Kebab has a literal meaning of a dish of pieces of meat, fish or vegetables roasted or grilled on a skewer. They’re easy to make and fun to mix it up with the ingredients. Here’s a delicious and easy vegetarian recipe that you can easily master on your own.
Ingredients:
• 2 cups fresh cubed pineapple
• 2 orange bell peppers, slice and remove stem/seeds
• 1 (14 oz) package of extra firm tofu (can be replaced w/ meat substitute if desired)
• Glass or metal skewers
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 tablespoon pineapple juice
• Dash of avocado oil or preferred oil
Instructions:
• Drain and remove tofu from package, wrapping with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Cube tofu into large cubes.
• In a bowl, add the soy sauce, turmeric, garlic, ginger and pineapple juice. Stir to combine. Add tofu cubes and gently roll in the bowl to evenly coat with the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap to let them marinate for around 30 minutes (the longer, the better, but I only marinated for 20 minutes and they came out great).
•Slice the bell peppers into thirds at first, then into medium sized pieces that will fit on your skewers.
• When you are ready to cook, preheat the grill to medium-high heat and oil the grates to prevent sticking (I used an electric grill and it worked well).
• Thread the tofu, pineapple and bell peppers onto the skewers. Grill for 10 minutes total, making sure to rotate every few minutes. Enjoy with hot sauce if desired!
There you have it, a great and fairly simple skewer recipe that was satisfying to make and tasted wonderful after a long day! The flavors of the orange bell pepper and pineapple complimented each other surprisingly well. There are many different combinations of fruits and veggies that would also work with this recipe.
As Humboldt State University’s president seat becomes vacant, a confidential selection process, along with a limited advisory committee, raises concerns about students’ input in deciding a new president.
“I understand the need to be confidential,” Associated Students Board Coordinator Casey Park said. “But I don’t see how you can fit 7,500 student voices into one student rep.”
Park is one of the many Associated Students members who attended a meeting with CSU Chancellor Timothy White and Vice Chancellor Loren Blanchard about a presidential candidate search process on Oct. 8 in the AS banquet hall.
HSU’s current president, Lisa Rossbacher, announced her retirement next summer in a campus-wide letter on Oct. 1. The letter states that the search process for a new president will begin this winter.
The CSU Board of Trustees’ policy for the selection of presidents explains that a committee of CSU Trustees, along with the advice and consultation of an advisory committee, will decide in confidentiality who HSU’s next president will be.
CSU Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Loren Blanchard and Chancellor Timothy White in the UC banquet hall on Oct. 8 at HSU. Blanchard is responding to one of the AS member’s questions. | Photo by Michael Weber
Of more than 20 representatives in the advisory committee, only one will be a student. Because the process is confidential, that student will be the only student who can directly affect recommendations for the new president.
While the AS gets to choose HSU’s student representative, Park is worried that the voice of all HSU students won’t be sufficiently represented by one person.
The only opportunity for those not in the advisory committee to have a say in the search process will be during an open forum in the first week of Feb. in 2019.
White says the forum will be video taped so that candidates will be able to see and hear what the community wants. After the forum, White said, they will create a ten page public document of search criteria and will invite candidates to apply.
During Monday’s meeting, White emphasized confidentiality in the search process and that candidates will be interviewed at an airport — the same as Rossbacher.
White’s argument for confidentiality is that external candidates (not working at HSU) may lose their job if they were seen applying to HSU. Without confidentiality, the committees may not be able to form a strong group of candidates.
“It’s not secret,” White said, “It’s confidential.”
Confidentiality in the search process hasn’t always been the case for CSUs, according to John Meyer, chair of the political science department.
Meyer said that in 2002, the year Rollin Richmond became HSU president, candidates delivered a speech to an open forum. People were able to meet candidates before they were selected and were able to get a feel of who they were by asking questions and giving comments.
This conversation between candidates and community was nonexistent during president Rossbacher’s selection. White said that it won’t happen again for the new candidates.
The confidentiality gives AS Executive Director Janessa Lund little confidence in HSU’s future leadership.
“With all the turnover [in HSU], we need a solid base,” Lund said. “[We have] a lack of consistency on campus leadership, which leads to uncertainty and insecurity.”
The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh not only appoints him to the Supreme Court of the United States but also confirms the power of the patriarchy to continue to dictate the everyday lives of Americans.
This confirmation casts aside the calls of many women—survivors of sexual assault—and furthers a society who treats the opinions of these women as second rate. Kavanaugh’s confirmation solidifies not only a continued reign of the patriarchy, but the reign of an elite ruling class.
Nearly 20 percent of the justices on the Supreme Court attended Georgetown Preparatory School. This elite institution boasts a tuition of over $37,000 a year and has been in operation since 1789.
Of the 114 justices to ever serve on the Supreme Court, over 35 percent graduated from an Ivy League law school. This conglomeration of power coming from the elite academic institutions does not allow for a proper representation of American citizenship.
Having those that come from elite institutions in power making decisions for the rest of America is part of the reason why we have such problems with unequal wealth distribution in this country. They serve on the boards of major corporations, make decisions in the highest echelons of government, and operate the banks that have preyed on the common-man. All the while protecting one another from any sort of accountability.
The decisions from these alumni from elite institutions have given us concepts such as “too big to fail”—the idea that the US government should bail out failing financial institutions without holding to account those in charge (only one banker was jailed during the 2008 financial crash).
Take the infamous ruling of the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Citizens that further solidified corporate personhood and established that money is a form of free speech, therefore allowing a seemingly unregulated amount of money to flow into elections. These elite alumni have also furthered the debt crisis that is burdening the Millennial generation, cut funding for infrastructure projects, attacked the welfare state, and have continually put profits over people with their rulings, legislation, and actions.
Coming this Nov. Americans will have a chance to decide where they want their future to go. Is it one that will help turn the tides of an old, white, male, dominated Congress?
Will Americans do what they do in most midterm election years, and stay at home; too bothered to care about a slow decline of the republic. Will they turn up to push back against a system designed as James Madison put it “to protect the minority opulent from the majority?”
Will they be distracted by work, debt, school and other barriers to democracy that have been systematically placed in the way to dissuade voters. Americans must understand that the only way to prevent a slide back into feudalism is to make small sacrifices such as voting. Register to vote by Oct. 22, and show up on Nov. 6.
Register to vote, re-register to vote or simply vote. If you have to register or are registered to a different county, register here and register now. The deadline to vote in the midterm elections is Oct. 22.
Vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 6, on your local ballot measures and on your national representation. Too often voters forget there are branches to the government that aren’t presidential.
Out of the eight measures on the ballot in Humboldt county, we urge you to pay special attention to Measure M and Measure K. When the time comes, Humboldt county voters should vote against Measure M.
