Owen Daniels Journalist Profile

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Streaming services are becoming cable

Dec 10, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

Streaming services are like cable where you would pay for all these channels that you don’t ever watch, but certain programs and channels you do want to watch you have to pay more for. Why am I paying for Netflix, Max and Hulu and still getting ads when I watch something? Prices are going up, advertisements are coming in and the amount of content and different streaming platforms are rising.
Why attendance should not affect grades

Dec 5, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

I am paying thousands of dollars to attend classes at Chico State. So when I choose to skip a class, why should it affect my grade if I am the one paying for it? Most instructors now allow you a certain amount of absences without an explanation needed before it begins to affect grades. It can range from two to five classes, while for some instructors attendance is mandatory. I understand professors wanting their students to actually come to class and learn.
Downtown Chico dangerous for pedestrians and drivers

Nov 26, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

Downtown Chico’s roads are horribly laid out and make driving downtown stressful and dangerous. There are four-way intersections where there are only yield signs for two of the ways, there will be a stop sign at one intersection then not on the next and one-way streets are everywhere. I had never seen a yield sign at a four-way intersection before I came to Chico. When I started driving in Chico I hated it. I still do, just a little less now.
Chico State has a problem: Parking

Oct 7, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

Chico State needs to fix its parking situation. I don’t have a campus parking pass, but my friends who do only ever complain about it. They need to get to school 30 minutes before their class so they have time to find a parking spot. Chico State has eight total parking areas for students with a general parking permit. But is it enough and are students happy with the parking situation? According to them, no.
AI won’t pause for the election, and AI regulation shouldn’t either

Sep 27, 2024 | fedscoop.com | Owen Daniels |Jack Corrigan

Election season is here, and politics, rather than policy, is in the spotlight. With lawmakers preoccupied with the upcoming elections in November, the prospect of major new legislation working its way through Capitol Hill is slim to none. However, innovation in potentially disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence won’t pause for the election. Leading AI developers continue to pump out powerful new models that leaders in government and industry are eager to adopt.
Police: Suspect arrested after reckless driving causes crash

Sep 24, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

The suspect attempted to leave the scene of the car crash but an officer was able to detain him, the Chico Police Department press release said A suspect — Michael Ames — was arrested on Wednesday on charges related to reckless driving and was later found to be in possession of a gun, the Chico Police Department stated in a press release. Ames was driving recklessly on East Eighth Street when a Chico police motorcycle officer spotted him.
How ‘food options on campus are bad’ is an unpopular opinion

Sep 23, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

“The food options on campus suck” is what I thought to myself the other day when I couldn’t find anything on campus that I wanted to eat. I thought I was in the majority when thinking this but it turns out I was wrong. Personally, my favorite places to go to get food on campus were the Wildcat Den and the Harvester food truck. But the Den no longer has the same menu it did last year, lacking the bacon ciabatta sandwich I would always get.
Una exalumna de Chico State representa a Estados Unidos en los Juegos Paralímpicos de este año

Sep 8, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

La triple medallista de bronce paralímpica y exalumna de atletismo de Chico State, Kym Crosby, compitió en los Juegos Paralímpicos de este año en París, participando tanto en los 100 metros como en los 400 metros. Crosby se clasificó para la final de los 100 metros el 3 de septiembre, corriendo en 12.41 segundos. En la final, realizada más tarde ese mismo día, obtuvo el cuarto lugar con un tiempo de 12.40 segundos.
Aumento de matrícula y sus consecuencias

Sep 8, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

Los estudiantes de Chico State están experimentando el primer año del aumento de matrícula del sistema de la Universidad Estatal de California. Este aumento ha obligado a algunos estudiantes a dejar Chico State, mientras que otros ni siquiera están al tanto del incremento. Chico State aprobó un plan de aumento de matrícula el 14 de septiembre de 2023. El plan incrementará la matrícula en $342 por persona. El aumento comenzó este año y se incrementará cada año hasta el año académico 2028-2029.
Chico State alumna represents Team USA at this year’s Paralympics

Sep 7, 2024 | theorion.com | Owen Daniels

Three-time Paralympic bronze medalist and Chico State track and field alumna Kym Crosby just competed at this year’s Paralympic games in Paris, running in both the 100-meter and the 400-meter sprint. Crosby qualified for the 100-meter sprint finals on Sept. 3, running 12.41 seconds. She placed fourth in the final later that day with a time of 12.40 seconds. When it came to Crosby’s 400-meter sprint that was run on Sept.