1\ 1.- C h J '..I C, ~" U.l72';:1. b CS D?5 IJ l- 1- CJ n . ',/o.L. 45 no. '-,I Auq. :30, 20l~)Q) WEDNESDAY Mp~iam Library---CSU Chico ~he AUGUST 30, 2000 .Opinion .. ·..................................... · .. A6 Sports .......................................... B1 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHICO VOLUME 45, ISSUE t/ Entertainment .............................. C1 Calendar....................................... C4 ARE YOU N~SYNC? KICKING IT AGAIN? CHICOPOLITAN Dimensions .................................. 01 Boy and girl bands are fun to Men's, won1en's soccer Negalive self-image often eating hate, so why do we love them? ready to rumble in 2000 causes disorders hHp:llorion,csuchico,edu OPltjlON ~ C3 SPORTS ... B1 D1MEI~SIONS ~ D1 lIB ,. Chico I Ing Bridge over troubled water 'About three months ago, roughly the same time the Fort Hays State Tigers elim~nated the Cpico State University' men's baseball team from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II West Regional tour­ nament, a group of three civil .engineering students bonrded n plane en route to Texas. Once there, Kari Rowberg, John Bailer and Troy Kamisky embarnlssed their counterparts from 173 American universities in a steel bridge competition, the qetails of which are included in N lItnsha Klobas' story on page A4. The point, however, is thnt local media paid more' attention to the baseball team's failure than to the academic successes of one : :of the university's most ignored '. :departments. But the media's favoritism towlIrd athletics is nothing new, said Maurice Mow, civil engi-· neering chair. "ICs .' Pllrt., of .the. American drean~' to -[do"({;-':e-iiilletlcs' more than academic achievement," he said. To put the steel bridge victo­ ry into perspective, Mow The Orlonl JULIE SCHUBERT likened· the competition to a This memorial outside Riley's honors Jamie Harper, a 26-year-old Chico State graduate. Harper jumped or fell into Lake Oroville from a bridge about 140 feet football tournament of 173 dif­ above the wate,r Saturday. His body has yet to be recovered. "A lot of people have chosen to remember him the way they knew him," said friend Eric Flynn. ferent teams with Chico State finishing No.1. .. "I'm sure if the baseball team . wins the College World Series, it Search continues in Lake.Oroville would be in all the local papers," he said. "That's the way the pub­ ·JULIE SCHUBERT boat with II friends before he the deep water Monday in nn attempt the planter box next to the door of lic wants it." News lJ'(li/or climbed to the railroad bridge around to fii1d Harper. As of press time four Riley's, where Harper worked as a Likewise, the public grasps 8 p.m" said Ellen Clark, public infOl'­ agcncies were sti II searching for the doorman for the last year and a hulf. firmly to the Chico State party­ Rescue workers are searching for mati on officer for California State body. "That is where he was known to school reputation despite acade­ the body of a 26-year-old Chico State Parks. Friends 'and fmnily have traveled be, in front of Riley's," said Eric mic achievements that would University graduate who jumped or "It could have been a fall or a to Chico'to celebrate his life. Flynn, a friend and co-worker. suggest' the town has more to fell off a bridge over Lake Oroville jump," she said, "He ncver resur­ A red Cardinals T-shirt, a Charms H:lrper's co-workers were con- offer than exhilarating nightlife. on Saturday, Aug. 26, officials sai·d. fnced." lollipop, cards ~\1ld flowers are among Like one of the most competi­ James "Jamie" Harper was on a ski Underwater cameras were used in the items that have been nestled iJ1to Please see HARPER ~ A3 live and widely recognized liber­ al studies progrnms in the state. Or an equally recognized and highly decornted journalism department. Local office And yet many 'of the sports programs that have struggled with success over the past sever­ al years continue to attract more media attention. vandalized Makes sense to me . .~ Randy Striegel C(l1l be reacbed al: NIESHA GATES BulletiIi in San' Francisco [email protected] .. Assistant News Bdilor contacted police for questions that police activated an inves­ "No Jew in the White' i:ig~ltion and took fingerprints, House." Ray said. This was the message "We all felt very violated, found scrawled on a dry-erase but we weren't the only place board and a calendar that in Chico that hns fallen victim hung in the Democratic to this type of thing," he said. Campaign Headquarters "The same kind of message office in downtown Chico. was written in a Chico laun­ Office· coordinntor Bob dromat a wltile bilck. There is Ray found the anti-Semitic a ereti n out there who is message when he opened the doing this - and people like .. .TheOrlon/KATE LOVE. office Thursday morning. that are a small minority." arresta. man Friday; '''Hewasescorted out of afrafbeci!Use he was trying to "We still don't know how Although the volunteers at ...... ... ... ...... Hewastaken in for drunk in pUbnc,ttien~ansportedto jail. He wasreleased: they got in, but the door wns the office said they agree with ~: :.'wltha: mlsdeme'anor charge," said Darrln Relchell; Chico· police officer. .1 • unlocked and there was no Ray in his feelings toward the ;:,,:!,::,;,:,\I::f\:':>~ ': .,1, ... ·'·:. " , ,,', ", .._ I ""; .". ,'" " °1- " "" . , . .