whether the San Francisco 49ers are playing the Seattle Seahawks or the Los Angeles Lakers are battling the Boston Celtics, rivalry games are played with bragging rights on the line.

Here is a look at some of the Wildcats’ biggest rivals in sports from the perspective of the athletes who play in them.

What are some of the best battles you have been in with a rival?

One of the best battles I can remember was definitely last year’s NCAA West Region Championship game against Cal State Stanislaus. Hard to forget about that one. Also, every time we play Pomona, I remember those games because win or lose, it is an extremely

Lars Gustafson can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or

@larsonsports on Twitter.

Drew Kitchens

Clayton Gelfand

Sophomore forward, Basketball CAL POLY POMONA AND HUMBOLDT STATE

Sophomore pitcher, Baseball SONOMA STATE AND UC SAN DIEGO

What are the biggest rivalries with other schools for men’s basketball?

I would say first off that as a competitor, I really don’t like any team we play.

Since I have been at Chico State, our rivals have also changed in recent years.

I would say that our biggest rivals are Humboldt State, Sonoma State, Cal State Stanislaus and Cal Poly Pomona.

Why are Sonoma State and UC San Diego the biggest rivals for Chico State baseball?

Sonoma State has always been our biggest rival. We’re always two of the top teams in the CCAA, and it’s just one of those teams you want to beat just a little bit more than all the others. I think it’s because we are two good NorCal teams and always give each other hard-fought games. We played UCSD eight times last year, and I believe we split the series 4-4.

We are two very good ball clubs and two respected teams. You know you’re going to get the best of every player when it’s University of San Diego versus Chico State. The reason they would be considered a big rival would be because of last year’s regional. We had to play them twice in regionals, and we beat them both times to send (our team) to the

How does the level of play in games against rivals change?

The level of play is definitely elevated when you are playing against a rival.

Both teams have the game circled on the calendar so you know you are going to get their best shot. They are the best games to play in.

How does the physicality of the game change in rivalry games?

The level of physicality is elevated.

Both teams are more aggressive,

World Series. I’d say there is still bad blood between us because we beat them when it mattered last year.

As a pitcher, do you have any individual rivalries with batters?

Being a pitcher, there may be people I don’t like, but not a single person I’d consider my individual rival. I like to pitch with the attitude that everyone I face is my rival, and that gives me a competitive edge over my competitor.

Do you have any personal experiences of great pitching battles?

There are certain guys I’d rather get out than others, and those guys are typically friends. For example, I played summer ball with the Sonoma State shortstop Jourdan Weiks. Although he is a buddy, I don’t want him to get a hit against me. It makes it more fun when the at bat is personal.

How does the level of intensity heat up against teams like UC San Diego or Sonoma State?

Our week prior is much more focused because we know we have to bring it if we want to come out on top. Teams like that take advantage of mistakes and will execute if we’re not applying constant pressure. We know there is pride on the line playing against those teams

Brooke Bowen Junior forward, Basketball HUMBOLDT STATE

each year. That game at home and even away, the gym is always packed with fans from both teams. There’s just always a lot of old history from the past with the rivalries between Chico and Humboldt.

How does the level of play in games against rivals change?

The emotions change. It becomes more personal. Every game is pretty personal, and you want to win, but rivalry games are extra important. You always want it just a little bit more than any other game you’ve played that season. The energy is always amazing and so up tempo.

How does the physicality of the game change in rivalry games?

Everyone plays a lot more aggressive.

You have the mindset of wanting it so badly that you step up and play as hard as you can.

Do you have any opponents that you have a personal rivalry with?

I don’t have a personal rivalry, only because I’ve only played one season here so far. But I feel like if I had played all four years here, I would have a personal rivalry for sure.

What are some of the best battles you have been in with a rival?

“I think the first time we played Humboldt this season at home we had a great battle with them. And also when we beat UC San Diego at home we played an amazing game, and it felt so good to win that game — one of the best games we ever played as a team.

What are the biggest rivalries with other schools for women’s basketball?

I think I would have to say our biggest rivalry is Humboldt. It’s been a tradition

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“That is what I am doing every time I step up on stage.

I dance to a piece of music because it moves me.”

