CSU, Chico News

The First Annual Fall Peace Festival, sponsored by the Peace Institute at California State University, Chico, will be held from Oct. 17 through Oct. 26. The newly formed Peace Institute is sponsoring the festival. Full Story

Highlighted by world-renowned speakers and provocative topics, the Humanities Center at California State University, Chico is presenting an ambitious and wide-ranging series of events during 2004-2005 around the theme of war and culture. Full Story

More than 620,000 soldiers-about 2 percent of the population-and untold civilians died as a result of America's greatest conflict, the Civil War. Full Story

For the third time in five years, The Orion, California State University, Chico's student newspaper, has been named the nation's best college newspaper by the National Newspaper Association. Full Story

Approximately 750 students, faculty, staff and other volunteers are expected to pick up 15 tons of trash around California State University, Chico and throughout the city during the seventh annual Scour and Devour Campus and Community Cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 2, starting at 9 a.m. Full Story

Two photographers, Don Normark and Susan Silberberg, known for their documentation of the destruction of habitat, will be visiting Chico from Sept. 30 through Oct. 5. Their visit is a result of the cooperative efforts of California State University, Chico and Avenue 9 Gallery. Full Story

The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics is sponsoring a forum, "Are Genetically Modified Organisms a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?" on Wed., Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in Performing Arts Center 134. Full Story

The Fastbreak Booster Club and the Chico State Women's Basketball Team will be hosting the first annual 2004 Women's Basketball Scholarship Dinner and Pre-Season Tip-Off Sept. 25 in the BMU Auditorium. Full Story

A scholarship has been established in the memory of California State University, Chico alumnus Philip Michael Batlin, who was killed in March 2004 by a hit-and-run driver. Full Story

Three separate grants to the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology's Environmental Program, in cooperation with the Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance, will provide funds for watershed leadership and accessibility in Butte County. Full Story