The Orion

Beware: Social media blunders can sink career chances

Joseph Rogers // April 4, 2015

Living publicly on Facebook, Twitter and the like has its drawbacks. People should clean up their profiles and posts before applying for a job.

Consent can still be sexy

Joseph Rogers // March 29, 2015

Obtaining consent should be taken seriously, but that doesn't mean it has to be obtained in a clunky, mood-killing way.

How to ease a friend’s coming out process

Joseph Rogers // March 29, 2015

Some thoughts for allies from an LGBTQ+ guy.

Social media doesn’t make change

Joseph Rogers // March 21, 2015

Real change takes taking to the streets.

Fostering diversity requires more than empty gestures

Joseph Rogers // March 21, 2015

Chico State touts that it values diversity, but it needs to put more effort into accommodating and supporting minority students and faculty.

Class hasn’t been dismissed

Joseph Rogers // March 14, 2015

What getting ready and leaving early mean in the long run.

Closed minds threaten LGBTQ community again

Joseph Rogers // March 14, 2015

A proposed state initiative could criminalize the LGBTQ community — again.

Christian privilege leads to exclusion of other beliefs

Joseph Rogers // March 7, 2015

Christianity has such a dominance in American culture that the benefits that come with it are often treated like an entitlement.

Scoop the poop

Joseph Rogers // March 7, 2015

Taking advantage of Chico State's grounds is not, and never will be, cool.

The cost of graduation? Another university fee

Joseph Rogers // March 1, 2015

Students looking forward to the end of their undergraduate college years discover yet another fee about a year before it's time to don that cap and gown.

Investigation into student’s homicide drags on, offers no answers

Joseph Rogers // February 28, 2015

Six months after the body of Marc Thompson was found, our columnist, one of his friends and colleagues, says its time to scrutinize how the case is being handled.

Blood is still thicker than water

Joseph Rogers // February 21, 2015

Family is important, no matter how much they irritate.