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"He was blue and there was Gamma-hydroxybutyrate by doctors but was withdrawn hoI-related. Rick Randolph vomit on and around him." (GHB) is a natumlly occurring because of unwanted side ·COMA. Student Ryan Special to The Orion According to Gurrola. witnesses said Sommers substance found in most cells effects, such lL,) seizures and Affleck ... March '97, alcohol-relat­ was seen taking shots of GHB Thursday night and in tlle human body. Recently, it coma'). Bodybuilders have been ed. A 21-year-old Chico State University student died tllat he had been drinking alcohol. The exact cause of has become popular as a "rove" using the drug lL'; an alternative As if these two tragic accidents early Friday morning after a night of partying that death has not yet been determined, but Gurrola said it drug. used in the nightclubs to the illegal steroids because of weren't enough, included both the use of alcohol and the sedative dmg is believed that he died of asphyxiation. and on college campuses. It is it'; properties to stimulate an ,mother has been GHB, according to Chico police. Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is a substance also being called Liquid X, G- increase in growth hormones. added to the list. Justin M. Sommers, a media art') major, was found that is legal to possess in the United States. but illegal . juice. scoop and several other Rccreationally, it was originally -DEAD. unconscious, lying on his stomach at a friend's house to sell. According to Enloe Hospital emergency room street names. used in British nightclubs, but Student Justin in the 200 block of Hazel Street. Chico Police physician Charles Mer!'im~Ul, GHB was used in the GHB was developed as a Sommers ... April Officers Brett Smith and Gary Castillo arrived on the sedative and used in the 1960s See GHB, page 5 '97, alcohol-relat­ scene at 3:44 a.m. and began performing CPR. Se~ Student. page 5 ed. Sommers, a 21- year-old Chico State student died early Friday morning following an evening of Saving the environment for the children alcohol binging and experimenting with GHB, a "rave" party drug. Besides death or severe injury, Kennedy Jr.. urges citizens to these three men all have one other thing in common: they each were become politically active or are fraternity members. Yes, alcohol abuse is a campus-wide Amber Stlckerod problem, but when fraternity Staff Writer brothers keep dying, we're forced to question the pattern. What is the Calling environmentalists "emissaries for the essence of a fraternity system that future," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed the need attract", allows and perhaps even for the American people to preserve the environ­ encourages alcohol and drug ment for the benefit of future children. abuse? I'm talking about a social "We're not representing tlle trees or the birds. system that revolves around kegs, We're representing the future, the people who are drunken socials and initiation not born yet. We have an obligation to preserve the hangovers. environment for our children," he said. What is it going ta take? Kennedy, a Chief Prosecllting Attorney for the Another death? Another name Hudson Riverkeeper, Senior Attorney for the added to the list with a remark Natural Resources Defense Council and a about it being a typical accident. I Professor of Environmental Law at Pace mean, gee. the victim was a really University School of Law, emphasized 'not only I· ,'" cool guy and alL.he never really t1\~ Il(!~d for preservation but for American citizens used drugs before ... to place their environmental focus on a political level. WAKE UP! GET ACLUE! "I wish people would take the energy they're It only takes one time. To all putting into their own lives into the political sys­ those fraternity guys who continue tem," he said. to accept a social life of alcohol He said the two most effective ways for abuse and recreational drug use, I Americans to help the environment are by writing feel sorry for you. To all those fra­ to Congress and joining local and national envi­ ternity guys who shrug Sommers' ronmental groups. Peter A. Genlella/Tho Orion death off and fear it will be "blown Expressing an ardent love for his job, Kennedy, out of proportion," I feel sorry for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited a Laxson Auditorium crowd of 400 Sunday night as part of his college campus tour. "We're you. These are your brothers who See Kennedy, page 5 not representing the trees or the birds. We're representing the future, the people who are not born yet," he said. are dying. I didn't even know Sommers, but I am furious that he had to die. I'm furious that a 21-year-old kid died because he choked on his own Celebrating 110 years of Chico State Sanchez defeats Minor in Run-off vomit. It's disgusting. I hope every one of you fratemity members are Dave Hume voice in the university decisions. mad as hell. If you cannot get mad Senior Writer 1997 Associated Student "In no way am I trying to mini­ because you fail to see these deaths Run-OfT Election Results mize Marcelle's professional ism, as a disease in the fraternity sys­ The Associated Student's mas­ but (student power) could have President Votes Percent tl~m, then at least get pissed off for sive turnover was completed last been improved," he said. "I want Armando Sanchez 727 54% selfish reasons. week when incumbent Marcelle Marcelle Minor 620 46% to play more of the advocate role. Minor was defeated by Armando 1 want to be more outc;poken." Reputation in ruins Sanchez in a run-off election for V. P. for Finance Sanchez has several ideas to 1\vo deaths and one near-fatal next year's A.S. president posi­ Victor Guzman 661 54% implement in the near future. He injury, all alcohol-related and all tion. Vanessa Brazil 555 46% said he wants to enhance student.. involving fraternity members in Sanchez received 54 percent of community relationships. kick just over.a year? This is making the vote, getting 727 votes to start a recycling program and sub­ you guys look bad. Are you stu­ Minor's 620. About 1,000 less stu­ mit a weekly article in a student pid? Are you trying out for the role dents voted in the run-off than in Affairs Committee to hold the paper to "get information out to of the village idiot? No, you're not. the general election. same position next year. Now only the students" about A.S. activities. That's what I don't understand. I The A.S. next year will have a commissioner of re-entry affairs "Some of these ideas are mine," know several fraternity members new president, vice president, Rosie Martin and Jessica Rios, he said. "But I got a lot of them and they're all intelligent, ener­ Missy Littrell/Tho Orion director of the BMU, director of commissioner of environmental from talking to students." academic affairs, commissioner of affairs, wiII be holdovers from this For Minor, who received the getic, compassionate people. This A birthday celebration for the 110th anniversary of Chico is where I get confused. 1\vo activity fee and commissioner of year. most votes in the general election. State was held Monday in BMU 108. Each of these birthday multicultural affairs. Minor, if he Sanchez, who is the current com­ the defeat was a bitter one. brothers are dead. One is still in the cakes showcase an historic campus building. Kevin Swarts hospital. What is it going to take to won, would have been one of only missioner of activity fee, said he and Susie Amaro help out at the party. get you guys to make a change? three members of the Government wanted to give the students a louder See Elections, page 5 Woodroof, Affleck and Sommers all abused. And their behavior was not only tolerated, but it's mimicked. Every day. Affirmative Action director hired Maybe they only abused once, but that doesn't change the fact that Kimberly Bolander harassment. Inside the Orion they're abusers, along with hun­ Assistant News Editor Michael Biechler. vice provost for Human dreds of other students, both in and Resources, said Saunders will be the person students out of the Greek system. After a one-year vacancy, Chico State University go to to file a complaint of sexual harassment or ille­ A man who crushes his wife's has finally hired a new affirmative action officer, but gal discrimination. Editorial 7 face in one blow in an abuser, even her actual job duties won't be chafed by the changing AltllOUgh Saunders' job deals directly with afftr­ Sports 9 if it's the first time he's ever laid a winds of Proposition 209, said the university vice mative action policies, Biechler said a recent appeal luuul U11111::r.
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