The Orion - Spring 2012, Issue 9

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Track and field thrower Eric Wright is the only Chico State athlete that’s also a graduate student.

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Campus begins forums on fees After Chico State President Paul Zingg sent a campuswide email earlier this month on the school’s facility-use policy, informational meetings have been scheduled to address concerns.

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THE ORION • PAUL SMELTZER

BLITZ Members of the Chico State Blitz Build team huddle in Joplin, Mo. Chico State students and faculty took on a mission to rebuild homes that were destroyed by an EF5 tornado about a year earlier. Turn to B4 for the first part of three-part series on the project.

BUDGET CUTS

CSU puts hold on spring applicants Threat of $200 million midyear cut has CSU planning more cuts Kjerstin Wood ASST. NEWS EDITOR

Enrollment for spring 2013 is on hold throughout the California State University system because of the threat of an additional midyear $200 million budget cut.

If voters do not approve of a tax measure proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, enrollment, CalGrants and classes face further restrictions and cuts, according to the CSU website.

The proposal would raise the state’s sales tax, and levy additional taxes on higherincome earners to raise money for schools and balance the state’s budget, according to

the measure.

In a recent USC Dornsife/ Los Angeles Times poll, about 64 percent of voters approve of the initiative, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times on Monday.

If this measure is not approved by voters, the CSU system will face more layoffs, enrollment cuts and canceled classes, according to a press release on the CSU website.

Students currently enrolled may not be heavily impacted, said Miles Nevin, executive director of the California State Student Association. But students just graduating high school or transferring from community colleges will see the “door shut in their face.”

“It does make us feel very powerless,” Nevin said.

The CSU system has put a hold on all applications to universities for spring 2013, including Chico State, said

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There is no budget scenario so bad that we would not accept freshmen in the fall of 2013.

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Allan Bee, the Admissions Office director. Offers of admission for fall 2013 will be delayed until after a decision is made on the governor’s tax initiative, which will be on the November ballot.

“There is no budget scenario so bad that we would not accept freshmen in the fall of 2013,” Bee said. “This is inconceivable.”

Priority filing for admission to Chico State ends Nov. 30, so

the tax initiative will be decided before then.

Long Beach State already announced a restriction that state students can only enroll in 13 units next semester, Nevin said. That is just one example of how campuses might deal with the cuts.

California has seen some of the most drastic consequences in the nation because of budget cuts, said Stephanie Thara, a spokeswoman for the CSU Chancellor’s Office in an email interview.

“There is no other university system that has had to endure the level of reductions faced by the CSU while balancing the mission of providing both access and quality service to over 420,000 students,” Thara said.

If the state keeps “disinvesting” in higher education, up to 25,000 students could >> please see CSU | A5

Demonstrators shed light on rape culture held signs that read, “No more violence, no more silence,” and A SST. NE WS EDITOR “Be content, get consent.”

Last semester the event Shouts from porches echoed across the streets downtown drew in about 250 people, but while silent marchers contin- the weather this year probably limited the attendance, ued on through chilly winds. said Christian HuckaOnlookers volleyed bee, a second-semester a mixture of support GSEC intern and senior and degradation at double-majoring in Take Back the Night multicultural and demonstrators.

I just gender studies and A bouncer at Riley’s hope that sociology. nodded in support The internship and and told bar patrons people will event are ways of practo be respectful, while find their ticing the theories she others along the way voice and learns in the classtold the marchers to not keep room, she said. “go home.”

“This is huge for More than 150 peosecrets. me,” Huckabee said. ple silently marched “This is what I live through the streets of my life for. Just to Chico on March 15 for feel women coming Take Back the Night, a NICOLE RUFF together and supportbiannual event put on Chico State graduate ing each other is seeing by the Gender and Sexthe change we need to uality Equity Center.

The event protests a culture see in the world.”

Huckabee hopes to help conof silence around rape and sextinue spreading the word about ual assault.

While many people were the event, she said.

Nicole Ruff, the keynote heading into bars or already on their way home for spring speaker of the night and a 2006 break, women and men Chico State graduate with a shielded their candles from the health science degree, shared wind and walked in front of her personal stories of sexual assault and violence in honking cars.

GSEC interns held signs at an effort to help others break stoplights and crosswalks to their silence.

Ruff spoke about her struggle protect marchers, and people

In the wake of months of confusion surrounding Chico State’s facility-use fees, a forum was held Monday in Kendall Hall to educate campus facilities users and clear up questions.

Lorraine Hoffman, vice president for business and finance, presented to a full room of faculty and staff, taking a half hour to explain the evolution of the facility fees policy and using a second half hour to answer questions from the group. It was the first of three scheduled meetings to discuss the campus facility use policy.

The meetings, which were announced by Chico State President Paul Zingg in a campuswide email March 14, will continue through the semester.

The next meeting, 3 p.m. Monday in Kendall Hall Room 207/209, is open to the campus and Chico community, and an additional meeting will be held to address questions from stuMORE ON dents specifically at 3 p.m.

FACILITY April 11 in Bell Memorial FORUMS Union Room 210.

Concerns about facility Informational fees have risen not because meetings on of the fees themselves but the facility use because of the confusion sur- charges rounding them, Zingg said in an interview with The Orion Next forum: March 15. Misinformation 3 to 4 p.m. about the facility fees has Monday in Kendall Hall Room caused unnecessary anxiety.

207/209 Chico State was forced to implement facility-usage fees Student forum: in order to remain in com- 3 to 4 p.m. pliance with the California April 11 in Bell State University Chancel- Memorial Union lor’s Office 2007 Executive Room 210 Order 1000, which states that costs associated with facilities must be recovered, Zingg said.

The new policy mainly affects groups unaffiliated with the university, he said. These auxiliary groups will have to pay to use campus room space.

The purpose of facility fees is not to make money but to recover costs associated with providing space and facilities, Zingg said.

“The university, as a state entity, cannot >> please see FEES | A5

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School announces undergrad’s death Orion Staff

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VIGIL Students Zach Mustaine [left], Kelli Stanley [center] and Natalie Holmberg [right] light candles before they march downtown. with an emotionally and physically abusive partner and her personal decision to have an abortion.

Her journal entry from her very first Take Back the Night detailed the empowering atmosphere back in 2004, she was even wearing the shirt from that year’s event.

“I just hope that people will find their voice and not keep secrets,” Ruff said.

Current culture prevents a lot of people from speaking out and even drives many to feel guilty or not recognize that they have been assaulted, she said.

There are often false misconceptions about the event, said Nikki Allair, a senior multicultural and gender studies major and women’s program director for GSEC. The misconceptions are that men aren’t allowed >> please see NIGHT | A5

A 29-year-old senior English major died in Chico Wendesday, the university announced Monday.

Jessica Canafax enrolled at Chico State in fall 2005, took a leave of absence from fall 2010 to fall 2011 and was enrolled again this semester, according a statement released by the school.

The cause of Canafax’s death was not given.

“Jessi was an engaged student in my class, eager to learn about the publishing industry and to refine her skills,” said Casey Huff, publications editor of Public Affairs and Publications in the statement. Huff taught literary editing to Canafax in 2007.

Judith Rodby, an adviser in the English department, said Canafax was a sincere and caring person, according to the statement.

“She was a quiet student but worked hard on all her assignments,” Rodby said.

Canafax is survived by her father, husband, three brothers, a sister and four nephews, according to the statement. She was from Los Molinos.

Information on memorial services had not been released by press time Tuesday.

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Legislature to talk legal pot Bill, initiative aims to alleviate crackdowns Orion Staff

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With intentions to reduce drug-related violence, Guatemala’s president formally proposed that Central America legalize drugs by signing a regional security plan.

Central American leaders did not come to an agreement at their meeting Saturday.

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Medical marijuana advocates are turning their campaign efforts to state legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown to bring a state-regulated system for medical marijuana dispensaries.

Medical marijuana supporters needed 500,000 signatures to put the Medical Marijuana Regulation, Control and Taxation Act initiative on November’s general election ballot, but with the deadline nearing, they have decided to reconsider.

Campaign funds will instead go toward a public awareness media campaign for the act and Assembly Bill 2312, which was introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano from

San Francisco earlier this year. Both a 0.25 to 2 percent tax on medicinal pot transactions. contain similar language.

The assembly bill has The bill would create a been introduced to state bureau of medical marlegislators and will be ijuana enforcement to discussed in the comapprove or deny permits ing weeks, said Quintin for dispensaries and overThis is Mecke, a spokesman for see medical marijuana the next Ammiano. The bill authocultivation, transportation, evolution rizes local governments distribution and sales, said Dan Rush, national direc- on medical to enact reasonable zontor of the Medical Cannabis marijuana ing regulations and other restrictions to cultivation and Hemp Division of the in the and distribution based on United Food and Comstate of local needs. mercial Workers union.

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This will help solve The California Departthe gray area for law ment of Consumer Affairs enforcement, he said. would regulate it.

QUINTIN MECKE The bill would give law The bill would also manSpokesman for enforcement a clear date cities and counties Assemblyman Tom understanding and to permit one dispensary Ammiano decrease the crackdowns for every 50,000 residents on many businesses. unless local voters approve “This is the next evolution on ordinances to ban dispensaries, according to the bill. It would also medical marijuana in the state of allow local governments to impose California,” Mecke said.

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Last year, federal officials sent letters to California dispensaries demanding they shut down or face federal penalties.

This bill will bring more monitoring and make it safer for patients and owners who operate dispensaries, Rush said. The bill doesn’t create any new taxes, and the registration fees will fund the bureau.

There is overwhelming support from the people, Rush said. The biggest task is to have the governor sign the bill.

Regulation is the key for medical patients that need the marijuana, said Grant Keller, a sophomore liberal studies major.

“I’m pro,” Keller said. “My only wish is that society would be more accepting on medical marijuana.”

It’s a learning process, he said.

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Events examine women’s voices, lessons through remembrance Luke Minton STAFF WRITER

The killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has not been arrested. George Zimmerman claims to have shot Martin in self-defense, however, Martin’s family claims otherwise. Protests have been held to ask for justice. Martin’s “hoodie” has become a topic in the case.

