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Kelly WardSTAFF WRITER
Sobs could be heard throughout Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek Thurs-day night at the fundraiser for the victims of the fl ood in Pakistan.
From the approximate 100 people in attendance, the Pakistani Student Association raised $3,443 from ticket sales and dona-tions. The event cost $20 to attend.
The event started with a reading from the Quran by senior electrical engineer-ing student Wail Ghazaliin traditional Arabic.
Qasim Malik, presidentof the Pakistani Student Association, then showed a slideshow depicting the devastation of the fl ood, which took place in July.
The slideshow con-tained several pictures of villages too fl ooded to be salvaged alongside statis-tics stating that 1.2 million homes were destroyed.
There were images of Pakistani people trudg-ing through water up to their thighs, with a fi g-ures stating that more than 20 million people were aff ected by the fl ood and 8.6 million of them were children less than 5 years old.
About 2,000 people were killed because of the fl ood,
Malik said.After the slideshow,
there was a video of an Al-Jazeera report on all of the children aff ected by the fl ood in Pakistan health centers.
Many of those in atten-dance were wiping their eyes and covering their faces as the video showed three people struggling to help one another stand up in the steady current of the fl ood. Some shed tears as they watched the small group trying to stand, but continually falling down in the current.
Following the video, Hamayoun Jamali, a rep-resentative of the Islamic
Relief USA organization, gave a slideshow presen-tation of what the group is doing to help Pakistan now.
In this presentation, the focus was on the 2 mil-lion homeless people, the 72,000 children at risk for death from malnutrition and what Islamic Relief USA has done for the peo-ple of Pakistan.
Islamic Relief USA has raised more than $12.5 million for Pakistan and $3 million for tents and supplies to shelter the homeless, Jamali said.
“These people lost their families, their homes, their livestock, seeds and
the money they would have gained for the past two seasons,” Jamali said during his presentation.
Donations were asked of everyone in attendance. Few were able to donate large amounts, but two people pledged to split a $5,000 donation and one person pledged $1,000.
A.S. President Amro Jay-ousi was at the fundraiser and thought highly of the Pakastani Student Asso-ciation and of what they were doing for Pakistan, he said.
“I thought their eff ort was very honest and noble – and needed,” Jayousi said. “A lot of people need help in Pakistan.”
After the presentation, there was a large buff et of traditional Pakistani foods, including biryani rice, pulao rice, chicken qorma, vegetable bhu-jia and naan bread, and ending with a very sweet dessert similar to rice pudding called “kheer.”
If anyone would like to donate to help the victims of the flood in Pakistan, they can go to the Islamic Relief USA website or contact the Pakistani Student Asso-ciation at [email protected]
Kelly Ward can be reached at
Students aid fl ood relief
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SERVING RELIEF Shazia Khan [LEFT] and Fouzia Khan [RIGHT] dish up traditional Pakistani food to guests.
Jeb DraperPHOTO EDITOR
About 150 people gath-ered on a rainy day to show support for the family of Jesse Kohen and to honor the memory of him.
Despite the rain, fam-ily members, friends, coworkers and commu-nity members met Sunday afternoon at One-Mile Rec-reation Area to celebrate the life of Kohen, 26, by doing something he loved – going for a run.
The rain did not stop the event, but instead showed
the impact Kohen’s life had on the community, said Casey Kohen, Jesse’s brother.
The group participated in a two-mile run in Lower Bidwell Park and gathered afterward in a parking lot to share memories with each other and with the Kohen family.
“There are no fair-weather friends out here,” Casey Kohen said. “Weather like this would have just inspired him.”
Nik Mendoza, a manager at LaSalles and a friend of Kohen, organized the
event through Facebook and was pleased with the turnout, he said.
“Diff erent people deal with grief in diff erent ways,” Mendoza said. “I wanted to take that energy and do something positive.”
Kohen died in a single-vehicle accident Oct. 19.
He was driving east-bound on Highway 32 just east of Highway 99 when, for an unknown reason, his vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, said Chico police Sgt. Rob
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HOLDING IT TOGETHER Bob Kohen, Kay Kohen and Casey Kohen embrace after fi nishing the memorial run.
Stephanie ConsiglioSTAFF WRITER
The departments of edu-cation and professional studies in education are joining together again as one department after 17 years of separation.
The Academic Senate passed a proposal to com-bine the two departments Thursday.
The departments have been separated since 1993, said Deborah Summers, chairwoman of the depart-ment of education. Part of the idea was to have more specialized teachers in addition to credentialed teachers.
The merger will improve communication and ser-vices to the school districts that the department works with and to other depart-ments and colleges within the university, said Phyl-lis Fernlund, dean of the College of Communication and Education. The fund-ing for both departments is being combined so there won’t be a cut in the bud-get of either offi ce.
“We’re not taking away classes or funding from the students, we’re just reor-ganizing the way we do things,” Fernlund said.
The new college organiza-tion will take eff ect fall 2011, she said.
Students who are already in the programs will prob-ably see few changes, but they will be able to take courses from an expanded number of faculty members, Fernlund said.
Senior Thomas Whit-comb, a history and social science double major, sees the pros of the arrangement, he said.
“I think working with the same teachers over and over can only give you one perspective, and a variety is very benefi cial,” Whit-comb said.
The merger between the two departments will reduce the number of departments from seven to six, but will not aff ect the other fi ve departments, Fernlund said.
“For the incoming stu-dents, there will be several new programs that will be combined for a much richer experience,” Summers said. “Not that it’s not good right now – it will just be better.”
The change won’t aff ect the students in any negative way, Fernlund said.
The School of Education Information Center will con-tinue to provide a variety of services to students, Fern-lund said.
Stephanie Consiglio can be reached at
Julia VazquezSTAFF WRITER
There is no trick to how author-ities will approach the upcoming Halloween celebration, and there will be no treat for students who have a run in with the law.
Student Judicial Aff airs regularly receives the names of people who have been arrested, then deciphers who are Chico State students, said Connie Huyck, interim director for
Student Judicial Aff airs.“When we receive the names, we
determine whether or not to call a student into our offi ce and see if what happened is a violation of Title 5,” Huyck said.
Students are subject to disci-plinary action if they violate any of the Title 5 California Code of Regulations. Grounds for student discipline include plagiarism, disorderly or indecent behav-ior relating to the university or its
members – which can occur on or off campus – and public intox-ication while on campus or at a university-related activity.
If an intoxicated student decides to walk home and wants to cut through campus, he or she could be subject to disciplinary action under Title 5, Huyck said.
There were a total of 142 arrests throughout the 2009 Halloween holiday weekend, and the Chico
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Men's soccer
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ONLINE >> theorion.comVideo coverage
Men's soccer sweepsweekend at home
Vaudeville, circus acts, visual eff ects and puppetry combine at Laxson
The Pakistani Student Association hosted a fundraising dinner to support fl ood victims in Pakistan.
FEATURES >> D2Last-minute costumes
Don’t let costume prices scare you this Halloween. Find aff ordable, last-minute alternatives at thrift stores.
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Cycle of violence Columnist
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>> Safe Place is hosting a free workshop called the “Do’s and Don’ts of Intimate Relationships” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Selvester’s Cafe-by-the-Creek, according to campus announcements.The workshop will cover the warning signs in unhealthy relationships, keeping healthy boundaries and breaking old patterns.For more information, call Safe Place at 530-898-3030 or Catalyst Domestic Violence Services at 530-343-7711.
See related story on A9.Source: Student Announcements
>> The Career Planning and Placement Office will host a career and internship fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium.Companies such as SunPower Corporation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Peace Corps, Enloe Medical Center, Martin Brothers Construction and the Resort at Squaw Creek will be looking to recruit students for internships and full-time positions at the fair.For more information, contact the Career Center at 530-898-5253.Source: Student Announcements
>>The Society of Physics Students is getting into the Halloween spirit by putting on the 23rd annual Pumpkin Drop.Pumpkins will be dropped from the south side of Butte Hall Thursday as a way to explain Galileo Galilei’s theory of gravity.The event will feature actors playing Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton explaining their theories of gravity. For the grand finale, students will use Galilei’s Law of Falling Bodies to drop pumpkins in sync with the cannon blasts of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
See related story on D3.
Source: Student Announcements
Workshop off ers insights into intimate relationships
Companies seek interns, recruits at Nov. 3 career fair
Pumpkins to be dropped inname of physics education
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Paris, France – Strikes
in France have cost the
country an estimated
200 million to 400 million
euros per day. Workers were upset
with plans to raise the retirement age from
60 to 62 and other pension issues. They
staged rolling strikes, protests that have led
to violence with police and blockaded oil
refi neries and terminals.
Source: yahoo.com
Kabul, Afghanistan – Afghan
President Hamid Karzai acknowl-
edged Monday that he receives
millions of dollars in cash from Iran and
that Washington gives him “bags of money”
because his offi ce lacks funds.
When asked if the U.S. actually gives bags
full of cash to the presidential offi ce, Karzai
said, “Yes, it does give bags of money.”
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Mexico City, Mexico – Four
heavily armed men stormed a
Tijuana drug rehabilitation center
and killed 13 people Sunday night.
The assailants are still at large. These
slayings are similar to previous attacks
carried out in Juarez rehab centers over
the past year.
Source: CNN.com
World News compiled by The Orion’s Walter Ford
Istanbul, Turkey – Former NBA Most
Valuable Player Allen Iverson
has entered into a verbal agree-
ment to sign a $2 million contract
to play for the Turkey Besiktas
basketball team, said Seref Yalcin,
president of the team.
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Police Department is prepared to deal with similar numbers, said Sgt. Rob Merrifi eld.
“We have to plan for the worst-case scenario, espe-cially if it is a super warm evening and students have invited more friends into town than they normally would,” he said.
Weeks before Halloween, the Chico Police Department prepares an operation plan to arrange staffi ng, decide who will handle what and go over their mission and objective, Merrifi eld said.
“You will see that our enforcement posture is very proactive, visible and engaged with the crowds,” he said. “We are not going to just sit at the headquar-ters and wait for something to happen – we are going to be out there mixing around with the people, and let them know we are here to keep everything safe.”
Chico police will have approximately 80 offi cers on
Friday and Saturday and 100 on Sunday, including four on horses, Merrifi eld said. They will also bring in offi cers from Butte and Glenn County, six offi cers with horses from Stanislaus County and Alco-holic Beverage Control agents for the weekend.
“ABC agents will be check-ing bars and restaurants just to make sure alcohol is not being sold to minors and have minor decoys to make sure liquor stores are not selling alcohol to them as well,” he said.
Since there are usually large crowds in the streets, they also have offi cers that are trained to deal with crowd control, Merrifi eld said.
“We have offi cers that are equipped and trained to do crowd-control functions, and they have diff erent types of tools they use,” he said.
At their discretion, police have pepper-ball guns, projec-tiles and tear gas, but do not plan on taking it to that level, Merrifi eld said.
“We are not here to be
defensive, we are just making sure everyone is cool,” he said. “If you are fi ghting, breaking the law and if you are drunk to the point where you can’t take care of yourself, we’re going to be all over that.”
They will also have offi cers in plain clothes walking the streets, Merrifi eld said.
“I am surprised I do not see more people get seriously hurt on Halloween than we nor-mally would,” he said.
Every year, Enloe Medical Center anticipates that there will be an increase in patients that weekend and starts pre-paring in early October, said Christina Chavira, a commu-nications specialist for the center.
“One of the things we do to prepare for an increase in patient activity is to increase our staffing, particularly in the emergency department,” she said.
Last year, the emergency department had 20 patients – all with injuries related to Halloween activity – that
were treated for trauma, lacerations, contusions or alcohol, Chavira said.
“It’s hard to predict if we will get more people this year,” she said.
Another way that Enloe Med-ical Center prepares is by having a detoxi-fication holding area where patients are given flu-ids, checked to make sure they are breathing cor-rectly and can wait to sober up, Chavira said. Patients without alcohol-related issues can wait there, too.
“We will also have a free driv-ing service for people who do not have a ride home,” she said. “We did it last year and will be doing it this year.”
They also assist offi cers by
providing blood draws to check people’s alcohol level, Chavira said. Last year, there were four.
People should be aware that during the Hallow-
een weekend, all persons arrested by law enforcement for being drunk in public or other related issues will be charged, said University
Police Sgt. Corinne Beck.“There will be a glass
ban in place, and people cannot have glass bottles or open containers in pub-lic,” she said.
Offi cers will not tolerate violent behavior and will be actively enforcing all alcohol violations, Beck said.
“Our main concern is to protect the campus, com-munity, facilities and properties,” she said.
Julia Vazquez can be reach at
CAUTION: Police prepared for crowds
-Bringing in 100 offi cers-Dressing in plain clothes -ABC decoys enforcing alcohol sale laws-Ban on glass
-Student Judicial Aff airs wants names of those arrested-No visitors in dorms-CADEC providing Chico Safe Rides Thursday through Sunday from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Free with valid CSU Chico ID. Call (530) 894-TAXI (8294)
-Detoxifi cation center-Blood draws to check alcohol level for police offi cers-Free driving service for patients without a way home-Does not check if patients are students.
Chico Police Department: Chico State:
Enloe Medical Center:
Offi cials’ Halloween safety plan:
-If planning on going out, know how to get home and don’t walk alone at night.
-If hosting a party, keep it small and don’t allow any strangers to attend.
-If planning on drinking, know the signs of alcohol poisoning and make plans to not drive.
Ways to stay safe:
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All accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty | Information cited directly from Chico Police Department
Thursday, 1:48 p.m.: Neighbor dispute reported on 1000 block of Columbus Avenue. “Reporting party is complaining about woman sitting in backyard topless. Yard does not have fence around it and there are small children running around.”
Thursday, 5:43 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at 200 block of East Seventh Street. “Male subject hanging out in front of reporting party’s residence for the last hour. Subject was taking to himself, trying to skip pebbles at one time through a neighbor’s kitchen window.”
Friday, 12:12 a.m.: Urinating in public reported at Beach Hut Deli on 100 block of West Second Street. “Subject was urinating on the business doors. Reporting party no longer in the area.”
Friday, 1:30 p.m.: Drunk in public reported at Courtesy Motors on 2000 block of Cohasset Road. “Male subject stumbling in front of the business and in and out of traffi c. Now subject is lying in the gutter.”
Friday, 8:41 p.m.: Transient problem reported at 300 block of Salem Street. “Subject passed out in elevator. Reporting party attempted to board elevator on fi rst fl oor, unknown what fl oor elevator is on now.”
Friday, 9:15 p.m.: Assault and battery reported at 10 block of El Cerrito Drive. “Juvenile male, about 13 years old, is kicking people. Reporting party’s parents are holding him down. Pulling reporting party’s mom’s hair.”
Saturday, 12:50 a.m.: Drunk in public reported at 200 block of East Third Street. “Male subject laying in the middle of the street with hands down his pants. Reporting party believes
subject has wet himself.”
Saturday, 12:08 p.m.: Suspicious subject reported at 400 block of Sequoyah Avenue. “Unknown male subject on foot in the area and appears to be aimlessly wandering around. Subject appears to possibly be intoxicated.”
Sunday, 6:01 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances reported at 900 block of Ivy Street. “Reporting party advising unknown transient male just attempted to open reporting party’s door. Reporting party confronted him and he stumbled off .”
Sunday, 7:57 p.m.: Subject disturbing the peace reported at Torres Community Shelter on 100 block of Silver Dollar Way. “Subject has been asked to leave, he seems to have mental health issues and is yelling at himself and reporting party.”
Police Blotter compiled by Rudro Roy
Friday, 1:30 p.m.: Drunk in public reported at Courtesy Motors on 2000 block of Cohasset Road. “Male subject stumbling in front of the business and in and out of traffi c. Now subjectis lying in the gutter.”
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National News
>>The average student loan debt increased 6 percent from 2008 to 2009 for graduating college seniors. The loan debt averaged $24,000 per student last year. This rise is similar to increases is costs over the past four years for students. However, unemployment rates for college graduates ages 20 to 24 reached the highest annual rate at 8.7 percent in 2009, making paying off debts diffi cult.
Source: www.nytimes.com
>> A shark attack killed a 19-year-old UC Santa Barbara student Friday. Lucas McKain Ransom died after having his left leg bitten off at Surf Beach. The shark was described as being 14 to 20 feet in length. The attack happened about 100 yards off shore, where Ransom was pulled underwater by the shark. Surf Beach and two other beaches nearby closed for 72 hours after the attack.
Source: www.cnn.com
Student dies as result of shark attack at Surf Beach
Student loan debt increasesalongside unemployment
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Heidi ParodiSTAFF WRITER
Campus Sustainability Dayfi lled Trinity Commons with booths Oct. 20, gearing up for the This Way To Sustainability conference in November.
Participants at the booth for the conference were out recruit-ing and informing people about their cause. Conference co-coordinator Ciara Meanes was among the participants.
“We are looking to bring community members – most importantly students, faculty and staff on Chico State cam-pus and Butte College campus – to learn about sustainability,” Meanes said.
The conference will go on for three days, she said. There are workshops and exhibiton halls, along with sponsors and exhibitors from Sierra Nevada
Brewing Co., Waste Manage-ment, Recology, Pacifi c Gas & Electric Co. and more.
People come from all over the country, said Luann Manss, a senior majoring in recreation and a leader in the sustainable movement on campus. Some students ride bikes to the con-ference from other areas of the state, promoting sustainability in their daily lives.
It was the largest student-run sustainability conference in the nation last year, Manss said. It was also the second largest sustainability confer-ence in general.
The conference is free for all students, kindergarten to col-lege age, Meanes said. If you’re a community member, it costs $25 a day.
This conference is struc-tured to not make any profit, she said. Instead, all funds
get recycled for the following year.
“If you need volunteer hours, we’re also looking for volunteers thoughout all three days of the conference,” Meanes said.
Other booths at Campus Sus-tainability Day included the Student Democratic Club, A.S. Bookstore and the Wildcat Rec-reation Center.
Along with these was the Community Legal Informa-tion Center booth that off ered free legal information and promoted its programs Right 2 Recycle and Environmental Advocates. Senior philoso-phy major Anastasia Worden helped work the booth.
