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Mozes Zarate

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Chico State’s police chief was rated poorly by her fellow officers for the second year in a row in a survey conducted on behalf of a statewide university police officers organization. In the survey, one of many published by the Statewide University Police Association, Chief Robyn Hearne was ranked second-to-last out of 23 police chiefs on California State University campuses. Hearne scored below average in all categories, including integrity, crime fighting, character and accountability. Bullying, favoritism and low department morale were concerns voiced in an anonymous comments section of the report. Hearne’s overall Lorraine score improved from Hoffman 1.85 out of 5 in 2012 to Vice president a still below-average for business and 2.38, according to the finance survey. In the wake of the survey, many high-level campus officials spoke in favor of Hearne, praising her integrity and thoughtfulness. “Chief Hearne has my complete support,” said Lorraine Hoffman, the vice president of business and finance. Hoffman spoke highly of Hearne’s leadership in developing new public safety programs including Freshman Safe Start, Campus Connection and Safe Place. Deborah Stewart, the chief of staff at the Student Health Center, also praised Hearne. “Her integrity is unquestionable,” Stewart said. “She is exceedingly thoughtful and responsive to the community concerns, with a very broad vision for protecting health and safety of the Chico campus community and beyond.” In an interview with the Chico Enterprise-Record, Hearne said that departmental changes, like increased foot patrols, may have contributed to the negative responses. She also raised the possibility of duplicate survey filings, claiming that more officers responded to the survey than there are union officers at Chico State. Lance Conlan, an officer in the university police department, said many officers were disappointed by Hearne’s response to the Chico E-R. “Obviously, people like to focus on the positives and move forward,” Conlan said. “But that doesn’t negate the negatives.” In an emailed statement to The Orion, Hearne expressed commitment to making positive changes on campus and gave thanks for the people at the University Police Department. “While change can be perceived as nega-

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There are currently 64 officers patrolling Chico. The last time the number was that low was in 2002, when the population was at 65,000. As of 2011, Chico now has a population of 86,290.

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Three special police teams, including the mounted horse patrols, disbanded as a result of budget cuts.

The Chico Police Department is facing a $1,608,770 reduction in operating funds under the proposed 2013-2014 budget.

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Chico police face double whammy of increasing crime and fewer officers Jessie Severin

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Crime is increasing in Chico, and the number of police officers available to fight it is at a decade-long low. City officials, police officers and former public safety officials are all calling the lack of sworn police officers an ongoing problem compounded by the city’s recent cuts to funding for public safety.

Former analyst sees ‘alarming’ trends

The increase of stabbings in Chico is alarming.” Woodward understands why his position had to be cut to preserve funding for patrol officers. “The decision the department made to eliminate my position, I understand, there was no one left to cut,” Woodward said. The lack of officers on the street is concerning given the uptick in crime, Woodward said. “It’s an all-time low, a historic low,” he said. “It’s something the citizens should be up in arms about.”

Robert Woodward, a former crime statistician Cuts and reducIt’s an all-time low, a hisfor the city of tions toric low. it’s something Chico, was disThere are 64 citizens should be up in missed after the sworn police offiarms about. union contract cers in Chico, and for Chico’s public two more are on safety personnel the way after the Robert Woodward former crime statistician for the was passed on July City Council apcity of Chico 2 by the City Counproved funding for cil. The contract dethe additional potailed officers’ upsitions during the dated wages, hours summer. and the new budget for public safety. The total numbers of officers patrolling Chico experienced a general increase in the streets on any given day could be less violent crimes and various forms of theft than that, said Capt. Lori MacPhail of the within the first five months of 2013, accord- Chico Police Department. ing to one of the last reports filed by Wood“There could be four or so officers out on ward before his dismissal. disability on any given week,” MacPhail The frequency said. of assaults stood Police are doing out on the report, their best with the Police administration does nearly equaling the resources that they not feel this is adequate previous year’s tohave, MacPhail but we are working with tal with 114 by the said. what we have been given. end of May. “Police admin“There has defistration does Capt. Lori MacPhail initely been an innot feel this is Chico Police crease of violent adequate but we crimes,” Woodare working with ward said. “In the what we have been last year or so, we’ve had an increase of given,” MacPhail wrote in an email to The stabbings. As for the other trends, there’s Orion on Monday. been a bit of an uptake in burglaries as well. » please see Police | A4

Library flood causes $80,000 in damage, doesn’t derail construction Staff report

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A redesign of the Laptop Lounge in Meriam Library will continue without delay after it was promised to be revamped by the start of the fall semester. Interior architecture students originally envisioned beginning construction for the project during summer break, said Kijeong Jeon, an interior architecture professor and program coordinator, in a previous Orion article. While there was no redesign work done in the Laptop Lounge this summer, the room did get undergo an unexpected flood, however.

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A plastic tube providing water to the coffee vending machine in the Laptop Lounge burst in June, flooding part of the first floor, said Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public af-

fairs and publications. The makeover Water went below the first floor into the Stephanie Dolim, a senior interior architecTechnology and Learning Program offices, ture major, is one of the students redesigning displacing the occupants for a few days, Wills the Laptop Lounge. said. “The construction permits weren’t apCarpet was replaced proved in time to around the vending achieve the goal of Students design for stumachine and the vencompleting the projdents. This is a part of their dor was called for reect over summer,” learning and training to be quired maintenance. Dolim wrote in an professionals. “Because it’s their email to The Orion. equipment the responThe students comBelle Wei sibility lies with the pleted their design Provost and vice president vendor,” Wills said. during the spring, for academic affairs The flood cost and it takes several roughly $80,000 in dammonths for the camage, he said. pus to complete the final construction docu“That area is not back to where it was and ments, gain state approval and put the project then of course there is a pending redesign,” out to bid, wrote Lorraine Hoffman, vice presWills said. ident for business and finance, in an email to The Orion.

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“So, I knew that the project would not be able to move into construction until winter break,” Hoffman wrote. When given this project, the group of student designers were instructed to come up with ideas as if they had little to no money for a budget, Dolim wrote. The budget has yet to be finalized. The idea to refresh the drab study area was envisioned by Belle Wei, the provost and vice president for academic affairs. She pictured it as an alternative place for students to congregate and get a hands-on learning experience instead of going out and partying. “Students design for students,” Wei said. “This is a part of their learning and training to be professionals.” The Orion can be reached at

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Chico State representatives appointed to ‘green’ task force Bill Hall

Staff Writer Chico State faculty and alumni were among those selected as members of the newly reinstituted Sustainability Task Force at the City Council meeting Sept. 3. Fourteen applicants were reviewed for the seven-member committee. After a preliminary vote in which each of the seven council members selected their top three candidates, exactly seven people were remaining. The City Council approved all of them unanimously. The seven committee members are: •

Cheri Chastain, sustainability manager for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and a Chico State alumna

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Dave Donnan, realtor and CEO of Dam Bag, Inc.

