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PERSPECTIVEHalloween weekend from the eyes of a Chico police sergeantStory B5
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Governor takes laststand for Prop 30Quinn WesternASST. NEWS EDITOR
In the week before an election that will aff ect the future of higher educa-tion, Gov. Jerry Brown advocated for a tax increase at Chico State on Monday during a “Yes on Prop 30” rally.
Proposition 30 is Brown’s tax ini-tiative that, if passed, would increase sales tax by a quarter of 1 percent and increase personal income tax for Cali-fornians who earn more than $250,000 a year. It would generate $6 billion in revenue for the state and prevent a $250 million cut to the California State Uni-versity system.
About 1,500 peo-ple were at the rally, said Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public aff airs and publications.
CSU student trustee and Chico State stu-dent Jillian Ruddell spoke in favor of the proposition along with Belle Wei, the provost and vice president for aca-demic aff airs.
Professor Susan Green, President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and CSU Board of Trustees chair Bob Linscheid also spoke about the measure and the importance of voting.
“Education represents hope,” Green said. “It represents our future.”
Students and community members cheered when Brown approached the microphone. He denounced the “shad-owy fi gures” who oppose Proposition 30, including an anonymous $11 mil-lion donation to the Arizona group
Americans for Responsible Leader-ship’s “No on Prop 30” campaign.
“It’s the only time you get to vote, put money in your pocket,” Brown said. “Do something good or do some-thing bad.”
Ryan Fedrizzi, president of the Chico State Republicans, said he was disappointed by Monday’s rally.
“I found it very disheartening that my own governor would say that if I oppose Prop 30 that we are a shad-owy fi gure and must be rich,” said Fedrizzi, a senior biochemistry major.
Everyone should take the time to read the proposition, he said. It allocates money for the K-12 schools and commu-nity colleges, but the CSU system won’t get any of it.
Fedrizzi thinks it’s a disservice to vote upon the perception of a measure rather than upon its merit, he said.
“Then we’re voting on slogans, not actual texts of law,” Fedrizzi said.
Chico Mayor Ann Schwab attended the rally to support the Proposition 30 campaign.
“Chico supports higher education, and we need to support Prop 30,” Schwab said.
Quinn Western can be reached at
POLITICS
Gov. Jerry Brown denounces opposing ‘shadowy figures’
Alcohol citations major part of Halloween festivitiesQuinn WesternPedro QuintanaTHE ORION
The scariest things in Chico during the weekend preceding Halloween weren’t the costumes, but some of the people underneath them.
Sixteen agencies assisted the Chico Police Department with crowd control, alcohol vio-lations and violence from Friday to Sunday morning, with Alcohol Beverage Control offi-cers issuing 40 citations for alcohol-related offenses, according to a press release from Chico police.
There were also two felony assaults and two sexual assaults reported, according to the press release.
University Police patrolled campus looking for drunken people and those with open alco-hol containers.
The city implemented a glass ban for the weekend to ensure that party-goers would not carry any glass containers.
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY LIAM TURNER
NOT HORSING AROUND Mounted police offi cers oversee pedestrian traffi c in the crowded West Fifth and Ivy streets intersection over Halloween weekend. Police fi elded 312 calls for service in thesouth-campus area during the 48-hour period and a total of 871 calls for service throughout Chico.
PARTY CULTURE
The number of Chico Statestudents who were
arrested during Halloween weekend. Eleven were for
public intoxication.
SOURCE • CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT
22The number of non-stu-dent, non-residents whowere arrested over the
weekend. Twowere arrested on suspicion
of DUIs, and 15 were for being drunk in public .
74The number of total arrests made during Halloween weekend.
Forty-one were for public intoxication, and 10 were
for domestic violence.
Butte Hall asbestos tests fi nd no hazardous materialPedro QuintanaSTAFF WRITER
Fifteen dust samples collected in var-ious locations inside Butte Hall were tested for asbestos, but none of them showed presence of the material.
The university followed up on a request from employees who work in the building to test for hazardous asbestos, wrote Joe
Wills, director of public affairs and pub-lications for Chico State, in an email to The Orion. The samples were analyzed by a nationally accredited lab in the Bay Area.
The samples were collected on the third, fifth, sixth and seventh floors of Butte Hall, wrote Marvin Pratt, the director of environmental health and safety at Chico State, in a email to Gayle
Hutchinson, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, obtained by The Orion.
The tests found cotton and cellulose fibers, but no asbestos, he said. The major non-fibrous components were skin cells.
Mark Stemen, a professor of geogra-phy who posted signs outside Butte Hall warning passers-by of the perceived
dangers, still believes the building is unsafe because of its asbestos spray fire-proofing, he said.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health received a complaint about the possible hazard, said Patri-cia Ortiz, a representative for the safety organization.
A Cal-OSHA representative visited Chico State Oct. 22 and took a tour of Butte Hall with Pratt, Wills said.
Hutchinson notified her college’s fac-ulty about the ongoing investigation in an email.
The environmental health and safety department at Chico State serves as a liaison and provides Cal-OSHA with an
SAFETY
Sept. 21Faculty member Dean
Fairbanks sends an email to fellow employ-ees expressing concern
about Butte Hall’s safety.
Oct. 15Geography professorMark Stemen puts up
signs warning passers-byof possible asbes-
tos in Butte Hall
Oct. 22A California Division of Occu-pational Safety and Health
representative toursButte Hall in response
to complaints.
April 2013Cal-OSHA’s investigation ofButte Hall is due to be com-pleted within six months.
“It’s the only time you get to vote, put money
in your pocket. Do something good or do
something bad.”
JERRY BROWN
California governor
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THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANK REBELO
EVERY VOTE COUNTS Gov. Jerry Brown holds a “Yes on 30” sign during his speech in the Student Services Center plaza on Monday. About 46 percent of registered voters supported the hike as of Thursday.
THE MASSESAbout 1,500people attended thegovernor’s rally Monday for Proposition 30, a measure that would increase the California sales tax and income tax rates for some.
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY PEDRO QUINTANA
This would approve the new state Senate districts redrawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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Allison WeeksSTAFF WRITER
The number of young voters is rising, but it’s still up in the air if they will turn out for Tuesday’s general election.
Fifty-one percent of registered voters ages 18 to 29 voted in the 2008 presiden-tial election, which was two percent more than in 2004, according to a report from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.
However, the percentage of registered voters heading to the polls this year should decrease from the 2008 percent-age, said Charles Turner, a professor and chair of the Chico State political science department.
“From what I’ve heard, people are less excited about the candidates in general, and attendance at events and rallies for the candidates have gone down,” Turner said.
The 2008 voter increase in California was in part caused by Barack Obama’s charismatic campaign, Turner said. The lack of incumbents in the 2008 election also drove people to the polls.
Butte County saw more voters register before this election, because they could register online f0r the fi rst time, said
Candace Grubbs, Butte County clerk-recorder.
Voters usually turn out for general elections in greater numbers than they do for the primary election, Grubbs said. In 2008, about 69 percent of the 122,842 registered voters in Butte County voted.
About 1,200 students have registered to vote with the Chico State Democratic Club, club president Erik Taylor said. About the same number of students registered with the club before the 2010 election.
The Chico State Republicans regis-tered about 450 students to vote, club president Ryan Fedrizzi said.
More people have registered with the Republican club for this election than the last, because the club allowed peo-ple to approach the group on their own, rather than hiring professional petition-ers, Fedrizzi said.
Some Chico State students, including junior mechanical engineering major Keith Bruce, are not voting because they do not think they are well-informed about the issues.
“Politicians are terrible,” Bruce said.
Allison Weeks can be reached at
Quinn WesternASST. NEWS EDITOR
The state will cut $250 million from the California State University system’s budget if Proposition 30, a tax measure on Tuesday’s ballot, fails. The following is a breakdown of how the cuts could aff ect Chico State:
University budgetIf the proposition fails, the univer-
sity will receive a cut of $10.1 million, its share of the $250 million trigger cut to the system, said Lorraine Hoff man, Chico State’s vice president for business and fi nance. However, even if Propo-sition 30 passes, about $5 million will still be cut from the university’s budget.
No matter what happens in the elec-tion, the CSU system will still receive a $132 million cut, said Belle Wei, Chico State’s provost and vice president for academic aff airs.
Gov. Jerry Brown has promised to include an extra $125 million in next year’s CSU budget to make up for the $132 million reduction if the CSU rebates tuition, Hoff man said.
There is currently a hold on pro-spective students’ applications to the university, Wei said. If Proposition 30 fails there will be 1,000 fewer students on campus in the next academic year.
CSU systemIf Proposition 30 fails, $1.2 billion will
have been cut out of the state’s budget since the 2007 to 2008 year, which is a loss of nearly 40 percent in funding, said Stephanie Thara, a spokeswoman for the CSU system.
The state funding for the CSU is the same as it was in the mid-1990s, but enrollment has since increased by 90,000 students, Thara said. If Proposi-tion 30 fails, enrollment for the CSU will decrease by about 20,000 students.
