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Staff Writer Hundreds of students, staff and faculty members gathered last night in the Harlen Adams Theatre for the 2015 Fall Convocation. This year’s convocation proved to be memorable as President Zingg made the unexpected announcement that PAUL he will be retiring ZINGG Chico State at the end of the president academic year. “Recently I have been considering an important decision, and this has been one for my health, my love for my family, and my deep commitment to the best interest of the university,” he said. President Zingg went into emergency bypass surgery earlier this year and returned from medical leave for the fall 2015 semester, as previously reported by The Orion. As he became choked up with emotion, he revealed his three key responsibilities to contribute to a successful transition in the upcoming months: • To ensure a smooth transition • To move the institutional agenda forward • To ensure that stability, certainty, continuity and strength are key components in moving the campus further The president’s announcement at the end of the convocation followed several speakers who addressed issues within the university and offered solutions. Deanna Jarquin, president of Associated Students, brought attention to food insecurity on campus and announced a plan for a food drive that will fill the Hungry Wildcat Food Pantry, a program that supplies food for Chico State students in need. Another hot topic discussed at the convocation was city spending. Ann Schwab, the program director for Community Action Volunteers in Education, explained how the City of Chico has improved its financial status since the 2008 nationwide recession. After the recession, the city was visited by state auditors who implemented a highrisk management program that monitors the city’s spending in hopes to revive its tattered financial status, she said. “They (the auditors) found that the city has strengthened its budget policies to address the fund deficits, reduced personnel costs by eliminating positions and re-negotiating employee concessions, consolidated operations to increase efficiency, increase fees for services to more closely align with costs,” Schwab said. “The City of Chico is taking reasonable steps to decrease the risk factor so no further audit is recommended.” In addition to food insecurity and city spending, the the importance of positive communication between staff, faculty and administration was addressed. Betsy Boyd, academic senate chair, described the senate as the bridge between the campus and administration and stressed the importance of a healthy relationship between the two. “When there is a mission and a purpose coupled with desire from the community, bridges can be rebuilt,” Boyd said. “The process of rebuilding bridges requires a tremendous amount of work, it is a process that necessitates collaboration. Rooted in good communication, containing primary elements such as consultation, honesty, transparency, respect and trust.” The convocation provided the university and community with a chance to create a discussion on campus issues and set expectations for the academic year. Following the announcement of his retirement, Zingg still stressed the importance of working together to improve the university and community. “We will continue to develop high-quality learning environments both inside and outside the classroom,” he said. “The heart of an institution’s academic worth is its academic quality.” Cheyanne Burens can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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Former student faces rape charges Martinez also faces charges for possession of over 600 images of child pornography. Managing Editor The sexual assaults occurred between February 2011 to May 2014 against two women, There are 33 counts alleged against the one of whom does not have any recollection of the assaults. former Chico State student, including Martinez is being charged charges for possession of child porfor 13 counts of sodomy of nography. an unconscious person, six Former Chico State student Dancounts of rape of an unconiel Deluna Martinez has been arscious person, seven counts of rested for sodomy, rape, digital digital penetration of an unpenetration, and oral copulation conscious person, three counts of unconscious persons, according of oral copulation of an unconto a press release from the Butte scious person, two counts of County District Attorney’s office. oral copulation by force, one Martinez was a criminal justice DANIEL count of sodomy by force and major who attended Chico State MARTINEZ one count possession of child from 2007 to 2014. He did not graduFormer Chico State pornography. ate. student under arrest All together there are 33 Martinez, 27, of Hamilton City, counts alleged against Marwas arrested at Butte County Jail tinez. Bail was requested at Aug. 13 after being previously charged with multiple counts of identity $2,015,000. Martinez could face life in prison. Followtheft, burglary and computer hacking. Madison Holmes

ing being identified as a suspect in unauthorized access of student accounts, search warrants were issued and served for Martinez’s computers. Found on Martinez’s computers were homemade videos depicting the defendant sexually assault the two female victims. The victims were often unconscious and the sexual assaults had been committed in Butte, Tehama, Glenn, Alameda and San Francisco counties. Butte County was given authority to prosecute the sex crimes which happened in their jurisdictions. “Martinez took advantage of women at their most vulnerable – unconscious and unable to defend themselves,” said Mike Ramsey, Butte County district attorney, in the press release. “He did not stop at violating them sexually. Instead, he recorded the assaults to keep as trophies.” Madison Holmes can be reached at managingeditor@theorion.com or

@madisonholmes95 on Twitter.

West Nile virus vexes Sarah Strausser

Staff Writer There have been 30 confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Butte county, the highest of any county in the state. Butte County has had an “epidemic level” of cases reported, according to Matt Ball, the district manager at the Butte County Public Health Department. There are now 57 confirmed cases of West Nile in California alone and more than half of these cases have been reported in Butte county. With Butte county having such a high volume of mosquitoes carrying West Nile, education on the subject can benefit the health of students and residents in the area.

What is West Nile virus?

West Nile virus is a disease commonly transmitted from mosquitoes to humans after a mosquito has bitten an infected bird. The virus was originally found in Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Asia and the Middle East. However, before 1999 the disease was not known in the Western Hemisphere. The virus has no medical cure, which forces those who are infected to wait it out until the virus ceases. Complications with symptoms can make West Nile virus more serious and in

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