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Ryne Johnson, management consultant for RLJ Solutions, LLC

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Bill Loker, dean of undergraduate education at Chico State

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Mike Rubio, engineering manager for FAFCO, Inc., and a Chico State alumnus

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Mark Stemen, professor in the department of geography and planning at Chico State

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The new members will pick up where the old task With two faculty members and two alumni, Chico force left off in order to reduce Chico’s greenhouse State has a strong presence in the task force, which gas emissions. In 2006, the city signed the U.S. ConStone said is not surprising. ference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement, “Chico State does a lot of this research — it’s adding Chico to a group of over 1,000 cities that heavily engaged in the process,” he said. pledged to reduce emissions. The university is a partner to the sustainability This resulted in the creefforts in the city, so it ation of the task force in stands to reason fac2007. Its purpose was to help ulty from Chico State the city meet the goals of the would be involved, Greenhouse gas reduction mayor’s agreement and deStone said. is not rocket science — it’s velop a Climate Action Plan Loker is new to the Excel — literally. for Chico. task force and said he The task force took basehas a strong desire to Mark Stemen line measurements of emisserve his community. professor, geography and sions and developed the “As a longtime planning plan, which aimed to reduce Chico resident, I’ve greenhouse gas emissions to lived here 17 years, I 25 percent below 2005 levels appreciate the quality by the year 2020. of life here, which includes the natural environThe previous task force was disbanded early in ment that we have,” Loker said. “I want to do what 2013 to allow for a reorganization that would refo- I can to ensure that the qualities of this community cus the committee’s efforts on implementing the that attracted me here continue.” Climate Action Plan, which it had begun to lose Stemen explained what he views as the main priorsight of, said Randall Stone, a city council member. ity of the task force. The goal set before the reinstituted task force “I think it’s really going to be communicating with isn’t a difficult one to understand, Stemen said. The everyone on exactly the work that needs to be done,” task force members have to be aware of the formu- Stemen said. “We’ve basically got to get people to drive las used to calculate reduction levels by inputting 25 percent less and use 25 percent less electricity.” factors such as wiring homes for solar power, retrofitting lighting and reducing vehicle miles traveled. Bill Hall can be reached at “Greenhouse gas reduction is not rocket science editorinchief@theorion.com or — it’s Excel — literally,” Stemen said. @thebillhall on Twitter

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We asked some newly elected members of the Sustainability Task Force about their experiences with advocating for the environment The Orion: What would you point to as your best achievement in sustainability?

Mark Stemen Professor, planning and geography

The Orion: What sustainable projects have you worked on that you’re most proud of?

Stemen: I’ll give you two. The first one is the conference. I founded the sustainability conference with students ... the other would be the students that I’ve generated out of this. I’ve sent off a series of grad students… who have done some really great things.

Bill Loker Dean of undergraduate education

The Orion: What is the biggest challenge that the task force will face?

Loker: One of the issues that I worked on … is agricultural development and deforestation in tropical forest environments, and tropical forest deforestation contributes 20 to 30 percent of greenhouse gases globally.

The Orion: What is something that people would be surprised to find out about you?

Loker: I have been riding my bike to work for 17 years and in the process have pedaled around the world.

Stemen: Denial that there’s a problem and fear that we won’t be able to address it.

The Orion: What’s the accomplishment you are proudest of in the area of sustainability?

Chastain: The implementation of the onsite composter at Sierra Nevada. After years of trying to get the city, and the county, or the haulers or anybody to start a regional food scrap composting facility, we just said ‘OK, fine, we’ll just buy our own composter.’

Cherry Chastain Sustainability manager for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

The Orion: What is your fondest memory of Chico State?

Chastain: I would have to say that getting involved with the recycling and rubbish exhibit was probably the best part of being at the university.

Namesake county of campus building holds vote to secede from California they’ve elected a guy who has a background in protecting water rights.” Turner doesn’t think the dramatic move will help Siskiyou County achieve their ends. “I haven’t heard anyone suggest secession as a strategy,” he said. While Butte County faces some of the same issues Siskyou County is complaining about, the latter’s small, rural population is the reason they’ve taken an extreme course of action, Turner said. “Part of that might be we have had representatives that are pretty effective,” he said. Andrew Roberts, freshman political science major, said he is doubtful that the attempt at succession will succeed. “I think it is ridiculous ... it is an unattainable option,” Roberts said. Katy Hood, senior interior architecture major, disagreed with the idea of the breakup. “I feel like if they break away, anything they have now will be nothing,” Hood said. The next step for Siskiyou County is to create a

Lindsay Pincus

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The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted to secede from California with a 4-1 vote Sept. 3 with an intent to form their own state. Many residents had complaints including a lack representation in Sacramento, being deprived of water rights and excessive fire taxes, as reported by the Record Searchlight of Redding. Siskiyou Hall, home to Chico State’s Student Veterans Center, is named for the county currently trying to leave the state. The board proposed calling their new state Jefferson, a name that was suggested by residents of a region in the Pacific Northwest seeking to leave the U.S after World War II. Charles Turner, political science department chair, shared his thoughts on the secession. “Their argument is that they are not being represented,” Turner said. “They are complaining, ‘Oh they are not protecting our water rights’, well

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Wednesday, 3:14 a.m.: Suspicious subject seen near Wildcat Recreation Center. “Man in baseball cap, blonde, beard, on bike with tall handlebars, at bike racks. Subject seen at Second and Cherry, appears to have bike wheel. Subject at Depot Park. Checking possible ID. Returning back to station, has subject in custody.”

Wednesday, 9:13 a.m.: Suspicious subject on the 1300 block of East Eaton Road. “Subject parked his truck on caller’s residence and into the field with some sort of gun. Heard one gunshot. Subject has child with him. Subject is dove hunting. He thought he was in a county area.”

Thursday, 10:37 p.m.: Theft at University Stadium. “Reporting party reporting theft of Nike soccer sports bag, black in color containing cellphone, wallet, jersey. Approximate value $500.” Friday, 12:32 a.m.: Couch fire at the intersection of Third and Hazel streets. “Trash fire — Couch on fire in the middle of intersection.” Saturday, 8:43 a.m.: Vandalism at the 600 block of West Fifth Street. “Three vehicles and gate facing Ivy Street spraypainted with various homosexual and racial slurs. Report taken.” Sunday, 7:69 p.m.: Bike stolen from the north side of the Bell Memorial Union. “Black with blue trim and blue grips special made ‘quadangle’ extra large BMX.” Monday, 10:18 a.m.: Suspicious circumstance at the WREC. “Staff found a ‘baggie’ with a white powder like substance in it while doing laundry. Negative on drugs, possibly protein powder”. Monday, 1:27 p.m.: Bike theft at the Shasta Hall bike racks. “Reporting party reporting theft of his green specialized Hardrock bicycle sometime yesterday at 5 p.m.”

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Wednesday, 10:33 a.m.: Suspicious subject on the 200 block of Rio Lindo Avenue. “Caller is locked in her closet. Subject is inside her complex, not her house. He is going door to door asking for cigarettes.” Thursday, 10:30 a.m.: Disturbance on the 1200 block of North Cedar Street. “Resident is out in the street yelling, no weapons. Subject is angry at one of his neighbors. Unknown why. Two male subjects now throwing butcher knives at trees. Has not threatened anyone with it. Subject ran upstairs and is yelling at an elderly man.” Thursday, 12:41 p.m.: At least three male subjects making threats on the 1100 block of Park Avenue. “Transients behind fence in backyard. Banging on her fence, trying to pull off boards. They said they were going to kill her dog because it was barking at their dog. They have set up camp back there.” Thursday, 3:57 p.m.: Male subject drunk in public on the 200 block of Main Street. “Male subject acting very odd, harassing passersby, swinging pink bra around.”