Chico State will be aff ected by the lay-off s that will occur throughout the CSU system, if the proposition does not pass, Chico State President Paul Zingg said.
If the proposition passes, students will be given a $250 refund for a tuition increase that was implemented this semester, she said.
Whether Proposition 30 passes or fails, Chico State will experience fur-ther reductions in state support, Zingg said.
ClassesUniversity administrators are work-
ing to avoid letting the potential cut aff ect the number of courses off ered, but $10 million is a lot of money, said Arno Rethans, Chico State’s senior vice provost.
The budget cut would begin aff ecting classes next fall, Wei said.
Quinn Western can be reached at
Youth vote up in the air
Prop 30’s possible consequences
SOURCE • 2012 VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE
This would increase the state sales tax by one quarter of a cent for a four-year period and increase income taxes for seven years for those who earn more than $250,000 a year.
PROPOSITION 30
Temporary tax increaseThis would increase the jail time of con-victed human traffi ckers and require human sex traffi ckers to beregistered sex off enders.
PROPOSITION 35
Human traffi cking penalties
This would establish a two-year budget cycle. It would also permit the governor to cut the budget if the Leg-islature fails to act.
PROPOSITION 31
State budget
This would change the three strikeslaw to impose life sen-tences only when the felony conviction isserious or violent.
PROPOSITION 36
Three strikes revised
This would prohibit unions from using funds taken from an employee’s paycheck for political purposes.
PROPOSITION 32
Payroll deduction
This would require food that contains or is made from genetically modifi ed organisms to be labeled.
PROPOSITION 37
Food labeling
This would change cur-rent law to allow insurance companies to set ratesbased on whether a driver previously hadauto insurance.
PROPOSITION 33
Auto insurance reform
This would increase per-sonal income tax rates for 12 years and allocate the $10 billion raised per year to K-12 schools, early childhood programs and repaying state debt.
PROPOSITION 38
Income tax increase
This would replace the death penalty in the state of California with life imprisonment without parole.
PROPOSITION 34
Death penalty ban
This would require interstate busi-nesses to calculate income taxes basedon the percentage of their sales in California.
PROPOSITION 39
Interstate tax reform
Not sure how to vote in Tuesday’s election? Is schoolwork cutting into the time you set aside for election pamphlet-reading?No worries. The Orion has broken down the most important issues of the election to help you fi nd where you stand this year.
PROPOSITION 40
State Senate redistricting
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The discovery of a 550-pound bomb Tuesday triggered the closure of an airport in northern Japan.The bomb is said to be an
American dud left over from World War II, but it appeared to have a working detonator.A military bomb squad
considered whether to move the bomb or blow it up on the spot.
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A yacht designed by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was christened “Venus,” after the Roman goddess of love, in a Dutch shipyard Sunday.Jobs said he kept working
on the yacht even as his cancer worsened, because abandoning it would have been admitting he was dying. The boat is between 230 and
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At least seven deaths were reported in New York as of Monday after Hur-ricane Sandy pounded the East Coast. The storm had winds at 80 mph and caused a large chunk of Manhattan to lose power.
Source: The New York Times
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series Sunday night on the Detroit Tigers’ home turf. The Giants swept the Tigers in four games, with the fi nal one end-ing 4-3 in extra innings.
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The article “Wildcat shop to open after mall overhaul” that ran on A1 of last week’s newspaper stated that Chico State’s storefront in Chico Mall will carry textbooks. In fact, the store will carry Chico State merchandise such as apparel and gifts but not textbooks.
The Orion staff strives for accuracy in all it publishes. We recognize that mistakes will sometimes occur, but we treat every error very seri-ously. If you feel a correction needs to be made, please email the editor-in-chief at [email protected].
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Actress can’t appear at Chico State due to political conflict of interestAllison WeeksSTAFF WRITER
A celebrity and political activist will not advocate for Proposition 35 at Chico State Monday as planned because of a fee the advocate’s organization would have to pay.
The university placed second behind UC San Diego in an online contest called Battle for Justice in which the two universities with the most collected signatures get celebrity and political activist Jada Pinkett Smith to speak on campus.
The contest was hosted by the nonprofi t organization California Against Slavery, and Pinkett Smith is an actress best known as the wife of actor Will Smith.
Proposition 35 would increase prison terms for human traffi ckers and require those con-victed of human sex traffi cking to register as sex off enders.
The student group Stop Traffi cking of
Persons collected 1,937 signatures to try to win the contest, Associated Students Presi-dent Jaypinderpal Virdee said. Once Chico State won, STOP representatives met with A.S. to tell them they wanted to increase political awareness of human traffi cking.
However, Pinkett Smith would only be able to speak on campus for free if she spoke of both sides of the proposition rather than advocating for one, Virdee said.
A.S. then spoke with represen-tatives from California Against Slavery, who said they only wanted Pinkett Smith to advocate for Propo-sition 35, Virdee said.
A.S. bylaws require $3,000 be paid to rent the Bell Memorial Union audi-torium for speeches with a political stance, because student dollars are used for set up, he said.
Pinkett Smith would not have been paid for her appearance, and it would not have been correct to pay $3,000 to use the BMU,
said Rosario Dowling, the Northern California coordinator for California Against Slavery.
The nonprofi t held conference calls with four student groups to decide how to host the activist at Chico State, she said.
The only on-campus space that could have been used free of charge was Trinity Commons, Dowling said. California Against Slavery opted out of this option, because it has rained in Chico on Nov. 5 for the past fi ve consecutive years.
Trinity Commons is an inappro-priate venue because of safety concerns and Pinkett Smith’s celebrity status, she said.
“It really is a shame not to bring Jada there,” Dowling said.
The contest lasted one month and ended Oct. 15, said Erik Taylor, president of the Chico State Democratic Club, which worked with STOP to make the event happen.
“A.S. has been there to block every step of the way,” Taylor said.
The event is one of many that students have tried to use to promote clubs, but eff orts have been stopped by A.S., Taylor said.
A.S. representatives made every eff ort to get Pinkett Smith to campus, but it just didn’t work out, said Janja Lalich, STOP’s faculty adviser. The money that would have gone toward the appearance is better spent help-ing victims of human traffi cking.
A.S. intends to equally represent the stu-dents, Virdee said.
“We want to make sure we are doing our job ethically and correct,” he said.
Allison Weeks can be reached at
JADA PINKETTSMITHThe actress is aprominent activ-ist against humantraffi cking.
A.S. mulling options for store’s second fl oorPedro QuintanaSTAFF WRITER
Associated Students is still discussing what to do with the second fl oor of the Wildcat Store, but changes are expected to be made to the space in spring semester.
The second fl oor will no longer be a part of the Wildcat Store because of a loss of $3.5 million in textbook sales over the last three years.
Whether the Wildcat Store will still sell books on the second fl oor has yet to be determined, said Keaton Bass, A.S. vice president for busi-ness and fi nance.
A.S. representatives have been discussing how to better use the space with Roseville archi-tect company Williams and Paddon, said Gabe Adley, vice president for facilities and services.
A.S. has considered converting the space into a conference room or a reception area to hold guest speakers, Adley said
Another idea is to merge both of the Bell Memorial Union coff ee shops, Wildcat Wakeup and Common Grounds, in order to give the Wild-cat Store more space and make a more visible coff ee shop, Adley said. This combined coff ee shop could take the place of the conferences ser-vices area in the BMU lobby.
The shops compete with each other, which causes some losses in sales, but overall the shops are frequented by diff erent kinds of cus-tomers, Bass said.
“It’s like Pepsi losing money to Sierra Mist,” Bass said.
However, none of the ideas are set in stone, A.S. President Jaypinderpal Virdee said.
Also, health inspectors working for Butte County have asked A.S. to raise the kitchen ceil-ing in Common Grounds and redo its molding to bring the establishment up to code, he said. The space was initially a billiards hall, and it was never intended to be a coff ee shop.
Bringing Common Grounds up to code would cost A.S. about $50,000, he said.
A.S. is also moving the offi ces of several stu-dent organizations into the BMU.
The student life and leadership offi ce will leave its current location in the Student Services
Center, Adley said. The A.S. human resources offi ce will move from BMU Room 202 to BMU Room 213.
The Wildcat Institute for Leadership Develop-ment, a new A.S. program, will get its own offi ce. It has been sharing space in the BMU with A.S. government aff airs.
“We want it to expand and open it up to blos-som,” Virdee said.
Pedro Quintana can be reached at
Sept. 6, 2001The Bell Memorial Union
is reopened after a remodelthat added 81,000 square
feet of space
Fall 2011Wildcat Wakeup, a coff eeshop in the Wildcat Store,
opens for business.
November 2011By this time, there is a 24percent reduction in sales
at Common Grounds. It is estimated
that about 16 percentof that drop is
attributed to Wildcat Wakeup.
Fall 2012Associated Students
consider merging Wildcat Wakeup and
Common Grounds, the twocoff ee shops in the BMU.
