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Staff Writer

Emergency responders pick up an overly intoxicated young woman on Rio Chico Way on Saturday night.

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HALLOWEEN CRIME COUNT 911 calls made:

Gabriel Sandoval

Total citations:

1,125 76

Staff Writer Fewer students were arrested this year over the Halloween weekend, even though more total arrests, citations and calls to dispatch were made, according to Chico Police.

On Friday night alone, there were five calls for alcohol overdoses within one hour at mostly different addresses.

University Police teamed up with California State University’s Critical Response Unit to patrol areas in and around campus.

There were approximately 150 law enforcement officers total,

with assistance from Chico Police, Paradise Police, California Highway Patrol and California Alcohol Beverage Control, said John Feeney, University Police chief.

A report released by Chico Police shows the statistics for last Thursday, Friday and Saturday: • Total arrests: 58 • Total citations: 76 • Calls to dispatch: 1,125 Arrests and citations by University Police are not reflected in these numbers because they were not available by the time of publication.

By comparison, in 2014 there were 41 arrests and 452 calls to

Total arrests:

58

dispatch, the report shows.

Greg Keeney, a sergeant for Chico Police, said that the number of students arrested this year was unusually low.

“There were only six Chico State students arrested, five Butte College students and five students from other universities,” he said. “That has significantly decreased from years past.”

In past years, Chico State student arrests easily reached the double digit range.

Feeney said that public intoxication and underage drinking were the most common problems his crew encountered, which was expected.

Some of the people who were intoxicated in public were transferred to Butte County Jail, while others were taken in ambulances to the hospital.

University Police also broke up several fights.

Feeney said his crew reported feeling appreciated by students.

“Many received comments, thanking them for being there,” he said.

Feeney said that after the eventful weekend, he’s just glad it’s over.

Elizabeth Castillo

Staff Writer As Chico State welcomes new fac-

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unconscious bias.

at Chico State. This led the UDC to

has attended a training along with

look into advancing workforce di-

other administration members on

versity on campus.

campus.

The council learned of Humboldt

“Some college deans have come,

State’s training program and it al-

so it’s really wonderful because it’s

lowed Chico State to use its mate-

about changing the culture on cam-

rials. The first training

pus,” Morris said.

program was held on

Creating a more di-

May 20 for unconscious

verse

and

inclusive

candidate based on shared similari-

When individuals on hiring com-

biases. Other programs

workforce increases the

ties and overlooks candidates based

mittees are assessing applicants,

took place on Oct. 7 and

quality of group work

on differences.

they may rush the process and

23.

and organizational per-

that’s when unconscious bias oc-

is scheduled for Nov.

formances,

curs.

5 and Morris hopes to

Having

ulty members this semester, one is-

Shared experiences often shape

sue the university hopes to address

perspectives and can influence deci-

for future hires is the possibility of

sions. While student demographics

“When we’re not mindful, we fall

unconscious biases in the hiring

are beginning to diversify, Morris

back on biases to guide our behav-

process.

said it’s important that faculty re-

iors,” Morris said.

“This training really gets at rais-

However, some members of the campus community do not think it is fair that it will be the only time the public will be directly involved in the search process, as voiced by CSU Chancellor Tim White at Sonoma State’s open forum last month.

In 2011, the board followed a national trend in favor of closed presidential searches and adopted a new policy for the selection of presidents which states that a confidential search is the best way to attract a strong pool of candidates for the position.

Many qualified candidates are already presidents at other universities and having a search process open to the public can compromise their reputations at the current campuses, said Laurie Weidner, Vice President of CSU Chancellor public affairs.

“If they’re not chosen, that can cause long-term instability in that campus and also cause doubt in the minds of their

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Unconscious bias training to diversify faculty individual tends to prefer a certain

Since President Paul Zingg announced his plans to retire at the end of the academic year, the CSU Board of Trustees and Chico State administration have constructed an official committee for the selection of the president and a timeline for the search process.

Campus constituents and the Board of Education are urging the community to attend an open forum that will be held in Laxson Auditorium on Nov. 10, according to a press release.

The forum will initialize the selection process of President Zingg’s successor and is an opportunity for the public to come together and voice the desired traits of a president to the search committee.

flects the change.

Another

training

implement the program monthly.

The program is man-

To ensure an equal hiring pro-

datory for the chairs

she

more

said.

diverse

faculty members can

MICHELLE MORRIS

Faculty diversity officer

help support students and provide them with better

critical

think-

ing awareness and allows people to

“Students are asking for faculty

cess, rubrics are often used as an

of tenure-track faculty

be more mindful [of the fact] that

members that have similar experi-

evaluation tool so every candidate

search

unconscious bias exists,” said Mi-

ences that they do as racial or eth-

is judged in the same way. Imple-

While the program is not mandato-

they’re in a more inclusive environ-

chelle Morris, faculty diversity of-

nic minorities,” she said.

menting standard interview ques-

ry for most faculty, administration

ment.

tions can also ensure applicants are

and staff on campus, some volun-

judged fairly.

tarily attend the programs.

ficer for the Office of the President.

In order to hire more diverse fac-

“There are certain strategies for

ulty, it’s important to implement

avoiding it in the hiring process.”

committees.

ing skills. It can also help students feel like

“Most of the faculty members I’ve had so far are either white women

diversity acceptance through all

A University Diversity Council

Thirty people attended the pro-

or men,” said Krista McMiller, first-

Morris has led trainings on cam-

stages of the hiring process. Slow-

was launched the fall of 2014. A

gram on Oct. 23. Members of the

year biological sciences major. “It

pus to combat these biases. An

ing down during the search process

major priority for the council was

president’s cabinet have attended as

unconscious bias occurs when an

is one factor to lessen the impact of

to advance inclusion and diversity

well. Susan Elrod, interim provost,

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Bike theft continues on, around campus

Downtown jewelry store robbed by customers

Bike theft on and around the Chico State campus has become a regular occurrence with University Police being called frequently for various bike theft issues.

Between Monday, Oct. 26 and Tuesday, Oct. 27, three bike thefts were reported at Yolo Hall, Tehama Hall and the O’Connell Technology Center.

Thefts occurred at various points of the day between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

“I know it’s a big problem,” said Brennan Moore, junior microbiology major.

Moore said his roommate’s bike was stolen last school year.

“They always steal things like tires,” said Moore.

“It seems so unnecessary.”

University Village is one of the main spots targeted by bike thieves. Two calls pertaining to bike theft were made to University Police this last week, one of which resulted in an arrest.

Witnesses saw a male suspect with bike lock-cutting tools. The suspect was later found with stolen property in his possession and was taken to Butte County Jail.

-Kindra Robinson

Two unexpected women robbed Kirk’s Jewelry in downtown Chico on Thursday. Summer Dorman, 29, and Erin Beane, 19, walked into the store looking for engagement rings and soon walked out with a $1,500 bracelet.

“They looked like normal girls,” said Sadie Rodriguez, sales associate. “They were both wearing wigs but we weren’t going to call her out.”

One of the thieves left to “get her wallet in the car” before the other rushed out of the store with the bracelet. They quickly drove off in a white Subaru parked only four cars away from the store.

Chico police found the two within the hour driving toward Durham on Highway 99. They were arrested and taken to Butte County Jail.

Rodriguez said they are going to take more security measures to prevent this from happening again.

-Michael Catelli

Downtown apartment catches on fire

An unknown suspect broke into a house on Willowbrook Way at 1:38 p.m. on Sunday.

The suspect attempted to take property from inside the home, unaware that someone was there.

The resident was lying on his bed and heard noises coming from inside the house. He lifted his head and spotted the suspect who then fled out the back door and hopped the fence.

The suspect headed on foot toward Eighth Avenue and eventually reached Nord Avenue.

No arrests were made.

To prevent break-ins, University Police Chief John Feeney advises homeowners to keep valuables out of plain sight.

“People should always remember to lock their doors and windows when going out or going to sleep,” Feeney said. “Different crime prevention tools like motion lights to deter people can be helpful as well.”

-Suzy Leamon

A downtown apartment caught fire around 2:30 p.m. on Monday. The fire began outside of an apartment at 1132 W. Seventh St. tenants are unaware of the cause.

Derek Boyd, Chico resident, was sitting in his room when his neighbor violently knocked on his door to notify him of the flames.

“Through the door window I saw flames coming through,” Boyd said. “I opened the door and instantly tons of heat in my face and flames.”

Neighbors quickly tried to extinguish the flames with garden hoses and buckets of water before firefighters arrived. Boyd and his neighbors almost contained the fire but it quickly regained heat in the attic and started again.

“Emotions were high,” said Noe Albarado, a roommate who was running errands when the fire occured. “I wasn’t sure if the whole thing was in flames.”

Firefighters battled the blaze 20 minutes before the fire was out.

No injuries were reported. Red Cross members are providing hotel stay for the residents until it is safe to come back.

-Michael Catelli

CORRECTIONS

Suspect breaks into home while resident sleeps

Thousands attends Yuba City Sikh festival More than 80,000 people attended the 36th annual Sikh festival in Yuba City, making it the largest single gathering event in northern California.

The festival kicked off at 8 a.m Friday with the

coronation of Sikhs’ holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib.

On Saturday at 11 a.m. a bazaar area at the Sikh Temple was full of vendors who sold clothes, shoes, jewelry, food, art and more.

Yuba City is home to the largest Sikh community outside of India. Non-Sikhs were welcomed to attend the event, which served 400,000 free vegetarian meals.

