Archives LD729.6 C5 075 Ol~ion. vol. 46 no. 6 1::'.:1 0 1 2001 Feb. 28, 2(2)(2)1 rc" I Meriam Library--CSU Chico ',.~"; U , "-.-IrurlLll!CO b 2001 IUatiollal NCWSIHiPElI' of tile Veal' WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2001 .1 .IN'SIDE ~ OPINION, A8 ~ SPORTS, 61 (( Once someone went around and pOllred lESS ~S MORE ',. ENTERTAINMENT, C1 Ska band Less Than Jal<e antifreeze on thejood we use to catch ~ CALENDAR, C6 sprints to The Brick Works JJ ~. COMICS, C'l the cats. - KATHY HAI.LOItAN, CHICO C/I'!' CCltIl.l'rION ~ CLASSIFIEDS, C9 oI MEN SID N S ~ D5 ENTERTAINMENT ~C1 ;':'-:- "......... -.1 Jo.. DIMENSIONS, D1 Volume 46, Issue 6 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, C H I C 0 http://orion.csuchico.cdu \!iiIiji.sre'--T·-rjjfijj'itij¥ijiik~"!!H· , U' "¥ ~'Eiiii4filMjf"'''''''_'-'''iC YOUR RECREATION CENTER YES THE CHOICE IS YOURS MARCH 7 AND 8 NO Brought to you by the leHer '0' Weary and a little rumpled, Rec center seven members of The Orion staff returned to Chico Sunday - from four days in San Francisco. We took our trip to the city in an debates oversized blue van that evoked memories of summer camps and family road trips. Rambling get sweaty down Interstate 5 also reminded some of us how uncomfortable three hours in a van can be. CAROLYN MARIE LUCAS Nonetheless, upon our return, STAFF \'l/RITEI< our blood-shot eyes sparkled with sa~sfactiolJ. The Orion was named oeal health club owners are feeling National Newspaper of the Year Lthe burn. in the four-year college weekly Within the last few days, the owners category at the National College of eight different health clubs have --..: Newspaper Convention. The brought this to Chico State University award is presented annually by students' attention as they have placed ....~." .•;;" •...:;= ......... the Associated Collegiate Press anti-Recreation Center ads in local .,~ and this year's competition came newspapers as well as dispersed flyers from as far away as Osh Kosh, throughout the campus. Wisconsin, Quebec and Bulgaria. Their message is simple: Vote no on Some administrators would be the Wildcat Activity and Aquatics Center pleased to hear that not once did rcJerendull1 held March 7 and 8. I hear Chico State referred to as A written proposal by this gropp' of a party school. Students f!'Om . businesses' {ndicmes that the p~~p~~ed some other universities had Wildcat Activity and Aquatics Center is never even heard of our drinking unjust for three reasons. problem. Instead, they were First, the university plans to duplicate introduced to representatives private sector facilities and services that TIm Orion/SCOn CARLTON from a group of students who are currently provided. Second. the Weight lifters and other fitness fans work their way to" spend their free time in a proposed project will create direct healthier bodies at the North Valley Athletic Club. Next week, ' .. basement putting out a weekly competition with local providers vjho have Chico State University students will vote on the Wildcat newspaper, who sometimes personal investments at risk. And third, it Activity and Aquatics center referendum, which some local sacrifice their school work and will enact unfair new fees for students. gym owners argue would take business away from them. social lives, who ~Ire largely "We don '( buy into the agreements and unpaid, and who take great pride promises Associated Students wrote on in their work. the referendum." said North Valley The Orion is only one of Athletic Club owner Scolt Srhofield. " J don't want to see (my business) many groups on campus and "After investing $2 million and 23 years around town that is run by and of my life on a business I built, I don't go douJn the drain due to unfair for students. Chico State students want to sec it go down the drain due to belong to organizations ranging unfair competition. competition. " from the College Republicans to "This why it is out of the utmost the Chico Cannabis Club and importance we move full speed ahend to Scott Schofield from the Shooting Club to the Owner, North Valley Athletic Club Campus Crusade for Christ. Nease see OWNERS ~ A2 Regardless of their individual goals or mission statements, these groups give students an opportunity to belong and to give "We're trying 10 curb binge drinking, sjJecifically on Halloween, becallse jmb/ic be/JcllJior could back. This week's Dimensions get to a }Joint of being 100 dangerous. " -H,eK K"""w, enY COIJN<:!1. .