SOURCES • CORINNE KNAPP, A.S. DINING SERVICES RETAIL MANAGER
GABE ADLEY, A.S. VICE PRESIDENT FORFACILITIES AND SERVICES
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY PEDRO QUINTANA
NEXT COFFEE SHOP? Associated Students is considering a few options for the second fl oor of the Wildcat Store.Among the options is the idea to convert the space into a reception area to hold guest speakers. A.S. may also merge the Wildcat Store’s Wildcat Wakeup and Common Grounds into one coff eeshop that could occupy the current conference services space in the Bell Memorial Union lobby.
University PoliceThursday, 9:14 a.m.: Shoplifting reported at Butte Station. “Toward Sutter dressed all in black, bald. Stole a burrito and fl ed on foot.”
Thursday, 2:41 p.m.: Possession of stolen property at Bell Memorial Union. “Reporting party received phone call wanting to extort money for a stolen cellphone. He is being told if he wants to get phone, he is to leave money in the BMU but not be present and they will leave the phone.”
Friday, 10:11 a.m.: Medical aid requested at Tehama Hall. “Female fainting, medics at scene. Unfounded, fell asleep. Will go home and rest.”
Friday, 10:30 p.m.: Suspicious subject in University Police parking lot. “Advising white male wearing brown shirt in back lot carrying big knife. Subject was looking for military
ID and was carrying plastic knife.”
Saturday, 12:59 a.m.: Standby call on 600 block of West Second Avenue. “Reporting party advising was at a party at this residence and got into altercation. Believes phone is still in residence. Requesting standby.”
Saturday, 1:18 a.m.: Suspicious subject in Whitney Hall. “White male, 18, no shirt, pink beanie. Nonresident, ran up the stairs after coming in behind some residents, unknown where he went, resident advisers requesting to speak with an offi cer.”
Sunday, 12:30 a.m.: Suspicious subject at Esken Hall. “Subject was trying to crawl through window. Housing to handle further.”
Sunday, 1:11 a.m.: Medical aid requested between Sutter and Whitney halls. “Unconscious male. Medics en route. Subject being transported to Enloe.”
Sunday, 3:16 a.m.: Suspicious subject in Normal Street parking structure. “Man sleeping by elevator entrance. Liberty Cab en route.
Subject taken home in cab.”
Chico PoliceThursday, 3:48 a.m.: Grand theft reported on 100 block of Oak Drive. “Items taken from three vehicles. Vehicles were not locked. Dogs were barking, and motion sensor light went on. No one seen.”
Friday, 5:22 a.m.: Fight reported on 300 block of Rio Lindo Avenue. “Fight in the parking lot. Several vehicles associated. Four males yelling. Unknown weapons, reporting party does not know the suspects. Yelling in Spanish. No longer sounds physical and is not loud as before but is still verbal.”
Friday, 10:59 p.m.: Party reported on 400 block of Ash Street. “Reporting party is resident, wants help breaking up the party at his house. Two-hundred or 300 people at the party. People are kicking wall and cars at the residence. Just becoming violent.”
Saturday, 1:57 a.m.: Drunk in public reported on 900 block of West Fourth Street. “Male subject passed out drunk on the sidewalk. Grass area by the apartments.”
Saturday, 3:42 a.m.: Vandalism reported on 700 block of West Third Street. “Unknown subject ran into reporting party’s residence, kicked and shattered reporting party’s window and then ran off . Reporting party’s neighbor is a witness.
Saturday, 7:25 a.m.: Petty theft reported on 900 block of Columbus Avenue. “Reporting party went home from the bars with a male subject she did not know to an address somewhere on Columbus. The male subject just dropped her off on North Cedar Street, and reporting party has discovered male subject stole her phone and all her money.”
Sunday, 2:19 a.m.: Suspicious subject on 300 block of Washington Avenue. “Subjects at reporting party’s door banging on the door and whispering. Can’t tell what he is saying because he is whispering but sounds like a male. Reporting party home alone. All doors and windows locked. No longer hears the knocking.”
Compiled by Laura Hass and Marisela
Pulido
Information cited directly from the Chico Police Department or University Police.
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POLICE BLOTTER
BUTTE: Cal-OSHA has 6 months to investigate asbestos safety complaintinvestigator who has access to documents and facilities for examination, Hutchinson said.
Once the department provides the proper documents and information to Cal-OSHA, the university expects the investigator to revisit the campus to verify certain aspects of the documents, programs and test results and to interview a number of employees, Hutchinson said.
Cal-OSHA has six months from the day the complaint was fi led to complete the investiga-tion, Ortiz said.
Stemen believes Butte Hall will remain
unsafe until its asbestos spray fi reproofi ng is removed, he said. Until then, the building will need continuous monitoring and frequent test-ing to remain usable for students and faculty.
The university has reiterated that the build-ing is safe for the campus community to use many times since faculty members called its safety into question in September.
After Stemen put up signs on Oct. 15 warn-ing passers-by of the potential dangers, the university sent out an email to emphasize the building’s safety.
Pedro Quintana can be reached at
CSU network switch won’t hitChico until old tech wears outMarisela Pulido STAFF WRITER
California State University campuses are upgrading to a faster and less expensive way of connecting to the Internet, but Chico State won’t get the update for a few years.
The 23-campus system decided to make the switch from Cisco Systems to Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent to save tens of millions of dol-lars, CSU spokesman Erik Fallis said.
The switch to Alcatel-Lucent is being made because it’s far cheaper than Cisco Systems, said Scott Claverie, director of communications services at Chico State.
Chico State upgraded its network with the old sys-tem in spring, because the new agreement with Alcatel-Lucent was not in effect at the time, Claverie said.
“Our campus will be primarily a Cisco cam-pus for the next five to six years until we need to update the electronics again,” he said.
The only drawback to the future change will be learning how to use the new system, but the learning curve will be small, Claverie said.
Alcatel-Lucent was the best choice in an “apples-to-apples comparison,” Claverie said.
When there is a major purchase such as
this one, it needs to be put out to bid, Fallis said. The previous low bidder was Cisco, but Alcatel-Lucent came in with the low bid in this cycle.
The CSU can get a better deal on hard-ware systemwide because it buys routers and switches in bulk, Fallis said.
Just because one company is the low bid-der right now does not mean it will be the low bidder the next time the CSU goes out to bid, Fallis said.
“The reason that we go out to competitive bid is so that we can make sure we’re get-ting the best price,” Fallis said.
The other companies were technically adequate, but Alcatel-Lucent met the tech-nical capability needs of the CSU and provided the lowest cost, Fallis said.
Improved technology can provide more access than in the past, Fal-lis said. Network speed will be improved because of the replacement of old equipment with new.
Campuses have the option to choose whether to change networks, Fallis said. Not every campus is obligated to follow the contract.
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“The reason that we go out to competitive bid is so that we can make sure we’re getting the
best price.”
ERIK FALLIS
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TICKETS: Punch knocks man into critical conditionPeople were asked to discard any open
glass bottles in their possession, Chico police Sgt. George Laver said.
University Police offi cer Bill Kolb and his partner patrolled the west side of campus near the bike path that connects to Nord Avenue and told people to avoid walking on the railroad tracks, he said.
Offi cers also shook an unconscious man awake Saturday on the steps of Whitney Hall near Legion Avenue. He was taken to Enloe Medical Center.
Chico police offi cers on foot and horse-back broke up parties that got too large
and maintained the crowds on West Fifth and Ivy streets.
Police traditionally see many parties and the most trouble in the downtown and south-campus areas, so that is where the department focused its attention, Laver said.
Police arrested 74 peo-ple over the weekend. Fifteen of those arrests were Chico State students, and 22 were out-of-towners.
Chico police arrested a man on suspicion
of being drunk in public at West Second and Broadway streets Sat-urday night, Chico police Sgt. Greg Keeney said. The man tried to start a fi ght with a hot dog vendor, and offi cers had to tackle him when he resisted arrest.
Forty-one people were arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.
Bars such as Crazy Horse Saloon, LaSalles and Madison Bear Garden were at full capacity during the weekend. Offi cers assisted in managing
the crowds after the bars closed and arrested anyone who started fi ghts.
Police arrested a man Sunday morning for punching a Shasta College student around 1:15 a.m. at West Eighth and Ivy streets.
The student suff ered a head injury, and as of Tuesday, he was still in critical con-dition at Enloe Medical Center.
The hospital experienced a spike in emergency room patients this week-end, said Christina Chavira, an Enloe spokeswoman.
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TAKEN AWAY Police officers, above, load a male suspect into a police vehicle on West Second Street on Saturday night. A man is questioned by police, below, near West Fifth and Ivy streets across the street from Franky’s Pizza.
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WATERING THE GRASS Chico police offi cer Don Finkbiner pours a handle of Captain Morgan Rum into the grass Saturday night. Police enforced a ban on glass bottles between Thursday andSaturday for the Halloween celebrations. A ban is also in eff ect through today for the holiday. THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY JUNIPER ROSE
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The man tried to starta fi ght with a hot dog vendor, and offi cers
had to tackle him when he resisted arrest.
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Proposition 30 necessary, but not simpleWhen Gov. Jerry Brown spoke
to Chico State students on Mon-day, he said the choice was simple, “third-grade arithmetic:” “Yes” on Proposition 30 gives money to schools, and “no” takes money away.