Raveena Johl, first-year English major, said she went to the festival with several family members.

“I can’t even remember the amount of times I’ve gone to the event,” Johl said. “Every time I go there’s a lot of people, food and everyone is just having a really good time.”

Molly Sullivan, senior religious studies major, said she went to the festival with her professor and classmates.

“This was my second time going and I had a lot of fun,” Sullivan said. “Everything was free and it was really incredible to see how all the food got distributed to people.”

A 4,5 mile-long parade took place on the streets of Yuba City to conclude the weekendt.

-Suzy Leamon

6 arrested near campus for weapon possession Six men with multiple loaded firearms, including a shotgun, were arrested on Halloween after their cars were searched by California State University police officers in a parking lot across the street from campus.

The arrests, which occurred around 11 p.m. in the parking lot on Second Street, across from the Bell Memorial Union, came after individuals in two cars were suspected of alcohol-related offenses, said John Feeney, University Police chief.

“One of the officers saw shotguns shells on the floorboard of the car,” Feeney said. “They conducted a search and found a loaded shotgun.”

As the officers continued to search, he said, they discovered one of the individuals had a loaded .22 pistol in his possession.

The subjects were from the Stockton area, Feeney said.

“A lot of the information that we’ll find out during the investigation will take place when they get back to the station,” he said.

There, officers will run background checks on the subjects and determine if any of them have gang affiliations.

“We’ll keep you informed,” he said..

-Gabriel Sandoval

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Free vaccines offered for flu season A healthy diet

Sarah Strausser

Exercise

Staff Writer

A regular sleep schedule

Many may have experienced a

Stress reduction

sneeze-attack in class and don’t

Close living quarters, shared

think anything of it. Meanwhile,

bathrooms and late-night social

millions of tiny particles are re-

activities can make it hard for col-

leased into the air and continue to

lege students to avoid the flu vi-

circulate in that area for the rest

rus. When students do get the flu

of class.

virus, it’s important to know when

The classroom is actually the

to go to the doctor, Boyes said.

focal point of virus transmission.

“If you can get there in the first

About 30 percent of the time that

48 hours, there has been some suc-

one is exposed to a flu virus, that

cess minimizing symptoms and

individual will end up contract-

severity of the flu infection using

ing the sickness, according to Nip

anti-viral medicines,” Boyes said.

Boyes, assistant director of the

The best anti-virals to use in-

Butte College Health Center.

clude Tamiflu and Relenza, which

“If you’re taking classes that

are both prescription drugs that

you cannot miss a day, get the flu

require a doctor’s visit, he said.

shot,” Boyes said. “This is not a

Beyond anti-virals, the flu is hard

place where you can be out for a

to kick without at least a few days

week.”

of rest and recovery.

While school is an easy place for

Although the symptoms may

anyone to come in contact with the

lessen or disappear altogether, a

virus, only 13 percent of surveyed college students reported getting

Kiana Alvarez/The Orion

person with the influenza virus

With flu season appraoching, nursing students are providing vaccinations to students.

is still contagious for seven days,

cent preventative, there are a few

ics are also offering the

create a good vaccine

cine is not a perfect solution. In

school every day and interacting

ways to avoid the flu.

vaccine as well as Enloe

match for, Boyes said. It

2014, the flu vaccine was not as ef-

with others, it is vital they take ev-

Medical

Con-

is typically responsible

fective as doctors had hoped.

ery measure possible to avoid the

is through vaccination. Students

venient pharmacies in

for the bulk of the flu

who are in intense classes, where

Chico, such as Rite Aid

outbreak each year.

participation is vital, should do

and Walgreens, also of-

everything possible to avoid get-

fering the vaccine.

the flu vaccine.

Boyes said.

Although no method is 100 per-

The best way to block the virus

While students are going to

ting the flu, Boyes said.

Center.

less severe symptoms,

However, within the

In Chico, there are many places

influenza virus, there

for students and teachers to get flu

are different types, or

shots at little to no cost.

“strands,” that the vac-

The Student Health Center of-

Type B consists of but still adds to the

Assistant director of Butte College Health Center

cine hopes to combat.

fers free flu shots while supplies

Type A is constantly-

last. All Butte County health clin-

changing and harder to

flu virus, he said.

vaccine was far more successful in

“In the classroom, we have a

stopping Type B, which came later

closed area,” Boyes said. “The kid

in the annual flu season.

that sneezes across the room from

Depending on the match of the

you releases millions of nuclei

Al-

virus to the vaccine, the effective-

that are infectious, and statisti-

though this is a less

ness of the flu shot can range, but

cally, a third of the class will be

severe sickness, if left

is still the best way to avoid the flu.

infected.”

long

NIP BOYES

Doctors and nurses admitted the

flu

season.

untreated, Type B can still be harmful.

However, the flu vac-

Other preventions include: Hand washing (not just hand sanitizer use)

Sarah Strausser can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@strausser_sarah on Twitter.

Chico prepares for El Niño, possible floods egon and Washington are likely to have a warm

Austin Herbaugh

winter with below-average rainfall.

Staff Writer

This means that Chico is in a sort of un-

This year’s El Niño is forecasted to be a strong

known zone between the two.

one and could bring much-needed rain to our

“For our area, it’s about a 66 percent chance

drought-stricken state. While it may be hard to

that we’ll at least have above-normal precipita-

imagine flooding in the midst of a drought, it

tion, but there’s no guarantee,” Reinbold said.

could be a very real possibility this winter.

“So we’re right on the borderline.”

Above-average rainfall and possible flooding

In a normal year, the trade winds usually

is likely this winter, but how far north it will

blow from east to west across the Pacific, piling

reach is still unknown. Even if there is flood-

up warm water off the coast of Australia and

ing, Chico’s flood diversion should keep the city

bringing cold water to the surface off the coast

protected.

of South America.

An El Niño happens, on average, every three

In an El Niño year, the trade winds weaken or

to seven years, according to Brian Reinbold,

even reverse in an El Niño, allowing warm wa-

meteorologist and professor at Butte College.

ter to drift across the pacific to the West Coast

He added that this year’s El Niño has caused

of North and South America.

extreme weather this fall because it is already at its peak.

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While the El Niño hasn’t quite hit Chico yet, there is a possible chance of flooding due to the expected 66 percent increase in rainfall.

The warmer ocean temperatures add moisture to the atmosphere, allowing the jet stream

El Niño event, then that’s going to impact our

fell in 24 hours in the foothills above Chico. The

to drop, which brings more rain

water situation next summer, even if Southern

rain was warm, melting an already sizeable

further south.

California’s wet,” Reinbold said.

snowpack.

“One thing we’ve seen is the hurricane that just hit Mexico,” Reinbold said, referring Hurricane Pa-

“Typically what happens is the

Whether Chico gets hit by this year’s El Niño

“All the water was diverted down Lindo Chan-

tricia, the strongest hurricane ever

jet stream sets up across the south-

is still up in the air, but the city is protected

nel, we had no flooding on campus. It worked

to make landfall in the Pacific. “It

ern part of the United States,” Re-

from flooding by a system of diversion dams

out great,” Perrelli said. “That’s the way this is

became stronger than usual because

inbold said. “So it leaves the north-

along the Big Chico Creek, according to Rich-

engineered, to divert the water away from the

of the warm El Niño waters.”

ern United States fairly dry and the

ard Perrelli, environmental program coordina-

city and away from campus.”

southern United States wetter than

tor at Chico State.

The recent flash flooding in Southern California has also enhanced El Niño, he said.

While Southern California will almost certainly see heavy rain this winter, the same may not be true for

RICHARD PERRELLI

Environmental program coordinator

the northern part of the state. In an

average.”

If

Northern

California

should flooding occur on campus. Chico State’s

sees

verted away from the city by a system of dams

Facilities and Management Services has sand-

heavy rainfall this year, it would

at the Five Mile Recreation Area. The Five Mile

bags and pumps ready.

relieve the drought more than

damn only allows 1,500 cubic feet per second to

Whether this year’s El Niño is as strong as

rainfall in the southern half of the

pass through which then flows through cam-

the one in 1997 has yet to be seen, there is relief

state. Most of the state’s drinking

pus.

in sight for the drought.

El Niño event, the chance of above-average pre-

water comes from Northern California, Rein-

cipitation decreases the further north you go.

bold said.

There is more than a 90 percent chance that

This means that there could be flooding in

Southern California will have a wet winter this

Southern California, but if it’s dry up north,

year which will extend north to about Sacra-

there will be limited drinking water.

mento, according to Reinbold. In contrast, Or-

According to Perrelli, there are plans in place

If Big Chico Creek floods, the water will be di-

“If we end up being on the drier side of this

Instead of flooding the city, the extra water

“There’s a pretty high percentage that north-

goes into the Lindo and Sycamore Bypass chan-

ern California will see above-average rainfall,”

nels near the entrance of Upper Bidwell Park.

Reinbold said.

Perrelli said these dams have held up in past El Niño events, such as the one in the winter of 1997. In December of that year, 22 inches of rain

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Call Type: Subject Stop, 12:35 a.m., Cherry Street Officer initiated activity at Parking Structure 1 on Cherry Street. Juvenile was arrested.

Call Type: Suspicious Subject, 12:54 a.m., West Sacramento Avenue Male wearing a striped sweater, baseball cap and large backpack looking at bikes at Konkow Hall.

Call Type: Stolen Vehicle, 8:38 a.m., Nord Avenue Electric cart with Chico State logo on the side in an apartment complex on Nord Avenue. Email was sent to ARC and Box Office to ATL owner.