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POLICE: Specialized police teams canned » continued from A1

more officers will allow us to investigate more crimes on all spectrums.” There were four retirements this year, and There isn’t enough money to maintain a full two non-sworn employees were cut due to budget cuts. Several officers are set to retire police force and simultaneously keep up the roads, parks and other public services that the before the end of the year or early next year. city is responsible for, Nakamura said. Several police teams have been elimi“We’re trying to be nated, including the accountable for the mounted horse team, It’s very frustrating to resources we have the riot team and me that we don’t have the and the resources the critical incident money to be able to pay for we can put on the stress management more officers to address the street,” Nakamura team. crimes. said. “It’s very frusThese secondary trating to me that we jobs require overBrian Nakamura City Manager don’t have the money time pay and extra to be able to pay for training. The horses, more officers to adwhich are owned by dress the crimes.” the officers and leased to the department, are A major problem with fielding a larger poalso expensive to train and maintain. lice force is that locals have consistently voted “That’s probably the biggest one people against raising the taxes that fund it, Nakatalked about,” MacPhail said. “One man on a mura said. Had the utility user tax passed last horse is worth the work of three officers.” Police are currently working on a contin- November, it could have paid for as many as gency plan that will shift officers to patrol five officers. “The voters are screaming ‘Do more. But duty if the force gets any smaller. we are going to give you less money to do it The department is facing about a million with.’ Unfortunately, I can’t do both,” he said. dollars in cuts to its budget, MacPhail said. Though Chico won’t make a full economic recovery within the current fiscal year, the Balancing the budget city hopes to break even within the next three Brian Nakamura, the city manager, said he recognizes the urgency of public safety in to five years, Nakamura said. Public safety will be the first program to be expanded when Chico. “Is there a correlation between the number funds are available. of officers and the number of crimes we’ve had?” Nakamura asked. “I think you can Jessie Severin can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or make that justification. What I’ve experienced in the 20-plus years I’ve been doing this is @theorion_news on Twitter

HEARNE: Union offers to help chief talk to officers » continued from A1

But a challenge faced by the members of Chico’s union tive by some who must in fact deliver the change, it is our is that many of the officers won’t speak out, Solomon said. “A lot of them won’t come out privately and say this just students and fellow campus employees who are the recipients of that change,” Hearne wrote. “Please know that I because they are afraid of the repercussions from her,” Solomon said. “Whether that’s real am so proud and honored to work or perceived, I don’t know.” with many great employees at UPD Hearne averaged 1.88 for “trust who serve every day based on the A lot of them won’t come between top-level management desires and needs of the campus out privately and say this and rank-and-file personnel” in the community.” survey. The survey is intended as conjust because they are Other members don’t feel their structive criticism, said Jeff afraid of the repercussions input changes anything, said Marc Solomon, the president of the from her. Reed, the director of the union Statewide University Police AsJeff Solomon chapter at Chico State. sociation. All chiefs who consisSUPA president “There’s quite a few of them that tently receive negative evaluations feel they’re not being listened to,” are offered an opportunity to meet Reed said. “They want to make with the union to fix them. changes. They want to make a better place to work.” Through the process, various California State UniverIn the questionnaire, many officers indicated they sity police departments have seen more effective commuwould “leave the campus police department for another nication between officers and their chiefs, Solomon said.

law enforcement opportunity.” Chico’s union members are dedicated to their jobs despite a working environment that he compared to “walking on thin ice,” Reed said. “They’ve made a commitment to their profession, made a commitment to their families, to their community that they are serving,” Reed said. “Is it tough? Sure it’s tough, and sometimes it’s a hard pill to swallow.” Solomon plans to reach out to Hearne soon and offer help, he said. “We all have a stake in this,” Solomon said. “The overall issue is the safety of the campus. Nobody’s perfect, and I don’t expect the chief to be perfect, but I expect the chief to work with her people to create a safe atmosphere for everybody, and that does not appear to be happening right now.” Mozes Zarate can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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Lack of funding for police puts students in jeopardy As today’s front-page package suggests, a we deserve to be protected by it. While the city re-evaluates its priorities, lack of investment in our city’s police force is putting students — and every other Chico resi- there are steps students can take to make themselves or others more safe. dent — in danger. Chico State students studying criminal There are 64 officers from the Chico Police Department currently patrolling the streets. justice might volunteer with the department in a support role without putting themselves The last time we had that many officers, the at risk. city was home to about 65,000 The school’s alumni people. As of 2011, Chico had a or other Chico State population of 86,290. In other words, the supporters might donate Do the math. That means our new budget leaves money for new officers. police department is trying to Students can also keep serve almost 25 percent more our growing city themselves safe by staypeople with the same amount with fewer people to ing close to a friend at of officers. Sound crazy to you? night. You’re not alone. watch over it. But these are only When the Chico City Counshort-term fixes. They cil voted to adopt a budget this don’t help us when we June that cut the city’s police get mugged or when someone breaks into our force by 14 positions and reduced funding for house. Those situations require sworn officers firefighters, Chief Kirk Trostle warned that and a city willing to invest in them. the city would face serious consequences. There are long-term solutions, but they’re Longer response times for 911 calls. The difficult to implement. No one wants to pay a elimination of a mounted patrol. No officers sales tax to fund more officers, and no politito watch over the city’s elementary and middle schools. In other words, the new budget leaves cian wants to face the political consequences our growing city with fewer people to watch of trying to get one passed. It’s hard to sit down and pass pension reform. It’s difficult to ask over it. This is unacceptable. About 16,000 students people who put their lives at risk every day to attend Chico State, and most of us live in consider lower salaries. But it’s impossible for us to be successful if Chico. Our students and professors contribute we can’t even feel safe on the streets. money, creativity and energy to this city, and

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Sophomore health science major Pa Houa Lor died Aug. 27 after a tree branch fell on her from a height of 20 feet. According to one witness, Lor was wearing headphones at the time of the incident.

Pedestrians injured while wearing headphones have tripled in the last six years.

