Chico State’s University College of Natural Sciences awarded Hikmat Abou Shahla, as one of the Student Gonfaloniers for the 2023 Commencement Ceremonies of his class. Abou, as he prefers to go by, is...

Current office manager and founder, Kathleen Moroney, reflects on the last 10 years of service at the Hungry Wildcat Food Pantry.  Before the pantry’s existence, Maroney received a phone call from...

For the first time since 2014, students and community members attended the Students of Media Arts Showcase, SMASH, a student film showcase put on by the Digital Filmmakers Guild.  SMASH was held...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuquM9IlmW8 When being around police, nervousness can set in. This semester, I interviewed one of the University Police Department officers, Lieutenant Christopher...

Chico State's The Orion · President Gayle Hutchinson's final interview with The Orion Given the rare opportunity to unwind, President Gayle Hutchinson imagines she would come home, say hello...

If you haven’t yet heard, the earth is in ecological collapse. Fires are rampant, natural disasters are on the news every day and wildlife biodiversity has plummeted. Scientists call this the sixth...

American Institute of Mechatronic Engineers competed at Robogames, a yearly event hosted in Pleasanton California. “King crab” is the red robot AIME used at the competition to take out a couple of...

On April 5, Lindsay Briggs, a Chico State public health associate professor who has a Ph.D. in health behavior and sex research, spoke out in support of trans student privacy at a Chico Unified School...

The idea of diving deep into the darkness of the ocean with nothing but a tank of air and some flippers may seem terrifying. But for a growing number of students at Chico State, scuba diving is becoming...

I didn’t know what was worse: hearing them gunshots in the middle of the night, or hearing the police down the street and helicopters hovering over us.  Let me start off telling you where I...

Arely Saldana is running for Senator of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the upcoming Associated Students general election. Saldana is a first-year graduate student in the psychological...

Oscar Cisneros, a junior studying agricultural business, is running for president in the 2023 Associated Students general election. Cisneros, who grew up in Watsonville California, chose Chico State...