Issue: January 20, 2011
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Counting on college
Once again, higher education is all about the numbers—budget numbers, bottom-line numbers, you name it.
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Downturn hits A.S. too
Student businesses hit financially by declining book sales and enrollment.
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Where’s the vision?
Chico State’s president looks for hope in a painful budget.
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Science times two
It’s one thing to learn about science, but it’s another to explain it to kids.
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PR for nonprofits
Student group has paying customers but offers publicity for free to service agencies.
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Party people
Chico police have put pressure on Top Shelf Productions to curb its party promotion, but this group of Chico State students doesn’t appear deterred.
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Down to two
City Council needs more time to decide who should fill a vacancy.
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A lesson in media ethics
Chico State journalism student chooses political activism over his post at the campus newspaper.
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Muckraker under the microscope
Valley Mirror Publisher Tim Crews denies the allegation that he profits from lawsuits over public records.
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Election-date effort progresses
Tea Party activist Stephanie Taber makes progress in battle to change Chico City Council election date.
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Sherwood Montessori gets national honor
Sherwood Montessori receives national honor for food-centered curriculum.
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New charter springs up
Wildflower Open Classroom is newest addition to list of local charter schools.
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Four in 10 Americans are creationists
They believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.
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To the bat cave!
How and why to encourage bats in your garden in the warmer months.
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Report exposes at-risk ecosystems
Three of the nation’s 10 most imperiled places are in California, report finds.
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Nissan LEAFs gas-power behind
Nissan’s LEAF, the first mass-produced no-gas car, rolls out in Japan and U.S.
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BP-probe panel releases final report
Nine months after the BP explosion, oil-spill panel gives final recommendations.
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It’s a yellow-bellied sapsucker!
Bird enthusiast Mike Skram spies first-ever yellow-bellied sapsucker in Butte County on Jan. 1.
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No fees at national parks
Mark your calendar for the year’s fee-free days, courtesy of the National Park Service.
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A start on gun reform
Jared Loughner used a high-capacity ammo clip to kill and wound 20 people. Congress should reinstate a ban on them.
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Their real motive
Don’t be fooled by the ballot shift measure. It’s all about controlling the council.
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Public spending: myths vs. facts
Contrary to popular belief, it’s gone down, not up.
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Letters for January 20, 2011
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Mastering her art
Masami Toku receives Chico State’s Outstanding Teacher Award for 2010-2011.
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Huck on the hook
Leave it alone but keep it out of the hands of children.
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
And it burns, burns, burns, Deathwing’s ring of fire.
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Even Things Up/Deluxe Edition
Ringer Pete Anderson updates Even Things Up.
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Fret worker
Warren Haskell’s monthly Classical Guitar Project.
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The nut state
Butte County’s bountiful nut harvest being sent around the world.
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Royal treatment
Britain’s best actors show off in fancy period piece.
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The Green Hornet
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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I Love You Phillip Morris
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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Season of the Witch
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
This article was published on 01.20.11