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Tara Miller

Opinion Columnist The lack of awareness that comes with wearing headphones can be dangerous. So dangerous that it can lead to serious injury or death. The fact that listening to music on headphones makes us less attentive to our surroundings makes me think of Pa Houa Lor, who died recently after she was struck by a falling tree branch. It’s impossible to say whether she had time to react after the branch started to fall, but if she hadn’t been wearing headphones, she might have gotten an extra split second to move out of the way after she heard the branch snap off. But because she had headphones in, she might have been deprived of that crucial reaction time. For most people, the stakes aren’t as high as life or death, but Lor’s passing is a somber reminder that our surroundings are unpredictable. Almost everywhere I go, I see at least one person my age listening to music with headphones, and almost every

Seventeen percent of people ages 20-69 have hearing loss from exposure to loud noise.

single time I can hear the music they have playing. It makes me wonder if they realize that their music is so loud that others can understand the lyrics. It also makes me wonder if they realize that they are damaging their hearing and putting themselves at risk. I’ve almost been hit by cars because I was paying attention to my music rather than what was going on around me. I’ve learned to be more aware, and I don’t listen to headphones unless I’m at home or somewhere where I won’t be walking around outside. In addition to lowering your awareness, listening to music at a high volume for a prolonged period of time can lead to permanent hearing loss, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. This has grim implications when you consider it in conjunction with the fact that one-third of college students reported occasionally turning their portable music players up to full volume in 2010, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This just goes to show that listening to music at high volumes is detrimental. But no matter what studies tell us, we still listen to music at deafening volumes regardless of how it’ll affect our hearing. Let’s face it: some of us are going to lose our hearing at some point later in life. However, wearing headphones and listening to music for a long period of time can affect how quickly that happens. Not only does wearing headphones affect

hearing, but it also changes how we think, a factor which can have serious repercussions when we sit down to study. Headphones have direct access to the brain because they cover our ears and blot out every other noise. This can interfere with learning, especially if the material is new and difficult, according to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Advising and Learning Assistance Center. Studying with headphones may help some people learn. But according to this study, those people are in the minority. Why not unplug your iPod until you’re done with that chemistry homework, or remove your earbuds when you go for a walk outside? Headphones help you immerse yourself in your own world, but sometimes you need to be immersed in the world around you. Tara Miller can be reached at tmiller@theorion.com or

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Downtown needs new film theater

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Thumbs up to the three faculty and alumni who were picked to sit on the city’s Sustainability Task Force. With fiery sustainability advocate Mark Stemen’s appointment, city politics just got more interesting. See A2. Thumbs down to the lack of cops to protect Chico’s growing population. The city needs to prioritize public safety. See A1.

Nick Sestanovich

Opinion Columnist

Why should students have to drive to see movies when they should be able to walk? Chico is a town that knows how to accommodate the interests of college students. Many nightclubs, bars, live music venues and parks are within walking distance of campus. It’s not a town where you can complain about a lack of things to do, but it would be nice to have a movie theater that shows a variety of movies within walking distance of campus. Before you say anything, I’m aware that Chico has a few movie theaters. There’s Tinseltown, a Cinemark-owned multiplex on East Avenue, The Pageant Theatre, which specializes in independent and foreign movies and the El Rey Theatre on West Second Street, which hasn’t shown first-run movies since 2005. All these theaters have their drawbacks though. Tinseltown is too far away, so students who don’t have cars likely won’t visit it. The Pageant Theatre is within walking distance, but its tendency toward art films means only certain students will be interested in it. The El Rey is still primarily a concert hall and it’s hard to find out when certain movies are showing. I guess you just have to show up on the right day to find out. Not everybody is willing to wait for films to come out Students on video, and going to see a movie is a shouldn’t good weekend achave to tivity for those who drive to see don’t have homework to do. Bethe latest sides, I’ve heard a Hollywood lot of debate about whether there’s hits. fun things to do in Chico without getting drunk. Having a movie theater with new releases would be a solid, sober outing for them. Some citizens will probably question whether a small movie theater would be profitable in the age of Netflix and Redbox. To them I say: look around. Chico has many hookah lounges, comic shops and other establishments that primarily exist in cities with large student populations. If those businesses can do well, I don’t see why a movie theater wouldn’t. This is a town that has at least four video rental stores, so there’s clearly a market for movies. Tinseltown offers a $6 movie discount every Tuesday to attract students, but only about 10 percent of students on campus own a car, according to U.S. News and World Report. I don’t imagine those without a ride will partake in Tinseltown’s discount special unless they live on East Avenue. Students shouldn’t have to drive to see the latest Hollywood hits. About 80 percent of students live within two miles of campus, according to the Chico State catalog. Because of this, downtown Chico seems like the perfect place to draw crowds. All that needs to be done is to find an empty building to convert into a theater. Perhaps the El Rey could split its time between live concerts and first-run movie showings. If either of these things happen, Chico will have every entertainment base covered just a short distance from the university. Nick Sestanovich can be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com or

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Punishing drunk students only puts them in danger should enforce the law. By no means should they turn a blind eye to the consumption of alcohol under their roof. But they’re putting student safety in jeopardy Amanda Irons by denying them the only home they have Opinion Columnist in Chico. To me, university policy only ensures that Chico State isn’t legally liable It’s Friday night and nothing is going for drunk students. It doesn’t do anything right. Your sandal broke, you’ve thrown for student safety and actually discourages back a few more shots than you usually do students from coming home after hours. and you’re tired. I’ve been a freshman before. I’ve sat on And on top of all that, you also live in the “sober stones” between Whitney Hall the dorms. The current protocol at Chico and Sutter Hall, flip-flops in hand, trying State’s residence halls dictates that if you to control the drunken slurs that were come home drunk, you’ll get written up, oh-so-eager to pass my lips. I’ve waited interrogated and worse — you’ll get the to sober up enough so I could get into my cops called on you. So instead of going room and enjoy the instant mac ’n cheese home and calling it a night, you’re forced that I’d purchased specifically for nights to wander around downtown, walk off like those. I’ve been the friend who acyour drinks and wait until you can pull companies the drunker yourself together enough to friend home, rubbing their put on a decent sober face. back and attempting to imAlthough the university itate some motherly reasclaims this policy protects Getting sent to surances. I give thanks to students, it doesn’t help the resident advisors who freshmen who aren’t familbed is the only patrol that area for never iar with the Chico area and option that giving me too hard a time. the dangers that come with I really appreciated the the fall of night. allows stucheck-ups that come with For those of you who dents to walk their jobs when they permissed out on the enlightenformed them in a caring ing dorm experience or peraway without a way. haps only recall that period strike on their Some people might make of your life in a dream-like record. If they the argument that drunk distant haze, the procedure students shouldn’t be intoxgoes as follows: Before enfail inspection, icated in the first place, that tering their dorms, students they might end they need to feel the long must first locate their key hard hand of the law slapand ID cards. Those who’ve the night in the ping them back in place, been drinking a little must drunk tank. or whatever. I just don’t see swiftly open the door with this as practical. We know minimal blunders and apthat students are drinking proach the front desk. Then underage. We can confirm they are forced to make eye the countless reports of contact with the desk attendant, who will either let them continue on rape, gang activity and general acts of vito their room, or pull them aside and ask olence against Chico State students. But them a series of questions to determine there seems to be a disconnect when it comes to protecting student safety because how drunk they are. Depending on how well the student acts, of old Johnny Law. There needs to be some middle-ground the desk attendant might send the student policy that encourages students to come to bed. Or they might call the cops. Getting sent to bed is the only option home safe and allows the university to that allows students to walk away without take care of students too drunk to go a strike on their record. If they fail inspec- straight to bed. tion, they might spend the night in the drunk tank. Do not pass go, do not collect Amanda Irons can be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com or $200. @theorion_opinion on Twitter Don’t get me wrong, the dormitories

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David Philhour, manager of the computer labs for the college of behavioral and social sciences, runs 50-minute afternoon meditation sessions Monday through Thursday and Qi Gong in the Student Services Center for students. Qi Gong is a form of moving meditation that is intimately connected with the Chinese system of medicine. It is a great way for students to have relax time for 30 minutes.

