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The Orion

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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

A student shovels dirt over the 2024 time capsule outside of Kendall Hall. The time capsule will be unveiled in 2074 as they are unveiled every 50 years. Taken by Grace Stark on April 23.

Chico State holds annual Time Capsule Ceremony for graduating seniors

Grace Stark and Steven Amador // April 25, 2024

Chico State held its annual Time Capsule Ceremony in front of Kendall Hall on Tuesday. The ceremony is held each year during WildCat Spirit Week and is organized by Associated Students and the Chico...

Update on tuberculosis and meningitis cases

Update on tuberculosis and meningitis cases

Milca Elvira Chacon, Reporter // April 24, 2024

Chico State gave an update on the potential tuberculosis and meningitis cases via an email to the campus community on Wednesday. The email said the TB case continues to be unconfirmed and that confirmation...

Doorway leading into Kendall Hall where the Title IX office resides on the second floor. Taken by Jessica Miller on April 4.

Title IX: The state of sexual assault and harassment at Chico State

Jessica Miller, Food Editor // April 23, 2024

Chico State is satisfied with the reporting system for sexual assault despite reports continually showing that it is being under reported and investigated.  A 2023 systemwide report found that the...

Photo of Katie Callahan, who ran the event. An art history major in her senior year, she is the single student employed by Wellcat Safe Place. Taken on April 18th, 2024

Affirmative consent: What is it?

Maki Chapman, Reporter // April 21, 2024

The WellCat Safe Place ran a presentation on affirmative consent on Wednesday at the Student Transition  and Retention Center. While it was a well-researched and documented presentation, nobody came to...

Student Health Center on Chico States campus.

An individual carrying a bacterial disease attended multiple fraternity parties

Milca Elvira Chacon, Reporter // April 19, 2024

This article was updated with new information on Saturday at 2:43 p.m. Butte County Public Health was notified on Friday that a person visiting Chico from outside of the country was carrying neisseria...

The student Health Center is located on the intersection of Ivy and Legion. Photo by Jason Halley. Taken May 1, 2023.

Chico State warns of potential tuberculosis case on campus

Steven Amador, Reporter // April 18, 2024

The WellCat Health Center announced there’s a potential tuberculosis case on campus Thursday. The announcement sent to the campus community via email stated that the WellCat is working closely with...

Holocaust Survivor Joseph Alexander meets local Rabbi Lisa Rappaport. Photo taken April 14 by Molly Myers.

101-year-old Holocaust survivor visits Chico

Ari Sorokin, Reporter // April 17, 2024

Holocaust survivors are becoming rare as many of them are reaching the end of their lives. Soon the holocaust will lose all of its living sources.  People from all over Chico filled the Pleasant Valley...

Chico State students bury the 2023 time capsule in front of Kendall Hall. Courtesy: Andrew Staples

Chico State’s annual Time Capsule Ceremony to take place on April 23

Grace Stark, News Editor // April 16, 2024

Chico State’s annual Time Capsule Ceremony will take place on April 23 from 1-1:30 p.m. in front of Kendall Hall.  The ceremony, discontinued in 1969, was continued in 2001 with the help of Associated...

Jan. 26, 2005 printed issue of The Orion with the headline “Drinking nearly cost pledge’s life.” The article discusses investigations of Chico State’s Sigma Chi fraternity after a pledge nearly died from alcohol consumption. Accessed through The Orion Archives on April 13.

Chico State’s hazing history: pledge deaths, alcohol poisoning and more

Grace Stark, News Editor // April 16, 2024

For years, Chico State’s Greek life has been hit with hazing investigations, loss of affiliation and temporary suspensions due to violations of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Policies and Procedures....

Unidentified Project Rebound staff members stand outside Butte Hall, where the organizations office resides on the first floor. Courtesy of Lucy Ventura, Project Rebound public relations executive.

Chico State’s Project Rebound helps students after incarceration

Grace Stark, News Editor // April 13, 2024

In 2023 Chico State launched Project Rebound, a student success program that supports Chico State students who have been incarcerated in a juvenile detention center, immigration detention center, jail...

The men’s bathroom on the second floor of Tehama Hall has a sign titled “All-Gender Restroom Coming Soon!” taped to it. The restrooms are expected to be updated by the fall 2025 semester in Yolo and the Student Services Center will also be under construction. Taken by Grace Stark on April 11.

Chico State announces construction plans for gender-inclusive bathrooms

Grace Stark, News Editory // April 11, 2024

The construction of all-gender bathrooms in Tehama and Yolo halls and the Student Services Center was announced in an email from The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on Thursday. “Gender-inclusive...

Pacientes y estudiantes pueden quedarse en la sala de espera antes de su cita. El laboratorio de Wellcat está dentro del centro de salud. El laboratorio realiza una variedad de pruebas incluyendo para ETS y otros problemas de salud.

Una nueva ETS está en el pueblo: ¿Que debería saber?

Milca Elvira Chacon, Reporter // April 10, 2024

Una nueva enfermedad de transmisión sexual está en Chico y el Centro de Salud Wellcat está realizando pruebas para detectarla. Micoplasma genital es una ETS bacteriana curable que infecta al cuello...

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