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Students Serving The Cal Poly Humboldt Campus and Community Since 1929

Category: Life & Arts

  • What’s your costume?

    What’s your costume?

    By | Iridian Casarez

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    Bailey Tennery

    Journalism, 3rd year

    Velma

    “I chose to be Velma from Scooby Doo, I have always loved her,” Tennery said. “She was the smartest one.”

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_4407John Yu

    Zoology junior

    Monkey

    “All weekend, I was at Halloween parties as a monkey with a bundle of bananas and people kept asking me for them, so I decided to get bananas and started giving them away,” Yu said. “I’m the Monkey King.”

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Alycia Padilla

    Wildlife senior

    Steampunk Keyblade Master

    “I’m a steampunk Keyblade Master from the video game Kingdom Hearts,” Padilla said. “I’ve always liked steampunk style and Kingdom Hearts has different Keyblade Masters so I came up with my own.”

     

     

     

     

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    Photo by Iridian Casarez

    Madeline Lueck

    Botany

    Scarecrow

    “My partner went as a crow, so I decided to be a scarecrow,” Leuck said. “It took days to put it together but I thought it’d be fun.”

     

     

    IMG_4416Ryan Maberry

    Forestry 2nd year

    Elf on the Shelf

    “I’ve been told I look like an elf so I dressed up as the Ellf on the Shelf,” Maberry said. “It took me about two hours to put together.”

     

     

     

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    Zachary Warren

    Sophomore Econ major

    Ash Ketchum

    “I normally do really bad costumes, I will have an idea and then try to do it myself and it doesn’t work out, so I wanted to be something really cool this year,” Warren said. “Ash is a recognizable character. A lot of people grew up with Pokémon so I thought it’d be really cool.”

     

  • B-The Underwater Bubble Show In Eureka

    B-The Underwater Bubble Show In Eureka

    By | Robert Brown

    The Arkley Theatre was transformed into an underwater world called Bubblelandia on Thursday, Oct. 26.

    Mr. B and the inhabitants of Bubblelandia went on an imaginary journey in an underwater world full of seahorses, dragon fish, starfish, and mermaids, where fantasy becomes reality.

    The plot is based on the modern everyday life of most people, always too busy and filled with stress. Becoming increasingly abusive of modern technology like mobile phones and other gadgets that allow us to make a faster connection, but cause us to lose connection with reality. People need to have a time when they can just let go of everything and daydream.

    The show was inspired by the famous Canadian troupe “Cirque du Soleil,” and is a blend of drama, mimery, dance, puppetry, juggling, contortionism, sand art and magic. Laser technology, soap bubble tornadoes, fog machines and smoke filled bubble machines that create optical illusions along with amazing performers. The show was projected live on a 380 square foot LED screen that became the backdrop for the performance.

  • Thriller dance class

    Thriller dance class

    By | Ian Benjamin Finnegan Thompson

    Center Activities held a Thriller dance class last Thursday in preparation for Halloween. The participants will be holding a flash mob of the dance at 1pm on Halloween at the UC Quad.

  • Halloween at Headwaters

    Halloween at Headwaters

    By | Lauren Shea

    The fog crept in and darkness started to fall as people walked further in the forest listening to the stories of the past.

    Over 60 people came down Elk River road to experience their Halloween weekend in a creative and educational way on Saturday night. Halloween at Headwaters Forest Reserve took you through the forest trail guided by candle light on the sides of the trail. The event was based on the living history of the old logging town Falk that use to make up the area.

    “We’re going on a spooky hike tonight,” said one of the trail leaders. “Where you can hear the echoes of the past.”

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    Another character talking about his time in the town Falk. Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    People from all ages walked the trail led by people playing characters that were dressed in clothing that were worn in the late 1800’s. They spoke about their life in the town of Falk.

    There were many people from the park system volunteering their time to the event. Deja Malone who works for the Watershed and Stewards Program talked about her time with the event.

    “Tonight, we are here to celebrate Halloween at Headwaters,” Malone said. “We have a fabulous turnout tonight.”

    This is the secnd time the event is being held at Headwaters Forest Reserve.

    “It’s a great way to educate the public about this town in a creative way,” Malone said.

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    One of the characters talking about her time in the town Falk. Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Noah Falk, the founder of the town Falk, purchased 160-acre parcels and started the Elk River Lumber Mill in 1884. The mill was about an hour away from Eureka by stagecoach, so the town was self-sufficient. The town contained a cookhouse, general store, dance hall, post office and many homes. At one point, there were about 400 people that lived in the town of Falk.

    The Elk River railroad took lumber and people to the town of Bucksport, where the Bayshore Mall is today. The town was only 2 miles away from the “big city” of Eureka where old town Eureka is today.

    Many families went to the event. Erin Ortiz, from Eureka, went with her daughter. She was happy to be able to take her daughter through the trail.

