Issue: February 05, 2009
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Global venture
Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, a program pioneered by Chico State professor Curtis DeBerg, ripples far beyond the North State.
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SAGE: Breaking down the competition
Tournaments are a key component of the program Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship. Here’s how they work.
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CUSD balance sheet takes a beating
With the state budget still not passed, local educators plan for the worst.
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Smoking and fogging
Council takes up two controversial air-quality issues, wood heaters and mosquito fogging.
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Bombing not working, Pakistani students say
Eleven visiting students from Pakistan’s tribal region charge that American bombing is turning people against the U.S. faster than it is killing Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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Caught in the cracks
A disabled man in Oroville gets mistaken for a drunk, arrested and sentenced—without a trial.
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Belt-tightening at local papers
The down economy is having an impact on newspapers, too.
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Movement on the wellness front
Chico school district takes steps toward more healthful meals.
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Enloe nurses re-up
Two months of negotiations yield a new three-year agreement for CNA members at Chico’s hospital.
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More arrests to come?
Chico police and Chico State University officials are examining video of last week’s bonfire riot to see if charges can be brought.
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Getting our R&R
Where the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money is going.
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Cleaning green
Professor dishes the dirt on ditching chemicals for eco-friendly household cleansers.
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After midnight
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel begins reversing Bush’s 11th-hour environmental regulations.
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Conservation query
Environmentalists ask Congress to protect half a million acres of California public lands.
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Green jobs up?
New study says sustainability jobs rose rapidly before the recession.
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Trees in trouble
Research finds tree mortality rates have sped up significantly.
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Homes that don’t consume
Greg Kallio explains the curious phenomena of zero-energy homes.
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Use your time off for good
Alternative Spring Break offers students a chance to give back while traveling.
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Grow up, already
A message to the students who rioted last week: You’re an embarrassment to everyone, most of all yourselves.
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End the deadlock—now!
Our leaders in Sacramento are becoming a national disgrace.
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The weak and the strong
The veneer of the Wall Street elite has cracked—what better reason to take back our economy?
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Letters for February 5, 2009
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Flying high
Tom Knowles’ lighthearted blog about flying airplanes hit turbulent weather when his baby daughter nearly died.
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Hope in hard times
Words (565 of them) on homelessness, the media and Fiction 59.
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… And a bass-playing rat
Robin Indar’s world of colorful art on display at the Humanities Center Gallery.
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The Field Recorders’ Collective
America’s folk traditions preserved and packaged on mix CDs by society of collectors.
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A.C. Newman
New Pornographers vocalist releases second solo disc.
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Heaviest deadly sin
Old-school Chico metal fave the Abominable Iron Sloth returns for one night.
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Valentine’s plan
New chocolate café opens in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Cream of the crop
Gus Van Sant’s biopic of Harvey Milk is honest and hopeful portrayal.
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‘A’ for action
‘A’ for action … and a B- for the rest—but the rest is incidental anyway. Mostly, Liam Neeson just kicks ass.
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Short Review
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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Short Review
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
This article was published on 02.05.09