By Madison Montiel
Monday 4/22/24
4 p.m.
Students enter Siemens hall - they previously organized a Pro-Palestinian sit-in with some original student protesters planning to hold a seder in the building, bringing games, books, and art supplies.
4:15 p.m.
UPD asks students to leave the building
Siemens Hall operational hours: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Protesters refuse to leave, UPD evacuates non-protesters out of the building
Protesters lock doors and access points into the building until only the quad entrance is open. Barricades are constructed in front of the doors inside the building using materials such as chairs, desks, and other items from within Siemens Hall.
5 p.m. Police show up with riot gear, and many students gather with protesters both inside and outside the building. Some students can be seen moving to the front of the protest line and beginning to pray.
5:57 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Siemens Hall Closed, Classes Canceled Tonight
7:30 p.m.
Riot cops arrive on scene with protesters both inside and outside Siemens Hall. The police officers attempt to remove protesters from the building which results in injuries to multiple protesters.
Protesters can be heard both inside and outside of the building chanting “Cops go home!”
Multiple students report riot cops threatening to use pepper balls and rubber bullets.
A Cal Poly Humboldt truck is backed towards the entrance to the building and tension continues between riot cops and protesters both inside and outside the building.
8:53 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Closed as Dangerous Situation Continues at Siemens Hall
The protesters had one demand for the first hours of the protest--for the police to leave.
10:50 p.m.
The police leave the site.
Student protesters continue adding materials, making barricades bigger and more complex in front of entrances inside and outside the building.
Tuesday 4/23/24
Protesters continue to occupy Siemens Hall.Protesters release their demands stating that if the demands are met they will vacate campus, remove donations and belongings, and help clean and cover up art and graffiti. Students, faculty, and community members drop off donations of food, water, cooking equipment, hygiene products, clothing, PPE, art supplies, and much more. This continues throughout the next few days of the protest. Mutual Aid Kitchen (MAK) is created and set up on tables in front of the Siemens Hall main entrance. Protesters created the MAK to be a central space where anyone could go to get free supplies and hot meals. Schedules were posted for cooking, serving, restroom cleaning, security watch, etc., and were based on a volunteer sign-up system to divide duties and share the workload of the space. The Water Jug memes begin as video footage of a protester “bonking” a riot officer with a 5-gallon water jug during the initial struggle at the quad entrance of Siemens Hall, goes viral. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6HnJfESWzg/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
3 p.m.
University Senate meeting held and protest discussed
5:33 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Operations Update as Protests Continue
Wednesday 4/24/24
The Lumberjack covering the police response and initial occupation of Siemens Hall.
The Lumberjack posts an article written from within Siemens Hall.
The Lumberjack interviews a community member who was arrested on Monday the 22nd during the protest.
12-4 p.m.
CFA Teach-in held on campus quad where faculty, students, and community members attended while multiple faculty members spoke and led short workshops.
2:12 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Closed Through Sunday
Thursday 4/25/24
8:55 a.m.
Humboldt Alert - Update on Remote Instruction and Work, and Campus Operations
4 p.m. Open forum between protesters and CPH Admin held in the Goodwin Forum in Nelson Hall. Open dialogue was held between protesters and Provost Jenn Capps and Dean of Students Mitch Mitchell, with other admin present such as Jeff Crane. Full livestream of the forum: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6NGj1Yx08r/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
5:36 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Administrative Pay Information Due to Campus Closure
Sense of the Faculty Resolution on A Vote of No Confidence In President Tom Jackson
The Lumberjack article: “President Tom Jackson should resign, say Cal Poly faculty and CFA”
Friday 4/26/24
The Lumberjack posts an article: “Dozens of protesters decide to stay on Cal Poly Humboldt campus, occupation continues”
10:28 a.m.
Humboldt Alert - University Response to Protestor Demands
![Information about agreements with other universities is also available on campus websites or with an email to the Dean of
Extended Education & Global Engagement. We encourage our students to speak and engage with faculty as well as campus administrators. Our doors are always open to our students.
3. Divest from companies and corporations complicit in the occupation of Palestine:
Please see the investment information in #1. We do not have a way of measuring the specific language included in this
request.