“We are trying to get part of a grant to set up our recycling program,” Worden said.
Heidi Parodi can be reached at
Day dedicated to sustainability
Heidi ParodiSTAFF WRITER
The Computer Information Systems program at Chico State recently became fi rst to receive accreditation on the West Coast.
Accreditation is earned when a non-government and off -site professional group evaluates a program and gives it a stamp of approval, said Ben Juliano, associate dean of the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Construction Management.
The accreditation was received from ABET, Inc. – a world-renowned organization that is an accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology, he said.
“This is the fi rst time Com-puter Information Systems has been accredited and is the fi rst on the West Coast,” Juliano said. “And we’re pretty proud of that, and I know there are a bunch of other programs that are follow-ing suit.”
Employers in computer sci-ence are picky about whether students come from an accred-ited program or not, Juliano said. In his experience, employ-ers have said they will not look at programs that aren’t accredited.
Even though the program is now accredited, it shouldn’t be more diffi cult to get into, he said.ABET, Inc. would not pro-vide information on which schools had applied for this accreditation.
“Especially with the job mar-ket, you would think people would want some other brag-ging right,” Juliano said. “But we are going to brag about being the fi rst in the West Coast.”
Universities come to ABET, Inc. and ask for accreditation for their colleges within the univer-sity, then go through a process of assessing themselves, said Keryl Cryer, a communications special-ist for ABET, Inc. Schools submit a self-study, which examines everything in the program from the curriculum to institutional
support.ABET, Inc. sends a team of vol-
unteers to the campus to review everything that can’t be fi gured out from the self-study, Cryer said.
The examination includes everything from reviewing syllabi and textbooks to inter-viewing students and the vice provost of information technol-ogy, Juliano said.
“It’s a lot of work going through an accreditation review,” said Tamra Donnelly, administra-tive analyst and specialist for the provost and vice president of academic aff airs.
Out of 11 programs in the college, nine of them are accredited, Donnelly said. Of these nine, seven are accred-ited by ABET, Inc.
“Our goal is to have 100 per-cent of all the undergraduate programs we off er to be accred-ited,” Juliano said.
Heidi Parodi can be reached at [email protected]
Computer science program accredited
■ There’s something about the fall that makes me miss home the most. On a cool, crisp day when the leaves are changing and the wind is blowing, I get really homesick. Today was one of those days. It started just like any other and somewhere around my second cup of coffee I starting thinking about years past and old friends. My birthday, being just a week away, has compounded my longing for familiar faces.allegedadult.wordpress.com
■ Try any airport in America, from San Francisco International, to the “Golden Triangle” in Mississippi, and security is going to be a hassle. This is because of a lack of trust in the wrong places and incompetent employees in important positions. Whilst taking a fl ight to Dublin from Prague recently, we had to go through a passport check twice because we didn’t know where to check in. In America, it would’ve been hell. czechtochico.wordpress.com
Chico State students celebrated diver-sity with an extravagant multicultural talent show Monday night.
Watch Chico State’s Women’s and Men’s Ultimate Frisbee teams get down and dirty at last weekend’s CHUG tournament.
■ Where did all my money go?!Sound familiar? I’m guessing yes. In an age where our debit account bal-ance can be accessed with the stroke of a button or two, who actually keeps track of receipts and logs their purchases? I do.I aim to tell you what works for me and easy ways to keep track of money. Never again experience a painfuloverdraft fee.weeklyjuice.wordpress.com
■ The Phoenix Building Gift Shop is the place to go if you are looking for a gift idea or want to find something made from a local artist. You can pick from a wide variety of items including scarves, bags, Pandora jewelry, Kleen Kanteens, children’s toys, postcards and more. The store is a favorite shop-ping destination for both students and visitors staying in Chico for a few days.charmsofchico.wordpress.com
■ Hip hop and reggae greeted me as I walked in to the dark wood stained bar known as the Banshee. It’s an eclectically classy joint that not only quenches thirst but offers some of the best pub food for less than 10 bucks. I heard nothing but raving positive reviews about the food that the Ban-shee dished out, so I figured no better time than when mom was up visiting to show off Chico’s unique bar food.chicocollegedining.wordpress.com
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Amro Jayousi Position: PresidentPlatform: Additional $5 for A.S. Revenue
Sharing, identifying the student voice and more students on university committees.
Impact on campus: Jayousi founded a coalition with the intent of giving students an active voice. It has tackled such issues as the upcoming Diversity Action Plan and the alteration of resident hall food plans. Jay-ousi has also been proactive in his outreach to students to fi ll student committees.
What to expect: Jayousi wants to have an extra $5 allotted for the student-organiza-tion revenue-sharing program. It should be ready by the next Associated Students elec-tions. He also wants to lay the groundwork for a venue where students can address stu-dent leaders directly.
Kristina BargerPosition: Executive Vice PresidentPlatform: Improve A.S. Government, A.S.
organizations in general and the relation-ship between the two.
Impact on campus: Barger has organized team-building retreats with A.S. govern-ment offi cials and leaders of various A.S. organizations. Barger also organized an ice cream social with A.S. offi cers and manage-ment of A.S. Bookstore.
What to expect: After a meet and greet with people at the Cross-Cultural Lead-ership Center, Barger wants to work on a better way for students to hold A.S. offi cers accountable.
Aaron AllnuttPosition: Vice President of Business
and FinancePlatform: Education and awareness.Impact on campus: Allnutt reviews all
A.S. expenditures. What to expect: Allnutt wants to lay the
groundwork so that someday there will be an on-campus resource that would help stu-dents be fi scally responsible. A fi nancial resource center for students could be possi-ble in two to three years.
Jaypinderpal Virdee Position: Commissioner of Commu-
nity Aff airsPlatform: Community Service.Impact on campus: Virdee is continuing
the student volunteer program ’Cats in the Community. He also contributed to Rock the Vote and is helping with a Halloween safety eff ort called Walk Under the Infl uence.
What to expect: Virdee is planning a job fair in March for students of all academic years.
Aaron Rodriguez Position: Commissioner of Multicul-
tural Aff airsPlatform: Help student organizations
become self-suffi cient.Impact on campus: Rodriquez organized
the 27th annual Multicultural Night. He also serves on the Diversity Scorecard Commit-tee and has contributed to the development of the Diversity Action Plan.
What to expect: The Diversity Action Plan will be released early November. Currently, Rodriguez is also looking into ways that A.S. can fund A.S. organization fundraisers so they can sustain themselves.
Nathan Brady Position: Director of Legislative
Aff airsPlatform: Dedication, leadership and
accountability.Impact on campus: Brady acts as a liai-
son for Chico State to all the other California State Universities. He also organized Rock the Vote.
What to expect: Brady is looking to cre-ate a Chico State lobby core that would train students how to be lobbyists. A pilot pro-gram is expected to begin next semester.
London Long Position: Director of University Aff airsPlatform: Wants to develop a University
Aff airs Council.Impact on campus: Long sits on the Gen-
eral Education Advisory Committee. She also sent surveys to students asking for input on possible general education pathways.
What to expect: Long will assist in selec-tion of general education pathways and has plans to put on an academic fair next semester.
Kate Knutsen Position: Vice President of Facilities
and ServicesPlatform: Making the Wildcat Recreation
Center accessible to all students.Impact on campus: Knutsen organized
the Wrectacular event and is also responsi-ble for getting blocks put on railings around the BMU to prevent people from sliding down them.
What to expect: Knutsen has plans to fi x the stairs inside the BMU and hopes to lay the groundwork for the BMU to reach LEED status.
Alan Rhoades Position: Commissioner of Environ-
mental Aff airs Platform: Freshmen outreach, connecting
student organizations with the position.Impact on campus: Rhoades has revived a
program that aims to get freshmen involved with sustainability eff orts called Stewards of Sustainability. He is also working on the Zero Waste Initiative and is vice chair of the Sustainability Fund Allocation Committee, which allocates $80,000 for student proj-ects annually. Rhoades is also involved in public relations work for the upcoming This Way to Sustainability Conference.
What to expect: Rhoades is helping put on Eco-fest next semester.
Natalie ParkPosition: Commissioner of Student
Organizations and ProgramsPlatform: Make student organizations
aware of the money available to them.Impact on campus: Park has organized a
workshop with about 20 student organiza-tion leaders to educate them about revenue sharing, organization funding and how A.S. can work for them.
What to expect: Park will be contacting student organizations that are part of the reve-nue sharing program in the spring semester to check their progress and assist in any problems.
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Kate Knutsen Nathan Brady
Aaron RodriguezAaron Allnutt
Alan Rhoades JaypinderpalVirdee
Natalie ParkLondon Long
Kristina Barger
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Kelly WardSTAFF WRITER
Jerry BrownJerry Brown intends to make
an overhaul of the postsecond-ary system, which includes creating a representative group to create a new California Mas-ter Plan for Higher Education, according to his website.
“He’s about making sure edu-cation is properly funded,” said Dylan Shelters, president of the Chico State Student Democratic Club.
Brown thinks the education system needs to bring people together so that they can reduce extraneous costs, Shelters said.
Brown also wants to stop spending so much money on prisons and move that fund-ing to higher education without risking public safety, according to his website.
“I recently blocked a pro-posed $8 billion prison hospital expansion, which was unnec-essarily expensive and which would have added substantially to our state’s defi cit,” Brown said.
He would also like to con-tinue introducing more online learning and technology in colleges.
“Technology can increase educational productivity, expand access to higher learn-ing and reduce costs,” according to his website.
Brown also supports the Development, Relief and Edu-cation for Alien Minors Act – legislation that would exempt certain undocumented immi-grants from paying out-of-state tuition at public universities and colleges.
The DREAM Act also provides access to scholarships derived from non-state funds to undoc-umented immigrants.
In a speech he gave at UCLA, Brown spoke about undocu-mented immigrants and higher education.
He thinks that California has enough wealth to continue to have a great university system and get every person into col-lege if they qualify, he said.
“Now when I say every young man and young woman, I mean everyone – whether they are documented or not,” he said. “If
they went to school, they ought to be here, and that will be one of the fi rst bills I sign.”
Meg WhitmanMeg Whitman plans to fi x
higher education by cutting from welfare and making other budgetary reforms to invest $2 billion into the California State University and University of California systems, said Ryan Fedrizzi, president of the Chico State Republicans.
“She wants to reduce the lifetime welfare limit from fi ve years to two years, because she accepts the reality that welfare is a big budgetary burden on our state,” Fedrizzi said.
It’s not that Whitman wants to pick on the poor, he said.
“It’s just the reality that it’s a big bubble waiting to burst,” Fedrizzi said.
Whitman does not see eye to eye with Jerry Brown on the DREAM Act.
“Jerry Brown and I couldn’t disagree more on this issue,” Whitman said. “The state of California is in economic melt-down, and one of Jerry Brown’s top priorities is to give fi nancial aid and in-state tuition breaks to undocumented immigrants.”
She does not think the DREAM Act is a good idea.
Whitman thinks that no undocumented immigrants should be permitted to join a UC or CSU or community col-lege, Fedrizzi said.
“It increases tuition fees indi-rectly because you would have to fund the more poor undocu-mented students,” he said.
Federizzi thinks it is unfair to documented American students that come from out of state to pay large amounts of money for tuition, if undocumented
immigrants are able to pay in-state tuition “if they pay any money towards their education at all,” he said.
Whitman is against the DREAM Act.
“The truth is the state can’t aff ord either right now,” Whit-man said.
Chelene NightingaleChelene Nightingale’s has
similar ideas as Meg Whitman toward higher education.
“A lot like Meg, Chelene realizes there’s money that’s supposed to be promised to the schools that isn’t reaching the schools,” Fedrizzi said.
Nightingale wants to fi nd out where the money is going and hold the schools more account-able to use the money without having furloughs even after expanding the budget, he said.
Nightingale, like Whitman, wants to cut things in the state to get more money for all areas, not just higher education, Fedrizzi said.
“In general, Chelene is more strict about cutting things, if she views something as either the state has no business being involved in a certain area, or unconstitutional, or just fl at out like misappropriation or like fraud, she’ll just wipe it out and say, ‘We can’t do that,’” he said.
As far as the Dream Act goes, she wants to prohibit in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants and opposes them attending any public schools, according to her website.
“Chelene is a hard-line no in regards to the Dream Act, she’s just defi nitely like no go,” Fedrizzi said.
Kelly Ward can be reached at
Lindsay WoychickSTAFF WRITER
The humanities and fi ne arts building project received funds to rebuild Taylor Hall after the state budget’s completion this month.
A provision in the recently completed state budget sets aside money for the planning stages of the project, said Joel Zimbelman, dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
An architect selection process
for the project will begin in spring 2011, with a construc-tion starting date estimated for 2013, said Lorraine Hoff man, vice president for business and fi nance, in an e-mail interview.
The California State Univer-sity Offi ce of Capital Planning, Design & Construction assigned $2.8 million for the project’s initial planning and working drawings, she said. The total cost of the project will be about $50 million.
Funding to complete the project
will come in the form of state gen-eral obligation bonds, Hoff man said. The bonds are sold to inter-ested buyers from around the state in order to pay for the cost of building.
The fi nal project would result in more than 600 jobs, accord-ing a legislative report done by the CSU Offi ce of Advocacy and State Relations. This would benefi t the state as a whole by stimulating the economy.
Many goals should be accom-plished with the project, in
addition to the physical rebuild, said President Paul Zingg. A stronger link between the uni-versity and the downtown is one such goal. The building’s design will also complement West First Street, as well as buildings around it like Kendall Hall.
“It’ll be an interesting chal-lenge, and hopefully it will be seen as an attractive challenge to architects and builders for that project,” Zingg said.
Keeping with Chico State’s sustainability eff orts, the
building will be built to at least fulfi ll U.S. Green Building Coun-cil’s LEED silver certifi cation, he said.
Despite its recent funding, the building project has been slow to develop.
Plans for the project began more than 15 years ago, Zimbel-man said. Continued budgetary problems in the state halted any building progress.
The existing building will be demolished, with the possibil-ity of salvaging a mural located
on the Salem Street side of the hall, he said.
The building will be home to the art department, foreign lan-guages department and English department, with the possibil-ity for additional departments.
The new building will increase in size from the cur-rent Taylor Hall, doubling the building’s square footage, Hoff -man said.
Lindsay Woychick can be reached at
Budgeted money to provide revamp of Taylor Hall, plans in motion
Stances on higher education
JerryBrown
Meg Whitman
Chelene Nightingale
"I really want to continue to manage the city’s budget because we’re in such diffi cult times right now that that takes a lot skill and patience and eff ort. The way I view it is I don’t want to hand some-thing off to somebody that’s not in better shape than the way I found it, and right now the city’s not. Not because it hasn’t been man-aged properly, but because of the economic downturn. The next part is compact urban form, and what that means is keeping Chi-co’s footprint smaller in order to stop urban sprawl and protect the Greenline.”
“The City Council seat should not have a platform for any politi-cal entity. It should serve the entire population of Chico, including the students. I want to make sure the discussions on the council are thoughtful and structured – no pet projects.”
“I’m trying to give a voice to those Chicoans who feel like they don’t have a voice. I feel like the conversation is dominated by the extremes of either side. That leaves us working class folks in the mid-dle that are just unheard.”
“My platform is based on three pieces – protecting the fi scal health of the city, our fi nancial health; sup-porting economic development, including job creation; and also protecting and enhancing our downtown. With respect to city fi nances, you know when we have just come through this horrible recession, we have to be really wise as to how we spend every dollar available.”
“We’re all headed toward the future, that’s the main part of my platform. I feel as if we have lost a part of our roots and have been disconnected from a past that is the reason that we’re here. I feel we need to keep things local and work together, and we need to work for each other for a positive future. We can’t have a positive future without a healthy environment. A thriving community will only be as healthy as the environment in which it resides. I want to know that my actions will make us proud for our future.”
“My main points are fi xing the local economy, creating jobs and getting our city fi nances back in order. I believe if we don’t address those issues, then we won’t have the revenue to do a lot of things we all like to do, like public art and parks and all kinds of other things that are very near and dear to all the residents. But fi rst, we need to make sure our fi scal responsibility is in order before we start working on the things that would be nice to have, so we can take care of the must-have issues.”
“I’ve watched the city and the council for the last four years, and in my opinion, they have had a very narrow agenda. The biggest prob-lem the city of Chico has and the citizens of Chico have is the lack of jobs. When I see the council sticking to their agenda that doesn’t include jobs, I disagree with it. For the sake of our citizens and the sake of our city, we need to make jobs our No. 1 priority. When we do this, we can be sure to provide the basic services the city is expected by the citizens to provide. Police, fi re, fi xing our roads – those types of things.”
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Merrifi eld. Kohen over cor-rected, went across both lanes and crashed into a tree.
A nearby police offi cer wit-nessed Kohen driving by in excess of 70 mph, and the crash occurred seconds after, Merrifi eld said. The offi cer responded to fi nd Kohen in crit-ical condition.
He was taken to Enloe Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, Merrifi eld said.
The cause of the accident is being investigated, he said. Information regarding impair-ment is not available at this
time, pending results of his autopsy.
Kohen grew up in Chico and graduated from Pleasant Val-ley High School in 2003. He was involved in athletics and had a love for running.
After high school, Kohen moved to Santa Barbara, Calif., and enrolled at Santa Barbara City College.
It was there that he developed a passion for physical education and working with kids, said Kay Kohen, Jesse Kohen’s mother.
He later enrolled at Chico State in the kinesiology depart-ment and was working on a
bachelor’s degree in adaptive physical education.
He planned on entering the credential program to work with children with special needs, Casey Kohen said.
He was involved in the athletic department at Pleasant Valley High School, where he had been assisting a wrestling coach, said John Shepherd, principal of Pleasant Valley High School. Kohen also worked as an instruc-tional aid at Loma Vista School,working with students with dis-abilities enrolled in the Chico Unifi ed School District.
Jesse Kohen’s father, Bob
Kohen, is a faculty member at Chico State in the department of education and his mother is a teacher at Pleasant Valley High School.
“We are grateful that no one else was involved,” Bob Kohen said.
