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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

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Orion news weekly highlights: Sept. 1 to 6

Jessica Miller, News Editor // September 6, 2024

From new campus buildings to internet outages to the arrest of a Butte College police officer, here are this week’s - Sept. 1 to 6 - news stories: Chico State’s bike path ownership exchange The Chico...

Scott Kodai working in his ITSS office. Photo credit: Elizabeth Helmer

Major outage impacting Chico State internet resolved

Christopher Hutton // September 3, 2024

Update 3:28 - The wifi went down again for approximately 5 minutes. ITSS is working closely with Chico State's hardware provider Alcatel to investigate the root cause and prevent more outages, said Director...

Orion News graphic created by Jessica Miller on Aug. 30

Orion News Weekly Highlights: Aug. 26 to 30

Jessica Miller, News Editor // August 30, 2024

From portal problems to city hall meetings to illness updates, here are this week’s — Aug. 26 to 30 — top news stories: Portal problems prevent peak performance Students experienced student portal...

Multiple changes have occurred on all sides of the 2024 presidential elections. Image by Larisa from Pixabay.

Electoral campaigns continue despite challenges

Anthony Vasek, News Reporter // August 27, 2024

Significant events have caused change in United States politics recently, reshaping the path to the 2024 election. An attempted assassination, resignations of key figures, and events that occurred during...

Kendall Hall at Chico State

Portal problems prevent peak performance

Michael Arredondo, Reporter // August 26, 2024

Chico State Portal is experiencing ongoing outages that started Saturday morning. Users may have issues connecting to the portal services as announced by the IT division via email to the campus community. The...

Holocaust Survivor Joseph Alexander meets local Rabbi Lisa Rappaport. Photo taken April 14 by Molly Myers.

101-year-old Holocaust survivor visits Chico

Ari Sorokin, Reporter // April 17, 2024

Holocaust survivors are becoming rare as many of them are reaching the end of their lives. Soon the holocaust will lose all of its living sources.  People from all over Chico filled the Pleasant Valley...

Traffic-jam resulted from accident involving three vehicles. Taken by C. Nicholas Kepler on Feb. 27.

Traffic accident causes jam in Downtown Chico

C. Nicholas Kepler, Reporter // February 27, 2024

A driver failed to yield, hitting another vehicle which collided with a parked car in Chico Sunday evening. The Chico Police Department’s communication specialist, Kelly DeLeon, confirmed a traffic...

Photo of the Notice of Investigative Outcome letters issued to Delta Chi and Lambda Sigma Gamma taken by Molly Myers, Feb. 24, 2024.

Hazing documents revealed: Chico State warns against unrecognized Greek organizations

Jessica Miller and Molly Myers // February 24, 2024

“Hazing, or conspiracy to haze.” These words mark the Notice of Investigative Outcome letters issued to Delta Chi fraternity and Lambda Sigma Gamma sorority last spring.  Chico State Risk Management...

Arrest made after suspect drops gun in University Village parking lot

Arrest made after suspect drops gun in University Village parking lot

Milca Elvira Chacon, Reporter // September 7, 2023

A man was arrested after reports of someone carrying an unloaded firearm at around 3:50 p.m. at University Village. Chico and University Police departments were made aware of the disturbance by a witness...

A window shot out in the aftermath of the May 6 shooting on Columbus Avenue.

Community shaken after Saturday shooting

Timothy Adams, junior reporter // May 9, 2023

Chico State students and their families are disheartened and fearful as they come to terms with the news of the house-party shooting that killed one and wounded five early Saturday morning. Just half...

mia sanchez-bejar standing outside and smiling

AS Elections: Mia Sanchez-Bejar runs for executive vice president

Timothy Adams, Reporter // April 2, 2023

Mia Sanchez-Bejar, a junior majoring in cellular and molecular biology, is running for executive vice president in the 2023 Associated Students general election. Holding a position such as AS vice...

Photo of the BMU. Taken March 29 by Alejandro Zepeda.

Quiz the Candidates: Chico State’s AS election Q&A

Alejandro Zepeda, Reporter // March 30, 2023

Quiz the Candidates: Chico State’s AS election Q&A Chico State hosted its Quiz the Candidates forum on March 29, for the upcoming student government election. The event took place in Bell Memorial...

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