But with regard to the Califor-nia State University system, it’s not so simple.
And yet, we have no choice but
to support the initiative.The truth is that Proposition 30
doesn’t really do much to improve the CSU’s budget; it only prevents it from getting much worse.
The only additional money the CSU will get if the proposition passes is $125 million to com-pensate for a tuition rebate that would be issued to students. This money will bring tuition back to
last year’s level — which is an improvement — but last year’s price tag of $5,742 is no deal.
Despite the fact that Proposi-tion 30 is in no way a cure-all for the dismal state of the CSU sys-tem, it’s critical that it is passed because the cuts it prevents would be so devastating. Trigger cuts to the CSU would translate to a $10.1 million cut to Chico State,
a 5 percent tuition increase next spring and a reduction in CSU enrollment of about 20,000.
To avoid these cuts, the initia-tive would increase California’s sales tax by a quarter of a per-cent for four years and increase the personal income tax for seven years for those who make more than $250,000 annually. The money generated by these
increases, estimated by the Leg-islative Analyst’s Office to be about $6 billion a year, would go toward K-12 schools and com-munity colleges, both deserving recipients.
Third-grade arithmetic? Prob-ably not. But an equation that provides the best option we have?
Yes.
We trick or treat ourselves to a little
excess booze for the night, weekend, week or however long we decide
to celebrate.
Carly CaumiantOPINION COLUMNIST
When I was 7, my mom forced me into an oversized mouse costume. It was a round caboose with puffy arms and a hooded jacket with ears that enveloped my tiny frame. I cursed my mother as I shuffled from door to door in my ill-fitting costume.
I have to admit, though, I looked pretty darn cute. Fifteen years later, few things have changed for
most of us. We mold this childhood holiday to better fit into our adult worlds. The idea that cute dominates comfort has followed us into adulthood.
When I see women my age dressed in costumes they can’t seem to walk in, I think of my 7-year-old self. Her childhood is bursting out in a very adult way, and I ask myself, why would they purposefully do this to themselves?
Plus, they are usually freezing their own adult cabooses off in order to sex-up their version of Minnie Mouse.
Halloween is not a holiday I would expect adults to cel-ebrate, but in fact, it only gets better with age.
As an adult, I can experience so much more of the hol-iday than just gathering big pillowcases full of candy. Let’s face it. Candy is just the beginning.
Corn mazes, handpicked pumpkins and all the smells of the fall season are so much richer through an older, wiser perspective.
We get more creative with costume ideas, treats and outings. Instead of scurrying home by 9 p.m. from an evening of door-to-door treat collecting, we can stay out and celebrate as long as we wish.
Halloween is a prominent holiday in Chico. Not only is it an excuse to party our little hearts out, but it’s also a time for us to jump into costume for an entire weekend and leave our mundane everyday attire hanging in our closets.
We trick or treat ourselves to a little excess booze for the night, weekend, week or however long we decide to celebrate.
And although our choice of dress has definitely shifted, they’re still costumes. We still push ourselves to a world of fantasy in the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve.
Despite Halloween’s origins in celebrating demons and the dead, it has been socially constructed into a holiday full of fun and treats. And as adults in a col-lege town, we have appropriated this holiday as our own time to booze it up and get sexy.
Because honestly, there seems to be no restriction on how little clothing we can wear and how much booze we can drink.
I, however, plan on staying warm this Halloween, and not through an excess of alcohol consumption.
Whether I decide to flirt with my youth as a plumped mouse or keep it simple with my go-to Indian costume, you better believe I’ll be rock-ing a warm jacket to keep it practical.
Carly Caumiant can be reached at
Ian Scerri-MartinOPINION COLUMNIST
Who cares about Mitt Rom-ney’s take on foreign policy when Pablo Sandoval hits a home run in three straight at-bats?
Never mind the fact that a presidential election is six days away. The San Francisco Giants are in baseball glory.
Being around students all the time makes it apparent that some people spend more time choosing their fantasy base-ball pitcher than choosing who to vote for, and that’s assuming they will actually vote.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Giants. However, there are much more important things going on in the world than grown men dressed in matching uniforms chasing a ball around.
I looked to find out what stu-dents on campus think about the two pressing events. I asked one man about the MLB play-offs, and he went off for nearly five minutes about the Giants’ amazing pitching staff and how the Detroit Tigers’ power hitters couldn’t touch it.
Then I asked him what he thought about the latest presi-dential debate.
He didn’t watch it, he said. He also didn’t know which propositions on the ballot he found intriguing.
I know this person isn’t a representative of the whole campus, but there are a lot of people with the same priorities.
If this guy could spend a 10th of the time he spent mem-orizing meaningless baseball statistics doing research about the election instead, he could be an educated voter.
But that’s the thing. Most students seem to be more inter-ested in celebrating a World Series win than participating in the election.
Interests and hobbies are perks of living in this day and age, but we need to recognize more serious aspects of a life-style in order to support fun activities like skateboarding or having some beers and watch-ing a Giants game.
We need to do our civic duty and be aware of the choices we make and how they will affect us.
Every decision we make has
some kind of impact. Throughout the course of
history, there have been few people brave enough to fight and give their lives for a bet-ter tomorrow. The idea was to make things easier for the gen-erations to come.
Ask yourself what you have done to make things better for the future or for your peers.
I think our predecessors may have made things a little too easy for us.
If passed, Proposition 30 will help avoid a $250 million budget cut to the California State University system. Your vote could be the difference. Choosing not to vote could also be the difference, and you may end up with less than ideal cir-cumstances because of it.
Buster Posey may hit a home run that will make my night, but he won’t be able to prevent my classes from being can-celled because of budgets cuts.
We all came to Chico State for the same reason: to get an education. Use this opportu-nity to learn about our world and get involved in it.
Ian Scerri-Martin can be reached at
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Posey for president: Baseball, politics go head to head
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Tara MillerOPINION COLUMNIST
Urine-covered toilets, paper towel-infested floors and stalls too small to fit your body in.
In the year and a half I have attended Chico State, I’ve been in a few restrooms that sent chills down my spine. Because I am a woman, I focused only on the women’s restrooms when determining the very worst on campus. Sorry guys, you’re going to have to fend for your-selves on this one. Physical Science Building, second fl oor
This is by far the worst restroom on campus. Part of the wall by the sinks is falling apart, along with a part inside the large stall. Also, one of the mirrors is placed at an awkward spot on the right side of the sinks. It’s very low and just isn’t meant to be there. I don’t know what it is with the women’s restrooms, but almost every single one I’ve used has really low sinks. Whoever designed them was either really short or thought all women are really short. Modoc Hall, second fl oor
There’s a stall door missing, and the fact that the replacement is a zebra print curtain doesn’t really help. Yes, it’s a nice curtain, but that doesn’t make up for a missing door. Also, the doors that are intact are really hard to close. If there was ever an ax-swinging maniac running around campus, trying to hide in one of these stalls would be a bad idea. These sinks are also quite low, making washing my hands difficult. What bothers me the most is that the restroom only has two small mirrors. Women’s rest-rooms should have lots of mirrors and big ones. Holt Hall, fi rst fl oor, west side
The jack-o’-lantern orange colored stalls scream for a new paint job. I don’t like orange to begin with, but this shade is absolutely horrible.
The stall I used had a scary little monster floating around in the toilet, and considering that the other two were occupied, I was stuck with the haunted one. There’s a neat little waiting room inside, but the uncomfortably narrow pathway leading to it makes it hard to get around someone walking past. Glenn Hall, second fl oor
This one is straight out of a a restroom out of a bad horror movie. The first thing I noticed was the vomit-green colored floor. There are also tiles missing from a floor that didn’t look very clean. Two out of the three towel dispens-ers were out of towels when I tried to use them, and it was fairly early in the afternoon, which makes me wonder how long they were empty. Langdon Engineering Center, third fl oor
If you don’t ask someone, you probably won’t find it. It’s really small and only has two stalls and one sink. It makes sense that this bathroom is located where the offices are, but it’s one of those hidden spots. If you don’t know where to look, you’ll have to trek down to the first floor to use the restroom.
Tara Miller can be reached at
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THUMBS
TALKING POINTS
STUDY BREAK
Gov. Jerry Brown visited Chico State Monday to encourage students to vote yes on Propo-sition 30, which would increase taxes for Californians while avoiding cuts to the educa-tion budget.Brown’s visit shows the importance of the
student vote in Tuesday’s election. If the peo-ple aff ected by the proposition don’t approve the bill, people who want to avoid taxes at the expense of education will vote it out. It’s time for students to voice their opinions.Story A1
Movie review: “Argo”Based on true events, CIA operative Tony
(Ben Affl eck) develops a cover story around a fake fi lm to save six American diplomats dur-ing the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The casting of Affl eck, who also directs the movie, Alan Arkin and John Goodman, combined with excellent writing, give the fi lm a near perfect comical tone. A fi st-tightening thrill, “Argo” keeps viewers glued to the edge to their seats. Argu-ably one of the best fi lms of the year, it would be a mistake to pass it up.
