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The results are in.  President Rollin Richmond made the announcement on April 27, the Nursing Program will survive. Instead, computer science, computer information systems and the master’s degree program in film suspended. Incoming freshmen ...

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Through a fund that was meant to draw Delta Airlines to Humboldt County, HSU paid for airplane rides all over the world to more than 80 of its employees, students, professors and administrators. Some of these plane rides cost more than $1,500. The Humb...

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Legalize cannabis, tax it and save California's economy. It sounds like a good idea, but are we missing the big picture? In the next election California voters will see the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 on their ballots. The promise is...

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In a time when the American health care system is in a state of flux, we are facing the possibility that this school may stop training nurses. Last Tuesday, April 6, the Academic Senate voted to recommend that three programs be cut from this university...

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The results are in: Nursing: Out. Computer Science: Out. Theater Arts Graduate Program: Out. The Academic Senate officially voted to cut these three programs in yesterday’s meeting. The Senate’s recommendations will go next to Provost S...

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Seven. That is the number of votes that separates the Democrats and Republicans on the issue of health care reform.  In a historic moment, the Health care bill passed last week 219-212 in the House of Representatives. One Republican, Timothy Johnson,...

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March 20 marked the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. What was once named “Operation Iraqi Freedom” has now cost our nation more than 4,000 of its soldiers, more than one million Iraqi deaths since 2003 and billions in taxpayer...

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This week the HSU family will see the Academic Senate make its final decision on recommendations to Provost Robert Snyder and President Rollin Richmond regarding program elimination and suspension. While the senate’s voice carries some weight, in...

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On March 4, several hundred students, HSU faculty and staff spent a few hours of their Thursday to protest in Eureka. The turnout was impressive; it shows our state government that we will not stand to have our education cut out from under us. This sentim...

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Last weekend Humboldt County received a tsunami alert. In response, a number of residents decided that the best place to prepare for the impending danger was near the coast. Brilliant! Sure, nothing happened. But this was not a very good run of what to do...

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Students: you have a megaphone at your disposal. The Lumberjack. It is run by students and it is for students. Yesterday afternoon, Students for a Quality Education attempted to protest their lack of a student voice to the Academic Senate. Three protes...

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We talk a lot about how the state budget affects our campus, and specifically, the quality of our education. But we seldom reflect on just how good we have it here. When was the last time you noticed how beautiful this campus is? Redwood trees grow bet...

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     Although thousands of students on the HSU campus have been affected by furloughs, fee increases, and class or program elimination, few do anything about it. At the WASC forum held on Thursday it was clear that most students just d...

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   At a time when seemingly everything HSU related is struggling financially, there is one anomaly.     Sports.     The HSU athletic program has not only stayed out of the “budget cuts” limelight, ...

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HSU is heading into into the future with less funding, fewer classes and no plan. Since 1949 the campus has had a Master Plan updated every five years or so outlining specific strategies and actions to reach HSU’s goals as a growing campus. Th...

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We are nearly through a semester of furloughs, cut classes and crowded classrooms, but don’t expect next semester to be better. Just looking through the class schedule for next semester makes it clear the number of classes, both general education...

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The arrival of Matt Bourgault on the HSU Quad last week placed the freedom of free speech issue into context. While Bourgault’s message may have been misguided, he owned the right to express it. Our most important freedom as Americans is our right ...

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We’re supposed to lead the “eco-friendly” movement here at Humboldt State University. It is a reputation we’ve gained over the years, stemming in part from HSU’s green graduation pledge pioneered in 1987. But despite that r...

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It is important for our community and campus to have a place for discussion. For this reason, we open up our opinion pages to the campus and community.  The Lumberjack also offers a comment section underneath each article on our Web site to create ...