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Police numbers critically scarce Enrique Raymundo

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Chico police are in dire straits with staff levels below what the department and city need to serve the community, police sources said.

Low general staff has many negative effects on police work, said Ford Porter, Chico police captain. Porter is in charge of the operations division, the branch of the police who go out, patrol and physically respond to most crimes.

The Police Department currently has 86 sworn officers (police officers, sergeants, lieutenants, captains and the chief). Four of these officers are currently in training in the academy, and two more are engaged in field training and are not available to respond to dispatches as of November.

“Where we’ve said we need to be all along is probably about another 15 to 20 higher than that,” Porter said.

The largest number of officers the department has ever had was 102, between 2006-08, which is near where Porter places the ideal staffing level. Since then, staff levels have fluctuated, but declined overall.

This has had a negative effect on the ability of Chico police to do anything but the basics of police work, Porter said.

Chico had an estimated 88,077 residents in 2013 according to the US Census, which averages out to about 1,048.5 citizens to every sworn officer available in 2013.

Standard police practice for most crime scenes is to send at least two police then leave at least one officer to cover the paperwork and ensure the scene is covered until all police work is done.

According to California Department of Justice data, if all crimes in 2013 were divided evenly among sworn Chico police officers, they would have responded to about 33 serious crimes on average.

FORD However, Porter PORTER said that because Chico Police Captain sworn officers includes the chief of police, managers and officers who aren’t able to respond to crimes, the actual number of serious crimes a patrol officer sees is many times more than that.

“If you look at other police departments, they’re able to staff for things other than just patrol,” Porter said. “Which is the basic core of any police department” One change made in light of the the reduced numbers is there are no more task groups which go out and focus on issues that

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Left to right, former A.S. Environmental Affairs Commissioner, Kaitlin Haley, A.S. Sustainability Education Outreach member Kevin Killion and A.S President Taylor Herren give a presentation on the choice to divest.

Foundation approves divestment Finance committee to create investment plan without fossil fuels David McVicker

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Chico State President Paul Zingg said the foundation’s finance committee will now meet to develop a financial investment plan that will be free of investments in fossil fuel companies.

Chico State propelled itself to the forefront of the divestment movement by becoming one of the first public universities to completely divest from fossil fuels.

The University Foundation Board of Directors passed a resolution Wednesday to proceed with the removal of foundation investments from the top 200 public coal, oil and gas companies within the next four years.

The resolution is especially significant because it excludes both direct and nondirect investments in fossil fuels. This will require foundation financial advisors to meet on an annual or semi-annual basis to make sure investments in mutual funds do not include fossil fuel companies, foundation financial advisor Chris Van Dyke said in the meeting.

Other California State Universities have taken similar positions in the divestment movement. In May, San Francisco State’s university foundation voted to remove direct investments from coal and tar sand producing and refining companies. In November, Humboldt State’s foundation pledged to monitor and limit its mutual

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President Paul Zingg and A.S. President Taylor Herren were both a part of the decision for the new divestment plan for Chico State. fund investing in fossil fuel companies.

Associated Students President Taylor Herren, one of the champions of Chico State’s divestment movement, said she is grateful to have the support of the students and administration throughout the process.

“I am so proud of my institution,” she said. “To have an opportunity to partner and be supported is really exciting.”

Zingg said the pace of the resolution may not have been as quick or as urgent as some may have liked but the direction and purpose is clear about where the university is headed.

“This did not come in a vacuum,” he said. “It has been part of the fiber of this university for many years. It’s interesting that we’ve had the tests of the fiber with the climate commitment, the strategic plan point on sustainability, over and over again and now we’ve basically passed that test.”

Kevin Killion, A.S. Sustainability education outreach committee member, said he was pleased with the way the foundation voted. He along with Kaitlin Haley, former A.S environmental affairs

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Events

Students present rich data on poverty at showcase Madison Holmes

Opinion Editor

The public was invited to attend a visual demonstration tracking regional poverty.

Chico State students presented their findings on poverty in northern California’s 12 counties during a showcase Wednesday, according to a media release.

The Poverty Mapping Showcase featured a display of students’ data, which was gathered using geographic information systems and by conducting interviews with government officials and members of the community.

Students also analyzed four of the poorest counties from which Chico State draws its students.

The students are part of an introductory course that professors Analia Martinez, Kristen Mahlis, April Kelly and Stephanie Hamel created.

The professors merged together a multicultural and gender studies class with a required course in small-group communication. The combined courses THIA focus on the ongoing theme of WOLF considering poverty.

Director of First-Year “This event is meant especially Experience Program to serve faculty who are working with social work professor Susan Roll, recreation professor Laurie

Browne and civic engagement director several disciplines will explore a shared Ellie Ertle to theme of develop an public concern The idea is that faculty from ‘impact lab’ in multiple across several disciplines focused on povcourses, allowwill explore a shared theme erty,” said Thia ing students of public conern in multiple Wolf, director to examine the courses. of the Firstissue through Year Experimore than ence Program.

Thia Wolf, Director of one disciplinChico State First-Year Experience Program ary lens and serves counties codesign with in which up to communities 25 percent of residents live in poverty. ways to address public problems meaningFor the past few months, faculty from fully,” she said. the departments have been working together to incorporate the issue of local Madison Holmes can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or poverty into coursework, Wolf said.

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Tapingo fuels students in the library Daisy Dardon

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During finals week, Common Grounds will be offering delivery services to the library through the Tapingo app.

Chico State’s coffee shop, Common Grounds, is now offering delivery services to the library up until Dec. 18.

“We’re working with Tapingo to do delivery to the library,” said Suzi Kritikos, coffee shop supervisor. “We’re delivering coffee drinks, but we’re also delivering sandwiches and other stuff that we sell here.”

Tapingo is an app that launched at the beginning of the semester, allowing students to order food online or from their smartphones.

“You can order from Tapingo and choose for it to be delivered,” Kritikos said. “You just let them know where in the library you are, and we’ll have it delivered to your table in less than 10 minutes.

Delivery depends on where the student is in the library.

“If you’re on the first or second floor when you order through Tapingo, you let them know where you’re at,” she said. “Then we’ll meet you on the first floor where the Tapingo signage is at.

On the fourth floor, each table has a paper tent on it about the app and a table number, Kritikos said. Students use this number when they order through Tapingo and Common Grounds will deliver their order to them.

According to George Rankin, Associated Students dining services director, the idea to deliver coffee or other snacks to the library during finals came from students not wanting to lose their seat in the library.

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Tapingo workers will be delivering coffee to students in the library all week.

“We’re the first university in the country to try this idea through Tapingo,” Rankin said.

“It’s building slowly because it’s new.”

According to Rankin, they expect to get more orders at the beginning of finals week.

If sales go well, they plan to do this again next semester for finals week.

Students have mixed reviews about this type of service.

Katie Prather, a sophomore anthropology major, said she wouldn’t use the service because she drinks her coffee around midnight and they don’t deliver around that time, and because she wouldn’t want her coffee to get cold.

But some think it will be a help when cramming for finals in the library.

“I think this is great,” said Morgan Reams, junior communications major. “I don’t have to get up and leave the library to be in the rain. I don’t have to stop what I’m doing. I could just keep studying and have my coffee brought to me.”

Common Grounds will be delivering late nights from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. for all of finals week up until Dec. 18.

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Cash Hunt

App company hides money for giveaway Madison Holmes

Opinion Editor

Neighbrhds is hosting its first hidden cash giveaway contest in Chico beginning on Monday, Dec. 15, according to a media release by Urban Living Marketing.

The company will be hiding orange envelopes full of cash in Chico all week and will leak clues via their social media accounts and through the Neighbrhds app.

“Each day, we will release a basic clue on our social media accounts,” said Bill Fishkin, CEO of Urban Living Marketing.

“In addition, an exclusive, in-depth clue will be released on our Neighbrhds Chico app. Only

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those with the app installed will have access to the clues,” Fishkin said. “The app will send out push notifications when users are close to an envelope spot.”

At the end of the week, the company and STAR Community Credit Union will choose one participant to win a prize of $500.

To win the prize, users can search out and find the envelopes. Or if it has already been retrieved, take a selfie in the location and upload it to the Neighbrhds Facebook page or tweet it to @ neighbrhds with the hashtag #HiddenCashChico in order to be eligible.

Users can also enter the giveaway by completing the entry form on the Neighbrhds Chico app, which is free on Apple and Android devices.

“We will be sharing some of our favorite selfies from the game at the end of each day, so be sure to smile for the camera,” Fishkin said.

Neighbrhds is a product of Urban Living Marketing, a company in the community mobile app market. The company has experience in real state, marketing, social media and the design industry.

