The Orion Online

Online Exclusives

• City Council bans disc golf in Upper Bidwell Park
• Environmental affairs commissioner position up for grabs
• New fraternity offers professional development to kinesiology majors
• Ozomatli gets swagger back with reunion tour

News

• Student charged with battery of neighbor
• $100 million cut may hurt CSUs
• Bauhs runs toward professional career, away from track season
• Construction threat to safety?
• Gasoline prices drop before break
• Grads may hit market at unemployment peak
• Marchers protest Proposition 8
• Police blotter

Opinion

• Ridiculous new product vibrates consumers into good posture
• Consideration required before name changes
• Editorial Cartoon: Tidgepot's HQ
• Editorial: Increase in booze tax may save lives, economy
• Thumbs
• Christmas, Thanksgiving no longer hold real meaning
• Meaning of holidays not lost, merely transformed
• Letters to the Editor

Sports

• Volleyball team sweeps into postseason
• Angry parents lead to over-aggressive kids on field
• Chico youth learn with lacrosse team
• Coming to a theater near you... 'The Wildcats'
• Connor Ramey: Saying goodbye is the hardest
• New tennis courts open doors for Chico State's tennis club
• Opening win falls out of reach in final moments
• Women's volleyball team surprised, happy Sunday during celebration of their third-straight playoff berth

Entertainment

• Jewish rapper blends religion, reggae
• 'Laramie Project' inspires audience
• Daring acts devour Monstros
• Kenna Hunt: What I'm thankful for
• Students get trashy with art to save planet
• Teens hold iPod-infused rave at Cafe Coda

Features

• Turkey drop turns old sweethearts sour
• Home nostalgia uprooted by change, remodeled rooms
• Native American students celebrate Thanksgiving despite hidden history
• Nicole Williams: Holidays really suck sometimes
• Post-holiday sales present new fashion trends
• Sex Columnist: Chris Thompson: Hookups make or break holiday
• Sex Columnist: Dionna Mash: Hookups make or break holiday
• Students to ditch turkey for Cornish game hen in Yosemite
• Vegetarians gobble up tofu, veggies on Turkey Day
• Working holiday shifts causes some students to cut family time short, celebrate alone
• Campus Spotlight: Kristin Bittikofer, senior business major and business founder

Multimedia

• Audio slideshow: Proposition 8 Rally
• Video: Favorite part of Thanksgiving
• Video: Ozomatli concert at the Senator Theatre
• Video: Rawbar restaurant review