-Vanessa Ricketson

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Senior Vanessa Ricketson has been shaking and shimmying on stage as a belly dancer for more than two decades Nicole Santos

Staff Writer

J

ust like ballet, belly dancing has its own language, and Vanessa Ricketson has been studying this language for 22 years.

“My mom taught me belly rolls for fun when I was 5 years old,” she said. “She wasn’t a belly dancer — she just Belly dance has knew how.” also taught me Ricketson, a senior business administration major, officially appreciation started belly dancing when she was 21. of all types of “I was dropping off a friend at her dance class, and she said I people from all could come in and watch if I wanted to,” she said. “I was hooked over the world. instantly and started the very following class.”

Ricketson’s belly dancing teacher, Suli, taught her to dance, play the Arabic drum (the dumbeck), play zills (finger cymbals) and how Vanessa Ricketson, to sew. senior business “We made our own costumes and went on camping trips where administration major we played music at night around a campfire and pretended to be gypsies,” Ricketson said. “I started learning in my teacher’s living room. We moved into the recreation room at my apartment complex because it was a free space with mirrors.”

Eventually Suli started a studio and held public classes, Ricketson said. They danced with many women over the years, but Suli eventually quit teaching and closed her studio down.

“After my teacher quit, I began teaching some of the students she left behind,” Ricketson said. “I taught in another friend’s living room until we pooled our money and were able to rent some time in a studio.”

Ricketson and her new dance partner taught anywhere from 10 to 30 dancers.

“Once I taught them everything I knew, I had to go out of town to San Francisco and take workshops from famous dancers in order to have new material to continue teaching,” she said. “I had to stay a step ahead.”

Over the years she has performed all over Chico including at: • Sultan’s Bistro • Thursday Night Markets • The North Valley Belly Dance Competition • Christmas Preview • Taste of Chico Ricketson tries to perform as often as she can, and she and her daughter just completed a season.

“By season, I mean that we picked music, made new costumes, choreographed the dances and then performed them in various venues,” she said. “Our debut of our first song was at Tribal de Chico, a local show held at the Women’s Club every October, hosted

by Allegory Belly Dance.”

Since then, they’ve performed two songs at Lulu’s, a show hosted by Modern Gypsy in Redding, and at Rakkasah in Richmond.

“Rakkasah is one of the biggest belly dance festivals in the U.S.,” Ricketson said. “I love to perform there because it has a huge stage with dressing rooms and curtains and announcers and everything. You get to be a superstar for a day.”

Being on stage over spring break with her daughter, Devin, at Rakkasah is a memory that will remain with her forever.

“There is nothing like smiling with your dance partner on stage when you know you both just nailed it,” she said.

Over the years the two have performed off and on together. Ricketson goes by the name Sakina Haneem and Devin by Kaira Haneem.

“We started dancing together when she could walk, somewhere around 8 months old,” she said. “When dance is just part of your life, you kind of don’t have a choice about learning it or not.”

Ricketson has learned so much from belly dancing, including confidence, creativity and tenacity.

“Belly dance has also taught me appreciation of all types of people from all over the world,” she said.

Nonetheless, expressing her emotions through music is her favorite part.

“That is what I am doing every time I step up on the stage,” she said. “I dance to a piece of music because it moves me. It can be sad, joyous, erotic or just have a bass beat that I can’t get out of my head.”

Nicole Santos can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @Iam_NicoleS on Twitter.

Photos courtesy of Vanessa Ricketson

Vanessa Ricketson, who has been belly dancing for 22 years, shows off her moves with swords at the “Freak Show” at Down Lo in Chico.

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Student wins top honors in debate

THE O-FACE

DJ Morris

Staff Writer

A wide variety of college students draped in business attire and professional wear gathered around engaging in conversations and fighting the urge to not fall asleep.

Adrianna McCain, a junior communications major, was one of those students not only fighting to stay awake but to earn accolades at the Northern California Forensics Association Championship.

The speech and debate team at Chico State competes at an intercollegiate level.

ADRIANA “Speech and debate MCCAIN is such a wonderfully Junior geeky thing to do,” communications McCain said. “The major one common factor is that we are all total nerds in the best way possible.”