–Compiled by Trevor Platt
Chico State recently won a contest to bring actress Jada Pinkett Smith to campus to talk about Proposition 35, a measure that would impose harsher punishments for human traffi ckers. Pinkett Smith, a Proposition 35 supporter, was unwilling to talk about both sides of the issue, which forced Associated Students, a neutral organization, to charge to lend space for the speech. She is no longer coming. Pinkett Smith’s appearance could have been
a good opportunity to educate students on an election topic. Perhaps a little more fl exibility from A.S. could have helped students make up their minds on a delicate issue.Story A3
Thumbs down to students
who didn’t register
to vote. They are not
allowed to complain for
the next four years.
Thumbs down to Disney
buying Lucasfilm and planning
to produce a seventh “Star
Wars” movie. Stop tampering
with our childhood.
Thumbs up to mountains
of candy. You’re never
too old to trick or treat.
Thumbs up to the men’s
soccer team for winning
the California Collegiate
Athletic Association North
Division title for the third
straight season. Let’s
take the CCAA as well.
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Dani AnguianoOPINION COLUMNIST
You’re either too skinny, too fat or not muscular enough. Your forearms are nowhere near as big as a GI Joe’s and your waist is way bigger than Barbie’s.
Society and commercial advertisements shape what we aspire to look like. The ease with which most young women say, “I look so fat in that picture,” shows us how ingrained poor self-esteem is in our identity.
Unrealistic body image among young men and women is a serious issue we know exists but do little to remedy.
People don’t develop in a vacuum. Their feelings and views are shaped by the stim-uli around them. Body image for young children is shaped by their dolls and action figures, their favorite movies and car-toon characters.
GI Joe and other action fig-ures influence boys to want to be strong and muscular. Girls learn at a young age they should wear makeup, look cute and be skinny. These ideals are brought to you by Barbie, Dis-ney princesses and television advertisements.
Disney princesses have always been thin. They also usually wear beautiful, modest dresses, with the exception of the non-white princesses, such as Pocahontas or Jasmine, who wear more revealing outfits that show their stomachs or much of their legs.
Although we have become
blindly accustomed to this in princesses, we don’t expect to see unrealistic beauty ideals in our favorite animal characters.
Recently, Minnie Mouse, who is normally cute and mouse-like, has recently received a makeover.
Barneys department store has given Minnie Mouse a new look that includes sky-high heels, a slinky dress and lots of eye makeup. She is now pin thin and resembles a drugged-out pencil more than a mouse.
When a mouse is being sex-ualized, the unrealistic beauty ideals our society promotes have gone too far.
If children watched movies and played with dolls without developing unrealistic expecta-tions for what they should look like, this would all be fine.
But that is not the way things work. Instead, children grow up and carry these ideals with them. This is evident when women wake up early just to apply makeup or diet so that their bodies can match those of the images they saw in a child-hood they barely remember.
It can also be seen in the men who spend hours in the gym working on their biceps so their arms can meet the stan-dard established at a young age.
We don’t actively think about how we have carried these standards with us, and it doesn’t have to happen to the next generation of children. We can expose our little broth-ers, sisters and our own kids to healthy images of what beau-tiful and brave people really look like.
A greater step is to change the ideals some characters pro-mote by demanding better role models from the companies responsible.
Following Minnie Mouse’s makeover, more than 130,000 people have signed a petition on the website Change.org to tell Barneys to leave Minnie Mouse alone. This is how we change things.
When things don’t change, children grow up and become the same people who talk about how fat they look or how small their muscles are.
Children should grow up loving themselves rather than striving to be they think they are supposed to be.
Dani Anguiano can be reached at
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Kevin CrittendenOPINION COLUMNIST
Gaming is my meditation. When I am playing at the top of my game, I am in a state of super consciousness. Time melts away, and total immersion follows. I drown in the rapture of the unfolding action and become one with the flow of the present.
Athletes and gamers on the edge of an epic win call this hyper-focused state being “in the zone,” hackers call it “hack mode,” and Eastern religions like Buddhism and Taoism include the con-cept of “flow” as a central principle of their spiritual tradition.
Gaming is therapy, and it’s cheaper than a psychiatrist and healthier than prescription drugs. It is the greatest form of distraction from real-world problems and a neutralizer of stress.
Unlike much of everyday life, suc-cess is clearly defined in the realm of gaming.
I prefer games, but you may use something like rock-climbing or chess to satisfy your need for accomplishment through a pattern of rules and a com-munity of peers.
They may seem to be repetitive and predictable on the surface, but games never cease to surprise. Every round, match or period is distinct from those that came before.
Take, for example, a couple of plays from the 2012 World Series. San
Francisco Giants’ center fielder Angel Pagan’s chopper turned into a double when it hit third base. In game two, a rolling bunt came to a dead stop in a tight pitchers’ duel. These decisive moments make games interesting.
The objectives are clear in sports and in gaming, and there is a drive toward success without the fear of failure. It is the process itself that is the reward. It’s like hitting reset on your problems, and failure is not something to worry about.
Some games may be more cerebral than others, but they all push the par-ticipant to the edge of their abilities: the rock climber plays with the limits of their body, the cliff face and gravity, while the chess player’s struggle is an internal grappling of dynamic strategy.
Skill sets honed through gaming transfer to everyday life. Ideally, every-one would make their favorite games into a career. But even when work and play are separated, gaming can be a refreshing activity.
My mom used to condemn video games. As an anxious parent, she bought into the popular notion that games are a waste of time. Now she plays Ms. Pac-Man on her phone every day.
“Now I get it,” she said the last time I talked to her. “These things are really fun.”
Yes, Mom, I know. Welcome to the 21st century path to enhanced awareness.
Kevin Crittenden can be reached at
‘When I grow up, I want to look like Minnie Mouse’
Therapeutic value found in gaming
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On the heels of one of the strongest seasons in Chico State men’s basketball history and the eighth California Collegiate Athletic Association appearance in 10 years for the women’s team, the basketball program is primed for a solid start. Find previews and profi les inside this special section.
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REACHING UP Senior Jason Conrad and junior McKenzie Dalthorp jump for the basketball.
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3Number of consecutive CCAA North Division titles the men’s soccer team has after its tie with Cal State Stanislaus this weekend.
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9Number of CCAA conference title wins over the past 11 years.
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CCAA Overall Cal State San Bernardino 13-2 16-7 UC San Diego 12-3 17-6 Sonoma State 11-4 17-6 San Francisco State 11-4 16-6 Chico State 8-7 14-8Cal State L.A. 8-7 10-12Cal State Dominguez Hills 7-8 9-13Cal State Monterey Bay 6-9 12-11 Cal Poly Pomona 6-9 10-12 Cal State East Bay 4-11 9-13 Cal State Stanislaus 4-11 7-16 Humboldt State 0-15 2-20
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CCAA Overall WOMEN’S SOCCER
North DivisionChico State (CLINCHED) 8-1-5 9-2-5 Cal State Stanislaus 7-4-3 9-4-3Sonoma State 6-6-2 8-7-2Cal State East Bay 2-7-5 4-8-5Cal State Monterey Bay 3-11 3-12
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11Number of consecutive California Collegiate Athletic Association conference titles.
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Trevor PlattASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Last season was one of the best in Chico State men’s basketball history.
The team boasted an overall record of 25-8 and advanced all the way to the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship finals before winning its first National Collegiate Athletic Associ-ation tournament game since 1958. Star point guard Jay Flores received the CCAA MVP honor, and coach Greg Clink was named CCAA coach of the year for his work during the season.
With the first exhibition game of the season on Sunday, excitement is in the air and the team is ready to start another strong season.
The players will find success again if they focus on defense and work hard to reach their goals, junior forward Amir Carraway said.
“We have all been excited to get back on the court,” Carraway said. “We have all come in with the mind-set of defending like we did last year while working hard to reach our goal at the end of the season.”
Defense will be essential in order to reach the goals attained last season and play well in confer-ence again, Clink said. The team had the sixth-best defense in the nation last season.
The team has 13 returning players, but one of the biggest changes to adapt to will be the fact that Flores has graduated.
It takes adjusting any time the most valuable player in the conference is lost, Clink said.
“Now the program is at the point that someone else needs to grow at that position,” Clink said. “We feel like we are extremely solid at the guard position.”
With so many veteran players, the team possesses extra experience.
“We have been through a championship season now,” Clink said. “It was new to us, but now we have a group of guys who have been through it and know it’s not easy. We are battle-tested.”
In the offseason, the players worked hard to advance their play. Carraway worked on his game under the basket.
“A lot of people know me as a three-point shooter,” Carraway said, “so I worked on other parts of my game like driving, passing and ball-handling so I can be a better all-around player.”
The first exhibition game of the season will take place Sunday in Stockton against University of the Pacific. The Carl’s Jr. Mac Martin Invitational will bring the ’Cats home for a four-game tournament the weekend of Nov. 23.
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Men’s team returns after historic season Women’s basketball team looks to veteransJake MartinSTAFF WRITER
Following a season in which the Chico State women’s bas-ketball team made a California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament bid, the players return hungry and poised to go even further.