Measure M is a petition initiative to protect the President William McKinley statue from any “modification and/or destruction of the President William McKinley Statue and its base and/or the relocation from its historic place in the center of the Arcata Plaza.”
The city of Arcata already voted to remove the statue on March 21, based on the fact that Arcata is on Wiyot land and the statue serves as an ugly reminder of a Confederate past.
But the statue is considered a historic feature of the Arcata plaza and could cost up to $65,000 to relocate. If passed Measure M would not allow the statue to be removed.
Removing Mckinley would make Arcata the first city to remove a presidential monument.
Arguments filed in favor of and against the measure are filed on the City of Arcata website for consideration.
Another measure Humboldt voters must consider is Measure K.
Measure K is a petition initiative to make Humboldt county a sanctuary county.
A yes vote on Measure K favors preventing “local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration officials,” making Humboldt County a sanctuary county.
A no vote on Measure K would essentially allow local law enforcement agencies to cooperate at will with federal immigration officials.
We urge Humboldt voters to vote yes on Measure K to ensure Humboldt is a safe community for everyone.
Grassroots group Centro del Pueblo has been promoting the initiative since 2016 and successfully passed sanctuary status for Arcata according to their Measure K website.
The full measure addresses restrictions and permissions of what law enforcement and county employees can do in regards to cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. It also prohibits the use of county funds to aid immigration enforcement. It also addresses county protocol for “welfare of children of deported parents.”
The measure also states that the measure would not prevent county employees or police officers from outright disobeying the law or responding appropriately in an emergency.
Alternatively, KHSU reported this is a skewed idea of what the measure will cost the county, according to lawyer and advocate Erick Kirk.
We urge voters to read the measure for consideration.
Finally, vote because this is when it matters nationally. Republicans currently hold majority votes in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. According to Ballotpedia, all 435 lower House of Representative seats and 35 Senate seats are up for grabs.
After the current Senate confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court, we strongly believe a shift in political majority can not come soon enough.
This election has the potential to shift the power of the majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate from Republican to Democrat.
According to the Guardian, “the Democratic party is defending 26 seats (including two independents, who usually vote with them) while the Republicans only have to defend nine.”
It takes 51 seats to control the majority in the Senate and 218 to control majority vote in the House of Representatives.
Voters across the nation have the opportunity to greatly influence the shift of power in Congress. The President is only one branch of our government. The Senate and House of Representatives make up the law making branch of our government.
And for those who do not agree with us, go vote about it.
For more information on what’s on the Nov. 6 ballot visit the Midterm Congressional, State, and Local Elections page on the http://usa.gov website.
Parking tickets were issued to KHSU’s community advisory board members as they met for their monthly assembly on Sept. 26. Both Humboldt State University president, Lisa Rossbacher, and KHSU general manager, Peter Fretwell, were sternly against the community advisory board from holding their meeting.
KHSU community advisory board is completely volunteer based and allows members of the community to have their voices heard at KHSU. Community advisory board member, Barbara Boerger, said that parking passes in the past were issued for attendees but because Fretwell denied them access to a room those passes weren’t issued.
“I wouldn’t put it past someone alerting UPD about us meeting,” Boerger said.
Three UPD officers were in the parking lot as the meeting began. Boerger said multiple people got tickets as well as the husband of another community advisory board member. Boerger said she wasn’t sure if the UPD were just on routine but it was awfully suspicious there were so many officers in the parking lot, raising the thought of conspiracy theories.
“Everyone feels violated when getting a parking ticket,” Boerger said.
The community advisory board meeting was facilitated by Boerger and fellow community advisory board member, Jana Kirk Levine.
“This meeting is toward issues, not people. What’s important is why we are here tonight,” Kirk Levine said.
In president Rossbacher’s September letter addressed to the community advisory board, she asked for all members to individually respond to her about the clarity of a ‘no confidence’ vote towards general manager Fretwell. Kirk Levine said all but one community advisory board member responded within less than 24 hours yet, Rossbacher still wanted them to halt further meetings.
Boerger said through an email that CAB did not make the decision to terminate Peter Fretwell. The vote was related to the members of the community who have voiced strong calls for his termination.
“I think we clearly stated we were responding to the members of the community who spoke,” Boerger said regarding the request to forward a community vote of no confidence.
An earlier email addressed to KHSU staff from Fretwell stated KHSU would respect Rossbacher and have nothing to do with any meeting. Fretwell said KHSU would not publicize, form, participate or reserve space for a meeting.
KHSU staff members, Lorna Bryant and Jessica Eden were present at the meeting and Bryant live streamed the event.
This incident happened just before the KHSU fall pledge drive which is expected to go from Wednesday, Oct. 3 through Sunday, Oct. 6. The KHSU annual summer pledge drive was cancelled due to community concerns regarding the firing of operations manager Katie Whiteside.
Whiteside was a longtime programmer and an employee at KHSU since 1995 before being terminated by Fretwell for reason’s unknown.
Other incidences include KHSU staffer Lorna Bryant contacting university administration with allegations of abusive behavior that included racism by HSU vice president for university advancement Craig Wruck.
Out of 3000 donors 120 have left KHSU as well as four business underwriters. Community members are pulling their support until issues get resolved.
Boerger said the fall pledge drive has been negatively affected due to the recent controversial issues involving KHSU. Every spring and fall KHSU has a large pledge drive that coincides with NPR. Summer and winter are smaller pledge drives and focuses on local premiums and thank you gifts.
Boerger said she finds it odd she hasn’t heard Fretwell’s voice during the pledge drive. When Fretwell was first hired he was an on-air voice and participated in the drive. Boerger said it may be a calculated tactic of Fretwell to not be participating.
“The pledge drive has lower expectations this year because of the recent issues,” Boerger said.
Associated Students throws Spirit Week for Humboldt State
As a school that seeks to improve the human condition and the environment, there are many things this university does that proudly sets HSU apart from other universities.
Spirit week, hosted by Associated Students, allowed many students to proudly celebrate being a Lumberjack.
School spirit is important in many different ways for students. Others think it is simply a week of fun and games on campus, while others, like business major Blake Fulgham, think it could have a lasting effect on the school.
“Emphasizing school spirit is important to draw potential future students to come up here, and show why we care about the school,” said Fulgham.
Attending college has a lasting effect on young adults. Most students graduate and transition into the career world, which starts a new chapter in their life. Though the college experience ends, memories seem to stick with graduates for a lifetime.
Spirit Week was a week for some students to reflect on why they enjoy attending this university. Being a place of inclusion, diversity and equality, Humboldt State has made thousands of students over the years feel at home.
“Humboldt State University is not so big in the sense that we can’t build personal connections with our professors,” said Business Administration major Zach McCormick. “Unlike at other big schools like San Jose State that have 30,000 plus students.”
