September is still mostly summer. There is no reason on this earth that the flu should be dancing around like this. However, Murphy’s Law says one thing: If something can go wrong, it will. In addition, it happens at the worst possible time. Another important lesson is to never assume because you make an “ass […]
Category: The Orion
Between August 2004 and May 2007, I worked my way up through the award-winning Chico State University newspaper, The Orion. I started as an opinion columnist, became the assistant entertainment editor, then the assistant online editor, followed by being a photographer and assistant photo editor, and finally came back as opinion editor.
I love Financial Aid. I’m actually able to afford to get an education nowadays, and I can buy my books and digital camera for my photojournalism course and not have to worry about taking out a loan from my mom. Wait, that was what I thought three months ago. That’s when the system worked just […]
ven though you can’t see, I’m on my knees begging. Please, for the love of God, don’t vote for Ralph Nader. I know he sounds like a great guy, and he made an impact in 2000, but this is the 2004 version and sanity isn’t standard in this model. While Nader was supported by the […]
Henry Rollins delivered blue “Shock and Awe” Wednesday night to a crowd packed in the kind-of clinical setting that is the polished Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. The 44-year-old lead singer of Rollins Band doubles as a spoken word artist commenting on what he sees in the world, especially what he saw during his trips with […]
The Crazy Horse Saloon will be a little crazier May 25, as the California Cowboys perform with headliner Chris Cagle. The California Cowboys will be recording their first video for “The Party’s Over” at the beginning of the night. A crew from Fox 30 will film the video to repay a debt from station owner […]
Never provoke a comedian. It doesn’t matter if the show started late or if the microphone wasn’t on — or when it was turned on, it was too loud. Comedians are like mountain lions–corner them and they will leap for the throat. When their ears could take no more of a shrieking microphone, some of […]
Radio playlists suck. Almost every radio station uses them like gospel, when they”re really just toilet paper music companies pay for. Now, with services like iTunes and Napster 2.0, the chains on music fans have been loosened. Listeners pick their songs and leave the trash where it belongs. No longer are you confined to albums. […]
If you go see “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” expecting a nice, little play, please deposit your ticket in the trash can by Collier Hardware. This is a rock show people. The instruments are live, only some of the offstage singing is taped and the lead singer has a short, little surprise up her short, […]
Every day, all over the world, news stories fall through the cracks. And every year Project Censored picks 25 and gives them new life in a book called “Censored: Media Democracy in Action.” Peter Phillips, the director of Project Censored, will be speaking about the group’s work and “New American Censorship” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday […]
At the edge of the Feather River an 800-year-old African xylophone will kick off the self-proclaimed “first fresh-air full-moon freak-out of the year,” or simply The Bobolink Music Festival. This two-day tour of music genres will be played out on two stages Friday and Saturday at the Belden Town Resort, about a 90-minute drive from […]