The Lumberjack



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  • Students’ first time voting among many historic firsts

    By Marielle Winuk Students and community members lined up on the first floor of the Jolly Giant Commons, ready to have their voices heard. Democrats did very well in Humboldt, a trend that continued throughout the nation. Democratic Congressmen Damon Connoly and Jared Huffman took substantial leads in the reports from the Humboldt… Read More…





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  • Eloisa Profile

    By Sadie Shields Plush birds line the walls like specimens in a taxidermist’s collection, accompanied by photographs and inky paintings of telephone pole trees. The Darwin’s Finches exhibit focuses on the natural history between birds and human counterparts. The exhibit opens in the Reese Bullen Gallery located in the Art building on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. After, it will be free for public viewing from Nov. 12 through Dec. 19. For artist and art professor at Cal State San Marcos, Eloisa Guanlao, inspiration comes from anywhere – even the smallest feather. What began as an interest in observing birds…

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  • Coach Grant Landy’s final kick off ends in victory

    By Sadie Shields As the cold brisk air of Thursday morning hit the soccer field, the Lumberjacks prepared for their final game of the season, a quietness filled the air. Head Women’s Soccer Coach Grant Landy sat in his chair and seemed to soak it all in. With 30 years of experience, Coach Landy began his career as head coach in 1997  at Concordia University in Portland, OR he came down to Humboldt to take over as head coach in 2020, where he began to rebuild the program following the COVID-19 pandemic. “First of all,…

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  • Raccoon Run Club

    By Keziah Rutschow At 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday, participants gather at Jogg’n Shop for the weekly Raccoon Run Club Ladies’ Night. Gradually, runners arrive, greeting each other and catching up before the run. Olivia Black, one of the founders of Ladies’ Night, welcomes everyone and begins leading the group towards the Arcata Community Forest to complete a five-mile loop. The Raccoon Run Club was started in Arcata by two locals, Thomas and Wes, who wanted a space for younger runners to get together in a fun yet casual environment. After a few months of the…

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  • Avenue of the Marathoners

    By: Keziah Rutschow & Marielle Winuk In the early morning of Oct. 11, roughly 1,600 people gathered along the Eel River in the heart of Avenue of the Giants to race a 5K, half marathon or full marathon through the Redwoods. This was the 46th annual Humboldt Redwood Marathon, hosted by Six River Run Club. Many participants are local to Humboldt, but the event attracts runners from across the country. Some Cal Poly Humboldt students ran for the first time, while others have gone these distances before. For Kate Pringle, an environmental science & management…

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  • Eloisa Profile

    By Sadie Shields Plush birds line the walls like specimens in a taxidermist’s collection, accompanied by photographs and inky paintings of telephone pole trees. The Darwin’s Finches exhibit focuses on the natural history between birds and human counterparts. The exhibit opens in the Reese Bullen Gallery located in the Art building on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. After, it will be free for public viewing from Nov. 12 through Dec. 19. For artist and art professor at Cal State San Marcos, Eloisa Guanlao, inspiration comes from anywhere – even the smallest feather. What began as an interest in observing birds…

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  • Sustainability and Habitat Building in the Garden

    By Tara Linderborg-Cordry Wild animals thrive on a Fieldbrook property, living on plants such as manzanitas, native grasses, and wildflowers. Humboldt local Peter Haggard developed a unique, native-plant-focused garden on his one-acre property. This ecosystem gives Stellar’s jays a place to collect acorns from the oak trees, and a pond that is home to frogs and tadpoles. Haggard is a co-author with Jane Monroe on a 2025 Cal Poly Humboldt Press-published book, Rewilding: Native Gardening for the Pacific Northwest and North Coast. They encourage readers to replace ornamental lawns and gardens with native plants. Rewilding also involves creating a habitat…

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  • Don’t touch the bats, they bite

    By Sadie Shields On Sept. 23 around 7 p.m., Avi Kaplan, a junior botany student, stumbled upon quite a strange sight. Four freshmen gathered around a bat that was crawling its way across the library circle roads. “I scooped it up with a sock and used it like a hammock so it couldn’t bite me,” Kaplan said. “I moved it off the road near the tree, but figured someone might come and pick it up so it would be better to bring it to the wildlife sanctuary.” This bat — which turned out to be a Mexican free-tailed bat, a…

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  • From Forest to Table: Foraging in Humboldt

    By Tara Linderborg-Cordry Foraging is the practice of collecting wild foods like berries, edible plants and mushrooms. Many use foraging as an affordable way to supplement their diet with natural foods and plant medicines. Humboldt County has many factors which make it a hot spot for foraging. CJ Herman is a senior environmental science and management major and president of the Mycology Club. “We’re on the coast, so it’s very nice and damp here in the fall,” Herman said. “We get a lot of rain.”   You can often find mushrooms and other edible plants hiding within the damp soil of…

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  • Rabies!

    By Nico Patakidis On Sept. 29, the University sent out an email notification about rabies-infected bats having been discovered in Humboldt County — as well as an infected bat on campus. Rabies is a deadly virus that is spread through direct contact with an infected animal, such as scratches, bites or saliva when coming into contact with an open wound. The virus can only be transmitted through mammals, domesticated and wild. If you have come into direct contact with a rabies-infected animal, immediately go to the nearest emergency room. Rabies has a 99% fatality rate among infected humans who do…

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