As a smaller university, HSU allows students to feel more present as they participate in events, clubs, and even in class. For this reason, students may get a sense of inclusiveness as their voices will be heard compared to those that might be attending a larger university.
The themed days that Associated Students planned included Pajama Monday, Tie-dye Tuesday, Crazy Sock Wednesday, Meme Day Thursday, and Green and Gold Friday.
Psychology major Devon Taylor appreciates his fellow students showing love for HSU.
“It brings students together,” Taylor said. “Expressing different things as simple as dressing up.”
Celebrating school pride continued over the weekend for the Jacks homecoming game against Simon Fraser. Multiple tailgates were hosted on campus leading up to the last ever Humboldt State Homecoming football game.
The Jacks got their first victory of the season and took down Simon Fraser 23-16. Through bittersweet moments, thousands of fans anticipate supporting their football team until the very end of the season and HSU football career.
Whether it’s a big rowdy pep rally or something as simple as silly socks, HSU students express their love for the university during Spirit Week.
Linebacker Demetrick Watts receives GNAC defensive player of the week
On the second possession of the game, Jacks wide receiver Leo Wagner ran into the end zone receiving a pass from quarterback Andrew Tingstad after a 10-play, 70-yard drive.
The Jacks (1-4, 1-3) beat Simon Fraser (1-5, 0-4) 23-16 at the Redwood Bowl on homecoming weekend.
“It was great to win,” Wagner said. “We’ve worked hard and it’s been a long time coming.”
While keeping Simon Fraser off of the scoreboard for the first quarter, the Jacks defense came up with a safety when they sacked Simon Fraser quarterback Miles Richardson and the Jacks offense got the ball into the end zone making the score 9-0.
Lumberjacks defenders sack Simon Fraser quarterback Miles Richardson in the endzone for a safety. The Jacks won their first game of the year 23-16 on Homecoming night at the Redwood Bowl on Oct.6. | Photo by Nick Kemper
With a 38-yard pass caught by wide receiver Gary O’Leary, the Jacks were now on Fraser’s one yard line. Tingstad completed the drive with a short run into the end zone, giving the Jacks a 16-0 lead.
“I think we’ve shown a lot of progression,” said Special Teams Coordinator and Linebackers Coach Brett McMurray. “They know how to get after it now, it’s just time to keep on rolling.”
Defense stood tall as they only allowed one drive completion by Fraser before halftime. Fraser quarterback Miles Richardson completed an eight play, 68-yard drive that capped off with a four-yard pass into the end zone caught by receiver Rysen John.
Halfway through the third quarter of the game, defensive back Evan Camarena intercepted the ball for his second weekend in a row. After returning the ball for 50 yards, he fumbled in the end zone, but linebacker Demetrick Watts was right behind him for the touchdown recovery.
“I was hustling,” Watts said. “I just wanted to block for him and then I saw the ball bounce and I just had to make sure I secured it.”
The Jacks offense completed the game with 300 total yards, 119 of which came from running back Tyree Marzetta over 18 carries.
“Offensively, there’s still some things we need to pick up,” Marzetta said. “But the o-line did their thing tonight and I was just able to find holes and push after that.”
Tingstad finished the game with 121 passing yards and a touchdown, as well as 13 rushes for 49 yards.
Great Northwest Athletic Conference defensive player of the week Demetrick Watts finished with eight tackles, one tackle for a loss, a sack, and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
“I’m still not where I need to be but I’m happy to get that recognition,” Watts said. “It made me feel good, my hard work is paying off.”
Defense continues to show their strengths as Moses Finau led with nine tackles, Ryan Shell with eight tackles, and Curtis Williams, Hunter Esary, and Brandon Wright each had a sack.
Defensive backs Ereon Nash and Patrick Marzett finished with three pass break-ups each.
“Whoever we have next week, it doesn’t matter,” Marzett said. “We are just going to come out hard and get another win.”
The Jacks travel to Odessa, Texas for their next game against Permian Basin on Oct. 13. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
With all the sadness caused by the loss of the football program, at least the Jacks ended their final Homecoming game with a boom. | Photo by Nick Kemper
The movie “Upgrade” came out earlier this summer. It was about artificial intelligence taking over a human body, and controlling it to fight like the badass he never was. By the end of the movie, the A.I. took complete control of the body without any humanity left. “Venom” was like Upgrade, except Upgrade was creative on it’s low budget. “Venom” had a limitless Marvel budget, but is not as creative or challenging as it could be.
Venom is an alien creature, called Symbiote, that bonds with a host and takes over their body. Venom decided to take over the body of Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), an investigative journalist that got fired from his job, and dumped by his girlfriend.
Brock investigated the Life Foundation, and trespassed to prove that they were testing human bonding with the Symbiote. That caused Brock to be infected with Venom, and gain extraordinary strength and fighting abilities. The head of the Life Foundation, Carlton Drake, wanted to find the Symbiote and experiment with it further in hopes of using them to get humans to live in space. Brock and Venom had to get to the Life Foundation to reveal the truth of Drake’s unethical testing.
What is cool is how Venom looks like he’s engulfing Brock like sticky slime. During fights, Venom transforms his body into different weapons to protect Brock and itself. Brock and Venom often disagree on whether or not to kill and eat the heads of anyone shooting at them. Brock has a good conscience and set of morals he sticks with, even when it violates journalistic standards.
Everything else about this film is really vague and messy. Venom himself is like an edgy teenager, who wants to fight everyone and eat everything. There’s an extra plot that seems to be immediately forgotten that Venom or the other symbiotes are going to take over Earth, but that gets quickly dismissed.
The overall plot is a second thought to validate why Venom has to fight guys shooting at him and bite their heads off. Drake is the crazy scientist bad guy, but is rarely expressive enough to commit to the crazy scientist archetype. It seems that Brock wants to go after Drake because he fired him, rather than taking him down for justice. The fighting goes down is too shaky to see, bad guys explode, and Brock accepts Venom as a part of him.
Most of all, this film doesn’t feature the most important counterpart to Venom: Spiderman. It’s like having a Batman series without The Joker. In the comics, Venom bonds with Spiderman but later bonds with Eddie Brock, who blames Spiderman for ruining his career. Brock’s hatred became a perfect host for Venom to take down Spiderman. Excluding Spiderman from the movie missed an essential part of Eddie Brock/Venom’s origin story.
“Venom” would be more fun if it was just as violent as the comics are. Venom consuming people’s heads is disappointing (no blood?!?), given the safe PG-13 rating.
If it were rated R, it would be more violent, and the lack of plot would be more forgiving. “Venom” seems to be a calculated algorithm to target teenage boys, just like 2016’s “Suicide Squad.” There was no passion in this movie — just disappointing beheadings.
Humboldt State Women’s soccer split the weekend falling 2-1 on Friday to the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes but taking the win from the Cal State Poly Pomona Broncos Oct. 7 at the College Creek Field.