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The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted in a 4-1 vote Tuesday for the county to secede from the state of California. The county does not like the regulations that have been set by the California government and the political influence Southern California has on the state. It is bizarre that people in support of the secession want to create their own state called Jefferson. Don’t they like all the nice things that come with being part of the United States, like clean water, national security and FDA-approved medicine?

STUDY BREAK

Graduates, don’t be satisfied with flipping burgers of a group of Americans who have the drive to educate themselves. It makes the degree holder more of an asset in the workforce and gives them the upper hand in choosing a more Paul Smeltzer fulfilling career. Opinion Columnist In 2008, about 50 percent of Americans weren’t happy with their work environment, If nothing else, get a job that makes you according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Behappy with the degree you’ve earned. ing Index. People from all demographics surToo often students graduate only to realize veyed were upset with their managers, didn’t they might not get their sought-after job and forget one important idea: with a diploma, care about their company and felt disconthey’re open to a wide range of opportunities. nected from their duties. This means workers are unhappy, causing So instead of immediately filling out a job application to McDonald’s after graduation, them to perform poorly at their jobs and make less money, according to James K. Harter and consider what the professional world might his research team entail outside of food serat Gallup. They esvice. For example, there’s a Keep yourself open to other timate Americans’ detachment from stigma associated with job options outside what their jobs adds up psychology majors. Nayto $300 billion lost sayers claim this diploma other people think your annually. is only useful to frame on major is “intended” for. That said, keep the wall, and all those yourself open to with this degree are desother job options tined to be mailmen or outside what other people think your major work as baristas at Starbucks. But they’re wrong. A degree in psychology is “intended” for. When things change, make — or any other field of study — tells employ- sure you have a front-row ticket to the best ers that they’re hiring a hardworking profes- show of your life. My sister graduated from UC San Diego sional. It signifies the degree holder is a part

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with a degree in child psychology. According to the useless-degree stigma, she shouldn’t be making much money or having fun while doing it. Today, she gets paid to skydive, manage professional athletes and even go to popular music festivals like Coachella. She’s an athlete marketing coordinator at Red Bull, one of the furthest things from being a child psychologist. While her annual income may not number in the six figures, she still makes darn good money, especially considering the amount of happiness she derives from working full-time. Just because your initial hopes might fall through, doesn’t mean you have to work in a cubicle at a job you hate. It means you look somewhere else along the horizon. Don’t limit yourself to one set path to professionalism. You need a plan “B” to go with “A,” so put time into planning out a number of routes to success. In other words, don’t have one dream job when you can have two or three or as many as you can imagine. Think big and have fun doing it.

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Album review: “Love in the Future” by John Legend This is the fourth album that R&B singer John Legend has released. The album came out last Wednesday with good reviews from music critics. Legend released the album’s first single, “Who Do You Think We Are” off the album on March 25. The single featured rapper Rick Ross. The singles that were released before the album came out were “Made to Love” and “All of Me.” Some of the famous people featured on the album included Kimbra and Seal. Kanye West was one of the producers of the album.

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concentration Shelby Lanksbury kicks the ball away from a defender Thursday against Cal Baptist.

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Senior forward Scotie Walker played a huge role in the Wildcats’ openingnight comeback victory. Walker tied the game with less than five minutes remaining. And she put the game away for good after only 27 seconds into the second overtime, scoring the winning goal and sending the fans home happy.

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

The Chico State women’s soccer team showed their grit Thursday, getting their first victory of the season in exciting fashion. Behind 2-1 in the 76th minute to Cal Baptist University, Chico State forward Scotie Walker scored a goal to tie the game 2-2, sending the teams to overtime. She responded with another goal in double overtime, leading the ’Cats to their first win of the season. Chico State followed that performance with a 2-1 victory against Notre Dame de Namur Saturday, with goals from junior midfielder Megan Tabler and sophomore forward Courtlynn Cerrito. The Wildcats will look to continue their hot start against Cal State East Bay Thursday.

The Chico State men’s soccer team had a productive trip to the Pacific Northwest as they started off the season last weekend, winning two games. The ’Cats got the season rolling with a 2-0 victory against Saint Martin’s University, despite a lengthy 2-hour lightning delay. They followed that up with another 1-0 win over Seattle Pacific. Newcomer Justin Walmsley started his tenure at Chico State on a bright note, scoring a goal and an assist over the weekend. Senior goalkeeper James Stroud was solid at the net, recording two shutouts and four saves. The ’Cats will start California Collegiate Athletic Association play Thursday with a game against Cal State LA.

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WEEKEND PERFORMANCE The Chico State men’s golf team survived its first two rounds of the season Monday, at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate tournament, hosted by Washington State University. Sophomores Alistair Docherty, Lee Gearhart, Scott Raber and Will Flitcroft joined senior Ricky Owaki to form the starting squad for the Wildcats. Docherty scored a 70 in the first round, leading Chico State, which scored 287 in round one as a team. The second round started off slow, but the ’Cats pulled it out and shot a combined 285, highlighted by a 68 from Docherty, who is tied for seventh overall as an individual in the 81-player field. While Chico State is currently sixth in a 12-team field, Washington State has pulled away from the pack and holds a 20-stroke lead over the Wildcats. As of press time, Chico State is playing its third and final round of the tournament.

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high flier Shannon Boling leaps to spike a ball during practice.

The trip to tropical paradise did not end how the Wildcats envisioned. The Chico State women’s volleyball team started its season losing in four sets to Hawaii-Pacific in the Hawaii Invitational in Honolulu Thursday. Freshman setter Torey Thompson led both teams with 42 assists in her first game as a Wildcat. The ’Cats got their first victory of the season Friday with a three-set sweep of Chaminade University. Alex Shurtz lead the team with 15 kills. Their last and toughest opponent was against No. 5 BYU-Hawaii. Chico State put up a good fight, but couldn’t take the win. The ’Cats will look to improve their record this weekend at the Seawolf Spike Tournament in Sonoma.

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(WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL) Number of kills by senior All-American Alex Shurtz in three games in Hawaii.

(MEN’S SOCCER) Number of hours the men’s soccer team had to wait for lightning to clear at halftime during their game against Saint Martin’s University.

(MEN’S SOCCER) Number of goals allowed by senior goalkeeper James Stroud in two games in Washinghton.

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Number of assists for freshman setter Torey Thompson over the weekend in Hawaii.

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Standings Men’s soccer 1. Chico State 2. Cal State L.A. 3. Cal State Monterey Bay 4. Cal State Dominguez Hills 5. Cal Poly Pomona 6. UC San Diego 7. Sonoma State 8. Cal State Stanislaus 9. Humboldt State 10. San Francisco State 11. Cal State San Bernardino 12. Cal State East Bay

CCAA 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Overall 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0–1 1–0–1 1–0 1–1 1 – 0 –2 0–2

women’s soccer 1. Chico State 2. Cal State Stanislaus 3. Sonoma State 4. Cal State L.A. 5. San Francisco State 6. Cal Poly Pomona 7. Humboldt State 8. Cal State Monterey Bay 9. UC San Diego 10. Cal State Dominguez Hills 11. Cal State San Bernardino 12. Cal State East Bay

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WOMen’s Soccer men’s golf

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Friday, Sept. 13 11:45 a.m.