The Neighbrhods app provides a list of the top local businesses and is a curated community social feed with Facebook, Twitter and Instagram notifications.

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Lori Hoffman, vice president of business and finance, delivers a presentation about a proposed parking structure plan for Chico State

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Union workers brave the elements while spreading the word about a CSU East Bay labor dispute Monday.

Academic Senate discusses parking issues for students on campus

Carpenters Union raises awareness for its cause at CSU campuses

In an Academic Senate meeting on Thursday, Lori Hoffman, vice president for business and finance, gave a presentation about parking on campus.

According to the report, which compared the number of parking spaces from 2004 to 2014, faculty and staff parking spaces increased by 92 slots and reserved parking by 209. However, housing parking spaces declined by 228.

A YouTube video produced by students in 2011 said, “Chico State currently has the lowest per capita student parking ratio of any CSU in the system.”

In 2012, a parking structure on Normal Avenue and West Second Street was built

Members of the Carpenters Union came to Chico State to raise awareness about an investigation on workers’ rights violations.

Members of the union’s local #46 chapter, which serves the greater Sacramento area, were spreading the information that Cal State East Bay and Sundt Construction were under investigation for allegedly paying carpenters for fewer hours than they worked.

The union representatives had previously been to Chico State in November, holding up signs outside of the campus.

But they were recently given permis-

with an accommodation of 359 car parking slots, 11 motorcycle stalls and 242 for bicycles, according to the school’s Planning, Design and Construction website.

This year, the Normal Avenue parking structure has 145 faculty, staff and general parking spaces and 175 reserved spaces.

In keeping with the school’s efforts on sustainability, the report states that the parking structure produces 65 kilowatts in full solar energy and is registered with the International Living Future Institute for Net Zero Energy Buildings.

sion to set up on campus.

They set up a pair of signs and a wooden Grim Reaper in the grassy area in front of Bell Memorial Union and passed out fliers. Union leadership said that the union plans to put up these displays at all CSU campuses.

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CADEC hosts meetings to help students cope, manage substance abuse The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center has started hosting a recovery peer talk for students to explore topics related to substance abuse recovery, said Trisha Seastrom, the program director.

“Substance abuse is not uncommon,” Seastrom said. “These programs can help students with their abuse and they can get support from other students going through the same thing.”

The group is facilitated by Seastrom and two CADEC student peer educators who are also in recovery, she said.

“The students facilitating it have walked this path and want to help their peers,”

Seastrom said.

The program, which began on Oct. 3, is completely confidential and open to anyone, she said.

“It is not a 12-step model. We just want to support as many students as we can,” Seastrom said. “Just because you come once does not mean you have to come again.”

The forums are not abstinence based. Some students come who are still drinking or using drugs, she said.

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it and the responses have been amazing,” Seastrom said.

The program is just the beginning of CADEC’s efforts to fully develop a collegiate recovery program at Chico State, she said.

Other campuses like the University of Texas at Austin and Michigan State already have successful recovery programs, she said.

“Collegiate recovery programs are really taking off across the country,” Seastrom

said. “The ultimate goal is to develop a fully functional recovery center.”

CADEC applied for a $10,000 grant to support the effort and will find out whether they received it in January or February, Seastrom said.

For more information contact the Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center located in the Student Services Center 180 or at (530) 898-6450.

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CRIMES PER CHICO POLICE OFFICER IN 2013

Number of crimes per officer

2013. police have identified, like homeless camps or The police are funded by the city of Chico, dangerous neighborhoods. which budgets money for all parts of the Another issue Porter noted was that the city’s services every year. In the 2012-13 fiscal support division’s number of detectives was year, Chico cut roughly $830,000 from the down, which means it has become hard to budget. The department simply has not come investigate crimes in the long run. back from that, Porter said.

“Really all we’re able to do is Nancy Wilson, communications stuff that’s mandated by law, like and records manager, said the sexual assault-type investigations people in the office have the knowand/or if there are serious bodily how and templates to produce the crimes, shootings, things like statistic reports that the California that,” he said. “Those are the Department of Justice requires crimes we have to prioritize and from all police departments. But take those and just don’t have the when it comes to more complex time to get to the other ones.” charts that can help police predict Porter said that even if an when and where certain kinds of employer came forward with NANCY crimes happen, that’s beyond the information on an employee WILSON abilities of anyone but a dedicated potentially embezzling money, Communications analyst. unless the employer knows for and Records “If it’s a basic request, then certain, Chico police aren’t able Manager we have a couple people who can to confirm it with detective work. actually run those, create those “We’re unable to really follow and get the information,” Wilson up on that, because we just don’t said. “If it’s very detailed, we don’t have the staff to do it,” Porter said. have anyone here who can really do that.”

The operations division is not the only part of the police department affected by the Enrique Raymundo can be reached at reduced staff. The Chico police records office newseditor@theorion.com or has not had a dedicated crime statistician ever since Robert Woodward was dismissed @ERaymundoCV on Twitter. to reduce the strain on the budget in July

Type of crime Enrique Raymundo/The Orion

This graph depicts the number of crimes police officers attended to in 2013.

Finance: Divestment from fossil fuels approved by finance foundation » continued from A1

investments of fossil fuel companies, approximately 1.5 percent of the commissioner and Herren, gave a foundation’s portfolio is invested in presentation to the board of directors mutual funds that contain stock from on why the university should choose to these companies. divest.

Tod Kimmelshue, chairman of the “I am ecstatic,” Killion said. “It’s been a finance committee and one of the long campaign and that we’re here today dissenting votes, applauded the effort of is incredible. (The vote) really shows the the students who pushed for divestment value of how but said there strong our are other factors This did not come in a vacuum. It university to consider. has been part of the fiber of this foundation “I believe university for many years. and student that people voice is here donated to our at Chico foundation to Paul Zingg,Chico State president State. It’s further higher incredible to education,” see this actually working.” he said. “I believe it is our fiduciary In April, 3,783 students, 23 percent responsibility to do the best we can with of the student population, voted for those funds. By taking one of tools out of an advisory measure to support the our toolbox, I believe, it is a disservice to divestment. Eighty percent of the our investors.” recorded votes supported the measure.

Van Dyke said the foundation will While the foundation holds no direct assume new costs with the move to a

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The finance foundation votes on whether or not to approve the divestment. divested portfolio.

“One of the larger offenders is a fund that represents $6 to $6.5 million (of the university’s total endowment) and the fees currently charged per year are about $3,000. If we were to move to a fossil fuel exclusion fund, it will cost anywhere from $23,000 to $30,000. That’s an additional cost (to the university) and money that may not go to additional scholarships.”

Zingg said the foundation’s finance committee will now meet to develop a financial investment plan that will be free of fossil fuel companies.

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BLOTTER Tuesday, 4:25 p.m.: Directed patrol to Glenn Hall. “Male subject disrupting classroom, dark, long brown hair. Has been hanging around classroom disrupting and using finger as weapon through door window at students.”

Wednesday, 2:36 p.m.: Vandalism at University Village. “Responding party reports that her tan Honda Civic was parked between building seven and eight and this morning discovered what appears to be vomit and condoms on her car. She is requesting an officer asses the damage.”

Friday, 7:00 p.m.: Area check at Hamilton Hall. “The infant play yard appears someone has been moving the equipment during evening hours, possibly lodging in there. No vandalism at time of call.”

Saturday, 6:35 p.m.: Area check at Sutter Hall. “Sutter Hall dining requesting police do a walkthrough as students are getting a little rowdy.”

Monday, 1:25 p.m.: Disturbance at Trinity Commons. “Responding party with Student Life and Leadership. Two males, one female setting up a structure for tabling, not associated with campus. Responding party advised them of rules regarding permission and offered to assist with paperwork.

Subjects refused to obtain proper permission or leave. Named ‘United Carpenters of America.’”

Chico Police

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

Monday, 12:19 p.m.: Suspicious subject on W. Sacramento Ave.. “Female lying on the ground, is now standing up and approaching officer. Arrested after resisting arrest.”

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Wednesday, 5:10 p.m.: Threats on Lassen Avenue. “Suspect has used reporting party’s bank card without permission. Suspect has now threatened to hurt reporting party and his cat and destroy his RV.” Thursday, 7:37 p.m.: Suspicious circumstance on Pendant Avenue. “Reporting party thinks there is a cow in water in the levee. The cow sounds like it is in distress.

Officers unable to locate cow or any sounds of distress.”

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Thursday, 8:52 p.m.: Family dispute on East Avenue. “Reporting party said he and his wife were arguing and his mother started fighting with him. Reporting party sounds like he has been drinking. Reporting party advises they are unable to handle this themselves.”