4. Drop charges against and halt the harassment of student organizers by law enforcement.
University policy and conduct violations will follow established procedures, and there will be consequences for actions that
violate policy or law. However, students who elect to evacuate the building and support efforts to clear the building will have their actions considered as a mitigating factor within those processes.
5. University to publicly call for a ceasefire and end to the occupation of Palestine.
Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to social justice and the Graduation Pledge to guide everyone’s social and environmental consequences of their decisions. We are supportive of a peaceful and just world which affords the opportunity for all human beings to flourish and achieve their potential.
6. “We want the university to either amend or remove the time, manner or place clause [of its free expression policy] which allows them to call the police on students for organizing in ways that they deem inappropriate.”
The University's Time, Place and Manner (TPM) policy exists to protect the rights of the entire campus community to a
secure environment that is conducive to the pursuit of knowledge, freedom of inquiry, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. The policy is content-neutral in its approach to speech and assembly, protecting our freedoms while also ensuring that the rights of the rest of the campus community to a safe and secure environment are protected. Part of protecting our rights is protecting the health and safety of persons, and the security of property, for which uniformed police officers may be required.](https://i0.wp.com/thelumberjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/4-26-10.28-AM-CAL-POLY-HUMBOLDT-ALERT-University-Response-to-Protestor-Demands_page-0002.jpg?resize=500%2C391&ssl=1)
12:28 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Closed Through the End of the Semester, Remote Instruction and Work Continue
Various meetings held throughout the day including open public forums by protesters and faculty, admin were present during at least one. Many meetings were held between various groups of people inside Nelson Hall as well as in other spaces to discuss the group's demands, tactics, and ways to move forward. Livestream of public forum: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6PXXK0SmN0/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
1:49 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Check-out Option for Protestors
This action was called “self-narcing,” or turning oneself in, by protesters. The Lumberjack article on self-checkout:
2:06 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Offers Chance to Leave Buildings with No Immediate Arrest
4:39 p.m. Humboldt Alert - Check-out option update The deadline for the check-out option is extended until 5 p.m.
5:20 p.m.
Protesters open Siemens Hall Quad entrance to the public for a walkthrough of the building
For the first time since Monday 4/22 when the occupation of the building began, it was opened up and anyone was allowed to walk inside (mainly the top floor) and witness and document the state of the building as well as President Jackson’s Office.
Walkthrough of Siemens Hall: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6PtKQsRnHG/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Two Arcata City Council members write in support of a solution
The Dean of Students office provides an outline to students on the quad that will be sent out to those involved with the protest, outlining the risk of being put on interim suspension.
University Senate Sense of the Senate Resolution On A Call for a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza
![WHEREAS, The vision of Cal Poly Humboldt states: Cal Poly Humboldt will be a campus for those who seek above all else to improve the global human condition and our relationship with the environment; and
WHEREAS, Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,163 Israelis, and
captured still held 134 hostages, the state of Israel has maintained a disproportionate response
killing more than 42,500 Palestinians, including 38,621 civilians, of which 10,091 were women and 15,780 were children, and
WHEREAS, UN independent human rights experts have determined that 5,800 students and teachers have been killed, “more than 80 percent of schools in Gaza [have been] damaged or
destroyed,” and 625,000 students are left without places to study and learn due to attacks on
schools and universities; and
WHEREAS, The Students, Faculty, and Staff of Cal Poly Humboldt are deeply committed to peace
and humane treatment of all people; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That Cal Poly Humboldt Senate Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the University Senate, calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this resolution be distributed to:
The Office of the Chancellor of California State University
The Academic Senate of California State University
The Cal Poly Humboldt University Senate
The Faculty, Staff and Students of Cal Poly Humboldt
Governor Gavin Newsom, State of California
Senator Mike McGuire, President Pro Tempore of the California Senate
Representative Jared Huffman, US House of Representatives](https://i0.wp.com/thelumberjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CPH-Senate-Calls-for-Ceasefire-in-Gaza-26-23_24-EX-Calling-for-an-Immediate-Ceasefire-in-Gaza_page-0001.jpg?resize=386%2C500&ssl=1)
6:20 p.m.
Rabbi Bob Rottenberg and a group of students and community members enter the protest zone and set up on the quad to welcome Shabbat, receiving Hamotzi, sharing grape juice and Matzah, and singing.