The team’s 10 returning players provide experience and depth, and while the team boasts no seven-footers, optimism runs high.
“What we might lack in height, we will more than make up for with our athleticism and quickness,” head coach Brian Fogel said. “This season it’s about everyone accepting their roles and players who were junior and seniors stepping up to become leaders.”
Senior guard Synchro Bull was named First Team All-CCAA while leading the Wildcats in scoring, boards and steals, and fi n-ishing second on the team in blocks and assists.
Another crucial player in the backcourt is junior guard Jazmine Miller, who led the team in points from behind the arc and the CCAA in free-throw percentage. She was second on the team in steals and points and third in rebounds.
“I think that we can win any given match-up, because we have so many players with good experience that work well together,” Miller said. “This team is defi nitely diff erent from last year’s, because we are all about shooters, while last year we were more about driving the ball.”
The Wildcats have a strong inside presence in junior forward McKenzie Dalthorp. At the end of last season, she hit her stride by scoring double-digit points in six of the last seven games, while fi nishing fourth on the team in points and boards.
“I didn’t realize how hungry making the tournament would make us,” Dalthorp said. “I think we have great chemistry and all the pieces to go deeper in the tournament this year.”
Junior guard Courtney Hamilton, who led the team in blocks and assists last season, said the key to success will be the team’s style of play.
“I think our biggest strength may be how fast and how well we play team defense,” Hamilton said. “As far as our off ense goes, we have great shooters and we have improved at pushing the ball down court. Now if we can just take care of the ball and stay on the same page, we can really make a run this year.”
Under Fogel, the ’Cats have had four consecutive winning sea-sons, including last year’s record of 18-11.
Fogel came to Chico State from UC Davis and continued the pro-gram’s winning tradition. The Wildcats have made the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament in eight of the past 10 seasons.
“At Davis, I really got my feet wet as a coach and learned the importance of the attention to detail,” Fogel said. “Whether it’s recruiting, daily preparation or just the impact of surrounding yourself with good people, it’s all important to success.”
The team opens its season on the road Nov. 17 against Fresno Pacifi c University. The fi rst home game will be Nov. 30 against Cal Poly Pomona.
Jake Martin can be reached at
ON THE BLOCK
POSTED Senior center Jason Conrad
posts up on junior forward
McKenzie Dalthorp.
Conrad and Dalthorp are
the enforcers in the paint
for the Wildcats.
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
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Adam LevineSTAFF WRITER
Growing up in west Oakland, Damario Sims began play-ing an old-school style of basketball on blacktops of local playgrounds where fouls were nonexistent.
He eventually found himself playing at McClymonds High School, where he helped lead his team to two consecutive California Division I state championship games in his junior and senior years.
“I was naturally fast, naturally athletic,” Sims said. “I could naturally shoot the ball, so basketball was no doubt the sport for me.”
Sims’ love of the game seems hereditary, since almost everyone in his dad’s family has played basketball, he said. He found a role model in his uncle, who was a popu-lar player.
Sims originally planned to attend San Francisco City College to play with an older cousin, but his plans changed when Chico State coach Greg Clink shared what he was building with the Wildcats.
“Coach Clink said that they were starting the program, and they sold me on the idea that they were changing the culture here,” Sims said. “So I made the gut decision to come here, and it was the best decision that I have ever made.”
That decision has worked out well for Sims, who, in three seasons, has accumulated a basketball resume that includes a First Team All-California Col-legiate Athletic Association nod from last season.
One of Sims’ best attributes is his leadership, said team-mate Jake Lovisolo, a senior guard.
“He is able to infl uence others and get them to do the right thing. He puts the time in,” Lovisolo said. “He doesn’t ask anyone to do anything that he doesn’t do himself.”
One of the greatest moments in Sims’ basketball career was making a three-point buzzer-beater in the CCAA cham-pionship tournament to beat Humboldt State for the title, he said. One of the best parts was the reaction he got afterward.
“It was crazy, man, I had about 100 text messages, my Twitter was blowing up, Facebook was blowing up, it was just really cool,” Sims said. “I made a lot of people in my hometown proud, because it was on TV.”
Sims’ goals for the upcoming season include being the best defensive guard in the conference, earning All-Amer-ican honors, being on the best defensive team in the country and winning the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation Division II Championship.
When his time at Chico State is over, Sims hopes to play basketball professionally in Europe. After his basket-ball career is over, he would like to use his criminal justice degree to get a job as a probation offi cer.
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DAMARIO SIMSThe senior guard led the ’Cats in scoring last season with 11.2 points per game.
THE ORION •ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN LEE
Wednesday the 31th — “25th Annual Pumpkin Drop.”Noon@ Butte HallFree
Physics students will drop pumpkins from Butte Hall to dem-onstrate the laws of gravity to elementary school students.
T H U R S DAY
Career Development Workshop Series Part 1: Resume Writing That WorksNoon to 1 p.m.@ Colusa Hall Room 110FreeStudents will receive career advice and learn how to build resumes.
S AT U R DAY
Erin Gottschalk Fisher’s Global Climate Change Talk4 p.m.@ Holt Hall Room 129FreeThe first of two global climate change dis-cussions. The second speaker will be at 5 p.m. in Holt room 258 with Dr. Connie Millar.
S U N DAY
Deer Creek Day Hike and Yoga8 a.m. to 6 p.m.@ Lassen National Forest$27 for student ticketsAdventure Outings is going to Lassen National Forest for outdoor Yoga in the forest’s landscape.
MON DAY
Shirin Ebadi7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.@ Laxson Auditorium$15-$32This human rights activist from Iran is the fi rst Muslim woman, and fi rst Ira-nian citizen to win a Nobel Peace Prize, in addition to being the fi rst Iranian female judge.
T U E S DAY
“The Arabian Nights” Theater Show7:30 p.m.@ Wismer Theater in the Performing Arts Center$6 for student A theater show about a seductive Arabian woman who tells a diff erent story every night for 1,000 nights.
F R I DAY
Arboretum Tours10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.@ The gazebo in front of BidwellMansionFreeThe fi rst of threetours that will beoff ered as a way to enjoy the variety of plant life in andaround Chico Statecampus.campus
CAMPUS
COMMUNITY Melvin Seals and JGB Show8 p.m. doors open@ El Rey Theater$18 for advanced ticketsThe band will be per-forming blues/folk music in Chico.
F R I DAY
Coutolenc Road Up-Hill Time Trial Bike Race8:15 a.m. registration begins@ Coutolenc RoadFreeThe category two climb bike race is approximately 6.8 miles long and climbs 1,600 feet.
S AT U R DAY
Day of the Dead2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.@ 820 Broadway Street$15 with required preregistrationThe ceremony will be paired with a par-ticipatory workshop where people will honor the dead with diff erent forms of art.
S U N DAY
Datsik8 p.m.@ Senator Theater$20British Columbian Dubstep DJ, Datsik, is performing in Chico.
MON DAY
Alan Cork-ery Hahn and Belinda Hanson12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.@ 820 Broadway St.FreeArt gallery about struggles over his-tory and the marks left on humanity.
T H U R S DAY
TODAY
TODAY:Butte College Chico Center Haunted House 2 p.m. @2320 Forest Avenue $2. Come out for a scary good time.
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Red, black and white are the col-ors senior basketball point guard Synchro Bull chose for her knee brace, a tribute to Chico State and her final season as a Wildcat.
The knee brace is a result of the torn left ACL she acquired during the Wildcats’ win over Humboldt State in the opening round of the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship tour-nament in February. She missed the two remaining championship games.
She had surgery and now spends more than five hours a day doing physical therapy in order to get ready to practice with the rest of her team.
Although the senior is unsure when she’ll be back, she is hope-ful to play in their first exhibition game next month, Bull said.
But the top-scorer’s knee injury is only a small segment of her bas-ketball career.
Bull grew up around the game, and seeing her sister play sparked her interest at 6 years old, she said. Her uncle coached her elementary school team, and in those days, Bull wore jeans instead of shorts while playing.
“I didn’t know better,” she said. “I was that young.”
Until Bull was 10 years old, she lived in east Oakland, where she spent her childhood avoiding violence.
“It was kind of dangerous, but only if you were affiliated with a
gang or said something crazy to someone or bumped into some-body,” Bull said.
Before she left elementary school, Bull learned to watch her surroundings and to “be alert of the stuff going around,” she said.
Bull played club and high school basketball at Emery High School, where she made the varsity team
all four years. Her senior year marked the first time in the high school’s history that its women’s basketball team advanced to the North Coast Section playoffs.
“Me and my brothers all played basketball at Emery, so I would go to practice and they would be in there waiting for me to get out, and then we would just walk home,” Bull said.
When deciding which college to attend, Chico State was almost out of the question after her first visit to campus.
“I was going through a few schools, and I didn’t have a good time here because of a lot of mis-communication,” Bull said.
During her second visit, head
coach Brian Fogel made sure Bull had a proper tour of the university, allowing her to see the campus and how the team played, she said.