Chico Police

University Police

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

Call Type: Suspicious Circumstance, 9:48 p.m., Warner Street Vehicles are driving on campus near Yolo Field.

Call Type: Suspicious Circumstance, 3:51 a.m., Citrus Avenue Two loud bangs heard from the south area of Lassen Hall.

Call Type: Assault, 4:22 a.m., Legion Avenue Subject was assaulted while asleep on the seventh floor of Whitney Hall. Subject was brought into Enloe Medical Center by a friend.

Call Type: Juvenile Problem, 9:50 p.m., 23 Baroni Dr. Kids running up and down the street with a real chainsaw near the park. At least two males and one female. At least eight playing with the chainsaw.

Call Type: Possible Drug Activity, 12:42 a.m., 319 Main St. Owner of the Crazy Horse Saloon says there is possibly marijuana smoke coming into his business.

Call Type: Assault/Battery, 12:55 a.m., 1500 Oak Way Caller says he needs help and is being chased by someone that could possibly have a weapon. Says he’s completely sober and hiding in a bush.

Call Type: Suspect Subject, 1:02 a.m., West Sixth Street Large crowd spilling into caller’s driveway from a party nearby. The crowd is chanting and yelling at each other.

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Call Type: Petty Theft-Bike, 2:40 p.m., Nord Avenue Female witness saw subject attempting to steal a bike by building No. 7 at University Village. She witnessed him putting cutting tools in his backpack.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Calendar nov 4 - nov 10

DJ WORLDCOAST

Enigma - Code, Chico Jazz Narrative, Symbol Collective

Thu

5

Borgore

Humble Wolf

Photo credit: WORLDCOAST Photo courtesy of School of the Arts Photo credit: Chico Jazz Collective

Local DJ WORLDCOAST will supply an endless amount of underground hip-hop and electronic music while people dance and drink.

An exclusive talk by guest curator Asa Mittman will explain the latest exhibit in the Turner Print Museum: “Enigma- Code, Narrative, Symbol.”

Where: Lost on Main Where: PAC 134

Where: The DownLo

When: 9 p.m.

When: 5:30 p.m.

When: 8 p.m.

Price: Free

Price: Free

Price: Free

SBDC

Fri

6

Photo credit: Epic

Photo credit: 1078 Gallery

Electronic musician Borgore is coming to the Senator Theatre with Styles&Complete and Jaycode. Prepare for lots and lots of bass.

Roseville rock band Humble Wolf heads the 1078 Gallery lineup that also boasts The LoLos, Moon Bears and South Fork.

Where: Senator

The DownLo offers free jazz music every Thursday night by the Chico Jazz Collective, featuring Chico State professor Rocky Winslow.

Photo credit: Chico Area Punks

Photo credit: Living Karaoke Band

‘He Named Me Malala’

Photo credit: Pageant Theatre

Sign up to sing Grateful Dead songs backed by the Living Karaoke Band Friday night at the DownLo as a part of Night of the Living Dead.

The two films opening this weekend at the Pageant Theatre are “He Named Me Malala,” a film about the young Pakistani activist, and “The Keeping Room.”

Where: 1078 Gallery Where: Monstros

Where: The DownLo

Where: Pageant Theatre

Theatre

When: 7 p.m.

Pizza

When: 7:30 p.m.

When: TBA

When: 8 p.m.

Price: $7

When: 8 p.m.

Price: Free

Price: $4-$6.50

Price: Sold Out

Sat

7

Canadian garage rock band SBDC will be joined

by Chico punks and rockers Pink Bandana, Astro Turf and Cell Block. Also, there’s pizza.

Night of the Living Dead

Price: $7

Rap Cover Night

Photo credit: 1078 Gallery

The Strange Land

Photo credit: Duffy’s Tavern

Dances for Band

Boutique Crawl

Photo credit: Bootleg

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Local musicians will cover rap songs as part of a benefit concert for Mazi Noble, a prominent figure in the Chico hip-hop community, while he recovers from brain surgery.

San Francisco rock band The Strange Land will perform with Chico locals The Empty Gate and Pink Bandana in support of their June two-track release, “The Idle Eye/The Mirror.”

The Chico State band will perform a collection of dance and traditional band music featuring Tchaikovsky, Messant and Dubrovay.

Where: 1078 Gallery

Where: Duffy’s

Where: Harlen Adams Where: Downtown

When: 7:30 p.m.

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The third annual Boutique Crawl features drinks, music and deals at Three Sixty Ecotique, Boho, Bootleg and Red Umbrella downtown.

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TOKiMONSTA will be speaking to students about success in the music industry. She was voted Best Female DJ by LA Weekly and is signed to Flying Lotus’ label, Brainfeeder.

Where: Harlen Adams We want to provide the If your event is missing, we can be reached at most thorough calendar that we can artseditor@theorion.com

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

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EDITORIAL

Admin disconnect needs to be dissolved Without the 17,000 students paying tuition and attending classes every semester, this university wouldn’t exist. Without the voices of these students and the faculty that educates them, there would be no need for a president, let alone a confidential committee to choose a president.

With this obvious fact right in front of its face, why does administraton continue to exclude the Chico State community from important decisions?

Students will be the first ones to admit they aren’t sure what happens at the administrative level or what the president of the university even does. Doesn’t this mean they should be the first ones informed when changes are being made?

Having a forum where anyone can suggest what Chico State needs in a new president is a great idea, but the process shouldn’t stop their community involvement.

Students and faculty specifically have every right to know who is applying for the position of university president. This person pulls the strings concerning their futures, after all.

If the administration is setting the stage of exclusivity before a candidate is even chosen, the disconnect between faculty and students versus the administration will be vibrant throughout the entire career of the new president.

If a president of another university is worried about his or her reputation for applying for another job, he or she shouldn’t be applying. It shows they aren’t as serious about their desired position.

The names and goals of the candidates should be emailed to each and every student and faculty member so they can inform themselves and formulate educated opinions about potential presidents.

Forums are also a great tool to involve the community and should be utilized as an opportunity to bring in the candidates and let them answer questions and address the university.

Students shouldn’t show up next fall and have no idea who is their administrative voice. They should be given the choice to be informed and involved in the selection of a new president.

If people are paying money to be a part of something such as this university, they should have the right to have a say in important and influential decisions.

Isn’t that the point of a democracy, after all?

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

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Music genre goes from real rap to real crap I love rap music. But in recent years, my taste for the genre of

jumble is Young Thugs song, “Lifestyle.” If you can make out what he is saying at the 37-second mark then you are a true champ, because to me, it sounds like an

who are making millions without even having to say words. Hopsin personifies himself as the rapper “Hash Brown” during his hilarious parody.

to his most popular song, “Brick in Yo Face,” to find out.

Rap music has changed— consumers are pleased when they can make out even just one line that a

music has declined due to the excessive grunts and groans that are passed off as words from rappers, such as Young Thug.

Rap music used to be about telling a story by putting a sequence of words and phrases together that have rhythm and a deeper meaning. But within the past few decades, rap music has shifted from a lyrically focused style to an obsession with bass and how hard the beat goes. It seems like every mainstream rap song you hear on the radio features an upbeat rhythm with lots of bass and lyrics that sound like an illiterate child wrote them.

An example of this mumble

excessive groan from being conAnother thing that bothers me stipated. with curN o w rent rap now, bemusic is Rap music used to be about fore you the outratelling a story by putting a get all geousness sequence of words and phrases worked up, together that have rhythm and a of characconsider ters trying deeper meaning. that the to make a Notorious name for B.I.G, Eazy-E, Hopsin, Tech N9ne themselves. Stitches, a Miamiand ASAP Rocky are all in my based rapper, has taken his persotop-10 list of my favorite rappers. na to a whole other level; not only I have taste, OK? Just not in regur- do tattoos cover his entire body gitated mumbles. and face, but he boasts about his Hopsin, who qualifies as one of drug-dealing past while constanly my favorite rappers, made a hi- tauting police and DEA agents larious, satirical music video call- to catch him. But what about the ing out all the rappers in the game music? Well I’ll just let you listen

rapper says, rappers have stopped caring about the quality of their music and untalented clowns are stepping into the limelight because of their extraordinary looks and risky subject matter.

This trend in the rap scene is likely to continue until there is a major shift within the minds of the consumers. As for now, I will stick to the quality rap music I know and let the rest be fooled by the money-hungry, codienedependant rappers that are laughing their way to the bank.

Nick Bragg

Staff Writer

Rewarding yourself makes studying sweet Megan Mann

Staff Writer

Ah, fall.

The leaves are changing, the weather is getting cooler and the Pumpkin Spice Latte is back at Starbucks.

It’s also midterm and paper season.

Now, I’m the type of person who’d rather be reading a good book or watching some Netflix or YouTube while curled up on a cool night, so I tend to procrastinate when I should be studying or writing papers.

Unfortunately, that means I’ve found myself staring down a deadline one too many times to where my only option is to buckle down and get my shiz-nit done.

So how do I avoid the ever-distracting urges to completely ignore my studying in favor of just five more minutes of “How To Get Away with Murder” or “Supernatural?”

Simple: I use a reward system.

For every hour I study, I allow

myself to take a 10-minute Netflix or YouTube break.

It’s pretty difficult to stop at the 10-minute mark, especially when I’m right at the good part of the episode I’m watching, but I’ve had excellent willpower so far.

But, wait, there’s more.

This method doesn’t just work for Netflix and midterms.