    “It was really great,” Ortiz said. “We learned about how to stay away from rivers and how people lived back in the 1900s.”

    The mill was abandoned in 1937 because of The Great Depression and the town disappear after the 1950s.

    “Deer, bears and cougars started to take over the town after it was abandoned,” one of the characters said.

    In March of 1999, the federal government purchased the land that is now Headwaters Forest Reserve.

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    Volunteer telling stories inside the Headwaters Outdoor Education Center. Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Nicole Hewitt, student at HSU, said it was fun to come out and see the reserve.

    “It was pretty awesome,” Hewitt said. “I’ve never been to the Headwaters Reserve. It was interesting to hear some of the history behind this place.”

    The tour ended at the Headwaters Outdoor Education Center, a building left over from the town that has since been remodeled as an education center. Another volunteer told stories inside the barn.

    The Headwaters Forest Reserve is open all year round to walk the trails and forest of the old remains of the town Falk.

    For more information on Headwaters Forest Reserve, visit http://www.blm.gov.

  • Scary Science

    Scary Science

    By | Juan Herrera

    Haunted houses are scary enough, throw in moving objects and you have a whole new ballgame.

    The Kinetic Sculpture Lab hosted their Haunted Kinetic Lab of Horrors to the Arcata community to give them a pre-scare for Halloween. The Horror Lab consists of a maze of many different projects created by the Kinetic Sculpture team. They are not only terrifying but also move to make the sculptures even scarier. This event has been going since 2009 and always takes place a few days before Halloween as well as the day of. At the event the Dead Drops, a music band, will be live performing as well as a free barbecue for people who survive the lab. This year the event took place on the corner of 8th and N St. in Arcata on Oct. 26-28 and Oct. 31 from 7 p.m. to midnight. If your a fan of haunted houses, go on down and see if you can survive.

  • Andrew Bird-Essence of place

    Andrew Bird-Essence of place

    By | Michelle N. Meyer

    Andrew Bird takes the audience on a journey to places far beyond the reach of the concert hall. For a night, we are here experiencing these places and their essence- in their entirety. In a dazzling and dynamic dance of sounds, film, moving topography, and light displays, Bird immerses his audience in a transcendental experience that is effortlessly nostalgic.

    Before the performance began, seats are quickly filled, and murmurs were promptly hushed. A deafening silence fell over the entire venue, no beat was to be missed. Only the sound of Andrew Bird’s footsteps were heard as Bird makes a hushed entrance onto the stage.

    Bird bent down to pick up his violin, then placed it carefully underneath the base of his chin. All the lights went black. For a moment, there was nothingness. Then the sooth, serendipitous sounds of a violin rang out.

    “I felt healthier as I was listening,” HSU student, Andrew Heise said.

    Bird began his performance with songs such as “Down Under The Hyperion Bridge” and “Gypsy Moth”, from his newest album, part of his Echolocations Solo Series- Echolocations: River, which released Oct. 6.

    Part of Bird’s Echolocations Solo Series are each recorded at an individual location and feature site specific pieces. These unique locations allow for sound quality that is not easily, or at all replaceable in a studio setting. In addition to the recordings, the works are also accompanied by film of that location.

    Bird recorded the eight track instrumental LP, Echolocations: River, while wading ankle deep in the Los Angeles River underneath the Glendale Hyperion Bridge.

    Echolocations: River:

    1 The Cormorants

    2 Ellipses

    3 Lazuli Bunting

    4 Gypsy Moth

    5 Black-Crowned Night-Heron

    6 Down Under the Hyperion Bridge

    7 Dear Killdear

    8 The Green Heron

    The second portion of the performance included songs from his first album in the Echolocations Solo Series, Echolocations: Canyon. Echolocations: Canyon is an instrumental album recorded inside Coyote Gulch in Utah.

    During the performance, film was shown of Bird as he meandered down the winding, hollow corridors of the canyon.

    Echolocations: Canyon:

    1 Sweep the Field

    2 Groping the Dark

    3 Rising Water

    4 Antrozous

    5 The Return of Yawny

    6 Before the Germans Came

    7 The Canyon Wants to Hear C Sharp

    The Illinois born, L.A. based film-score composer, multi-instrumentalist and lyricist, Andrew Bird, picked up his violin at the ripe age of four and promptly began immersing himself in classical composition. As a teen, Bird found an interest in early jazz, country blues, and gypsy music. Soon the sounds of his violin began to drift and morph into something unique to himself.

    “The Violin didn’t have to be in an orchestral setting,” Jett Hagerty, a fellow violinist and HSU student, said.

    While Birds main instrument is the violin, he also plays guitar, glockenspiel, and has supposedly refined the art of whistling.