While students may find the biking rule an annoyance that has been addressed at meetings and through complaints, it comes down to a matter of student and pedestrian safety, Davison said.

Michael Dorsey, a junior computer science major, agrees that safety is the main concern despite the fact that he rides his bike to school, he said.

“I don’t care that it is illegal, because it protects pedestrians,” Dorsey said.

Other students agree with the sentiment that student safety is the most important factor.

With students often not paying attention or texting, it is fair to make biking on campus illegal, said Alena Lawson, a junior business administration major.

Though she thinks it is fair, the price of the fine is too extreme, she said.

“It should be the same as a parking ticket,” Lawson said. “It’s like punishing a biker for not driving.”

Ideas of creating bike paths have been discussed, but the campus doesn’t have the space necessary to accommodate that solution, Davison said.

Ten events throughout the month of March were held to honor Women’s History Month at Chico State.

The topics of these events covered a range of subjects including women’s suffrage, women in the workforce and women helping women.

Women’s voices have been silenced throughout history, said Nikki Allair, a senior multicultural and gender studies major and coordinator for the women’s program of the Gender and Sexuality Equity Center.

“Women have not been included in history for a very, very long time,” Allair said.

Finding strength in other women and the strong connection that women share is something that should be celebrated, she said.

Students like Mathew Jordan, a freshman animal science major, appreciate the impact women have had throughout their lives.

“My mother and my sister have both taught me how to grow into who I have become,” Jordan said, “my sister on a more social aspect and my mother with more life lessons.”

While women’s progress in society should be celebrated, there is still a long way to go and that should be recognized, said Sarah Sullivan, a sophomore health science major. Every woman who has taken a step toward equality should be celebrated during this month.

Student participation in events during Women’s History Month is important around campus, especially in events like Take Back the Night, Allair said.

“Chico’s involvement can be expanded more, but I am glad that there is a space and that there is a community for women,” she said.

There are also Purple Thursdays in March, in which students are urged to wear purple every Thursday of the month, as stated on the “Purple Thursdays: Chico and Beyond” Facebook page.

The color purple has been used since the beginning of women’s suffrage in support of women’s efforts. It is also associated with the cause to stop violence against women and children, according to the Facebook page.

The Wildcat Store is promoting this event by discounting items related to women’s history by 20 percent through Saturday, according to the Chico State website.

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Students can be seen bucking the rules by bicycling on campus every day.

Last semester, however, only three tickets were issued to students riding bikes on campus, according to University Police. Warnings are given out more often, and each warning is logged. Last semester officers started taking down and logging students’ ID numbers so they know the students have already been warned if caught again.

The number of warnings given were not released.

Officers are always looking for students not following the rules, University Police officer Bryce Davison said. It’s an issue of safety, and bike citations are handled the same as any other vehicle code violation.

“It’s just as easy to ride to campus and walk the bike across,” Davison said.

Although University Police issues the citations, the tickets must be paid in court because they are considered vehicle code violations.

The ticket is $159 for the first offense and does not go up if further offenses are made, according to the traffic court. Although it is dealt with like any vehicle violation, it will not affect a student’s driver’s license or insurance.

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RACY Partygoers pose on West Fifth and Ivy streets on Cesar Chavez Day in 2010. The donning of traditional sombreros and ponchos on the holiday has been called insensitive in the past. Chico State President Paul Zingg hopes people will “be wise, be cool and be informed,” he said.

Police prepare for holiday ruckus a reason to party. That’s not what it’s about, and unfortunately, in years past, when we’ve STAFF WRITER asked people who’ve been arrested what the While some students look at Cesar Chavez holiday means to them, they have no knowlDay as a day to drink, many students and edge of why they’re partying.”

Zingg will be attending various community community members see it differently.

This will be the 12th year Chico State will events to promote awareness and celebrate be taking the day to remember Chavez’s Chavez, he said.

“I expect to attend most of those events work and life, Chico State President Paul from the morning through the events at the Zingg said.

City Plaza and some of the events “What has happened is that, at least that are going to take place on camon this campus, it’s moved into a day pus and probably do some kind of not so much celebrating Cesar Chavez service, connect to the ’Cats in the as honoring and respecting his life Community effort as I did last year,” of service,” he said. “And of course that’s more than the migrant workWe want Zingg said. “We had a great turnout ers. It’s really a life of service, and it’s to educate last year, certainly several hundred, if not more.” become, for us, a service day.” the public Zingg hopes students take time FriCommunity service has taken place that it’s day to remember who Chavez was on the holiday for about six years but even more so in the last three or four, not just a and realize his accomplishments for he said. reason to many migrant workers, he said.

“My message doesn’t say ‘don’t An increased police presence is party. have a party,’ but the implication expected in anticipation of an increase is honor the individual who we are of party-going in the south-campus remembering on this day and to do area, Chico police Lt. Jennifer Gonzaso appropriately,” Zingg said. “We’re les said. Alcoholic Beverage Control JENNIFER trying to emphasize more what we’d officers and correctional officers are GONZALES like folks to do as opposed to what expected to come in from surroundChico police we’d not like to see folks do.” ing counties, including Colusa, Glenn, lieutenant Part of the way the community and Butte counties. The number of plans to emphasize the positive is officers will vary each night.

Traditionally, Cesar Chavez Day has been through ’Cats in the Community, said Kevin a busier weekend than St. Patrick’s Day Schiff macher, a senior anthropology major because students are back from spring break, and vice president of philanthropy and community service for the Interfraternity Council. she said.

“The Greeks always party, but we want to “Hopefully, we want people to celebrate in a responsible manner,” Gonzales said. “We make it known that we work hard fi rst and want to educate the public that it’s not just then we party,” he said.

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Associated Students and Woodstock’s Pizza will hold three service events during the Cesar Chavez Day weekend, he said. Schiff macher mandated that at least 25 percent of members from each fraternity assist in all three events.

The IFC is looking to put together at least 1,500 community service hours combined from all of the fraternities for the weekend.

The fi rst ’Cats in the Community event begins at 9 a.m. Friday in Trinity Commons, Schiff macher said. Students and community members have the opportunity to serve the community by picking up trash, helping with a canned food drive and washing fi re trucks at the fi re station.

Saturday’s event is “Woodstock’s Community Clean-Up,” in which volunteers clean up Big Chico Creek from noon to 3 p.m. and enjoy free pizza and live music, he said. Sunday’s event is “Chico Walks for Autism” from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Lower Bidwell Park.

Most of all, students should try to remember to be respectful of the community, Zingg said.

“I hope that folks take time to learn something about Cesar Chavez, why it’s a state holiday and the kinds of values and the life that we recognize,” he said. “I just hope that folks will be wise, be cool and be informed.”

August Walsh can be reached at awalsh@theorion.com

RELATED CONTENT See B5 for more on ’Cats in the Community and turn to B8 for The Orion’s take on Cesar Chavez Day.

The Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve is sponsoring a series of spring hikes through June 1. The thematic hikes explore general, natural history of the BCCER, orienteering and bird song.

Those interested in the next scheduled hike should meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at the U.S. Highway 99 Park-nRide.

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news all week @ theorion.com RIDING HIGH Mounted oďŹƒcers patrol the southcampus area on St. Patrick’s Day in 2009. This year, ďŹ ve Chico State students were arrested on the holiday. All were arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.

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Thursday, 9:36 a.m.: Petty theft reported on the 1100 block of West Sacramento Avenue. “Says she just ďŹ lled her prescription for Klonopin.

Woke up this morning and 59 of her pills were gone. Suspects her husband. He is aware reporting party has called. She says he appears to be ďŹ ne, but she wants to go forth with the prosecution. She wants him to get some help.â€?

Thursday, 3:40 p.m.: Medical aid reported in the lobby of the Student Services Center. “Bicyclist injury, Student Services crossbar or Hazel Street crossing arm.�

Thursday, 8:23 p.m.: Elevator malfunction reported in Butte Hall. “Reporting party reporting custodian suffered minor injury to back — elevator fell from second floor to first floor, ‘jerking’ the subject. Elevator is now on first floor.�

Friday, 6:10 p.m.: Arson reported on Redeemers Loop. “Reporting party advising someone threw a Molotov cocktail at her back wall.

The neighbors told Reporting party reporting party that ‘Albert’ did it. advising someone threw Those neighbors are a Molotov Cocktail at her two children who back wall. are home alone. It hit the solid wall surrounding her FRIDAY, 6:10 P.M. house. Unknown Chico police records where the suspect is.�

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Friday, 10:33 p.m.: Threats reported on the 1600 block of Neal Dow Avenue. “Reporting party calling for her daughter, who is at listed address. Reporting party states her daughter called her after she found a bag of shit on her front porch on ďŹ re. Fire extinguished.

Daughter believes that suspect is her cousin. Reporting party states ongoing issue with nephew, who is a ‘gangbanger.’�

Saturday, 12:22 a.m.: Assault and battery reported on the 1000 block of West Eighth Street. “Unknown female walked up to reporting party and started punching her.

Reporting party was there to pick up a friend at a party. Suspect is standing in front of the house at the party. Reporting party possibly knows who the suspect’s friends are.�

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Holiday crime par for course Chico police had officers assigned downtown, in the south-campus area and in the It was getting a little too rowdy downtown north-campus area who do not respond to the on St. Patrick’s Day when Peter Tyler, man- rest of the city unless there’s an emergency, ager of Lucky’s Tattoo and Boutique, decided Chico police Lt. Jennifer Gonzales said.

There is a police team dedicated to downto shut down the shop about 5 p.m., said Daltown on the weekends, and that team is las Kiser, owner of the tattoo parlor.

A drunken man tried to force his way in as supplemented by extra officers on special events, Gonzales said.

Tyler was finishing up a tattoo, Kiser Mounted officers from both the said. The man was irate and yelling ST. PATRICK’S Chico Police Department and Califor Tyler to open up and give him a DAY ARRESTS fornia Highway Patrol rode horses free tattoo. through downtown at night and aided Tyler called Chico police, he said.

Chico State in several arrests. “You might as well call Super- Students: 5 Chico police arrested 51 people on man,� Kiser said.