For example, a couple of weeks ago when I was writing a paper, I had just bought a bag of my favorite caramels and after each page I allowed myself to have one (it was a short paper, so I wasn’t over-indulging).

Halloween candy’s still on sale right? I smell incentives!

Even if I’m just studying for a small test or reading quiz, the reward system really works well for me because I’m not the type of person who can just sit down and not do anything but study for four hours.

If I do that, my brain gets overwhelmed and I end up not remembering anything or not writing a decent paper.

And, I’ll admit, this method isn’t for everyone.

Because different people have different learning personalities and techniques (some are more visual, some have to be in class and listen to the material, while

Nick Bragg can be reached at

opinioneditor@theorion.com or @Nick981 on Twitter.

some are completely independent learners), the reward system may just not work for their learning style.

But for me, the reward system is a great way for me to not die from absorbing too much information while keeping me from failing my classes because I binge watch TV shows at the worst possible moment.

Plus, candy tastes so much sweeter when I actually earned it.

Megan Mann can be reached at opinioneditor@theorion.com or

@meganisthemann on Twitter.

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THUMBS Thumbs up to rain. It’s a good thing Chico claims to have a plan to prevent flooding because I’m pretty sure Nov. 1 has marked the beginning of the much-anticipated El Nino. Welcome to California, water. We missed you.

Thumbs down to a gunman in Colorado Springs, Colorado for shooting and killing three people.

This shooting spree occured in broad daylight and the victims were either biking or walking.

Once again the question arises, how many people have to die before change happens?

Thumbs up to Daylights Savings Time. There is nothing better than waking up and realizing you still have 53 minutes and 22 seconds of sleep you can go back to before you HAVE to get up and get ready for class.

Thumbs down to Mychoplasma Genitilium— “the new STD.” Butte County has had shockingly high numbers for sexually transmitted diseases the last couple years and it doesn’t seem to be improving.

Wear condoms, kids.

They are everywhere.

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You’re sitting in my unassigned seat Kristina Martinez

Staff Writer

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I never understood how important the seat you chose in class was until I came to college.

I usually prefer to sit all the way in the back.

That’s where I’m most comfortable. Sometimes if I have a friend in the same class as me I even put my backpack on the seat next to me to save them a spot (unless class already started and someone else needs a seat).

Is there a line between comfortability and inconsideration?

There are people in my classes who definitely have seats they are comfortable in. In one of my classes, some students make it verbally clear that they are only comfortable sitting in the same seat they chose on the first day of class.

It’s not like we learn any less if we sit in a seat two seats away, but then why do some students act as if that is the case?

People get so attached to the seat they commonly sit in it becomes a habit that is hard to break. Even I catch myself going to the same seat that I sat in last class for no particular reason.

I’ve seen people in class that will actually

go up to someone and tell them that they are sitting in their seat— A seat that has no name on it and is not assigned. It must be awkward for the person sitting in the seat because, technically, they are allowed to sit there even if you’ve been sitting there for eight weeks out of the semester and in week nine they come and change the seating up. They can still sit there.

Sometimes when I go into class and see someone in a seat that I normally sit in, it bothers me a little, but I just go to a different seat and get prepared for class the same way I would any other day. I know plenty of people who handle it the same way. Yeah, for that class period you might feel a little awkward because someone is in “your seat.” In the end, that’s all it is. Someone is sitting where you otherwise usually would.

I think that it’s a bit childish of people to let something as petty as a seat alter how they learn in the classroom. It isn’t like elementary school where we are getting assigned seats.

The lecture or lab will still proceed as planned no matter where you sit in the classroom.

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

@theorion_news on Twitter.

What’s wrong with being a little ‘basic?’

Katelyn Martin

Staff Writer

While scrolling through social media feeds, you will most likely see the word “basic” being thrown around in casual conversation at some point.

Typically, they are not referring to an element with a pH level greater than seven.

No, more often than not, the word is being used to describe someone— almost always a young millennial girl— who is a predictable consumer.

This word merely represents another word that enables us to tear down girls for publicly liking anything, from clothing to flavors to movies; it seems like girls just can’t win.

“Basic,” the shortened term for “basic bitch,” has been used since around 2011 to demean girls who consume mainstream products marketed for women, according to Google Trends.

Urban Dictionary defines basic as a word “used to describe someone devoid of defining characteristics that might make a person interesting, extraordinary or just simply worth devoting time or attention to.”

What does that mean exactly? Essentially, the word can apply to anyone who follows in line with buying Victoria’s Secret PINK clothing, Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks or owns UGG boots.

You are basic if you have fallen into the trends that so many young girls follow. You obsess over posting just the right Instagram photos, drinking coffee and buying fall-scented candles.

It is now exhausting to hear the word pinned to a young girl who happens to like the same things as her friends and thousands of other female influences surrounding her.

What about the male equivalent for basic bitches, though? “Bros” are fairly widely accepted rather than ridiculed.

Why have girls gotten so much flack for being “basic” consumers of products marketed toward them and massively consumed by their peers? “Bros” do not tend to get ostracized as much as their female counterparts.

College campuses nationwide are crawling with boys wearing bro tank tops, khaki shorts and high Nike socks. They love their mom but disrespect girls; they are the post-

er children for “Netflix and chill.”

Bros do admittedly get backlash from girls their age for following one another, but it is not nearly to the extent that basic girls are called out for.

I would like to watch the world stop me from Instagramming a picture of my morning coffee or a landscape of fall weather, proclaiming it to be pumpkin spice season.

I will watch “Sex and the City” every day of my life until my heart’s content.

I will continue to support girls for wearing nothing but Lululemon leggings and Birkenstock sandals to class every day.

There shouldn’t be anything wrong with being “basic.” Allowing masses of people to criticize others for consuming the same products and utilize the same media as everyone else is counterproductive to supporting one another.

Katelyn Martin can be reached at whitneyurmann@gmail.com or

@theorion_news on Twitter.

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TALKING POINT

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On Halloween, six men were arrested for having illegal and loaded firearms in their vehicle near campus. The men were visiting from Stockton. Outof-town visitors are a big reason why Chico cracks down on big holidays such as Halloween. It’s frustrating that students have to worry about people bringing armed weapons and other dangers to town when they are celebrating. Thank you to Chief Feeney and the University Police Department for being on top of the weekend and making Chico State student safety the first priority.

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Zingg: Closed presidential search frustrates students, faculty ZINGG» continued from A1

Faculty believe that if they are going to work for a president and give input on what they want to own local board on whether they see in that person, they want to will be a stable leader,” Weidner meet the candidates and engage said. in a transparent process of selec“I think that’s bullshit,” said tion, Selvester said.

Charles Turner, chair of the CaliAnnette Heileson, chair of fornia Faculty Association. staff council, understands the “If somebody’s worried that Chancellor’s rationale but still it’s going to tarnish their reputadoes not like the idea of candition that they’re a finalist for the dates keeping secrets. job at Chico State, then that tells “It would be nice to know what us a lot about whether we want we’re getting before we get it,” that person to be our president,” she said.

Turner said.

In response to criticisms from Students have also shared their the campus, Weidner said the frustrations with the open forum involvement of the search’s adbeing the extent of their involvevisory committee in the process ment in the search despite their proves the selection policy is a money widely contributing to its shared governance model. funds.

According to policy, the advi“We’re paying for tuition and sory committee is composed of doing all of these things and I campus representatives from think it should be open to the various central groups within the public,” said Kim Celis, first-year community, such as students and pre-nursing major. faculty. These representatives The campus’ biggest are selected either by concern is that the group leaders or choabsence of the public sen through an orgain this process goes nized election among against the public inits members. stitution model that “They’re presentshows transparency in ing the illusion of everything else from choice,” said Arthur the president’s emails Sanchez, psychology ANNETTE to the search process professor and member HEILESON for any other executive of the 2004 president Chair of staff council officer. search’s advisory com“It feels a little elitmittee. ist that the top level— He related the antica sort of aristocracy of execuipated search to its predecessor tives— are allowed this sort of that decisively selected Zingg. secrecy and protection but othThe committee chose and ers aren’t,” said Paula Selvester, ranked the three finalists, but the statewide academic senator and Chancellor took it as a light sugfaculty representative for the gestion and chose its third choice search’s advisory committee. as Chico State’s next longstand-

Bias: Chico State strives for inclusive hire process

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Within the next academic year, President Paul Zingg’s desk will be filled by a new university president to be selected by a search’s advisory committee. ing president, Sanchez said.

“It became very clear that each of the candidates knew each other and the Chancellor knew them,” he said.

Sanchez’s account of what unfolded throughout the 2004 search is a suspicion Joe Crotts, chair of Meriam Library, said people are likely to have when confidentiality is in the mix.

“When people don’t know exactly what’s going on, it’s a lot easier to slip things in if there were favorites somewhere or people who were favored for reasons beyond pure academic reason,” Crotts said.

Members of Chico State are not alone in their disagreement with the confidential policy that was enforced as Chancellor White came into office.

12 out of the 23 campuses in the CSU system have recently passed academic senate resolutions calling for the board to revert to open searches that include campus visits by final candidates.

However, a total of 21 CSU campuses are interested in passing resolutions, Selvester said.

Regardless of the collective efforts of most CSUs to takedown the rather new policy, Weidner says the Chancellor’s office has not had any concerns about confidential searches.

“Our campus communities understand the role of this process is to choose the best pool of candidates who are highly qualified,” Weidner said. “After learning in the open forum why a confidential search is used, there has been full support.”

One thing both parties can agree on is the importance of student involvement, whether it translates as offering input at the open forum or demonstrating anger with the board sparing all details of the selection process.

