This week, we’re talking about Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson Jr.’s stunning comments about Title IX, the federal law requiring equal access to education. Those comments come as a former CPH student athlete is going through a Title IX process regarding her claim of sexual assault by her coach’s husband. We’ve also got the review […]
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Campus Advocates Provide Key Support to Sexual Assault Survivors — but ‘Superheroes’ are in Short Supply
When Laura Swartzen saw the email from Sacramento State University’s Title IX office, it felt like her heart skipped a beat. Swartzen, the Sac State confidential campus advocate, had spent the past nine months supporting a student who reported being sexually assaulted. Swartzen had listened to the student’s wrenching account, offered to connect them with […]
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Cal Poly Invites Community to Campus Plan Forums
With Cal Poly Humboldt undergoing major changes as part of its transformation into the state’s third and Northern California’s only polytechnic university, the campus is hosting a series of public forums over the next several weeks about physical plans for the campus. The transformation includes a host of new academic programs, more than $680 million […]
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NCJ Preview: Fire and Real Estate, and a Chili Contender
How will the already stretched Arcata Fire District manage with proposed expansion of Arcata’s population and housing in light of the university’s shift to a Cal Poly? We’ll talk about what the costs and obstacles for keeping people safe. Speaking of Cal Poly Humboldt, we’ve got a story on the university’s high-priced land purchase. We’ve […]
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Senior Community Plans Detoured by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Land Purchase
A local nonprofit’s plans to build a senior community on a property in Arcata has hit a “bump in the road” after Cal Poly Humboldt purchased the 16-acre site it had been negotiating to buy. According to statement from Life Plan Humboldt — which is aiming to develop “Humboldt County’s first resident-led, life plan senior […]
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Cal Poly Humboldt Honors Betty Kwan Chinn During Commencement
Betty Kwan Chinn became the first person in Cal Poly Humboldt’s fresh history — and just the 13th in the campus’ 109-year history — to receive an honorary doctorate degree Saturday. During the ceremony, Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson Jr. and Provost Jenn Capps spoke of Chinn’s decades of services in Humboldt County working to […]
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Masters of the Steel Drum at Cal Poly Humboldt
Shake, shake, shake, Senora! Just try to sit still during the CenterArts Masters of the Steel Drum concert Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. at Van Duzer Theatre ($30, $15 child). This high- energy percussion concert will raise the roof and the vibe, and we are here for it! Legendary steel drum virtuosos Liam Teague, […]
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USA TODAY Highlights Case of HSU Dean Fired for Harassing Colleagues but Allowed to ‘Retreat’ into Tenured Post
USA TODAY published a two-month investigation into the case of a former dean at now Cal Poly Humboldt who was given a tenured professorship under what’s known as “retreat rights,” even though he was fired from his administrative role in 2016 after campus investigations found he had groped two female colleagues. According to the article, […]
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Check out these Cal Poly Humboldt Weekend Concerts
In the mood for some live, high-energy music? Look no further than the two shows Cal Poly Humboldt’s got on tap this weekend. First up, it’s the Cal Poly Humboldt Guitar Ensemble and Mariachi de Humboldt Concert, tonight at 8 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall ($10, $5 child, free for CPH students w/ID). The concert […]
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Next Up at the Humboldt Faculty Artist Series: Arcata Bay String Quartet
Enjoy an afternoon of music with the Arcata Bay String Quartet at the Humboldt Faculty Artist Series, Sunday, April 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Fulkerson Recital Hall ($15, $5 child and Cal Poly Humboldt students w/ID). Founded in 2017, the quartet features violinists Cindy Moyer and Karen Davy, violist Sherry Hanson and cellist […]
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El Leñador Takes Home Awards
Cal Poly Humboldt’s student-run bilingual newspaper El Leñador and its staff won a number of awards, including the “People’s Choice” award in Best of Show, at a college newspaper conference earlier this month. The paper published in English and Spanish was also recognized with first place wins for Best Special Issue/Section, Best Arts and Entertainment […]
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California Will Reward Volunteering College Students with Aid — but Spend Half the Money on Overhead
A new California program to financially reward college students for volunteering has drawn national attention — but less than half of its budgeted money is going to actual student aid. The California Volunteers College Corps program, backed by $159 million in mostly state money, promises to award up to $10,000 to 6,668 low-income students who […]