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Rohnert Park

Seattle

CCAA 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Overall 2–0 2–0 1–0 1– 0 1– 0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2

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@ChicoState uses power of #socialmedia to connect fans, school sports Taylor Maddox

Staff Writer

The Chico State athletics department hopes you’ll accept its friend request this season. Please adjust your Twitter feeds accordingly. Starting this fall, Chico State students can expect to see a lot more of Wildcat sports news while navigating their favorite social media platforms. It’s all part of the plan, according to Jeff Kragel, marketing director for Chico State’s Intercollegiate Athletics Department, who hopes to better utilize many of today’s most popular social media services while promoting this year’s sporting events.

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Social Networking The Chico State sports information department is promoting intercollegiate games this season with its Twitter and Instagram accounts in order to drive a larger audience to the stands. Orion reporters will cover the games on Twitter, so check our account for updates. With more and more organizations using social media as an ideal communication resource, many traditional forms of promotion, such as handing out leaflets or posting flyers on campus, have become woefully outdated. Of course, it’s not hard to see why social media has supplanted most conventional marketing strategies. As of January 2013, Facebook reported having one million active users per month. Additionally, The Huffington Post indicated that 23 percent of all Facebook users check their accounts up to five times per day. Many students have already taken notice of Chico State’s boost in web presence. Danny Woellfer, a 22-year-old senior, views the increased attention toward social media as positive. “I think it’s a cool idea,” Woellfer said. “Almost everybody has a smartphone these days

and they’re always using them for social media. It’s a really easy way for everyone to learn about different events.” Confidence in the power of social media is high, and its value has been proven by empirical evidence. BusinessInsider.com reports that 93 percent of marketers use social media to communicate their goods and services, opting to shelve out-of-date advertising techniques in favor of newer, streamlined approaches to reach their target audience. “It’s always changing,” Kragel added. “It seems like every day there’s a new service popping up somewhere.” Although the athletics department had dabbled in social media before, their plan for the future sees them employing the newest social media services as soon as they begin to rise in popularity.

The department hopes that by reaching students and community members through all available social networking media, they stand a much better chance of increasing awareness and boosting overall attendance at games. Student athletes likely stand to benefit the most from these new social networking initiatives. Rashad Parker, a 21-year-old senior and men’s basketball team member, welcomes the marketing effort with open arms. “I think it’s great, because it’s going to reach people who may not always hear about games at Acker Gym,” Parker stated. “The more people we have coming out and enjoying the games, the better.” Taylor Maddox can be reached at

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Behind the scenes: From athlete to assistant tice when we work out in Upper Park,” the first-year coach said. “I’ve helped with Staff Writer timing events and done some paperwork.” A former athlete like Bradford, PalerBehind every well-oiled sports team, mini said coaching has always been in his there’s a hard-working coach making all the right moves. And behind that coach, an mind after an extensive 10-year running career. assistant coach working just as hard. “I was very interested “It’s a lot to handle,” said in coaching,” Palermini Zach Bradford, the assistant said. “I just graduated and men’s soccer coach at Chico figured I was going to be State. “It’s my first fall semesaround, so might as well ter as the head assistant coach, help out.” so it’s new for me. There are a The same kind of behindlot of new responsibilities.” the-scenes action goes for Bradford wasted no time getassistant women’s soccer ting into coaching. After playcoach Reanna “Ray” Gibbs, ing at Chico State from 2007-10, another first-year assistant he began the process of movTony at Chico State. ing up the assistant ladder. palermini Gibbs had coaching in “I stayed here as a student Cross-country mind, even as a young high assistant, graduated to assisassistant coach school and eventual UC Rivtant and now head assistant,” erside soccer standout. he said. “It’s worked out pretty “When I was younger, soccer became my well for me.” life, my getaway,” Gibbs said. “I realized Bradford isn’t the only coach saddled with work away from the field. Cross-coun- that giving back means a lot to me. I want to help girls realize soccer can be that gettry assistant coach Tony Palermini can reaway.” late to the off-field duties. Of course, with so much on each of their “So far, I’ve helped drive the kids to pracNicholas Woodard

respective plates, there are certain chalWatching the team improve is exciting, lenges to the assistant coaching position. Bradford said. Palermini’s challenge is to bridge the “Seeing the kids grow is great,” he said. gap from former teammate to coach and “I’ve been with the team three years now leader. and I’ve seen kids progress and become “I was on the team with a lot of the runyoung men.” ners,” he said. “I’m their friend obviously, Gibbs simply loves the fact that she’s dobut I also have to step up, ing what she loves. take responsibility and as“I wake up every day and sert myself as a coach.” smile, knowing that I’m All three of these coaches blessed to be doing what I have moved from playing the love,” she said. game they love to bringing Bradford offers up a memthat passion into the coachorable moment of his own ing office. And all three know coaching experience, one that the challenges that accommakes it all worthwhile. pany coaching. “Early morning practices,” But there is an upside. This he said. “The entire team zach level of commitment comes would much rather be sleepbradford with a substantial payoff for ing, but they show up with enMen’s soccer the coaches. ergy and determination to get assistant coach Bradford points to being better. When they are willing with the team as the most reto wake up that early and put warding part of coaching. in the work, that’s pretty special. It’s not “When you’re out there on the field, something you see every day.” you’ve really made a connection with those guys,” Bradford says. “They trust Nicholas Woodard can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or you. You see aspects of your coaching go@nwoodard25 on Twitter ing into the game plan.”

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New to the gym? No problem. The Orion has put together this guide to help you find your way. Kayla Smith

Staff Writer

While you’re pushing, shoving and clawing your way into the gym this semester, you might be asking yourself whether it’s Black Friday, and if there’s a cut-rate TV inside. The first few weeks of the semester have traditionally been a time for enthusiastic gym-goers to attack their fitness goals, and this year is no exception. The Wildcat Recreation Center has seen extreme amounts of usage since school started. There is usually a huge increase in activity at the gym during the first two weeks of both fall and spring semesters, said Teresa Clements, the assistant director of member services at the WREC. “Students are excited, they have a schedule in mind and they are putting their semester plan into place during the beginning of the school year,” she said. Before 3 p.m. the crowd is less chaotic, Clements said. The evenings are the busiest time of day, and 5 p.m. is when the crowd really starts to grow. “It’s crazy how many people are here,” she said. “We open at 6 a.m. and it’s nice and quiet in the morning.” Senior communication design major Katie

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Stretching Space Corey Gambon leads a stretching exercise during the WREC’s morning boot camp session. Mornings at the WREC are less busy than afternoons and evenings, allowing students more room to work out.