Bull was a stand-out last season, when she was named to First Team All-CCAA last season, earned a 2012 Division II All-West Region Second Team honor and led the Wildcats in scoring, rebounds and steals.
Bull finished second on the team in assists and blocked shots, and she placed second in the CCAA in steals. Bull ranks eighth among conference players in scoring, fifth in assists and eighth in free throw percentage, and she was CCAA player of the week in January.
In a game against UC San Diego in January, she scored a career-high 29 points. Bull scored 10 or more points 20 times last season.
This season is her last chance at a championship title, and with three newcomers on the team, Bull expects the ’Cats to earn that title.
“I’ve never won it being here, and I came close my sophomore year to winning a championship, but I think we can do it this year,” Bull said.
Her biggest goals as a senior are strengthening her leg, get-ting an MVP award and leaving Chico State with unforgettable memories.
“Basketball was pretty much my life here, and I don’t think I’m gonna forget that,” she said.
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CROSSING OVERSynchro
Bull hopes to bounce back from
an ACL tear suff ered in a
game against Humboldt
State in February.
The senior guard aims
to be back in time for the team’s fi rst exhibition
game in November.
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRETT EDWARDS
Point guard works at comeback
Isaac BrambilaOPINION EDITOR
The men’s soccer team clinched the No. 2 seed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship tournament with a tie against Cal State Stanislaus on Friday. The tie earned the ’Cats their fourth CCAA North Division title in fi ve years.
Men’s soccerA tie at Cal State Stanislaus
on Friday gave the men’s soc-cer team its third consecutive California Collegiate Athletic Association North Division title in a game that kept fans on edge until the closing minutes.
The Warriors went on top with a goal in the 18th minute, but the ’Cats managed to come back on top with a header goal by junior forward Kramer Runager in the 55th minute and a long range goal by senior midfielder Micah Miranda with three minutes to play.
The ’Cats led the game 2-1 with 26 seconds to go when senior Warrior defender Nolan Hol-dridge bent his shot around the wall on a free kick to tie the game and steal an outright win from the Wildcats.
Only a few seconds stood between the Wildcats and the glory of a win in the last game of the season, but the tie still earned the team the division title.
Women’s soccerThe women’s soccer team split
its weekend games with a 4-3 loss Friday at Cal State Stanislaus and a 3-1 win over Humboldt State to
close out the regular season Sun-day at University Stadium.
The Wildcats did not go down without a fight Friday, but a flurry of goals gave the Warriors the victory.
Cal State Stanislaus’ Karenee Demery put the Warriors up 1-0 in the third minute of the game.
But that was only the beginning of a hard-fought, high-scoring scoring game. Senior midfielder Denni Jo Berger and junior for-ward Scotie Walker put the ’Cats on top 2-1 within 19 minutes of play.
Sophomore Warrior defender Karli Nestler and Demery gave Cal State Stanislaus a 3-2 lead in the 61st minute.
Chico State came back to tie the game in the 71st minute with Walker’s second goal of the day, but Demery completed her hat trick in the third minute of overtime.
On senior day Sunday, fans had to wait until the 57th minute to see the first goal of the game, which put the Jacks on top.
Berger scored the first for the ’Cats in the 70th minute, and goals by senior midfielder Shelby Dunlap in the 77th minute and freshman forward Jenny Konishi in the 86th gave the Wildcats the victory to close out the regular season with a win.
VolleyballThe team had a losing weekend
with a 3-1 defeat to San Francisco State and a 3-2 defeat to Sonoma State. With the losses, the team fell to an 8-7 record and to fi fth place in CCAA competition.
Outside hitters Alex Shurtz and
Ellie Larronde combined for 74 kills in the weekend, 18 and 16, respec-tively, against the Gators and 20 for each versus the Seawolves.
The ’Cats managed to tie the match at the half Friday, losing the fi rst set 14-25 and winning the sec-ond 25-21, but the Gators swept the third and fourth sets 25-21 and 29-27.
It was a closer match Saturday, but the Wildcats still came up short.
The ’Cats had what seemed like a comfortable lead after winning the fi rst two sets, but things were tied after four.
The game was forced into a fi fth set, but Sonoma State completed a three-set sweep, winning the last by a score of 15-10 for the win.
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Men’s soccer team clinches division; women’s team takes final game; volleyball team fallsIN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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BALANCE, EYES, ELBOW, FOLLOW THROUGH Synchro Bull led the Wildcats in scoring with 13.1 points a game last season before her knee injury. She also grabbed the most rebounds with 5.6 a game.
“I’ve never won it being here, and I came close my
sophomore year to winning a championship, but I think
we can do it this year.”
SYNCHRO BULL
women’s basketball point guard
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY SAMANTHA YOUNGMAN
KICK IT Senior midfielder Shelby Dunlap and sophomore Kelly Skel-ton defend against a Humboldt State player Sunday. The women’s soccer team celebrated senior day and beat the Jacks 3-1 in the final game of the season. The team finished the season with a 7-11 record.
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SAVVY SAVING B7
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“Halloween means
having a good time,
reliving your child-
hood and having one
night of debauchery.”
“Halloween means
eating candy and
having fun.”
“Halloween is a fun
night of the year
where you get to go
out and be some-
body else.”
Tom Witt senior | kinesiology
Jennifer Louissenior |recreation administration
Erik Taylorsenior | political science
Editor’s note: An Orion reporter observed Sgt. Rob Merrifield as he worked the swing shift in downtown Chico the weekend before Halloween.
Risa JohnsonSTAFF WRITER
Scantily dressed women and men decked with bloodied faces – real and painted – approached police officers Sat-urday night with both innocent inquiries and shouts of annoyance at being unable to pass through a road block.
While revelers’ biggest worry seemed to be the fact that they were unable to to get to Riley’s because a large portion of the south-campus area was blocked off to prevent overcrowding, police had other concerns.
Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifield stood on the corner of West Fifth and Cherry streets, directing foot traffic around the area.
“I don’t know when Halloween here started to turn so sideways,” he said.
Although most partiers are cooperative and polite, Merrifield wasn’t surprised by the jests directed toward him.
“I know 100 times someone is going to say ‘Nice costume,’” he said. “After 50 times, I get bored.”
Merrifield was one of fewer than 50 police officers on duty in downtown Chico Saturday. Officers traveled on foot in groups of three with the objective of keeping the streets clear and the parties small.
“It’s not something I look forward to,” Merrifield said about working over Halloween weekend. “There is nothing enjoyable about it.”
He has been with the Chico Police Department for 24 years and still gets anxious when patrolling Halloween weekend.
To prepare for the night, he made sure he got plenty of rest, said goodbye to his wife, son and daughter and headed out into one of the craziest nights in Chico.
Keeping himself and people on the streets safe throughout the chaotic night was his main concern, he said. The best way to keep people out of danger is to keep crowds moving.
“We busted one party that had 500 people in the backyard,” he said. “It’s hard to write tickets, because there aren’t enough officers.”
Other areas of town don’t get patrolled, because officers have to focus heavily on Ivy Street, Merrifield said.
Merrifield worked the swing shift from 4 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday – or at least that was the plan – until he was called to the scene of an assault and didn’t get off work until 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
The most effective way to control par-ties is to get to them before they get out of hand and people have to be arrested, he said.
When Chico police tried a hands-off approach in previous years they found it to be less effective, Merrifield said.
“People had bigger parties and lit things on fire,” he said.
Police have been somewhat successful in reducing the number of out-of-towners who frequently cause problems during the holiday weekend, Merrifield said. Many visitors don’t have a stake in the Chico community, and they’ll do things
they wouldn’t do at home. Merrifield poked a little fun at the
underage drinkers who think they are discreet.
“Kids carry around five-liter bottles of soda like I don’t know what’s in there,” he said. “Yeah, I usually just get really thirsty when I go out too.”
Those are the people the police stop and ticket.
But the officers aren’t always making arrests and stopping fights. They spent monotonous hours Saturday night and Sunday morning simply standing at the corner of West Fifth and Cherry streets, having to repeat, “Road closed, sorry, can’t get through” every few seconds.
While most students stopped only to complain about being unable to get to the bars, others made a scene.
People who lived within the blocked-off area became insistent, and a few attempted to get around the police and into the area.
After repeating that the area was blocked off to passers-by who tried to get through, Merrifield got creative.
There has been a Martian landing on West Fifth and Ivy streets. There was a hot air balloon accident. Pizza has been outlawed in Chico.
These were just a few things Merrifield told people who asked why the area was blocked off as he sent them on their way.
When the smell of marijuana followed a mass of people, Merrifield joked, say-ing, “Wow, there must be a lot of sick people out tonight.”
Risa Johnson can be reached at
WORD OF MOUTH: What does HWhat does Halloween mean to you? Compiled by Nicole Gerspacher
On the streets with Chico police during one of the busiest nights of the year
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY SARAH SUTTON
COSTUMED CROWDS Chico police Sgt. Rob Merrifi eld stops party-goers from entering a section of the downtown area Saturday night. Police blocked access to the intersection of West Fifth and Ivy streets to prevent loitering on the sidewalks and people walking in the street. Merrifield worked with a group of other officers to block the intersection.