In the first game, the Jacks controlled much of the first half possessions and brought on the physical play. The Jacks had statistical advantages in most areas including shots and shots on goal.
A breakaway, just 13 minutes into the first quarter, had Jacks left midfielder Alex Jenkins charging down the field being just one step ahead of the defender.
Jenkins, putting a boot through the ball, hit a solid shot off the inside the box but it deflected off the goalie’s outstretched knee resulting in a save for the Coyotes goalie.
“We had chances in both halves and we didn’t do enough,” Jack’s head coach Paul Karver said. “We can create but in this game you have to finish.”
On the Jack’s defensive side, center back Jensen Smith kept Coyote strikers out of position and kept the box clean. This streak came to an end as Jack’s defensive clearances started landing at the Coyotes attackers feet.
The Coyotes capitalized for the first goal of the game, shot by Gabby Evaristo in the 55th minute. Evaristo froze the goalie as she went around a Jacks defender and pushed it just past a diving goalie, Brooke Townsend, into the back of the left side goal.
A 1-0 lead by San Bernardino didn’t stay long as the Coyotes struck again just three minutes later with a long cross from Kelly Kevershan to Evaristo getting her second goal of the match.
The Jacks still had some fight as Alex Jenkins found herself in the box where she was fouled with just four minutes left in the match.
Jacks junior midfielder Lindsay Stoner (25) keeps the ball close and protected down the left side of the field. | Photo by Matt Shiffler
Jack’s midfielder Lindsay Stoner stepped in to take the penalty kick. Stoner fooled the goalie and hit the ball to the left burying it into the back of the net.
Trying to hurry they picked up the ball to rush it back for center kick off. Play resumed as the Jacks looked for some late-game heroics but fell short 2-1 in full time.
“We dominated a lot of that game,” Jenkins said. “It’s a bummer and unfortunately it didn’t go our way.”
Day 2 Humboldt State vs. Cal Poly Pomona
Down 1-0, the Jacks Alex Jenkins took her own shot that ricocheted off the post and scored the game-tying goal at the 58-minute mark.
“It’s our first weekend home in a month, we’re so lucky to have alumni and our parents watching,” Alex Jenkins said. “It was awesome getting those 3 goals today, especially at home for everyone.”
The Jacks created time to celebrate with family and fans as they beat the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 3-1 Sunday, Oct. 7 at the College Creek Field.
The Jack’s pace picked up after Jenkin’s goal and in the 84th minute, Sabine Postma took a penalty shot from outside the box lifting the ball over the Broncos defensive wall and past their goalie for a 2-1 lead.
Jacks sophomore forward (2) Erin Siegel out leaps the competition while trying to score a header. | Photo by Matt Shiffler
Adding another late header that found the back of the net by Jacks midfielder Pikake Hix, HSU was leading 3-1. The spectacular header put the finishing touches on the Jacks comeback victory.
This was their first home win of the season and the Lady Jacks now have a 4-7-1 overall record.
Next game is in the Central Valley as the Lady Jacks travel to Turlock, California, to take on the Stanislaus State Warriors on Friday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
Fourteen-year-old Derek Russell and adult Derek Russell have many things in common: both love to skate, talk to people and have fun.
The biggest difference between teenage Russell and adult Russell is that one dreamed of owning AMPT Skate Shop in Arcata, and now one of them does.
This has been a long time coming in Russell’s life. He moved to Arcata from Port Washington, New York in the 1990’s and has lived a block away from APMT Skate Shop since its opening in 2002. Though he has moved away from time to time, Russell seems to always be attached to this store.
“My whole life I dreamed of owning this shop,” said Russell. “Whenever I was thinking of careers, I just said to myself I wish I could buy AMPT.”
Russell’s love of skating started when he was 14. His many skating influences include greats like John Cardiel and Tony Trujillo, but his initial influence is less obvious.
“Initially it was (the Teenage Mutant) Ninja Turtles,” said Russell. “And that’s really why I think skating is cool.”
Russell said he was never good at competitive sports like basketball or football, but skating was always there for him. Like many who delve into competitive individual sports, he liked the challenge being solely on him.
“I liked skating because of how it’s just you against yourself,” Russell said. “And really other than that everyone is just homies.”
Humboldt’s skateboarding community, like many in the U.S, really became solidified after the creation of the counties first public skatepark.
“When the skatepark was built in 1998, that was a big drive and got a lot of people into it,” Russell said.
Russell feels this community is built on the mutual respect for the sport. Russell said that there are many types of skill tiers and groups for skaters but only one thing is important.
“It really stops mattering about how old you are or who you are,” said Russell. “It’s all about your love of the sport, which kind of creates a type of equality for everyone.”
AMPT Skateboarding has been an Arcata mainstay since 2002. | Photo by Sean Bendon
A skatepark is vital to the sport of skating, as well as a skate shop, to the culture of skating. Steve Melillo, a local skater and Russell’s friend, moved up to Arcata 10 years ago and said the shop means a lot to him.
“For me it’s been pretty much everything,” Melillo said. “It’s been the hub of the skate community for Humboldt, and I have met a lot of friends here, some that are my best now.”
Russell and AMPT have a bigger part to play in the community than most think. They support everything from skate competitions to building DIY skateparks in low income communities. But for Russell, skateboarding’s impact is simple.
“The best part of skating is the community,” said Russell. “Getting together and having fun and feeding off of each others good vibes.”
Humboldt State University food waste feeds worm farm
Every two and a half weeks when school is in session, HSU sends about 18,000 pounds of food waste to a local worm farmer for composting.
According to HSU’s Facilities Management website, CSU sustainability policy calls for HSU to reduce its solid waste disposal rate by 80 percent by 2020.
The Facilities Management website also states that HSU employs two different compost operations. An off campus vermi-composting operation (vermi – relating to worms), and an on campus operation run by the Waste-Reduction and Resource Awareness Program.
Food Waste to the Worms
Megan Tolbert is the Grounds, Recycling & Waste Coordinator at HSU. Tolbert said sending food waste to the worms starts with having the food waste placed in specially labeled compost receptacles in or near dining areas around campus. Student assistants and recycling staff collect food waste from events and from these receptacles and empty into the BioBin.
The BioBin is a 20 yard capacity food waste holding receptacle located near the J dining hall. Once the BioBin is close to capacity a truck loads the receptacle and delivers to a worm farm in Humboldt County.
The worm farms are operated by a small, local business, the Local Worm Guy. Lloyd and Stacey Barker operate several worm farms throughout Humboldt County.
Tolbert said that while school is in session BioBin loads are being delivered to Local Worm Guy farms about every two and a half weeks.
