The Orion

Recent Chico State alumnus passes away

Jacqueline Morales // April 6, 2017

Chico State graduate Owen Euser passed away earlier this week at age 23. Owen was an involved local student who completed a business administration degree in December 2016. He was a part of the American...

Death Cafe makes its campus debut

Molly Sullivan // March 29, 2016

Death was in the air amidst the beautiful spring weather at Chico State's first Death Cafe on March 23. Death Cafe is an international movement devoted to allaying fear and anxiety of death and increasing...

Fatal collision leaves 2 dead

Hannah Suzuki // April 27, 2015

A fatal accident on a sidewalk resulted in the death of a 79-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife.

The depressing trend toward desensitization

William Rein // April 17, 2015

Why is it getting easier to stare directly into tragedy and pain and feel nothing?

Obsession with safety saps fun, meaning from life

William Rein // April 11, 2015

With so much precaution and safeguarding, humans are practically immortal compared with a few centuries ago.

Shedding light on death in America

Kevin Crittenden // March 31, 2014

The modern condition conceals the natural ending of life.

Graduate student dies of colon cancer

Eric Mccauley // February 26, 2014

Andrew Rushin was a Chico State graduate student working on his masters thesis. This was Rushin's third battle with cancer and is remembered having a persevering spirit despite his disease.

Longtime faculty member dies

Ernesto Rivera // February 3, 2014

Myron Buzzini worked at Chico state for 34 years. He passed away Jan. 12.

Zingg comments on students’ deaths

Mozes Zarate // January 30, 2014

In a campus-wide announcement, President Paul Zingg released a video addressing the deaths of two students

Second passenger in Sunday’s crash is dead

Mozes Zarate // January 28, 2014

As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, the driver remains in critical condition, according to an Enloe Medical Center spokesperson.

Flu season hits Butte County

Enrique Raymundo // January 21, 2014

Flu season has arrived, and Butte County is seeing its first glimpse of the virus for the year.

Student drug abuse deaths remembered

Nicholas Carr // December 12, 2013

Participants stood along the span of the bridge over Big Chico Creek, holding signs as pedestrians looked on.