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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Fall 2024 Staff

Ariana Powell
Editor-in-Chief

Ariana Powell

Ariana Powell is in her fifth year at Chico State as a media arts criticism and journalism news double-major. Now in her fifth semester on The Orion and having assumed the editor-in-chief position for the second time, she is pre...

Ellie Marty
Copy Editor

Ellie Marty

Ellie Marty is a fourth-year student majoring in journalism with a minor in women’s studies. She was born and raised in Sacramento, where she received a certificate of academic achievement for her work in her high school’s...

Megan Gauer
Layout Editor

Megan Gauer

Megan Gauer is a fourth-year student majoring in journalism news and minoring in social media production and analysis. This is her third semester on staff and she is excited to be on the editorial board and managing design.  In...

Jessica Miller
News Editor

Jessica Miller

Jessica Miller is a fourth-year English studies major at Chico State with a minor in linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. This will be her second semester with The Orion and her first semester as the n...

Nathan Chiochios
Sports Editor

Nathan Chiochios

Nathan Chiochios is in his fourth-year at Chico State as a journalism news major. He is from Mountain View, a town in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is his third semester on The Orion, and his second semester as sports editor. He h...

Callum Standish
Opinion and Features Editor

Callum Standish

Callum Standish is a fourth-year journalism and news major from Castro Valley. Standish is in his third semester on The Orion and now serves as the opinion and features editors. He is interested in cars, music, culture and the...

Nadia Hill
Entertainment and Food Editor

Nadia Hill

Nadia Hill is originally from Carson City, Nevada, and is in her junior year. Currently, she is double-majoring in journalism, public relations, and studio arts. She is the entertainment and food editor. Both writing and art have...

Jenna McMahon
Multimedia Editor

Jenna McMahon

Jenna McMahon transferred to Chico State in fall 2023 from Santa Barbara City College and is in her third-year as a journalism major as well as having added a global studies minor this year. This will be her first year on The O...

Beatrice Williams
News Reporter

Beatrice Williams

Bea Williams is a third-year student majoring in journalism with a minor in Spanish. This will be her first semester at The Orion, though she has previously contributed to the paper. She loves storytelling and is excited to join The Orio...

Daniel Christian
News Reporter

Daniel Christian

Anthony Vasek
News Reporter

Anthony Vasek

Anthony Vasek is a first-year journalism major at Chico State. He is originally from Arcata, which is a smaller town four hours away. He has been working in journalism since 2022, where he first wrote for his high school’s newspaper,...

Trevor Lee
Sports Reporter

Trevor Lee

Trevor Lee is a fourth-year journalism major with a minor in broadcasting. This is his first semester reporting for the Orion, covering sports. He is from Santa Rosa, a city 45-minutes north of San Francisco. He is excited to...

Nate Paddock
Sports Reporter

Nate Paddock

Nate Paddock is a journalism major in his third year at Chico State. Nate has had a passion for sports since he could remember including basketball, football and soccer and is excited to incorporate that passion into The Orion. Af...

Lukas Mann
Sports Reporter

Lukas Mann

Lukas Mann is in his fourth year at Chico State as a journalism major with a minor in broadcasting. This is his second semester reporting for The Orion, focusing on sports. He is from Alameda, in the heart of the Bay Area. He i...

Owen Daniels
Opinion Reporter

Owen Daniels

Owen Daniels is second-year journalism student who is from San Rafael. He is very excited to be writing for the Orion and hopes to continue doing so for as long as he is at Chico State. Owen hopes to one day become a sports jour...

Ari Sorokin
Opinion Reporter

Ari Sorokin

Dogs are Ari Sorokin's first true love and caring for them is his pride and joy. He loves keeping an active and creative lifestyle through his passion of drawing, writing and yoga. Sorokin is also a bit crazy about Indian culture.

C. Nicholas Kepler
Opinion Reporter

C. Nicholas Kepler

C. Nicholas Kepler works as a Solar Broker, raising his beloved 3-year-old son, as a full-time student in the College of Psychology at California State University, Chico. Kepler is an owner and founder of Late Bloomr Vintage Bouti...

Rebecca Gonzalez
Features Reporter

Rebecca Gonzalez

Rebecca Gonzalez is in her second year at Chico State, majoring in journalism. This is her first semester in The Orion and she is excited to include her passion for sports writing. She has always been a big sports fan, mainly f...

Sean Shanks
Features Reporter

Sean Shanks

Sean Shanks is in his first semester on The Orion. He is studying journalism because people’s stories are beautiful and accountability is awesome.

Lexi Lynn
Features Reporter

Lexi Lynn

Lexi Lynn is a third-year journalism major from Redding. This is her first semester on The Orion, and she’s excited to get involved with the Chico community. In her free time, she loves backpacking, reading and attending live...

Michael Arredondo
Entertainment Reporter

Michael Arredondo

Michael Arredondo is second year transfer student and news major from Porterville. It is his first semester on The Orion. His focus within The Orion is entertainment news mainly. His interests include watching popular film, gym training and pl...

Chris Hutton
Entertainment Reporter

Chris Hutton

Chris Hutton is a junior majoring in journalism at Chico State. He enjoys learning about new topics and his hobbies include rock climbing, skateboarding and writing.

Cecilia Gonzalez
Entertainment Reporter

Cecilia Gonzalez

Cecilia Gonzalez is a second year journalism student from Oregon. She participated in a start-up program for young students working together to make and write for their own publications. This will be her first semester with The ...

Dominic Curcuro
Food Reporter

Dominic Curcuro

Dominic Curcuro is a senior majoring in media arts production with a minor in social media production and analysis. This is his first semester writing for The Orion. He has a strong interest in writing, and loves to write abo...

Sophia MacKinnon
Food Reporter

Sophia MacKinnon

Sophia MacKinnon is a fourth-year student majoring in communications with a minor in journalism and public relations. This will be her first year on The Orion staff but MacKinnon always had a love for writing. She has interests...

Milca Elvira Chacon
Multimedia Reporter and Spanish Language Editor

Milca Elvira Chacon

Milca Elvira Chacon is a fourth-year journalism major student at Chico State with a minor in broadcasting. It is her third semester in The Orion and she interned with Chico’s local newspaper, The Enterprise-Record. She has ...