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Students return from combat in Iraq
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A junior kept lookout atop gun trucks at night in Baghdad for about nine months. The machine gunner, Evan Quaco, 21, left Chico about a year ago for training before deployment. "It's so different. You go from being in a college town to Baghdad, Iraq, where there are dirt roads, pieces of buildings missing and you have the chance of dying almost every day," Quaco said.
Young voters get involved
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Youth voter turnout is the highest it has been since 1968, the year 18-year-olds first got to vote. Years from now, 2008 will likely be the answer to more than a few advanced placement civics questions, and political science students will have stacks of books on this election to choose from for their essays.
Murder case remains unsolved
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More than four years after a Chico State junior was shot in the head on his doorstep, police have made no arrests in the case despite a $10,000 reward. Christopher Herrmann, 22, was killed about 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 2003, outside his Hazel Street home, said Sgt.
President Paul Zingg loves his job, games
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President Paul Zingg somersaulted down a hill in July at a child's birthday party in Ohio. He tumbled down the green grassy hill with two of his friends' kids. "It was the perfect hill to somersault down," Zingg said. "So I did it." Zingg is 60 years old. His somersaulting partners were about 6 or 7, he said.
Project, students aim to create 'green' campus
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Students are in no hurry to put the red light to the campus efforts to go green, as many organizations are kicking off the summer with new ways to increase sustainability. Students dump old items The ninth annual Diversion Excursion is a move-out program Thursday and Friday that allows students to donate their reusable and recyclable goods, said Robyn DiFalco, A.
Construction projects to work up millions in costs
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The university is finishing one of its big construction projects, and many more are in the works. Senior Scott Housman thinks the Wildcat Recreation Center will be beneficial because of the new exercise facilities, he said. "I was a swimmer before I came here," he said.
Memorable Misconduct: Police Blotter
Saturday, Aug. 25 4:14 p.m. Indecent exposure reported on the 1300 block of Locust Street. "Transient male masturbating in the alley. Continued to do so when reporting party noticed him. Reporting party told him to leave and subject yelled, 'Shut Up.'" Sunday, Aug.
University Farm sees overcrowding
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Some people jokingly call student housing pig pens, but at the University Farm, where there is the real deal, the overworked and overlooked volunteers are far from laughing. The university recently allowed its farm to be used as a temporary animal shelter for those displaced by the fires, but the job isn't always easy, said Jill Simon, a volunteer with the North Valley Animal Disaster Group.
Humboldt Fire update: Blaze now fully contained
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Updated Monday at 7:30 p.m. The Humboldt Fire is now fully contained. As of 7 p.m., Cal Fire issued an update to its fire information page, saying that "significant progress" could be expected toward the end of the evening.
Gov. Schwarzenegger visits Chico
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The Silver Dollar Fairground received a high profile visitor Wednesday-the governor. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived at about 2:20 p.m. to talk about the fires, which have been spreading quickly across California as a result of the heat and thunder strikes.
Yolo Hall to be used as Red Cross operations center
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In light of the fires raging across California, the American Red Cross is making camp at the university. The Cross' Disaster Response Team is setting up an operations center in Yolo Hall because of its space and resources, said Lt. Robyn Hearne of the University Police.