    Before pursuing a solo career in ’97, Bird was also a member of the bands Squirrel Nut Zipper and Bowl Of Fire. Since perusing his solo career, Bird has released 12 albums.

    For the final portion of the performance, Bird was accompanied by bassist, Michael Lewis and drummer Abraham Rounds.

    Rounds is a multi-instrumentalist that hails from Sydney, Australia. He started playing drums when he was just one year old. Rounds, now 25 and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Currently, he is a member of his musical mentors Meshell Ndegeocello’s band. In addition, he has also recorded and toured with artists such as Seal, Trevor Horn, Justin Stanley, My Brightest Diamond, Susanna Hoffs, Doyle Bramhall II, and Andrew Bird.

    Rounds says he began playing with Bird last year.

    “He saw me playing with another artist called My Brightest Diamond,” Round said. “[Bird] reached out to me by email when he needed a drummer.”

    Before Rounds began playing with Bird, he said that he didn’t know any of his music. So far Round described the experience of working with Bird has been pretty.

    “It’s a good crew and a good bunch of people,” Round said.

    The Van Duzer marks the last stop on the band’s tour and they have a 600-mile drive ahead of them. Yet, in his last few moments in Humboldt County, Rounds said that he feels great to be here amidst the sounds of the redwoods.

    ANDREW BIRD LIVE

    October 12—Los Angeles, CA—Zebulon

    October 13—Mesa, AZ—Mesa Arts Center

    October 14—Santa Barbara, CA—Campbell Hall

    October 16—San Luis Obispo, CA—Christopher Cohan Center

    October 18—San Francisco, CA—SFJAZZ, Miner Auditorium

    October 19—San Francisco, CA—SFJAZZ, Miner Auditorium

    October 20—Stanford, CA—Bing Concert Hall

    October 22—Davis, CA—Mondavi Center

    October 23—Arcata, CA—Van Duzer Theatre

    December 8—Nashville, TN—Downtown Presbyterian Church*

    December 9—Nashville, TN—Downtown Presbyterian Church*

    December 11—Chicago, IL—Fourth Presbyterian Church*

    December 12—Chicago, IL—Fourth Presbyterian Church*

    December 13—Chicago, IL—Fourth Presbyterian Church*

    December 14—Chicago, IL—Fourth Presbyterian Church*

    * Gezelligheid Performance

  • Hold a joy in a Humboldt

    Hold a joy in a Humboldt

    By | Robert Brown

    Local Reggae singer, Stevie Culture and The Irie Rockers will be performing live at the Emerald Fair, part of the Humboldt County Cup harvest weekend celebration happening at Redwood Acres in Eureka on November 19, 2017.

    “This band is me and my friends who were yearning to get out and play the music we were writing,” Stevie said. “We were playing and realized we were recording some really great stuff.”

    Irie Rockers have released two albums, “Movin” and “Conscious Step,” which carry a positive message with conscious lyrics.

    “The beauty about reggae music is it has a message that we can apply to our everyday life,” Stevie said. “If you listen carefully, you will hear. As one of my songs says, Hol a joy, never end joy.”

    Kingston born, Stevie Culture grew up listening to the radio, memorizing all of the hits. From hours of listening to music on the radio, he knew all of the top 20 songs in Jamaica, and in America, along with all of the lyrics. He became known for his ability to sing any song on cue.

    “My friends liked the way I sang so they put me on the mic at the dancehall one night,” Stevie said. “People were digging what I was doing, so that led to a regular thing.”

    Stevie immediately realized that he loved singing and it grew to become his lifelong passion. He worked for several resort hotels, performing a mixture of classic and modern songs for tourists. There were three opportunities for struggling artists to earn a living in Jamaica, and possibly become noticed; singing at weddings and banquets, in the dancehall, and at the after party on the beach.

    “In Jamaica when I was starting out, after a show I would stay on the beach playing the keyboard with my headphones,” Stevie said. “Sometimes I played all night into the morning trying to learn it. I have a real love for it.”

    Big name artists would come to the beach scouting for musicians and singers to recruit them to go on tour. Capleton, who was signed by Def Jam records, noticed Stevie and asked if he was interested in going on tour with him. Stevie toured with Capleton all over the world, performing and perfecting his craft.

    “I’ve played for sold out auditoriums all over the world,” Stevie said. “In Japan, Europe, the Caribbean, Barbados, and around the United States.”

    During the 1990’s, Stevie sang with Jamaica’s top band called, The S.A.N.E. Band, and routinely opened for several topnotch Reggae artists like Shaggy, Anthony B, Sizzla, Steel Pulse, Culture, and Burning Spear.

    “I feel lucky to have been around at the best time for Reggae music,” Stevie said. “I sang with Dennis Brown, Tony Rebel, Everton Blender, and Garnet Silk.”

