As reported recently by the Lumberjack, several Academic Senators are concerned that the recommendations of the Cabinet for Institutional Change will create a power shift. They’re right. As the faculty members on the Cabinet, we are strongly in favor of a power shift.
Dear Members of the University and Faculty Personnel Committee and CSU Board of Trustees, I am writing today concerning issues that fall under the jurisdiction of two administrative faculty at Humboldt State University- two faculty who should ultimately be held accountable for their malfeasance.
Recently I have become very interested in the direction that our school is headed because of the budget cuts and how it will be changing all of the students lives. I have read the small articles and heard people talk about it as if it is nothing where we should be taking it more seriously.
Dear Editor, Can you imagine if everyone in the state of Maryland walked around with a disease called "the silent killer"and didn't know it? Or if every single resident in New York and California were at high risk for developing this "silent killer?" Nearly six million Americans are unaware they have diabetes.
It's been a rough couple of weeks for diversity in the Lumberjack Opinion pages. Travis Turner's (2/24) paternalistic blast of Kink organizers and Kaitlin Skeels' (3/3) declaration that politically correct speech is "unacceptable" and worthless did not meet expected standards for a university newspaper.
To all student fans, community supporters of Humboldt State athletics and student athletes: On March 6, the Humboldt State woman’s basketball team played in The California Collegiate Athletic Association’s finals. We, as a school, were lucky enough to host this tournament and be able to watch our two great teams compete for the championship at home.
Students and faculty angry about budget cuts will have a chance to have their voice heard this Thursday. Protesters will gather at the Eureka Courthouse between 4 and 6 p.m. The rally is part of state-wide demonstrations meant to bring attention to the budget crisis facing public education.
I’m writing in response to the [column] titled “A Different Kind of Streetwalker.” This article implied that the tweekers, daytime acid trippers, street kids, and raving derelicts that wander the streets are one of the aspects that makes Arcata unique and interesting.
My father is approaching his 40th year as the owner and operator of his own small business. One of the most important lesson he taught me was to not buy from someone who does not display the price of what they are selling.
Dear Editor, Did AVATAR remind you of Humboldt too? The lovely people of Pandora, like us, have vital relationships with their thriving forests and waters. Where else are there magical forests with rare, precious creatures so vividly imitated in the film? In Humboldt, we still have our exquisite beauty and interdependent ecosystems with life-affirming sweet, clean air and water.
What if we lived in a world where your cell phone carrier drastically raised your bill and at the same time reduced your coverage? What if your landlord increased your rent by a third and then took away your bathroom? What if you took a flight and the airline raised the price while in midair? These seem like ridiculous scenarios, but something similar is happening all across UC campuses right now.
On Thanksgiving Day, when I was visiting my parents in Texas, I decided to read the Dallas Morning News as I sat waiting to eat a vegetarian meal amongst family and friends who patiently awaited two turkeys to cook. The first thing I noticed was a picture of President Barack Obama pardoning “Courage” the turkey from what the President termed “a terrible and delicious fate” on the White House dining table and sending it off to Disneyland.
Editor’s Note: Derek Lactaoen is and HSU junior studying abroad in Chile. He worked for the Lumberjack for three semesters. As Americans, we’re privileged. We get to assume things. Look at that. “Americans.” Ask a Chilean to point out an “American,” and they’ll first point to themselves.
The moment my mom set that first Tofurky down on the table in front of me six years ago, I knew I made the right decision. Even though many people thought it defied logic, becoming a vegetarian right before Thanksgiving solidified my commitment to my new meat-free diet.
To the entire HSU community, First, please let me express my sincerest apologies. I just picked up the Nov. 4 Lumberjack and was shocked to be greeted on the cover with “Hostile Gospel”. As I read the story I could not help but be dismayed, disappointed, and sincerely sorry for the events that transpired in the story.
Last month’s art show at Umpqua Bank’s Meridian Fine Arts Gallery in Arcata, was entitled Returning to the Redwoods, photography by Michael Harris. The photos were a pleasant reminder of the forest's eternal beauty. What was most telling of the show, though, from Meridian's upstairs gallery, was its abundant hypocrisy.
We are all angry. It’s understandable; who wouldn’t be angry about budget cuts, furloughs, and large classes? We students have a legitimate gripe, our education is the future of the CSU, and everyone should hear our concerns! The problem is…we don’t voice these concerns.
California ’s system of higher education is at a breaking point. Last month, almost 10,000 students, staff and faculty at UC campuses literally walked out on the first day of classes in protest. The crisis is just as severe on our state university campuses and throughout our community college system.
I hate to get all ‘scolding mother’ on everyone, but I feel it absolutely necessary. And so I tell it to you straight. Professors: Shame on you! Where were you Wednesday the 14th during the “Where’s The Funding?!” rally? This much I know - most of you weren’t in the art quad! Why not? You should’ve been.
Editor’s Note: This was submitted to the Lumberjack as a satirical piece. Thank heavens HSU is doing away with Applied Technology. It was an unpleasant reminder of an old America—one based on industry and manufacturing. An America that is so…passé.
Guest Column
Editor's Note: We removed comments at the bottom of this guest column. It is our policy to remove racist and insensitive comments, as they do not facillitate a healthy discusion. October is European American Heritage Month. Humboldt State University claims to embrace diversity, to promote heritage, but if you look at many of the text books and listen to what is said in the classroom, you will see that diversity means bashing everything European.
I stand in support of our fellow Californians adversely affected by cuts to higher education. Pulling over a billion dollars out of colleges and universities across California has real implications, and we’re just now starting to see the unrest that accompanies such drastic cuts.
Around the country newspapers are in a desperate state of change. Unable to adapt to the new world of multimedia possibilities, print publications are shutting their doors. Locally, the Eureka Reporter died. Regionally, the San Francisco Chronicle may end up following suit.
My HSU degree was free. Financial aid and work-study paid for my tuition, books and supplies. That was 1978, back when the promise of access to education under the U.S. Education Act of 1965 was still being honored.] What followed was the Reagan-era of public divestment, privatization and deregulation, “a failed economic ideology” according to Alan Greenspan during his testimony before Congress in 2008.
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