Friday, 2:11 a.m.: Threats at Rodeway Inn on Park Avenue. “Reporting party was staying at the motel when she let her friend come over. Subject called her names and asked her for money. Reporting party advising earlier in the night he threatened to choke her with her pants. Reporting party did not call at the time and went to speak.

Reporting party is asking to speak to an officer.”

Friday, 1:12: Disturbance on Panama Avenue. “Unknown female subject just came and urinated on reporting party’s porch.

Subject is now back at Studio Inn. Subject now out front trying to wave down a cab.”

Saturday, 4:02. p.m.: Suspicious subject on Ivy Street. “Naked male walking down Ivy, wearing a sombrero and holding privates.

May be wearing shoes but nothing else.

Second reporting party stating the naked male punching cars as they drive by.”

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practices • Purchasing and investing in environmentally and socially responsible products • Regularly conducting environmental audits •Minimizing the use of hazardous movement out of all the California State chemicals Universities; a harrowing number considOn top of all that, Chico State’s Diverering there are 23 sion Excursion CSUs. program, which San Francisco was developed State’s university California universities have a over 14 years ago, foundation divested responsibility to strive for susallows students to from coal and tar tainability and students at those donate and recycle sand producing and campuses have a responsibility items, which has refining companies to use their voices for change. greatly reduced the in May. amount of waste in Humboldt State’s the local landfill. foundation pledged to limit its investment And last year, over 1,400 people attended in fossil fuel companies in November. the university’s This Way to Sustainability Divestment is not the only action Chico conference, which was focused on sustainState has made toward sustainability. able food and agriculture.

Here are some other practices that reChico State students should be pretty duce Chico State’s ecological footprint: damn proud of the differences our campus • Constructing sustainable buildings has made to be sustainable.

• Implementing energy conservation The same cannot be said for students

hico State has finally voted to divest, making even more strides toward becoming a fully sustainable campus. It is now the responsibility of other CSU campuses to take action.

Chico State is now a vision of sustainability following the University Foundation Board of Directors decision to pass a resolution to completely divest from fossil fuels.

Chico State students have been pushing for divestment for a long while. After all, 80 percent of students who voted in the Associated Students last election voted for an advisory measure to support the divestment way back in April.

Although the university’s administration took its sweet time to adhere to student voices, Chico State has managed to make huge steps in creating a fully sustainable campus.

However, the university is one of the first public universities to divest.

Chico State joined only two other universities involved in the divestment

attending other CSUs. Sure, it’s fantastic that Chico State has made such huge waves in the name of sustainability, however these actions mean nothing if other universities do not join in the fight.

Now that Chico State, along with other CSUs, has set an example as a sustainable campus, other universities need to follow suit.

California universities have a responsibility to take steps toward sustainability and students at those campuses have a responsibility to use their voices for change.

If strides for sustainability can be made at Chico State, strides can be made at every campus.

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

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Celebrating Christmas sans Christ The combination of getting gifts and an obligation-free month at home with family and friends is what I look forward to most.

Matt Murphy

Opinion Columnist This time of year is special to me for a couple of reasons.

It’s one of only two times a year that I do math. I calculate the minimum grade I need on my finals to maintain whatever grades I currently have.

Look, if I’m stuck in a system that forces me to take a sociology class when I have zero interest in sociology, I’m not playing into it anymore than I have to.

It’s also Christmas season, and no matter how much school is like a dementor sucking out my soul, nothing can shake my love for this time of year.

Despite the first half of the word, that’s what Christmas has always been about for me. Christ has never played a part in my enjoyment of the season.

I know there will be people trying to maintain that Christmas is still a religious holiday. Sure, that’s where its roots are. But that’s like saying the first thing you think of when you see Bruce Jenner is Olympic decathlete.

At this point Christmas has had so many botox injections it’s practically unrecognizable as a religious holiday.

And that’s fine with me.

To me religion is like Dane Cook: I see the appeal, and I would never deprive anyone of it, but it’s not for me. I’ve never needed religion to give Christmas meaning.

In all seriousness, being with the family I have and remembering the ones I’ve lost is all I’ve ever needed from this season.

I know religion plays a role in Christmas for many people, but I wonder how many people would still enjoy Christmas as much if all the pageantry and gifts were taken away and all they were left with was a sermon.

Matt Murphy can be reached at

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College students can cope without coffee Veronica De La Cruz

Opinion Columnist

Withdrawal symptoms begin within 24 hours of quitting.

The first things one may notice is that the mind isn’t clear, there’s a lack of alertness and muscles ache despite an absence of strenuous activity.

Then the worst part creeps up: the throbbing headache that keeps one from going on with the day.

Many would assume that I’m talking about an intense drug, but no — I’m referring to caffeine and how powerful a drug it can be.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, 80 percent of American adults drink coffee daily.

Discovering the statistics and symptoms that people deal with didn’t really surprise me because many of my loved ones rely on caffeine daily, and I’ve seen

what they’re like when they quit.

I’ve had my share of times when I didn’t want to get my day started without a cup of coffee, but now that I don’t have a gallbladder I can’t have caffeine at all.

At first it was really hard giving up caffeinated beverages, but now I’ve discovered alternative methods to keep me energized throughout the day.

Some substitutions for caffeine include: -B-12 vitamins, which are known for boosting mental clarity and their energy enhancing properties -Eating breakfast every day -Getting a good night’s sleep -Going for a jog or any form of exercise -Eating an apple As ideal as it is to have the option to buy a $5 drink at Starbucks to stay awake in class, young adults need to also keep in mind that there are plenty of alternative options for staying energized.

Veronica De La Cruz can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @veronica_dlc on Twitter.

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Thumbs Thumbs up to Common Grounds offering delivery services to the library through the Tapingo app during finals week. Turns out college students can’t cope without coffee.

Thumbs down to Card’s Against Humanity sending boxes of poop to 30,000 people for Black Friday. What a crappy stocking stuffer.

Thumbs up to the Neighbrhds hiding cash throughout Chico all week. Who needs financial aid when little orange envelopes of cash are just waiting to be found?

Thumbs down to a Texas police officer using a stun gun on a 76-yearold man while arresting him for an expired car inspection sticker. The long lines at the DMV really piss me off too.

theorion.com/opinion | Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 | A7

To bro, or not to bro

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Spoilers: save yourself and stay offline Megan Mann

Opinion Columnist Sunday, Nov. 30: a day that will live in infamy for many fans of The Walking Dead.

It was a night like any other.

People on the West Coast were getting ready for the newest episode of The Walking Dead, a TV show about a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world.

Many logged onto their Facebook news feeds out of boredom, anxiously awaiting the episode that was promised to be spectacular.

But when their news feeds loaded and they began scrolling through cat videos, they were greeted with the sheer horror of what is known as the spoiler.

A spoiler has the power to completely ruin a TV show for the unsuspecting victim, as it reveals the most important plot details and shocking moments of the show.

Now, bloggers and Facebook users have learned how to combat the spoiler by warning their fans ahead of time of what they will be posting.

However, in the case of The Walking Dead’s Facebook page, no warning was issued, nor was there an alert on the post

reading “SPOILER ALERT,” which is code for “AVERT YE EYES, YE INNOCENT SOUL.” I was a little upset when I saw The Walking Dead spoiler, but I wasn’t expecting anything less.

I’ve fallen victim to spoilers from TV Facebook pages before, as they normally forget about the different time zones.

Still, I wasn’t so upset about it that I felt the need to complain about it on Facebook, be it my page or theirs.

Although spoilers are really inconsiderate and do ruin a potentially amazing episode, I’m not one to go crazy when I see one.

It’s just a TV show.

It’s not like something major has happened, or that the world’s ending just because I know that a certain character’s going to die.

It’s also sort of a general rule to stay off of all social media before finishing a show.

It’s up to the viewer to take into account of the possibility of being spoiled rather than the page or blogger.

It’s not The Walking Dead’s fault that fans can’t stay off of Facebook until they finish the episode, regardless of what time zone they’re in.

Megan Mann can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @meganisthemann on Twitter.

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Deadline dread’s vicious cycle continues Alyssa Dunning

Opinion Columnist

I’ve been writing for The Orion this entire semester, and still I waited until the last minute to write this article.

I really do try to be on top of my assignments, but it just never seems to work out.

I am typing this the day it is due.

I have done the dishes, played with my cats and done laundry. I’d clean more, but I don’t want my husband to get high expectations.

It’s not as though I hate writing; in fact, I love it. I just hate the deadlines. They fill me with anxiety and dread.

Working for The Orion has been one of the biggest challenges in my life because I have to write two creative pieces a week, which is very different from deadlines for a class.