- . , sign of the lock being jim­ perpetrator, volunteer Steve y:,!:1~4'hi.dirst weekend Qf t\le fallsemes~~r, mied," Ray said. "Either they Shy said there might be a pos­ ':-, ,','.':1,"(,1' .. ,'//,> "', ~ . ,':. .,' : .. ' '. • . - . ", -.', :>', ".' ',' ',':.: came. in through a crawl itive retaliation to the nega­ :.:}>!.~~?l~~l;.~elated c~t~~o~s decr.~ased. in '. '. space', or they had a key and tive message. ·.··.t,· ..),,·.·.···.·. .... .. '. ,....., .. ".' just walked in." "That messnge can't do ;,:};:compiuisonto last year, whil~ the number." :;';,';{"!',,<,:I',\" ,".'<,'.:'" ," I ';' ,. "., " ,. Ray added that when the nnything to hur~ our party," Chico police arrived on the Shy said. "These Iypes of :'>','b'(fights)ncreased~yone. ..... scene to take a report, they things anger the Democratic <:.y,.'\-:::,: ..'i'. "." ." ... seemed hesitant to start an Party, and it might get people 'i-i' 't"·;,/,'."y:-:': :', .. : ,~;' ,.,:.'.,:,/. ' i~vestigation .. It wasn't until the Jewish Please see GRAFFITI .. A4 , ;, ,- ) :, ., ~. " . .,.~, J . ), ., ~j' _I, A2 lhe Orion Michael Watson, a construction worker, mixes paint for the new Butte Station between Plumas and, Tehama halls. The new store is expected to open Sept. 18. Construction has been, " delayed because workers found an underground pipe that contained asbestos. Students look forward to the convenience of having access to a wider selection of merchandise. Campus construction continues ~ dealing with it," Chester said, "We're Officials predict Butte going to have that nice building soon, so Station to open Sept. 18, we're not going to complain." "We're all wanting it to be , Senior Marni Wood is also looking for­ BMU to open in December ward to the end of the construction, c011lpletell soon. j think it's "It's an eyesore and it smells," she said, JEN COOPER looking at the construction site after buying been a long wait, but I StajJl'(lriler her lunch from the temporary trailer, Wood, a criminal justice major, has all of tbink stullents are going to her classes in Butte Hall and said she plans After months of drilling, dust, distul'­ to use the new store to buy soda and juice be happy when theJ' see it." bances and delays, students will soon get instead of having to walk to the bookstore. relief from construction as campus expan­ Once Butte Station is finished, students sibn projects get closer to their completion, . will have to wait three more months' fo'r' Butte Station, originally scheduled to the opening of the BMU because of delays David Buckley open this week, is now set to open around associated with demolition,' Buckley said A,S. general manager Sept. 18, and the Bell Memorial Union is students can expect the BMU to be in full planned to open in December, two months service by the start of the .spring semester, behind schedule, Construction crews spcnt the summer the ongoing construction, as the next and "With construction of this magnitude pouring new concrete beams and walls for final phase of the project will mainly you run into surprises, and those surprises structural support, and working on the involve building interior walls, installing turn into delays," said David Buckley, auditorium and galleria, which will con­ Sheetrock and painting, ' Associated Students general manager, nect the two buildings, "If anything, we're moving to a phase This summer, Butte Station construc­ Senior Agustin Moscuzza said he that will be less disDlptivc to students," tion workers discovered an underground expected morc construction to be finished·· Buckley said. pipe that contained asbestos, Removal of when he returned this fall. Over the next month, students will the pipe delayed the project by more than "I spent my summer in Las Vegas so I begin to notice major changes with the old a week, Buckley said, got used to seeing things be built in a building ,IS a 25-foot outdoor deck is Darlene Chester, manager of Butte hurry," he s11id amidst the buckground added, Buckley said. However, most of the Station, is eager for the opening of the noises of drills and a cement mixer, major construction will take place inside finished building and is excited about the Despite the construction disruptions the lIctual building, new services the store will offer, Chester Moscuzza said he was excited about the Buckley said he remains optimistic about and her employees have been working new BMU, the December gOlll and that the end result will next to Tehama Hall in a temporary trail­ "They did a nice enough job on the new be worth all the consuuction disturbances.