A foundation has been set up in memory of Kohen that will provide scholarships for students who participate in pro-grams at Loma Vista School, he said.
“I’m really sad that all those special needs kids are not going to have Jesse,” Bob Kohen said. “I hope this foundation brings
in more students like him.”The family has been over-
whelmed by the support shown by the community, he said.
“Jesse was defi nitely born and raised Chico,” Bob Kohen said.
Sometimes parents don’t real-ize the eff ect their children have on people’s lives, he said.
“It’s amazing to see how far it goes,” he said.
Kohen was also a licensed personal trainer and worked at In Motion Fitness, Mendoza said. He also worked at LaSalles for about two years, but left at the beginning of last summer to pursue his other interests.
Kohen made an impression on his coworkers, such as kine-siology major and LaSalles employee Kyla Morrison.
“He was loud and obnoxious, but a delightful human being,” Morrison said.
People really need to pay attention and be careful, said Kyle Lema, a longtime friend of Kohen.
“Regardless of what hap-pened, it happened,” he said. “And everyone has to deal with the consequences.”
Jeb Draper can be reached at
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RUN: Community gathers in spite of rainPASSION Jesse Kohen runs in the San Francisco Marathon.
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IN HIS FOOTSTEPS Family and friends jog at Sycamore Pool as a tribute to Jesse Kohen’s passion for running. Kay Kohen [middle] wears her son’s high school football jersey.
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Thumbs Down to people who call multiple times but don’t leave a voicemail. What - you’re too cool to talk to a machine?
Thumbs Up to Youtube. The world is a better place when it’s auto-tuned.
Thumbs Down to leaf blowers. We can’t help but react like a dog to a vacuum.
Thumbs Up to Fer-milab’s studies in theoretical physics. The universe could be a hologram? Take the blue pill, Neo.
Thumbs Down to the bars closing early on Halloween weekend. Have fun in the streets, Chico.
Patrick Woodsfreshman | civil engineering
Joey Gmuenderjunior | mechanical engineering
Alex Bemisjunior | kinesiology
Ashley Koschsenior | international relations
PIECE OF MIND >> How do you feel about Friday classes?“Not good. Friday is the prequel to the weekend.”
“I’m an engineering major, so I am forced to because of my heavy class load. If I were to not go class on Friday, it would make school much harder.”
“It sucks, but I go. I’m ready to start the weekend at this point. The good thing is it actually keeps up some momentum for getting next week’s homework done.”
“It’s just another day at class, but with an added bonus. Often teachers give you extra credit points for being around on a Friday.”
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Joanna Hass OPINION COLUMNIST
To the world, we might be leaders of tomorrow, shapers of the future or even just typ-ical college students, but to the so-called permanent resi-dents of Chico, we are no more Wildcats than we are pesky flies buzzing in annoyance.
Just about every Chico townie and local yokel com-plains that students don’t get more involved in the local scene or government or poli-cies or whatever. However, when groups like the Con-cerned Citizens of Chicopractice underhanded tactics in the pursuit of nearly elim-inating the student voice in Chico, there has to be a point when we all step back and ask, “What went so wrong here?”
I’ve witnessed my fair share of lovers’ quarrels and lis-tened to many tearful phone calls while comforting friends and loved ones on their rela-tionship woes, but there is no relationship as dysfunctional as that of Chico and the stu-dents who try to call it home. Sometimes watching these two groups interact gives me a little voice in the back of my head chanting, “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!”
The local scenes – or gov-ernment, or policies or whatever – aren’t receptive to student involvement, so the cycle goes that it’s not some-thing we want to keep getting our hopes up about. It’s not a hard concept to understand – even the mouse currently
terrorizing my kitchen cabi-nets at night learned to avoid the traps I set out once it real-ized it wasn’t welcome. In fact, we can see the commu-nity taking steps to silence our squeaking campus in real time.
A non-partisan group by the name of the Concerned Citizens of Chico has taken on the duty of finding out just how many people don’t care whether the students have a say in local government or not.
A randomly sampled sur-vey was sent out to 6,000 Chico residents during June of this year that asked many questions. The most interest-ing were those concerning student involvement in Chi-co’s local government.
Although this completely biased survey showed obvi-ous signs of unfair preference against students, it is still considered the driving force behind the petition to move voting day for Chicoans to the summer months – when a large chunk of students have left the vicinity.
I can see how those in favor of the movement would feel justified by a survey that showed a majority of people agreed with them, but where’s the argument here? The only response that students can rightly have to this is “Duh?!” There was never a chance for students to have a say in the matter, so of course they were the minority.
That’s like asking a packed lifeboat if there’s room for one more. No one is going to say yes because it threatens their survival as they know it
Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST
Four years ago around this time in October, I was arrested for breaking my husband’s cologne bottles.
This month celebrates awareness for domes-tic violence. Consequently, I am reminded of the time in my life when I got caught up in the cycle of violence – a pattern of abuse that agencies like Catalyst recognize and use as a tool to help explain the dynamics of an abusive relationship.
There are three stages in the cycle – the first is the tension-building stage, the second is the abuse stage and the third is the honeymoon stage.
I remember knowing that I had lost control of my sense of self when I heard the bottles shatter. I had pro-jected my anger into a violent act and remember thinking that I had become like him – that I had become a sort of monster.
I had been giving up control of my life to him piece by piece all along the way, until I had nothing to give up except angry dispossession. I had lost myself through investing in him until there was nothing left of me to be spent on a normal existence, except the shell of an angry 19-year-old woman.
The setting was Grover Beach, Calif., and I was living high off my newfound independence, working at a women’s underwear store and renting a room in a deserted and soon-to-be flophouse.
He was 20-something when he moved in. After a couple summer months, we got married on what should have been some sort of a sign – Sept. 11. I didn’t know what I was get-ting into, but I soon realized that I was playing with fire.
The fighting started off with arguments, but it snowballed into constant verbal abuse, even through text messages. We’d attack each other with big emotional blows, breaking each other down, and sometimes it turned physical. Then, through negotiation and guilt, we’d build each other back up, and everything was flowers and sunshine.
Domestic violence reveals viscious yet breakable cycleSSOO
– even if that threat is only in their heads.
What’s more interesting is that even though there was a small majority in favor of mov-ing the voting date, there was a vast majority in favor of simply keeping the vote out of reach for those of us deemed non-perma-nent residents – or should I call
us the lower class, the collateral damage, the crust?
How do you even begin to classify what qualifies as a per-manent resident? Is there a minimum number of years? If so, what about those who have recently moved to the area, but intend on staying forever? And how about those who qualify for
permanent residency and then skip town the day after the polls close? Do their votes get taken away from the total tallied?
More importantly – how many different colors of jelly-beans will be in the jar before I submit my guess? What’s our stance on muggles? If we let the werewolves vote, do we have to
let the vampires vote, too?The only thing that’s clear
from this survey is not that these supposedly concerned citizens care when students vote, but that they don’t want us to vote in the first place.
Joanna Hass can be reached at
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This cycle continued until I wound up in jail. I went back to him, and he called me a “jailbird” and had even more control over me. The law sought redemption from me by requiring a year in an Anger Man-
agement/Batterer’s Intervention program – it was there that a pivotal change occurred in me.
I learned that relationships are not a power game, that he was in control most of the time and that he called all
the shots.Recently, the domestic violence agency Catalyst showed a documentary on campus about a young
woman in Pennsylvania whose life was cut short because of this cycle of violence. A detec-
tive who was covering the case explains the timeline of violence from its san-
guine start to its haunting finish.Catalyst’s theme this year is
that “domestic violence affects everyone,” even if you’re not
directly involved in an abusive relation-ship, said Jackey Humphrey-Straub, a client services advocate for Catalyst. A whole community plays a part in domes-tic violence, whether it’s through raising awareness or by setting good examples of healthy relationships for children.
“It takes seven times on average for a victim to get out of an abusive relation-
ship,” she said. Catalyst plans on showing the sobering
documentary, “Telling Amy’s Story,” again from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Butte College’s Culture
and Community Center in Oroville.My conviction did not come through when I went
to jail, though I was humiliated in front of my fam-ily and labeled a “batterer” by the law. It came through,
slowly but clearly, in the counseling and camaraderie I found with the women in my anger-management program.
The cycle of violence is hard to break, and abusive relation-ships even have an addictive quality for some. Society must not back away when a victim is in an abusive relationship, but should educate and support those in need of resources so that a person can see a way out.
When you’re caught in the cycle of violence, you see no end, no way out – you only see the next stage.
Serena Cervantes can be reached at
Community, student relationship ‘dysfunctional’
ILLUSTRATION BY TYLER NEUMANN
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Thumbs Up to hyperbole. It’s the absolute best thing ever.
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Nick Pike OPINION COLUMNIST
Between watching teen pregnancies go awry, rock stars being vied for by their groupie admirers and young adults rooming in mansions with unlimited amounts of “smooshing” and boozing, I think it’s safe to say reality TV has hit an all-time low – and we’re paying for it with our lives.
Dating back to the early ’40s, the idea of reality television initially was to capture “real people” in “real moments” and actions that weren’t scripted or premeditated that could connect with the audi-ence in a way never attained in scripted film.
That idea has evolved into a cesspool of terrible scripting, regurgitated show concepts and a form of entertainment that kills more brain cells than I could even dream of on a Thursday night.
The reality TV bubble first came to fruition when “The Real World” hit airwaves in
the early ’90s. The concept was to throw
seven eccentric 20-something-year-olds together in a house for a few months, then wait for the drama to unfold naturally.
Since then, reality TV has completely taken over. The public masses have become glued to TV screens nation-wide and applying the so-called “real” characters’ attitudes to their daily lives.
Nowadays, I can flick on the TV and watch reruns of any form of “reality.”
From short people to obese people, whiny heirs to STD contests, women who have way too many children to insight into celebrities’ scripted home lives – the real-ity movement has become a mosh pit of mindless enter-tainment, trickling its way into the public’s way of life.
MTV, VH1 and E! spare no shame in adopting the major-ity of shows that lack any form of reality and deceive viewers into believing these lifestyles portrayed are the norm.
However, there are a few shows, such as “World of
Jenks,” “True Life” and “The Buried Life,” that actually document real people that live trying lives. These are the shows that spread posi-tivity and promote inspiration by filming the struggle of real people, which is what reality television should be geared toward.
Unfortunately, ratings show that the public prefers scripted “faux-ality” over regular peo-ple having their plausible lives documented.
I never thought Big Brother would come in the form of fist-pumping East Coasters teaching the public about “T-shirt time.”
What baffles me is that many audiences truly believe that these shows are real – as if a camera crew hopped out of a van and started filming strangers off the street.
This isn’t the case, and it is evolving our culture into a barbaric way of living. We are engrossed in watching count-less hours of sex, violence, substance abuse and pure stu-pidity –believing that we are delving into someone else’s
real life experiences.Many haven’t realized that
although we may use real-ity TV as a channel to space out or live in someone else’s shoes, the shoes we immerse ourselves in are never walked in.
It’s sad to see that peo-ple would rather vicariously be embraced through sub-par programming than engulf themselves in their own lives.
While others are being pro-active and exploring the world in their own realities, the rest of us would rather spend our time catching up on the last episode of “Flavor of Love” or “Basketball Wives.” Instead of conversing about aspirations and worldly issues, we spend our days reenacting the lat-est episode of “Hogan Knows Best” or “Jersey Shore.”
Let’s get real here – live your own life and make your own reality. Don’t be permeated by the low-grade entertainment that many so willingly devote their lives to.
Nick Pike can be reached at
We support Jerry Brown for gov-ernor of California, but in the interest of full disclosure – we’re not entirely thrilled about it. Selecting a gubernatorial can-didate to support felt like pick-ing last for kickball – there are only a few players left, and we have to pick one. As students, we are compelled to support the candidate who we feel can best improve higher education. While the candidates have not commu-nicated a clear plan for fi xing the UC or CSU systems, Brown’s actions tend to be more in line with student interests – his ex-perience as a school adminis-
trator gives him insight into the struggles students face daily. As attorney general, he blocked an $8 billion proposal for prison expansion that would have add-ed substantially to the state’s defi cit — an example of cost-cutting savings that could go to higher education. As governor in the 1970s, he increased fund-ing for Cal Grants by 50 percent. Also, he is a supporter of the De-velopment, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act – evidence of his desire to improve higher education and make it readily available to those who seek it. We have concerns that Brown isn’t as active a politician as we would like – all the best inten-tions in the world don’t neces-sarily translate to results – but we’d rather have an unsuccess-ful do-gooder than someone who will successfully act against our interest. When it comes to higher education, Jerry Brown is the right choice for California.
Irony of ‘reality’ TV detracts from positive potential
Friday truancy calms, improves campus
Alexander Seymour OPINION COLUMNIST
Many students choose to abstain from making the trip to class on Fridays.
The reasons for this are numerous, such as hangovers, overdrinking on Thirsty Thursdays, benders, lack of sleep, hang-overs, laziness, Power Hour, hangovers – I could go on.
Some people see this truancy as a prob-lem – but not me. I realized a couple years ago that I was missing the most pleasant day of the week to actually attend Chico State, thanks to a general lack of student attendance.
I came to this revelation quite by acci-dent one Friday morning. Much like the living dead, I dragged my body to campus,
so affected by the previous night’s activities that I actually thought it was a Thursday.
The first thing I noticed was that the pan-handlers and protestors were sitting this one out, allowing me to go about my busi-ness without having to deal with serious issues or to address my miserly ways.
But I soon noticed something else – instead of having my throbbing head greeted by a raucous crowd rushing to class, cam-pus was clear and serene. The classroom was much the same, sparsely populated with room to spread out. I was surprised to actually see the teacher and my fellow stu-dents on the other side of the classroom.
I’ve noticed that, combined with a little TGIF attitude, this freedom of movement and visual space has influenced the way people conduct themselves during Friday classes. People are more jaunty and friendly, and the spatial freedom is translated into a freedom of thought.
Class discussions regularly wander off into frontier territory, where a little
humor and a laid-back attitude infil-trate the lectures of even the stuffiest
professors. Granted, this can lead to weird topics for classroom
conversation when normally structured or authoritar-
ian professors let their guards down and try to tell stories, but this can be funny and even help stu-dents get involved.
The absence of the typical crowds did wonders for
my head, but it had another, more magi-
cal effect – it allowed the healing touch of nature to
reassert its hold on Chico State. The campus is actually quite beau-
tiful when one takes time to sit down in the grass and just let the senses take
it all in.Instead of lying in bed shivering off
a headache, I was being reminded of the natural wellspring our college is surrounded by. Birds and other small creatures crept out of the wooded areas, presumably to scavenge bits of refuse overlooked by the campus sustainable movement.
Without the threat of being trampled or accosted by students, birds become the new big kids on campus. Senior Zach Peper noticed this one day on his way to class.
“I was walking to class with a coffee in my hand,” Peper said. “As I took a sip, I looked up, but didn’t expect to see a big hawk sitting in a tree, eating a pigeon. I was so impressed with this astounding display of raw nature, I ended up late for class.”
Fortunately, on these laid-back days, late-ness can often be overlooked.
Fridays at Chico State are like Animal Planet – you get nature’s beauty as well as its uncut ferocity.
Friday can become a day of clear think-ing and reflection that people miss out on during the rest of the week when they’re try-ing to catch up on schoolwork or unwind.
Ironically, the mental and natural har-mony on campus can only be maintained if students continue to skip Friday classes. I humbly ask you readers to keep skipping – those of us who show up have a good thing going over here.
Alexander Seymour can be reached at
As a strong incumbent candi-date, Scott Gruendl represents what is right with Chico City Council. He has a strong sense for protecting the interests of the city, including protecting the Greenline and stopping urban sprawl. Having been on the council for eight years both as a council member and former mayor, Gruendl has the experience to get plans in action that not only protect the
city’s interests, but also con-tinue to move it into the future. These plans include improving air quality, protecting Bidwell Park and creating new parks and open space, which are proj-ects that are in the best interest of the city. He has an impres-sive track record for protecting and voicing students’ interests, especially during summertime elections when many students aren’t present. For an example, he voted against the disorderly events ordinance and helped create the free bus ride pro-gram. As an alumnus of Chico State and a part-time faculty member at the university, we can count on Gruendl to be a voice and representative for stu-dents, while also protecting the city’s interests as a whole.
We support Mark Herrera for Chico City Council, mainly for his enthusiasm and inter-est in students’ issues. He may not have experience in pub-lic office, but he has the drive and fresh ideas to bring to the discussion. As a recent gradu-ate from Chico State, we have
faith that he will have student interests in mind, especially since Herrera is the only can-didate that has reached out for student support. We think that he understands what Chi-co’s needs really are and that he will fight for those because of the love he has shown for the city. Herrera’s platform to advocate for environmental issues displays his connection to what citizens care about and what affects our green city. To us, Herrera represents a young, fresh voice that will represent students’ needs and focus on improving the city for the future.
Chico needs practical city council members who want to bring commerce, comfort and appeal to the city, which is why we are endorsing candidate Bob Evans. The council should represent all spectrums of the community – including stu-dents and commerce. Evans’ master’s in business adminis-tration as well as his experience in managing Lifetouch lends to his credibility when he speaks
about his devotion to turn-ing the local economy around. While he has never run for political office before, Evans is not a stranger to commu-nity involvement. He served on the advisory board for the CSU Chico Center for Manufacturing Excellence and is a member of the Rotary Club of Chico. As a member, Evans served on the Scholarship Committee that annually awarded $30,000 for college scholarships – much of which went to Chico State stu-dents. As president of the club, he initiated a fundraising effort for an endowment fund for stu-dents seeking higher education in vocational fields. This can-didate has the interest of the students and the community in mind.
GOVERNOR
JERRY BROWN
CITY COUNCIL
MARK HERRERA
CITY COUNCIL
SCOTT GRUENDL
CITY COUNCIL
BOB EVANS
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Thumbs Down to people who call multiple times but don’t leave a voicemail. What - you’re too cool to talk to a machine?
Thumbs Up to Youtube. The world is a better place when it’s auto-tuned.