“The more students make their collective voice known, they can influence— in ways they can’t even imagine— the way the university goes,” Selvester said.

Anyone is welcome to attend the open forum on Nov. 10 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium. Those who cannot attend can view a live web stream.

Elizabeth Castillo can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@ElizabethC718 on Twitter.

HUMANS OF CHICO STATE

Q: What is your favorite holiday and why?

BIAS» continued from A1 “My favorite holiday, I’d have to say, is Christmas because I’m with all of my family. I love opening presents and watching their reactions because it makes me happy to see if I got it right.”

-Carmen Martinez, junior prenursing major

would be nice to see faculty that look like me or any other person of color.”

Having professors with diverse backgrounds, similar to students, could provide a greater bond between faculty and students. While McMiller is still new to Chico State, she’s already noticed a lack of diversity within faculty.

“Faculty’s not like me,” she said. “You don’t feel included.”

She believes it’s important for students to have mentors to look up to and help them feel

more

included.

She’s met other students

KRISTA MCMILLER

First-year biological sciences major

of

different

ethnicities and backgrounds, but has yet to see any diversity within

faculty.

She

hopes to see more professors with unique backgrounds and to find a professor she can relate to.

“We learn that our teachers are some of the people who inspire us,” she said. “It’s probably best if we see more diverse professors, not just race but include other factors of identity.”

Although Chico State still faces an uphill battle to include faculty of different ethnicities, sexual identities and other factors of diversity, Morris remains optimistic.

“I think in this moment of time, there’s room for improvement,” she said. “We’re implementing strategies to make that happen and create a climate where faculty of color and other identities can feel comfortable.”

Elizabeth Castillo can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@ElizabethC718 on Twitter.

“Christmas because (starts singing) ‘It’s the most wonderful time of the year.’ I just like the vibes of Christmas, it’s very festive and everyone’s in a good mood.

And then presents. I’m not going to lie, I really like getting presents.”

-Morgan Fernandez, first-year undeclared major

Photos by Jenelle Kapellas/The Orion

“I’d probably say Christmas just because of the holiday spirit and stuff. It’s a good time of year. Everyone’s happy.”

-Vincent Tarbat, sophomore history major

ONLINE: Dylan Wakefield had a spectacular year for the men’s soccer team.

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The Chico State cross-country teams are running past the competition this season with both the men’s and women’s teams taking first place at the CCAA Championship in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Kenta McAfee Staff Writer

There is a certain level of talent that they all have, but I would say the biggest thing is that they train hard.

With both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams taking first place at the 2015 CCAA Championship, head coach Gary Towne opened up about the teams’ successes as both head into NCAA competition.

Gary Towne, cross-country head coach

Do you think Will Reyes and other members of the team will be able to compete past the collegiate level?

Towne: Yes. There are guys that are running below them that are competing to be in the Olympics, and we’ve got guys on the team that are running at a much higher level than that.

I think he could continue running past college if he wants to. He’s got talent but he also works hard. There are several on the team that could continue running if they wanted to; we’ve got a lot of really good runners.

How do you prepare the team for the upcoming Regional Championship and the NCAA Championship?

Towne: We don’t change the practices that we do or our practice schedule. We still do double runs, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Running more for two weeks wouldn’t make much of a difference.

We practice all year for the championship races, which are longer than the general meets that we compete at this season. The Regional and NCAA races are 10K, which is about 1.25 miles longer than what we compete in usually. We don’t have to change much because we’re preparing for this during the season.

Kenta Mcafee can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or @KentaMcAfee on Twitter.

Photo courtesy of Gary Towne

Dayne Gradone placed ninth with a time of 24:13.97 in the men’s invitational race at the CCAA Championships in Golden Gate Park.

Photo courtesy of Chico Wildcats

The Chico State men’s cross-country team took first place for the Wildcats for the 14th year in a row at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

MORE ON THEORION.COM Read the full NCAA Championship Q&A with Gray Towne online.

Photo courtesy of Chico Wildcats

The Chico State women’s cross-country team won its eighth CCAA Championship in a row this year at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

CCAA STREAK CONTINUES

Chico State’s cross-country championship streaks stay alive; men’s wins 14th, women’s wins eighth Jason Spies Staff Writer

To say that the Chico State men’s and women’s cross-country teams own their sport would be an understatement. The Wildcats simply dominated the competition this year as both teams went 2-1 and captured yet another CCAA Championship. As magical as this season has been, both teams have only one thing on their minds: winning the NCAA West Regional Championships.

Men’s season recap:

The Wildcats have been lead by junior runner Will Reyes, who finished first in two of the three

regular season races and took first place at the CCAA Championships. Reyes finished third at the Stanford Invitational with heavy competition against the likes of Division I schools such as Stanford, Cal Poly Pomona and UC Davis.

Reyes has had plenty of help from his teammates, such as Falco DiGiallonardo and Steven Martinez. Three out of the four races this year have featured at least two Wildcat runners finishing in the top five, including the most recent competition when Reyes and Martinez finished first and second and led Chico State to its 14th consecutive CCAA Championship. The men’s team made CCAA history

as it set the record for the longest consecutive championship streak in the history of the conference for any sport.

“I feel blessed and am so happy to be a part of this team,” Martinez said. “This will be my first-ever NCAA race. I’m very excited.”

Cross-country head coach Gary Towne was awarded the CCAA Coach of the Year and has been the life force behind this CCAA Championship machine.

“I’m not surprised at how good this team is because I knew we had a great team going in,” Towne said. “I have been surprised with a few of the athletes that are performing better than I had thought they would.”

Coach of the Year wasn’t the only award given to the Wildcats team. Reyes won CCAA Runner of the Year and CCAA Newcomer of the Year. Chico State also had six runners earn All-CCAA honors.

The NCAA Cross-Country Regional Finals start Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Ash Creek Preserve hosted by Western Oregon University.

The Wildcats won this event last year finishing 14th in the NCAA Championships.

“We want to bring an NCAA Championship to Chico. We are excited but focused on getting it done,” Martinez said.

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MATT HURLOW Men’s Soccer

MATT HURLOW Sport: Soccer Class: Senior

Matt Hurlow scored his final goal as a Chico State Wildcat over the weekend as the men’s soccer season ended in a tie with the San Francisco Gators 1-1. Hurlow was the second top scorer for the Wildcats and had four goals for the season.

Hurlow played four seasons for the Wildcats and is one of five seniors that will not be returning next season following graduation in the spring.

The Chico State men’s soccer team ended its season with a 7-6-4 overall record.

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(WOMEN’S SOCCER) The Chico State women’s soccer team scored six goals over the weekend as it secured a seed in the CCAA playoffs beginning on Nov. 6. The Wildcats will look to the dual-threat of Pooja Patel and Lindsay Dias to score goals as playoffs begin this Friday.

First-year goalkeeper Andrew Matthews makes a jumping save against the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Men’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer

Women’s Volleyball

The Chico State men’s soccer team ended its final game of the season beating Cal State Monterey Bay 1-0, but tying with San Francisco State 1-1.

The ‘Cats needed two wins to make CCAA playoffs, but missed the final spot with the tie against the Gators. The Chico State Wildcats ended their season with a 7-6-4 overall record and a 5-4-3 record in CCAA play. For a full season recap, make sure to pick up the next issue of The Orion for a comprehensive season recap.

The Chico State women’s soccer team secured a second-place overall finish in the CCAA conference playoff bracket winning both of its regular season games at home over the weekend.

The Wildcats opened the weekend with a 3-1 victory against Cal State Monterey Bay followed by a 3-0 win over the San Francisco State Gators. The Wildcats were able to secure a firstround bye and will open post-season play against the winner of the Cal State Stanislaus versus Cal State LA game this Friday.

The Chico State women’s volleyball team lost its third game in a row as it was swept

by Cal State San Marcos in three sets on Saturday. The Wildcats played hard despite the sweep, losing by a margin of six points in the final set.

After losing its third in a row, the Chico State women’s volleyball team looks to get back to its winning ways against Cal State San Bernardino with only five regular season games left to play before CCAA playoffs.

The ‘Cats’ playoff fate rests in their own hands after one of the hottest starts in program history.

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(MEN’S SOCCER) First-year goalkeeper Andrew Matthews made four saves in the ‘Cats’ final game of the season as they missed CCAA playoffs tying 1-1- against the San Francisco State Gators.

Matthews had a stellar year making 47 saves and earning two shutouts as a first-year player.

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‘CATS IN ACTION

After losing in a three set sweep to California State University San Marcos on Oct. 30, the Chico State women’s volleyball team has lost three games in a row and are now tied for sixth overall in the CCAA with playoffs approaching.

Only the top-eight teams make playoffs with five games left to play.

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(WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL) Sophomore outside hitter Olivia Mediano has racked up an amazing 321 kills for the season. While Mediano is currently third overall for kills in the CCAA conference, Mediano will need to make some big plays as the ‘Cats fight for a playoff spot.

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Pooja Patel, sophomore forward, scored three points for the Wildcats between their games against San Francisco State and Cal State San Bernardino.

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The Chico State women’s soccer team defeated the San Francisco State Gators 3-0 in its final game of the regular season.

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Brooke Bowen, senior guard and forward, looks to take a leadership role this season as the only senior on the women’s team.