Mason said she goes to the WREC about two Ceccarelli admitted to being one of many stutimes per week and has noticed an increase dents who go to the WREC more frequently at in students recently. the beginning of the year. “The other day I went to the gym at 11 a.m. “It is definitely always busier during the beto run on the treadmill and it was pretty ginning of the school year because everyone crowded, but not too bad,” she said. “But by is trying to get in better shape fast,” he said. noon, tons of people started pouring in for Ceccarelli finds it annoying when he is tryworkout classes, probably during their lunch ing to work out in the crowded gym. breaks.” “If it’s really The overbad, I will cut my whelming numworkout down Working out has become a ber of students by a few sets just using the WREC because it’s frustrendy thing to do. People go is just a trend trating,” he said. there to socialize and get their that will even“But if I make stress out. tually die out my way all the as the school way down there Katie Mason year continues, I’m not just going Communication design major Clements said. to leave immediBut Mason ately.” thinks otherAlthough it’s wise. apparent many “I honestly think the gym will always be students feel a bit claustrophobic and overcrowded because working out has become a whelmed by the busy gym, they shouldn’t get trendy thing to do, which is good for health discouraged because the crowds will dissipate reasons,” she said. “People go there to social- as the semester progresses, Clements said. ize and get their stress out, and over the past few years I think it has gotten more and more Kayla Smith can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or crowded.” Junior exercise physiology major Ryan @theorion_news on Twitter

When is the perfect time to hit the gym?

6 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 p.m.

Hot tub

Noon

THE GYM AT A GLANCE

Weight lifting Downstairs

Pool

Cardio and free weights Upstairs

Front desk Stairs

Indoor track: upstairs above multipurpose courts

Rock climbing wall Multipurpose courts

Front entrance

3 p.m.

5 p.m.

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least crowded - most crowded

WREC Hours Sun 6 a.m.

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

6 a.m.

6 a.m. 9 a.m.

9 a.m.

9 p.m. midnight

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midnight

Sat

midnight

$200

14,000

2 mil.

Non members pay a fee per semester

Number of WREC members

Number of visitors as of March 2013

11 p.m.

42%

10 p.m.

58%

Less than half Slightly more than of visitors in August half of visitors in were female August were male

9 p.m.

$10 Cost for a guest pass per day

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Cardio ’Cat: Tips for toned abs

Risa Johnson

Asst. Features Editor The small room on the second floor of the Wildcat Recreation Center, dedicated to free weights, is packed with young ladies as usual. I grab a mat and begin my ritual of abdominal exercises until I can’t lift my upper body anymore. A young woman doing sit-ups turns to me and said, “It’s just not fair, is it? Guys don’t even have to try, but we try so hard and we still can’t get abs.” She got me wondering if it really is harder for women to get abs, or whether I’m doing something wrong in my workouts. There may be some truth in the statement that it’s more dif-

Five steps to get a toned and taut midsection:

1 Eat healthy foods, and don’t skip meals. it is important to consume the right kinds of fats to give your body fuel.

Burn more calories than you consume.

ficult for women to get a six-pack or even a toned midsection. Women’s bodies are supposed to carry more body fat compared to men. And with less body fat, more muscle will show. But regardless of gender differences, it’s difficult for anyone to acquire a six pack. It requires a lot of exercise and a very strict diet. A Women’s Health magazine article, “The Best Abs Workout: Get Six Pack Abs in Weeks,” provides a routine you can try. Next time I’m doing ab workouts at the WREC, I won’t just be doing sit-ups and crunches. But as I do reps until I can’t anymore, I’ll still silently be cursing men for their seemingly instant abs. Risa Johnson can be reached at

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Give yourself a day to recover between ab work outs.

Recommended ab workouts

2 Dumbells

Do ab exercises before cardio work outs.

Stability Ball

Lie flat on your stomach and rest your hands, shoulder-width apart, on the ball. Draw your right knee toward your chest. Hold for one second, then return to lying flat on your chest.

Lie on your back with your arms behind you and extend your legs at a 45-degree angle. Bring your arms up over your chest and lift your shoulders off the mat while raising your legs until they’re perpendicular to the floor. Return to start without letting your legs touch the floor.

Medicine Ball

Kneel on the floor with your knees hip-width apart. Lengthen your spine and press the ball against your abs. Lean back slowly as far as possible, keeping your knees planted. Hold the reclined position for three seconds, then use your core to slowly come up to the starting position.

Lie flat on your stomach with your hands on a step. With your weight on your left arm, rotate your body while raising your right arm toward the ceiling. Return to lying on your stomach and repeat the exercise, this time leading with your left arm.

5 Try a workout that uses weights to target all areas of your abs.

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Spotlight on AS officers: Ariel Alvero

Officer seeks to combat party school reputation Sharon Martin

Staff Writer

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Plans to lead Ariel Alvero, the A.S. commissioner of student organizations and programs, leads a meeting that focused on how to promote and expand student involvement on campus.

It wasn’t until her junior year at Chico State that Ariel Avero developed a serious interest in getting involved with student events and activities. Now, she has big plans for the fall semester. Alvero, a senior communication studies major, is the Associated Students commissioner of student organizations and programs. She assigns funds for various student organization events. This semester, Alvero’s goal is to put on events for students so they don’t fall into a lifestyle of heavy partying. “Basically we really try to give students these alternatives,” Alvero said. “We have such a stigma on this campus because it’s Chico State, but I don’t think we’re recognized nearly enough for all the hard work and effort that our students put into.” In the past, Chico State has been successful with events

such as Up ‘til Dawn, a nationwide student-run program that raises funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Relay for Life, a charity walk that raises money for the American Cancer Society. Now that Wildcat Welcome Week and Wildcat Way Weekend are over, Alvero is working to put on similar events later in the semester. “We want to continue during these major stereotypical party weekends to get students out in the community,” Alvero said. Alvero is already planning Halloween-themed events. There are also weekly Wednesday afternoon concerts in Trinity Commons, free outdoor movies at night on the lawn by Glenn Hall and a campus sustainability day in October. “We’re giving students something fun and alternative to do so they don’t have to stick to the status quo,” Alvero said. “It’s never too late to get involved.” For a complete list of upcoming campus events visit aschico.com. Sharon Martin can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

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The O-Face: Women offer pointers for sex and relationships

Chantal Richards

Sex Columnist

Men are always calling women complicated. Maybe I am biased in the matter, being a woman, but I don’t think women are complicated at all. Women don’t think much differently than men. But we do express ourselves differently, which is where the confusion lies. Men want to know one thing: what is on a woman’s mind when it comes to sex and relationships? This week I asked a few women on campus to tell me what their most important tips are for men, to help the opposite sex understand them better.

Bedroom pointers

1. Just because a woman is great at sex doesn’t mean her lover should take her for granted. Bedroom skill doesn’t mean a woman is available every time men want a booty call. 2. Not all women want a romantic relationship. They’re capable of being emotionless and having a no-strings-attached relationship. 3. Sometimes women like to be in control

in the bedroom. 4. If a woman gives short answers, it doesn’t necessarily mean she is not interested. It might mean she has nothing to say or add to the conversation. 5. Women get horny as much as men. They just don’t want you to know it.

Relationship Advice 1. If you want alone time, let your partner know because they can’t read your mind. Women want communication from men. 2. Guy time is OK, but don’t make “couple time” guy time. 3. Don’t call women confusing when they don’t respond the way you want them to respond. 4. Women check out other men. It’s human nature. 5. Women tell men about their day because they want men to show they have an interest in their lives. Women love men who listen to them. No matter what matters most to women, they don’t have many different desires than the opposite sex. So take these tips in stride, and remember that communication is the best aphrodisiac. Chantal Richards can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or

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REVIEW Striking Chords Grammy Award-winner Peter Rowan impressed the audience in Laxson Auditorium with his classic country hits and bluegrass ballads.

