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Fraternities offer more than nonstop partying
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When he entered Chico State in fall 2005, Ryan Bast never seriously considered joining a fraternity. He was a vegetarian who hated what he thought fraternities stood for: lazy, beer-drinking students who use college as an excuse for hazing and nonstop partying.
Harsh penalties for fence jumpers
Police, Union Pacific workers crack down on fence cutters, railroad track walkers
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It's a clear, sunny Wednesday afternoon, and sophomore Kalyn Jumper is walking back from her English class to her home at a Nord Avenue complex. Unknown to her, she is committing a misdemeanor on the way there. She crosses the railroad tracks, which is considered trespassing.