Thumbs Down to leaf blowers. We can’t help but react like a dog to a vacuum.
Thumbs Up to Fer-milab’s studies in theoretical physics. The universe could be a hologram? Take the blue pill, Neo.
Thumbs Down to the bars closing early on Halloween weekend. Have fun in the streets, Chico.
Patrick Woodsfreshman | civil engineering
Joey Gmuenderjunior | mechanical engineering
Alex Bemisjunior | kinesiology
Ashley Koschsenior | international relations
PIECE OF MIND >> How do you feel about Friday classes?“Not good. Friday is the prequel to the weekend.”
“I’m an engineering major, so I am forced to because of my heavy class load. If I were to not go class on Friday, it would make school much harder.”
“It sucks, but I go. I’m ready to start the weekend at this point. The good thing is it actually keeps up some momentum for getting next week’s homework done.”
“It’s just another day at class, but with an added bonus. Often teachers give you extra credit points for being around on a Friday.”
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Joanna Hass OPINION COLUMNIST
To the world, we might be leaders of tomorrow, shapers of the future or even just typ-ical college students, but to the so-called permanent resi-dents of Chico, we are no more Wildcats than we are pesky flies buzzing in annoyance.
Just about every Chico townie and local yokel com-plains that students don’t get more involved in the local scene or government or poli-cies or whatever. However, when groups like the Con-cerned Citizens of Chicopractice underhanded tactics in the pursuit of nearly elim-inating the student voice in Chico, there has to be a point when we all step back and ask, “What went so wrong here?”
I’ve witnessed my fair share of lovers’ quarrels and lis-tened to many tearful phone calls while comforting friends and loved ones on their rela-tionship woes, but there is no relationship as dysfunctional as that of Chico and the stu-dents who try to call it home. Sometimes watching these two groups interact gives me a little voice in the back of my head chanting, “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!”
The local scenes – or gov-ernment, or policies or whatever – aren’t receptive to student involvement, so the cycle goes that it’s not some-thing we want to keep getting our hopes up about. It’s not a hard concept to understand – even the mouse currently
terrorizing my kitchen cabi-nets at night learned to avoid the traps I set out once it real-ized it wasn’t welcome. In fact, we can see the commu-nity taking steps to silence our squeaking campus in real time.
A non-partisan group by the name of the Concerned Citizens of Chico has taken on the duty of finding out just how many people don’t care whether the students have a say in local government or not.
A randomly sampled sur-vey was sent out to 6,000 Chico residents during June of this year that asked many questions. The most interest-ing were those concerning student involvement in Chi-co’s local government.
Although this completely biased survey showed obvi-ous signs of unfair preference against students, it is still considered the driving force behind the petition to move voting day for Chicoans to the summer months – when a large chunk of students have left the vicinity.
I can see how those in favor of the movement would feel justified by a survey that showed a majority of people agreed with them, but where’s the argument here? The only response that students can rightly have to this is “Duh?!” There was never a chance for students to have a say in the matter, so of course they were the minority.
That’s like asking a packed lifeboat if there’s room for one more. No one is going to say yes because it threatens their survival as they know it
Serena Cervantes OPINION COLUMNIST
Four years ago around this time in October, I was arrested for breaking my husband’s cologne bottles.
This month celebrates awareness for domes-tic violence. Consequently, I am reminded of the time in my life when I got caught up in the cycle of violence – a pattern of abuse that agencies like Catalyst recognize and use as a tool to help explain the dynamics of an abusive relationship.
There are three stages in the cycle – the first is the tension-building stage, the second is the abuse stage and the third is the honeymoon stage.
I remember knowing that I had lost control of my sense of self when I heard the bottles shatter. I had pro-jected my anger into a violent act and remember thinking that I had become like him – that I had become a sort of monster.
I had been giving up control of my life to him piece by piece all along the way, until I had nothing to give up except angry dispossession. I had lost myself through investing in him until there was nothing left of me to be spent on a normal existence, except the shell of an angry 19-year-old woman.
The setting was Grover Beach, Calif., and I was living high off my newfound independence, working at a women’s underwear store and renting a room in a deserted and soon-to-be flophouse.
He was 20-something when he moved in. After a couple summer months, we got married on what should have been some sort of a sign – Sept. 11. I didn’t know what I was get-ting into, but I soon realized that I was playing with fire.
The fighting started off with arguments, but it snowballed into constant verbal abuse, even through text messages. We’d attack each other with big emotional blows, breaking each other down, and sometimes it turned physical. Then, through negotiation and guilt, we’d build each other back up, and everything was flowers and sunshine.
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– even if that threat is only in their heads.
What’s more interesting is that even though there was a small majority in favor of mov-ing the voting date, there was a vast majority in favor of simply keeping the vote out of reach for those of us deemed non-perma-nent residents – or should I call
us the lower class, the collateral damage, the crust?
How do you even begin to classify what qualifies as a per-manent resident? Is there a minimum number of years? If so, what about those who have recently moved to the area, but intend on staying forever? And how about those who qualify for
permanent residency and then skip town the day after the polls close? Do their votes get taken away from the total tallied?
More importantly – how many different colors of jelly-beans will be in the jar before I submit my guess? What’s our stance on muggles? If we let the werewolves vote, do we have to
let the vampires vote, too?The only thing that’s clear
from this survey is not that these supposedly concerned citizens care when students vote, but that they don’t want us to vote in the first place.
Joanna Hass can be reached at
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This cycle continued until I wound up in jail. I went back to him, and he called me a “jailbird” and had even more control over me. The law sought redemption from me by requiring a year in an Anger Man-
agement/Batterer’s Intervention program – it was there that a pivotal change occurred in me.
I learned that relationships are not a power game, that he was in control most of the time and that he called all
the shots.Recently, the domestic violence agency Catalyst showed a documentary on campus about a young
woman in Pennsylvania whose life was cut short because of this cycle of violence. A detec-
tive who was covering the case explains the timeline of violence from its san-
guine start to its haunting finish.Catalyst’s theme this year is
that “domestic violence affects everyone,” even if you’re not
directly involved in an abusive relation-ship, said Jackey Humphrey-Straub, a client services advocate for Catalyst. A whole community plays a part in domes-tic violence, whether it’s through raising awareness or by setting good examples of healthy relationships for children.
“It takes seven times on average for a victim to get out of an abusive relation-
ship,” she said. Catalyst plans on showing the sobering
documentary, “Telling Amy’s Story,” again from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Butte College’s Culture
and Community Center in Oroville.My conviction did not come through when I went
to jail, though I was humiliated in front of my fam-ily and labeled a “batterer” by the law. It came through,
slowly but clearly, in the counseling and camaraderie I found with the women in my anger-management program.
The cycle of violence is hard to break, and abusive relation-ships even have an addictive quality for some. Society must not back away when a victim is in an abusive relationship, but should educate and support those in need of resources so that a person can see a way out.
When you’re caught in the cycle of violence, you see no end, no way out – you only see the next stage.
Serena Cervantes can be reached at
Community, student relationship ‘dysfunctional’
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Lindsey BarrettSports Editor
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Men’s Soccer4:30 p.m. Wednesday v. Cal State Stainslaus7 p.m. Saturday @ Cal State StanislausWomen’s Soccer7 p.m. Wednesday v. Cal State Stan-islaus4:30 p.m. Sunday @ Cal State Stan-islausWomen’s Volleyball7 p.m. Friday @ Cal State East Bay7 p.m. Saturday @ UC San Diego
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this – if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.
- Phil WoosnamWelsh soccer player and manager
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Long distance relationshipI love to watch people’s
faces when I tell them I’m not a Giants or a 49ers fan.
When they find out I root for all the teams from Los Angeles, I enjoy hearing the remark from everyone, “But you’re not even from L.A.”
It doesn’t matter who I am talking to, everyone then proceeds to lecture me that since I’m from North-ern California, it is only natural for me to like the Bay Area teams.
It’s not my fault I like the L.A.-based teams.
When I was growing up, my dad introduced me to the world of sports. We would sit and watch ESPN for as long as we could until my mom came into the room and told us to turn the TV off .
It’s only natural to go along with whatever teams he liked. I wasn’t going to sit through a Dodgers game and root against him – he probably would have kicked me out the living room.
Another question I also often face is, “Is your dad at least from L.A.?” Of course when I reply that he is not, the lecturing starts up again.
I never really questioned where my dad got his love for the Lakers, Dodgers and Rams – who are now in St. Louis – but he told me he liked watching the best, so when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were playing, that’s who he wanted to watch.
One thing I am not – and always have to defend myself against being – is a bandwagoner. Just because I like the Lakers doesn’t mean I only started liking them when they got Kobe Bryant and started winning championships.
I have never really under-stood why fans have to be based on location. I didn’t grow up in San Francisco either, so why should I root for its teams just because they’re closer? Does this mean that if I move to Boston, I have to become a Red Sox fan just because I live in the same city they play in?
The only time I can really see being a fan simply based on location is when a person is new to a sport, knows nothing about it and can easily follow a team.
I am trying to get into hockey this season and I am going to root for the San Jose Sharks. It might be because all my friends like that team and I can easily ask them questions and watch the games with them, but it is also because the games will be broadcast more often than those of a team from another region.
Although the Dodgers sadly didn’t even make playoffs this year, I’m not automatically going to become a Giants fan because they made it into the World Series for the first time since 2002 and have a chance to do something they have never done since being in San Francisco.
Just because they are close in proximity and heading to a championship game does not amount to a justifi able reason to be a fan.
Lindsey Barrett can be reached at
Kevin AugustineSTAFF WRITER
The Wildcats came up short against the San Francisco State Gators Friday, losing 0-2 in a drizzly matchup at University Soccer Stadium.
The game featured many of the same elements that have characterized their season so far – strong play on both sides of the ball along with missed oppor-tunities and an overall loss of momentum.
In the fi rst period, the Wild-cats kept pace with the California Collegiate Athletic Association North Division-leading Gators, with both teams getting three corner kicks apiece, though the Gators were able to take six shots on goal compared to the Wildcats’ fi ve.
To coach Kim Sutton, the momentum gained in the fi rst period would be momentum lost in the second period, she said.
“We we’re tough at the begin-ning of the game,” Sutton said. “We stayed all over them in the fi rst half. The beginning of the
second half, we get fi ve min-utes of solid play, and they come back with goal after goal.”
In the second period, the Wildcats had the edge in shoot-ing, taking six shots with three of them coming within the fi rst six minutes, setting up multiple chances to score and take the early lead.
The Wildcats had the advan-tage in corner kicks as well, getting two corner kicks com-pared to one for the Gators.
But the Gators made the most of their chance, and in the 59th minute, Gator Sara Ordaz con-nected on a cross from Michelle Kay that sailed left past Wild-cat freshman goalkeeper Megan Foster, giving the Gators a 1-0 lead.
Less than 10 minutes later in the 68th minute, the Gators scored again off a header by Kaitlin Dick that was set up from a corner kick by Andrea Carey, which increased their lead by two while washing away any CCAA-playoff hopes for the Wildcats.
To Sutton, the game’s
conclusion is more than just a loss – it’s indicative of their year so far.
“It’s been the story of the sea-son,” Sutton said. “We feel like we outshoot and have better chances than our opponents, but come out on the losing end. We executed our plan, we got the chances we wanted, we beat them in the fl anks, we got the crosses, but we have no fi nish.”
At the end of the game, the Wildcats had the advantage in both shots and corner kicks, but nothing to show for it.
For junior midfi elder Lisa Webster, who recorded a shot that was a part of the surge early in the second period, the results are all too familiar.
“We worked and kept trying to the end,” Webster said. “It’s just frustrating how the season has been.”
To freshman forward Abby Glasgow, the loss adds insult to an already injured season.
“We didn’t have anything to lose, so we just went out there and gave it our all, only to come
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JUST KICKIN’ IT Junior midfielder Lisa Webster takes a shot at the ball Friday night while a San Francisco State defender Sarah Whelan tries to stop her. The Wildcats lost 2-0.
Wildcats split weekend as end of season nears
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GOTCHA! Luke Palmer takes a shot on goal Monday.
THE ORION • MARK ROJAS
HEAD FIRST Nick Tedrow heads the ball during Friday’s 1-0 win against San Francisco State.
Isaac BrambilaSTAFF WRITER
Two goals by junior for-ward Christopher Akwaja and two powerful volleys by fresh-men midfi elder Luke Palmer gave the ’Cats another winning weekend.
A lone goal by Akwaja Fri-day set off a welcome home for the men’s soccer team with a 1-0 win over the San Francisco State Gators.
After Sunday’s games were moved to Monday because of rain, Akwaja and Palmer scored for the 3-1 victory over the Cal State Monterrey Bay Otters.
Although it was cold Friday night, the
atmo-sphere
in the side-
lines was heated after constant remarks by Gator coach Joe Hunter toward the referees.
The ongoing heated dis-cussions between Hunter and the referees started after a seemingly unimportant out-of-bounds call. Immediately, the infuriated coach stood up and began protesting the decision.
“You guys are missing calls!” Hunter yelled at the referee.
Hunter continued to pressure the referees and occasionally argued with Chico State coach Felipe Restrepo until the lines-man asked him to stop.
“Knock it off ,” the linesman said to Hunter.
“Am I being watched?” Hunter responded.
It is the spirit of the game – the competitiveness of it gets emotions going, and you have to argue for calls, Restrepo said.
The game was heav-ily fought in the middle
of the fi eld and provided few scoring opportunities.
The only goal came in the 16th minute off the cleats of Akwaja.
He received the ball at half fi eld and sent a long, through pass to sophomore forward Tyson Crim. Crim dribbled down the right side while Akwaja con-tinued his run toward the center of the goalie box.
Crim sent a low, hard cross to fi rst post that seemed like it would be easily rejected by Gator defense, but a fl awed kick sent the ball directly to the center of the goalie box, where Akwaja was waiting. Akwaja received the ball and hesitated for a second before he shot pow-erfully with his left foot to give
the ’Cats the winning goal.“I knew the ball was
going to come back to me – it was a one-two go, hit it, fi nish, bombaso, inside the goal,” Akwaja said.
On Monday against the Otters, Akwaja put the ’Cats ahead in the 17th min-
ute after a through pass he
successfully shielded with his body. He then softly tapped the ball to the right of the goal as the keeper ran out in an attempt to get to Akwaja before he shot.
The game continued with both teams attempting to get close to the goal, but taking few shots on goal.
The Otters struck back in the 56th minute when ’Cat defense was unable to clear a corner kick. The ball bounced around fi ve yards from the goal as defenders tried to clear it, but Otter senior midfi elder Grant Robson got a foot on the ball and brought the Otters back in the game.
The fi rst of two powerful vol-leys by Palmer came in the 60th minute. After a cross that was rejected by Otter defense, the ball fl oated before coming down to where Palmer was standing.
Palmer waited for the ball and timed his shot before he hit it powerfully to where the goalie was standing.
The keeper tried to block the ball with both hands, but the ball bent his hands
and rolled over him before bouncing on the goal line and into the goal.
Nineteen minutes later, a throw in by senior defender Ryan Nevarez gave Palmer a chance at another volley shot. The cross came from the right as Akwaja was attempting to get to the ball, but defense man-aged to get a head on it.
Again, Palmer was standing just inside the goalie box and, after one bounce, he struck the ball with his right foot, send-ing it to the top left corner of the goal and giving the ’Cats the 3-1 victory.
Restrepo had been encour-aging Palmer to take more shots on goal during practice, Palmer said.
“I was just trying to hit it on target and hopefully get some-thing out of it,” he said. “It was fun to get my fi rst goals.”
Isaac Brambila can be reached [email protected]
Great rounds of golf have become the norm for the Chico State men’s golf team over the years, but the Wildcats’ 9-under par 279 Monday was especially special. Kevin Rei carded a 4-under par 68. Rei’s 32-36–68 matched his season-opening 68 for his best round of the season. It also matches him with Kyle Fouts of Northeastern State in the race for medalist honors.
source: chicowildcats.com
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>> The Cal Poly Pomona women’s volleyball team survived two match points in the fi fth game, but ultimately fell 3-2 to Cal State L.A. on Thursday night in front of 543 fans at Darlene May Gym.The Cal State San Bernardino women’s volleyball team defeated NAIA-member Cal Baptist 3-1 before a crowd of 255 at Coussoulis Arena Thursday, improving to 16-2 overall heading into this weekend.
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>> Cal State L.A.’s men’s soccer team posted a big 3-1 win against California Col-legiate Athletic Association South Division-leading Cal State Dominguez Hills Oct. 20 at Jesse Owens Stadium in the Billie Jean King Sports Complex. The Golden Eagles scored two fi rst-half goals and added another in the second period to snap a three-match winless streak and get back in the confer-ence race.
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>> The Wildcats held off top-ranked North Alabama on its home course to win the Division-II Champi-onship Preview by two strokes at the Shoals Fighting Joe Golf Course in Florence, Ala., the same course that will host the National Championship Tournament May 17-20. The Wildcats’ 4-over par 292 was the day’s second best round and enough to hold off the hard-charging Lions for the ’Cats’ second title in four fall tournaments.
source: goccaa.org
CCAA women’s volleyball weekend recaps
Cal State L.A. defeats Cal State Dominguez Hills
Chico State golf wins D-II Championship Preview
Women’s VolleyballThe ’Cats split the weekend at 1-1 losing to the Sonoma State Seawolves in five sets on Friday before notch-ing a tight 3-2 victory on Saturday against Humboldt State.
Stats of the week1. The ’Cats’ fi ve-set triumph over Humboldt State Satur-day was the 124th victory for coach Cody Hein since taking over the program in 2003, making him the volleyball coach with the most wins in school history.
source: chicowildcats.com
2. Chris Akwaja of the men’s soccer team scored twice over the weekend, tallying the lone goal in a 1-0 victory against the San Francisco State Gators and another goal in a 3-1 triumph over Cal State Monterey.
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Blake MehiganSTAFF WRITER
Except for hermits and cave dwellers, most people are well aware of the Major League Base-ball playoff s taking place right now.
This is especially evident on campus with the copious amount of San Francisco Giants hats, shirts and other paraphernalia.
