Chico State retires party school reputation
Valerie Teegardin
February 14, 2014
I'm from Vancouver, Wash. and finding people who actually know about Chico State is as rare as seeing sunshine between October and June. If by some tiny chance a Washingtonian does know about Chico, an, "Oh, the party school!" is blurted out as if it's the distinguishing characteristic that defines our colleg...
Program educates to prevent alcohol-related deaths
Madison Holmes
February 12, 2014
In response to alcohol-related deaths, the Red Watch Band program at Chico State aims to give students the knowledge and ability to prevent deaths from alcohol overdose. Each year 1,825 college students die from alcohol poisoning and overdose, according to the Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center. CADEC decided to implement this...
Proposed law would take aim at underage drinking
Jessie Haynes
January 21, 2014
The City Council voted on Jan. 7 to send an ordinance that would reduce underage drinking and nuisance party behavior back to the Internal Affairs Committee for further revisions. The social host ordinance would hold property owners, specifically those who lease or rent out their property, responsible for their ten...
Student drug abuse deaths remembered
Nicholas Carr
December 12, 2013
About sixty students stood outside of Glenn Hall today in remembrance of people in the Chico community that died over the past year as a result of substance abuse. Participants stood along the span of the bridge over Big Chico Creek, holding signs displaying pictures of the deceased and information regarding the health-rela...