Speeches have to be memorized by team members, but they get to choose their own topic.

“I perform speeches,” McCain said. “My two events were an after-dinner speech about the topic bra sizes. Then my oral interpretation prose piece was communicating miscarriages.”

McCain was not sure about what topic to choose for her prose piece until her coach showed her a heart-wrenching piece about miscarriages, she said.

She decided to talk about bra sizes because the speech is a platform that can have a comedic spin.

“There are a lot of misconceptions about bra sizes,” McCain said. “ I felt like people were not talking about it as much — plus I got to make a lot of boob puns.”

McCains’ background in theater helped with her performance, she said.

“You have to structure the speech in a way where it is funny but also relevant,” McCain said.

She placed first in her division for her speech and was in a three-way tie for her prose speech.

Soon she will be traveling to Ohio because she qualified for nationals after placing first in her division.

“I’m glad I joined the speech and debate team,” McCain said. “I am getting something out my college experience.”

DJ Morris can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @djthejournalist on Twitter.

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How to balance love, friendships Sophia Xepoleas

Sex Columnist

I was head over heels in love. It was finally here, the moment I had been waiting for and never believed would arrive. I was completely enamored with this boy I could now call my own, and nothing else mattered.

I spent every spare moment in his presence, and although we fought more than we got along, he was the only person I found myself wanting to be around. Seeing as I was so inexperienced with relationships, I was completely unaware of the toxicity of my situation.

I neglected my closest friends to the point where they had given up trying to spend time with me altogether. Instead of taking responsibility for my actions, I found myself justifying my recent absence with the fact that I was in love, and that this was how it was supposed to be.

Needless to say, when my relationship inevitably fell apart after yet another melodramatic, enraged argument, I had no one.

And by no one, I mean that I spent two full weeks curled up on my couch, hanging out with my mom when she could spare the

time.

Relationships can take over your life. So much so that you can find yourself with little to no time for the other people that hold a special place in your heart.

Although it’s sometimes hard to balance, I cannot stress how important it is to make time for your friendships while in a relationship.

Dr. Joan Borysenko even stresses the importance of friendship at a scientific level. Borysenko suggests that “intimate friendships help banish stress and improve mood,” and evidence shows that “the positive effects of friendship are comparable to those of antidepressants or cognitive therapy.”

That being said, no matter how satisfied you may feel in your relationship, there will be a point where you feel the need for a break. Being well-rounded in regard to the company you keep will help maintain a healthy relationship in the long run.

Your significant other most likely fell for the person that you were on your own, so it is important to always be able to come back to that.

A good friend of mine once described each of her closest friends simply as soul

mates, each showing her a new perspective and light to life that she had never seen before.

Every human being has a story to be told and lessons to be shared. I like to think that every connection I create is just another piece to my never-ending puzzle. The more connections I gain, the more knowledge and understanding I take in.

Neglecting those connections will only limit you as a person and leave little room for personal growth.

With time, my friends were able to accept me back into their lives, and I have remained there ever since.

Although I had once lost sight of who was truly valuable to me, I learned an invaluable lesson in the importance of maintaining friendships throughout life’s obstacles.

Now, not only do I make time for the people that I care about, I always make sure to let them know how much I appreciate them.

People will come and go from your life, but the ones that truly matter will be there with you through it all.

Sophia Xepoleas can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or

@soph_mxx on Twitter.

Survivor rebuilds life after battle with Lyme disease Alisa Thorsen

Staff Writer

“I have been in survival mode the last three years.”

Within one hour, Briana Beaver, a Chico State alumna, may experience nearly a hundred painful, crippling symptoms.

Beaver has Lyme disease, which is an infection spread by ticks that can affect any organ of the body. This Includes the brain, nervous system, muscles, joints and the heart.

This is not that first obstacle Beaver has faced in her life.

One hour after Beaver was born, she died.

She was resuscitated by doctors and brought back to life, she said. However, this left her with permanent cerebral palsy.

“I never let this stop me,” Beaver said. “I pursued my passions and did my best to live a normal life.”

Beaver went on to graduate high school in only three years and then moved on to Chico State, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Shortly after graduation she started to no-

tice painful symptoms.