Saturday 4/27/24
12:35 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Alert - Enforced Hard Closure of Campus
Bail fund set up for Cal Poly Humboldt Students by the Bay Area Anti-repression Committee: https://antirepressionbayarea.com
An open letter was sent out by Arcata City Council members Stacy Atkins-Salazar & Sarah Schaefer.
“As City Council members, and more importantly as humans, we support peaceful resolutions and open dialogue. It is essential to respect the rights of our community members, including and especially students, to peacefully express their views. We believe in the power of de-escalation and constructive conversation to promote understanding globally and foster solutions locally. We send our young people to universities such as Cal Poly Humboldt to foster critical thinking and encourage them to make the changes in the world that they deem necessary. This is what they are doing. In this emotionally charged situation, a non-violent approach should, and must be used by all parties involved. As a council we heard from and worked with community members, including students, to have an open dialogue and create a cease-fire resolution for Arcata. This type of dialogue and conversation can bring our community together without violence.”
1:45 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Places cement blockades at three main campus entry points, in front of Plaza Ave off LK Wood (Library Circle), in front of the entrance to the faculty and visitor parking lot behind the library, and a police vehicle and an electronic sign that read “Campus Closure Will Be Enforced,” blocking B st. heading north at the Harpst St. intersection.
6:03 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - A message to Students from Cal Poly Humboldt
6:30 p.m.
Group March/Protest from Plaza to Campus in support of on-campus protesters
A group of people including faculty, students, and community members, marched from the plaza to the police-created barricade on LK Wood below Library Circle.
9:30 p.m. Unknown Metal band gives Protest crowd on LK Wood a free concert. An Unknown Metal band pulled up in a UHaul on the opposite side of LK Wood as the police enforced cement barricade and gave protesters a free concert for about 40 minutes. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6SpC1rL5h5/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Sunday 4/28/24
7:35 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Access, Resources, and Support
![This has been a challenging time for all of us. The safety and security of our entire campus community are at the forefront of every decision being made. Since Monday, the University’s goal has always been to bring a peaceful end to the occupation. The University continues to talk to anyone willing to have productive and respectful dialogue.
[See the University’s response to the protestors’ demands at humboldt.edu/emergency.]
The individuals who are occupying Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East, or illegally camping around those facilities, are urged to leave the campus peacefully now. Leaving voluntarily will be considered as a possible mitigating factor in University conduct processes and may reduce the severity of sanctions imposed. This does not, however, eliminate responsibility for any potential conduct or criminal charges.
Campus leaders are offering to escort individuals who are concerned for their safety off campus.
A hard closure of campus is now being enforced through May 10, and individuals are prohibited from entering or being on campus without permission. Work and academic instruction will be remote.
There have been requests by many across campus to participate in decision-making related to the recent events,
and we are grateful for your desire to help us navigate this difficult time. Once the situation has further stabilized, the University will host opportunities for conversations with the campus community in order to ensure we are moving forward and healing as a campus. Housing and Dining: Student residents are allowed to come and go from campus and access Dining facilities, and have been emailed details. Residents and authorized staff are permitted to be in the residence halls and dining facilities areas. Residence halls will remain open to residents and housing operations will remain the same through the end of the semester.
The J, College Creek Marketplace, and the Cupboard will continue to operate during their regular business hours. Residents with meal plans will maintain access to these locations for their dining needs. Student residents should refer to the email that was sent to them.
Access to Campus: University Division leadership or supervisors will email personnel who are authorized to access campus to provide instructions on the check-in procedure for accessing campus, which will be effective Monday morning. Authorized personnel are approved based on their inability to maintain business continuity in a fully remote environment.
Commencement: Many people have asked about Commencement. The University is planning for various scenarios to help students and families celebrate this important milestone.
Technology Support
Computer pickup: Information has been emailed to staff and faculty about a process for computer pick up to facilitate remote work.
Laptop Loaners for students:
A limited number of loaner laptops are available for students who need to complete instructional related work.
Students must schedule an appointment with the Information Technology Services department in advance by sending an email to help@humboldt.edu with the subject: Student Loaner Laptop Request, and including the following information: software needed, description of use case, contact phone number and preferred pickup time (between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday)
ITS will respond with a specific time confirmation and meeting instructions.