St. Patrick’s Day, according to a Chico The drunken man charged the Butte College police press release. Five of the 51 front door of the business and Students: 5 people arrested were Chico State stubroke the door jamb. After waitdents, and all five were arrested on ing for police, Tyler closed the shop Other Stususpicion of being drunk in public. again. On the way out, Tyler double- dent: 1 The number of arrests is similar to checked to make sure the shop was Non-stuthose for 2011, when 49 arrests were locked up. dents: 40 made on the holiday, according to the As Tyler came into the main press release. lobby, the drunken man returned Police will have a harder time keepand kicked out the front window, Kiser said. Damages are estimated at $1,100 ing the peace on Cesar Chavez Day, said Matthew Hansen, a junior business administo $1,200.

When police arrived, the man was scream- tration major.

After completing the Shamrock Shue on ing at Tyler, Kiser said.

The man vandalized property and ter- St. Patrick’s Day, Hansen went to Madison Bear rorized employees, saying he was going to Garden for lunch, he said. “There were a few people who were drunk, break things if they didn’t give him a tattoo, he said. It’s another price of doing but it seemed like people were on the way to the bars,� he said. business downtown.

Hansen saw a few police cars, but not as Lucky’s Tattoo has also had problems with transients, and police have been slow to many as he has seen on other holidays, like respond for that as well, he said.

Halloween, he said.

Kiser is considering moving his business to a place where people won’t “use our front The Orion can be reached at doorway as a urinal,â€? he said. editorinchief@theorion.com Orion Sta

Friday, 8:18 a.m.: FMS reported at Butte Hall. “Reporting party advising subjects ignoring the police tape across elevator two and are using it.�

Friday, 3:06 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at Ayres Hall toward the park. “Subject came in to UPD for bike-light citation sign-off but didn’t have bike.

When advised he had to have his bike, he left north/eastbound through campus, yelling. Last seen heading through Children’s Park.�

Saturday, 7:59 a.m.: Assist other agency reported on West Second and Salem streets. “Made contact with subject on Second and Salem. Subject then moved along. Attempting to stop subject near 7-Eleven on Main Street. Wanted by Chico Police Department on a misdemeanor warrant. Described as a white male with brown hair, white flannel shirt, green backpack on blue BMX.�

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manufacturing major, attended at the event and that it only takes place with Weiland.

Participating in the march made “a once a year.

Reaching out to community members powerful statement” and was a way of while also centering in on campus is a showing that it isn’t hard to get involved, Berry said. balancing act, Allair said.

It was Kirishian’s first Candles flickered in the time attending Take Back windows of businesses like the Night, and as a resident Lucky’s Tattoo and Bouadviser, he hopes to help tique, and Allair handed get his residents and othcandles out to various estabers involved in the future, lishments so they could he said. show their support of Take One of the biggest probBack the Night. lems the event always faces The event is about is weather, and this time empowerment and breakwas no different, with occaing the culture of silence RELATED VIDEO sional raindrops and winds that surrounds society, Scan the QR code above frequently extinguishing Allair said. to watch the video story candles.

Men in attendance of Take Back the Night.

But that doesn’t prevent were there to show suppeople from showing up, port and compassion for women, said Eric Weiland, a junior reli- Allair said. The event has been held since gious studies major and member of Men 1975, and she has seen consistent support over the years she has participated.

Against Rape and Sexism.

People are realizing that there are “We want to see that they can walk no excuses and no tolerance for sexual the streets safe,” Weiland said.

Two other members of Men Against assault and violence, Ruff said.

Rape and Sexism, Nicholas Berry, a junior liberal studies major, and Jacob Kjerstin Wood can be reached at Kirishian, a sophomore sustainable kwood@theorion.com

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be denied access to the CSU system in fall 2013, she said.

“This is directly linked to the state’s budget support, or lack thereof,” Nevin said.

Advocacy programs and events, like the March for Higher Education, are working and will be continued, he said.

Cal Grant revisions proposed by the governor were denied by an assembly subcommittee earlier this month, and the committee cited student protests as a reason for the denial.

Cal Grant applicants may face higher GPA requirements if the tax measure is not approved, and ineligible students looking to replace that aid would put more pressure on the CSU system and State

University Grants, according the CSU release.

Dealing with budget cuts and uncertainties has been challenging for the Chico State Admissions Office, Bee said.

The staff works every day to explain “complicated and everchanging issues” to students, counselors and the community.

All of these restrictions and changes are still subject to further change, Bee said.

“Our goal is to help students enroll at Chico State,” he said.

The CSU “continues to be optimistic” about Sacramento legislators reinvesting in higher education sometime in the near future, Thara said.

Kjerstin Wood can be reached at kwood@theorion.com

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CHARGED Lorraine Hoffman [right], vice president for business and finance, after an informational facility-fee meeting Monday. The meeting was the first of three this semester that aim to answer questions from the community and campus. The new policy went into effect November 2011.

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gift or give away state property, especially to non-state organizations,” he said.

Zingg hopes the new facility fees policy will lead student groups to consolidate and meet in designated buildings so only a minimal number of buildings will have to be open during non-business hours, he said.

“The bottom line is we are supposed to be here for students, and access to facilities is part of that,” he said. “But on the other side of the coin, we’re not going to open a nine-story building if five people are going to use it.”

A goal of facility fees is to reduce the number of buildings that are kept airconditioned on campus and therefore reduce carbon emissions, Hoff man said at her presentation Monday. Student groups have agreed to meet in only four buildings on Sundays so fewer buildings will have to be air-conditioned during non-business hours.

The university’s goal is to restrict student Sunday meetings to O’Connell Technology Center, the first and third floors of Langdon Engineering

Center, Selvester’s Cafe-bythe-Creek Rooms 100 and 104 and the Bell Memorial Union, she said.

Student groups that usually meet after normal business hours, such as Friday nights and Saturdays, are also encouraged to change meetings to times when the buildings have to be air-conditioned anyway, Hoff man said.

Holding meetings in the same buildings at the same times could save energy by allowing times for the campus to be “powered off,” she said.

“It is not saving any money, and I’m not putting any money in my back pocket,” Hoffman said. “What we are trying to do is be smarter about using our facilities and that if we have to power up the building we put 10 events in the building rather than having 10 events in 10 different buildings.”

If the goal is to not heat and cool buildings during additional hours, auxiliary groups meeting during times the buildings are already air-conditioned should not have to pay additional fees, said Jeffrey Bell, chair

of the biological sciences department.

The Friends of the Chico State Herbarium, an auxiliary group, holds workshops on Saturdays in Holt Hall to prepare specimens that are then used by the university for classroom demonstrations, Bell said.

“The sole purpose of the Friends is to support the university,” Bell said. “Now they are being charged to use a university facility.”

Even if Holt Hall is already being air-conditioned for another class, the Friends of the Herbarium would still have to pay a fee, he said.

Friends of the Herbarium cannot meet in a different building because it has to meet at the Herbarium, and it cannot meet during normal business hours because of other jobs and obligations, he said.

Bell protested the campususe charges and has not heard back from the university about whether or not the fees will be waived for the Friends of the Herbarium, he said.

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Stay on your feet Fired up Sports inspire a passion like no other.

The games we love and the athletes we love to hate are laced through almost every relationship I know.

My parents met playing in a coed softball league.

My best friend from home is one of the best soccer players I know, even if an ACL tear ended her college career.

My ex-boyfriend plays soccer for Humboldt State, and it wasn’t his athletic build that drew me to the relationship.

Sports light a fire in people that you don’t get to see in others on an average day.

I don’t think I get more worked up about anything than when I am watching my favorite athlete — think Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant — in a dogfight to the final buzzer for nothing more than the game he loves.

I’ll pause for a moment to let the passionate cries of hate fill the minds of my readers.

And that’s just what they are, passionate.

The mind of an athlete is one of the most appealing things to a lot of people, including me.

I used to prod my Lumberjack ex-boyfriend to show some emotion almost on a daily basis. Off the field it was like pulling teeth.

When it came to soccer, however, the fire burned hotter than a summer wildfire in Southern California, and that was one of the key components to my feelings for him.

If you have ever played a sport, and I am guessing a large majority of this section’s readers have, then the time commitment and dedication to the game dominates every aspect of your life — especially your relationships.

In staff writer Andrew Delgado’s story on A7, Chico State athletes like seniors Britt Wright, an outfielder on the softball team, and Jay Flores, a guard on the men’s basketball team, talk about the attraction to other athletes because of the mutual respect and passion in their shared interest.

Sports will always be a dominant part of my life and will dominate my relationships as well.

The competition and drive behind sports have always been appealing to me.

Not many people have the dedication or respect for something the way that an athlete would give up anything for the game they love.

They put blood, sweat and tears into a game with a commitment that a lot of college students don’t even have the maturity to understand.

I am thankful to have found the relationships I have through the love of the game and cherish the opportunities to have a conversation with anyone with the shared interest.

It isn’t the hard bodies that attract me to athletes.

It’s the clarity in their minds and the passion they lead their lives with that defines the attraction to sports from people around the globe.

It’s the conversation that brings people from all walks of life into the same arena for the same cause.

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Eric ic Wright loves throwing, and you can see it in hiss eyes when he talks about competing peting for the Chico o State track and field field team.

Wright, right, a Chico State graduate student and Eureka native, attended ded Eureka High School, ol, but it was before then, in middle school, when n he became interested in track. ack.

He quickly discovered that running ing was not his thing, and he transitioned from running ing to throwing in high school. the ol. His favorite event is th he hammer mer throw, an event where a thrower ower launches a metal ball attached hed to a wire and handle.

Thee name of the event comes es from older events where an actual sledge hammer hammer was thrown. h “It’s just a different event, and it takes a lot more skill to do successfully,” Wright said, “and it is really a lot of fun.”

Wright decided to come to Chico for the school’s kinesiology program and found it to be a natural fit, said Kirk Freitas, track and field head coach.

“At the Stanford Invitational we started talking and convinced him that this is where he needed to be,” Freitas said.

Thomas Fahey, a professor of kinesiology and Wright’s mentor, met him on the track when he was practicing, and the two quickly bonded, Fahey said.

“Eric is truly exceptional,” Fahey said. “He is a true student of track and field.”

