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The Orion

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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Jeff Guzman

Jeff Guzman, Staff Writer

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News sources do not seek the truth

Jeff Guzman
December 10, 2016

Modern journalism revolves around opinion instead of the story being covered and can identify closer to propaganda than actual news. Journalism is an old practice that was established to bring information...

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Books dying quicker

Jeff Guzman and Briana Mcdaniel
December 7, 2016

Studies from Pew Research show that nearly a quarter of Americans haven’t read a book in the last year. This number has tripled since 1978 and has steadily been getting larger over time. Millennials...

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Calexit worse than people think

Jeff Guzman and Dongyoung Won
December 6, 2016

For several years, people have been suggesting that California secedes from the United States to become its own sovereign country. It was only recently the idea began to gain momentum with the hashtag...

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President Trump will be good for Americans

Jeff Guzman and David Molina
November 15, 2016

Editors note: This article is a response to Land of the free has grim future under Trump Yes, I voted for Donald Trump. No, I’m not a racist, sexist, xenophobe and neither are most of Trump’s voters. Before...

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Focusing on the right majors

Jeff Guzman and David Molina
November 11, 2016

The stigma against math extends far beyond the realm of high school nightmares and exams. One in three Americans feels anxiety when faced with solving a math equation, according to a study by the organization...

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Technology shouldn’t equal laziness

Jeff Guzman
November 11, 2016

Technology has seeped into every part of our lives but the one place that technology seems to be discouraged is in the classroom. With technology constantly advancing and becoming more common, it’s...

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Student employees deserve better benefits

Jeff Guzman and Dongyoung Won
October 17, 2016

In the past few years, California State University academic student employees have been bargaining with the CSU board of trustees for a better work environment. It was only recently that an agreement...

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Race relations are moving backward

Jeff Guzman and David Molina
October 14, 2016

Race relations in the U.S. are starting to move backward. Sixty-three percent of Americans believe that race relations in the United States are generally bad and that a majority of Americans think that...

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Advertisements plague consumers

Jeff Guzman and Dongyoung Won
October 6, 2016

Whether it's scrolling through Facebook or watching the latest sporting event someone is constantly trying to sell something.In the last few years, advertisements are more out of control than ever before...

Why college students should vote

Why college students should vote

Jeff Guzman and Dongyoung Won
September 28, 2016

This will be the first presidential election that I will be eligible to participate in. I plan on voting, and I believe all college students should do their best to get involved too. The life of a college...

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Apple is losing innovation

Jeff Guzman and Briana Mcdaniel
September 22, 2016

Many people don’t know this, but Apple was the first company to bring the mouse to modern computers. Apple is also responsible for changing the music industry when they released the iPod, making...

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Students should grade teachers

Jeff Guzman and David Molina
September 13, 2016

When it comes to school, the force that drives most people to do well and give a strong effort is the final letter grade. Making sure that you are learning something from a class is more important, but...

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Clashing over which lives matter

Jeff Guzman and David Molina
September 8, 2016

If you have gone on any media site in the past few months you most likely have heard of the two activist movements that have become popular to talk about. Black Lives Matter is an organization that has...

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Freshmen move-in day

Jeff Guzman
August 22, 2016
This year Chico State housing has decided to move-in all incoming first years in one day. The idea sounds overwhelming and unnecessary, but it may actually have a better outcome.
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Visit from Chancellor White reveals failed leadership

Jeff Guzman
May 22, 2016
CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White had a lot to talk about when he came to Chico State. Sadly, none of what he had to talk about addressed the concerns of the people.
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Dead week not so dead

Jeff Guzman
May 13, 2016
Dead week on college campuses is meant to be a time of relaxation and decompression in honor of the end of the semester. However in recent years, the term has not lived up to its name.
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Gender neutral restrooms are step in right direction

Jeff Guzman
May 10, 2016
The idea of gender neutral bathrooms is a big social change that has many worried, but it also has a lot of support and rightfully so.
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Minimum wage increase does more harm than good

Jeff Guzman
April 29, 2016
The new legislation from Gov. Jerry Brown to increase minimum wage may come from a place of good intention, but ultimately may not be the best option for low-wage workers.
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Campus bike rules are for the best

Jeff Guzman
April 22, 2016
In Chico, biking is one of the most common forms of transportation. However, at the university it is prohibited to ride your bike through campus at all.
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College becoming too competitive

Jeff Guzman
April 15, 2016
It’s become a popular belief that getting accepted and going to college is harder than it's ever been. It turns out that this isn’t just an opinion among most students, but is actually true to a certain extent.
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Mass media is too liberal

Jeff Guzman
April 9, 2016
While media has been a good way of connecting people, the people who control most of the media have used it to progress their liberal views.
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CSU faculty strike shows college turning into business

Jeff Guzman
April 4, 2016
The strike is approaching. The strike affects more than 460,000 students and reveals an interesting shift in the way colleges operate.
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Gayle Hutchinson is one of us

Jeff Guzman
March 28, 2016
President Zingg's successor has just been announced. Being the first female president for Chico and having a ton of history with the university, students have a lot to be excited about with Gayle Hutchinson.
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Trump is here to help

Jeff Guzman
March 18, 2016
Donald Trump will most likely be the Republican nominee. With that in mind, isn’t it important that we seriously entertain the idea of him being president?
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Politicians should revisit children’s stories

Jeff Guzman
March 11, 2016
Politicians today seem to behave more like children than adults. So maybe they should be taught some things that a child would be taught.
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Chico’s blind eye to the homeless

Jeff Guzman
March 4, 2016
Living in Chico the past few years, I have noticed that this town has two things in great abundance. The first being alcohol. The second is homeless people.
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General education classes ruin learning

Jeff Guzman
February 28, 2016
General education classes may be easy most of the time and enjoyable some of the time, but it’s a little ridiculous to be required to take these courses in the first place.
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Political correctness kills conversation

Jeff Guzman
February 20, 2016
Political correctness has blown up recently. Except instead of moving conversation forward, political correctness discourages open talk.
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Entertainment lacks originality

Jeff Guzman
February 13, 2016
In today's world, the entertainment industry does a decent job at entertaining but constantly falls short of doing a great job because one category seems to be lacking: originality.