Between worm deliveries, according to Tolbert, student assistants and recycling staff maintain conditions of food waste being stored in the BioBin. The goal is to create optimal compost conditions once the food waste reaches the worm farm. Excess liquids are removed, and the food waste is mixed and layered.
Tolbert said that extra carbon sources are regularly added to the BioBin. Having a proper carbon to nitrogen ratio is important for organisms breaking down the organic matter. Sometimes this extra carbon comes from pizza boxes from campus events since pizza boxes cannot be recycled because of pizza grease saturation.
Contamination or trash is regularly removed from the BioBin. Trash is accidentally thrown into compost receptacles around dining areas which ultimately makes its way into the BioBin.
“We’re controlling contamination better,” Tolbert said. “We must not feed the worms trash.”
Not all contamination can be removed from the Biobin. Lloyd Barker said that once trash lands on the worm farm it has to be removed by hand and none of it can be recycled.
“We really appreciate whenever the students and dining staff are able to keep their CRV’s and trash out of the compost bin, it saves me and Stacey a lot of time and energy,” Barker said.
Red wiggler worms working to break down food waste, and an example of a CRV (Guayaki Yerba Mate lid) making its way into the compost bin, at a Local Worm Guy farm, Humboldt County, Calif. | Photo by Local Worm Guy
A Lumberjack article published nearly one year ago, reported that compost deliveries to the worm farmer had ceased and that all food waste in the BioBin would be sent to the landfill.
Tolbert said that it was true that HSU’s annual contract with the worm farmer had ended last year but deliveries have never stopped. Temporary purchase orders have been used in lieu of a contract.
Katie Koscielak works as a Sustainability Analyst for HSU and said that it’s rare when food waste from the BioBin is sent to a landfill. Koscielak said that it has only happened twice in the past two years.
Tolbert said that BioBin loads are only sent to landfill when weather won’t permit deliveries to the worm farm. During heavy periods of rain a fully loaded BioBin delivery truck has gotten stuck in soft soil while trying to access the farm.
HSU truck with loaded BioBin delivers a load to one of the worm farms operated by Local Worm Guy, Calif. Video from HSU Sustainability Facilities Management.
The HSU sustainability facilities management team said that because of the high volume flow of food waste on campus a rare delivery of a BioBin load to the landfill, determined by weather conditions, is necessary.
Earthtub
Earthtub is an on campus compost receptacle managed by WRRAP. According to WRRAP’s website Earthtub diverts approximately 500 pounds of food waste from the landfill per week.
Diana Orozco is an environmental science and management student who manages compost conditions for Earthtub. Orozco said that Earthtub can hold about three cubic yards of food waste. Unlike the BioBin where worms are eventually used to break down food waste Earthtub uses microbial decomposition.
According to Orozco mobile compost waste buckets are distributed and picked up once a week by operators to 42 locations across campus. Various departments across campus voluntarily opted in to use compost buckets.
Similarly to the BioBin carbon is added to the Earthtub to optimize ratios that favor the decomposition process. Orozco said that the decomposition process takes about three weeks.
After decomposition, compost from Earthtub is available for free for students and staff to use for their gardens. CCAT also uses it in their gardens on campus.
“When you take good care of it you get black gold,” Tolbert said.
HSU has 3-year grace period after football cut to meet Title IX requirements
With the effects of Title IX looming after the cut of football at Humboldt State, many fear the impact on women’s sports while others look forward to it’s advancement.
HSU Crew member Bailey Cochran sees it as an opportunity to make women’s sports more competitive.
“It might change the team to be more focused on being competitive and being successful,” Cochran said.
HSU President Lisa Rossbacher’s decision to cut football on July 17 was due to budgeting concerns. The fight to keep the team started during the 2017 fall semester when Rossbacher announced the team would stay for another season as long as the community could put up the $500,000 that the University would match.
The amount of money raised was cut short by $171,000, leading Rossbacher to announce the discontinuation of the football program.
“It’s football that’s at risk,” Interim Athletic Director Duncan Robbins said, “not any other sports.”
Title IX is part of a federal law that was passed in 1972 to allow for equal opportunities for men and women on college campuses. It’s broad in scope and is often used to open opportunities in athletics.
Title IX requires that each university allow for equal opportunity in different ways. The number of athletes required to stay in compliance is directly related to the ratio of men to women on campus. It also encompasses dollars spent for gear and scholarships.
With over 90 male athletes cut from the 2017 football roster, the fate of women’s sports at HSU has left some wonder about the future. Robins doesn’t mince words.
“We’ve been trending more and more women dominated on this campus over time compared to years ago,” Robins said. “We have to try to keep up with that as an athletic department.”
HSU’s campus currently has a ratio of about 47 percent male to 53 percent female. Because of that, the school needs more women athletes to stay in compliance with Title IX, which means the risk to women’s sports is lower. This means that sports teams with large rosters won’t be dramatically impacted.
The Jacks women’s crew team competed at the Blue Heron Redwood Sprints Regatta on March 24. | Photo by Robert Cranfill.
Women’s sports have three extra teams with no male counterpart. They are softball, volleyball, and crew. At the moment, there is no foreseeable way to add more male teams because of budgeting concerns.
“Every time we add a sport, we add cost and we don’t have the money,” Robins said.
Track and field is a dual gender sport, and because there are more men than women on our HSU track team, Robins does not believe it will be a huge problem complying with Title IX.
“Turns out that there are a lot of young men who want to run and throw in college,” Robins said, “so we think we’ll have an easier time than in other places.”
Jamey Harris, the head distance coach, a subcategory of the track team, said that women in the sport aren’t in immediate danger of being cut. He said they will still be recruiting women as well as men to grow the roster as a whole.
Harris said the football teams termination won’t have “a huge impact, just a few more guys each year won’t be cut.”
“At this point we turn away any male student athletes that are just not at the level that they need to be to be competitive right away,” Harris said.
However, more men will now have the opportunity to be trained up and compete at the college level.
In fact, being able to grow the roster on both sides will be advantageous to the track team as a whole. With 21 events and only 40 athletes on each team, the track team may benefit from the effects of Title IX.
“Adding more athletes gives us more event coverage,” Harris said.
Robins said that no change is easy in university level sports, but said HSU has excelled at balancing the roster numbers.
“We’ve done a very good job at giving opportunities to women’s athletes,” Robins said. “On a typical roster size they might not have been given that opportunity.”
Cochran, a junior and three year crew member, is a recipient of those opportunities. She had never considered crew as an option in college until she was handed a flyer and joined with a few other young women.
She sees this as a growing opportunity for the crew team to take their competition to the next level. She thinks this may give the crew team the edge to be able to focus on specifics rather than training people up who have never been in athletics before.
“We have so many people that it’s not necessarily all focused in on the people who want to get to championships right now,” Cochran said.
Cochran does admit that taking away opportunities for women who have never competed before is a reality.