The relationship between Wright and Fahey has

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KICKING UP THE DIRT Senior outfielder Britt Wright makes a move for home plate in the Wildcats series against San Francisco State March 21.

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transformed from something of a professional student-teacher relationship to a friendship.

Wright and Freitas also have a strong relationship, as they work well together and often have conversations on and off the track, Wright said.

There is something about Wright that sets him apart from the rest, Freitas said.

“There are some athletes that when it’s time to perform at a high level, they do,” Freitas said. “He always finds a way to.”

Wright is the only athlete in the Chico State athletic program also attending the graduate program in the kinesiology program, as he was redshirted last season as a senior. He also

teaches classes in addition to the ones he attends and has his commitments to the track team as well.

The athlete owes all of his success to his friends and family who have given him unconditional support, Wright said.

The proudest moment in his track and field career came in 2010 when he won first place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in the hammer throw event.

After his time at Chico State is over, Wright would like to compete in the Olympic Games and try his hand at coaching at the collegiate level.

GO THE YARD Eric Wright, a thrower for the track and field team and Chico State graduate student, found his fit in the Wildcat family.

The Orion can be reached at editorinchief@theorion.com

Softball heats up, series delayed

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After beating San Francisco State three games to one, the Wildcats had only a day’s rest before traveling again to take on Cal State Monterey Bay in a battle at Seaside.

Two doubleheaders were to be played Friday and Saturday, but when the ’Cats arrived in Seaside they learned that only the Friday games would be played and the series doubleheader finale Saturday would be postponed due to imminent rain showers.

With only a day’s rest and five hours on the road, the team was fatigued and not quite in the right mindset going into the first game, senior outfielder Sam Quadt said.

The Otters jumped out to an early 1-0 lead and would keep attacking the ’Cats.

Senior Sam Baker was in the pitching circle for the ’Cats and recorded six strikeouts but gave up eight hits and three earned runs.

The Otters silenced the

“I got Michigan State and Florida State but they were both knocked out. It was something new and we plan to do for years to come.”

’Cats’ bats and were able to hold them to just three hits and keep them from crossing the plate in a 7-0 Wildcat loss.

“In a regular series we know that if we lose the first game we have three games to win the series,” Quadt said. “But not playing on Saturday we only had one just to split the series which gave us the motivation we needed.”

In the second and final game of the weekend, the ’Cats were finally able to display some offensive attack and freshman third baseman Emily McEnaney blasted a two-run homer to give the ’Cats a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

“I surprised myself big time,” McEnaney said. “I was just focused on getting the ball in play not really swinging for a homerun.”

The Otters would answer back in the third inning with two runs to cross the plate.

Senior first baseman Rachel Failla was able to go three for four at the plate, recording a double in the seventh inning that drove in a run.

The Otters wouldn’t back

down and charged back with a flurry of runs that would send the game into extra innings.

A scoreless eighth inning for both teams pushed the game into the ninth where freshman Marlee Rettig pitch ran for Failla and was able to score following an error.

The ’Cats would close the game and split the doubleheader. Now they wait for the announcement of when they must travel back to Seaside to finish the four-game series.

Now the ’Cats know how the other team plays and have more time to prepare for them, freshman shortstop Kelli Keefe said.

“We got a win at least, which will help us with confidence when we see them again,” she said.

The ’Cats will finish the series against the Otters at a time to be determined.

This weekend they’re on the road for the Mizuno Tournament of Champions held in Turlock.

Andrew Delgado can be reached at adelgado@theorion.com

“I am not that much into basketball.

Some guys on the team fill out brackets, but it wasn’t for me.”

“I Wanted North Carolina and had Missouri going pretty far, but they got knocked out.

My bracket is no bueno.”

Adrian Sherrod

Brian Fogel

Hector Cibrian

junior | track and field

head coach | women’s basketball

freshman | men’s soccer

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Bianca Lopez sof tball Outfielder Bianca Lopez brought the big guns to the battle against San Francisco State and batted .526 over last week to lead the Wildcats to a 3-1 series win against the Gators. The senior from Riverside went 10 for 19 and hit her first home run of the season.

For complete coverage of the ’Cats’ weekend, visit theorion.com/sports.

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ATHLETIC APPEAL Chico State studentathletes find that dating other athletes is easiest because of the mutual respect for each other’s schedules.

Chico State men’s soccer team junior James Stround and women’s golf team junior Alexandra Bush have found a balance between athletics and their relationship.

Tight schedules limit courtships among athletes Going out to bars and parties doesn’t fit with ASST. SPORTS EDITOR athletes’ schedules.

“Being an athlete, you meet Collegiate sports are a big commitment for players, leaving people through other athletes little to no room for off-the-field and get to know their friends,” Manlove said. activities.

The one available day per Traveling nearly every week and playing games on weekdays week he has to spend time make it difficult for athletes to with women is fine with him, have any life outside of sports, he said.

While some date let alone a love life.

The baseball team has friends of teammates, othgames on Fridays, Saturdays ers are attracted to their and Sundays and practice dur- fellow athletes.

Britt Wright, a senior softing the week, with one day off.

Senior catcher Ben Manlove ball outfielder, is currently has a social life but knows dating a member of the Wildsacrifices are made in order cat baseball team.

“I am more attracted to athto play, he said. At the same time, he knows the cards are letes because they know how to commit to in his favor. something,” “I am not Wright said. going to lie,” “They have he said. “I tell the same girls I play mindset as I baseball.”

I am more attracted to do and underManlove athletes because they stand my admitted to know how to commit to schedule.” using his something, Athletes position to aren’t often his advanas needy of tage, and he BRITT WRIGHT your time and banks on the softball don’t send attraction of constant text being a colmessages lege athlete, he said. There are plenty of asking what you’re doing right opportunities to meet people then, which is great, she said.

Wright plans to be a sports in Chico, and living the single life and not being tied down broadcaster after college and knows that dating an athlete were things Manlove wanted.

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is better because of common interest and because sports will always be a part of her life, she said.

Traveling adds more trouble for athletes and the dating world.

Last week, the softball team was away from Chico for five days and got back in town Saturday night about 11:30 p.m., which left just enough time to sleep. Going out isn’t a top priority.

For Jay Flores, men’s basketball senior guard, a night in with his girlfriend does

the trick, he said.

Flores’ girlfriend is a former Wildcat women’s basketball player, and Flores enjoyed the opportunity to travel together, as their teams were often headed to the same schools for games.

“Dating an athlete is easier,” Flores said, “because there is a mutual respect of what each other goes through and the time they have to commit.”

Andrew Delgado can be reached at adelgado@theorion.com

STAFF COMMENTARY

(SOFTBALL) The number of errors committed by the Chico State softball team, which contributed to the 7-0 loss in Friday’s first game of a doubleheader against Cal State Monterey Bay. The Wildcats continued on to split the two games against the Otters.

6 (TRACK AND FIELD) The number of first-place finishes the men’s track and field team recorded in Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational at University Stadium. The Wildcats head to Sacramento Saturday for the American River Invitational.

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Location brings some fans closer, strands others Sarah Goad STAFF WRITER

(BASEBALL)

The number of away games the baseball team has ahead as it begins its road trip this weekend to Southern California to take on Cal State L.A. The Wildcats’ first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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As a sports fan there are many different reasons why your favorite professional team beat out the others for the No. 1 spot in your heart.

Family influence, star players, team success and, for most fans, location seem to play parts in the decision.

I am a lifetime California resident and a diehard fan of the New York Yankees.

Growing up in Northern California I couldn’t help but notice that San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics fans surrounded me.

I am constantly hammered with the question, “You aren’t from New York, so why are you a Yankees fan?”

The answer: I fell in love.

The men’s lacrosse team beat Claremont University Friday 9-6, bringing the ’Cats’ overall record to 5-2.

The team is back on the field Sunday as it travels to take on San Jose State.

There was no outside influence when it came to my choice.

I remember fl ipping through channels looking for something to help me further procrastinate on my homework when I stopped on a random baseball game that just happened to be an extra-inning duel between the Yanks and the Boston Red Sox. Not being much of a sports fan at the time, I found something that swept my mind away from the useless middle school drama.

Being a misplaced fan isn’t easy. It is much simpler to pick the team closest to you.

Being three hours away is much more practical than 3,000 miles away. Having fellow fanatics to share your passion keeps the season exciting.

I remember The Graduate Restaurant and

The roller hockey team will be holding a fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Mike’s Pizza to raise money for nationals in Salt Lake City.

source: The Orion FILE PHOTO • SAMANTHA YOUNGMAN

Bar exploding with Giants fans during the 2010 MLB playoffs while I, in my Yankee gear, stuck out like a bruise in a sea of black and orange.

I was the outsider.

Location is everything in sports. It’s the difference between being a part of the crowd or the lone wolf.

Sports bring people together, but for a misplaced fan, the love of your team can leave you standing alone.

What it all comes down to is the moment when a sports fan decides to be a part of the hometown spirit or ignore where they are and choose to let passion decide.

Sarah Goad can be reached at sgoad@theorion.com

Women’s lacrosse senior Micaela Hayden is leading the Western Women’s Lacrosse League with an average of 5.89 goals per game and total points averaging 7.22. source: The Orion

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| A8 RAINED OUT Nettleton Stadium sits empty as rain clouds hover above. The Chico State baseball and softball teams have experienced delays in their schedules due to weather, causing stress for studentathletes.

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Waiting on weather weighs heavily on athletes Andrew Delgado A SST. SPORTS EDITOR

As April approaches, the showers that have become synonymous with the month have come early and plagued Wildcat athletics with postponed games.

The greater Northern California area has experienced rain for most of the past few weeks and will have even more in the near forecast. While some might praise the rain, the ’Cats, who are in midseason, are having games moved to later dates.

The softball team was scheduled to play a four-game series on the road against San Francisco State March 16-17, but heavy rain pushed back the

series to March 20-21.

The ’Cats got a day off before traveling again to play a four-game series against Cal State Monterey Bay. The team was told Friday that Saturday’s doubleheader would be postponed because of imminent rainstorms.

Players have to push through the toll of changing schedules and be ready to play, but sometimes they need rest to prepare for the next opponent or shake off a loss, said Britt Wright, a senior softball outfielder.