It was not until December that Beaver was “The pain became horrifically intense,” finally diagnosed with Lyme disease.

Beaver said. “I had extreme sensory overload, Beaver experiences many symptoms in just so that every stimulus — sight, sound and one day, such as dizziness, adbominal pain, smell — everything caused pain. I was so mys- shortness of breath, heart palpitations and teriously debilitated that I was unable to eat many more. or drink.”

Despite the symptoms, Beaver feels she She had no choice but to put her life on hold. is very lucky to have her mother by her side The doctors were unsure of what through this battle, she said. illness was impacting her in such “I would not be alive if a powerful way, she said. They did it weren’t for my amazing not diagnose Beaver until after she mother,” Beaver said. “She has nearly died. gone above and beyond the call “It can completely destroy a perof duty. And she keeps me going. son and ultimately lead them to their I have no words to express the death,” Beaver said. “Which is what amazing human being that she almost happened to me in 2012.” is.”

After graduation, Beaver was so Beaver and her family are putincredibly sick she was no longer ting together a campaign titled BRIANA BEAVER sure if she had a chance of surviv“Take Back My Life.”

Chico State alumna ing.

Proceeds from the campaign “By summer 2012, I was in Stanwill go towards her medical ford Hospital, wasted away to 75 treatments and it also hopes to pounds,” she said. “The pain was reach out to people who want so torturous that I welcomed the thought of to have their artwork displayed on the “Take death.”

Back My Life” T-shirt.

The winner of the design contest will receive $50 and a gift certificate to the Funky Trunk. The shirt will also be sold through various social media and other businesses in Chico, Beaver said.

“The expenses continue to pile up,” Beaver said. “And will stay that way for quite some time.”

The shirts will also help spread awareness about Lyme disease, she said. After years of being confined to her house, Beaver is ready to take her life back.

With the help of the community, Beaver can start to rebuild her life. She also has a page where donations can be made that go to her medical expenses and other needs. “‘Take Back My Life’ is about discovering those thrills,” Beaver said. “What makes me tick — what makes me whole. I am ready to take back my life.”

Alisa Thorsen can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @alisathorsen on Twitter.

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Ben Lucas, tattoo artist and owner of Eye Of Jade in downtown Chico, has been inking art pieces on people for more than a decade. Japanese-themed tattoos have become a favorite for him to etch on clients lately, Lucas said.

Leaving a mark Claire Martinez

Staff Writer

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he hand must be as calm as can be, the lines as precise as can be and the outcome — portrait perfect.

Tattoo artist Ben Lucas was 30 years old when he got his first tattoo. Eight years later, he opened his own tattoo shop in the heart of downtown Chico and today continues to fulfill his clients’ wishes with a needle and ink.

Growing up in Chico, Lucas’ path to tattooing was a natural progression.

He did a lot of art as a child that proceeded into his high school interests, he said.

“I’ve always been big into art,” Lucas said. “It was one of those things that I like: positive, creative enforcement. I was the only boy out of my sister and cousins. They didn’t want me bugging them. So everybody would say, ‘Here are some crayons, go draw.’”

For 15 years, Lucas has been leaving his mark on many — literally. After working out of several tattoo shops, in 2007 he opened up his own, Eye of Jade.

As a tattoo artist, he transforms his clients’ interesting stories and experiences into art pieces on their body.

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The Pennsylvanian progressive rock band Circa Survive is coming to the Senator Theatre along with indie bands Balance and Composure, and Chon.

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“I get to do something new every day,” Lucas said, “and I get to hear all the stories that come along with that.”

Traditional Japanese-themed tattoos have become a favorite to do on his clients, he said.

“It flows well on the body,” Lucas said.

“I’ve always been drawn to something that works really, really well. It looks like it’s supposed to be on the body.”

More than 20 pictures of his Japanese artwork that his customers have allowed him to use are on his personal website.

Although he can be considered a master, it’s safe to say he will be sticking to tattooing others and not attempting to do his own tattoos on himself. His pain tolerance for them is high on a scale of 1-10, he said.

“Oh, I hate tattoos,” Lucas said. “I would say they are an eight. I mean it depends on what area you are getting done. But no matter where you are getting work on, you go through a lot of pain.”