“It’s a give and a take,” Cochran said, “depending on what aspect you’re looking at.”
Tyla Turner (#12) floats between Cal State East Bay defenders Kayla Blair (#21) and Savannah McGill (#32) for the layup. | Photo by Zac Sibek.
Students entering sports now as freshman don’t have much change to worry about. Schools are given a three-year period to come back into compliance after a major shift, such as the football roster cut.
Robins said that this helps cycle through the current athletes so it doesn’t affect their graduation.
“Every student athlete that comes in will want to know what their life is going to look like for the next four to five years,” Robins said.
But after the abrupt dismissal of football, athletes may be left feeling uncertain. Cochran just wants open communication between administration and the student athletes.
“I hope they don’t pull the same thing on us where we don’t expect that to happen,” Cochran said. “But then it does.”
Five-time Grammy nominated pianist performs at HSU
On Friday, Sept. 28, five time Grammy nominated pianist, Ursula Oppens, performed for Humboldt State University students.
“This is my first time up in Northern California, the redwood forest is very beautiful,” Oppens said. “I just wish it was easier to get here.”
The pieces played were unique, and there was a mixture of modern/contemporary pieces with compositions from the romantic era. Oppens could have performed pieces from famous composers like Beethoven or Mozart, but instead chose to perform pieces from lesser known composers. This helped introduce th/≥≥e composers to the audience.
The night started with “Winging It” composed by John Corigliano. It is a contemporary piece that was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 for best classical instrument solo piece. Followed up was “Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899” composed by Franz Schubert in 1827.
After a short intermission, “Two Diversions” composed by Elliot Carter. Oppens closed the night with another Franz Schubert composition, “Sonata in A minor, Op. 42, D. 845.”
Each composition would shift from a sharp, loud pace to a slow and somber pace.
Oppens showed audience members the talent of her piano playing that she had been practicing since she was five.
“I started performing in front of an audience when I was 14, I’m always nervous when I’m performing even today,” Oppens said, “But I just push myself to perform and play for the audience.”
Following a 3-0 Loss to the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes on Friday Oct. 5, the Jacks men’s soccer team could not break even against the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos where they fell short 2-1 on Oct. 7 at College Creek Field.
Friday’s results against the Coyotes was not what the Jacks had in mind. The Coyotes struck first from a cross by senior defender, Cesar Figueroa, finished by Coyotes senior mid fielder, Danny Ortiz, at the 16:01 mark.
At the 55:28 mark another goal was scored by a cross made by Ortiz, finished by redshirt freshman mid fielder Jeronimo Valdapena. Coyote’s sophomore forward, Peter Arellano, sealed the deal with a third goal at the 69:07 mark.
By the end of the match, the Jacks were out crossed by the Coyotes 8-2, which heavily contributed to the Jacks 0-3 loss on Friday.
Friday’s game did not seem to affect the Jacks. The Jacks huddled together, and gave their pre-game chant to let the heavily favored Cal Poly Pomona Broncos know they were here to play.
The Broncos were quick with their passes to start. Shuttling the ball side to side, the Jacks were in full defensive mode for the first 10 minutes of the game.
At the 15:50 mark, Jack’s junior defender Gus Baxter broke through the Bronco’s defense from a wild through ball that was met with a head to head collision with Broncos senior keeper Jakob Hansen, which resulted in a goal from Baxter. After the goal both players stayed on the pitch and went through concussion protocol and were forced from the game.
The Jack’s defense continued to pester the Broncos corner attack. The Broncos were in a major advantage in the corner game, having a total of seven, compared to zero from the Jack’s in the first half.
This came back to hurt the Jacks at the 41:53 mark after a cross from Bronco’s sophomore mid fielder Omar Green, was netted in by Bronco’s freshman forward, Gabriel Castillo, evening the score just before the end of the first half.
The beginning of the second half was more of a chess match than a soccer game. Both teams seemed to be trying to figure out a way to break the net.
Jacks senior keeper Bryan Hernandez was more of a wall then a man with gloves. Hernandez managed to have eight saves in the first half, and continued to make saves, keeping the Jacks hopes alive.
In the second half, the Jacks attack was seen more in the boxscore, than the first half.
With about five minutes to go, Jacks sophomore mid fielder Ethan Waters, almost capitalized on a wide open break to put the Jacks up, yet fell short. Two minutes later Broncos junior defender Jason Ramos nailed a shot in the top middle part of the goal, giving the Bronco’s a 2-1 lead with about three minutes remaining.
The Jacks had one last good shot to even the score from sophomore mid fielder, Ethan Waters, which was held questionable by Jack fans and team mates. What looked to be like a shot that was touched last by Bronco’s senior keeper, Skyler Gibbons-Stovall, was called a goal kick and brought the Jacks to a 2-1 loss.
Jack’s junior forward, Isaiah Dairo following the loss had a few words.
“We came out with a game plan wanting them to play down the line,” Dairo said. “As a team I believe we moved the ball well player to player but at the end just fell short.”
Dairo had two shots, with one on target, yet what hurt the Jacks on Sunday was the amount of shots the Bronco’s took. Compared to the Jacks 13 total shots, the Bronco’s had 27 shots.
Jacks senior keeper Bryan Hernandez did what he could and finished the game with a total of 18 saves. According to Hernandez, Sunday’s game was not just a loss, but showed that this Jacks team is tight and can play against the top teams.
“We did lose, but we proved we can play as good as any other top team in this conference, if not better,” Hernandez said.
The Jack will head to Turlock California for their next game, where they will take on the Stanislaus State Warriors Friday Oct. 12.
After having a win snatched right out of their gloves against Azusa Pacific, Humboldt State football looks to secure a victory in this weekend’s homecoming game against Simon Fraser University to add to the other side of their record 0-4, and conference record 0-3.
On Sept. 29 the Jacks started off strong at Citrus Stadium against Azusa as defensive back Evan Camarena intercepted Azusa’s first pass of the game.
“Considering what we’ve done the last three games,” Jacks wide receiver Leo Wagner said. “We did a lot better on both sides of the ball tonight and defense had one hell of a game.”
Offense capitalized on the first turnover with quarterback Joey Sweeney’s five-play, 23-yard drive and a completed eight-yard pass to Wagner to lead with the first points on the board.
Defense kept the confidence high for the Jacks with a total of six turnovers, two of which were interceptions by defensive back Ju’Wan Murphy.
“The defense competed tonight,” said Murphy. “We’ve just got to keep watching film and get better each week.”
Although defense played a strong game, the offense tried to keep the same momentum but was limited to 189 total yards and the Jacks came up short, losing to Azusa 37-21.
During the 2017 season, the Jacks rolled over Simon Fraser twice winning both games by at least five touchdowns. A victory is on the Jack’s mind as they head into their homecoming game against Simon Fraser.