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Folk performance reflects five decades of experience Ernesto Rivera

Chief Copy Editor Peter Rowan slowly walked onstage to his spotlight with only one friend — his Martin acoustic guitar. After the applause faded, Rowan looked up from under his hat, adjusted his country-western blazer and struck his first chord. Rowan began his two-hour set at Laxson Auditorium Thursday evening with an intimate performance that immediately captivated the audience. He played six songs unaccompanied that were filled with themes of love, heartbreak and loneliness that only seemed to fuel the 71-year-old Grammy Award-winner. Rowan’s polyrhythmic guitar playing and soulful singing were a somber look into the singer-songwriter’s personal tragedies that clearly still resonate with him. His folk introduction to a night of twang and bluegrass was delivered perfectly with his gospel, southern voice and his rhythm and blues guitar style. One by one, Rowan invited his band mates onto the stage to transform his performance from an intimate folk show into a foot-stomping performance of bluegrass and honkytonk country. While Rowan was clearly the star of the show, he incorporated long musical interludes into his classic bluegrass hits — a trick he learned from his collaboration with Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead — to highlight his honky-tonk bandmates and allow them to shine on stage. Michael Witcher’s smooth upright bass playing served to hold the band’s effortless improvisation together. Nina Gerber ripped up and down her Fender Stratocaster with blues riffs that would have made Chuck Berry stop and stare. With a little help from his friends, Rowan

transformed classic three-minute folk country songs into twangy psychedelic jam sessions. His guitar chops were the perfect partner for his powerful voice and soulful lyrics. His deconstructed and improvised chord progressions and riffs sounded so fluid that one would be surprised hearing how different it was from its original recording. Even though Rowan’s career has spanned five decades, he remains deeply rooted in his influence of country and blues that practically transformed Laxson Auditorium into 1960s-era Nashville, Tenn. Songs like “Free Mexican Airforce” and “In The Land of the Navajo” showed the audience that Rowan’s songwriting was as eclectic as his singing, introducing country-western political themes of border and land issues. The five-piece band left the stage with a standing ovation that demanded an encore, so Rowan returned to the stage with only one friend — the same Martin guitar he appeared with onstage at the beginning of the night. He ended the bluegrass and honky tonk show the same way he began it, with an intimate folk number. But this time he invited a different band to back him up — the audience. Rowan led the entire audience through a sing-a-long for his ballad “Everybody’s Got a Song To Sing.” This bluegrass boy’s ballad was the perfect ending to a career-spanning set that felt like a reflection of the singer-songwriter’s five decades of performing. Throughout his career, Rowan has had hundreds of songs to sing, and that night, the entire audience did too. Ernesto Rivera can be reached at

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CAVE’s new program to create mentors, help new students

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Mentors Wanted CAVE staff members Megan O’Mara and Megan McCay are spearheading the Wildcat Involvement Network mentoring program. They will accept mentor applications until Friday.

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Exhibit explores life and landscape threatening ‘Exploration Equatorial’ by Erik Desmazieres,” Sullivan said. Staff Writer Austin Barden, a junior interior architecture major found the artwork engaging. Explore a Colorado ghost town and the Ber“The use of space and analogous colors lin Wall at the Janet Turner Print Museum’s create a peaceful yet powerful scene for the first exhibit of the school year. viewer,” he said. “I really like the use of atmo“Landscape as Metaphor — From Arcadia spheric perspective, especially in ‘Japanese to Dystopia” looks at metaphorical underLandscape’ because it really gives the impresstandings of the human-land relationship, said Catherine Sullivan, the museum’s ex- sion that you’re standing on a beach looking out at other islands in the distance.” hibit curator. Chico State owns the Turner Print Collec“Landscape, as a theme, came about when tion, which consists of close to 4,000 original artists were no longer bound to make art artisan prints that for solely religious or span six centuries classical purposes,” and contains works Sullivan said. “Since Landscape, with its referby artists reprelandscape is globally ential metaphor, has the senting at least 40 common, it inherently ability to be an intimate countries. carries the ability to be experience. Turner exhimore than just a picture bitions are comof a location.” CATHERINE SULLIVAN prised of a seWith the help of Exhibit Curator lection of these co-curator Ann Martin, prints, generally in a lecturer in the geoga thematic exhibiraphy and planning tion, Sullivan said. department, Sullivan was able to refine the “As curator I enjoy exploring the collection selection of prints that are displayed to those for prints that support themes that are relthat harmonize to reinforce the theme. Sullivan said it’s important to showcase evant to art today in the contemporary conlandscapes as works of art because of the im- cerns of image making,” she said. “In a way the collection is a visual library and hopefully pact they have on our life, memory and expethey assist the viewer in a visual literacy.” rience. “Landscape as Metaphor” will be on display “Landscape, with its referential metaphor, through Sept. 21 at the print museum, which has the ability to be an intimate experience even in light of its shared understanding,” is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional prints are hung in she said. She noted that the exhibit features fine art the first Sullivan said floor cases in Ayres Hall to continue the exhibition in another site. prints from the print collection only. “Many will probably respond favorably to Gordon Mortensen’s Arcadian reductive Nicole Santos can be reached at woodcuts ‘Walden’ and ‘Late January’ and featureseditor@theorion.com or be more troubled by the more dystrophic and @Iam_NicoleS on Twitter Nicole Santos

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Work of Art Graduate students Trinity Stanio and Adria Davis observe “At the Berlin Wall” by Dorothy Mandel at the Turner Print Museum. The piece was printed using a color woodcut method in 1970.

Sharon Martin

Staff Writer

A new town, new culture and a new atmosphere. Adjusting to the college lifestyle can be the most daunting and intimidating challenge for any new student. To make the transition easier, Community Action Volunteers in Education is launching a new mentor program called the Wildcat Involvement Network. Megan O’Mara, a junior child development major, is a coordinator for the new program. “It’s a way for an upper classman or any returning student to take a new student under their wing,” O’Mara said. “They can show them all around Chico or the hidden gems that took them two or three years to find.” Students will have the chance to choose what aspect of campus life they would like more guidance in. One goal of the program is to help students academically and socially, giving new students the experience to make them more confident. “It could help us turn around people’s idea of Chico as this party school,”

O’Mara said. Megan McCay, a sophomore recreation event management major, is also a group leader for the Wildcat Involvement Network. McCay encourages returning students to consider becoming a mentor. “Mentors can learn a different student’s point of view and learn a different story other than their own,” McCay said. “It’s really cool to watch someone when you first meet them and see who they become afterward.” The new program was developed last semester and will be put into action for the first time this fall. “We’re excited and we hope it takes off well,” O’Mara said. CAVE will be accepting applications for mentors until Sept. 13. Mentoring will begin during the third or fourth week of September. “Mentors can benefit a lot from the program,” O’Mara said. “Being able to say you’ve made a difference in a person’s life can benefit your life.” Sharon Martin can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

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