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Chico State's independent student newspaper

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All content by Christine Lee
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Museum lends out artifacts in a box

Christine Lee
December 2, 2014
With a recent donation of $1,300 to the Chico State Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, the school is able to offer elementary school teachers the ability to check out artifacts to show their students.
Sarah Langford, Chico State public affairs coordinator. Photo courtesy of Chico State

CSU charity grants increase 36 percent

Christine Lee
November 9, 2014
The California State University system has seen an increase in the amount of money donations from parents and alumni in the 2013-14 fiscal school year. The system's endowment is currently worth an estimated $1 billion, according to the CSU chancellor's office.
Chico State freshman student, Savana Bowers, died Oct. 29. Photo courtesy of Chico State

Student dies after 2-year cancer battle

Christine Lee
November 6, 2014
A freshman student died on Oct. 29 after battling cancer for two years. Savana Bowers, 18, raised money at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life to help pay for her medical costs. She planned on majoring in animal science.
Markus Tungol, junior health services administration major and roomsurf.com's student ambassador for Chico State, assists and advertises to students on the Chico State Class of 2017 Facebook page. Photo courtesy of Markus Tungol.

Class pages managed by businesses

Christine Lee
October 21, 2014
The popular Chico State Facebook class pages are managed and monitored by online businesses that advertise selling and buying textbooks as well as finding roommates through their websites. The businesses are entrepreneurial and unaffiliated with Chico State.
Staff and faculty fill the Kendall Hall meeting room Thursday to voice their opinions on the internal independent auditor. Photo credit: Christine Lee

Senate votes for independent audit

Christine Lee
September 25, 2014
The Academic Senate approved a resolution requesting that the Chancellor's office step in to help recuperate trust between Chico State faculty and their administrators in Kendall Hall.
Grant Meyers, 21. Courtesy of Chico State.

Fundraiser for dead student exceeds goal

Christine Lee
August 21, 2014
A fundraiser for Chico State student Grant Meyers, 21, raises $11,786 to pay for flowers, service arrangements and headstone. A cause of death for Meyers, who was found dead in his father's Lodi Home on August 7, has not been released.
Riley Dean Hoover

Hoover pleads not guilty to charges

Christine Lee
March 19, 2014
Riley Dean Hoover, the Ohio man charged with a DUI hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a Chico State nursing student in September, plead not guilty to all charges at a hearing Wednesday.