“We don’t get to sleep in our own beds, and the pitchers don’t get to rest their arms,” she said. “It’s frustrating to expect to play four games and only play two.”

Saturday’s postponed games will

be played at a later date, and the ’Cats will have to travel the 4 1/2 hours back to Cal State Monterey Bay to finish up the series.

Rachel Failla, the senior softball first baseman who recorded three hits in Friday’s second-game victory, finds it frustrating, especially with her schoolwork and having to ask professors for extra time on assignments, she said.

“Having to travel back and miss more classwork just brings unwanted stress,” she said.

The baseball team also had its scheduled games pushed back by Mother Nature.

The team’s weekend series finale against Cal State East Bay was postponed from Sunday to Monday

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Freshman pitcher Luke Barker and the ’Cats were able to play Saturday by moving the scheduled games an hour earlier.

“No baseball player likes the rain,” Barker said.

The players have a normal routine they go through during the week, and things get shuffled around because of the change of game dates, which adds stress.

“All season Coach has told us we have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable,” Barker said, “and with the rain, it is a perfect situation to enact that.”

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Jen Moreno ARTS EDITOR

Bridging a Jeneration Nicole Walker STAFF WRITER

What is a nightmare for some is a reality for others, as they stand completely nude in front of a class of students — by choice.

The thought of posing naked is terrifying to some but brings an understanding of the human form to those studying art.

The mortifying aspect is nonexistent when it is art, and the live model poses as the students break down the body into axis, lines and proportions, said Emily Stickney, a sophomore nursing major who recently began modeling for the figure-drawing classes.

Stickney was nervous before the experience, yet she walked onto the stage in a black robe and stood in front of a room full of beginning art students with confidence and poise, she said.

“When I fi rst took off my robe it was strange to recognize that your exposure was intentional and to not fl ip out about it,” Stickney said. “After a couple of minutes it fades, because you’ve already been completely seen. You can’t take it back, so the best you can do is move forward in comfort and confidence.”

To Stickney, the modeling shows the simplicity of life and how the human body looks when it is artistically perceived by students, she said.

“I don’t feel that I can attach a sense of privacy when my body isn’t really there to be judged or compared but is there to be better understood,” she said.

Students fi nd it helpful to use a live model without clothing to capture the body’s form, because clothing can hide a lot, said Heather Larson, a senior art major.

Larson begins the process with composition as she layers her chalk to build the form, erases to capture lightened areas and steps back to view it from afar, all while rarely taking her eyes off the model.

The average time for the model to hold the poses is anywhere from 20 seconds to one hour, but breaks are taken as necessary, art instructor Jerome Pouwels said. Each model has different tolerances, and the pose dynamics also make a difference.

The models are allowed to move when they feel numbness or discomfort setting in, but if they can’t effectively hold a pose, they are unsuited for the work, Pouwels said. The department has let models go that were too conversational, shifted too much or had offensive tattoos.

Models are told not to talk with students, and students are not supposed to talk with the models, Pouwels said.

This is to maintain a level of professionalism that the department insists upon.

The learning process behind figure-drawing is the idea that the figure in art is as old as ancient times and is used to connect with the viewer in a way that nothing else can, he said.

Showing a fi nal piece to

a model can make the artist nervous, because the way people view their own bodies and the way artists view them can be different, Larson said, but it is still a learning process.

However, Stickney fi nds it fascinating to see what other people focus on, how they choose to crop their work and the different styles they all have, she said.

“We don’t look at it as a naked model,” Larson said. “We look at it as art.”

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STRIKE A POSE Model Emily Stickney, a sophomore nursing major, recently began posing nude for classes such as Intermediate and Advanced Figure Drawing.

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Modern day Pictionary Picasso must be turning in his grave right now.

By now I’m sure that you’ve caught wind of the latest craze and that everyone with a smartphone, either iOS or Android, will have downloaded and become completely consumed with the latest application.

It’s called Draw Something, and yes, I’m sure you’ve heard of it.

For those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s a mobile app in which you play against friends or random opponents, and each of you takes a turn in choosing a word, drawing it out and then watching your partner try to guess what it is.

Both the drawing and the guessing are played back to your partner exactly as they were in real time, which is great if you like to see everyone’s thought processes as they draw, erase and then re-draw.

This is not so great if you have to spell out the word to remind yourself what you’re drawing. You may have erased the screen and started over, but your partner still saw it.

Most of the players on Draw Something can be divvied up into three simple categories.

Alphabet soup These players apparently missed the entire concept of the game, because they’ve resorted to words instead of drawing anything. Some have mixed pictures with words, which I saw when “Tebowing” became a capital “T,” a picture of a bowtie and the letters “ing,” or when a friend started to draw out a scene from “Titanic” before giving up halfway and writing out the word.

Scribble away Is that a snake? A string of hair, perhaps? Oh, a birdhouse.

These players either haven’t realized they can choose between the widths of the lines they use or simply don’t care.

From the moment the chicken scratch appears on your screen you know there’s no way you’re ever going to guess correctly, so you’ve got no choice but to resort to a game of fill in the blanks or passing the guess, thus clearing your current streak.

It’s all in the details Unlike the people in the first two categories, these people have taken the game to another level.

While the word to be guessed may be something simple, these drawers have taken the time to set up a scene and include every detail, no matter how minuscule. Now you’re not just getting a sunken ship for Titanic but the iceberg along with the falling passengers, lifeboats and failing electricity.

Too graphic? That’s the point.

Some have even taken it a step further, and instead of using their fingers, they’re using a stylus. Every line is sharp and clean, and every color is craftfully selected to add shadows and depth. Drawings like these deserve more than just a week on the fridge. Some of the best drawings from Draw Something have been compiled and uploaded for both envy and inspiration and can be seen at www.bestofdrawsomething. com.

Now, back to the drawing board.

Jen Moreno can be reached at artseditor@theorion.com

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PREVIEW THE HILLS HAVE EYES Head For The Hills band members [left to right] Matt Loewen, Micheal Chappell, Joe Lessard and Adam Kinghorn are currently on their “String’s Ahead” tour.

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Before electronic enhancement of music made artists like Skrillex a household name, musicians used unaltered acoustic instruments to kick out the jams.

Head For The Hills is a string band from Colorado that blends traditional harmonies, original compositions and raw improvisation. Chico is one stop on the band’s Strings Ahead spring tour.

Head For The Hills has been chosen as the best bluegrass band in Colorado by the Westword Magazine Music Showcase two years in a row.

Formed in a tiny dorm at Colorado State University in 2003, the band has since developed critical acclaim and was described as “organic, precise, timeless and brand new” by the Missoula Independent.

But to call them just a string band would be an oversimplification.

Lasting appeal requires a rethinking of genres. There is artistic value rooted within tradition, but a band must be original to be truly refreshing.

The band has both traditional and new sounds, said Bob Backstrom, owner of Bustolini’s Deli and Coffee House.

“They’re kind of all over the place,” he said.

Head For The Hills is a musical amalgam of fiddle, guitar, mandolin, MORE ON stand-up bass HEAD FOR and harmoTHE HILLS nized vocals, with a result Where: that could be Origami called that Lounge of the modern acoustic When: genre.

8 p.m. Friday People might be interCost: $7 in advance ested for the $10 at door simple fact of variation, Chicoan John Nichols said. Experiencing live bluegrass music is, a relatively rare opportunity.

Though most Chico State students are more likely to recognize the electric vibes of Skrillex, bluegrass can offer a different kind of intensity.

Music is expression, said Nate Fawcette, a junior business administration major.

“The coolest part about it is its variety,” he said.

Local band Low Flying Birds will be opening for Head For The Hills.

Kevin Crittenden can be reached at kcrittenden@theorion.com

PULLING STRINGS [left to right] Joe Lessard on the fiddle, Micheal Chappell on the mandolin, Matt Loewen on bass and Adam Kinghorn on guitar make up the bluegrass band, Head For The Hills.

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Headache-inducing 3D-viewing no longer problematic Juan Mejia STAFF WRITER

I put my glasses on, held together by a paper-thin cardboard frame with one thin, plastic lens colored blue and the other red, and sat down to watch, of all things, a commercial.

I was about to watch TV in 3D for the fi rst time, waiting desperately for that special commercial I would watch and immediately become immersed in the third dimension. Boy, was I wrong.

The 30-second clip ended, and despite my best efforts to comprehend what the hell was going on or what the redblue objects on the screen had been, all my 10-year-old self got were crappy glasses and a headache.

The age of pseudo-3D, however, is gone, and the new age of three-dimensional entertainment aims to fi x the stigma that earlier technologies are

associated with.

But there are a few things to consider when looking to give 3D a chance.

College students are typically on a budget, and knowing you’re going All my to pay extra for 3D glasses 10-yearmeans you old self want to be got was sure the crappy movie is going to be glasses worth it. and a Doing a headache. little Webbased research is always a JUAN MEJIA Staff Writer good thing.

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If you’re more of the video game type, games combined with 3D technology are also available sans glasses. The Nintendo 3DS provides a glasses-free experience that makes for an immersive environment for a budgetconscious gamer. Games like “Mario Kart 7” and “Resident Evil: Revelations” make the 3D effect non-intrusive and adjustable to fit your personal preference without giving you a headache.

Some devices even allow you to create your own movies in 3D and share them with your friends.

If you haven’t given 3D media a chance yet, you should go for it. It is no longer the migraine-inducing, eye-crossing technology we knew and hated as children.

It has fi nally made a successful jump into the next phase of the consumer experience.

Juan Mejia can be reached at Jmejia@theorion.com

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Memories that will last longer than weekends Devan Homis STAFF WRITER

Scrapbooking has been around for decades, passing through the generations and preserving some of the most eventful days and nights of people’s lives. People maintain memories and friendships through the pictures and remember why and how they developed in the first place.

It might seem somewhat girly, yes, but if being male is the only reason you don’t want to do a scrapbook, I recommend getting a female friend to help. Because let’s be real: When we get fat and old, we’ll be thankful for the books full of memories and reminders of our youth and all the amazing days that have made us who we are.

It is important to always take lots of pictures of your life and keep building your scrapbook little by little.