But I don’t want to talk about the fanfare. Instead, there’s an aspect of the game that few thought would have dominated the playoff s so far – pitching.
In past years, teams with potent off enses have controlled the postseason, including the New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies and several others. However, this year pitchers have ruled the postseason.
Pitchers with serious junk or breaking-ball pitches, such as wicked curveballs and hella-cious sliders, are becoming more noteworthy than power pitchers – those who throw fastballs in the range of 90 mph.
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter in his playoff debut against the Cin-cinnati Reds and was one walk away from throwing a perfect game.
It wasn’t long thereafter that another player would have a similar breakthrough playoff debut.
The Giants’ Tim Lincecum went a full nine-inning game in his playoff debut against the Atlanta Braves, allowing just two hits without surrendering
one run. Had Halladay not done so well, Lincecum’s performance would have probably received more attention.
Both of these one-game per-formances were newsworthy, but consistency is the key.
The Texas Rangers’ Cliff Lee has only surrendered two earned runs so far in three post-season starts against the Rays and Yankees. He has yet to lose a game in his postseason career, giving him an unreal 8-0 playoff record.
Many other players have been pitching forces as well. Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez and Brian Wilson of San Francisco, Colby Lewis of Texas, Cole Hamels of Philadelphia and Andy Pettitte of New York, who holds the cur-rent record for postseason wins in a career at 19, have all had stellar performances.
Pitching has always been essential to the playoff s, but this October just feels diff erent than any I can remember. I can’t recall there being this many infl uen-tial performances in postseason play in past years.
Many games have been extremely close. They have come down to late-inning hero-ics from pitchers and batters alike and been decided by only a few runs.
Giants’ announcer Duane Kuiper coined a fi tting slogan for San Francisco’s style of play.
“Giants’ baseball – torture” describes many of the tense, tight games the Giants have been in.
This past season was quite an obscure one, too, with two play-ers throwing perfect games.
The fi rst came in early May
from Dallas Braden of the Oak-land A’s against the Rays. The second perfect game happened near the end of May when Hal-laday pitched a gem against the Florida Marlins. This was the fi rst time in 140 years that two players pitched perfect games in the same month.
Also, consider that only 18 others have accomplished this same feat in the 100 plus years the league has existed, and the feat becomes even more amazing. Perhaps there is a correlation between homerun regression and increased pitch-ing prowess.
Just a few years ago, there were a dozen or so players hit-ting 50 homeruns in a season, but only two players hit over 40
homeruns this season. It would be hard to argue that better pitching performances haven’t aff ected this in some way.
With the decreased domi-nance in hitting and increased presence of capable and tough pitchers, the league has seen a paradigm shift from batters dominating baseball to pitching often being the deciding factor in games.
This is not to discredit the off ense or say that it has been non-existent.
The Giants off ense has scored when they’ve needed, and so have the Phillies batters. The Rangers have been noticeably eff ective this postseason with several players batting over .300 and a few with multiple
homeruns.Outfi elder Cody Ross and
catcher Buster Posey have been huge for the Giants, along with needed contributions from vari-ous players throughout the fi rst two rounds.
In previous years, an off ensive powerhouse like the Yankees would not likely have gone winless in September against left-handed pitchers as they did this season.
But that appears to be the shift, and a good one at that.
Better pitching and worse hit-ting may make for lower-scoring games, which some may fi nd boring – but I beg to diff er.
Blake Mehigan can be reached at
Dane StiversASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Being a promising freshman with nationally recognized talent is quite a start for any collegiate career.
Having to sit helplessly on the bench and watch your team struggle to win half its matches would be a signifi -cant contrast for year two.
Makenzie Snyder has found that the toughest part of her sophomore volleyball season is knowing she could help the team, but not being able to, she said. Snyder red shirted this season due to an injury she suff ered last summer.
When her left wrist hurt after she dove to keep a ball from hitting the court during a 2009 preseason practice, she initially thought it was little more than a sprained wrist, Snyder said. Initial x-rays were in full agreement and the outside hitter was “given the go ahead” to play during the season.
During her 2009 campaign, Snyder helped the ’Cats claw their way to a 23-9 record, including 14-8 in conference, as she contributed a whop-ping 538 kills over the course of the season and 4.72 kills per set, ranking her second in the nation.
Her wrist did not seem to be a problem. However, postsea-son x-rays spotted a fracture in her wrist.
After the ’Cats were con-troversially kept out of the California Collegiate Athletic Association playoff s in favor of a team with a worse conference record, Snyder decided to have surgery.
The off -season wrist surgery proved to be more problem-atic than initially expected, as complications caused Snyder’s rehabilitation to prolong well
into the summer.As tests continued to show
repairable damage in Sny-der’s wrist – damage that may cause arthritis later in life if not tended to – Snyder had to make a choice.
Should she contribute another stellar volleyball sea-son in 2010 with the injured wrist or red shirt the season and further rehabilitate to avoid problems later in life?
With the help of her trainers and coaching staff , she chose not to make a penny-wise and pound-foolish decision and red shirted her 2010 season.
This season’s eligible players are young, including fi ve sopho-mores and six freshmen playing key roles on the team, and Sny-der can only watch from the bench.
The Wildcats have strug-gled to secure .500 at 11-11 this season, and Snyder’s help-less situation is frustrating for her, said teammate Jacqueline Johnson.
“She knew she could put the ball away at any moment,” Johnson said. “She’s dedicated to her work ethic, so it’s hard for her with her little disability right now.”
Even though the First Team All-West Region and First Team All-CCAA selection player can’t contribute to her team at the
moment, she is happy with the recent improvement and maturity shown by her young teammates over the past couple weeks, Snyder said.
Sophomores Sable Villaes-cusa and Jessica Leek provide leadership for young freshmen such as Makenzie Fahnestock and Alex Shurtz, forming a promising core of exceptional talent to grow from season to season.
“We’ve looked way more like a team than we have in a long time,” Snyder said of the Wild-cat’s recent four-game surge. “Our team is so young – one advantage to that is they can get better together.”
The youthful Wildcats are learning to play with a more mature mindset throughout each match, even without many upperclassmen to show them how.
Snyder has learned to grit her teeth and just sit on the sidelines watching each match rather than playing, said sophomore middle hitter Kayla Baumgardner.
“We have to keep her moti-vated sometimes on the bench because it’s hard for her since she can’t play,” Baumgardner said. “It gives her a diff erent per-spective of the game.”
Dane Stivers can be reached at
• First postseason no-hitter since 1956
•Pitchers threw fi ve no-hitters, including two perfect games for the fi rst time in one season since 1880.
•NL pitchers’ earned-run average of 3.98 and AL’s 4.10 ERA each were the lowest since 1992.
•There was an average of 1.90 home runs hit per game – the lowest since 1993 (1.78).
•Record 14.12 thrown strikeouts per game this past season.
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READY TO POUNCE Makenzie Snyder gets ready for a serve in 2009. Snyder is redshirting the 2010 season due to a frac-tured left wrist she suff ered during the 2009 preseason.
Nationally rankedWildcat rests upto get claws back up short once again.”
However, there was much to celebrate – including the weather – for the team at Uni-versity Stadium Monday.
The Wildcat matchup against the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters was postponed due to heavy rain on Sunday.
The Wildcats came out on fi re against the Otters that sunny afternoon, winning 4-2 and reaching within distance of .500 before the season is over.
The scoring started early in the 18th minute, with the Otters’ Bekah Luna taking a shot from the left fl ank off penalty kick.
The ball sailed over freshman goalkeeper Sydney Oliver, giv-ing the Otters the early lead.
The Wildcats responded in the 23rd minute when Webster took a shot from the middle of the box that went through Otter goalkeeper Graciela Holguin’s hands.
The Wildcats kept up the attack in the fi rst period, tak-ing nine shots compared to the Otters’ fi ve.
The ’Cats maintained off en-sive momentum in the second period.
In the 69th minute, freshman forward Carly Singer volleyed a cross to junior defender Molly Downtain, who sent a header toward the far right post and gave the Wildcats the lead.
The Wildcats continued the off ensive attack when junior midfi elder Blake Lopes launched a corner kick from the right side, connecting with sophomore midfi elder Jennie Barto, who headed the ball into the far right corner of the net, and increasing the Wildcat lead to 3-1.
But neither Barto nor the Wildcats were fi nished. In the 75th minute, she launched a shot from the middle of the box that was over the hands of Hol-guin and in the net for a 4-1 lead over the Otters.
The Otters cut short the cele-bration in the 76th minute when Bekah Luna scored again, this
time off a Sherene Thompson corner kick that was headed by Luna into the far left corner of the net.
But the Otters were unable to recover beyond Luna’s two goals, and the Wildcats added a much needed win to their season.
The Wildcats, 7-8-1 on the sea-son and 6-7-1 in conference play, know their chance for a CCAA playoff berth passed, said Luke Reid, sports information direc-tor. However, there was much for the team to rejoice over after Monday’s win.
It was the 100th career win for head coach Kim Sutton, who is now in her 10th season coaching the team with a 100-66-35 record overall.
“Players off the bench did a great job upfront,” Sutton said. “Jennie Barto had a great day – she helped in doing what we’ve been struggling to do all season, which is fi nish strong.”
Barto came out strong for the Wildcats, scoring her fi rst and second goals of her collegiate career within six minutes.
“We haven’t had the season we have been wanting, so we had a ‘soccer gods’ thing in the locker room before the game to rally everyone, and I just felt it once I got into the game,” Barto said.
Downtain thinks the game isn’t about playoff s as much as it’s about her teammates, she said.
“This game was really important to us,” Downtain said. “We really needed a win for our morale. These last few games are really about the seniors.”
The Wildcats will honor them on Senior Night at their fi nal home game tonight against the Cal State Stanis-laus Warriors, and then face the Warriors again on Satur-day in Turlock to wrap up the season.
Kevin Augustine can be reached at
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SOCCER: Wildcats beat Monterey
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Since childhood, powerful free kicks, high aerial head-ers and fancy dribbling have been part junior forward Ferid Celosmanovic’s arsenal when it comes to scoring goals.
The versatile forward has scored 11 goals in 14 games, displaying diff erent talents by scoring almost every goal in a diff erent way than the last.
Originally form Brcko, Bos-nia, and with early soccer experience in Speyer, Germany, Celosmanovic was practically born dribbling a soccer ball.
During his childhood days in Germany, he would spend most of his time playing soc-cer, Celosmanovic said.
He joined his fi rst team called F.V. Speyer when he was about 5 years old, and has not stopped playing since.
During his childhood years, it was hard to keep him away from a soccer ball.
“It was basically going to ele-mentary school, getting out and then playing until nighttime,” he said.
Even when he was not play-ing with his club team, he was out playing in the street with other kids, he said.
“At fi rst, my dad didn’t let me because there was lots of older kids, but I’d still go,” he said.
When Celosmanovic was 11 years old, his parents decided to move to the U.S. in search of better job opportunities, he said.
The only great diff erence for him was that kids in the U.S. don’t play soccer in the streets like they do in Germany, he said. He had to look harder for a place to play.
Shortly after his arrival, he set out to fi nd a team and about two weeks later, he found one – the West Valley Tigers.
With the Tigers, Celos-manovic traveled back to
Europe where he played against youth teams in Portu-gal, he said.
There, he had the opportu-nity to practice with two teams – Vitoria FC and CS Maritimo.
After his adventure in Por-tugal and a couple of years playing in San Jose for the West Valley College Vikings, Celosmanovic decided to con-tinue his soccer adventures in Chico.
He knew that Chico State had a competitve soccer team because he had played against them when he was a Viking, he said. Close com-munication about life in Chico with ex-Viking team-mate senior midfielder and forward Josh Johnson and experiencing the friendly, small-town vibe when he vis-ited helped him decide.
After a few calls from coach Felipe Restrepo, he decided to don the Wild-cat colors.
“A lot of people here are way nicer than people back home,” he said. “You just say hi to some-one you’ve never seen in your life, and they say hi to you – it’s really cool”
So far the transition has been seamless and Celosmanovic has scored 11 goals this season to prove it.
His teammates know that if they get the ball to him, there is a great chance that he will score, said senior defender Ryan Nevarez.
“That’s one of the fi rst things I noticed about him when I fi rst saw him play,” he said. “He has a lot of diff erent solutions to a single problem.”
Having him on the fi eld makes his teammates’ jobs easier and gives other teams something to worry about because they have to adjust their game to him, Nevarez said.
It is no surprise that the team often refers to Celosmanovic by the eff ect he has on the fi eld.
“We like to call him a ‘game changer’ around here,” Neva-rez said.
Junior marketing major Tay-lor Grantt enjoys attending the home soccer games and thinks Celosmanovic is one of the best players he has seen in a while, he said.
“I don’t see many people who kick the ball the way he does – he has total ball control,” Grantt said. “He can bend it whatever way he needs to.”
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Speyer, Germany
Brcko, Bosnia and HerzgovinaCelosmanovic was born in Brcko andlived there until he was 4.
Celosmanovic moved here when hewas 4 and played for F.V. Speyer.
San Jose, CaliforniaCelosmanovic moved her when hewas 11 and played for the West ValleyTigers youth team.
PortugalCelosmanovic played here with the West Valley Tigers and practicedwith two teams—CS Marítimo andVitoría FC.
Chico, CaliforniaCelosmanovic joins the Chico Statemens soccer team in fall 2010.
Globe-trotting forward scores big in Chico
We like to call him a ‘game changer’ around here.”
Ryan Nevarez Celosmanovic’s teammate
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1. It was a long clearance off a free kick. Celos-manovic looked back and sprinted toward where he thought the ball was going to land. He had two defenders on him, but used his speed to rush past both.
2. Celosmanovic received the ball just outside the goalie box on the left side, then brought the ball down between two defenders by shielding it with his body, using strength and ball control.
ANATOMY OF A GOAL
3. Celosmanovic makes a cut to the center of the field just outside the goalie box, using his dribbling skills, creativ-ity and acceleration.
4. Celosmanovic noticed that the goalie was standing too far out-about six or seven yards—so he made a quick decision and clev-erly chipped the ball over the keeper into the back of the net.
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Tyler AshSTAFF WRITER
Chico Performances will unleash a zoo of untamed actors and a ferocious amount of talent Tuesday at Laxson Auditorium with Imago Theatre’s “ZooZoo.”
Imago Theatre combines the variety acts of vaudeville with the mastery of puppetry and the visual eff ects and comedy of Cirque du Soleil. In “ZooZoo,” its latest creation, animals are put in human situations to demonstrate approaches to everyday chal-lenges that only a creature might achieve.
“It’s not like a play at all,” said co-creator Jerry Mouawad in a phone interview. “It’s more like going to the circus and the zoo at the same time.”
Imago Theatre was founded in 1979 by Mouawad and Carol Triffl e in Portland, Ore., and has toured internationally for more than 20 years. It began when they started experimenting with diff erent kinds of performances in mask theatre.
“ZooZoo” is a combination of their most recognized work, “FROGZ,” which appeared on Broadway in 2000 and 2002, as well as some of their other works.
The performance will include
a variety of animals with human-related predicaments, including dining anteaters that can’t get their waiter’s atten-tion in a restaurant, a frog with an inferiority complex that can’t jump as high as his amphibi-ous friends, penguins playing musical chairs, human-like hip-pos struggling with insomnia, rambunctious rabbits and a mys-terious rump-faced worm.
“Our animals are not a repre-sentation of the real animals in the world – they’re a representation of our images of these animals,” Mouawad said.
The costume for the worm is initially confusing – the arms are actually the actor’s legs, and the worm’s face is the performer’s bottom.
“We really just wanted to try and see what would happen if we placed a mask on an unusual part of the body,” Mouawad said as he talked of the talented “hand-standing” worm.
During the show, the perform-ing animals tend to “wander” into the audience, looking for some-one to help them out in their time of human-like hardship – and to provide more personal humor with their spectators.
“Probably half the show is in the first three rows,” Mouawad said.
Director of Chico Performances Dan DeWayne is excited for Imago Theatre’s return to Chico, this being their second time perform-ing here in 10 years, he said.
“They’re pretty amazing,” he said. “To be able to interpret the movements of the animals is such that you have to buy into the idea that they’re alive. That’s an extraordinary accomplishment.”
Many people don’t think about the incredible talent these per-formers have to be able to make these creatures move, he said. For a child, the world of make-believe can be accessed on a whim, mak-ing “ZooZoo” an entirely credible observation.
“They’re totally believers,” DeWayne said. “It takes adults just a little bit longer. We all get
there too, and pretty soon you just give yourself over to it and say, ‘Yeah, this is totally plausible.’”
Many people have never heard of such a performance as “ZooZoo.”
Construction management major Teddy Yorke was excited to hear that the spectacle actually exists, he said.
“That sounds legend – wait for it – dary!” Yorke said as he learned of the awe-inspiring exhibition.
Physics major Spencer John-son is also enthusiastic about the show.
“I’m so psyched, high-fi ve!” Johnson said as he slapped hands with Yorke.
Tyler Ash can be reached at
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“Djentrifi cation”I’d like to take a moment
to talk about a term I’ve learned over the past year.
Like “chug” and the popular “dun,” – as in “dun dun dun dun dun dun my Sharona” – “djent” is a word used to describe a sound in music using its sound as a word. You know, onomatopoeia.
I first heard of it in a guitar video featuring producer and musician Misha “Bulb” Mansoor. He was talking about dif-ferent effects and tones, and “djent” came up.
With my musical “street cred” in jeopardy, I did what I always do when I hear a term I don’t know – I acted like I knew it anyway.
Listening to Mansoor’s work eventually gave me some understanding of the term, and luckily I found an Urban Diction-ary entry for it. As the entry and Mansoor him-self have recommended, the best example is the beginning of the first track of his band Periph-ery’s self-titled debut, “Insomnia.”
For those who care about the technical stuff, it has to do with high-sen-sitivity compression and plenty of mid-range vol-ume. For those who don’t, listen to that song and you’ll have your vocabu-lary word for the week.
There was one more important aspect to the term though – super-deep tunings.
Djent aside, many bands have used this bone-rat-tling method of guitar use to get a heavier sound for some time now.
