By: Jeanne Brown

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 Unive...

By:

The war in Afghanistan needs to end, but there is no end in sight. For the sake of our education and our economy, we need to wrap up our obsession with the Middle East.  We want to see a conclusion on the horizon. The Afghanistan war has cost Amer...

By: Gavin Newsom

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...

By:

It is program elimination time. Humboldt State has evaluated its programs, majors, minors and options and is sharpening its ax for the ones that aren’t up to par. Applied Technology is currently on the chopping block. The decision to permanently ter...

By:

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...

By:

Prejudice and racism exist at HSU, but to break down the walls that divide us we need to demand more from each other and the university. Last week, a new female professor resigned because of a racially derogatory note that was directed at her. Presi...

By:

They’re calling it a “pandemic.” H1N1 is spreading and you might get sick. But this could be like any other flu season. Of course we’re not advocating sharing drinks, eating with dirty hands or passing the bong with your fri...

By:

For students living on campus, the high cost they pay for housing does not provide the quality of living they would like. The dorm rooms and on-campus apartments are slowly deteriorating.  Appliances in some of the Campus Apartments don’t wo...

By: George Clark

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 ...

By:

Tonight, President Obama will deliver a speech about overhauling our health care system. Do you plan on watching? The discussion of national health care reform is being covered in nearly every media outlet. We read stories on the latest reform proposal ...

By:

    Reality is kicking in, and it’s a scary one. Professors telling you which days they are taking their furloughs. Massive fees. Tuition increase. Paying rent. Buying food. We go through this for a good, quality education at Humboldt...

By:

Finals are just around the corner. The end is in sight. It’s crunch time, people. For those of you graduating, next week’s exams and reports will be your last. No more camp-outs in the library slaving over a paper, or memorizing facts. And no...

By: Karina Gonzalez - Editor-in-chief

Dear Readers: The Lumberjack made a horrible mistake. In the April 15 issue, we published an advertisement on page 4 labeled “Are You a Student?” The advertisement claims that Bradley R. Smith, a know holocaust revisionist, is doing a resea...

By:

Sexualized violence comes in many forms. Some are obvious and others not. But they happen every day to women, men and children. There are many events planned for this week concerning the issue of sexualized violence.  You as a member of your communi...

By:

Humboldt State will eliminate academic programs, and it may happen soon. When we hear that any of HSU’s programs face potential elimination we immediately become defensive. Students and faculty are directly affected when a program is cut. We saw th...

By:

This year, the school traded WebReg for a software program called Student Center to simplify the process of registration. But this new so-called “simplification” comes with a projected $14 million price tag? Isn’t the university trying ...

By:

Things are just fine. Seriously. There is nothing to worry about. Our country isn't in financial trouble. The economy is booming, stocks are soaring and things are looking up for large insurance corporations and automobile manufacturers. All o...

By:

Congratulations are in order for the women’s and men’s basketball teams due to their hard work, dedication and accomplishments. For only the second time in the history of HSU Basketball both the men’s and women’s teams made it to...