\1"-"""11 Business major section profiles student volunteers lind the places where arrested on they work. These groups and individuals, these pursuits that Council considers drastic measures drug charges serve both students and the community are what make NICK ALLEN NIESHA GATES attending Chico State an S T A F F \'1/ It I T I; It NEWS EnlToH experience to e-mail home about. Closing the bars· at 8 p.m., shutting Chico State University business Alex Ruiz Call be reac/;ed af: down the streets at I I p.m. and removing Chico residents major Adam Dalton was taken by [email protected]·chico.edu portable toilets. hang out in front surprise on Feb. 16 when Chico These wiII be just a few of the items of Mr. Lucky's. Police arrested him in his home on on the Chico City Council agenda, The Chico city charges of possession of drugs and when it meets 3 p.m. Friday to discuss council will be distribution. problems c,lUsed by special events like voting soon to When police served Dalton, 21, Halloween and St. Patrick's Day. determine if with a search W1UTnnt at his resi­ 'C'HICO Council member Larry Wahl said downtown bars dence, at 120.7 W. Sacramento . ; CUR R ~ N.T S . Halloween has gotten out of control. should close Ave., they found half a pound of "We need to make the event safe for early on holidays marijuana; mushrooms, scales, MEN'S BASEBALL the kids, if that mcans that Halloween such as St. packaging material and other types Chicp State vs. UC San Diego gets cut back, so be it," Wahl said. Patrick's Day. of drug paraphernalia, said Chico March 2-'.4 ' .. Chico Police Chief Mike Efford sent Police officer Wade Aldred. '. N~ttleton Stadiuin a memo to the City Council with a list of evaluate Efford':;; suggestions and decide In the past few years the job "We didn't break down his door, recommendations "aimed specifically to which recommendations should be of submitting recommendations to the but he obviously wasn't expecting MINGUS BIG ~AND .. control and diminish" the current state brought to the council. City Council has been the job of a the police to make a visit that night 7:30. p.m.,· Tonight of Halloween. Council member Rick Keene has special taskforce. because he hadn't tried to hide or . ',Laxson Auditori~m Some of the recommendations been working on the subcommittee and The taskforce was made up of 15 to dispose of anything," Aldred said. : : included establishing a fall break whieh . said binge drinking is a community 20. people, which included university Aldred said that he obtained ~ \ ~ '. i' • would occur during the week of concern. officials, students, police and members the warrant after investigating a ,~HICO STATE WOMEN'S CENTER. Halloween, attempting to close bars by 8 "We're trying to curb hinge drinking, of the business community. They would tip he received from what he ,'.'SPRING FUNG',~; '.' . p.m., adding a special events sales tax on specifically on Halloween, because public bring recommendations to the City called a certified informant. 9 p:n1.· The~day" alcohol and encouraging the courts to behavior could geL to a point of being too Council, which would rule on whether to But Kerry Brown, manager of -LaSilllcs . enforce maximum punishments for dangerous," Keene said. implement them. the apartment complex, 'said that it , ' ~" -- " Halloween related arrests. The current subcommittee has made Past measures have included ban­ was a maintenance worker who Based on these recommendations, the 17 recommendations to the City ning glass and closing streets in heavy -----.....,..-------- 'l;~ ';C,~.~~:DAJ.tforl1iore ~ C6" , City ,~ouncil formed a subcol1~l1ittee . Council, which include ,:;evcraL from ), Pleofe see DRUGS ~A4 ,) ~"~._~.~_~._~~~_,~_,,,!!~~~~~~~~ made 'up of three council members to :/' Chief Efford's memo. ,:" ,I I'le(/.wrl~e COM'MITIEE ... A5 I Former I I lega Ii> Scholar~hip founded by A.S. in memory of Armando Sanchez / : I DANNY BERNARDINI just -bcgun an assembly fellowship with '<-1\ i \X''''TEIl , ,­ S1"_~I'F state Assemblyman Manny Diaz, where he I was to start working with human services Diana Sanchez stood before the Butte and hOllsing. County board of supervisors clinching a "It was very hard for everybody," Diaz blood stained copy of "250 Ways to Change said. "He's got a lot of friends in America." Sacramento. " The book was in the backseat of her broth­ Diana Sanchez 'said she knew her brothel' er's, former Associated Students President was doing weB, but didn't know how many ... Armando Sanchez, car when he was killed in people he had touched until his memorial a car collision Dec. 10 at the Dayton Durham service when nearly 500 people attended, four corners intersection. including many who were bused in from en In response to his death two stop signs Sacramento. will be installed and the AS. has founded a "I never really knew how much he did scholarship. until the funeral," she said. "There were z County supervisor Jane Dolan said it senators and assemblymen and people from took an emotional outcry from Sanchez's all walks of life." family to get stop signs installed at the President Manuel Esteban remembered crash site.