Groups such as Meshuggah, Mastodon, Whitechapel and many more have explored the depths of guitar tone, and it’s spread like an infection throughout contemporary guitar-driven music.
Northern California’s Deftones have been doing this gradually over their careers and on their new-est album, “Diamond Eyes,” they go the deepest they’ve ever gone.
Their 1995 debut “Adrenaline” used stan-dard guitar tunings. They’ve gone from that to an F# tuning, which is kind of like going from sedan tires to monster truck tires.
Like them, local groups Teeph, Cold Blue Moun-tain, Amarok and Armed for Apocalypse have adopted this.
All of these groups achieve ridiculous levels of heaviness. On Chico List – a website for local metal, punk and indie shows – Cold Blue Moun-tain was once described as “ball-dropping heavi-ness of heavy.”
Because they’re local guys, I have a spot in my heart for them. But they need to learn the lesson that Tolkien’s dwarves of Moria didn’t – don’t delve too greedily and too deep.
Matt Shilts can be reached at
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Josh HeggSTAFF WRITER
Fans of Surrogate will con-gregate at Cafe Coda Friday to watch the band perform two sets of material spanning their entire discography.
The idea for a two-set show was the brainchild of Dan Elsen, who handles book-ing at the local venue and worked with band members, such as bass player Daniel Taylor, to create a different kind of show that suited Sur-rogate’s style.
“Both Dan and us wanted to change things up from the typical three-band shows that are always at Cafe Coda,”
Taylor said.The problem with three-
band bills is that people will go outside or go to the bar if they don’t know or like the opening band, Taylor said.
“For this show, what you see is what you get,” he said.
Surrogate started as a side project for Chris Keene, lead singer and guitarist. He then teamed up with drummer Jordan Mallory and worked to put together the indie-pop group. The band released a demo that allotted them a slot on the roster of presti-gious indie label Tooth & Nail Records. They have released two records thus far and are in the process of recording a
new EP.The show, which will fea-
ture one mellow set and one louder one, will present music spanning Surrogate’s entire career, Keene said. The band will play a few old songs that fans will rec-ognize from the first album and will premiere some new tracks from their upcoming EP.
“The show will be a look back at Surrogate,” he said. “It’s all our friends coming to see us perform, so it’s going to have a fun, loose vibe.”
The show is also a treat for the under-21 fans who rarely get to see the group perform.
“An all-ages show is a rare
occurrence in Chico,” Taylor said.
The band is looking to expand its fan base to include the younger demographic, said vocalist and guitarist Michael Lee.
“Surrogate doesn’t have much of an all-age, under-21 fan base,” Lee said. “It would be nice to expand that.”
Keyboardist Daniel Martin joked that they are playing the show for the one or two fans that had been pestering the band to play at an all-ages venue.
“We don’t want people to misinterpret what we are doing,” Taylor said. “We aren’t doing a show like this
Surrogate to play double set
• Time 9 p.m. Friday• PlaceCafe Coda• BandsSurrogate• Cost $5
Show info
THE ORION • IMAGO THEATERS
BEARING IT ALL Imago Theatre’s “ZooZoo” consists of animal characters doing human activities. Originally based in part on other Imago plays, the show goes on Tuesday at 7:30 in Laxson Auditorium.
Actors to play animals acting like humans
• Time7:30 p.m. Tuesday• PlaceLaxson Auditorium• Cost$14 student, $16 senior, $18 adult, $23 premium
Show info
to be self-indulgent or con-descending. We just have fun trying new things and changing the pace. More than anything, it is a big experiment to see what peo-ple think.”
Josh Hegg can be reached at
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THE GOOD >>
THE BAD >>
THE UNDECIDED >>
the good, the bad & the undecidednew releases
>> “Nothing”
(ALBUM)N.E.R.D.’s newest attempt looks
like another interesting foray into
crossover country. Their blend of
hip-hop, pop music, funk and rock
has been pleasing fans since the
turn of the millennium.
>> “The Archers on the Beach”
(ALBUM – EP)Besides having an awesome name,
Destroyer has produced some qual-
ity indie and shoegaze-type stuff
since the mid-’90s. This EP should
bring them in the 2010s nicely, and
even though frontman and driving
creative force Daniel Bejar is near-
ing his 40s, he’s still got it.
>> “The Pacifi c”
(DVD)HBO’s second World War 2 minise-
ries was somewhat disappointing
to fans of “Band of Brothers,” but
that doesn’t mean it was bad. It
stands alone proudly and should be
a welcome addition to anyone’s DVD
collection.
>> “Gran Turismo 5”
(VIDEO GAME)The franchise that has defi ned rac-
ing games for 12 years is at it again.
Granted, you still buy cars, win
races and buy more cars, but there’s
also vastly improved graphics and a
course designer. Just get it.
>> “Cardiology”
(ALBUM)Wow. Good Charlotte are still
around? The last cool thing this
group did was being playable
characters on “Madden NFL 2003.”
Exploring the boundaries of the
unoriginal for some time now, the
quintet has few ideas and fewer
ways in which to express them.
>> “Beverly Hills 90210: Complete
Series”
(DVD)A lot of people loved this series.
There were love triangles, preg-
nancies, graduations, murders,
mayhem and a slew of spin-off s
such as “Melrose Place” and
“Models Inc.” The melodrama
entertained people for a decade
– but with a price tag of well over
$200, this is not a good buy for any
but the most die-hard fans.
>> “DC Universe Online”
(VIDEO GAME)In the same vein as “City of Heroes,”
this massively multiplayer, online,
role-playing game allows the user
to control a super-powered hero or
villain. A game like this will attract
a good many buyers, especially
with the DC name attached, so you
should probably wait until some
others make the purchase and see
what they say before shelling out
serious cash.
>> “Towers of Midnight”
(NOVEL)The long-awaited 13th edition of Rob-
ert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series
was fi nished by Brandon Sanderson,
who will also fi nish the fi nal book in
the series, “A Memory of Light.” Fans
of the series, though still mourning
Jordan’s death, can be happy that his
vision is being completed. They also
have to worry about the quality of the
end of a series they have been into
for several years and thousands of
pages. Buyer beware.
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WITCH’S BREW This concoction, a “bartender’s choice” from Madison Bear Garden, is just a sample of treats – or tricks – that await revelers who hit the town for a few drinks on Halloween.
For the over 21 trick-or-treaters
LaSalles:Thursday: the staff will be dressing up as rock stars Friday:“Zombie Prom” Saturday: “Heaven and Hell”Sunday: “Haunted Mansion”
Lost on Main: Friday: “Freaks’ Masquerade”Halloween-themed drink specials all weekend
Duff y’s Tavern:Saturday: Ramones cover band Pinhead and The Shankers play at 9:30 p.m. Sunday: Duff y’s will be a party of the “Halloween Parade.”
For all ghouls and goblins
Cafe CodaFriday October 29: “A Night With Surrogate” 9p.m., $5 at the door
Blue Room TheatreFriday, Saturday and Sunday: Halloween: Live ~ John Carpenter’s slasher classic, 10:30 p.m. $5 at the door
Cafe FloSaturday: Team Jafar with Donovan and Shane of Hail the Sun, 8p.m. $5
El Rey TheatreSunday: Jackie Greene, 6:30p.m. $23 in advance
Stephanie MaynardSTAFF WRITER
Halloween is the perfect time to have a witch brew up a cocktail, but it’s also the best weekend to take a cute zombie to prom.
All over Chico, the bars and pubs are gearing up for the Hal-loween weekend. Chico State students can expect costumes, drink specials, live music and themed nights at their favorite venues.
LaSalles will host Friday’s Zombie Prom with a live band dressed as zombies.
The employees of LaSalles decided on the theme, said assistant manager Lisa D’Amico.
“We did a Facebook group to see what everyone wanted and generate ideas,” D’Amico said.
LaSalles will have diff erent themes from Thursday to Sun-day, D’Amico said. On Sunday, there is a general theme of “haunted mansion” – but the staff will be dressing as “freaks and geeks.”
“I’m going as Hermione from ‘Harry Potter,’ and another one of the staff is going as Lady Gaga,” D’Amico said.
D’Amico expects Saturday to be the bar’s biggest night, she said. For their “heaven and hell” theme, half of the bar will be decked out in heav-enly costumes and the other half in hell-inspired wear. This is a theme LaSalles has used before.
D’Amico doesn’t expect crowds to get too devilish or out of hand, she said.
“Our staff is trained to handle crowds really well,” D’Amico said. “The biggest thing is people who get too drunk, and that usually hap-pens outside the bar – and there are lots of cops around.”
Staff of other bars expressed similar feelings, such as Sue Reed of Lost on Main.
“I’ve noticed that the crowds have increased in the past couple of years, but the kids are really well behaved,” Reed said. “Halloween is com-ing back in a good way.”
Other bars are sticking to tried-and-true drink specials,
said 33 Steaks, Booze and Jazz proprietor Tyler Cooke. Over the weekend, they will have specials on vodka with lemon-ade, vodka with Rockstar and “big kids’ Kool-Aid.” There will not be a cover charge.
“Our main focus will be on Friday and Saturday, since peo-ple still have to wake up and go to work or school on Monday,” Cooke said.
Halloween falling on a Sun-day means that this year’s partying is going to be more spread out than previous years, he said.
“Last Halloween was on a Saturday, so this will be a whole diff erent experience,” Cooke said. “Sunday will be an abnormally busy Sunday, but it will still be a Sunday.”
He has been working at bars since 1998 and remem-bers when there were lines to get into bars that went past the Bell Memorial Union, Cooke said.
“That just doesn’t happen anymore,” he said.
Cooke is not the only one to comment on a decline of stu-dent patrons. Doug Roberts, owner of Duffy’s Tavern, has also noticed this trend.
“So many people are going back to their roots of house parties,” Roberts said.
Duffy’s Tavern plans on the big nights being Saturday and Sunday, Roberts said.
Roberts is not concerned about crowds, he said.
However, others have a dif-ferent prediction, such as Joe’s Bar manager Dan Burns.
“So many out-of-town peo-ple come into town and think this is the weekend to go crazy,” Burns said. “You can find crowds six to eight peo-ple deep on the sidewalk. It’s gotten to the point where we don’t think police can do much if we had a problem.”
Joe’s Bar will have a full staff and a few extras on hand during the weekend. There will be drink specials and the staff will be in costume.
“We want everyone to be safe and sane come Monday morning,” Burns said.
Stephanie Maynard can be reached at
Downtown bars to make Halloween night frightfully memorable
Extra weekend treats
Lauren BeavenSTAFF WRITER
October in Chico is tradi-tionally a time of creative costumes, off -the-hook par-ties and candy-fi lled bliss, but while the kegs roll out, Hal-loween’s movie potential lies untapped.
No doubt many students’ nights this weekend will be full of haunting fun, which is why now is the perfect time to pick up a spooky holiday DVD. Grab a piece of pumpkin pie, kick back in your black-and-orange pajamas and wait out the impending “headaches” we’ll all be having Sunday morning with a good Halloween movie.
The common association between Halloween and hor-ror fi lms is not the limit to the holiday’s motion picture rep-ertoire. Whether you’re the chills-and-thrills kind of per-son or the feel-good fi lm type, there’s bound to be a good movie out there for you.
If you’ve got your heart set on horror, go for something supernatural or seasonal that might include ghosts, jack-o’-lanterns, seances or costumed villains. Not just any scary movie will make the cut for this holiday.
The “Halloween” fi lm fran-chise off ers hours of suspense, screams and masked murders. The nine sequels, remakes and spinoff s, not including the 1978 original, have made Michael Myers an icon of fear.
If blood, gore and murder scare you away from the idea of
this holiday’s movies, there are plenty of other options.
Classics such as the 1931 versions of “Frankenstein” and “Dracula” make up the middle ground between Halloween horror and family fi lms. I’m far from a fan of scary movies, but my dad let me watch these as a kid, and I walked away with minimal nightmares. They are shot in black and white, but Boris Karloff , who played Fran-kenstein’s monster, and Béla Lugosi, who played Dracula, carry these creepy classics to the top of my Halloween list.
Halloween movies with happy endings exist, too. Our friends at Disney established this generation’s stake in fam-ily-friendly Halloween fi lms with both “Hocus Pocus” and “The Nightmare Before Christ-mas” in 1993.
Take a trip to a video store, add a movie to your Netfl ix queue or visit the Blockbuster Express kiosk on campus this week for a little alternative Halloween enter-tainment that doesn’t include dressing up.
Lauren Beaven can be reached at
“Halloween” (1978)A psychotic murderer escapes
from a mental institution and goes on a killing rampage on Halloween night while his doctor chases him through the streets. You’re sure to get your fi ll of epic screams and terrify-ing suspense – just don’t watch it alone.
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966)
The whole gang is ready for Halloween festivities. Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin, Snoopy is geared up in his fl ying ace attire and the gang all have their trick-or-treat bags ready in this classic cartoon that you can’t help but smile at.
“Dracula” (1931)This is based on a novel about
vampires, heroes and damsels in distress – but no, it’s not “Twilight.” This Halloween classic features a blood-sucking beast who’s much more famous and formidable – Count Dracula – and he’s bent on making the beautiful Mina a member of the undead.
“Frankenstein” (1931)Bringing corpses back to life
proves tricky in this emo-tional and grim masterpiece about mad scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein, whose attempt at resurrection creates a monster with a criminal mind.
“Hocus Pocus” (1993)When Salem, Mass., resident
Max Dennison inadvertently resurrects three 17th century witches on Halloween night, he must fi nd a way to save his younger sister, his crush and himself by putting the Sander-son sisters down for good.
“Casper” (1995)The greedy heir to the Whip-
staff Manor employs a ghost whisperer and his daughter to take care of Fatso, Stinkie, Stretch and Casper the friendly ghost – four specters who are reluctant to leave the premises.
“Beetlejuice” (1988)Tim Burton perfects dark
comedy in this story of a recently deceased couple that employs the help of a scheming and mischievous “bio-exorcist” named Betelgeuse when their home is sold to an unappealing family.
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993)
Jack Skellington, the “Pump-kin King,” is unhappy with Halloween Town and sets out to bring the Christmas spirit to his land in this twisted but heart-warming Tim Burton classic.
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Halloween movies playing
Spooky fi lms brighten up
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LaSalle’s: 2 a.m.Crazy Horse Saloon: 2 a.m.Riley’s: between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Madison Bear Garden: 10 a.m.Duff y’s Tavern: 2 a.m.Joe’s Bar: 1:30 a.m. 33 Steaks, Booze and Jazz: 12 a.m. Normal St. Bar: between midnight and 2 a.m.Bella’s Sports Pub: 12 a.m.
*Bars may close earlier upon police request, said to Dan Burns, the manager of Joe’s Bar
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Candyce ChilsonSTAFF WRITER
The living dead marched onto the grounds of the down-town City Plaza in full zombie character to break the record for largest, worldwide, simul-taneous dance to Michael Jackson’s cultural phenome-non, “Thriller.”
Zombies of all ages ran amok for the second annual “Thrill the World” in Chico, dressed head-to-toe in cos-tume. From the ghastly white and black facial makeup with blood accents to clothing with rips and tears, 253 peo-ple gathered to all begin to dance at 4 p.m.
Back in 1982, Jackson released one of the most rec-ognized songs in the nation. The 14-minute music video for “Thriller” was named the most infl uential and culturally signifi cant music video of all time in 2009 by the National
Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
The video is known for its scenes of gruesome zombies dancing alongside Jackson as he himself becomes one of the dancing corpses. The screen-play received recognition worldwide, and many admit they love to show off their thrilling moves.
Senior sociology major Jen-nifer Ward was among the dancers in the City Plaza.
“There’s so much horrible stuff going on in the world, it’s nice just to have a good time,” Ward said.
The countdown began and the zombies took their places lying down on the cement as the beginning sound eff ects of light-ning and thunder began. Fitting perfectly with the weather in Chico, the dancers’ makeup and clothing began to get wet as the rain added an extra gory eff ect of a scary movie.
Krista Jacobson, graduate
student and communications sciences and disorders major, thinks “Thrill the World” was a great event – especially since Halloween is right around the corner, she said.
Dancers began practic-ing the choreography for “Thriller” on Sept. 11. There were also tutorials off ered online to learn the dance from home.
The creaking sounds of cas-kets opening signaled the zombies to awake from their slumber in full character, and they began to mirror Jackson’s epic music video.
“Thrill the World” got its start in 2006 in Toronto, Can-ada, according to the event’s website. Guinness World Records named the 62-person dance as the largest “Thriller” dance worldwide. Since then, “Thrill the World” has man-aged to gain quite a following.
In 2009, a new world record was set as 22,571 people from
33 nations performed Jackson’s hit at the exact same time.
Nursing major Jeff Reyes thought the event was a great fi t for Chico, he said.
“This is one of the great things about Chico,” Reyes said. “It even gets the kids involved.”
Reyes and Ward plan to get a “fl ash mob” going by setting up music at the Tinseltown movie theater and at Chico State to randomly get people involved in a simultaneous dance, he said.
Despite the rain, the “Thrill the World” went off without any problems. Many showed up with umbrellas in hand to watch Chico’s attempt to help break the world record.
“I had a great time watch-ing and I encourage people to come out next year,” Jacobson said.
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IT’S CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT? Hundreds gathered downtown to perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during the 2010 “Thrill the World” Saturday. “Thriller” fans worldwide joined in at the same time.
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THRILL “Thrill the World” dance instructor and participant Elisa-beth Schirmers gets into character in the City Plaza. She was part of a worldwide synchronized dance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”
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Quirky contraptions will dangle over Mayan myths and ingenious inventions at the fi rst Sustainable Art and Architec-ture Exhibition Monday.
The exhibition, which Butte College’s new art gallery will host, is the product of a county-wide call to give the abstract idea of sustainability shape, size, texture and color. The show will parallel “This Way to Sustainability VI,” a joint ven-ture between Chico State and Butte College.
Alexandra O’Neil, chair-woman of the art department at Butte College, organized the show in the hope that the con-versation of conservation would translate more coherently onto canvas, she said.
