Dana WilliamsApr 12, 2025

The fight for a #FreePress isn't just a duel between major #news corporations and the federal government. It also occurs in highly-local contexts, like between student journalists and universities obsessed with their PR-managed images.

#Journalists for the #CSUChico newspaper The Orion were told they were "entitled" and "demanding".

https://theorion.com/104873/opinion/entitled-and-demanding/

#HigherEducation #Journalism

‘Entitled and demanding’

These were the words used by Andrew Staples, a key figure in Chico State’s communications office, to describe student journalists — journalists who work tirelessly to inform the campus community with accurate and transparent reporting. This isn’t just a clash between student reporters and a university PR office — it’s a press freedom issue. The...

The Orion
Retro Tech ShopApr 12, 2025

Fantastic #retrogaming event hosted at #ChicoState by the amazing Non-Profit Tech Toss.

About 20+ retro consoles were available free to play including: #atari2600 #nes #wii and more.

We desperately need these third spaces to let ourselves play, be kids again, and remind us there is still joy to be found.

https://theorion.com/104803/arts/good-ol-game-night-brings-digital-and-tabletop-fun-to-chico/

#chicoca #chicostateuniversity #csuchico #retrocomputing #retrogames #retro_gaming #retrotech #retrogame #retrocomputer

Good Ol’ Game Night brings digital and tabletop fun to Chico

As students gear up for finals, the Computer Graphics Club and the Computer Animation and Game Development invite students to relax and kick back with their favorite video games and tabletop games during Good Ol’ Game Night, which takes place Thursday in O’Connell Center 133 at 4 p.m.  Along with board games and modern video...

The Orion
Dana WilliamsApr 10, 2025

This is a great piece by my #CSUChico colleague Eran Zelnik, writing to #FBI director Kash Patel about being Israeli-born, pro-#Palestinian, and a naturalized American #Jewish historian:

"I’ve called the #Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on #Israel. I was also in the #IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/10/jewish-israeli-gaza-trump-protest-fascism

I’m a Jewish Israeli in the US standing up for Palestine. By Trump’s logic, I’m a terror supporter

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

The Guardian
Dana WilliamsSep 11, 2023

"Possible #CSU faculty #strike: What it could mean for faculty and students":

https://theorion.com/95473/news/possible-csu-faculty-strike-what-it-could-mean-for-faculty-and-students/

#CFA #CalFac #CaliforniaFacultyAssociation #CSUChico

Possible CSU faculty strike: What it could mean for faculty and students

A faculty strike could occur at Chico State and other California State Universities in October or November due to an impasse between the California Faculty Association and CSU management. The CFA has been negotiating Collective Bargaining Agreement contract terms — specifically articles 20, 23, 31 and 37 — with CSU management since May, two months...

The Orion
Dana WilliamsAug 23, 2023

My #CSUChico colleague Martín Jacinto has just published a new article in the Journal of World-Systems Research on the mobility (or lack thereof) and enduring trade inequality experienced by countries within the #worldsystem following the 2008-09 economic crisis.

Free full-text PDF: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/1148

Assessing the Stability of the Core/Periphery Structure and Mobility in the Post-2008 Global Crisis Era: A World-Systems Analysis of the International Trade Network | Journal of World-Systems Research

Dana WilliamsDec 14, 2022

Faculty on the Academic Senate at #CSUChico will likely be putting forth a vote of "no-confidence" tomorrow (12/14/22) in the university president and provost for their handling of an egregious violation of Title IX (and subsequent threats of violent retaliation by the perpetrating faculty member who had an affair with his grad student). #CSU #NoConfidence #academics

https://www.chicoer.com/2022/12/12/chico-state-professors-colleague-said-he-talked-of-mass-shooting-last-year-and-bought-an-automatic-weapon/

Chico State professor’s colleague said he talked of mass shooting last year and bought a weapon

Chico State Professor David Stachura told a colleague last year that he had bought a weapon and hollow-point bullets and spoke of committing a mass shooting on campus, the colleague, a lecturer, sa…

Chico Enterprise-Record
Dana WilliamsDec 9, 2022

At my current employer, #CSUChico, a #TitleIX scandal is erupting. An untenured male biology professor had an affair with a grad student, two female professors protested, the university investigates, he buys ammo and tells his estranged wife he wants to kill his colleagues, the university does nothing to sanction him, grants him tenure, and gives him an Outstanding Professor award.

https://edsource.org/2022/chico-state-professor-disciplined-for-student-affair-allegedly-threatened-colleagues-who-complained/682154

Chico State professor disciplined for student affair allegedly threatened colleagues who complained

CSU is auditing the handling of Title IX cases at all 23 campuses. Investigators visited Chico State in September.

EdSource