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: ! - - ~\ _.­ Spec. Coll. " LV729.6 C5 O{5 (Archives) Orion 19: 13 Dec 9, 198"1 Con taminated water Received on: 12-09-8"1 MERIAM LIBRARY--CSU, CHlCO umllil alllJ chico forces chlorination by Toby Young notify its customers of unac­ (customers) before, and hopefully Senior Writer ceptable levels of bacteria. we won't anymore," said Grant. Coliform bacteria in the city's "(November's) drinking water water indicates the possibility of may not necessarily result in The water' supply for Chico fecal contamination, particularly illness, but that possibility State and the rest of the city is when the bacteria is in the form exists," he added. being treated with chlorine of e. coli. The coliform is probably not because the California Water However, the coliform only contamination from a sewage Service Company has found indicates the possibility of e. coli leak, said Tom Reed, the city's I December 9, 1987 Vol. 19, No. J3 unacceptable levels of coliform contamination - not its actual supervising sanitarian. ,j bacteria in the water. presence, said Gene Grant, the "Sewage contamination would "" This is the first time in the district manager of the Chico have (resulted in) extremely high '! " city's history the water utility water company. (coliform) counts. and they l company has been required to "We've never had to notify would have picked up specific e. ) Chico State coli bacteria," he said. , If it were fecal contamination, ., it would not have to be from " " ..... -'." .. '" "-- humans, Reed said, He said it " nurses continue could just as easily be birds ,'\ I nesting in a well area. ,I I The problem is more likely a ~ , less harmful problem like bac­ '.. \( I pinning tradition " teria growing in the pipes, Reed \ said. ".'1 The university gets all its ".', by Monica Moore told the faculty of their in­ drinking water from the ,:, Staff Writer tentions. .... California Water Service Co., ~"I "Many of us wouldn't be able .,' .... said Garry Small, associnte vice qi to return ill May for the I' president of administration. University ceremonies." said Graduating in December will "We rely on California Wnter /; be anything but anticlimactic for Denise Lavenda, president of Sorvice to do all (wat.I?I'1 trea\'­ "~ the fall 1987 class of Chico GONS, "We also wanted to i' ment," he said. ,", ;1 c(Jrry 011 t hl' tr:lllitill'l {If n:Jrs;ng " StittP' ~ ~ch()ol of N ttreing. Jim Williams, environmental ., within the university." l~.:;;. Im!y will these stud,mt~ health and' safety officer. said ho.ve completed one of the The custom of pinning nurses students shouldn't worry about toughest nursing programs in upon their graduation dates the possible contamination. the California State University back to the days of Florence "r wouldn't be (worried)," system. but they will have Nightingale, who received a Williams said. planned their own graduation broach when she finished nur­ He attributes the coliform to pinning ceremony as well. sing school. But nursing, surface water that has leaked In the past, the ceremony was students aren't recognized as into one of the wells. Neither the sponsored by the nursing such during the university chlorination or bacteria should faculty, and the students ceremonies in May, so a pinning cause health problems, he added. helped to plan it during their last ceremony has always symbolized Williams said the university semester of the program. As completion of the program. shouldn't have problems with sponsor of the ceremony, the GONS was met by mixed chlorination of the water. unless faculty also as responsible for reactions from the faculty, but there is equipment or operations anything that went wrong. the general attitude was sup' that require non-chlorinated When problems climaxed two portive, according to Sylvia water. years ago, concerning who would Novak, adviser to GONS, The water company began speak at the ceremony, where the "They (the students) arc doing chlorinating the city's water ': reception would be held, etc., the exactly what we taught them," Dec. 2 at ,5 parts per million. faculty decided not to sponsor, Novak said. "By acting as "You will taste the chlorine," the ceremony. They thought the change agents and assertively said Grant. However, "This will students were spending more deali,ng with this probl~m, All is not Well"':"" Chico Water towers like this supply 1 get rid of the coliform bacteria," time planning their' cOIn­ they're already practicing some water to Chico State and the city. Coliform bacteria found he said, of the theories they've learned in The chlorination will continue mencement than studying for' in the water indicate' possible fecal contamination which finals, the nursing program." over the next several weeks. said Gwynne