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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

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Education is becoming secondary

Sophia Robledo-Borowy // February 26, 2017

Our generation is fixated on posting our entire lives, except when it comes to actual things that matter, like learning. Snapchat stories of every meal and complaining about 8 a.m. classes every other...

Roughhousing toughens up soft kids

Roughhousing toughens up soft kids

Evan Roberts and Dongyoung Won // October 11, 2016

Between everyone being a winner, physical contact games being banned at schools and a lot of child's play being all but banned, it seems like a lot of kids are being taught how to be softies. The emotional...

Photo credit: Dongyoung Won

Online exams are setting us back

Emma Vidak-Benjamin // May 15, 2016
The new fad of administering online exams is laziness on teachers' parts and not beneficial to us as students.
Philosophy professor and three-year CFA member Susanna Boxall is involved with the strike. Photo credit: Ryan Corrall

Students caught in the crossfire of CSU strike

Eric Mcguire // March 7, 2016
As the CSU faculty strike unfolds it seems that students can sway the outcome. The question is do they have a stake in this?
Josh Trout, kinesiology department chair, thinks the new part-time faculty are being hired for budget reasons. Photo credit: Lauren Anderson

New faculty members hired to meet student needs

Lauren Anderson // October 15, 2015
Chico has hired new faculty members to meet demands for large majors.
The Chico State Wildcat Store sells and rents books to students that need books for any of their classes. Photo credit: Taylor Hovey

Textbooks prove expensive, but necessary

Taylor Hovey // August 27, 2015
Despite the rising costs of textbooks, passing a class without one is close to impossible. Many options are available for those who don't want to break the bank on new books.
Illustration by Miles Huffmna

Let’s get physical, physical

William Rein // March 13, 2015
More students should be interested in how the universe operates.
Illustration by Hayden Senter

Higher education mirrors fast food

Joseph Rogers // January 20, 2015
Academic freedom for students is limited because they are encouraged to graduate in four years, the educational equivalent of a Big Mac.

Convincing parents to choose Chico

Julianna Eveland // March 6, 2014
Chico is a wonderful place to go to college but the party school reputation is hard for some parents to get past.
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