This weekend’s game is scheduled to kick off Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. The game will be followed by an HSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2018 recognition and a post game fireworks show.
A feature of Humboldt State University’s multicultural specialist and staff psychotherapist
Cedric Aaron Jr. is the new multicultural specialist and staff psychotherapist who has started working for Counseling & Psychological Services this academic year.
Aaron received his master’s degree in social work from Humboldt State University. He was once a counselor in the Arcata community for two years and has been a part of Humboldt County’s mental health field for five years.
Aaron decided to work for HSU because he feels that he can relate to some students of color on campus. He said he is also a first generation college student that had a difficult time transitioning into a predominantly white institution and community.
“I grew up wanting to go to college. I grew up watching ‘The Bill Cosby Show’ and ‘A Different World’,” Aaron said. “Which showed healthy African-American role models that looked like me.”
Aaron said his gift of giving is when he gives back to the community, he doesn’t just want to be known as the “black therapist at CAPS.”
“I want my community to know me outside of my CAPS role,” Aaron said. “Therefore when there is a time and a place to provide services it’s a lot more comfortable on both sides.”
He said when working with communities of color, it’s not just about providing service, but being a part of the community.
“Part of my time is providing direct services not just to students of color here at the clinic, but I have the opportunity to do outreach,” Aaron said. “I’ve interacted with student clubs and organizations. I’m at the cultural centers, on the quad, at events and after work discussions that are being put on by the Cultural Center for Academic Excellence or other campus allies.”
Left to right: Brothers United member Amir Staples talks with Cedric Aaron at the Club’s Fair Oct. 4 in the UC Quad. | Photo by Dajonea Robinson
Aaron said he is not sure if students have a hard time coming onto CAPS. He said there is a historical mistrust with communities of color and the mental health field.
“There’s a lack of diversity among the mental health field. It’s not a secret, there’s statistics that show that. It’s a white field,” Aaron said.
Aaron also said he believes there is a lack of cultural competency in the mental health field, and that is something that he would like to keep updated with the CAPS staff.
“I want to influence the CAPS staff so that if any student of color came in, that each and every staff member at least has some cultural awareness,” Aaron said. “Students will feel respected, heard and valued receiving the best adequate care.”
To understand the need of cultural awareness, Aaron wants CAPS staff to continue being honest with themselves if personal values interfere with professional values. Or even if there’s perceived bias, to correct it within oneself. He wants staff to also have a cultural lens when working with students of color, therefore more damage isn’t caused to their holistic well being.
Left to right: Cedric Aaron talks to Legacy club members Michelle Galindo, Danni Pittman and Ramona Bell during the Club’s Fair Oct. 4 on the UC quad. | Photo by Dajonea Robinson
“Be open to not knowing everything, and understanding that on top of mental health related challenges students of color also have to face racism, classism, homophobia and the impostor syndrome,” Aaron said. “Have those ideas in mind when providing the services to students of color rather than standardized form of treatment.”
Aaron wants his work to be meaningful and purposeful. He wants students to know that he’s invested and that he cares about them, and for the CAPS program to be recognized as a safe space for all students.
“My dream is to continue to decrease the stigma in mental health especially among communities of color,” Aaron said. “College is an interesting and challenging time for people. I am Cedric, and I just want to be a support.”
Potential Supreme Court nominee should not be considered with history of sexual assault or allegations of sexual misconduct
Palo Alto University Professor Christine Blasey Ford has recently come forward and said the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was a 17-year old high school student.
Ford said she originally came out with this revelation in 2012 in a couples therapy session. Documents, as well as a polygraph test, support the credibility of her and multiple witness’ statements.
Because it was over three decades ago, we may never get the truth from Kavanaugh. This does not mean Ford’s claims should be dismissed.
Kavanaugh’s behavior and denial of the incident speaks to a larger societal issue women have to deal with when coming forward and dealing with sexual abuse.
Kavanaugh, Donald Trump or any other human being in a place of elite power should not have the ability to dictate the future of a country if they have sexual assault allegations or charges against them.
It’s the fact that most of these men are in a position of power to dictate our country’s direction. They have the power to dictate what women can and can’t do with their bodies by creating laws. That is a dangerous proposition. The thought that men who have oppressed women in the past, or still do, can make laws and hold power.
Opposing viewpoints would say that people and their past transgressions should be forgiven and people should be given a second chance. While I do believe being proven guilty in the court of law is the correct way to punish most people on this, our justice system has failed so many women, that a conviction, any help and assurance can’t be seen with much more than a half ass attempt of justice.
No second chance should be given for sexual misconduct. Sexual harassment is to take a piece of someone’s well being and disregard it, and disrespecting them as a person. To take advantage of someone sexually shows a lack of compassion, understanding and empathy.
Former Judge Alex Kozinski was forced to announce retirement. Senator Al Franken, representative Pat Meehan, Rep. Trent Franks, Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Blake Farenthold had to resign because of past allegations of sexual harassment. This tells me that men in Washington believe they are above the law and entitled to a women’s body.
Men like these who run our country are indicative of a society that doesn’t value women for their intellect but for what they look like and what they provide a man.
Time and time again the leaders of our country are at the forefront of oppression.
Lumberjacks outside hitter Lauren Reid led all players on the volleyball court with her game-high 18 kills but it wasn’t enough as the Jacks dropped all three sets (25-23, 25-22, 25-16) to the Stanislaus State Warriors at Lumberjack Arena on Sept. 29.
“We have a pretty young team and I think tonight that really showed,” Jacks middle blocker Emma Flewell said. “We just got scared when we were playing. We were up and the pressure was on and we started playing scared.”
Reid did her part in the first set and was responsible for the first three points of the match. Every time the Warriors closed the gap, Reid was there to nail another kill shot to put her team up. Her 18 total kills accounted for half of all of the Jacks kills.
“Our inexperience has been very much highlighted,” Jacks head coach Kelly Wood said. “We had set one. We had a big lead but it’s like we almost have gotten used to us losing that the pressure got to us in that first set.”
The two teams seemed to be evenly matched but there was an ingredient missing for the Jacks. Reid’s presence was felt by the the Warriors constantly while she was on her side of the court but when she was subbed out to rest, the rest of the Jacks struggled to garner a steady attack. The Warriors kept the pressure on in the second set and hammered away to extend their lead and took the second set 25-22.
“They’re a really scrappy team,” Warriors middle blocker Alana Wilson-Reid said. “No one should ever underestimate them and they pushed us to our limits.”
The Jacks pulled ahead by four in the beginning of the third set but after the score was tied at 10 the Warriors jumped out to a seven-point lead that the Jacks could not come back from. The Warriors had a staggering .257 attack percentage and were the better and more experienced team on this night.