Wildcats head into battle with Division I opponents vision II team and they want to play against a team that has some size and athleticism,” Staff Writer Clink said. “Both teams are looking at a game There’s a certain gravitas most Division II like this as a measuring board. It will be great teams bear whenever taking on an opponent for us to see where we are at and what things from the NCAA’s premier division. These we really need to focus on in the week leadare the big name schools with athletic de- ing up to our opening game against Montana partments funded by millions of dollars and State Billings.” regular appearances on national television.

The Arizona Wildcats’ median roster The giants of Division I use these exhibition height is 6’5”; the Chico State Wildcats have a games as a low-stress litmus test; Division II median roster height of 6’4.5”. schools gain invaluable Arizona has a slight experience and often a sizedge in the front court Part of an exhibition able check as a pat-on-thewith two seven-footers, game is to use it as back “thanks for playing” Kaleb Tarczewski and a dress rehearsal for reward.

Dusan Ristic, but Chiwhen the real season However, when Chico co State counters with gets under way.

State’s men’s and women’s Tanner Giddings and basketball teams travel Christopher MagalotGreg Clink, men’s basketball to Tucson, Arizona, and ti, both listed at 6’10”. head coach Reno, Nevada this weekEven though it is just end, the Division I oppoan exhibition game, nents won’t be in for a glorified practice. Both Clink and his staff are preparing to give the Wildcat squads have faced off against some Division I Wildcats all they can handle. of the country’s best in recent years and will “We are focusing on our team at this point do so again this winter. The men’s side is com- so we go into the game prepared. Part of an ing off back-to-back playoff appearances; the exhibition game is to use it as a dress rehearswomen’s team returns seven letter-winners, al for what we will do and how we will travel along with three experienced transfers. when the real season gets under way,” Clink Aside from receiving undisclosed mon- said. “Part of that is teaching our team how etary guarantees for venturing to Tucson and we prepare for an opponent.”

Reno, the men’s and women’s teams are ready The ‘Cats visited Tucson in 2012, losing to start the season against the NCAA’s best.

98-60. Chico State’s two seniors, Drew Kitch“It is not only a chance for us to compete ens and Magalotti, are the only players that against one of the best Division I teams in the played in the game against Arizona who recountry, but also a way to raise some money main from the 2012 group. for the program,” said Greg Clink, men’s bas“What I loved most about the last time that ketball head coach. we played Arizona is that we were not intimiThe men’s team will take a flight out of dated. We went in and competed hard and Sacramento to Phoenix, Arizona and stay two came away a better team for it,” Clink said. nights in Tucson for the Sunday, Nov. 8 exhi- “I anticipate it being the same approach this bition. The game will be broadcasted on the time, too.”

Pac-12 network for the 5 p.m. tipoff. Fans can Kitchens saw nine minutes of action also listen in on AM 1290 KPAY. against the Arizona Wildcats, making his way When asked about his own Wildcats taking onto the stat sheet with four points. on the University of Arizona Wildcats, who “It’s pretty cool to start the year out in Tucmade it to the Elite Eight of March Madness son the same way we did my freshman year,” before losing to the eventual national champi- he said. “As a team, we are all extremely exon, Wisconsin, last season, Clink was not one cited and fired up to go play them.” to downplay the task facing his team.

Magalotti echoed Kitchens’ sentiments in “One of the reasons they wanted to play us being fired up to take on the Division I Wildwas because of our size. We are big for a Di- cats again.

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Sports fans unite: It’s more than ‘just a game’ Nick Martinez-Esquibel

Staff Writer “It’s just a game,” my girlfriend told me.

Although it seemed inevitable, I was still visibly upset when the San Francisco Giants were eliminated from playoff contention this year, losing the game that sealed their

fate to the Los Angeles Dodgers at home in AT&T Park no less.

After turning off the TV, I began to think about what my girlfriend had said, because to me, it’s not just a game.

From the viewpoint of someone who doesn’t pay attention to sports, baseball is just a game. There are two teams, rules and whoever scores the most points wins— No different than your average game of “go fish.”

But what makes sports more than just a game? The fans.

Sports fans are unique to any other type of fans. When we watch our team on the field or on TV, it’s like a part of us is out there. We live and die by our team. It’s not “The team lost today,” it’s “We lost today.”

Sports make someone a part of something that is beyond just yelling at the TV or jumping up and down in the stands and cheering until their voice is completely gone. Sports

“We didn’t play much, but I remember how good Arizona was and how much more dominating they were,” he said. “We were the youngest on the team at the time so we were just glad to be apart of it.”

Magalotti expects a closer game for the second installment of Wildcats versus Wildcats.

“We have gotten bigger, stronger and more athletic as a team,” Magalotti said. “We can compete with anybody we play now.”

The women’s team will take on the University of Nevada, Reno for an exhibition game on Saturday, Nov. 7. The squad has battled with Division I teams in recent years, losing a shootout to Sacramento State 95-135 last season and falling 67-82 to the University of San Francisco in 2013.

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“We try to play a Division I school on the road in the beginning of every year to help ourselves prepare for our league season,” said Brian Fogel, women’s basketball head coach. “It’s a good way to gauge where we are as a team. It’s a real positive experience for us.”

Fogel said his team will receive money for playing against the University of Nevada, Reno, but the amount pales in comparison to what the men’s team will get. Like Clink, Fogel declined to reveal exactly how large the check written out to his program will be.

Nonetheless, Fogel stressed that money isn’t a factor.

“For us, it’s not a money decision at all. It’s more of a bonding situation for us to be able to go play in a nice arena. Everyone is going to play. I want everyone to experience the situation we’ll be in,” Fogel said.

Nick Reddy can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or @nickisreddy on Twitter.

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First-year McKena Barker goes for a layup against William Jessup University. The ’Cats are back in action on Saturday against the University of Nevada.

turn complete strangers into best friends— We high five on our way out of the stadium.

Sports turn bars full of people who have never met into a group of people all fighting for the same cause: to help their team win.

The beauty of sports is that anything is possible. They’re the best script no one can write. It could be the last game of the World Seires or the last seconds in the Super Bowl.

Fans of the teams playing will be holding their breaths on the edge of their seats, waiting to see what happens. The greatest writer in the world will never come close to reproducing the feelings in a book or movie that someone feels during a major sporting event.

Sports can bring people together in a time of need. It can bring hope to those who have absolutely nothing. It allows those to dream of greatness and a better life. Kevin Durant went from growing up in extreme poverty where his mom went to bed hungry so her two kids could eat to becoming the NBA

MVP. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up.

We sports fans can get a bad rap sometimes. Some cast us out as a bunch of meatheads who are belligerent drunks yelling at a bunch of grown men because they missed a shot. There’s no denying that there are some fans like that out there, but to most of us, sports are more than that.

If you were to ask me my top-10 memories in the 21 years I’ve lived on this earth, it’s safe to say at at least seven have to do with sports. Sports are just as much a part of me as the blood that runs through my veins.

Next time one of your friends or significant others is down after their team loses, let them pout. Although it might be just a game to you, it’s not just a game to us.

Nick Martinez-Esquibel can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or @thenickmartinez on Twitter.

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CCAA: Women’s team to take Regionals CCAA» continued from B1 Women’s season recap: The women’s team had just as much success as the men’s team, dominating the competition and winning two of its three regular season tournaments. The team finished second at the Stanford Invitational.

At the CCAA Championship race on Sunday, Oct. 25, the women’s team brought home its eighth-straight CCAA Championship. The biggest surprise was not that the Wildcats won, but rather, who won it for them. Junior runner McCall Habermehl finished in first place followed closely by teammate Sadie Gastelum. Habermehl was a long shot to finish in the top five, let alone win the race, but she showed what hard work and determination can get you.

“I’ve never had a race like that. I was always usually the seventh or eighth place runner and always on the bubble of making the championship roster, ” Habermehl said. “I really wanted to make sure I secured a spot to go.”

And secure a spot she did as her first place finish earned her CCAA Runner of the Year and a lot of admiration from her teammates. Gastelum who placed first at the San Francisco invitational couldn’t have been happier for McCall.

“Getting to run beside her for that last 200 meters was just crazy,” Gastelum said.

“Seeing McCall finish first and getting to watch how fast she ran was really inspiring.”

Looking ahead to the NCAA Regionals the team is excited but knows that now is not the

Sadie Gastelum has been a key contributor to the women’s cross-country team’s success. time to slack off. Last year’s team finished second in the

too amped up, but I’m definitely looking forward to it,”

NCAA Regionals and this season the Wildcats look to reclaim first. While the women’s team placed fifth at the NCAA Championship last year, this year’s roster hopes to get in the top four so it can be up on the podium. The Wildcats are ranked fifth in the nation and first in the West Region.

“We still have a lot of work to do so I’m trying not to get

Gastelum said about the upcoming NCAA Regionals.

The Wildcats hit the track Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. for the NCAA Cross-Country Regional Finals at Ash Creek Preserve hosted by Western Oregon University.

Jason Spies can be reached at sportseditor@theorion.com or @Jason_Spies on Twitter.

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Seeing McCall [Habermehl] finish first and getting to watch how fast she ran was really inspiring.

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Chico cemetery home to secret societies, notable figures Eva Gonzalez

Staff Writer Chico Cemetery holds a dark past in a picturesque scenery, with mass graves and iconic people who are infamous in Chico. this is an image Under the sunlight, the picturesque scenery in the Chico Cemetery may be inviting for many locals. However, when the night falls, the 34,000 bodies buried in the cemetery seem to come alive under the moonlight.

The cemetery has different areas throughout the 58 acres of land that has its own story.

One can easily overlook the mystery behind each gravestone.