With his entire back covered in tattoo artwork, one sleeve of his arm completed, and almost his entire torso and both legs from his knees down, Lucas is following his passion of art in the form of tattooing.

Claire Martinez can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

@clairelmartinez_ on Twitter.

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The University Chorus, Chamber of Singers and A Cappella Choir will be delivering the best of American gospel and spiritual range at Harlen Adams Theatre.

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The city pulled funding on certain gigs and events. Like Taste of Chico no longer Staff Writer pays bands like they used to. So I was like, Two hundred people packed The Tackle ‘OK, what can we do about this?’”

Box Wednesday night to witness history Fed up with talented musicians having in the making when Blooze on the Rocks to travel elsewhere in order to be comtook the stage to kick off the first of 30 pensated for playing, Ruck decided to consecutive days and nights of live music. find ways to make people want to come to More than 250 bands will play toward the Chico. goal of not only beat“I filmed a documening the current Guintary with a few of my To get all these ness World Record for friends called ‘I Play bands together to do the longest concert by in Chico,'” he said. one big show, even if multiple artists, but “At the same time, I we falter, at the end doubling it. started pursuing the of the month we’ve “I thought that douidea of having a big bling it would give us concert. True story, it still won. We still the degree of media was like three in the did a thing that was attention we would morning, and I’m sitreally awesome. want,” said Julian ting in my underwear Ruck, local musician Googling ideas.”

Julian Ruck, local musician and creator of Chico That early morning and creator of Chico Breaks Google session in OcBreaks the Record!

“And it provides us tober is what started a buffer zone. If we the ball down the hill screw up in the next two weeks we can and got it rolling. start over and still break it.”

“I looked up what the world’s lonWith the current record at 15 days and gest concert is, and I saw 15 days and 12 12 hours, Ruck’s brainchild demands at- hours,” he said. “I thought, ‘We can beat tention, and that’s entirely its purpose that. That’s beatable. We have enough talbecause the local music scene is suffering. ent to do that.’”

“What I’ve noticed is support for local “Guinness” is a buzz word for people, musicians has diminished,” Ruck said. Ruck said, and attracts interest that other“Fewer venues, less compensation, and I wise wouldn’t be piqued. But the purpose started getting really frustrated about it. of the event is to garner attention for loAmanda Rhine

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The Chico Art Center presents “Creative Fusion,” a collection of artwork from local junior high and high school students. This show offers the opportunity for young artists to experience their first showcase.

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Monthlong concert aims to revive local music scene, demolish record cal music regardless of whether the ambitious attempt is successful.

“The (record) attempt is the bait,” Ruck said. “To get all these bands together to do one big show, even if we falter, at the end of the month we’ve still won. We still did a thing that was really awesome.”

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

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ENGL 130I ENGL 264I ENGL 333 ENGL 471 FINA 307 FLNG 380 GEOG 303 HCSV 323 HCSV 370 HCSV 435 HCSV 450 HCSV 451 HIST 130 HIST 305 HIST 326 HIST 341 HUMN 222 ITAL 101 KINE 320 KINE 322 KINE 323 MATH 051 MATH 105 MATH 119

O O

O O O B O O O O O O O O

MATH 120 MATH 121 MATH 260 MCGS 310 MEST 110I MGMT 303 MGMT 304 MGMT 470 MINS 301 MKTG 305 MKTG 371 MKTG 472 NFSC 100 NFSC 303 NFSC 345 OSCM 306 PHIL 102 PHIL 323 PHIL 323Z PHIL 327 PHIL 327Z PHIL 336 PHIL 341Z PHIL 370

O O

O

O

O O O O O O O O

PHYS 202A PHYS 202B POLS 155 B POLS 250 O POLS 331/X B POLS 352 O POLS 353 O POLS 364 O POLS 365Z O POLS 460A O PSYC 261 PSYC 324 PSYC 345 O PSYC 355 O PSYC 391 O PSYC 395 O PSYC 401 O RELS 332 O SOCI 384 O SPAN 101 O SPED 343 O THEA 251 WMST 326 O

O = online; B = both on campus & online

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