The other shoe has dropped for women’s soccer players at Humboldt State University. Their team is being suspended for three games because of hazing, the university said in a press release. The full release is here: A Humboldt State University investigation has found evidence of hazing at a women’s soccer team party earlier this month […]
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ASP Rocks HSU
As of today you can get non-season tickets to individual shows in HSU’s CenterArts Season at HSU, a cool collection of sit down concerts (details here and here). CenterArts has lots of great artists that anyone might like — k.d. lang, Tower Of Power, Elvis Costello, Richard Thompson, Ahmad Jamal, Arlo Guthrie, Rufus Wainwright, for […]
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Report Highlights Local Need for Child Care
Have we mentioned before how badass is the California Center for Rural Policy (CCRP)? No? Well, it is. The research center, located on the campus of Humboldt State University, aims to improve the health and well-being of rural people (like us) through the power of data. The center’s previous reports have addressed rural Internet connectivity, […]
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Lumberjacks Were on the TV!
The snazzy highlight reel above fails to capture the excitement of last night’s gridiron battle, which was broadcast nationally via the CBS Sports Network. According to the announcer administering the halftime trivia challenge, this was the first sellout Jacks football game in more than 40 years.
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Department of Catburglary Studies
HSU’s news department is reporting that one student has been nabbed and another is being sought in connection with multiple burglaries of the university’s housing offices in April and May. According to the news release: The burglaries involved five early-morning entries into secure Housing offices where the suspects allegedly breached interior spaces, intruded into work […]
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Report From Wednesday’s Rally at HSU
Speaking of protests (see Andrew Goff’s post below), here’s a guest post from Somes Bar resident Malcolm Terence on the protest against budget cuts held Wednesday at HSU: Students, faculty, staff and citizens gathered Wednesday at Humboldt State University for a rally reminiscent of the college demonstrations during the Vietnam War, converting the quiet library […]
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Bomb Threat at HSU (0ver)
Update as of 4 p.m. Humboldt State University’s Founders Hall and Van Matre Hall have been reopened after a bomb threat prompted the evacuation and closure of the two buildings. The area is now safe to occupy. The University Police Department completed a sweep of the two buildings at approximately 3 p.m. and discovered no […]
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HSU Natural History Museum Rescued
Humboldt State University today announced that its Natural History Museum will re-open to the public next week. The museum was closed to the general public just over a year ago as a result of drastic state cuts to education funding. (School children were still admitted to the facility.) The closure was expected to be permanent […]
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HSU Student Helping With BP Disaster Cleanup
The Huffington Post has this story about “bird triage units” on the Louisiana coastline, where volunteers, including 20-year-old Humboldt State University student Stephany Helbig (pictured at right), are rescuing, washing and exporting birds who’ve been drenched in oil after British Petrolium’s Deepwater Horizon disaster. Downsides to the work? Hot, humid, 12-hour workdays clad in a […]
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HSU Nursing Program Resuscitated
Humboldt State University’s Nursing program will not be eliminated as had been recommended by the Academic Senate in the face of dramatic budget cuts. Instead, HSU President Rollin Richmond announced this morning that he will enact recommendations from Provost Robert Snyder to restructure Nursing — in part by reducing admissions from 60 to 40 students per semester […]
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MLPA Science Advisory Team Picked
Forest. The scientists who will advise development of marine life protection areas on the North Coast of California have been appointed — by outgoing Department of Fish and Game Director Donald Koch, who resigned last week and whose last day in office will be Nov. 1. The science team includes several notables — but not […]
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Trimmer or watering can?
Ha ha, you thought it was a pot story. Tsk tsk, HSU’s prez would NOT approve. And probably would note that we media seem to think we need the leaf to get you all to read. Anyway, the news: HSU Provost Bob Snyder has issued his recommendations on which university programs should be cut and […]