I like to tell myself that I am just a perfectionist, and that is why I always procrastinate.

“I just worry too much about it

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being perfect,” I tell myself as I glare at my laptop and watch another episode of Scandal.

“I’m just thinking it out. I need to organize it in my head first,” I tell my editor as I have nothing to show ten hours before the deadline. I’m not lying.

I will be organizing it in my head as I get lunch with a friend. No laptop to guilt me at Tres Hombres.

“I need to be inspired,” I think two hours before the deadline while I scour the Internet for cute animal pictures. My article is up on my laptop so it is practically like I am writing it.

I always get my stuff in. I just hate the fact that it looms over my head all week.

I wish I could say the constant deadlines changed my methods, but alas I am writing this at 11 p.m. with my homework for tomorrow lined up next.

I just want it to be perfect.

Alyssa Dunning can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @alyssadunning3 on Twitter.

Comments of the week Congratulations to Chico State students on surviving the worst storm in five years. Campus was open and we tredged on. Wading through the lake on Warner in order to study for finals in the library shows true dedication - or desperation.

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Wildcat Centennial: The Chico State men’s basketball team ushers in its 100th season. B3

Record Setters

theorion.com/sports | Wednesday Dec. 17, 2014 | Vol. 73, Issue 16 |

Wildcat Of the

Year The Orion file photo

Top, ex-Wildcat Nick Baker pitching during a game in spring of 2014. Bottom, senior goalkeeper Brianna Furner stops the ball from getting by her in a game.

The first ever Wildcats of the Year have been chosen and wrote to The Orion to reflect on receiving the honor and their time at Chico State The Wildcat of the Year award is something that is very special. I can’t thank the city of Chico, my coaches and my teammates enough for making this possible. The award is great, but it singles a person out. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for everyone involved in the process.

I competed against many great athletes throughout my career at Chico State. To be nominated with these other athletes is an honor in and of itself. The numbers behind this award are great, but they don’t tell the whole story. I want to share this award with the defense that supported me, hitters that scored runs for me and pitchers that relieved me.

Lastly, I would like to thank my family and girlfriend for providing endless support.

They were always there for me during the good and bad days. The combination of all these tremendous people has led me to where I am today.

Thank you, Nick Baker The Orion file photo

Nick Baker, the first male Wildcat of the Year, winds up to deliver a pitch.

The Orion file photo

Brianna Furner looks for a teammate to pass the ball to across the pitch.

I believe there is a distinct difference between athletes who have success playing their chosen sport not only because they have earned the privilege of competing at the sport they love, but those athletes that really appreciate and understand what it is to represent your school and community every time you take the field.

The past four years, I have learned a lot about myself personally as an athlete, an individual and most importantly as a team member of the Chico State women’s soccer team. The love of the game was always first and foremost for me, but as time evolved while here at Chico State, my drive and work ethic and motivation shifted to not only being about my own personal goals, but I wanted so much to be the best I could be for my teammates, my coaches and the Chico State community.

I am extremely grateful and can’t thank everyone enough for the most unforgettable career. Coach Sutton gave me the opportunity to play here and believed in me and trusted me to be the starting goalkeeper as a freshman. As with any athlete you hit bumpy spots and Coach always was able to build up my confidence when I was struggling. She didn’t only help me grow as a player, but also as a person over the past four years. Along with Coach’s support, every player I have had the privilege of playing with has impacted me to push me and make me better. The Chico State women’s soccer team is a family and these girls have become my sisters during all the struggles and successes that we have experienced together.

I will always cherish the unconditional love and support from my team and community. I am grateful for the understanding and support my professors showed during my season due to missing class and/or rescheduling exams. The entire student athletic department showed enormous love and support by coming to our games and cheering us on. It would not have been the same experience if it weren’t for our supportive student body.

Thank you for the all the memories and the support, A Wildcat for life, Brianna Furner

B2 | Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 | theorion.com/sports

Wildcat Week of the

Jordan Semple

In the eight games that the Chico State men’s basketball team has played so far, Semple has been averaging 14.5 points and is leading the team with 8.1 rebounds per game. On Dec. 5, he became only the third player in the program’s history to grab 700 rebounds in his career.

JORDAN SEMPLE

Sport: Basketball Position: Forward

Stat ’Cat

Class: Senior Major: Recreation - Resort/ Lodging Management

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Jordan Semple goes for a shot during practice in preparation for the next game.

In Case You Missed It

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Men’s Basketball WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

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(Men’s Basketball) The men’s basketball team is 6-2 on the season and moved into a first-place tie with Sonoma State in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference standings.

5 (Women’s Basketball)

The Chico State men’s basketball team came from behind to steal a win against Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday, with a final score of 59-47.

The Warriors took an 18-7 lead in the first 15-minutes of play, but the ’Cats tightened up their defense giving up just 29 points to their opponent the rest of the game. The win improved Chico State’s conference record to 3-0, moving them in a first place tie with Sonoma State in the conference.

Against Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday, the women’s basketball team had five players in double figures.

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Tanner Giddings, Chico State transfer, jumps for a lay up during practice in Acker Gymnasium.

Women’s Basketball

13th

WEEKEND PERFORMANCE

1-0

(Men’s Basketball) On Dec. 13, Jordan Semple took the 13th spot from Aaron Martella in Chico State’s career scoring list.

The Chico State women’s basketball team snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday after beating Cal State Stanislaus in a 85-79 shootout. Both teams shot over 40 percent in the game, but the ’Cats took over by scoring 50 points in the second half. Senior guard Hannah Womack lead all scorers with 25 points. With the win, the ’Cats are now 1-2 in the conference.

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Senior guard Hannah Womack scored a career high 25 points in the team’s win against Cal State Stanislaus.

Whitney Branham, Chico State first year, plays defense against her teammate during practice.

MORE ON THEORION.COM/SPORTS For live updates, follow along on Twitter @theorion_sports.

-Compiled by Jose Olivar

Standings MEN’S BASKETBALL

Upcoming Games CCAA

Overall

1. Sonoma State

3-0

5-1

2. Chico State

3-0

6-2

3. Cal Poly Pomona

2-1

5-2

4. Cal State Sanislaus

2-1

5-3

5. San Francisco State

2-1

4-3

6. UC San Diego

2-1

4-3

7. Cal State L.

2-2

3-4

8. Cal State San Bernardino

2-2

2-3

9. Cal State Moneterey Bay

1-2

4-4

1-2

3-5

10. Cal State East Bay

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

CCAA

Saturday, Dec. 20 5:30 P.M.

VS. Cal State Stanislaus

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Overall

1. Humbodlt State

3-0

7-1

2. Cal Poly Pomona

3-0

5-2

3.Cal State Dominguez Hills

3-0

6-3

4. Cal State San Bernadino

2-1

6-1

5. Cal State East Bay

2-1

6-2

6. Cal State L.A.

2-1

3-4

7. Chico State

1-2

4-3

8. UC San Diego

1-2

3-5

9. Sonoma State

1-2

2-4

0-3

2-5

10. Cal State Stanislaus

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Saturday, Dec. 20 7:30 P.M.

VS. Cal State Stanislaus

theorion.com/sports | Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 | B3

Editor Send-Off

Men’s Basketball

’Cat Bites: Farewell to sports Nick Woodard

Staff Writer

It's been one hell of a ride. But every ride ends at some point, and for me it's now. I'm hanging it up and sending my reporter's notebook off to Cooperstown.

This is my farewell to The Orion, after spending three semesters here as a sports writer, assistant sports editor and finally sports editor this fall.

I have a lot of memories from working with this college paper, and there's a lot of people that have helped me make them. Before I go any further, I'd like to name a few.

To my own sports editors, Brett Appley during fall 2013 and Sharon Martin in spring 2014: Brett showed me — a young nobody with zero experience as a published sports writer — the ropes as a journalist. He took every annoying text or question from me in stride.

Sharon gave me responsibilities as her assistant, ultimately grooming me for the position I am stepping down from today.

To the editorial board that ran this semester's paper with me: Thank you all for the memories this year and for putting up with my crap on a daily basis. Specifically, thanks to Ernesto Rivera for pushing me to be a better editor and put out a stronger section each week. Also, thanks to Kathy Kinsey for happily helping me deal with layout issues, and for serving as a great target for paper basketball shots.

And David — I still want that Dale Thayer story.

Finally, thanks to this year's staff of sports writers. We had three returning writers and five completely new ones this year. I can honestly say each and every one of them produced great stories this fall and continued to grow as writers as time went on. Gentlemen, thank you for your hard work this year. It has been an honor working with all of you.