“In the past, Butte College’s sustainability conference has been attended by indus-try insiders,” O’Neil said. “I think this exhibition is going to attract a whole diff erent set of people to the concept of sustainability.”
She has been preparing for the exhibition by having her art students build wacky machines from recycled parts in the tra-dition of absurd cartoonist Rube Goldberg, O’Neil said. Goldberg’s cartoons depict con-traptions that rely on a maze of gears and pulleys to complete a mundane task, such as wiping one’s mouth.
O’Neil’s students are working on machines that perform many functions to inform their audi-ence about diff erent aspects of sustainability, she said.
“I told my students they don’t have to work, they just have to look like they could work,” O’Neil said.
The unfi nished contraptions include a 5-foot wine pourer made entirely from corks and recycled wood, as well as a giant display that compares the inner workings of a dingy chicken factory to the relative
bliss of a pasture.Hillary McNeill, a student
assistant who works at the Butte College Art Gallery, suggested some unorthodox placing for the contraptions as she walked through the art building.
“The chicken display’s prob-ably going to go there,” McNeill said, pointing at a hole in the ceiling between the fi rst and second fl oors. “We’re hoping to have enough art submitted to decorate not just the gallery, but the entire art building.”
McNeill rattled off a list of works in progress that will be featured in the upcoming show – a sculpture made entirely of scavenged metal scraps, a printed comparison of human and cow anatomy and a collec-tion of environmentally friendly casting molds made from recy-cled paper.
“This is the art that the molds create,” McNeill said, indicat-ing a stylized square tile with the texture of foam.
She pointed at a crock-pot stewing strips of newspaper in a dark brown substance that would eventually become the casting molds.
“The brown coloring is made from beets that I bought at Thursday Night Market that have been cooked in the crock-pot for a few hours,” she said. “Let’s not open it.”
Though some of the artwork featured at the exhibition will be suspended from the ceiling, at least one piece will be sus-pended in time.
The work of art that inspired O’Neil to organize the Sus-tainability Exhibition was a serigraph – ink on cloth – that brought ancient Mayan mythos into the 21st century, she said.
The piece, created by Andy Rader, is titled “Myth of the Earth Stabbing” and is a con-temporary reimaging of a mural painted on the Mayan ruins in Guatemala. However, rather than depicting a strug-gle between Mayan gods or a bloody battle between two
tribes, Rader’s serigraph tells the story of the BP oil spill.
While taking O’Neil’s summer class, one of the assignments was to take some-thing from one of the cultures the class was studying and update it, Rader said.
“At that time, the BP oil spill was on the news all the time, so I decided to combine that with Mayan art,” he said.
The piece shows a Mayan warrior standing on a canoe, plunging his spear into the ocean as a rich Mayan admin-istrator counts his money and deliberately stares in the other direction.
Rader, who is in his second year of formal art training, is honored to be the inspira-tion for the exhibition, he said. However, he doesn’t expect to win the cash prizes that will be given to the top three artists.
“Because there’s money being awarded at the show, there’s going to be a lot of really talented student and profes-sional artists from the Chico area entering,” Rader said. “I’m glad that my art could be the seed that this exhibition grew from, but I don’t expect to win.”
The upcoming exhibition will combine science with the humanities to convey a
more complete emphasis on sustainability.
The show will feature a dis-play on a new water fi ltration system designed by Butte Col-lege students, said Jennifer Payne, secretary of Butte Col-lege’s art department.
“They’re going to make a model of their system with our 3-D printer, which uses lasers to cut shapes from a block of resin,” Payne said. “We’re using art as a vehicle to integrate the disciplines of art and science, and help them work together.”
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Science, sculpture showcased at sustainability show
THE ORION • KENNEDY COKER
THIS WAY TO SUSTAINABILITY Chico State art instructor Sandi Escobar [right] working with students Melissa Miller [middle] and Brian Boggs on their pieces for the art exhibit. The show will be held at the Butte College Art Gallery from Monday until Nov. 21.
Community members are welcome to submit art that deals with sustainability, justice, peace or democracy. Submissions received before the reception will be judged, with a fi rst place prize of $1,000.
• DatesMonday to Nov. 21• PlaceButte College Art Gallery• Reception3:30 p.m. Nov. 5• CostFree
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Countdown to Arma-geddon8 p.m.@ Monstros Pizza$5 donation
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Champagne Brunch9 a.m.@ 33 Steaks, Booze and Jazz
Good food and good drinks to celebrate Halloween, last night’s party and today’s hang-over.
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African Dance Class@ Cafe Culture5:15 p.m. $10 fee
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Zumba Dance Class7 p.m@ Cafe Culture
Shimmy and shake to Latin rhythms paired with easy-to-follow dance moves. Zumba combines quick and slow beats with resis-tance training to burn calories.
“Chamber Music”@ Wismer Theater7:30 p.m.$6 student admission
Get ready for this absurdest play about eight women in an insane asylum who all think they’re famous. The crazy ladies come together to prepare for an attack they think is coming from the men’s ward.
Zoo Zoo7:30 p.m.@ Laxson Auditorium$14 student admission
The circus is coming to town! But not just any circus because in “Zoo-Zoo,” all of the people are the animals! Cirque du Soleil-style mimes, puppeteers, visual effects and humor are coming to Laxson but entirely through the life of animals.
BETA Halloween Bash9 p.m.@ Lost on Main$5 cover
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Pinhead9:30 p.m.@ Duff y’s$5 cover
Local Ramones tribute band Pinhead and local favorite The Shankers pair up to bring a rock-ing start to All Hallow’s Eve.
Omara Portuondo7:30 p.m.@ Laxson AuditoriumFree
Anaura heads from San Francisco to Chico to showcase their indie pop-rock sound. Also featuring Jeb Draper and Deedee Vest.
Fera8 p.m.@Cafe Flo$5 admission
Had a stressful week? Gather your thoughts Friday morning on a stroll around Chico State as you learn a bit about the remarkable collec-tion of native and exotic trees and shrubs on the campus and mansion grounds.
Devil Kat’s Rock ’n’ Roll Social9:30 p.m.@ Lost on Main$3 cover
Enjoy some rock as Shelby Cobra takes the stage with Hot Mess. Also featuring a perfor-mance from That’s What She Said.
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Yellow marigolds will cover a table draped in cloth, as a 4-foot-tall altar full of photos, sweet bread and sugar skulls sit on top of it in honor of deceased loved ones.
The Movimiento Estudian-til Chicano de Aztlan will bring Mexican culture back to life in Chico in celebration of the 3,000-year-old Mesoamerican tradition “Dia de los Muertos,” or Day of the Dead.
MEChA will build a tradi-tional altar in the Student Services Center Plaza and table from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 2. They will sell sweet bread and give out pamphlets on the history of the day.
The goal for the event is to educate students from other cultures about Dia de los Muertos and teach them about the Mexi-can culture, said Carla Moran, an internal aff airs offi cer for MEChA.
“It’s something that, as a cul-ture, we’d like to get out there,” she said. “It’s a big thing in our culture to celebrate the Day of the Dead and honor our loved ones.”
Dia de los Muertos began as a way for Aztecs and Mesoamer-ican civilizations to celebrate death as a continuation of life, according to Azcentral.com.
Since then, Spaniards Chris-tianized the tradition by moving it from the month of August to All Saints Day and All Souls’ Day in November, according to the website. Families in the U.S. and in Mexico build altars or mini shrines for their deceased on tables that they fi ll with fl owers, food, pictures and candles.
Professor Gerardo Mireles, adviser for MEChA, encourages the club’s students to educate the Chico community on the day and explain why certain symbolic items are used when making an altar.
“The idea was modifi ed to meet Christian beliefs; however, some of the essential aspects of an Altar or Ofrenda are still the same,” Mireles said. “The Xem-pazuchitl fl owers or marigolds are the fl owers that are in bloom during this time in southern Mexico.”
Some things about Dia de los Muertos have remained the same,
Mireles said. However, the cross has become an essential part of today’s altars to show acceptance of Christianity.
Families such as Moran’s have decorated the altars with their deceased loved ones’ favorite food dishes, drinks, imi-tation sugar skulls and “pan de muerto,” or sweet bread, Moran said. Her mother and grandpar-ents have been celebrating the tradition since she was a child.
It is believed the high aromas from deceased’s favorite dishes, fl owers and candles can be con-sumed by the spirits, according to the website. Family members then physically eat the foods after their essence is gone.
The day is very colorful and beautiful, Moran said. It is meant to be a celebration and not a time for mourning.
Maria Garcia, a member of MEChA, hasn’t been able to experience too much of Dia de
los Muertos
growing up in the U.S., she said. However, she’s excited to be part of the event at school to honor her heritage.
“I want students to respect it, get interested in it and want to know more about it,” she said. “I want them to know what’s going on.”
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In a nutshell...
AlmendraCarpizo
Features Editor
OK to be frightfully sexySoon we’ll see a fl ood of
thigh-high stockings, low-cut shirts, visible bras and booty shorts. This isn’t your grand-ma’s Halloween – and it isn’t your little nephew’s, either.
Halloween night, which is more like Halloween week-end, involves a parade of half-naked women in linge-rie, men who are busy ogling them and a lot of alcohol.
In order to avoid being a hypocrite, I will confess that I’m one of those women. However, I am much tamer in my wardrobe choices than some of the “costumes” that are out there.
Some people have a prob-lem with the way women’s Halloween costumes have changed over the years. They
may argue that it lacks cre-ativity or sets feminism back, but I only agree with the fi rst part.
One of the aspects of fem-inism is that people should
have the right to make choices. If a woman chooses to amp up the sex appeal and dress up as Sultry Stray, don-ning a sexy cat costume, then she should go for it – just like any woman can choose to dress up like a zombie bride.
I understand that some feminists want to fi ght against the objectifi cation of women and that men ogling them may be disrespectful, but my guess is that women who are wearing the Smokin’ Hot Fire Fighter costume are probably OK with getting the attention – if at least for that one weekend.
Juliet Williams, an associ-ate professor at UCLA, thinks dressing sexy is a celebration of self-objectifi cation, which has a certain amount of empowerment, she said in an article in the Calgary Herald.
When I went costume shop-ping with friends, one friend asked, “What’s the sluttiest thing I can wear?” However, after trying on more costumes than the number of cavities a kid gets after Halloween, she changed her mind.
“I’m not a hoe!” she kept yelling as she tried on cos-tume after costume.
She wanted to release her inner vixen, but she realized it wasn’t inside the bag of the Naughty Nurse costume.
I encourage women to be sexy for Halloween, what-ever sexy may mean to them. However, there is only one problem I have with sexy Halloween costumes – the lack of creativity.
If women want to be sexy then they should do it, but try to remain classy.
Last year, I saw four women wearing only bras and boy shorts – they didn’t even attempt to throw on a pair of mouse ears. They were just walking through the streets of downtown in their mis-matched underwear.
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t show too much skin, but at least attempt to be creative in your costumes and fi nd your inner vixen.
I chose to be a magician last year, I might of had a tux-edo jacket and shorts, but my fi shnet-stockings made me feel sexy.
Almendra Carpizo can be reached at
Kelly SmithSTAFF WRITER
Trick-or-treating, one of Halloween’s most practiced tra-ditions, dates back more than 2,000 years and didn’t always involve fl uff y costumes, pillow cases full of candy or even the same name.
The Oct. 31 celebration is a mixture of ancient Celtic prac-tices, Roman Catholic religious rituals and European folk tra-ditions that have merged together over time to create the modern-day Halloween, said anthropology professor Wil-liam Collins.
The Celtics held the belief that the year was divided into two parts – summer represent-ing life and winter representing a time of death, he said. The last days of October represented a time of death.
“This was the time they cele-brated Samhain,” Collins said. “At that time, the distance between the world of the living and that of the dead was very thin, and spirits – good and evil – could pass through the boundary to visit the living.”
During Samhain, the Celtics wore horrifi c masks to ward off the evil spirits, tricking them into thinking they were already evil persons, Collins said. This is where the tradi-tion of costumes takes its root.
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When Halloween falls on a weekend, the entire week-end is then Halloweekend.
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“My two other girl roommates and I are going to be Peter Pan, Tinker-bell and Wendy. The next night we are going to be the Three Little Pigs.”
“I’m going to be For-est Gump. I think it’s a unique choice because a lot of people wouldn’t think of being him.”
“I’m going to be a Hooters girl because I have some of the stuff .”
“Our roommates are all going to be woodland crea-tures, so I’m going to be a raccoon.”
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Tasha Clark and Gina PenceTHE ORION
On Halloween, the streets of Chico are fi lled with characters ranging from cheerleaders and bikers to fl appers and Dracula. The possibilities are limitless – unless the $60 to $100 price tag
is too much.Halloween is only a
few days away. With cos-tume prices rising as the
holiday weekend looms closer, students on a budget can have trouble fi nding costumes that are creative and aff ordable. Thrift stores around Chico can off er a quick solution to students struggling.
Thrifty Bargains on 2432 Esplanade, off ers students and the community aff ordable cos-tumes and clothes.
The aisles of clothes and accessories give
customers the opportunity to get creative with their costumes, said employee Cassie Swanson.
“We have costumes, we have pieces of costumes and we have a lot of stuff for students to use,” she said. “People will use clothes found here to piece together something creative.”
Besides being more aff ord-able than retail stores, shopping at thrift
stores can be a fun group activ-ity. Searching for the perfect complimentary article of cloth-ing or accessory can be an adventure.
Another thrift store, Thrift Queen on 641 Nord Ave., has a collection of vintage and Halloween clothing and acces-sories, said Tanya Schuttenberg, owner of the store. She searches around Northern California all year to supply her shop with clothes and accessories for cus-tomers to take advantage of.
“I’m a treasure hunter,” Schut-tenberg said. “I love clothes, costumes and accessories. Instead of doing it for myself, I do it for others.”
Giovanni LoCascio, a junior mechanical engineering major, was looking for a Clark Kent cos-tume at Thrift Queen, he said. It was his fi rst time visiting the store after hearing about it from friends.
“I heard it’s packed with crazy stuff , so I came here,” LoCascio said.
Tasha Clark can be reached at
[email protected] Gina Pence can be reached at
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Dream WorksAs she walked away
in a fury, she grabbed her hand and pulled her close to her.
She kissed her hard – her lips transformed the anger into passion. The kiss was hasty, but the emotion behind it wasn’t. Her lips softened, and they began to gently embrace one another.
Clothes began to fall off as their bodies moved together rhythmically. The softness of her touch made her tremble.
Just as she was about to climax, she abruptly shot out of bed and opened her eyes, noticing the blinding white glare com-ing through the window. The weight of reality was so startling she lay back down in defeat and closed her eyes, hoping to pick up where she left off .
“Wow,” I responded to my friend’s account of her recent dream. “I wish I could get laid in my dreams.”
It’s not that I don’t have sex dreams – I do. They are just depress-ingly PG-13.
I’ve dreamed about a wildly attractive man who pulls me into him and gently caresses my back. He holds me so close, and I can feel his hot breath on my face. As he moves to kiss me, the dream camera pans to the window where drapes are lightly fl uttering in the wind, mimicking a low-budget soap opera.
I can’t believe this is what my subconscious gives me to dream about. My sex life hasn’t been this lame since high school.
Our minds have somewhat of a “dream censor,” according to an article by Dr. David Del-vin and psychotherapist Christine Webber on net-doctor.co.uk.
This repressor works similarly to what I call my “parental control censor.” It tends to clean things up a bit when necessary.
However, Delvin and Webber think this cen-sor is usually a result of someone with a very strict puritanical out-look, according to the article.
Last time I checked, I wasn’t exactly the liv-ing model of morals, nor was I incredibly prude – unless my sixteen year old self has come back to haunt me.
All I want is a nice, hot, steamy sex dream – maybe one that pro-duces an orgasm – with a tall, dark and hand-some man. I don’t think it is too much to ask.
Sigmund Freud hypothesized that dreams were the mind’s arena to experiment with fantasies in an uninhib-ited way and that these trials of the imagination are directly reflective of what occupies our thoughts.
Taking Freud’s find-ings into consideration, I have decided that I am determined to have a sex dream, no matter what.
My plan is to put my preteen do-gooder self to rest and focus on every scandalous and dirty fantasy known to the average college stu-dent. Anyone else who has been sex-dream deprived can try if they like. Happy wet dreams.
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Nightmares, lights fl ickering, clocks stopping at 3:37 a.m. and light bulbs shattering – what sounds like scenes from “Para-normal Activity” are actual accounts of a supernatural pres-ence from witnesses on campus and around Chico.
Jodi Foster moved to Chico from Montana in 2000 with her 3-year-old daughter and found a home at 125 Parmac Road in the Walnut Apartments, she said. The night before she moved in,
however, she had a dream that told her not to live there.
She ignored the dream, then experienced paranormal activity her fi rst night in the apartment, she said. At night, lights would fl icker and the four clocks in her apartment would suddenly stop at 3:37 a.m.
“I thought, ‘Am I nuts?’” Foster said. “‘Do I need medication?’”
Foster had reoccurring dreams of a girl being kidnapped and taken to a rural fi eld, she said. Foster also had several friends stay over who witnessed the presence of a spirit in her
apartment.Later, she found out that her
dreams were similar to a case of a missing girl named Marie Elizabeth Spannhake, who had been abducted in 1976, Foster said. Her dreams proved to be in actual relation to the case, and Foster worked with the Chico Police Department to locate the body of Spannhake.
Sgt. Rob Merrifi eld was the detective on the Spannhake case and remembers meeting with her to share information, he said.
“Nothing was produced from
the case, however,” Merrifi eld said.
Foster only stayed in the apartment 30 days before mov-ing out, Foster said. After this experience, she decided to use her predictive thoughts and dreams to help others.
“I have psychic abilities,” Fos-ter said.
She views her abilities as a gift and is now working on her book “A Perfect Miracle,” which will be published in the begin-ning of 2011, she said. Foster also helps others by doing psy-chic readings when they witness
a haunting.“I have a gift, I use it to help
other people,” Foster said. “It was not given to me to better my own life. It is like being a doc-tor – a doctor can’t operate on themselves.”
