From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
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*Chico State*

Extra, Extra! Extra alcohol please!
Come in for insight on what hasn’t been released!

New Orion! Fresh off the press!
Get it while it’s hot, click away from your desk!

Extra, Extra! Read all about it!
Some stories aren’t printed so we’ll tell you all about it!

Daily Orion! Get it while you can!
Your college drinking stories:
Live them while you can!

Because
We read about opinions, sports, the arts…
and everything Chico,
But where, oh where,
Did our drinking stories go?
We read up on the news, the columns, events…
and all the features of Chico,
But where, oh where,
Did our drinking stories go?

Over the cheapest drink specials in state,
Cats tell one another about past high jinks,
With high animation, Wildcats narrate,
Everybody chimes in—and pitches in—to buy drinks.

They fill up their cups—and also Ivy Street,
And with new & old friends they relax at kickbacks,
Chico throws parties that make Wildcats streak,
The byline of each story is “When Animals Attack.”

Like the Esplanade mansion, these nights Bid Well,
When they start with wild ones off to make headlines,
As college’s best paper, Orion’s done well,
But omits the best stories: must be the deadlines.

Because
We read about opinions, sports, the arts…
and everything Chico,
But where, oh where,
Did our drinking stories go?
We read up on the news, the columns, events…
and all the features of Chico,
But where, oh where,
Did our drinking stories go?

You only live once in Yolo Hall,
And it’s not every day you see the Pumpkin Drop,
College is an open-ended story to all,
Every night has news that breaks, but does not drop.
New drinking records are never reported,
Because they’re sure to be broken again next week,
Though these buzzing stories may be a bit distorted,
We’ll go on making new ones to remember each week.

To New Drinking Stories, We Go!
Even if not a one of them will make newsfeeds,
We still will go out to make new stories:
You only live once, so chase your own leads.

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From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
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**Fresno State*

What goes on behind the scenes—and by what means—
Does Fresno go to stay on the make?
Where do they find the time to craft such winery?
And how do they combine such sweet refinery?

What goes on behind the scenes of these award-winning flavors?
And how do they convene to put in all the labor?
In the enterprises across the campus brought to the Gibson market,
After tending to the crops, cattle, and swine,
We soothe a hard day’s work with the balance of wine.

And we have all aged with vineyard ways
And each year gets better at Vintage Days.

50,000 from all ages
come to Fresno to enjoy this showcase
of
what various craftsmen have been waiting to share.

They enjoy Boomtown Food and Games, live entertainment,
And sample Fresno through beer & wine tastings as well as the
Features of this three-day event.
Some who attend this event are seniors in high school,
And when they hear about what has been made here, and what’s been done…
Such as the winning of the 2008 Baseball Championship…
Then hear about the hundreds of awards that’s been won,
They can’t help wondering what went into all of this.
And though they may not know how we’ve done it,
They know whatever it took,
That whatever it takes,

They’ll join the enterprise next year after making it.

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