Sidney Dominitz, a longtime Humboldt State University journalism lecturer and editor of the Northcoast Environmental Center’s EcoNews, died early Saturday morning of complications from a heart condition. He was 74. A fixture on the North Coast for roughly 40 years, Dominitz is remembered by friends and colleagues as a man whose sharp wit and warm […]
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Last CAASPP Efforts: How Humboldt Students Scored
[image-1] School just started, but test scores are already out in one area — the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).The test, which measures students’ mathematics and English skills, was only implemented spring of this year. How does Humboldt measure up? Not real well. Over a quarter of students in third through eighth grades […]
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Supreme Court Denies School Contract Case
The California Supreme Court has denied a Fresno school district’s request to review an appellate court ruling that was strongly critical of its use of no-bid contracts — a ruling that school contractors across the state fear may set a legal precedent that leaves them on the hook to repay millions of dollars in past […]
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Connecting Freshmen to the Klamath
A small group of Humboldt State University’s largest-ever freshman class got a VIP-worthy introduction to the county last week through one of the North Coast’s most important resources: the Klamath River. More than 60 students cut their summer breaks short to head up to Arcata early this year as part of an experimental new program […]
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HSU’s Incoming Students by the Numbers
With a record influx of 1,429 new students, Humboldt State University has broken down the class of 2019 (hang on to your optimism, future super-seniors) by gender, ethnicity and from whence they come. A quick glance tells you women outnumber men by 28 percent. Students who identify as Hispanic/Latino form the largest ethnic group at […]
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The Great Teacher Dropout
A national teacher shortage, as reported Aug. 19 on National Public Radio, is hitting close to home. Humboldt County is among many regions struggling to attract qualified candidates to its schools and, as students head back to the classroom, some administrators are wondering who will be there to greet them. “The districts locally are going […]
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The Jefferson Project Fights Summer Hunger
“We had kids getting off the school bus and telling us they were hungry,” says Heidi Benzonelli, president of the Westside Community Improvement Association. The WCIA’s community center, the Jefferson Project, is located in the old Jefferson Elementary School and offers and oversees free programs to community members, including after-school care. Jefferson Elementary closed in […]
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Welcome Back Wailaki: An Extinct Native Language Rebounds
There is no hello in Wailaki. The traditional greeting, “en tchong, en tchong shun da” translates to “Good, good my friend.” The language, part of the Athabascan linguistic family and spoken originally by Native Americans in the Eel River Valley, has been considered extinct for close to 50 years. Now, thanks to the efforts of […]
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CHP Can’t Pinpoint Cause of Fatal Bus Crash
After a 13-month investigation, the California Highway Patrol has determined a FedEx driver was at fault in the deadly bus crash that killed 10 people, including five high school students on their way to Humboldt State University’s Spring Preview event last April. The investigation found that the FedEx driver made an unsafe turning movement on […]
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HSU Walks: A photo Essay by Mark Larson
Under a cool, overcast morning sky, the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences held the first of three Commencement 2015 ceremonies at Humboldt State University on Saturday, May 16. The undergraduate and graduate students receiving their degree walked out onto the vivid green artificial turf of Redwood Bowl, with friends and family clutching flowers […]
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HSU Has the State’s worst Faculty Tenure and Salary Numbers
A new report released from the California Faculty Association indicates Humboldt State is among the worst schools in the California State University system when it comes to a growing salary disparity between professors and administrators. The CSU faculty’s labor union report notes several alarming trends between 2004 and 2014: Humboldt State lost 25 percent of […]
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Plaza in Pink
Scores of young folks descended on the Arcata plaza Friday to sing, dance and take a stand condemning violence against women. The annual event came as a part of V-Day Humboldt‘s education efforts and conjunction with One Billion Rising Revolution, a global event that bills itself as the “biggest mass action to end violence against […]