I would also like to thank every Chico State coach, athlete or former athlete I talked to for their patience and cooperation as I learned how to interview on the fly. And to Luke Reid and Rory Miller for aiding me with every statistical or historical question I threw at them.

Looking back at my time here, I can't help but think that I joined The Orion in an absolutely great era to be a college sports writer.

As a scribe, I had the opportunity to chronicle one athlete's evolution from a troubling career in football to a success-filled run on the Chico State diamond. I covered the journey of one track and field runner as she worked toward the 2016 Paralympic Games. I wrote the final feature on one of this school's all-time greatest aces.

With that said, it's time for me to take my bow. I've done everything I can do at this paper, and I'm leaving the section in the good hands of Jose Olivar, the newest sports editor.

Thanks, Chico State, for letting me bring you sports stories. And, as always, I'd like to end with a quote: "Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

- John Wooden Nick Woodard can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @nwoodward25 on Twitter.

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A display case in front of the Chico State men’s basketball team’s office highlights its best moments from the past.

’Cat basketball turns 100 As the men’s team celebrates its centennial season, we look back at the program’s history Nick Reddy

Staff Writer

Coming off its best season in history, the Chico State men’s basketball team has another reason to shoot for a return to the NCAA Elite Eight this year: The 2014-2015 season marks the 100th year in the program’s existence.

“This season is a celebration of one of the longest running college basketball programs on the west coast. There is so much history in this program and it is exciting for me to be part of it,” said seventh-year head coach Greg Clink.

The Chico State athletic department will be putting on a season-long celebration for the team’s centennial season. A special endof-season alumni function will take place prior to the ’Cats last regular season home game on Feb. 28.

According to Clink, the athletic department is also in the process of selecting an all-century team recognizing some of the program’s top players of the past.

One player who is a guaranteed selection to the all-century squad is George Maderos.

A four-sport athlete from 1951-1955, Maderos remains the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,377 points scored and a 20.85 point-per-game average, records that have stood for 59 years. Adding to the significance of Maderos’ scoring prowess is that he put up those spectacular stats without the benefit of the three-point shot, which did not exist when he played.

Basketball may not have even been his best sport, as Maderos went on to play two years of professional football with the San Francisco 49ers before becoming the head coach of Chico State's football team.

“George is obviously the greatest athlete to ever don a Chico State uniform. I have

had the pleasure of getting to know George and he is such a humble man. He accomplished so much and as far as his scoring record for basketball, I don’t think it will ever be touched,” Clink said of the Chico State Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

As the only former player to return as a head coach in the team’s ten-decade history, Clink’s path to leading the ’Cats was not the traditional one. He knew as a sophomore in junior college where he wanted to play the rest of his collegiate career, and that was Chico State.

“My parents and I drove to San Francisco State and Cal State Stanislaus during my sophomore year to watch Chico State play,” Clink said.

Clink was not recruited to play for the ’Cats, but he took matters into his own hands.

“I called Coach (Puck) Smith and came to Chico one Saturday and told him I wanted to try out for the team,” Clink said.

Clink played for Chico State from 19921994.

“Playing for Puck Smith was one of the greatest experiences of my life. He is such a tremendous person and one of my best friends now. I learned a lot from him — not just about basketball. I also learned a lot about myself playing for him. He brought out a lot of characteristics in me while I was playing for him,” Clink said.

He and Smith are the only Wildcat coaches who have won Conference Coach of the Year honors.

“To look back on all that 23 years later, now as the head coach of the program, makes me feel very lucky and honored," Clink said. "I always looked at this job as my dream job and I just have so much pride in this program and university.”

The first collegiate basketball game was

played in 1896. Eighteen years later, Kerchival Thomas coached the Chico State’s men’s basketball team in its first season. Thomas led the ’Cats for four years, before World War I forced the inexperienced program to go on hiatus from 1917-1919.

Six head coaches make up 93 years of the program’s history with the other seven years being split amongst another half dozen coaches. Smith coached the ’Cats for 21 seasons, second in program history behind Art Acker, the namesake of the Wildcats' home court.

Acker guided the team for 24 years starting in the 1920s, through the Great Depression and up until two years after World War II. He is the winningest coach in program history with 334 victories.

Entering their 100th season, the Wildcats have amassed 1,304 wins and 1,134 loses, for a respectable .535 overall winning percentage. The ’Cats always seemed to up their play against conference foes, posting a .543 winning percentage.

Chico State has been a member of four conferences in its 100 years of existence and joined the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1998. Chico State leads the all-time season series against seven of 11 opponents.

“The program has changed a lot since my time here as a player. We are in a different league, now offer scholarships and play a completely different schedule,” Clink said.

Men’s basketball at Chico State has been through it all, and the program's future will stay in the hands of Clink.

“I am excited about this year’s team and the potential we have. We have an extremely young and inexperienced group, but they are working hard and have really bought into the philosophy of getting better every day. That makes it rewarding for me to have a group that wants to improve daily,” Clink said.

Nick Reddy can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @NickIsReddy on Twitter.

Volleyball

Quigley caps off remarkable Wildcat career Samuel Wolfson

Staff Writer

Lindsay Quigley will end her volleyball career on a high note with the many accolades she has received this year.

As a member of the Chico State women’s volleyball team, Quigley ended her senior year ranked fifth in the nation in hitting percentage with .400. She also broke the program’s all-time career record hitting percentage.

"One of my goals this year was to hit .400, so that was a great accomplishment. But I am very proud that I was able to be an effective hitter over all four of my years, and I was really happy to be fifth in the nation,” she said. “Each year I just wanted to keep getting better and better, so it has been amazing to see hard work pay off."

She is closing out the 2014 season with four awards: • American Volleyball Coaches Associa-

tion All-American Honors She said that she hopes to continue • American Volleyball Coaches Associaplaying in the off season just to stay busy, tion All-West Region and it will also be the first time she is not • First Team All-California Collegiate required to play.

Athletic Association "It's really weird to not have • Capital One Academic volleyball so I will probably All-District Volleyball Team go back and play a little in the Selection spring when I have time,” she All the recognition she has said. “I definitely need to find a received this season has left her job or something to take up my speechless, Quigley said. time because I don't know what “I feel truly honored to be I will do with my free time." given these awards. It is someHer teammate, Ellie Larthing that every athlete strives ronde, said that she appreciates for,” she said. what Quigley has done and defLINDSAY QUIGLEY Quigley is astonished with initely thinks that she deserves how fast her four seasons of the recognition the most.

Middle Hitter volleyball have come and gone, "Lindsay is the hardest workshe said. ing girl I know, whether it's on "I am still having a hard time the court or in the classroom. believing that it's over," she said. "Time reShe always gives 100 percent, and I can't ally flew by these four years, but I wouldn't think of anyone who deserves to be an trade it for anything."

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Quigley will graduate with a double major in biochemistry and chemistry and a minor in math — an impressive feat within four years.

She said that she is not entirely sure what she wants to do with those majors but would like to continue on to graduate school next fall.

Quigley has learned a lot from volleyball, like the power of hard work and determination that can be applied to any part of the real world, she said. She is also thankful for the athletic department at Chico State and what they have done for her.

"It really is a family-like environment that I have had a great experience with," she said.

Samuel Wolfson can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @Samuel_Wolfson on Twitter.

B4 | Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 | theorion.com/sports

Inline Hockey

Photo Courtesy Carly Marquiss

Carly Marquiss, inline hockey player, scores a goal against Mexico in the 2013 Women’s Inline Hockey World Junior Championships in Huntington Beach.

Olympian takes over as Wildcat

Lars Gustafson

Staff Writer

Race car driver Danica Patrick, Little League World Series champion pitcher Mo’ne Davis and Chico State’s own Carly Marquiss are breaking the norm of the male-dominated sports that they play.

Marquiss was already experiencing success at the international level before attending Chico State and becoming the first woman on the inline hockey team.

She has been on two women’s U.S. Olympic inline hockey teams that reached back-to-back championship games in 2012 and 2013.

With the Olympic inline hockey teams, she got the chance to play in two championship series against Canada. Marquiss currently plays as a defensemen for Chico State, but she played offense in both championships and was able to score goals in both series.

At the time of her international debut World Championship.

Marquiss was 15 years old and was the Marquiss’ inline hockey career began at youngest player in both Olympic tournaage 7 after watching her father and older ments. brother play for years. She began playing “It was a lot of fun. I was the youngcompetitively when she was 10. est one at 15. The oldest girl was 25 and “My older brother and dad were the coincidentally was my roommate in 2012,” main influence for me to start playing and Marquiss said. keep playing.

“My favorite My brother has She never gives up and has experience always been proven herself to be one of the a really good in my hockey career was that most successful female players player. Looking championship up to him and in California.” game against hearing people Canada. It was talk about him Brian Roh, longtime coach and mentor monumental made me want even though I to play,” Mardidn’t play that quiss said. much. It was a big moment.”

She played for Willow Glen High School Additionally, Carly’s brother Spenser in San Jose and was the only female player made the U.S. men’s junior team and travon the team. During her time there, the eled to Bucaramanga, Colombia with Carly team was in Division I and placed in the top to compete in 2012 at the Inline Hockey two of its division consistently.

Marquiss has scored four goals this season for the Chico State’s inline hockey team, which currently has a 5-3 record.

Her longtime coach and mentor Brian Roh has been coaching Marquiss since 2010 on multiple club teams. Marquiss is a parttime player on the Silicon Valley Quakes, a team still coached by Roh. “Carly plays harder than most of the guys she plays against. She never gives up and has proven herself to be one of the most successful female players in California. She never gives up or quits,” Roh said.

“Carly is a player that every coach wants.

She would go 110 percent every time. Every time she would be on the rink, the guys on the team would see her and have to up their own game.”

Lars Gustafson can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @larsonsports on Twitter.

Men’s Basketball

Wildcat hits sophomore season stride Angelo Boscacci

Staff Writer

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Sophomore Robert Duncan gears up for practice with the team.

Just eight games into the season, sophomore guard Robert Duncan is scoring more than 14 points a game and has become one of the Chico State men’s basketball team’s scoring weapons.

Duncan is off to a great start, averaging more than 26 minutes as a starter. But his early season success did not come easy.

As a first-year student last season, Duncan played in just nine games. His biggest game was against Dominican, in which he only scored five points.

“It was really, really hard,” Duncan said.

“I knew I had seniors ahead of me and everybody else who have had to pay their dues.”

The transition for Duncan from bench to starter has not been as easy as one would think.

“I’m still trying to get use to it to be honest because sitting out a year does a lot,” Duncan said. “Coming from high school where you are the main part of the team to sitting — I’m still trying to get used to it.”

Duncan’s teammate, senior forward Jordan Barton, said that he was nervous to start the season, but Duncan’s play has had a calming effect on him.

“As a senior I was pretty nervous that we didn’t have a lot of experience this year,” Barton said. “Rob has proven not only that he is a big time scorer and defender but also a leader on the court.”

Barton sees Duncan as a leader in the making, he said.

“When we face hard times I know that Rob is someone I can turn to, to really dig deep and finish the game strong,” Barton said. “I think the rest of the team really is starting to look toward him as well.”

Duncan’s experiences playing basketball started in grade school.

“In the fourth grade I got a sheet from my school for basketball signups and ever since I’ve been into basketball,” Duncan said.

Before coming to Chico State, Duncan went to the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Duncan said that he decided to call coach Greg Clink because he had previously tried to recruit him out of high school.

“I didn’t think the Air Force was for me,” Duncan said. “I wanted to give the Air Force an opportunity because everybody was encouraging me to.”

Lucas Gabriel, assistant coach for the team, sees improvement in Duncan’s game.

“Robert always had a lot of ability,” Gabriel said. “He really started to pay attention to all of the little details offensively and defensively.”

It’s not all about the statistics, he said.

“It’s easy to look at the stat sheet and say ‘Oh, he had 18 points and this many rebounds,’” Gabriel said. “Really, when you look at the guy, it’s all of the little things and that is the biggest change I’ve seen in his game.”

The coaching staff knew it was Duncan’s time to rise to the occasion, and they were hoping it would come sooner rather than later, he said.

“The one thing about Robert is that he is one of the hardest workers I have ever coached,” Gabriel said. “He’s calling me on Saturdays and Sundays and he is staying after practice.”

Duncan sees the differences in his game from last season, he said.

“I definitely got stronger in the off season,” Duncan said. “Coming in daily and putting up shots, and making sure the jumper is right so coach doesn’t have a reason to put me on the bench.”

Angelo Boscacci can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @Boscacci6 on Twitter.

Recap

Men’s golf team ends season ranked top five Kevin Lucena

Staff Writer

The Chico State men’s golf team recently wrapped up the fall 2014 portion of its season in November. Here is a recap of how the Wildcats finished the semester ranked second in the nation by Golfstat.com and fifth in the coaches rankings.

The team kicked off the season playing against 19 other schools in Goodyear, Arizona. The Wildcats finished 3-under as a team after 54 holes to come in second place in the tournament. Junior Justin Wiles kicked his season off with a bang picking up nine birdies on the opening 36 holes. Wiles finished the first tournament of the year tied for first, winning California Collegiate Athletic Association’s golfer of the week in the process. South Mountain College — where Chico State head coach T.L. Brown coached for seven seasons before coming to Chico — finished first in the tournament.

In early October, the team played host at Butte Creek Country Club in Chico. The

Wildcats recovered from a shaky first round the nation’s top 10 ranked teams, the Wildto win the tournament at 1-over par as a cats finished in fourth place. Second-ranked team, 10 strokes clear of second. The ’Cats Nova Southeastern won the tournament led were led by three top-five finby individual champion Richard ishers. Junior Alistair Docherty Mansell. Gearhart and Docherty finished second at 7-under par. posted the low scores of the final Wiles was third at 3-under and round to boost the Wildcats past junior Lee Gearhart was fifth top-ranked Berry into fourth. place with 1-under par.

Docherty finished at 2-over par, “Defending our home tournagood for his second straight secment title from last year was big. ond-place finish in October.

Going forward we need to get Playing a week later in North better every day to achieve our Carolina, the Wildcats walked goal of winning a national chamaway with two trophies. Gearhart LEE GEARHART pionship,” Gearhart said. led the way with a five-shot vicGolfer During the tournament senior tory at 5-under par. With the win, Zachary Sardina hit a final round Gearhart was also named CCAA hole-in-one in his team debut, golfer of the week. while Docherty was named “North Carolina was an off CCAA golfer of the week, giving Chico State week personally. You don’t have your best its second consecutive time receiving the game every week, but you have to keep going award. towards that team goal and we still won,” Playing at Bayonet in Seaside, the WildDocherty said. cats entered the tournament ranked fifth With both Docherty and Wiles outside the nationally. Against a field including five of top 20 for the first time this fall, the ’Cats

were picked up by Sardina who finished in a tie for 14th.

“Zach’s final round 73 at the DII preview was huge towards helping the team win the event,” Brown said.

The team closed out the semester in Fairfax on Nov. 3, playing against Cal State Monterey Bay and Dominican University.

The ’Cats struggled, finishing third, 20 strokes behind winner Monterey Bay. Chico State was led by Docherty’s fourth-place finish at 1-under par. Monterey Bay improved to 2-0 head-to-head against the Wildcats on the semester.

“No one tournament stands out on the semester. The wins are nice, and our younger players grew a lot emotionally,” Brown said.

“But when we play worse it gives you more to break down and see how we can improve going forward.”

Kevin Lucena can be reached at

sportseditor@theorion.com or @klucena824 on Twitter.

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Rock climber

I’m really inspired by the history, and I’m psyched to stand upon the shoulders of giants and make a name for myself in the climbing world.

Photograph courtesy of Tim Whitaker

Tim Whitaker, senior computer science major, clings to a large boulder as he maps out his next move and tackles the world of outdoor rock climbing.

Unbelayvable s t h g i He

Tim Whitaker reflects on his adventures and experiences in the world of outdoor climbing Stephanie Schmieding

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Staff Writer

he clouds grew dark and the wind picked up as Tim Whitaker continued his perilous climb to the summit of Mount Conness, a prominent peak in the Sierra Nevada range. Shivering from head to toe, he reached the last steep section of the climb, only to be engulfed by clouds and 70 mph winds, a moment he referred to as “the point of no return.”

His climbing abilities were put to the test, but he eventually succeeded in making it to the summit. Whitaker thanked the mountain gods as he reflected on the dangers associated with rock climbing.

“This was my first alpine experience and it gave me a good glimpse into how powerful mountains can be,” Whitaker, senior computer science major, said. “Storms can roll in fast. If there’s ever any doubt about whether you are not sufficiently prepared, get down.”

Whitaker lives for the thrill and excitement that comes with his favorite sport, he said. He started climbing at the end of his first year at Chico State when he took the beginner rock climbing class with professor Mike Dent.

“It was obvious that he loved climbing and wanted to share what he’s learned over the years with us,” he said. “He was always psyched to talk about climbing and answer my questions. He was definitely my first and most important mentor.”

After realizing his passion for rock climbing, Whitaker started to frequent the Wildcat Recreation Center climbing gym, where he made friendships with fellow climbers who encouraged him to take his adventures out into the world. The outdoors was where Whitaker really began to take off, and he began to incorporate his interest in photography with the aesthetics of climbing.

