The Orion is the student newspaper of California State University, Chico and produces 32 issues every year, 16 each semester.
Because of frequent conflicts, The Wildcat removed itself from the campus in 1977, leaving The Orion as Chico State's only student newspaper.
In editorial content, there are four specific departments, covering different types of events: news, opinion, sports and features.
There are also three more departments: copy proofreads and copy edits stories, photo produces picture to be included with the stories and online produces content in conjunction with the other departments for production on the newspaper's Web site.
A partial list includes: On October 29, 2005, The Orion was inducted into the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame.