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Dear Editor, Can you imagine if everyone in the state of Maryland walked around with a disease called the silent killerand didn't know it? Or if every single resident in New York and California were at high risk for developing this silent killer? N...

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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 ...

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     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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

By: By Zach St. George

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...

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I urge all HSU students and their parents to read the list below. If your program is eliminated, will your degree still have value? After mass eliminations, will a degree from HSU still have value? When does HSU cease to be a university? Geography, Pol...

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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...

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          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 som...

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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 ...

By: Kaitlin Skeels

 My brother once told me, “Worrying is like a rocking chair, it doesn’t get you anywhere.”  After the WASC student forum, I decided to apply this logic to whining and complaining.      WASC is the Western...

By: Camila Andres

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...

By: Derek Lactaoen

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 poin...

By: Francesca Valente

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 ...

By: Duane Wright

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 th...

By: Daniel Ross

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, d...

By: Alberto Torrico

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 ...

By: Brandin Chapin

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&he...