“Modern technical rock climbing was born here in California,” Whitaker said.

Soon after his first outdoor experiences came the beginning of Whitaker’s mtnblog, a website he designed to write about his climbing adventures and showcase his photography. It all started with Whitaker’s desire to document a climbing trip, but it grew into a continuous project and hobby. His website got 10,000 views in its first month.

“I’ve been programming for five plus years now and I’ve done a fair amount of side projects and mobile applications,” Whitaker said. “Mtnblog is my proudest work so far, and I’m trying to make it as successful as possible.”

Even though there is less money in climbing than computer science, climbing has shaped Whitaker’s own personal philosophy to make every experience an opportunity for growth, he said.

“There are a handful of options I’m going to explore,” he said. “I’m not sure I really want to sell my soul to work a high-paying desk job for corporate America or be a nomadic dirtbag living out of my car going from crag to crag. I think there’s a sweet spot between all my passions and I’m going to find it.”

Stephanie Schmieding can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @stephbottt on Twitter.

Photograph courtesy of Tim Whitaker

Tim Whitaker ponders his next move while bouldering outdoors. If a rock comes loose or a fall is inevitable, a large crash pad and reliable spotters are essential when it comes to counteracting injuries.

ROCK CLIMBING TERMS Belay: The act of securing a person with a safety rope using a belay device that is attatched to the belayer.

Bouldering: A type of climbing that is performed without a harness or ropes and involves a crashpad to prevent injuries.

Top rope climbing: A type of climbing that involves a harness and a a rope attached to the belayer for the climber’s safety.

Photograph courtesy of Tim Whitaker

Tim Whitaker reaches for his next hold as he practices climbing. Specialized equipment is used to aid the ascent, including shoes and chalk that give the climber a better grip on the boulder.

Tim Whitaker ‘s blog got 10,000 views in its first month

visit his blog:

mtnblog.com

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

$370,000 attraction hits chemistry labs Amanda Rhine

Staff Writer

Christmas came early this year for the chemistry and biochemistry department with news that it was granted enough money to add a new nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to its lab.

The nearly $370,000 machine is shaped like a toy spaceship but almost large enough to fill an entire doorway. The nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is the premiere mode for determining the structure of organic compounds and the most utilized in laboratories worldwide.

It is an essential instrument for work with biodiesel, potentially pharmaceutically-related molecules, and research couldn’t be done without it, said Randy Miller, the department chair. The purchase of a new and updated model has the department beaming with thoughts of what it will do for the faculty, the students and their research. “(It) continues to be able to push the frontiers of research with our students and then also prepare (them) for research in the hard instruction of labs,” Miller said. “This is an instrument that students utilize starting their sophomore year. By the time they’re seniors, they’re doing very sophisticated things not only in their classes but in the research process.”

The department currently has an older and less powerful model that was purchased in 1999, but like any piece of equipment, it has started to wear.

“15 years is a typical lifespan for an instrument,” Miller said. “They start to break down. The current instrument we have is passed its end of service life. Manufacture will no longer guarantee parts and service for old instruments.”

Compared to the old model that could only run one sample at a time and had to be removed and replaced manually, the new nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will prove much more efficient with an autosampling feature that will enable multiple samples to be ran consecutively until the process is finished.

“The new instrument is more sensitive and has a stronger magnet, which allows better resolution and quicker results,” said Dan Edwards, a biochemistry professor. “The things that took a couple hours now would be cut in half but produce the same quality of data.”

Ultimately, this will allow students to study more samples at once, leading them to gain more experience with different things. The new software will also provide students more time and opportunity to work closely with samples.

“What’s nice about the newer systems is the flexibility of the software,” Edwards said. “When students collect data, they get this spectrum. They have to sit down and work with that data quite a bit. With the new system that we’re getting, we can install it on lots of computers, including their personal ones.”

There are only two nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy manufacturers

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From left: Randy Miller, chemistry and biochemistry department chair, Dan Edwards and Carolyn Edwards, both chemistry and biochemistry professors, stand with the department’s new nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. in the world, and Edwards and Carolynn Arpin, an organic chemistry professor, have recently taken a couple trips to the San Francisco and Fremont sales sites to shop around. They hope to purchase one in the coming weeks and have it up and running by the end of May, just in time for summer research.

“We’ll be placing the order in the next couple weeks,” Edwards said. “The thing isn’t that you order it and it arrives the next day. They have to build the magnetics

Humans of Chico State: Finals

and usually it takes four to five months before they can come and install the instrument.”

While the entire department is very excited for the addition, the first person who gets to play with the shiny new toy is up in the air for the time being.

“We’ll probably have to hold a lottery for that,” Miller said.

Amanda Rhine can be reached at

featureseditor@theorion.com or @am_rhine on Twitter.

The O-Face: Makeup Sex

John Domogma

Photo Editor

Q: Where is your favorite place to study?

TJ Carter

A: “The library third floor. It is silent, and I need it to be silent so I can focus and read and have time to myself. At home I can’t because all my friends and neighbors come home and create a lot of fuss and noise. I can’t focus.”

Staff Writer

Q: What’s one thing you can’t live without during finals?

A: “I have to say coffee. Coffee is something that keeps me awake. Sometimes I have to study throughout the night and coffee is something that usually keeps me up.”

Photos by John Domogma/The Orion

-Eder Gutierrez, junior business major

Q: What’s one thing you can’t live without during finals?

A: “My friends. It’s really good to have them around with me when I am studying. Finals are hard for everyone so it’s good to be able to talk with your friends and have that time to hang out.”

Q: Where is your favorite place to study?

A: “Probably the Naked Lounge downtown. There is a lot of hustle and bustle and it’s kind of nice to have all that movement around you so I can just tune out and focus on what I am studying.”

-Anna Boynton, senior studio art major

Q: What’s one thing you can’t live without during finals?

A: “Probably the teacher hours. Those have been very helpful, especially as a freshman.”

Q: Where is your favorite place to study?

A: “Third floor Meriam Library, just because it is so quiet. But sometimes it gets too quiet and you have to go to the fourth floor to get a little bit back to normal.”

-Connor Brickey, freshman mechanical engineering major

When in a relationship, a couple can hit rough times. An argument can start over something small and escalate into a yelling match in less than five minutes.

My wife and I get into small arguments every once in a while, just like everyone else.

After all the screaming is done and the underlying issues that caused the argument in the first place have been resolved, making it up to my wife with some great sex is one of the best things that can come out of all that tension.

My wife and I sometimes fight over little things like who didn’t do the chores or who didn’t pick up their dirty clothes.

The arguments don’t get too bad; just some healthy back and forth instead of keeping it bottled up.

Once there are a few minutes for decompression, it’s time to make it up to my wife with some after hours party games. The bedroom becomes the next battleground for some great makeup sex.

I like this makeup sex so much that I find myself angering my wife sometimes so she will be more aggressive in the bedroom. It’s great because she becomes a rough rider in bed and takes over the love session instead of me being the one in control.

I think that makeup sex is great for every relationship. It helps strengthen the bond that people have because they are able to work out different conflicts that come up.

However, when having makeup sex, be sure that all of your arguments are resolved so that they don’t carry over into the bedroom. You don’t want to get a quick bitch slap to the face unexpectedly and be left without finishing.

TJ Carter can be reached at

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sexcolumnist@theorion.com or @tjdreadhead on Twitter.

photoeditor@theorion.com or @Domogma1985 on Twitter.

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Ceramics

Q&A

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Brent Clark, owner and manager of The Orange Street Gallery, shows a screen printing press that he built.

Orange Street Artist talks mystery Jake Hutchison

Arts & Entertainment Editor In the dimly lit Orange Street Gallery, the illusive Orange Street Artist, Brent Clark, has been working hard putting together his gallery and creating new artworks. It is here he hopes to launch a new career on the side of his position at The Printed Image.

You built the majority of the equipment you use yourself, correct?

I’ve always been into building stuff. Even if you buy your equipment there is a certain amount of craftsmanship in maintaining it.

Part of having a print shop is being able to make what you need on the fly.

How did you get into screen printing?

Touring with The Grateful Dead actually and selling Grateful Dead T-shirts. It was a good way to make money. Everyone would go out and sell their things and make stuff.

It was just a very encouraging environment.

If you didn’t tread on their copyrights you could go and sell your shirts at their concerts.

What caused you to make the move to The Printed Image?