Please bring your Humboldt ID, we cannot get you a laptop without it.](https://i0.wp.com/thelumberjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/4-28-7.35-PM-CAL-POLY-HUMBOLDT-ALERT-Campus-Access-Resources-and-Support_page-0001.jpg?resize=386%2C500&ssl=1)
Monday 4/29/24
2:15 p.m.
The CFA organized a march from the Arcata Plaza to the cement barricades at library circle, then marched back to the lawn in front of the Cal Poly Humboldt sign on the corner of LK Wood and 14th St. where they held signs, had a band playing instruments and singing, blew bubbles, and chanted.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6XL_WBP4CR/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
4:18 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Reminder of Authorized Access During Hard Closure
Tensions in the protest Zone are high as mixed information from different sources claims that large numbers of police are being hosted at the Blue Lake casino, and multiple cop cars are seen driving on the 299 West and the 101 North, towards Arcata.
7 p.m.
A group of at least 50 people marched from Arcata Plaza to the cement barricades on LK Wood at Library Circle where the group protested and held a Seder. The group grew to approximately 200 people who chanted, sang, and said prayers. The size of the group got smaller throughout the night but there were still people at the cement protest line until approximately 4 am.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Xqu3VLiqK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
10 p.m. Two UPD officers drive a UPD vehicle up to one of the protest zone barricades and play a recorded message from Chief of University Police Peter Cress through a speaker strapped to the top of the vehicle. The message states that protesters have 15 minutes to leave the ‘unlawful assembly’ or be at risk of the use of plastic/rubber bullets and chemical agents. Video recording of message: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6YGeHzueNm/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The UPD officers drive around to each barricade/point of entry to play the message for the next 5 hours. At least 200 protesters were present at this point.
Tuesday 4/30/24
2:50 a.m. Multiple buses full of Riot Police from as far as San Francisco and Redding march up to the Protest zone and begin breaking down barricades and encircling protesters. The Lumberjack article: “Hundreds of riot police descend on Cal Poly Humboldt”
3:00 a.m.
Humboldt Alert - Shelter in Place on Campus; Continuing Criminal Activity on Campus
6:56 a.m.
Humboldt Alert - Law Enforcement Secures Buildings and Restores Order at Cal Poly Humboldt
Professor Rouhollah Aghasaleh’s statement
2:55 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Hard Closure Continues—Update on Campus Access, Resources, and Support
3:18 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Emergency Pay for CSUEU and Teamsters and Extension of Administrative Pay
7:52 p.m.
Humboldt Alert - Campus Update on Commencement and Dining Access
10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Vigil and protest outside Humboldt courthouse waiting/asking for the release of those arrested. Food Not Bombs served food.
Wednesday 5/1/24
A majority of those arrested are released on bail.
2:03 p.m.
President Jackson sent an email out to students “A Message to the Campus Community”
2:37 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Update on Cal Poly Humboldt Commencement Ceremonies
The Lumberjack publishes an article that encompasses events and interviews during the protest from April 26 to April 30 when riot police entered campus.
Friday 5/3/24
12:53 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Updated Schedule for Cal Poly Humboldt Commencement Ceremonies
5:59 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Updates for Campus Hard Closure during Finals Week
Tuesday 5/7/24
2:31 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Key Points for the Campus Community About the Events of April 22
The Lumberjack article: "320 faculty and staff demand ‘immediate termination’ of President Tom Jackson & chief of staff Mark Johnson"
Wednesday 5/8/24
3:57 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Emergency Pay for CSUEU and Teamsters and Extension of Administrative Pay
Thursday 5/9/24
2:22 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Spring 2024 Commencement Graduate and Guest Information
Friday 5/10/24
4:07 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt Notification - Information Regarding Campus Soft Opening and Transition Timeline to Normal Operations
Saturday 5/11/24
Commencement is split into 17 ceremonies and held at 3 different off-campus locations; Sapphire Palace at Blue Lake Casino, the Eureka Theater, and the Eureka High School Auditorium.
The Lumberjack article on commencement: "Off-campus graduation and a quarter million dollar fleet of security guards – Cal Poly Humboldt flexes its muscles"