Specific burial areas If one walks through a patchy section, they may not have noticed they walked on a “potter’s field.” Criminals, prostitutes and impoverished people are buried in the field under unmarked graves. It is a mass grave filled with hundreds of bodies that did not get a proper burial.

“There are about 150 people buried in that grassy section,” said Clark Masters, family service counselor.

Across from the “potter’s field,” there are three sections where families have buried their infants.

Some other sections in the cemetery include: • Catholic • Civil War • Japanese • Chinese • Secret societies “People find comfort with people who are similar to themselves,” Masters said. ”That is why there are sections.”

• The Freemasons, a philanthropic group of more than 60,000 individuals who embrace brotherhood.

• The Odd Fellows, a group that began in 18th-century England that emphasizes love, friendship and truth.

• The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a group created in 1922 that promotes girlhood.

Symbols “Tombstones can tell you more than just the date of your death,” Keister said.

Amidst the sections where each departed lies, each headstone is engraved and adorned with various designs that belong to secret societies. There are also symbols that portray hidden meanings.

“There are stories in stone,” Kiester said.

“There are different symbols and a lot of them were secret.”

At a time where phones, social networking sites and technology did not exist, people would gather in secret cults and societies as a form of socializing Some symbols embedded in the tombstones include:

• Roses, which represent women • A Pentagram, which can vary from a satanic cult to an ancient Christian symbol • A hand and a heart, which signifies charity and peace • Two columns, which portray husband and wife • Closed books, which signifies life • An open book, which signifies that the person’s life was still not completed • A morning glory flower, which represents resurrection • An inverted torch, which means life is over • A dove, which is a symbol of peace “Lamb on a grave is a child’s grave,” Keister said. “An inverted torch means that life is over, but continues burning in the afterlife.”

Notable people buried at the cemetery Not only is this cemetery the home of secret societies, but it is a permanent and peaceful home to infamous people, such as the founders of Chico. The prominent pioneer, John Bidwell, died of a heart attack while cutting a fallen tree on April 4, 1900. His wife, Annie Bidwell, died 18 years later on March 9, 1918.

She suffered a paralytic stroke and later died

from it.

The cemetery is also the permanent home to Carlton Bruce, the only Chico police officer to die in the line of duty. He was killed by a gunman inside Joe’s Tamale Parlor on Feb. 22, 1938. The killer later hung himself in his prison cell.

Another iconic figure buried in the cemetery is Dr. Newton Enloe, the founder of Enloe Medical Center. Enloe died of a heart attack in his own hospital on Dec. 21, 1954.

There are graves that date all the way back to June 1852. There are also unresolved mysteries. Chico Cemetery is the resting home of a mysterious, yet dazzling statue.

The Simpson statue was brought over from Italy in the 1900s. The cost of the statue at the time was $10,000.

“There is no maker’s mark on the Simpson Angel and there are no known relatives who come and visit the angel,” Keister said.

It is no hidden fact the Chico Cemetery is a mysterious, yet fascinating piece of Chico history.

“We have had paranormal researchers come into the cemetery, but this is not a spooky place. There are beautiful, wonderful things in the cemetery,” Masters said.

Eva Gonzalez can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@egonza13 on Twitter.

Secret societies Among these sections of the cemetery lie secret societies that have been buried together for hundreds of years, said Douglas Kiester, cemetery expert.

Some of these include: • The Improved Order of Red Men, a secret society in Chico that exists to promote charitable youth and education programs.

• The Knights of Templar, a Christian-oriented fraternal organization that has been around for more than 200 years.

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Q&A with a medium:

The mystery behind her haunted life Austin Herbaugh

Staff Writer The Orion sat down with Mary Kay Winterstein, a medium at Karma Psychic Boutique, to learn about the my s t e r y behind her haunted life.

Those looking to reconnect with lost loved ones can get more than what they bargain for at Karma Psychic Boutique, a place where mediums connect customers with spirits.

The Orion sat down with Mary Kay Winterstein, a medium at Karma Psychic Boutique, to learn about her uncommon gift.

Can you describe your practice and what you do on a regular basis?

I’m a psychic medium. A medium is someone who specifically com-

municates with people who have passed on. I am literally the medium between the spirit world and the physical world, so I do readings, sessions with people and connect them with their loved ones.

And that’s what mediumship is. Psychic ability is the ability to see what’s going on here and now and so I had to develop my psychic ability to become a medium.

Not every psychic is a medium but every medium is a psychic.

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When did you realize that you have a connection to the supernatural world?

I had a series of incidences between my 20s and 30s that made me curious. I was a decorator and I was doing a widow’s home. Her

husband’s spirit was so present within the home that I couldn’t deny the spirit world existed, so I decided to go study and learn how to speak their language.

Can you describe how you learned to speak “the language” and what studies you undertook?

I went to a school called Arthur Finley, which is a spiritualist college devoted to talking to the dead, to psychic sciences.

Psychic ability is within everybody, so when you learn to speak the language, whether it’s the dead people or the psychic language, it’s something like arts or sports or anything else you wanted to study and practice. You get better at it.

How long did it take you to develop your ability?

I spent about three years training.

What kind of work goes into the training?

You learn about meditation, you learn about chakras. You need to learn how your body is part of the psychic receiver. You need to learn about your aura and gut.

Your gut is your third chakra called your solar plexus.

Even science recognizes that as your second brain and that it is an intuitive-feeling organ. That’s something that spiritual traditions have been saying for centuries and now science is saying “Oh, maybe there’s something there.”

So the person just learns to access the information that’s already around them and their body may be sensing but they may not understand.

What do you believe is the purpose of your abilities?

I think is to take away the fear of death and dying to transform how we see that process.

What reading has had the most profound impact on your life?

There’s not really one, it’s the sense of each time I work with spirit, how OK they are and the love and energy they feel.

Even when my own brother died, I wanted to grieve, but he showed up right away, communicating with me. It’s hard to be sad when you know they’re right there. So that’s the impact it has on me, it’s how good they actually are.

Can you describe your connection and how you use it to help other people?

I help them with their fear and their

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End Stereotyping campaign: ‘We’re a culture, not a costume’ OWEN HANSEN

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Staff Writer Aries The temptation of Thanksgiving break may be leading you to skip out on some of your responsibilities. Remember, break is in a month and your midterms are next week. Unfortunately, you still have to keep up with your studies, but don’t worry, you’ll get that home-cooked meal from mom soon enough.

Taurus Your social life will excel this weekend.

It’ll be filled with friends, alcohol and regrettable actions. Remember to enjoy yourself and let loose. Get in contact with new people you’ve met and call any phone numbers you may have gotten. You never know where it may lead.

Gemini Fall is finally here. Despite the continuous 80 degree weather, now is a great time to start looking for cozy winter clothes. A new season is a great time to try out a new style. Whether it is with clothes or anything else, trying new things is always a great idea.

Cancer Lately you’ve been waking up to some crazy dreams. You may have been feeling a bit off balance. Something beyond your knowledge is clouding up your mind. Take this time to simplify your life and only surround yourself with positive encounters.

Leo Most of the time you are comfortable with sitting on the sidelines. You’re aware of important issues but rarely get involved. This week, submerge yourself in an issue that matters to you. Get involved and fight for something you believe in. It will push you to become passionate about more things.

Virgo Money and creativity go hand-in-hand for you this week. Your lack of funds has inspired you to think outside the box to try new things. I’m not talking about becoming a stripper, though for you skilled and athletic people, it may be an option.

Libra This week, avoid getting into long-term deals or commitments. Your judgement may be clouded by outside factors, causing you to make rash decisions. Take a step back and think out all of your choices.

Scorpio You’ve been holding back feelings that will soon bubble over. This week, invest in a journal or vent to a friend. It is never good to keep things bottled up. Watch your words this week and try not to get into any arguments.

Sagittarius Time to stop being a couch potato and get active. Take in the last bits of nice weather and get outside. Once winter rolls around you’ll be mad you didn’t. Explore some new trails or go on a nice bike ride.

Capricorn You’re a smart cookie; it is time everyone knew it. This week, share your vast amount of knowledge with those around you. In class, don’t be afraid to answer the questions, or go ahead and tutor the cute person in your class.

Aquarius A diet of Cup Noodles and mac and cheese is never good for you. It may be easy to make, but your body is yelling at you to stop. The next time you go grocery shopping, visit the fruit and vegetable aisle. Instead of pizza rolls, have a salad.

Pisces This week is all about karma. The saying, “what goes around comes around,” will be true for you. Try to help people in need.

See an old lady crossing the street? Carry her bags for her. Find a lost puppy? Take it home. Your roommates may not be happy but you helped that little guy out. Plus, you just got a puppy. Everyone wins.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion started a campaign to bring awareness to offensive, misrepresenting costumes.

Since then, she’s tried to spread the word.

Copy Editor “I took it upon myself to try It’s common to walk by someto educate others,” she said. “I one on a holiday like Hallowdon’t necessarily identify with een or Cesar Chavez Day and the other communities, but see them dressed up as a culthat doesn’t mean I can’t stick tural figure or representing a up for them.” specific group of people. While The Office of Diversity and it offends some stuInclusion is also dodents, others aren’t ing its part to eduas aware. cate people with its Michel Valencia, End Stereotyping junior psychology campaign. major and Inclusion Michelle Morris, Coordinator for the faculty diversity ofCross Cultural Leadficer, said the camership Center, used paign can help raise MICHEL to be one of those awareness about VALENCIA people until she stereotypes, biases junior psychology stepped out on Ceand discrimination major sar Chavez day and against marginalsaw people walking ized groups. around in sombreros and pon“It’s making sure that memchos, wearing fake mustaches. bers of our campus community “What a lot of people don’t reand the larger Chico commualize is that it’s offensive to my nity really respect and value community,” she said. “That is individual identities,” she said. a stereotype that is being porIt can lead to honest convertrayed. That’s what, apparently, sations about diversity and inDominique Diaz

we look like and that’s not necessarily true.”