    While on tour in the U.S., Stevie came to Humboldt to perform. Humboldt has a large Reggae scene due to the annual Reggae on the River festival held near Garberville every summer.

    “I came to Humboldt in the late 90’s,” Stevie said. “I was on tour around the country and Reggae on the River was a date on the tour.”

    Stevie was approached by an up and coming musician who asked him to stay in Humboldt to perform, write music and possibly put an album together. Deciding to stay, it didn’t take long for him to feel at home and become embraced by the community.

    “People in California and Humboldt support what you do,” Stevie said. “If you are out doing you’re thing, and the people like it, they will come to your shows.”

    Humboldt county is known as a place of high inspiration by artists that come through, or live in the area. The North Coast is a haven for creative people, due to the natural landscape, the Pacific Ocean, and the number of like minded people that collectively create a unique vibe unlike anywhere else.

    “Living up here in Humboldt is peaceful and quiet,” Stevie said. “I can drive 15 minutes in any direction and find tranquility by the ocean, a river, or just taking a hike in the redwood forest. It was easy for me to be at home here because I came from the countryside of Jamaica, so this is what i’m used to, country living.”

    Along with being inspired by the surroundings, Stevie draws inspiration from the elders who came before him like Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, and Bob Marley. Artists from other genres of music like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye were also big influences.

    “As Jamaicans, people think all we listen to is reggae music,” Stevie said. “As much as I love it, I like other things too. So when I’m writing songs, I don’t stick to one thing. I like to incorporate elements of different styles into my music.”

    Stevie reasoned on the dynamics of how to make a hit song in Jamaica.

    “Jamaican people listen to music with their bodies first, we’re dancing people, we love to dance,” Stevie said. “If people love the riddim, it becomes a hit. After that if the people like the lyrics, it becomes a hit again. So there’s two chances to make a hit song.”

    To find out when and where Stevie Culture and The Irie Rockers are performing, go to his website StevieCulture.com.

  • Jalapeño Mummies

    Jalapeño Mummies

    By | Madelyn MacMullin

    Don’t be a party pumpkin, spice up your Halloween party with these cute, easy to make jalapeño mummies. This spooky treat is sure to be a hit with friends and family. Want more of a kick? Leave in a few of the seeds for extra flavor. Heat not your thing? Opt for a simple cream cheese filling or substitute monterey jack cheese for pepper jack. However you stuff them, these mummies will be the star of your gooling good time.

    Makes 20 mummies

    Jalapeño Mummies

    Ingredients:

    • 10 jalapeño peppers
    • 8 oz softened cream cheese
    • 8 oz pepper jack cheese
    • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
    • 1 scallion
    • pinch of salt and pepper
    • black olives
    • Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
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    Photo credit: Madelyn MacMullin

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    Directions:

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
    2. Wash jalapeños, slice in half lengthwise, scoop out insides
    3. Shred cheese
    4. Finely chop scallion
    5. Mix cream cheese, pepper jack cheese, scallion, garlic, salt and pepper
    6. Fill jalapeños with mixture
    7. Unroll crescent rolls, leave in one sheet
    8. Use pizza cutter to slice crescent rolls into thin strips
    9. Wrap strips around jalapenos, leave small opening at the top for eyes
    10. Bake for 10-12 minutes
    11. Immediately after removing mummies from the oven at olive slivers for the eyes

    Black Caldron Margarita

    Ingredients:

    • 3 oz tequila
    • 1 oz Blue Curacao
    • 2 oz cranberry juice

     

  • Word on street: Students Halloween Plans

    Word on street: Students Halloween Plans

    By | Lauren Shea

    Halloween time is here and most students will be celebrating this weekend since it lands on a Tuesday this year. Some students will be taking a break from their classes to enjoy the holiday while others will be studying.

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    Dylan Wicker, Anthropology Major, Sophomore Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Dylan Wicker, Anthropology Major, Sophomore

    “I’m probably going to have a few friends over and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters and going to watch some movies.”

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    Stephen Alvarez, Biology Major, Junior Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Stephen Alvarez, Biology Major, Junior

    “I might just tag along with friends and hanging out with them.”

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    Sami McDonald, English Major, Freshman Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Sami McDonald, English Major, Freshman

    “Actually I’m going home for Halloween in San Diego. We’ll probably watch ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ and I’m gonna try to convince my dad to watch The ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ and hand out candy.”

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    Angelina Resendez, Social Work Major, Senior Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Angelina Resendez, Social Work Major, Senior

    “I’m probably going to catch up on my sleep and watch some scary movies with friends.”

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    Maya Matute, Sociology Major, Sophomore Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Maya Matute, Sociology Major, Sophomore

    “This weekend, I’m going to dress up and also take part in the Haunted JGC Queers and Allies.”

