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Icy treats help beat Chico heat
Students find different ways to survive triple-digit summers
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The great thing about Sacramento summers is that nice, calm delta breeze that cools the city by early evening. The bad thing about Chico summers is they have - yes, that's right - no delta breeze. For students choosing to spend their summers in Chico, windless, sweltering, triple-digit days are inevitable.
Finding jobs easier in summer, fill up fast
Summer - relaxation, no homework and a time to add a little extra padding to the bank account. Summer jobs, whether they are a necessity or are just there to fill time, can have their benefits and downfalls. While great summer jobs are available, there are also some that students might want to avoid.
Nicole Williams: Water wakeup call
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With the temperature already reaching triple digits, many students sticking around for a dose of Chico's summer heat will spend their summers plastered to the couch with pools of sweat collecting in every skin crease and fold. But thanks to California's complex system of water diversion, all we have to do is turn on the tap and behold - fresh water flows freely to quench our thirsts and fill our pools.
Summer gym specials offer options to keep students cool, active
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With high temperatures creeping into Chico, it may be hard finding motivation to get outside and workout. The last thing many students want to do in 90-degree weather is any activity that results in raised body heat and sweating. So to keep - or get into - tip-top shape for summer, students should consider joining a gym.
Foot fetishes, furry suits, bondage allow for kinky sexual exploration
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Do you have a fetish? It's a phrase many of us have heard, but not all of us know exactly what it means. Lots of people have lots of fetishes, and sometimes they don't even know it. My attitude toward fetishes was always this: I'm easily bored with missionary-until-orgasm sex.
On-campus dining offers students options
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Say goodbye to home-cooked meals and hello to Whitney Dining, or good old "Whit Dining" as many have come to call it. Conveniently located on campus beneath Whitney Hall, expect Whitney Dining to be filled with students in their sweats and pajamas - a very relaxed environment.
Deciding major tricky task for students, assistance available
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Choosing the right major can be frustrating. Senior Isaiah Estrada didn't know a philosophy major would have better prepared him for law school until it was too late. "I assumed a political science major was the best path for a career in law," he said. "But I later learned that the LSAT focuses on more logic-based questions, which is what a philosophy major teaches you.
Ice cream parlor scoops up votes for national competition
Shubert's Ice Cream & Candy draws crowd, 'Morning' news crew
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Junior DJ Christensen walked to Shubert's Ice Cream & Candy on May 14 to find a camera crew filming a crowd of about 200 people holding signs reading "Vote for Shubert's" and "Chico loves Shubert's." Christensen was shocked to learn Shubert's was one of the top four finalists of "Good Morning America's" Best Scoop Challenge, a contest that allows people to vote for the best ice cream in the nation.