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Date and caption the significance or relevance of the picture next to it or around it. This is in order to help you remember events and pictures more vividly.

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Repeat steps two and three for different pictures and/or events. Decorate the pages with construction paper, ticket stubs or other miscellaneous objects.

5. Repeat these steps until you decide

PICTURE PERFECT Take creative liberties and decorate your scrapbook any way you want with any items that will help you to relive the memory. The more effort you put into it now, the more you’ll remember later.

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BEGINNING TO HEAL Mike Borg, a senior construction management major, nails shingles on the roof of resident Kathy White’s home the first day of the build. The roof was torn off in a tornado.

Students travel to broken community to rebuild houses Paul Smeltzer A SST. FE ATURES EDITOR

JOPLIN, MO. — The neighborhood looked like a war zone, pockmarked with stripped trees.

Piles of rubble lie where houses once stood, surrounded by shoots of grass waking up for spring.

Chico State students in hardhats were shuttled down a street flanked by houses with splintered lumber, missing walls and exposed rebar.

The car was quiet except for the rush of wind on the ride to the fi rst construction site.

At the site, sunlight highlighted senior construction management major Janet Torres’ neon green T-shirt

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STARTING ANEW Chris Morris, computer science professor and Blitz Build worker, throws two spent caulking containers into a pile of debris near the site of Kathy White’s destroyed home.

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BUILDING ANTICIPATION Blitz Build participants wait at gate B6 at Sacramento International for their flight to Denver, eventually arriving in Missouri to begin rebuilding four tornado-wrecked homes.

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as she and her fellow stuThen the entire roof of her dents opened the doors of house was torn off. the minivans and stepped White remembers runonto the ground ning to her son’s where the home of storm vault from Kathy White used her house when she to be. saw it coming.

“It’s eye-open“It was so widely ing how we just swept I couldn’t see came in and there’s its tail,” she said. no houses around “I just saw a big, anymore,” Torres To see students black wall coming at work on Kathy said. my way.”

White’s home, Twenty hours She and her as well as photos earlier, 84 Chico of the Blitz Build granddaughters State students members on their survived by holdboarded buses off hours, scan ing one another in front of the the QR code on the concrete O’Connell Tech- above. floor of the storm nology Center cellar, even while to spend their crying. spring break in Joplin, Mo. “My 4-year-old grandTheir mission: to build four daughter said the most houses for victims of the sincere prayer I’ve ever May 22, 2011, tornado in just heard,” White said. seven days.

White will never forget When they arrived at the tornado, she said.

Sacramento International The tornado began at the Airport, the students smiled apex of a V-shaped path, and laughed together as they obliterating houses and went through baggage check trees, Shirah said. Everyand security. thing that was in its path But one man is in pieces, while houses wasn’t smiling. on the other side stand David Shirah, a professor intact. of construction management, The tornado killed 162 had an expression that stood people and destroyed out among those waiting more than 8,000 strucin line to have their tick- tures, according to an ets scanned. Like many in article in the Joplin Globe.

Joplin, he knows what it’s Though the chances of like to lose everything in a another tornado occurring natural disaster. while the Blitz Build workIn 1997, a flood took ers were there were slim, everything from him and they wanted to be ready. his family when 17 feet Chico State students and of water washed through staff circled around the his house. safety foreman to listen to “We essentially had the evacuation plan on the to start over with what fi rst morning of the build. we had on our backs,” If a tornado were to Shirah said. touch down, every stuIt now gets very personal dent was instructed to go every time he gets a chance to St. Paul’s United Methto help people who have odist Church, one-half been similarly affected by mile east of White’s home, natural disasters, he said.

Shirah said.

Students flooded the secuSeven tornadoes have rity line and then waited an occurred in the United hour outside gate B6 before States since the beginning flying to Denver and catch- of March, according to the ing a connecting flight to National Weather Service.

Kansas city. From there they With a week of stormy drove 150 miles to ground weather ahead, the goal zero in Tornado Alley — Jop- for students was to have lin, a city in the southwestern the houses watertight corner of Missouri. before the rain came.

When the students attived, The group is expecting 3 hammering already echoed to 8 inches of rain from the from neighbors’ houses storm, said Kyle Deller, a around the site of White’s senior construction manhome, and the smell of saw- agement major. dust blew in the wind.

“We gotta get all the Almost a year ago, the tor- roofi ng, doors and winnado touched down across dows done,” he said. the street from White’s house, she said.

Editor’s Note: The OriShe looked outside to on’s serialized coverage see power lines break- of the Joplin Build Blitz ing and tree branches story will continue over flying. Her windows blew the next two issues. out, throwing shards of glass around her and her Paul Smeltzer can be reached at two granddaughters. psmeltzer@theorion.com

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Service, please Chico State students spent their spring break in Tornado Alley building homes for others. That’s community service.

Paul Smeltzer, an Orion assistant editor, spent his break out in the wind and rain with Blitz Build workers to bring back their story.

That’s community service, too, but college students don’t often recognize it as such.

Since I was a secondgrader sitting in the pew of my local church, I’ve listened to countless sermons about the importance of serving others.

We’ve all been urged to get out into our community and serve our fellows.

We tell each other to pick up a ladle to serve soup to the needy or heft a hammer to build houses for the less fortunate.

At the very least, we’re told to give up some of our afternoon to tutor the very young or provide company for the very old.

None of this is inherently bad, of course.

Devoting some time to help others is a very noble thing to do. The problem comes when we start to make a distinction between formal community service and what we do at our jobs every day.

Everyone I know, from the custodians who sweep up the halls of our buildings to the professors who teach, provides an invaluable service to our community.

If the custodians didn’t do their jobs, the professors couldn’t do theirs. If the professors didn’t do their jobs, the custodians would have no cause for theirs.

Too often, each of us forgets to put our vocations into context, to realize they are avocations upon which others depend.

None of us lives or works in a bubble, but it’s difficult to account for the effect our work has on others — so often, we choose to ignore them in favor of plowing ahead with single-minded determination.

Formal community service does not excuse us from serving the public, and it doesn’t allow us to hang up our ladles at the end of the week and refocus on ourselves.

Programs like the Joplin Blitz Build and ’Cats in the Community are good reminders that we are each small parts of a much larger whole.

But the real test for each of us is whether or not we can keep serving each other when Cesar Chavez Day is over, sacrificing ourselves in petty, unsexy ways every day.

That is real community service.

It doesn’t have a catchy title, it doesn’t look great on a resume and it doesn’t come with photo opportunities.

But if you look closely, you can see it all around.

Ben Mullin can be reached at featureseditor@theorion.com

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Lexi Brister S E X CO L U M N I S T

Strip clubs: the naked truth There are few places on this planet that are as much fun as strip clubs.

They’re the ultimate fantasyland, abound with fun and beauty, and all you have to do to have a great time is follow a few simple rules.

For instance, guys’ night is a great time and place to unwind, but you can’t get too wild. Yes, these women are there to please you, but they aren’t actually toys for you to play with as you see fit.

Now I’m not saying treat the strippers like you’d treat your mom, but there is a lot to be said for being respectful.

If you’re good to the women, they’ll be good to you.

If any man in the group does get out of hand, it’s important to become instantly unassociated with him.

Trust me when I say that nothing convinces you not to ever harass strippers quite like watching your best friend get hauled out of a club by two very large, tattooed bouncers with a firm grip under each of his armpits.

In case you haven’t yet figured out how exactly you should be treating strippers, it isn’t complicated.

Exotic dancers are women like any other with an alternative profession and should be spoken to as such.

Let them talk to you first.

They’ll usually ask if you want a dance and chat you up before letting you get into a booth for a dance.

This is when you speak to them with respect, as if they were a girl you wanted to take on a date.

Don’t comment on how hot they look, because they know.

And don’t act like they’re the cool girlfriend you never had, because it’s never going to happen.

Just smile and enjoy watching them dance without making creepy cat-calls. And if you get a lap-dance or a tabledance, I’d suggest sitting back and squeezing the seat.

Don’t be embarrassed or obnoxious if it becomes obvious that you’re aroused. They deal with it all the time, so just laugh it off.

You can touch yourself and make noises if you’re very aroused, but be careful because if your hands go anywhere near their bodies you will be asked to leave.

If you get too demonstrative, however, your behavior could distract the dancer from giving you a good show. Plus if you stay quiet they’ll usually try harder, which means a raunchier dance.

At some clubs you can give money directly to the women, but at the club in Chico, they aren’t allowed to take money straight from customers so you have to leave it on the stage or the booth.

If you’re tipping elsewhere it’s a good idea to just give them the money. Trying to get creative by putting it into their costume isn’t necessary. It’s his or her job to get creative, not yours.

There are two questions I always get asked when I say anything about strip clubs. The first is if my boyfriend and I go together and the second is how we handle it.

First of all, going to a strip club does not make you a pervert, and it doesn’t encourage anyone to cheat. Ladies, if you’re with the kind of man who would cheat, a club should be the least of your worries.

Going to a strip club when you’re in a relationship is like going to an expensive store with your parents when you’re young: You can look, but there will be consequences if you touch anything.

Think of strip clubs like recess: If you follow the rules of the playground, everyone will have a good time.

Lexi Brister can be reached at sexcolumnist@theorion.com

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Celebrating Cesar Chavez’s work with the STAFF WRITER community rather than alcohol shows the Chico State Wildcats are clawing back city that students are working to establish a against years of institutional prejudice positive reputation, said Kailee Schroeder, a sophomore health science major this Cesar Chavez Day. and vice president of philan’Cats in the Community is a cam- ’Cats will be thropy and community service pus wide volunteer day that’s meant on the prowl for the Panhellenic Council. to show Chico that students can do “It shows the community that other things than party, said Asso- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. we really want to change Chico’s ciated Students commissioner of Friday reputation,” she said. community affairs Jaypinderpal Registration The holiday has been recVirdee. ognized in the past as a day Virdee, a junior communication and breakfast of ignorance and discrimistudies major, is planning ’Cats in the will occur between 9 and nation, Schroeder said. In Community this year.

