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Students' way to Sustainability
University hosts biggest, most cost-efficient student-run sustainability conference in U.S.
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Students with the future of the environment in mind seized the attention of community members, businesses and out-of-towners for the largest and cheapest student-run conference in North America, Thursday through Sunday. The fourth This Way to Sustainability conference burrowed into the Bell Memorial Union and parts of the Student Services Center for its biggest turnout yet, professor of geography and planning Mark Stemen said.
Union, CSUs may cut fees for workers
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Negotiations Friday gave more than 4,000 California State University student workers the chance to get thousands of dollars back in their pockets from college fee waivers. The United Auto Workers and the CSU Chancellor's Office could not come to an agreement regarding fee waivers that may give 200 Chico State students free tuition, said Scott Clifthorne, international representative at UAW.
Props, candidates wait on millions of ballots
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Barack Obama is the president-elect and Wally Herger will return to Congress for his 12th term, but work continues for the Butte County clerk-recorder and registrar of voters. "(People) think elections are over on Election Day," Candace Grubbs said. "Well, they're not.
Campus has high voter turnout, majority of young vote Obama
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On Election Day, a record number of young voters told their government they were ready for change. National exit polls showed 66 percent of young voters cast their ballots for President-elect Barack Obama and 32 percent for Sen. John McCain, according to a report by CIRCLE, a nonpartisan organization that conducts research about the political activity of young Americans.
Fraternity finds funds for furry animals
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Sugar, chalk and a stuffed toy brought seven Phi Delta Theta pledges together for the first on-campus panda bake sale Thursday in front of Siskiyou Hall. The pledges planned on raising more than $250 to donate to the World Wildlife Fund, which would use the money to help save pandas, junior Tony Gorelick said.
Disabled athletes enable fun
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About 300 chicken-dancing athletes, volunteers, and teachers filled Acker and Shurmer gyms Friday to conclude the eighth annual Adapted Physical Education Sports Day. The day kicked off with a performance by the Corning High School marching band and drill team at 9:45 a.
Police blotter
Thursday 11:16 a.m. Suspicious subject reported on the 2300 block of Cohasset Road. "Subject is where there is no sidewalk. Subject just standing there staring down onto 99 traffic." 2:38 p.m. Trespassing reported on the 1900 block of Normal Avenue. "Reporting party allowed a transient subject to store items at her residence and then changed her mind once he began making sexual advances.