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Common bedroom antics, such as role play, spanking or holding one’s arms above their head, fall under the BDSM umbrella. Photo credit: Kiana Alvarez

Porn stars are people too

Cheyanne Burens
November 17, 2015
One Chico student opens up about his experience as an ex-BDSM porn star.
Campus controversy: Search for Zingg's replacement to be confidential

Campus controversy: Search for Zingg’s replacement to be confidential

Cheyanne Burens
November 2, 2015
The CSU Chancellor's decision to not allow the presidential candidate finalists to visit campus results in a statewide uproar that has hit Chico State.
John Feeney, chief of University Police, has a detailed plan for the next year that he hopes will provide many positive changes for Chico State and the surrounding area. Photo credit: Jenelle Kapellas

Feeney aims to fix safety problems

Cheyanne Burens
October 11, 2015
The new chief of University Police talks Halloween, campus community policing and bike path safety.
A Chico State professor incorporates an unconventional seating arrangement into his lesson plan on Monday. Photo credit: Alicia Brogden

Sacramento State student-professor conflict questions education model

Cheyanne Burens
October 10, 2015
Concerns of the current education model arise when a Sacramento State student is kicked out of class for challenging a professor's viewpoint.
Kelsey Graham, turning on her Pocket Points app before class starts Monday night. Photo credit: Kiana Alvarez

Pocket Points launches to more than 100 campuses

Cheyanne Burens
September 27, 2015
Former Chico State students and co-founders Mitch Gardner and Rob Anderson have had quite the year following the success of their mobile app, Pocket Points.
From left: Leanne Woods, Associated Students staff member, Vu Nguyen, executive VP of Associated Students and Michael Pratt, officer for Associated Students, watch the Chico State Snapchat story on Tuesday morning. Photo credit: Kiana Alvarez

Live story doubles as marketing hub

Cheyanne Burens
September 19, 2015
Students have started to use the "Our Campus Story" feature on Snapchat to their advantage in more ways than one.
Chico State will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in September in light of the record-breaking increase of Hispanic and Latino enrollment at 42.1 percent. Photo credit: Jenelle Kapellas

New horizons for campus diversity

Cheyanne Burens
September 9, 2015
Hispanic and Latino admissions surpass those of Caucasian students just in time for Hispanic Heritage month.

Faculty voices frustrations with Zingg, administration at open forum

Cheyanne Burens
September 1, 2015
Faculty and staff had the opportunity to hash out their problems with campus policies, senior administration and President Zingg.
Photo courtesy of Chico State

Campus parking hassles students

Cheyanne Burens
August 31, 2015
Finding parking on campus is stressful, but there are ways that students can combat the problems and still safely make it to and from school.
Photo courtesy of Chico State

President Zingg’s transition, city spending addressed at fall convocation

Cheyanne Burens
August 21, 2015
President Zingg, alongside other faculty members and administrative officials, shared their vision for the upcoming academic school year at the 2015 Fall Convocation.