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    Robo Oku, Environmental Resource Engineer Major, Senior Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Robo Oku, Environmental Resource Engineer Major, Senior

    “I’m going to take part in Baile de Otoño at Los Bagels on Saturday.”

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    Jessie Keller, History Major, Junior Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Jessie Keller, History Major, Junior

    “I’m going to a friends Halloween birthday party. I’m dressing up as doodle bob. I’m also going to a couple sorority get togethers. One of them is a movie night and we’re going to watch ‘Hocus Pocus’.”

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    Percival Ferrugia, Theater Major, Junior Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Percival Ferrugia, Theater Major, Junior

    “I’m going to a theater Halloween party with other theater majors.”

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    Marie Torres, Criminology Major, Freshman Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Marie Torres, Criminology Major, Freshman

    “I’m dressing up as Barrel from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’. I’m going to go trick or treating with my roommate and her niece.”

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    Tati Taylor-Willis, Vocal Performance Major, Freshman Photo credit: Lauren Shea

    Tati Taylor-Willis, Vocal Performance Major, Freshman

    “I’m not sure what I’m going as yet, but I’m going to have a friend help me with my costume.”

     

  • The Freaks Lament – A Humboldt Circus Presentation

    The Freaks Lament – A Humboldt Circus Presentation

    By Keaundrey Clark and Bryan Donoghue

    Humboldt State Circus is hosting The Freak’s Lament Circus Show from Oct. 26-28 in the Gist Hall Theatre

    “Come have some laughs,” said co-president Ashley Bowles. “Don’t take life too seriously.”

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    Acroyoga club president Darci Kudrna (top) and Michael Perez (bottom) practice AcroYoga in Gist Hall. Photo credit: Tyler Boydstun

    HSU’s Circus Club has been around for 17 years. It’s a place where students go to have fun, express themselves.

    “Beacon for anyone who wants to come in be weird and have fun,” said Bowles

    Every semester, the club puts on a performance for HSU and the community. Sometimes they’ll be joined by other groups on campus like The Marching Lumberjacks.

    This year, AcroYoga Club will be performing with them.

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    Ariana Catanuso and Michael Perez practice AcroYoga inside Gist Hall. Photo credit: Tyler Boydstun

    “We’re practicing AcroYoga for the circus show,” said club president Darci Kudrna. “There’s a circus performance and circus club, and we collaborated with AcroYoga.”

    AcroYoga is a mix between gymnastics and yoga. It’s partner-based yoga involving a lot of gymnastic based flips and turns, all with partners.

    “We have two acts and both of them have a theme,” said Kudrna. “The general theme of a circus show is the death of a circus.”

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    Ariana Catanuso (top) and Darci Kudrna (bottom) practice AcroYoga in Gist Hall.

    “We wanted to stick with that theme in our first act, which is death oriented. We wanted to incorporate colors of red and black to show death,” said Kudrna. “The second one is afterlife, is what we called it. It’s going to be a little more flowy, and gold and white, and have the lighting to show more of the afterlife slower and more different skills they have.”

    Clubs like these on campus are a place where students can go and feel accepted without being judged.

    “It’s a safe free space, we don’t discriminate. said Bowles. “We invite anybody and everybody to come by.”

    The circus is $10 dollars for students and $12 for general admission.

    AcroYoga meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. in the Rec and Wellness Center in room 126.

    Humboldt Circus meets Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 p.m. in the West gym.

    Here is video of the AcroYoga and Circus Clubs practicing for the Fall Circus Show.

  • Homecoming Paddlefest

    Homecoming Paddlefest

    By | Reza Sadeghzadeh and Andre Hascall

    Warm, sunny days are nice to enjoy while you have the chance in Humboldt county. Homecoming and Family weekend happened to land on some days like that.

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    Photo credit: Reza Sadeghzadeh

    One of the weekends events, known as Paddlefest, put together by the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, located in Eureka.

    Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center works with HSU Center activities. Working together to provide a unique experience, building relations among local community members, organizations and the HSU campus.

    Josh Remley, a freshman at HSU, experienced his first college homecoming weekend.

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    Photo credit: Reza Sadeghzadeh

    “We get to enjoy this beautiful sunny day out on the water,” Remley said. “Today is special because my family is here to visit me.”

    Junior, Aaron Tasub, Zoology major, had his fourth go-around at Paddlefest this year

    “I moved up here from from Southern California and you can’t get this kind of experience down there,” Tasub said.

    Paddlefest takes place annually, and is reserved as a Family weekend event, but is open to all.

    “The Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center offers students the chance to do a lot more outdoor activity,” Tasub said. “I try to get out her and kayak as much as possible.”

  • Hoppy at Hoptoberfest

    Hoppy at Hoptoberfest

    By | Juan Herrera

    Drinking beer in any setting always causes for a great time, but doing it as a fundraiser causes for an even better time.

