The city of Arcata and Humboldt State University are researching the potential purchase of a plot of land that butts up against the city’s Community Forest and the school’s campus. The 58-acre property on Bayview Street, which recently hit the market with an asking price of $3.2 million, has long been on the city’s radar, […]
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HSU Students Killed the Cup
Humboldt State University recently placed in the top rankings in a national waste reduction program called Kill the Cup, in which zero waste enthusiasts encouraged people on campus to ditch their single-use cups for nifty logo-bedecked reusable mugs. The Jacks got in on it, as well as staff and faculty. The campus Waste Reduction and […]
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HSU’s New Provost was Controversially Ousted from Last Admin Post
Humboldt State University’s next provost will arrive on campus in January with a fair amount of baggage from his last stint as an administrator, for which he’s remembered as either a rogue dean or fierce equality advocate, depending on whom you ask. Alexander Enyedi, who’s hire was announced by HSU President Lisa Rossbacher Dec. 1 […]
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Jacks Defeated in Missouri
After a win over Augustana University to start the Humboldt State University football team’s first postseason since 1968, the Jacks were routed Saturday, 54-7, by the number one-ranked Northwestern Missouri State. Playing in Maryland, Missouri, the Jacks record-setting offense was all but stuffed, held to a single touchdown in the fourth quarter off a blocked […]
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HSU Gets Sexual Assault Funding
Humboldt State University announced recently that it won a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce sexualized violence on campus. It’s part of a $8.5 million nationwide effort at 27 colleges. The funding will allow the university to expand its Check It program, which the Journal wrote about in February, as well […]
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Enter HSU’s Head-Bangin’ Chief
Donn G. Peterson, Humboldt State University’s new California-born, fresh-from-Florida police chief, was sworn in on Jan. 5. Buried in the “welcome-aboards” and “glad-to-be-heres” of the university’s press release was a thrashin’ fact about the new chief: he’s a “huge fan of Metallica.” Does that mean the University Police Department will stop enforcing noise complaints? Will […]
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Jog On
Jogging’s good for you, it turns out. A recent study co-conducted by Humboldt State University researchers shows that people older than 65 who regularly jogged were “less likely to experience age-related physical decline in walking efficiency than those who simply walked.” The study, published online last month, found that seniors who jog for at least […]
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HSU’s New Big Cop on Campus
Humboldt State University reached all the way across the nation to pluck its new chief of police, Donn G. Peterson, a major in the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office, who will begin at HSU in January. According to the HSU Lumberjack, Peterson was appointed the position but still needs to pass a background check. Current […]
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Accused HSU Lecturer Released After Child Porn Arrest
A Humboldt State University lecturer posted bail and was released from custody hours after his arrest on suspicion of possessing and distributing child pornography Friday. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced with a press release that — after a months-long investigation involving numerous federal and local agencies — detectives arrested Christopher Steven Haynes, a 64-year-old […]
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Mother of Student Killed in Bus Crash Sues FedEx
The mother of a prospective Humboldt State Student killed in an April 10 bus crash is suing FedEx, the bus line and the estate of the FedEx driver whose truck crossed the median and collided with the bus. The LA Times reports that Rosa Rivera, the mother of Dorsey High School student Jennifer Bonilla filed the lawsuit, […]
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Physical Reality and Mad Curiosities
Crazy is popular in dance these days, as HSU’s 40-person, 10-dance spring show, choreographed and performed by both students and instructors, demonstrates. Kelsey Brennan’s “The War Within” tackles post-traumatic stress disorder among vets, set to overlapping recitations from All Quiet on the Western Front by sound artist Tim Gray. The dancing here is percussive and […]
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CSU Settles HSU Brutality Case
The California State University system has settled a civil lawsuit brought by a Fieldbrook man who alleged he was the victim of a “brutal” assault by Humboldt State University police in January 2012, agreeing to pay the man $135,000. CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp said the payment will come out of HSU coffers, noting that the […]