I went to school for art, and I was doing the Grateful Dead shirts and doing ceramics. I really wanted to get a job in the screen print field. I was doing floor covering at the time but did screen printing on the side. I’ve always maintained a studio on the side where I screen printed and did art. Then I did a major career switch where I stopped working in trade and started working over at The Printed Image. It was a great time because everything was really new. Computers were coming onto the scene, so I had just started getting into CAD (computer-aided design) and then got into Photoshop.

What does it take to work in this particular field?

Doing design work is hard because you have to know what people want. You have to be able to read into what they’re saying. My secret, and curse, is that if I feel good about a piece then I can pull something off. If I get into a piece and find myself really happy about it, then everyone seems to be really happy about it. If I can’t get into it, I got nothing. It’s hard when you can’t, and sometimes you just can’t.

Your daughter (Indra Clark) also does dye work here at the gallery. Is that part of your artistic influence?

Just from (her) being my daughter. When she came out here and saw what I was doing, she wanted into the textile business of it.

She’s always been very into cooking and making things, so it was just a natural progression for her.

On your Facebook profile, you are known as just The Orange Street Artist.

Is there a reason for it not being very personal?

I kind of thought that tying it in with the studio would be good. I’m not really into putting my life on Facebook, but I wanted to show people what I’m doing here at the studio.

It adds a lot of mystery to your identity. Was it ever meant to be an alternate persona?

I like that. I’m all about mystery. A little mystery is good. All these pieces have some kind of meaning in them and I don’t feel I need to talk about it or even tell people about.

I think it’s intrinsic to the art piece. It kind of speaks for itself. That goes hand in hand with mystery. You can then find the meaning yourself.

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Chaz Martinsen, Chico State student and ceramics artist, prepares for his university gallery opening in April.

Graduate student molds future out of plaster, clay

same thing,” Martinsen said. “A lot of the tableware, like dinner plates and stuff Staff Writer like that from Ikea, will actually be slip Graduate student and ceramics extraorcasted.” dinaire Chaz Martinsen is starting to see Slip casting keeps the cost down and the light at the end of the tunnel. the prices low, and it’s not difficult to do.

Martinsen is set to earn his master’s Martinsen also said that it doesn’t have degree in fine arts after next semester, a steep learning curve compared to hand with just the final piece of his project still throwing clay on a wheel, which has a lot to be completed. more processes on top of the great skill From April 6-10, Martinsen will required. Martinsen throws as well, but showcase his works in the University Art for what he’s working with and what he’s Gallery in Trinity Hall. doing here at school, slip casting makes The smaller half of the two-room more sense. gallery will feature two to three racks Before Chico State, Martinsen was displaying stacks of clay ammunition. supposed to be an engineer. He earned One will contain thousands of clay replia scholarship to San Diego State for cas molded from both a 25mm shell used environmental engineering design, but in the Bushmaster chain gun on Light he wasn’t into the number-heavy aspect Armored Vehicles and Infantry Fighting of the major and figured he didn’t belong Vehicles, and a 30mm depleted uranium after being forced to take remedial math core from the A10 Warthog close air supclasses. He took drawing classes just to port aircraft. The other rack will support satisfy the department’s general educa10-12 clay shells from a tank, which are tion requirements, and then he just kept much larger. taking more and more.

Martinsen said he’s having the tank He eventually got his bachelor’s degree shell shipped out from New Jersey so he in applied design, with an emphasis in can make a mold out of it. It’ll be full size ceramics, and focused on projects about and will end up being about 3 feet tall. how society impacts the individual.

“I made these racks probably 2 feet long “I was doing the whole college thing,” by 10 inches deep by 7 feet tall where the Martinsen said. “You know, fascinated shells are gonna be stacked,” Martinsen by all the silly things we put ourselves said. “They’ll through, specifibe pointed cally with drugs I call myself an object toward the and alcohol and maker. It’s fun to make viewer and the effect addicthings technically right stacked up tion can have on a and structurally sound. above their person. I lost my heads. So uncle to alcoholit’ll be pretty Chaz Martinsen, artist ism around the imposing same time as well. hopefully — I’d create these figunless of course you’re 7 feet tall.” ures that would have these really patchy, It’ll be hard to tell that they’re shells at crawly, crusty glazes where they would first, which Martinsen says is fine because have parts of them missing or fragmentit should draw the audience closer to look ing apart, to kind of hint toward that to at the textures. the viewer.”

“And when you realize what they In the gallery’s larger room, Martinsen are, being destructive devices and all, plans to display his 3-D printed shapes. hopefully it’s like ‘Whoa, huh. Oh shit,’” The objects are theoretical parts that Martinsen said. don’t exist, but he has designed them to be The manufacturing technique Martinthings that could exist in the future. sen is using to make his objects is called He included this display because in slip casting. He molds the shells out of addition to his main goal of becoming a plaster and then pours in the liquid clay. teacher, Martinsen wants to manufacture The clay sits in the mold until it gets a military parts and objects to be used for wall thickness and comes out hollow. space exploration.

“It’s just a really easy way to mass “My idea is a push and pull between produce and manufacture a bunch of the making military technology and the Trevor Whitney

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The Chico State Organic Vegetable Project brings fresh produce to the campus to sell.

All vegetables are grown at the Chico State farm.

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manufacturing of military objects versus space and scientific exploration,” he said.

“Specifically NASA and how we’ve sort of politically lost interest in space exploration though it’s clearly the future. Sure, interest is building, but we’re not there yet politically, which has led to a lack of funding to do anything.”

Next to the 3-D objects, Martinsen will lay out computer-generated technical drawings that show four to five different views of each object. He’ll then reshape the same object out of clay, just larger in scale to bring everything back to the idea of hand manufacturing.

Martinsen is also required to give a lecture as part of his gallery show. On April 9, he’ll host a reception that’s open to the public, complete with snacks and drinks. He’ll primarily be discussing what the audience is seeing, why they’re seeing it and why they should care.

When it comes to ceramics, it is easy to see that Martinsen is passionate about his work and the creations that come of it.

“I just make things because I just really enjoy making,” Martinsen said. “I call myself an object maker. It’s fun to make things technically right and structurally sound.”

Trevor Whitney can be reached at

artseditor@theorion.com or @nicegrandmas on Twitter.

MORE ON THEORION.COM/ARTS Hear more about Martinsen’s work in an extended video interview.

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Christmas-themed rock band The Yule Logs will play at the Chico Women’s Club. The band is known for its wild stage antics and humorous props.

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A “skullpture” piece designed by Chaz Martinsen.

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Chico’s Bahapki joins Big Mo and the Full Moon Band for Holiday concert. Both bands will bring their bluesy rock sounds to the stage at the Women’s Club.

WHERE: CHICO WOMEN’S CLUB TIME: 7 P.M. PRICE: $15

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B8 | Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 | Arts & Entertainment

Musical

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Chico Theater Company’s “White Christmas” is a cheerful holiday performance with stunning vocal talent, detailed set design and impressive choreography.

Christmas show brings holiday cheer Kristen Moran

Staff Writer

The musical “White Christmas,” which runs through Dec. 21, follows the story of Bob Wallace (Steve Chollet) and Phil Davis (Robert Neal), two World War II veterans who enter show business after the war and find love along the way.

The pair sets the intimate tone for the evening, addressing the audience as fellow troops and having it sing along to Christmas tunes. Their rapid-fire banter and corny jokes are entertaining.

As the musical transitions into the 1950s, it brings the charm of the decade to life through costumes, from old-fashioned suits to red floor-length Christmas gowns.

Davis, the playboy, and Wallace, the workaholic, eventually find themselves in

a dive bar in New York after their musical career takes off, where they meet Betty (Elisabeth Schirmers) and Judy Haynes (Lacy Stephens).

The sisters enchant the audience with two hit songs back-to-back, including the popular blue-feathered-fan-waving number “Sisters.”

Schirmers croons in a lovely alto voice in “Love and the Weather,” a duet with Chollet.

She plays the awkward, yet loveable and honest, sister well.

Stephens, a Chico State student, is fitting as her quirky, yet ambitious, younger half.

She and Neal, the more outgoing couple, show off incredible dance moves in “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing.”

The lengthy dance scene during the number is executed without breaking a sweat, as the couple moves though various styles like

waltz, tap and even tango.

The rest of the cast was also excellent, particularly Doug Hasse, who captured General Henry Waverly exactly with his demanding demeanor and stage presence.

But even he made the audience swoon by how moved he was when his troops banded together to keep his inn afloat at the musical’s close.

Chico Theater Company pulled out all the stops for this production. It wrapped up all that the holiday season should be in a tight, musical package that included themes about love, loyalty and family.

How could it not be on everyone’s holiday wish list?

Kristen Moran can be reached at

artseditor@theorion.com or @Kristenvmoran on Twitter.

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Tickets can be bought online or at the theater’s box office.