For this reason, she avoids going out on Halloween.

“I know myself well enough that if I do go out and I do see a costume that’s offensive to my culture, or any group of people, then I would say something,” Valencia said.

However, some people just aren’t aware, she said.

“It’s one of those things where if you just educate people and you tell them why it is not OK to wear a sombrero or to dress up as a geisha or as a Native American,” she said. “I would like to think that they would become more aware.”

Valencia wasn’t aware until someone else had told her.

Photo courtesy of The Office of Diversity and Inclusion

The campaign poster reinforces the notion that cultures are not costumes through examples of stereotypes.

clusion, Morris said.

“When we have more under- ent,” she said. “It’s easier to standing and respect for differ- note the differences.” ent points of view On Halloween, and different perit’s more obvious spectives and experibecause people are ences,” she said, “we dressing up in coshave a lot to gain.” tumes that are blaWhen conversatant stereotypes tions aren’t had, it made visible on the can lead to oppresoutside, Morris said. sion and internalTyrell Bell, juMICHELLE ized oppression, nior communication MORRIS where individuals studies major, is ofFaculty Diversity start to believe some fended when people Officer of those stereotypes think it’s cool to and limit their own dress up as a specific opportunities, Morris said. culture, he said.

That’s what stereotypes put on “I don’t think people should people. dress up as a culture,” Bell “As human beings, we’re said. “It’s just adding insult to more alike than we are differ- injury.”

People can only use the excuse that they don’t know for so long, he said.

“We’re in college,” Bell said.

“If someone tells you that it’s offensive or that it’s offending them, you should be able to respect that.”

The End Stereotyping campaign promotes that cultures are not costumes, and Bell agrees.

“There’s a culture behind that costume,” he said. “There is a very large amount of oppression that comes with making fun of that culture.”

Dominique Diaz can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

@dominiqueldiaz on Twitter.

THE O-FACE: BRINGING SEXUAL CONQUESTS HOME WHILE EVERYONE STARES

You finally bring someone back to your place and all of your roommates’ eyes are on you Emma Vidak-Benjamin

Sex Columnist If you’re living in Chico and going to school, odds are you live in a dorm, house or apartment with roommates. Most college students don’t live alone— that’s just the culture. Because most of us don’t live alone, taking people back to our home for sex can sometimes get us into situations with our roommates that are either really funny or really awkward.

If you’re lucky, you live with your best friends in a happy, comfortable living envi-

in on him when he was completely naked.

Naturally, we all giggled and were rather immature. But come on, it’s a little funny.

A big fear of having sex while my roomronment. This is my living situation, and mates are home is the possible noises they it makes bringing people back home a lot may hear. Sex can get a little loud someless uncomfortable. times, and it is not When my roommates exactly something we have guys spend the want our best friends Once one of my roommates night, me and my to listen in on. In the was hooking up with a boy friends never make and all of my friends walked back of your mind, it awkward and try to it’s hard not to conin on him when he was handle the situation stantly question completely naked. as maturely as poswhether or not you’re sible. being too loud. God But of course there are exceptions. forbid your roommates are on the other Once one of my roommates was hooking side of the wall terrified of the noises comup with a boy and all of my friends walked ing out of their best friend’s room.

Another possible issue of bringing people back home is the lack of secrecy and privacy once you step foot inside. It’s nearly impossible to hide a hookup from your roommates, and if you’re trying to cover something up, you better have damn good enter and exit plans. Unless you wait for everyone else to go to sleep, your roommates will most likely be there to see all your dirty laundry (literally and figuratively).

The upside of having sex while your roommates are home is they know you’re getting some. This seems to be especially exciting for boys who sometimes like to flaunt their overnight visitors. Whether girls like to admit it or not, they get just as big of a thrill seeing their roommates bring someone back home. Also, I think it’s fun to shock my friends when I walk through the door with a male visitor.

Hopefully you’re all lucky enough to have roommates that cheer you on in your sexual endeavors and make your home a safe place to get your freak on.

Emma Vidak-Benjamin can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com or

Megan Moran can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or

@gnarlyemma on Twitter.

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Professor shares stories of former social activism It was in Sacramento where Im- we had with the anti-Vietnam prohoff found his social activism start, testing.” he said. He also met his future wife, It was just a few years later that who would later become a compan- the Imhoffs were splattering blood ion in his endeavors. After graduat- on the Pentagon. After an arrest ing from Sacramenby Pentagon police to State, Imhoff officers, the protesstarted working on tors found thema graduate degree selves in front of a in philosophy at federal judge, Imhoff SUNY Buffalo in said. Their punishupstate New York. ment was 100 hours In 1982, the Imof community serhoffs headed to vice apiece and six New York City for months of probation. a rally that would Before the protesbe the climax of tors were released, the Nuclear Freeze they were asked to Movement. Roughsign a paper stating ly 1 million people they would not break marched to Central the law during this TOM Park, unified under probation period. The IMHOFF Philosophy professor the idea that the protestors refused to nuclear competisign but were eventution had to stop. The rally was the ally let go regardless. largest in US history.

It didn’t take long before Imhoff “It was quite exhilarating got involved in activism again. marching with that many peo“We decided to get arrested ple,” Imhoff said. “It felt again,” Imhoff said. to me that the Nuclear Sacramento Mather Freeze Movement Airport was the had the kind of Mather Air Force energy that Base at the

Nathan Graves

Staff Writer “We walked up, and four of us threw blood on the pillars of the Pentagon,” said Tom Imhoff, philosophy professor. “Then we went and sat in front of the doors and got arrested.”

It was the mid-1980s and a small band of peace activists was taking action on a critical issue. Among them was Imhoff, now a professor in Chico State’s philosophy department.

Imhoff and his wife were members of a group who were taking part in annual protests on the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. They poured blood on a missile exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum and performed “die ins” at the Pentagon where they sounded a fake air raid siren and played dead on the ground as victims of a ghost nuclear bombing.

“I think that was the beginning of our FBI files,” Imhoff said.

The group finished the anniversary by symbolically pouring blood on the Pentagon’s pillars, representing the innocent blood that might be shed.

This was not Imhoff ’s first time involved with peace activism, and it would not be his last.

Imhoff then went to Sacramento State to pursue a degree in philosophy.

time. It housed B-52 bombers that were suspected of carrying nuclear bombs. On four occasions, the Imhoffs and a group of fellow activists blockaded the entrance to the base. Imhoff and his wife were each arrested two of these times.

Imhoff went on to earn a doctorate degree in philosophy at Stanford University. It was strenuous, but a wonderful experience, he said.

Imhoff eventually came to Chico State to teach philosophy. Imhoff said his background with civil disobedience and social activism has made him a better teacher.

“I don’t have any illusions that my or my wife’s behavior in civil disobedience had any impact on the policy makers, but it did get people talking,” he said. “And that’s really what civil disobedience is supposed to do. It’s supposed to get people to pay attention.”

Imhoff imagines he might get back into the social activism game once he retires. A main issue he wants to fight for now is global warming.

“Being an activist, that’s what it’s all about,” Imhoff said. “Thinking that the world can be different than the way it is and not accepting the status quo.”

Nathan Graves can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com or @theorion_news on Twitter.

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What’s my work? What’s my re-

when I would clean or vacuum or

lationship? What am I learning?

for some people, it may be riding

What do I want to build? But it’s

a bike or fishing or driving.

grief

and their sadness, stuff

heavy is gone.

that they’re carrying around for years— Maybe 40 years if they didn’t get to say goodbye to a loved one.

How do tarot cards work when you do readings?

really when a person starts dis-

esting time when science and

covering some of those soul les-

you’re receiving information en-

spirituality are intersecting and

sons that these human conditions

ergetically. Pay attention to your

I think it’s really up to the next

are giving them. It can be really

gut feelings. Pay attention to

generation, my kids’ generation,

helpful. A lot of times I tell peo-

your aura— When you walk into

your generation, to figure this

ple what they know inside, but

a room how you feel. It’s really

out and understand your selves at

they’re afraid to admit.

more about being in tune with

the quantum level and I think you

your body and what you’re feeling

guys could be very empowered by

over what you’re thinking.

understanding your own psychic

How can the average person find their psychic ability?

these

times

I think we’re at a really interwhen

Someone comes in and I want

There’s

I can take one symbol, [or] mes-

them to have questions or con-

sage. One thing that can come out

cerns or whatever they want

of my mouth in that session can

guidance on. They shuffle the

They can start paying atten-

stand the duality in the mind

erase 40 years of pain for some-

cards, then I lay them out and in-

tion to when they receive things.

between the left and right brain.

body and that’s what I see. They

terpret them for them. What we

They are naturally receiving mes-

The psychic ability lives in be-

leave here and something has

really look for is what their soul

sages when they are doing what is

tween the two hemispheres, it’s

shifted, a weight or something

lesson is.

called active meditations, so that

finding a neutral spot, that is a

can be walking. For me, it was

key component.

in my heart that was weighing

NEBULA

We

have

the

human

stuff:

Anything else you’d like to add?

And you really have to under-

ability.

Austin Herbaugh can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

@aherbaugh14 on Twitter.

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