10 a.m. in TrinFebruary of this year, the PanThe event grew from 60 volunteers ity Commons, hellenic executive committee in 2010 to 400 volunteers in 2011, and with commudecided that sorority members this year’s program is expected to nity service to are not allowed to wear somhave more. follow until breros or mustaches on Cesar “It shows how much we care about 2 p.m.

Chavez Day. the community,” Virdee said.

If members are seen on Virdee moved ’Cats in the Community to Cesar Chavez Day to give students a Facebook or in public wearing offensive community-oriented alternative to partying, clothing, they will be brought before a peer review board which can mete out several he said. punishments, the most severe of The Interfraternity Council and which is losing sorority memberthe Panhellenic Council are both on FOR MORE ship, said Cece LeMay, a junior board to help organize the campus’ ON CESAR fraternity and sorority chapters.

CHAVEZ DAY liberal studies major and philanthropy coordinator for Alpha Kevin Schiffmacher, a senior Gamma Delta. anthropology major and vice presi- See news dent of philanthropy and community story on A3 Last year, about fifty of Alpha service for the IFC, is excited for the and opinGamma Delta’s members particiion columns upcoming holiday, he said. pated in ’Cats in the Community, on B8.

“We are trying to show the rest of LeMay said. the community and the rest of Chico Cesar Chavez Day shows Chico State community that we like to State is more than a party school, work hard first and then play hard second,” Virdee said.

Schiffmacher said.

“We actually do care about our commu’Cats in the Community is important, nity,” he said. because the university gives students the day off to volunteer and celebrate the The Orion can be reached at meaning of serving others around them, editorinchief@theorion.com Cammi Carter

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IN THE BAG For the last three years, students have participated in ‘Cats in the Community, a campus wide community service day focused on doing away with Chico State’s party reputation.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Ben Sampson, Aspect Lifestyles founder and freshman business information systems major, carries his transition mountain bike on Mount Shasta in April 2011, a month after he started his T-shirt business.

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Campus Spotlight: Student-owned shirt company goes all-natural

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SANDBOX Michelle Gottberg, a senior liberal studies major, plays with Scarlette and Zya, both 5.

Ben Sampson, a freshman business information systems major, abandoned his aspiration of becoming a medical doctor the summer before he came to Chico State. He chose to instead continue building Aspect Lifestyles, a company he started in high school.

With more than 1,000 T-shirts sold so far, Sampson is looking to expand his company as he goes through college.

The Orion: How did Aspect Lifestyles start?

Sampson: The company was started in March of 2011 in my senior year of high school.

I was captain of the baseball team. I drew up the logo at 3 in the morning and I made one prototype shirt, and it took off.

The Orion: How fast did it spread?

Sampson: I had 50 orders within two days. I showed it to my teammates and they really liked it, and it spread from there. It spread from one team to another team to the whole high school to across town,

and hopefully it will spread to Southern California soon.

The Orion: What makes your T-shirts special?

Sampson: We’re going 100 percent organic right now, so basically our shirts are 70 percent bamboo and 30 percent organic cotton. They’ve got the tensile strength of graphite, so it just makes the shirt incredibly strong. It’s three times the strength of a cotton shirt, and it’s about two to three times as soft as a cotton shirt.

The Orion: Is it hard to manage a company and attend classes at the same time?

Sampson: My schedule right now is: I wake up at 7 in the morning and go to class until 3 some days. Then, from there it’s basically working with Delta Sigma Pi, the business fraternity. Then, from there it’s working with Aspect, the business side, for four hours, and then I work on project management stuff with SIFE. Then, the rest of the night is studying and go to the gym and pretty much sleep.

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Rebecca Mahan FOOD COLUMNIST

Nothing says home like the smell of mom’s cooking — unless you’re part of my family.

My mother, bless her heart, has never been much of a chef. This was evident when, in the process of remodeling the kitchen, she ordered an oven on eBay — a beautiful, antique oven from the 1920s that matched the old-fashioned decor perfectly — and had very little concern when it didn’t work.

As long as it looked nice, she didn’t see a problem.

It’s not as though she was planning to use it.

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THEN Aug. 30, 2006, Vol. 57, issue 2 “Free wireless connects campus” Back in the Dark Ages — or more specifically, prior to fall 2006 — the notion of unlimited wireless Internet all over campus was merely a glint in the eye of the information technology department.

When Chico State decided to stop charging students $6.99 per month for wireless access and started providing it for free in certain buildings, there was a mixed reaction.

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Students were grateful, but professors were worried that student access to wireless Internet inside classrooms could detract from the academic environment.

“Some professors would prefer not to have wireless Internet in their classrooms because of distractions,” said Scott Claverie, director of communications services.

These words were spoken before every student was hiding an iPhone, iPod or laptop under their desk.

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One look at all of the open laptops in the library on any given weekday is evidence that students are taking full advantage of the Internet.

With more than 15,000 students and a limited number of stationary computers available, it’s hard to even imagine what finals week would look like without Wi-Fi for all.

Availability of the Internet to every student has definitely been a positive thing, said Nathan

Methvin-Terry, who works for Chico State’s IT support services.

“The Internet opens up the world,” he said. “Any access to Internet is good for students.”

Whether the professors like it or not, free wireless Internet on campus is indeed here to stay.

Now, if only that kid sitting in front of you would get off Facebook so you could pay attention.

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Chavez’s true legacy fading The reason Chico State celebrates Cesar Chavez Day has been muddled by large sums of margaritas.

The day is to honor a man who was a leader and civil rights activist, but this honor has been lost.

Cesar Chavez Day has turned into a dress-up holiday and an excuse to party.

The Cesar Chavez Day attire is not only offensive but inaccurate. Chavez did not dress in a poncho or a sombrero and most certainly did not have a handlebar mustache.

Most students who participate

in the costumes and parties don’t realize what they are doing is wrong. There is a common mentality that says, “It’s just a joke and no one would take it seriously.”

But people do take it seriously because it is their history and culture that is being mocked.

Chavez’s birthday became a state holiday in 2000.

He co-founded the United Farm Workers of America and led strikes and protests for equality for all.

His work broke down barriers for not just those of Mexican

descent but for all races.

Students should learn more about why we honor this man before giving in to the binge drinking and offensive behavior.

If students are going to celebrate Chavez’s legacy, they had best do so from a place of understanding rather than ignorance.

If there is even a possibility of offending someone, it just shouldn’t be done.

Think twice and look in the mirror before endeavors this holiday weekend.

Chavez is celebrated among colleges up and down the state

but the celebration is blown up on Chico State’s campus for some reason. It is not celebrated in a way to honor Chavez but rather to get wasted.

People are going to party on a day off regardless of the reason for the holiday.

If you are not going to educate yourself on this honorable man at least show respect that he may not be your hero, but he is a hero to many others.

Just because you think it is innocent doesn’t make it acceptable.

Look at it from the perspective of those you are imitating.

Lucas Meek OPINION COLUMNIST

Students gorging on green beer and dressing up in green attire get a thumbs-up from the Chico community, while wearing a sombrero and sipping margaritas is deemed racist.

St. Patrick’s Day has passed, and Cesar Chavez Day is right around the corner. These March holidays get opposite receptions here in Chico. You can’t call one racist and ignore the “Kiss Me I’m Irish” attire.

The majority of those people aren’t even Irish.

In response to the misunderstood reception of MORE ON actions and inten- CESAR tions on Cesar CHAVEZ Chavez Day, two See related years ago Chico news story on State President A3 and features Paul Zingg sent a story on B5. memo to the student body and said, “The idea that Cesar Chavez Day should be regarded as a party day, to be compared, as some did, to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, is at the very least disrespectful to the legacy of Cesar Chavez.”

I don’t see the hate, and I disagree with the racism associated with Cesar Chavez Day. It’s a custom on St. Patrick’s Day to dress in as much green as possible to show Irish holiday cheer, yet on Cesar Chavez Day, wearing

Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America. These associations fought for Mexican-American union rights.

He was a great man, and I’m glad he has a holiday to be remembered by. I just don’t understand the outrage over our treatment of his legacy.

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Sure, the immense day of drinking isn’t the best way to honor a blue-collar hero, but it does get the word out. I’m sure some students didn’t know who Cesar Chavez was before coming to Chico State.

For those of you who still don’t know, Cesar Chavez was a Mexican-American farmworker and labor leader who co-founded the National Farm Workers

Editor’s note: Ben Hames is an international exchange student from London. Every week, he will voice his opinions about the differences he sees at Chico State.

A healthy outlook Health insurance is a difficult concept for me to grasp. Americans have to pay for health care — a huge amount, might I add.

A friend of mine recently damaged his knee and has to pay a huge sum of $60,000 to have it fixed.

I went to get a tooth removed, but I didn’t go through with it because I felt that the dentists were trying to rip me off.

It would have cost me $400 to have one wisdom tooth removed. In England, that same surgery would have cost me $90 at most. So, I could have all four of my wisdom teeth removed in England for the same price it would cost here and still have change to spare.

Health care in England is free.

I say free in the loosest of terms, as it does come out of taxes somewhat. The English pay income tax, which I don’t have to pay because I am an unemployed student. The amount you would pay for income tax depends on how much you earn.

But medical treatment is available on request, without question, and has nothing to do with your payments. Everyone receives the same basic level of treatment. It is possible to pay for private health care, which is normally at a higher standard, if you wish and, more importantly, have the funds.

So in Britain, unlike America, you have the choice to be able to pay for health care or not, and most importantly, health care is available for all.

This is why I do not see why “ObamaCare,” for instance, gets so much flak, as it is simply trying to provide more affordable and easily attainable health care for the American public.

Sombreros, mustaches acceptable on Chavez a sombrero or poncho is seen as racially insensitive.

Christopher Medellin, a junior business administration major, believes the dressing up is acceptable but only to an extent.

“It’s destroying a culture, a culture that is a smaller part of America as a whole,” Medellin said. “Poking fun at a group of people that are no different from anyone else is unacceptable.”

We know Irish people don’t dress like leprechauns, so it seems obvious that we also know Mexican-Americans don’t dress like old-time banditos.

Cesar Chavez Day is no different from any other themed party.

Many people in Chico are aware that Cesar Chavez Day is just another excuse to drink, which is a whole other issue, but the cultural portion of the day gets too much scrutiny.