    On Saturday, Oct. 14 the Blue Lake Foundation board put on the 17th annual Hoptoberfest where over 15 local breweries were sampling their finest beer. The event cost $35 for unlimited samples from any brewery and also $5 for underage people or designated drivers. All of the proceeds that come from Hoptoberfest go to the Blue Lake Foundation to help provide music and art programs for their schools. Live music, good company, good beer, and the smell of BBQ filled Perigot Park in Blue Lake, CA at the 17th annual Hoptoberfest.

  • Homecoming Tailgate

    Homecoming Tailgate

    By | Raymond J. Garcia

    Students, families and the community gather at the West parking lot with food, drinks and game day excitement. A normal tailgate to some, but to others it was an opportunity to help save HSU athletics.

    As The Lumberjack previously reported, the Lumberjack football team may be in its last season. The school’s reason for cutting the team reflects budget cuts across the board.

    Yet students, their families and locals got together for some time in the sun before Saturday’s game.

    Food was all around, and faces were getting painted. Notably, there was a group with a large following called Save HSU Athletics. Raising money through fundraising and donations, the tailgate provided an additional opportunity to do just that.

    Saturday was an example of our HSU community meshing with the Humboldt community. No ill will, just a bunch of fans with the same mindset: To have fun and support our Jacks.

     

     

     

  • Show Spirit, Support Awareness

    Show Spirit, Support Awareness

    By | Andre Hascall

    Football highlights one month of the year to bring awareness to Breast Cancer. Every year the athletes on the cheer and football teams gear up with pink in October.

    Western Oregon comes to town to battle Humboldt, on the 21st. And as a special treat at halftime, the Lumberjack cheer squad is planning a Breast Cancer awareness performance.

    One cheer coach, Teron Schaeffer, emphasized that everyone is welcome to participate.

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    Photo credit: Andre Hascall

    “We want to fill the field,” Schaeffer said. “We want a lot of people to flood the field and make it as big as possible.”

    Anyone interested in participating is welcome to come practice a few easy dance moves on three days preceding the 21st. Those days are on the 16th, 19th and the 20th.

    Schaeffer went on to say that bows will be sold the week preceding the game. You will even be able to find them at the tailgate before the game.

    This is a great way to bring the campus together more with the power of spirit. Breast Cancer awareness month is more sentimental for some. That’s true for the Cheer Teams Stephanie Rodriguez.

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    Photo credit: Andre Hascall

    “My mom was diagnosed before I came up to Humboldt,” Rodriguez said. “Being 12 hours away from home, having the support of the school and team is heartwarming.”

    Head coach, Isabel Quintero is the mind behind the performance.

    “I did this for my High School, and a lot of NFL teams do it too,” Quintero said. “We get the chance to bring the entire school together and promote awareness.”

  • Pastels on the Plaza

    Pastels on the Plaza

    Last Saturday was the 30th annual Pastels on the Plaza. Hundreds of people showed up to the event which happened at the same time as the weekly farmers market at the Arcata Plaza. Local businesses purchased squares around the plaza to pastel. Proceeds from the event went to the Northcoast Children’s Services, a non-profit based off of early childhood education in Humboldt.

  • Moon full of cake

    Moon full of cake

    By | Juan Herrera

    A room full of smiles, laughter, and mooncake took over the Kate Buchanan Room as HSU students celebrated the beautiful full moon.

    Matilda Bunchongchitr, co-coordinator of Asian Desi Pacific Islander Collective (ADPIC), says that for her the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival celebration is a slight taste of what home would be like if she was there.

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    A group of students enjoying mooncake and games at the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Oct. 4, 2017.

    “Usually today I’m with family around a table eating and celebrating together,” Bunchongchitr said. “Instead I’m here and can’t go home because the school doesn’t acknowledge it.”

    Bunchongchitr mentioned that ADPIC puts on this festival so students and community members like her have a place to go and celebrate this holiday to give a little sense of home.

    Branden Mark, HSU student and co-coordinator of ADPIC, states that the main dish for this Asian holiday is called a mooncake. According to Mark, the mooncake for Asians is like turkey served on Thanksgiving for Americans.

    “It’s basically the Asian’s version of Thanksgiving.” Mark said. “In America’s culture you celebrate with turkey and in Asia’s you celebrate with mooncake.”

    Mark said that back home people use this holiday as reunion for families to get back together over a big meal and catch up on life. According to Mark, mooncake is more of a sweet tasting dish served best as a dessert.

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    Nikki Xiong, ADPIC president, standingat their clubs table at the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Oct. 4.

    According to Nikki Xiong, president of ADPIC, the history of the full moon not only shows it’s beauty but also would appear the same time Asians would harvest rice fields. He mentions that is the reasoning for a huge celebration with lots of food.