Aanestad and Judy The 37-member class has been could have caused gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea, Grant, see Water page 14 Bartlett, nursing students in the planning and 'promoting its stomach aches and nausea. third-semester class of the graduation and reception for the program - which also would be past year, and has raised $3,100 tering the nursing field, the first class deprived of its end­ to fund the affair. She added that because -of-program pinning ceremony - One of the faculty's concerns planning begins about the third thought of planning their own with GONS was the students,- semester of the program, the graduation. When they were spending even more time students have more time to presented this idea to the rest of on their graduation ceremony carefully plan their com­ their class, Graduation than they did before. But mencement. Organization of Nursing Lavenda said many of the One setback the students Students was born, students preferred GONS noted is each class in the nursing GONS was recognized by the because it gave them a chance to program has limited contact, so practice their leadership and Associated Students on April 15, see Nurses page 14 1987, at which time the students management skills before en- , -, "..:~:: .. r- . 'I"r·"'·-··· Page 2 The Orion December 9, 1987 AS approves proposal to self·prolllote concert by Frasier Miller the Bill BrufordlDavid Torn audience, and the potential loss Senior Writer concert. is not high, On this note, Faulkner ap' "We only need to sell 1,449 proached the AS Board of tickets to break even," said Rob Faulkner is on the edge of Directers at their weekly Faulkner, reminding that the his cultural affairs scat waiting meeting Dec, I, and in an show would be held in Acker to hear if ~ingo Boingo will emergency action the board Gym. "The worst possible accept his bid and ap/lear at unanimously approved his scenario is if only 1.000 people Chico State next semester. proposal to once again promote showup." The reason this concert is so its own show. I ncluded in the If this were the case, the loss important to Faulkner, is approval was a S13,OOO cap for would be taken from cultural because it would be the first the band fcc. affairs' budget of 54,000. show in three years to be solely AS Vice President of Finance Faulkner doesn't sec this as promoted by the Associated Anne Markle said there was likely, though. He feels Chico Students. some discussion as to the risks of students have been waiting a The three year hiatus was the self'promotion, but added that long time for a big concert and reslIlt of many yenrs of cultural Faulkner, backed by David will support his effort to provide uffairs revenue loss which hit an Buckley, AS program adviser, them with these shows. all·time high of $62.000 in the had given the board a number of The last time bigger, com· 1980/81 school yellr, said facts that convinced the board il mercial names appearlod in Chico Fnulkner. The loss was almost was a good idea. was when Anita Rivas was Music Man - Rob Faulkner Is the first director of completely incurrl'd by a James The two main facts of concert cultural affairs director during Taylor concert that failed life in Chico, Faulkner said, are the 1982/83 school year. That cultural affairs in the last two years to persuade the miserably. there are no longer any year both Eddie Money and Billy Associated Students to promote their own big name "That was the straw that promoters in town ever since Idol played Acker Gym. concerts, Faulkner is currently awaiting an OK for an broke the camel's buck," he said. Rock 'N Chair wenl broke, and "We mode 51,600 on Eddie Oingo Boingo concert in February. "It's been a taboo thing to Bill Graham "wasn't that hip" Money, but if they'd (the AS) bring it up, bul after the suc· about promoting shows in Chico promoted they could have made 1975 Santana played' in Acker said. cesses this semester I felt the as h'e didn't see it as a lucrati,ve 58,000," said Faulkner. Gym. time was right," said the area. , ' '1 T"!l~udents who have been Going bock still farther, He said whenever cultural director. Though last semester's bigr in ,for more thlln three or m;; Faulkner mentioned the Loggins affairs has a superfluous amount This fall, cultural affairs made name concert, Wang Chung, fours years can and Messina concert of 1973. of revenue, thanks to successful money on almost all its "small wasn't very successful, Faulkner remember the days when the This concert was notable, he shows, it is channeled back into man" shows, such as $1,000 on chalks it up to the fact the AS brought big names to said, because tickets cost just 99 programming, making it the AI Dimeola concert, and the concert was billed as pop.

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