Some of the Jacks standouts were sophomore outside hitter Sumer Hansen who had eight kills and nine and a half total points. Sophomore setter Julianna Burtolucci led all Jacks players with 27 assists along with six digs and Jacks junior libero Odelia Ryan led the Jacks with 23 digs and three service aces.
“We’re working on getting more production out of our front row of our offense,” Coach Wood said. “Offensively we’re just riding Lauren Reid. We’re sending her a ton of balls. We need more balance and we need more production from our offense.”
The Jacks travel south to San Francisco State for their next match on Oct. 5. First serve is at 7 p.m.
The Lumberjack editorial board recognizes this situation can be difficult and would like to remind readers that the North Coast Rape Crisis team has a 24-hour hotline and is willing to listen at any time, no matter how long ago an incident happened. You can reach the NCRC hotline at 707-445-2881.
The details of the accusations and hearing possess eerie parallels to the 1991 hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his vetting process.
Even though Thomas made it through in spite of sexual harassment allegations against him, the Senate should not allow Kavanaugh to join him on the Supreme Court of the United States. In fact, while we are on the subject, it’s time the Senate cleans up the SCOTUS and get rid of Thomas as well.
Some differences between the incidents include age differences at the time of each incident respectively and the type of harassment differs between physical, verbal and repetitive.
Both men served as judges on the U.S. appeals courts in Washington and were surrounded by beginning whispers of sexual harassment against them when they were nominated, unknown to the public at first.
Both women were hesitant to come forward publicly and took time to do so and by another eerie coincidence are professors.
The loudest similarity between the two and probably any sexual harassment allegation is this idea that a woman has come forward with the intent to smear or ruin the life of the person they are accusing.
There is no better time than when a predator is about to step into a position of power to address their nature and history of harassment. There is also never a bad time, nor is it ever too late, to call them out for being predators and to serve justice where it’s deserved.
The #MeToo movement has begun to dismantle and expose predators in prominent positions and change the conversation and narrative surrounding sexual misconduct.
Senator Lindsey Graham, a republican senator representing North Carolina has not only released statements in support of Kavanaugh but has made it aggressively clear that some of the narrative surrounding sexual misconduct has a ways to go.
“What you want to do is destroy this guy’s life, hold this seat open, and hope you win in 2020,” Graham said in response to questioning of Kavanaugh from Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin. He has also insisted President Donald Trump renominate Kavanaugh if the vote fails.
Per article three section one of the constitution, Supreme Court justices and judges and lower courts “shall hold their offices during good behaviour.”
This vague and open ended statement leads to the terms of the Supreme and lower court justices and judges serving for life. Instead of interpreting this section to mean during moral or ethical behavior, it has instead dictated a timeline.
If Kavanaugh is in fact chosen to fill the SCOTUS seat available by the Senate, our last hope will be for that same Senate to impeach him. The only instance in which a SCOTUS justice can be removed against his or her will.
Even so, the impeachment of a SCOTUS justice happened over party bias and the last time it happened was in 1804. Justice Samuel Chase was acquitted by the Senate even still and continued as a justice until his death anyway.
Realistically, Republicans hold the majority vote in the Senate and have probably already made up their mind. It will not be surprising if Kavanaugh is still accepted as the next SCOTUS justice, especially when the man who nominated him has his fair share sexual harassment allegations stacked against him and sits in the oval office.
This is our plea to the Senate to surprise us. To hear the voices of these survivors and strongly consider the character of the man they are about to vote into a position of power. It is never too late to decide history should not repeat itself.
North Coast Children Services hosts 31st annual Pastels on the Plaza
The first Saturday of October 2018 approaches and with it comes the 31st Pastels on the Plaza benefit.
Business owners, sponsors and local artists will team up to turn Arcata sidewalks into pastel canvases on Oct. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m to raise money for the North Coast Children’s Services.
Since the event’s start in 1987, the benefit is one of the most popular art shows in the area. Businesses and sponsors purchase sidewalk squares and are paired with artists who decorate their purchased square. Pastels are provided and artists are welcome to come up with art catered to a business or sponsor, or whatever they can create.
Finished pastel sidewalk squares decorate the plaza for as for as long as the rain and time allows.
Businesses can purchase sidewalk space for $150 or $250. There is no charge for artists but they do need to be registered for the event and paired with a business or sponsor. Businesses, sponsors and artists can find registration information here.
Proceeds from the event go toward NCCS preschool and family services.
For more information visit the Pastels on the Plaza website.
Humboldt State University students gathered to celebrate the Mid Autumn Festival, an annual event hosted by the Asian, Desi, and Pacific Islander Collective club On Sept. 24.
ADPIC President and Vice President Nikki Xiong and Tammy Phrakonkham presented the history of Mid Autumn Festival, also referred to as the Moon Festival. During the presentation they discussed the origin of the holiday and why they celebrate.
“My favorite part is celebrating with family and friends, celebrating culture and traditions, and being able to keep this alive– especially in a rural community,” Phrakonkham said.
After the presentation, came live musical performances for the crowd to enjoy. Tables set up in the back were filled with crafts for students to partake in including coloring, origami, and writing Chinese symbols in ink. Booths were set up surrounding the room as different clubs on campus tabled and handed out information about their groups as well as creating a sense of diversity as they taught students about their own culture and religious organizations.
This event was welcome to all Humboldt State University students, even if they had no clue what the holiday was about. For many students, this was their first time learning about Mid Autumn Festival and celebrating the Full Moon. Amanda Madden was one of these students attending for the first time as she worked at the event.
“I really like how everyone from all different places come together to hang out, eat good food, and learn about different cultures,” Madden said.
After the activities, a buffet was held including dumplings, rice, and moon cakes- a traditional Chinese dessert eaten especially at Mid Autumn Festival.
Mooncakes are round and meant to symbolize the full moon. They consist of lotus paste with an egg yolk filling which is meant to visually represent the moon. Mooncakes usually have elaborate designs on the top, or shaped as unique figures such as various animals. Mooncakes can be found in a multitude of flavors such as red bean paste, chocolate, green tea, and many more.
The yearly harvest festival occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. This special day is commonly celebrated by southern and eastern Asian countries near the Pacific Ocean including China, Vietnam, India and South Korea.
This festival celebrates the harvest season, as well as the first full moon of autumn, which lies in the middle of the lunar calendar.
Just like Thanksgiving, families often join together around a table to celebrate and eat a lot of food. Mid Autumn Festival is the second most common lunar holiday to celebrate succeeding Lunar New Year.
The event held was not meant to only introduce and educate HSU students about Asian cultures, but to also bring a sense of “home” to many of the students who typically celebrate this holiday back at home with their relatives.
HSU student Lauren Dirosa said she enjoyed the event held on campus as she celebrated an important holiday in her culture and to her family.
“It’s one of the many times where we actually get together and hang out,” Dirosa said. “It’s a time where we get to appreciate our culture.”
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