    “Traditionally the moon festival was a celebration of the rice harvest not just the moon,” Xiong said. “People would have so much food they would invite all their family and friends over for a celebration meal.”

    Xiong mentions that ADPIC has put on this festival for five years now and each year keeps getting better and better.

    “We like to provide a home away from home environment for our community,” Xiong said. “This festival gives a chance for anyone to share their background or story in a safe environment with good traditional food.”

    Xiong mentions that ADPIC host two festivals a year and the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is only the pregame for the next one. According to Xiong his club will also be hosting a much larger Lunar Festival with live music, more games, and more food.

    The Lunar Festival will be taking place Friday, February 16, 2018.

  • Walking dead around Eureka

    Walking dead around Eureka

    By | Juan Herrera

    On Oct. 7, 2017 the Humboldt County Courthouse was filled with the hungry and thirsty afterlife. Zombies were ready to devour the streets of Eureka in the fourth annual Zombie Walk put on by Mark Boyd. According to Boyd, the Zombies normal attacking ground is in main stores along Broadway and in Oldtown Eureka. Boyd says that this years turn out was more creative then ever and hungrier then ever too.

  • Plaza Pastels: A 30 year tradition

    Plaza Pastels: A 30 year tradition

    By | Andre Hascall

    At first a one-time event, Pastels on the Arcata Plaza has become a tradition in our slice of Humboldt. Starting in 1987 with 29 pastels, the event has grown to surround the entire plaza with artwork.

    Many of the local businesses sponsor a square, they purchase one for $125 or $225, and the profits are donated to Northcoast Children’s Services. Artists pitch in their free time to keep this event going year in and year out.

    Sidelines and TJ’s bars are two of the businesses sponsoring squares this year, but are no stranger to Pastels on the Plaza. Sidelines Manager Nicole Costanzo was one of the many artists contributing.

    “It’s a learning process being out her, I wasn’t prepared my first time,” Costanzo said. “You need a lot more water than you think.”

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    Legacy Club surrounds their Pastel at the Plaza. | Photo by Andre Hascall

    The water helps with the water art of course, but with October as one of Arcata’s warmest months its a good idea to keep it close by during the long event.

    “Its pretty hard work,” Costanzo said. “The artists get here at Eight in the morning and aren’t done until two in the afternoon.”

    One group in particular made their mark on the community for a second year in a row. HSU club, Legacy created a pastel to imprint their group in the event and community. Along with having their own pastel, they helped the children at the plaza get their own little paintings done as well.

    Fourth year Child Development major, Dee Breaux is a member of Legacy.

    “For our pastel design this year, half the group came up with a tree,” Breaux said. “And the leaves will have our initials on them.”

    Legacy’s colors are purple and gold, and that showed on their pastel. Fourth Year Pyschology Major, Danni Pittman had a few words on her groups artwork.

    “It’s like the tree of life, and the ‘L’ in the middle makes a statement,” Pittman said. “The crown empowers us, like we are queens dripping in gold.”

  • Damian Marley

    Damian Marley

    Damian Marley, the youngest of the reggae legend Bob Marley’s children, performed at the Mateel Community Center in Redway, California on Oct. 4. Guest performers were Kingston, Jamaica natives, Kabaka Pyramid.

    Marley and Kabaka Pyramid filled the small, rural venue with sounds of classic reggae, dancehall and reggae fusion.

    In the past, Marley has experimented with various genres of music, such as his album with rapper Nas, “Distant Relatives.” In 2011, Marley was in a supergroup with British soul artists, Joss Stone, rock legend Mick Jagger and Indian composer and producer, A.R. Rahman.

    During the show, Marley performed and talked about songs advocating the medical use of marijuana. In Marley’s native country of Jamaica, marijuana is still illegal and he currently has an ongoing project, #CannabisHeals that features medical cannabis patients and sheds light on their experience with traditional and holistic methods of healing, such as marijuana.

    Damian Marley’s album “Stony Hill” is available in stores and online.

  • Humboldt Pride

    Humboldt Pride

    Humboldt Pride took place in the Arcata Plaza this year. Leading with the Pride Parade and culminating in the town square for a free open-mic, a drag lip-sync performance, live music, and other presentations. While a smaller event then previous years, it was still lively and filled the square with color.

  • The courage to ride

    The courage to ride

    By | Ian Benjamin Finnegan Thompson

    Raina May was two when she rode Dusty the horse on a trail in Crater Lake. When she was one, May remembers being drawn to the images of horses in picture books her mother would read her. Ever since those experiences, May has been in love with horses.

    “I like how they’re really big but really gentle, like gentle giants,” said May.

    Another passion of May’s is archery.

    “When I was five my dad made me a willow bow and quiver,” said May.

    May combines these two loves through horseback archery, also known as mounted archery.

