Raquel Frohlich, Reporter
Raquel G. Frohlich is a transfer student majoring in religious studies (online) and this is her first semester with The Orion. She lives in LA and is a proud graduate of Los Angeles Pierce College, with associate degrees in journalism and photography and too many years at the student publications on campus. Raquel hopes to one day soon make the trek up to Chico to explore the campus and local community!
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In a nondescript room in the Bell Memorial Union, a small group learned about the political engagement of Jews and Muslims in America, marriage practices and tensions within each community, and the abundance...
Each semester, you might notice the total cost of attending Chico State rising, but how often do you dive into why those extra dollars for different fees are needed and where they go?
Though the...
As part of a Community Climate Action Day on the Chico State campus on April 25, volunteers worked on a variety of projects, including helping to build habitats for native bees. The day of collective action...
That California wildrose shrub you just passed? Its shoots can be fashioned into arrows. The Cedar tree you just ducked under? Its leaves can be steeped to make an anti-inflammatory tea.
The Chico...
A Mardi Gras Soirée. A steak dinner. A graduation ceremony.
These are the elements of a dinner dance that awaited married Chico State students in 1964. The annual event, reported in an issue of The...
In early 2024, in a packed room in a university on the West Coast, a student shared that she lost family in Gaza. A Jewish professor shared that her nephew in the Israel Defense Forces was killed trying...
What comes to mind when you hear “The Great Alumni Linkup”? Keeping true to its name, the 1994 event brought together Chico State alumni in more than a dozen U.S. cities via satellite in a Q&A...
Flames were coming out the back of the rocket as it shot up into the air over French Guinea. As some pieces fell and other pieces continued rising, hundreds of yards away, watching and listening and eventually...
High-profile guests aren't only for the high-profile students at the high-profile campuses. In 1984, students at Chico State had the opportunity to hear from feminist icon and editor of Ms. Magazine, Gloria...
A male bicyclist crashed into a parked car in the WellCat Health Center parking lot, fell to the ground and was pronounced dead on the scene early this afternoon, according to a press release by the University...
In 1962, an imposter was roaming campus, impersonating a Wildcat reporter to pry for information. That’s what columnist Tim Tregarthen reported in a Feb. 28 issue of The Wildcat, published 64 years ago...
A 27-year-old Chico resident and Chico State graduate was taken into custody on Feb. 9, subsequently arrested and booked into Butte County Jail for false imprisonment, domestic battery and criminal threats,...
Three Chico State students are facing fines and jail time after being charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the alcohol and fraternity-related death of a freshman student. Indian students on campus...
Alcohol Awareness Month is observed each April. But if one were to read the Jan. 26, 2000 issue of The Orion — published 26 years ago to this day — one would have thought it is annually observed in...
In a 1978 issue of The Orion — printed 47 years ago to this day — staffers re-published a story by the Daily 49er at Long Beach State that reported on a Board of Trustees meeting in which the Board...
Those in the Chico State community who recall the short-lived fame of a pisser on campus this semester will be interested to know that the community in the past may have been more united in its horror...
The multimillion-dollar initiative to create an AI-empowered higher education system comes at a time when the California State University system (CSU) is experiencing budget issues.
In 2024-25, CSU’s...
The contractor is OpenAI. The customers are the Trustees of the California State University. And the money transferring hands amounts to nearly $17 million.
What is the service? ChatGPT Education.
ChatGPT...
Who knew Chico State students could be foreign correspondents? Or that a student-run newsroom could have a foreign correspondent?
Sixty-three years ago, The Wildcat weekly student newspaper certainly...
For the students who take recorded lectures and other educational videos for granted, a news story published 95 years ago to this day by The Wildcat weekly student newspaper at Chico State will make them...
For the Wildcats roaming campus each semester without a minor, there is an abundance of choice. About 120 minors — approved groups of related courses adding up to 18-30 units — are offered at Chico...
Reported cases of domestic violence, rape and stalking increased at Chico State in the 2022-24 time period, according to the 2025 Annual Security Report released by Chico State’s Office of the Clery...
A scenic drive up Highway 32 that turned into a decades-long teaching position. A 14-year high school career that pivoted to a role shaping the minds of future educators. A period of varied jobs that led...
