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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion
Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion
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Kaitlin Haley, A.S. Commissioner of Environmental Affairs. Orion File Photo.

Environmental groups lack diversity

Yessenia Funes
May 13, 2014

Student leaves behind friends but keeps unforgettable memories

Yessenia Funes
May 12, 2014
Kevin Killion, a Chico State student involved in the divestment campaign, attended the California State Student Association May 4. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Divestment gathers faculty support

Yessenia Funes
May 10, 2014
Juni Banerjee-Stevens, counselor at the Counseling and Wellness Center. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Programs tackle veteran illness

Yessenia Funes
May 8, 2014
Anya, a Butte College student, shows off her dance moves at Centerfold strip club Sunday night. Photo credit: Annie Paige

Student by day, stripper by night

Yessenia Funes
April 30, 2014
The white vehicle reversed into the home and was halfway through the bedroom. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Car crashes into student’s bedroom

Yessenia Funes
April 29, 2014
Steers from the University Farm research program that are fed spent grains from the Sierra Nevada Brewery. Photo credit: Matthew Vacca

Brewers unaffected by proposed FDA rules

Yessenia Funes
April 26, 2014
Employees face workplace bullying

Employees face workplace bullying

Yessenia Funes
April 23, 2014
Luis Caraballo, assistant vice president for Facilities Management and Services Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Campus delays $150 million in repairs

Yessenia Funes
April 16, 2014
AS vote doesn't guarantee divestment

AS vote doesn’t guarantee divestment

Yessenia Funes
April 14, 2014
Butte County strides toward fracking ban

Butte County strides toward fracking ban

Yessenia Funes
April 8, 2014
Butte Hall banners call for divestment

Butte Hall banners call for divestment

Yessenia Funes
April 3, 2014
Students in Mark Stemen's Geology 440 class march to the front of Kendall Hall on April Fool's Day to host their own Fossil Fools "human oil spill." Photo credit: Emily Teague

Students create ‘human oil spill’

Yessenia Funes
April 1, 2014

Cesar Chavez day parties lack reverence

Yessenia Funes
April 1, 2014
Mark Stemen, associate professor in the geography and planning department, discuss the fire safety issues in Butte Hall. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Fire marshal report reprimands Butte Hall

Yessenia Funes
April 1, 2014
Yaroslav Lazurenko, a Chico State student who moved to Chico from Ukraine eight years ago, holds a photo of rioting in his country. Photo credit: Emily Teague

Ukrainians react to unrest in homeland

Yessenia Funes
March 26, 2014
Image courtesy of The California State University.

Bullying a concern for university workers

Yessenia Funes
March 26, 2014
Michael Alonzo, the supervisor of grounds and landscape services for Facilities Management and Services, explains the difference between two varieties of Oregon grape, a native plant. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Drought-resistant plants grow on campus

Yessenia Funes
March 11, 2014
Campus wins state energy competition

Campus wins state energy competition

Yessenia Funes
March 10, 2014
Sheridan Ex poses with her raffle prize from the This Way to Sustainability Conference. Photo credit: Shannon Miller

Sophomore shines at sustainability conference

Yessenia Funes
March 9, 2014
Anya Fernald, the CEO and founder of Belcampo, a California-based meat company, talks the future of sustainable agriculture. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Agriculture not green enough, experts say

Yessenia Funes
March 7, 2014
Michael Alonzo, the Facilities Management and Services' supervisor of grounds and landscape services, explains water conservation plans as Marie Patterson, the department's assistant manager of utilities and sustainability, writes down students' ideas. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Workshop engages sustainable minds

Yessenia Funes
March 6, 2014
Jana Frazier, an Oroville Dam tour guide, explains how the hydroelectric turbines work.Photo credit: Chelsea Jeffers

Drought depletes dam energy production

Yessenia Funes
March 1, 2014

Beefing up the argument against beef processing

Yessenia Funes
February 25, 2014
Infographic by Liz Coffee.

Failing infrastructure affects campus

Yessenia Funes
February 24, 2014
Robyn Hearne, University Police chief. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

Bike safety class offered instead of tickets

Yessenia Funes
February 19, 2014
Kurt Albrecht, co-owner of Chaffin Family Orchards, inspects a dietary mineral supplement used by his herd. This group of about 40 Angus cattle will have to be moved to another side of the property soon to prevent overgrazing.Photo credit: Nicholas Carr

Ranchers sell animals to survive drought

Yessenia Funes
February 18, 2014
Jimmy Yang

Veterans organization to honor dead student

Yessenia Funes
February 14, 2014
Jimmy Yang

Student, US Army veteran died Saturday

Yessenia Funes
February 11, 2014
David Daley, associate dean of College of Agriculture, University Farm administrator, discusses the impact of the water shortage.Photo credit: Yessenia Funes

First-ever zero water allocation affects all

Yessenia Funes
February 10, 2014
Infographic by Ashley O'Looney.

Council works to restrict fracking

Yessenia Funes
February 5, 2014
Tina Candelo-Mize, field manager of the Organic Vegetable Project. Photo credit: Yessenia Funes.

Organic Vegetable Project expands

Yessenia Funes
February 3, 2014
Howard Vlieger, co author and primary coordinator of a first-of-its-kind study on GMO's talks about the effect that they have on plants and animals.Photo credit: Thomas Martinez

Genetically altered crops may hurt pigs

Yessenia Funes
February 1, 2014
Jill Cannaday, Student Health Center nursing supervisor.

Flu shots offered Wednesday at UHUB

Yessenia Funes
January 29, 2014
A University Farm tractor pulls visitors travelling down the Sierra Oro Farm Trail last fall.

University Farm starts organic market

Yessenia Funes
January 26, 2014
Stephanie Kraker, age 20, a junior hospitality major, rides her bike home at night.Photo credit: Frances Mansour

University Police adopts bike light program

Yessenia Funes
January 26, 2014
A University Farm tractor pulls visitors travelling down the Sierra Oro Farm Trail last fall.

University Farm begins Friday organic market

Yessenia Funes
January 25, 2014
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