    May wanted to do horseback archery since she saw the Rogue Mounted Archers from Oregon. Through the help of a friend, who was willing to share their horse, May was able to start doing mounted archery. She now competes in international tournaments.

    Last year she won first place in the juniors division at the Rogue Mounted Archers International Competition at the age of eight.

    Saturday was the first day May rode and shot off of Annie the mule. May previously rode a horse named Remedy until the horse died two months ago. Remedy was a temperamental retired Rodeo horse who was partially blind.

    “No one else could ride her, but the horse liked Raina,” said Katie May. “It may have been how light she was on the horse.”

    Annie is owned by Darcey Lima who also owned Remedy. May was introduced to Lima through her principal Bettina Eipper of Coastal Grove Charter School in Arcata after Eipper heard May wanted to do horseback archery. Through the support of May’s family, Eipper and Lima, May was able to ride Remedy and now Annie.

    May practiced horseback archery along with other classmates from Coastal Grove in Blue Lake on Saturday in preparation for the Medieval Festival of Courage.

    Every Waldorf school, including Coastal Grove, has a Festival of Courage event every fall said Eipper. The autumn festival is symbolic of preparing for the dark days of winter and awakening to our inner lives.

    “You have to slay your dragons before winter comes,” said Eipper.

    May’s performance with her classmates and members of the Blue Lake Mounted Archers can be seen at the Medieval Festival of Courage in Blue Lake on October 7 and 8.The festival is a fundraiser for Coastal Grove Charter School. The performances and choreography are being planned by May’s friends and Coastal Grove students Ariana Burchill and Haven Smyth. The horseback archers will incorporate costumes, music, battles, stories and narrative into their equestrian performances.

    Proceeds of the event will support Coastal Grove which will in turn support May’s goal of living and working with horses.

    “I want to have a big farm with a bunch of horses and be a horse trainer,” said May. She also wants a mounted archery course on her farm to teach others how to shoot on horseback.

    To learn more about the festival, visit medievalfestivalofcourage.org.

     

  • They see me rollin’

    They see me rollin’

    By | Andre Hascall

    This past week, seemingly overnight, HSU is offering a bikeshare system via Zagster. Zagster was founded in 2007 in Massachusetts, and it operates bike-sharing programs at universities and other locations.

    Transportation is always a hot-button issue on any college campus. Thanks to a generous donation from a former Humboldt State, Zoology professor we may have a solution.

    Of course everything costs money so one might wonder how this was affordable. Steve Bagley, an associate director with the office of philanthropy, had some insight on how the bike share program was funded.

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    Zagster Bike Share at the bottom of the Jolly Giant Commons. Photo credit: Andre Hascall

    “He gave around $30,000 when he died to fund a few stations,” Bagley said. “That guy Manuel C. Kaster only rode a bike, real simple life.”

    Manuel Chernoff Kaster, more commonly known around Humboldt as Manny, donated $31,684 just weeks before passing away in May 2017. Manny was known for his simple life, his house in the woods and his fondness for bikes.

    In a time where ride sharing operations are all the rage, this is just another way for students and community members to get around. Of all the ride sharing programs available in Arcata, Zagster is the most environmentally friendly.

    Third year psychology student, JT Gibson noted that Zagster’s competitors offer quicker transportation.

    “They are going to have to compete with Lyft and Uber,” Gibson said. “There was already Zipcar, it might be better if people got their own bikes.”

    Zagster offers their services for two dollars an hour. If you get the $20 annual membership, the first hour of every trip is free. After the first hour, any extra hours will cost you two dollars.

    Uber or Lyft could cost you around eight dollars for a mile long ride. Zipcar gets more expensive, with a $25 initiation fee, a $70 annual fee and $7.50 per hour.

    Currently, similar to Zip Cars ride sharing service, Zagster is only located at HSU. One student, a third year international studies major, Jordan Schmidt, would like to see that change in the future.

    “I think it’s cool but it’d be cooler if they were off-campus too, like at bus stops,” Schmidt said. “That way we could get to and from campus easier.”

  • Eureka Old Town farmers’ market

    Eureka Old Town farmers’ market

    By | Lauren Shea

    Tuesdays from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., you can walk the Old Town Farmers’ Market from bok choy to squash with depending on the season. The market supports the eat local and shop local.

    The farmers are all a part of the North Coast Growers’ association local to Humboldt County. The North Coast Growers’ association also hold farmer markets in Arcata, McKinleyville, Henderson Center in Eureka and Willow Creek.

    The North Coast Growers’ association supports Cal Fresh, a nutrition assistance program that helps people purchase local food along with EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) card and farmers’ market tokens.

    There are many vegetables and fruits sold at the market. You can also find Humboldt Honey and Wine, kettle corn and live music.

    For more information on the North Coast Growers’ Association visit http://www.humfarm.org/