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Marifer Martinez places the lantern she decorated to the lights string. Photo credit: Olyvia Simpson

Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates shining cultures

Olyvia Simpson // October 23, 2018

Glenn Lawn was lit up with many colorful, glowing lanterns on Monday night as the Cross-Cultural Leadership Center at Chico State hosted their first Mid-Autumn Festival. Students had the opportunity to...

GSEC coordinators hosted the first ever Queer Prom at Chico State. Photo credit: Deisi Aguirre

First Queer Prom offers free dance, entertainment and community

Alejandra Fraga // March 4, 2018

The Gender and Sexuality Equity Center (GSEC) organized and brought to campus its first queer prom dance Saturday at the BMU auditorium. The event consisted of drag show performances, dance performances...

Carter will retire from the CCLC Dec 31. Courtesy of Jason Halley.

Cross Cultural Leadership Center’s founder is to retire this semester

Natalie Hanson // October 24, 2017

The Cross-Cultural Leadership Center founder is to retire in December. Charles "CC" Carter, who founded the CCLC in 2008, will retire effective Dec. 31. He was first hired by Chico State in 1980...

Solidarity Photo credit: Jessica Johnson

Queer week needs to go viral

Danielle Cortes // October 10, 2017

One of Chico’s core principles is valuing diversity. Around campus you may notice many encouraging depictions of what this means. For example, there are banners that display pictures of student and...

Chico State claims diversity, improvements still needed

Chico State claims diversity, improvements still needed

September 5, 2017

Chico State yields banners that state “We Are Chico State” and has made claims in the past to value diversity. While this effort hasn’t gone unnoticed, it’s important to continue...

Jayme Rodriguez a third-year theater major Photo credit: Floritzel Salvador

What is American Culture?

Susan Whaley // March 21, 2017

Being American is often associated with having no culture, or is grouped into one large categorized group.There is no easy way to define a specific culture, but Chico State professor and Chair of Department...

President Hutchinson speaks at a press conference before her investiture ceremony on March 2. Photo credit: Ben Hacker

President Gayle E. Hutchinson’s progress report

Daniel Wright // March 9, 2017

President Hutchinson took office at Chico State in June of 2016. During her first fall semester, she outlined five transitional goals at her convocation speech: 1. Improving campus climate 2. Restoring...

Sanctuary City proposal Photo credit: Bianca Quilantan

City council rejects sanctuary city proposal

Daniel Wright // February 22, 2017

Residents of Chico were denied making the city a sanctuary at the council meeting Feb. 21. People ranging from doctors to Chico State students came to support this resolution. “I would like the...

All-gender restroom Photo credit: Alejandra Fraga

Meriam Library welcomes all-gender restrooms

Alejandra Fraga // February 8, 2017

Meriam Library has added two all-gender restrooms on the third floor."We have a very diverse population here...we want to be responsive to that population," said Patrick Newell, Dean of Meriam Library.Meriam...

President Gayle Hutchinson speaks with Betsy Boyd at a university budget committee meeting in 2016.

President Hutchinson’s listening tour comes to an end

Molly Sullivan // December 15, 2016

President Gayle Hutchinson concluded her 100-day listening tour on Dec. 2, and is now incorporating the feedback into her plan for the next academic year. At the start of her presidency, Hutchinson...

Photo credit: David Molina

Selfies promote self-confidence

Lorinda Sasan and David Molina // October 13, 2016

Selfies are described as narcissistic and less appealing when viewed by outsiders while the subjects taking selfies rate their own photos as more appealing, according to an article published in the journal...

Photo credit: Briana Mcdaniel

Censoring conservative voices

Evan Roberts and Briana Mcdaniel // October 3, 2016

Freedom of speech has been a cornerstone of American life for centuries and is a seminal piece of who we are as people. The idea of conveying an idea despite being controversial or unpopular is what has...

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