Just because this dress-up party has a specific date doesn’t make it different from any given weekend.

Chico uses Cesar Chavez Day to do what it does best — be friendly and social. From toga parties to people dressing up as elves for Christmas, none of these dress-up days catch any flak, so I don’t see the issue with Cesar Chavez Day. Eric Brucia, a senior English major, doesn’t have a problem with dressing up because he’s not trying to be degrading, he said.

“It’s not about dressing up to show racist feelings,” he said.

“It’s about dressing up to party.

It’s a fine line to draw.”

Ben Hames O P I N I O N CO L UMN IS T

You Say Tomato Editor’s note: Every week, The Orion will feature two Chico State students’ opposing opinions about a given topic.

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The Orion: Why do you think the CSU system put this fee system in place?

Tevitz: Because the state budget is out of wack. To try and get more revenue and more money. Even though they say they are losing money all over the place they are trying to get money somehow, some way. I guess fee increases isn’t enough, but it should be.

Alfano: Probably to cover the cost. It THE ORION • CAMMI CARTER makes sense that they are wanting to cover DEBATE Joey Tevitz, [left] a senior business the costs of the facilities that are being used administration major, and Liz Alfano, [right] and everything. That part makes sense, but I a junior business administration major, think they may have generalized it a little bit discuss their opinions on facilities fees. too much, because every campus is unique and different.

The Orion: How do you think clubs can The Orion: Should student groups be charged a facilities fee plus an hourly thrive with the fees in place?

Tevitz: They could find different faciliutility cost?

Joey Tevitz: Utilities should always be ties to host these events, find people who running. They turn them off on certain days. aren’t so much interested in making a profit If the utilities aren’t on then they shouldn’t and more about helping the community. Also host events there, but if they have them on maybe associate themselves with an oncampus student club or get sponsored by an then I don’t see why not.

Liz Alfano: I can see the hourly utility on-campus student club. That way they pay cost. I can understand obviously, just cover- less of a fee.

Alfano: That’s something that I think the ing the bases. Because if the organization or group was not renting out the area then obvi- university itself needs to really look at as far ously they wouldn’t need the utilities on for as if they are wanting to keep clubs and difthat specific area. But I don’t think it’s nec- ferent organizations around. They need to be essary for them to also charge an actual aware of what they are charging them for.

The Orion: Do you think that this could facilities fee itself.

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affect education in any way?

Tevits: It might hurt someone else’s education because they feel that school is not worried about people’s education or the growth of everybody as a whole. They are more worried about profits opposed to knowledge, sharing and gaining.

Alfano: Not sure if it would necessarily affect education per se. It may affect the overall atmosphere maybe, with the culture and stuff, if there aren’t as many clubs to be a part of. A student is not going to have the same experience as they would have they had the option to be a part of a club or an organization.

The Orion: Can Chico State afford to let the community use its facilities for free?

Tevitz: I don’t know about afford to let them use it for free. I don’t see exactly how any other maintenance that is taken on it. I don’t see any reason why it would affect it at all besides hiring a few extra custodians that are probably on campus anyway, at some other location. Or even have the people who use the facilities clean it up themselves.

Alfano: I believe that they can. I definitely think that, looking from a business standpoint, that the university can’t thrive without the community, and the community can’t thrive without the university because of students.

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The Orion: Is it fair for the CSU system to charge non-student groups to use on-campus facilities?

Tevitz: Not student groups, depending on their affiliation. It depends on what they are here for.

Alfano: Yes. I think that it is, seeing as before you know it’s something that if they’re not paying into it, then I mean, if it’s an external user then I think that according to what the breakdown is I think that’s fair. Anything that is associated with the campus, anything on campus, should not have to pay.

The Orion: Should a student group have to serve an academic purpose to be able to use campus facilities for free?

Tevitz: Who decides what’s an academic purpose? Just because they want to do an Adventure Outing doesn’t mean it’s not an academic purpose. Depending on what their stipulation is anything could be construed as an academic purpose regardless of what it is.

Alfano: I don’t think so. Just looking at GSEC. I don’t think that has anything to do with a specific department on campus, but that’s a huge entity that has a lot to do with students in general and a community in general.

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News spreading rapidly, interpreted incorrectly parts of the only societal institution that openly discusses the others, so understanding where a news outlet is Sam Kelly coming from makes a big difference.

OPINION COLUMNIST Analyze the publication if you It’s on paper, it’s online, it’s on don’t know the author, do your own your phone, it plays on the radio and fact-checking and keep in mind who funds the outlet and what the it’s even on television.

News occurs and is reported all angle might be, said Maria DeCasaround us, but making sense of it all tro, a journalism and public relations instructor. can be a titanic task.

If you are jumping in head-first to Amid the information age and news consumption, find within the generation prothe medium you are most ducing more history than comfortable with — be that it can even consume, it is television, the Internet or no wonder that the news a traditional print newspamedia can be intimidating, News occurs per. They’re not as scary as information-filled foes. they might appear, DeCasHowever, all foes can be and is understood and defeated reported all tro said.

Because there are so if you have the right strataround us, many mediums available to egy. Writing for The Orion but making readers, knowing what type the last two semesters has of news you are interested taught me a great deal sense of it in is just as important as about how the writing, editall can be a knowing how to consume ing and production process titanic task. it, said Daran Goodsell, a works, which has changed journalism and public relathe way I critically evaluate tions instructor. the news I read.

SAM KELLY “There is too much, just It is an extensive process opinion columnist generally, everywhere,” that involves many eyes. As Goodsell said.

I write this, my column is However, the diversity of late. This pisses off not only my editor and elongates her days, outlets and sources is positive, as it but also the days of the copy editor, gives readers the opportunity to seek the chief copy editor, the designer out the ones that interest them, and who lays out the page, the manag- from there, they can make sense of ing editor and the editor-in-chief. All the quality of information, Goodsell of these extra eyes have to check my said.

Of course, all of this information is story, plus everyone else’s work, too.

There is soft news — arts, enter- assuming that one even has interest tainment and lifestyle — and hard in comprehending news. It is freedom news — politics, war, economics and of the press coupled with a responsicrime. But these lines are becom- ble press and discerning readership ing blurred, according to the Media that makes for a strong democracy.

Perhaps we cannot save our world Awareness Network.

Yes, that’s right. Not only is there because we do not understand it. The an extensive process behind the cre- first step is understanding it. And the ation of news, but there are also first step to understanding is wantdifferent types. The news media ing to understand in the first place. aren’t machines. They are staffed by Therein lies the problem. imperfect humans, just like every other societal institution.

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University calls students for service celebration, more need to answer Tasha Clark OPINION COLUMNIST

Giving back to the community can be helpful in more ways than one.

This semester, I finally had the time to do volunteer work through CAVE’s homeless ambassadors program.

Every other Tuesday I dedicate my service to the Torres Community Shelter for four hours. The first day there gave me a different outlook.

Just when I thought I was lacking necessities in my life, I saw that there were others whose lives were packed in numbered plastic tubs.

I appreciate the Torres Community Shelter for reaching out to these individuals, because they would otherwise not have anywhere to go to get a daily shower, a hot meal for dinner or other things I may take for granted.

The shelter also provides resources that assist the homeless in getting back

on their feet so they don’t have to live out of a shelter permanently.

This year marks the 125 th anniversary of the university’s founding, and events and special projects are happening throughout the year.

It’s important to take some time to help make the community you’re a part of a better place for everyone.

Chico State is making that possible with My Service Counts.

My Service Counts is a campaign challenging students and faculty to do 125,000 hours of volunteer service by the end of 2012.

After completing daily volunteer work, students can log into My Service Counts and add hours they have completed.

For the first time, the university is trying to hold a campaign that goes beyond the campus, and the anniversary seemed like a good time to do that, said Nan Timmons, Associated Students assessment and special

projects administrator.

Chico State has been committed to serving not only Chico but the whole north state. This is a way to see what is going on and how much people contribute, Timmons said.

The My Service Counts Facebook page promotes volunteer activities and displays what the community is doing to help, she said.

Recognition will be given to those who do 50 hours or more. If 100 hours are completed, honorees will receive a private reception with President Zingg and other leaders.

I’m unsure if I will be at the 50-hour mark by May, but I have contributed eight hours so far. Either way, I’m uniting with others that are doing good deeds.

Giving back gives me a great feeling— the little time I do service does make a difference.

Tasha Clark can be reached at tclark@theorion.com

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619 Cherry 612 W. 2nd Ave. 504 W. 7th St. 368 E. 8th St. 581 E. 8th St. 585 E. 8th St. 80 Cherry St. 715 Flume St. 1427 1/2 Hobart 1826 Magnolia Ave. 1745 Palm Ave. 820 Walnut Ave. 1048 Warner St. 620 W. 3rd St. 139 W. 3rd St. 540 W. 4th Ave. 698 E. 8th St. 633 Hazel St. 604 Ivy St. 1224 Ivy St. 628 W. 3rd St. 718 W. 6th St. 1427 Hobart St. 606 Cherry St. #1 719 W. 6th St. 1205 Warner St. 1600 Arcadian

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1175 E. 8th St. #5,6 1161 Citrus A,B,D 1245 Esplanade #1,2,11,12 801 W. 1st Ave. #3,4 619 W. 3rd St. 668 E. 4th #1,2,3,4 742 W. 6th St. #A,B 742 W. 6th St. #C 371 E. 7th St. #1,2 1161 Citrus #C,G,K 925 Chestnut #2 1245 Esplanade #4,5,6 238 Hazel #1,3 618 Rancheria #B,C,D 339 1/2 W. 1st Ave. 620 W. 3rd St. 238 Hazel #4 606 Chery St. #2,3 638 Chestnut A 709&711 Flume 308 Hazel 527 Cherry St. 528&536 W. 7th St. 1144 Hobart #3 803 W.2nd Ave #1,3,4 607 W. 3rd St. 668 E. 4th St. #5 706 W. 6th St. #B 706 W. 6th St. #C 742 W. 6th St. #D 540 W. 4th #A,B 353&359 E. 7th St. 371 E. 7th St. #3,4 925 Chestnut #5 1050 Warner 1048 1/2 Warner

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