Over the last several months, more than 1 million people signed the Change.org petition to honor Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, with a performance of the aquatic cartoon anthem “Sweet Victory” during the Super Bowl halftime show. The 57-year-old Humboldt State University graduate died in November of last year after battling a neurodegenerative […]
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Arcata City Council to Mull Revamped Village Project
The Arcata City Council will consider a revamped proposal for a large student housing project next week, with Community Development Director David Loya saying he expects the council to make a “go-no-go” decision on the project. Loya and city staff presented a revised plan for The Village at a public meeting Wednesday, about five months […]
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HSU Hopes to Open New Nursing Program in 2020
Humboldt State University is looking to hire a director for its new nursing program, which the university hopes to have up and running by the fall of 2020. In a press release today, the university announced that efforts to create a new bridge program — which will allow working nurses and those who have recently […]
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‘Sweet Victory’ for SpongeBob Fans at the Super Bowl? Stay Tuned
Fans of SpongeBob SquarePants aren’t looking back in their months-long effort to have “Sweet Victory” sung during half time at the Super Bowl as an ode to Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the fantastical world Bikini Bottoms, who died Nov. 27. More than 1 million people have signed the Change.org petition to honor the 57-year-old Humboldt […]
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Charmaine Lawson: DNA Evidence Identifies Son’s Killer
The mother of slain Humboldt State University sophomore David Josiah Lawson took to Facebook this morning to express frustration that the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office still hasn’t made a charging decision in her son’s case two months after the Arcata Police Department handed over its investigation. “The Department of justice [has] identified my son’s […]
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Top 10 Dick Moves of 2018
Listen, it has been a year. You’d think the dick moves on the national stage would overshadow us but not so. Looking back on 2018, we saw a bevy of folks making classic dick moves — selfishly and flagrantly doing wrong because, well, they could — running the gamut from racism to bad manners with […]
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A Hostage For 5 Years, Former HSU Professor Alann Steen Dies
Alann Steen, a former Humboldt State University journalism professor who was catapulted into the international spotlight when he was held hostage in Beirut for nearly five years, has died. He was 79. Steen, who also earned double master’s degrees at HSU after a six-year stint in the U.S. Marines Corps, which included being briefly deployed […]
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North Coast Night Lights: The Tower
The tower once stood silent sentinel in the quiet fields near the Marsh in Arcata, lonely and abandoned when I discovered it. Long disused, it rose above the tall grasses and blackberry brambles covering the broken concrete rubble of the bygone structures once surrounding it. Its floor was piled deep with broken chunks and slabs, […]
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The Housing Games
Janie Hubert and Lynne Demarest are both in their 70s and neighbors in a Section 8 apartment building in Eureka’s Old Town. They rely on the elevator to get to the street from their third-floor apartments. But twice this year, it didn’t work — once for three months and then again for two weeks — […]
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SpongeBob Creator, HSU Alum Hillenburg Dies at 57
Stephen Hillenburg, the Humboldt State University graduate best known for creating the beloved animated world of SpongeBob SquarePants, has died. He was 57. Hillenburg credited his time at HSU for nurturing his fascination with marine biology and love of art, which ultimately merged together in the colorful creatures of Bikini Bottom, including a young sponge […]
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Fans Say Goodbye to HSU Football (With Video)
HSU football game – SA from Sam Armanino on Vimeo. For the past three seasons of Humboldt State University football, Bennie Marzett and his family have made the nine hour drive from Bakersfield to Arcata to watch his son play. With the exception of one absence by his mother, Deborah Marzett, defensive back Patrick Marzett’s […]