PARTY CULTURE
I don’t know when Halloween here started to turn so
sideways —“ ”
2001Sexual assaults, stabbings and alcohol violations peak, lead-ing police to address the issue of overcrowding and the need for extra police enforcement.
2002Three-hundred extra police
offi cers are brought to Chico to control the revelers.
2009Halloween falls on a
weekend and becomes a bigger event again.
2012Halloween falls on a Wednes-
day; police estimate that crime peaked the Satur-day before Halloween.
SOURCE • LT. LINDA DYE
MORE ON THEORION.COM Check out the history of Halloween in Chico.
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Aubrey CrosbySE X COLUMNIST
When I found naked pictures of my boy-friend’s high school crush on his laptop last semester, I was livid. I was even angrier when I checked again after confronting him and saw that they were still there.
There was no actual physical contact with this girl, but just seeing her full fron-tal on his laptop constituted cheating for me.
Emotional cheating and physical cheat-ing may seem to be on two opposite ends of the spectrum, but they are more closely related than people think.
Emotional cheating can eventually lead to the physical kind and the physical kind contains emotional aspects.
I was crushed when I fi rst saw the pho-tos, but I kept going forward with my relationship. I can’t even think of a word to describe how I felt the second time around.
It is easy to gauge when it’s time to dump your signifi cant other if you are facing bla-tant instances of cheating, because unless you happen to be in an open relationship or part of a threesome, there is no excuse
for having sex with another person. You should probably dump him or her if:
There is a form of emotional cheat-• ing that leaves you thinking of the best ways to get revengeIt isn’t the fi rst time• The apologies seem more rehearsed • than honest
With seemingly lesser cases of cheating, there is no easy way to judge whether you should stick with your partner. It always depends on the situation and the people involved, and the decision can be diffi cult.
In my case, the only thing that was truly hurt was my ego, because I felt like I wasn’t enough for him when I found the photos.
After spending a good two or three hours talking to my girlfriends about it, I decided it was worth it to work through our problems.
In the case of a drunken make-out ses-sion with someone else, you have every right to be mad. Should you go ahead and end it right there? The whole act needs evaluation. Do you think your partner will do it again or was it a one-time thing?
If it’s not the fi rst time it has happened, then things clearly need to change.
But if you see that your partner is hon-estly sorry and is doing just about anything to make it better, then the call isn’t easy. In cases like these, I think a second chance is appropriate. Other small cases, such as fl irting or a kiss, fall under the same category.
But there is a certain line that, once crossed, changes everything.
If I had found out that my boyfriend had an active relationship with the girl in the photos, or that he had a one-night stand with her, there would have been no way to fi x it. A clean break is the answer to a true aff air.
Revenge is not the solution. It only makes things worse. Cheating to get back at a cheater just creates an infi nite cycle that ends with both parties feeling utterly miserable.
In all cases, cheating needs to be addressed. When it comes down to decid-ing the fate of your relationship, it’s best to look at where you and your partner stand as a couple. If it’s something more than a minor mishap, it may be time to leave.
Aubrey Crosby can be reached at
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Sarah MorinSTAFF WRITER
The ringing of hammers hitting nails and the screeching of saws echo along C Street. At the end of the block, sawdust fl ies off with the breeze away from a house being built.
Builders begin the day in a group huddle and break off to their assigned areas, whether that be to construct the frame or cut wood.
Chico State and Fair View High School students are building the house for a single mother with fi ve children. The family currently lives in a two-bedroom apartment.
About fi ve Chico State student-volunteers work with Habitat for Humanity and the Junior Leadership Development Program to help teach leadership skills to about a dozen juniors and seniors from the high school by building houses.
The Junior Leadership Develop-ment Program, which works with at-risk youth aged 15 to 19, started at the Table Mountain Juvenile Detention Center and now includes students from Fair View High, a con-tinuation school.
The goal is to benefi t Chico youth with the help of volunteers from the university, said Jacob Peterson, a Chico State alumnus and the founder
of the program.“We just basically want to help
them out, and we feel like we can relate to them on a whole other level than teachers or adults might be able to,” he said.
Olivia Jackson, a Chico State psy-chology major, has worked with the group for more than a year and learned about it through CAVE.
Jackson will graduate in spring, but her outreach won’t end there.
“I plan on continuing with the program,” she said. “I think it’s some-thing defi nitely worth my time, just hanging out with the kids and show-ing them about leadership and what it’s all about.”
Working with high school students has broadened her education, Jack-son said.
“Because this program has a lot to do with leadership, I would defi nitely say that it has impacted me on my
leadership skill, and I’ve taken from it what the kids have taught me, and that’s being committed to something bigger than yourself.”
Habitat for Humanity builds houses for families on a need-based system.
Although the houses aren’t free, they come at a cheaper price with no interest, said Mary Rumiano, a member of Butte County’s Habitat for Humanity’s board of directors.
Payments that the family makes on the house go toward buying materi-als for the next Habitat for Humanity build, and the owners must complete 250 hours of work on their home while it is being built.
Trevor Fontana-Gage, a senior at Fair View High School, has been helping with the build.
The students who come out and lend a hand are the ones who work hard in school and care about their edu-cation, he said. It is mainly students from the high school’s leadership class and its Regional Occuptional Program for construction.
“It’s pretty fun,” Fontana-Gage said. “It’s more realistic. I don’t really like it when there’s an older teacher telling me what to do. They’re work-ing with us.”
Sarah Morin can be reached at
Students volunteer with at-risk youth
THE ORION •PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEXANDRA ARCHULETA
HELPING HAND Olivia Jackson, a senior psychology major, works with students from Fair View High School to nail together the frame of a Habitat for Humanity house for a family of six Friday.
THE ORION •ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ COFFEE
“I don’t like it when there’s an older teacher telling me what to do. They work with us.”
TREVOR FONTANA-GAGE
Fair View High School student
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CHOP onions, tomatoes, garlic, basil and the leek.SAUTE onions until brown.ADD tomatoes, garlic, the leek and a pinch of salt. SQUEEZE lemon over sauteing vegetables.SPRINKLE basil over vegetables as they continue to cook.POUR olive oil on a baking sheet.PREHEAT oven to 400 F.PLACE portobello mushrooms bottom-up on baking sheet. DIVIDE the vegetable mixture and put inside of mushroom evenly.TOP each mushroom with cheese. BAKE for 12 minutes. ADD extra cheese and parsley if desired.
PREP 20 minutesTOTAL 35 minutesSERVING SIZE 4
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Annie PaigeFOOD COLUMNIST
Pizza is a guilty pleasure. If there is a $10 bill, a Little Caesar’s
coupon and a couple of stressed-out college students hanging around the house, you better believe the night will end up including pizza and trashy TV.
But sometimes I want my pizza without the greasy, guilty feeling that often accompanies it.
This week’s recipe lets you have
your cheesy, garlicky pizza without making you feel like you need to hit the gym afterward.
All you need is a skillet, an oven and a few vegetables, plus the porto-bello mushrooms.
In this recipe, the mushroom takes the place of crust to transport won-derfully seasoned vegetables into your mouth.
With this recipe, you can have your healthy diet and your pizza, too.
Annie Paige can be reached at
FOODSubway on West Sacramento Avenue off ers $1 off any foot-long sandwich.
Celestino’s Pizza has a student lunch special that includes a slice of pep-peroni or mushroom pizza and a drink for $3.95.
Chipotle off ers $2 burritos for those who come in dressed in a costume on Halloween.
Associated Students Dining gives 10 percent off to those wearing Wildcat gear on Wednesdays.
Kwando Buff et gives 10 percent off of a meal.
Woodstock’s Pizza off ers a large pizza for $11.99.
Brooklyn Bridge Bagel Works caters to students from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grab a pizza bagel or bagel dog and a drink for $3.50.
The Pita Pit off ers students 50-cent
drinks.
OTHERChico Nails gives students a 10 percent discount.
Nutrishop gives free VIP discount cards, shaker cups and samples.
Chico Sports Club gives gym member-ships for $30 a month.
B-Line bus rides in Chico are free with Chico State or Butte College ID.
Chico Computer Clinic has a $49.99 fl at rate for labor, discounted from $79.99.
Cartridge World off ers 20 percent off for refi lling printer ink cartridges.
Ellis Art and Engineering gives back-to-school bucks at the beginning of every semester: $1 redeemable at Ellis for every $10 spent.
Trucker gives students a 10 percent discount.
Age of Aquarius has a student discount for all services.
When I returned to Chico from summer vacation for my sophomore year, I couldn’t help but smile when I saw signs around town welcoming back students. I then realized how much of a college town Chico really is.
This was a few years ago, but my love for Chico and its residents hasn’t changed. The people are friendly, and they genuinely care about students.
In my time living here, I’ve noticed many
stores giving deals to students.With the help of people on Facebook and
Twitter, I have compiled a list of businesses that know how little money college students have and are willing to help us out.
Bring your Wildcat ID to these establish-ments to reap the benefi ts of being in college.
*This is not a complete list of businesses that give student discounts. Always ask if stu-dent deals are available.
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