She recently helped The Sal-vation Army, whose employees thought their storage room was being haunted by a demon, she said.
It has been said that other activities have taken place on campus, and there is a rumor that the sculpture in front of
Paranormal activity rumors haunt Chico
Tanya Schuttenberg knows all about being thrifty. She is the owner of Thrift Queen, on 641 Nord Ave., and is ready for a time where customers fl y in and out the door – Halloween. Schuttenberg provides many clothing items and accessories for Halloween costume ideas.
Q: How long have you had the thrift store and when it is open?A: It’s been around for 10 years
and is opened year-round. Halloween season attracts more customers – during this time the store is opened from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Q: What is your store fi lled with?A: The store is fi lled with vintage, Halloween clothing and accessories, which I collect all year around Northern California. Shopping here is like
shopping at 1,000 places.
Q: Do you give advice on costumes to customers?A: I have lists of ideas for girls and guys.
Q: Do you ever run out of stock?A: Never. I have back-up stock. I still have items after Halloween is over.
- Compiled by Tasha Clark
Q&A with Thrift Queen store owner
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GHOSTLY SIGHTINGS It is rumored that the spirit of an older woman has been seen sitting in the balcony seats and moving around above the stage of Laxson Auditorium.
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ROYAL HIGHNESS Tanya Schuttenberg, owner of Thrift Queen, has been running her used clothing business for 10 years.
The 11th Annual Treat Street event, which replaced the carnival, now includes the downtown business area while serving younger members of the community.
Children 12 and younger are invited to go to downtown from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday to trick-or-treat in Chico stores.
In addition to trick-or-treat-ing, a costume contest, a
bounce house and food ven-dors will entertain the young participants.
The Downtown Chico Business Association, along with sponsors from Associated Students, Chico State and the community, put together the event for children and the community, said Steph-anie Yunker, event coordinator for the Downtown Chico Busi-ness Association.
“It’s for the kids who may not be able to go out after dark, or who may live in bad areas and
chances to trick-or-treat may be limited,” she said.
In the past, police discouraged people from going downtown because of raucous parties. The Downtown Chico Business Asso-ciation worked to bring a better tradition to the downtown area and to encourage people to shop downtown.
“Instead of shutting it down, we tried turning it around,” Yunker said.
-Compiled by Gina Pence
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1997 | Chico State helps provide safe trick-or-treating for kids
The 23rd annual Pumpkin Drop will be held Thursday on the south side of Butte Hall by members of the Society of Physics Students, said David Kagan, chairman of the depart-ment of science education. Society of Physics Students will reenact Galileo Galilei’s Law of Falling Bodies, which he demonstrated by climbing to the top of the Tower of Pisa to show that a large ball and a small ball would hit the ground at the same time.
Q: What is the purpose of the pumpkin drop?
A: They want to share their love of science with our commu-nity by sharing the story of the development of the theory of gravity through the years.
Q: How many pumpkins
are dropped? A: About 25.
Q: Was it hard to get per-mission to do this?
A: You might think it would be hard, but the wonderful thing about this university is that everyone is here to help students with their educa-tional goals. The pumpkin drop requires the eff orts of people from Facilities Management and Services, Environmental Health and Safety, Risk Management, University Police and many others. Without their help and positive attitudes, the pump-kin drop would simply not be possible.
Q: Whose idea was this?A: Two students came up with
this idea – Dave Snyder and Ben Catching. They were back here for the 20th annual Pump-kin Drop and threw out the fi rst pumpkins.
Q: Where do you get the pumpkins from?
A: We buy them. Anyone want to donate them to us?
Q: What time will the pump-kins be dropped?
A: High noon – that’s when the pumpkins meet their maker!
Q: Is it always in the same spot?
A: The original Pumpkin Drop was in the breezeway of the library. When the crowds grew too large, it was moved to Butte Hall.
Q: Will there be a crowd?A: About 300 people.
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Campus Spotlight:Pumpkin drop demonstrates Galileo’s theory
Q&A“Campus off ers Halloween alter-native for kids” Oct. 29, 1997
Halloween in Chico has a rich tradition of crazy parties and plenty of entertainment for adults. However, for children who live in Chico, the opportu-nities for trick-or-treating can sometimes be limited.
Chico State hosted the 13th Annual Halloween Carnival Oct. 31, 1997, to give families a
safe Halloween experience.The 1996 Halloween carni-
val, which hosted 2,000 kids, was an opportunity for the campus to give back to the community, said Jodi Wall, for-merly of A.S. Programming.
“It helps establish a good reputation for the school and it’s a way we can give back to the community,” Wall said.
Giving children a safe place to have fun was one of the pri-orities of the carnival.
During Halloween weekend,
the police department was forced to focus on the south side of Chico where the parties were, said Mike O’Brien of the Chico Police Department, who is now a lieutenant. By hav-ing an event that was catered to children, it gave them a safe place to enjoy Halloween.
“This is a controlled, safe event for kids,” O’Brien said. “Parents know where the candy is coming from and they don’t have to send their kids into unfriendly neighborhoods.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF • DOWNTOWN CHICO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
TRICK-OR-TREAT IN CHICO STREETS The Downtown Chico Business Association, Associated Stu-dents and community help put on the Annual Treat Street to provide safe trick-or-treatting for children.
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On Halloween, the streets of Chico are fi lled with characters ranging from cheerleaders and bikers to fl appers and Dracula. The possibilities are limitless – unless the $60 to $100 price tag
is too much.Halloween is only a
few days away. With cos-tume prices rising as the
holiday weekend looms closer, students on a budget can have trouble fi nding costumes that are creative and aff ordable. Thrift stores around Chico can off er a quick solution to students struggling.
Thrifty Bargains on 2432 Esplanade, off ers students and the community aff ordable cos-tumes and clothes.
The aisles of clothes and accessories give
customers the opportunity to get creative with their costumes, said employee Cassie Swanson.
“We have costumes, we have pieces of costumes and we have a lot of stuff for students to use,” she said. “People will use clothes found here to piece together something creative.”
Besides being more aff ord-able than retail stores, shopping at thrift
stores can be a fun group activ-ity. Searching for the perfect complimentary article of cloth-ing or accessory can be an adventure.
Another thrift store, Thrift Queen on 641 Nord Ave., has a collection of vintage and Halloween clothing and acces-sories, said Tanya Schuttenberg, owner of the store. She searches around Northern California all year to supply her shop with clothes and accessories for cus-tomers to take advantage of.
“I’m a treasure hunter,” Schut-tenberg said. “I love clothes, costumes and accessories. Instead of doing it for myself, I do it for others.”
Giovanni LoCascio, a junior mechanical engineering major, was looking for a Clark Kent cos-tume at Thrift Queen, he said. It was his fi rst time visiting the store after hearing about it from friends.
“I heard it’s packed with crazy stuff , so I came here,” LoCascio said.
Tasha Clark can be reached at
[email protected] Gina Pence can be reached at
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Dream WorksAs she walked away
in a fury, she grabbed her hand and pulled her close to her.
She kissed her hard – her lips transformed the anger into passion. The kiss was hasty, but the emotion behind it wasn’t. Her lips softened, and they began to gently embrace one another.
Clothes began to fall off as their bodies moved together rhythmically. The softness of her touch made her tremble.
Just as she was about to climax, she abruptly shot out of bed and opened her eyes, noticing the blinding white glare com-ing through the window. The weight of reality was so startling she lay back down in defeat and closed her eyes, hoping to pick up where she left off .
“Wow,” I responded to my friend’s account of her recent dream. “I wish I could get laid in my dreams.”
It’s not that I don’t have sex dreams – I do. They are just depress-ingly PG-13.
I’ve dreamed about a wildly attractive man who pulls me into him and gently caresses my back. He holds me so close, and I can feel his hot breath on my face. As he moves to kiss me, the dream camera pans to the window where drapes are lightly fl uttering in the wind, mimicking a low-budget soap opera.
I can’t believe this is what my subconscious gives me to dream about. My sex life hasn’t been this lame since high school.
Our minds have somewhat of a “dream censor,” according to an article by Dr. David Del-vin and psychotherapist Christine Webber on net-doctor.co.uk.
This repressor works similarly to what I call my “parental control censor.” It tends to clean things up a bit when necessary.
However, Delvin and Webber think this cen-sor is usually a result of someone with a very strict puritanical out-look, according to the article.
Last time I checked, I wasn’t exactly the liv-ing model of morals, nor was I incredibly prude – unless my sixteen year old self has come back to haunt me.
All I want is a nice, hot, steamy sex dream – maybe one that pro-duces an orgasm – with a tall, dark and hand-some man. I don’t think it is too much to ask.
Sigmund Freud hypothesized that dreams were the mind’s arena to experiment with fantasies in an uninhib-ited way and that these trials of the imagination are directly reflective of what occupies our thoughts.
Taking Freud’s find-ings into consideration, I have decided that I am determined to have a sex dream, no matter what.
My plan is to put my preteen do-gooder self to rest and focus on every scandalous and dirty fantasy known to the average college stu-dent. Anyone else who has been sex-dream deprived can try if they like. Happy wet dreams.
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Ally DukkersSTAFF WRITER
Nightmares, lights fl ickering, clocks stopping at 3:37 a.m. and light bulbs shattering – what sounds like scenes from “Para-normal Activity” are actual accounts of a supernatural pres-ence from witnesses on campus and around Chico.
Jodi Foster moved to Chico from Montana in 2000 with her 3-year-old daughter and found a home at 125 Parmac Road in the Walnut Apartments, she said. The night before she moved in,
however, she had a dream that told her not to live there.
She ignored the dream, then experienced paranormal activity her fi rst night in the apartment, she said. At night, lights would fl icker and the four clocks in her apartment would suddenly stop at 3:37 a.m.
“I thought, ‘Am I nuts?’” Foster said. “‘Do I need medication?’”
Foster had reoccurring dreams of a girl being kidnapped and taken to a rural fi eld, she said. Foster also had several friends stay over who witnessed the presence of a spirit in her
apartment.Later, she found out that her
dreams were similar to a case of a missing girl named Marie Elizabeth Spannhake, who had been abducted in 1976, Foster said. Her dreams proved to be in actual relation to the case, and Foster worked with the Chico Police Department to locate the body of Spannhake.
Sgt. Rob Merrifi eld was the detective on the Spannhake case and remembers meeting with her to share information, he said.
“Nothing was produced from
the case, however,” Merrifi eld said.
Foster only stayed in the apartment 30 days before mov-ing out, Foster said. After this experience, she decided to use her predictive thoughts and dreams to help others.
“I have psychic abilities,” Fos-ter said.
She views her abilities as a gift and is now working on her book “A Perfect Miracle,” which will be published in the begin-ning of 2011, she said. Foster also helps others by doing psy-chic readings when they witness
a haunting.“I have a gift, I use it to help
other people,” Foster said. “It was not given to me to better my own life. It is like being a doc-tor – a doctor can’t operate on themselves.”
She recently helped The Sal-vation Army, whose employees thought their storage room was being haunted by a demon, she said.
It has been said that other activities have taken place on campus, and there is a rumor that the sculpture in front of
Paranormal activity rumors haunt Chico
Tanya Schuttenberg knows all about being thrifty. She is the owner of Thrift Queen, on 641 Nord Ave., and is ready for a time where customers fl y in and out the door – Halloween. Schuttenberg provides many clothing items and accessories for Halloween costume ideas.
Q: How long have you had the thrift store and when it is open?A: It’s been around for 10 years
and is opened year-round. Halloween season attracts more customers – during this time the store is opened from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Q: What is your store fi lled with?A: The store is fi lled with vintage, Halloween clothing and accessories, which I collect all year around Northern California. Shopping here is like
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Q: Do you give advice on costumes to customers?A: I have lists of ideas for girls and guys.
Q: Do you ever run out of stock?A: Never. I have back-up stock. I still have items after Halloween is over.
- Compiled by Tasha Clark
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Decorating for Halloween cheap, funSarah Brown
STAFF WRITER
Trying to decorate for Hal-loween on a student budget can be a trick more than a treat.
I decided to accept the chal-lenge – not for my sake alone, but for the sake of the entire student body.
First step: Decide on a themeHalloween decorating isn’t
a time to be eclectic. Choos-ing a theme helps narrow down choices and keeps your focus on the necessary items.
Obviously there’s the fear factor to consider fi rst. Stores off er lots of scary items for your haunted house, gothic or basic Halloween decor. It’s easy to fi nd witches, bones, spiders and more at nearly every store you visit.
If fear isn’t your thing, you can opt for cute and whimsical or choose the natural, autumn look.
I chose the latter because it can be stretched over a longer period of time into Thanksgiving.
Second step: Browse for ideasGet your hands on ads, cat-
alogs, magazines and Google searches to study decorat-ing ideas. This really helps get the creative juices fl owing and assists you in thinking outside the box.
Third step: Start with what you have
I think I have an advan-tage here over most students because I’ve lived in town for several years, giving me time to collect a plethora of vases, jars and random things that can be used for my project. However, I don’t have many roommates to share the cost of decorat-ing, which will go a long way for most students.
I used yellow and orange fab-ric to cover a coff ee table and entertainment center, then set out vases and baskets of varying sizes. I fi lled a large vase about one-fourth full of dried red, black and white beans. I also set a variety of dried grasses in the vase that resulted in a pleasing centerpiece.
Fallen leaves from diff erent trees are scattered on the enter-tainment center, along with a large, white bowl full of grasses
and red berries. At this point, the only thing I spent money on was a dollar for a bag of red kid-ney beans.
If you’re going for a haunted theme, fi nd fallen branches and paint them black, then hang tis-sue ghosts or dried-apple skulls on them. Use black yarn for webs or brown nylons stuff ed with paper and painted to look like a dead man’s head.
Cut bat shapes from black paper and tape them all over your porch and use paper punchers to create confetti.
Fourth step: Go ShoppingTo avoid spending more than
is necessary, prioritize the things you really need for your theme. Pumpkins of varying sizes are likely to be on that list.
For my autumn theme, I needed pumpkins, fl owers and a door decoration. I was pleased with a door wreath I found at Dollar Tree. It has a lit-tle scarecrow swinging on the wreath and a banner that reads, “Welcome.”
Overall, I ended up buying candy, fl owers, red beans and 14 pumpkins that range from miniature to large. The total cost was about $30.
The trick was to cut my shop-ping list in half and be happy with what I ended up with. The treat is that I have a decorated home fi tting for both Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Sarah Brown can be reached at
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were meant to represent the harvest, said senior Nick Kokinos, a management infor-mation systems major and Halloween enthusiast. The Hal-loween festivals were meant to mark the separation of harvest-ing season and winter – black is associated with death, while orange represents the color of autumn and the harvest.
Trick-or-treating has its roots in an ancient practice known as “going-a-souling,” when people seeking to protect them-selves from unfriendly spirits would wear costume disguises – usually animal furs and head pieces – so the menacing spir-its would think the people were dead, according to the History Channel website.
It is presumed that All Saints Day and Halloween were brought to America by West-ern European settlers and were celebrated by the late 17th cen-tury, Collins said. It is now
celebrated in much of the world as the adoption of Western cul-tural practices increases.
The traditional Halloween – as people practice it today – didn’t make its mark on the U.S. until the 1920s and 1930s, when Halloween became a community-centered holiday, according to the History Chan-nel website. The practice of trick-or-treating was revived between 1920 and 1950.
Pumpkin carving is also a popular part of modern Ameri-ca’s Halloween celebration.
The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack,” according to the History Chan-nel website. As the myth goes, Stingy Jack invited the devil to have a drink with him. Jack tricked the devil, who then wouldn’t allow Jack’s entrance into hell.
Jack was sent off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way, according to the website. He put the coal
into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with it ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly fi gure as “jack of the lantern,” or jack-o’-lantern.
The original jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips, pota-toes or beets, according to the website. This tradition carries on today with the yearly carv-ing of pumpkins.
Senior Kyle Holmquist, an applied computer graphics major, thinks that the tradi-tional practices of the original Halloween traditions should be revived, he said.
“Over the years, Hallow-een has become more about who has the hottest costume, not the most realistic – and for children, who has the largest bag of candy,” Holmquist said. “I don’t see why the traditional values of Halloween can’t be brought back.
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Ayres Hall is haunted.Summer Armstrong, admin-
istrative support assistant for the department of art and art history, is skeptical of this, she said. She suspects this myth is derived from the actual story behind the female statue that is holding a little boy up to the heavens.
The artist, Susan Bardin, designed the sculpture as a memorial for her cousin who went missing in Florida, Arm-strong said. Inside the cement are some of her cousin’s clothes and a love letter from his wife.
“The artist hoped that the sculpture would help him to live in the hearts of his family, even
if his body was never found,” she said.
Ayres is not the only place on campus that has suspected a spiritual presence.
Rumor has it that the ghost of an older woman has been seen sitting in the balcony seats of the Laxson Auditorium.
Dan Goodsell, performance outreach coordinator, was skeptical until he witnessed a suspicious incident in the audi-torium, he said.
Four years ago, all the seats and carpets in the auditorium were being redone, he said. Goodsell and colleagues were deciding on a new carpet, and Goodsell laid out a sample and asked if it was a good choice. Immediately after he did so, a
light bulb in one of the chan-deliers in the balcony broke, shattering over the seats.
“That’s when I decided to fi nd another carpet sample,” Goodsell said. “Imagine what would have happened if we had chose that carpet – people would have been thrown off the balcony.”
The experiences he’s heard of the old woman’s ghost are not threatening, he said. She just moves around above the stage.
“Stories like mine add to the rumors,” Goodsell said. “It’s either a coincidence or evidence of something to look out for.”
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HISTORY: Began in ’20s
HAUNTED: Myths around statue
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They have the most comfort-
able couches and the coolest
people.”
Joe Banezsenior | microbiology
“Dad tells his son if he keeps masturbating he’ll go blind. Kid says, ‘Dad, I’m over here.’”
Ryan Sutliff senior | communications
“Halloween is the one time
a guy can rock eyeliner with-
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he is in a band because then
it’s like Halloween everyday.”
Matthew Kerns
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“Writing my paper before class because instead of writing it last night, I went to the damn Bear – how wise of me.”
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