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  • Recipe: Toad in the Hole

    Recipe: Toad in the Hole

    By Liam Olson

    Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. It helps you get your day going and keeps you not hungry until lunch. However for some college students, it is hard to make breakfast with the short amount of time to get ready in the mornings. Well here at The Lumberjack, we’ve got you covered with this quick and easy breakfast recipe.

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    Toad in a hole on a plate. | Photo by Liam Olson

    Ingredients:

    1 egg

    1 slice of bread

    Butter or olive oil

    Garlic salt

    Pepper

    Cumin (optional)

    Shredded cheese (optional)

     

    Steps:

    1. Grease the frying pan with butter or oil on medium heat. Let the oil or butter heat up in the frying pan.
    2. Make a hole in the middle of the slice of bread and eat the circle of bread that you took out.
    3. Place the bread on the frying pan and crack the egg in the center of the bread slice.
    4. Quickly add seasonings to the egg before the egg becomes too cooked.
    5. For a runny yolk, let the egg cook for less time. For a more solid yolk, cook egg for a longer period of time. Make sure the bread does not get burned.
    6. Cook both sides of the egg and bread.
    7. Put cheese on top of bread and let it melt.
    8. Serve and enjoy!
  • Sexland: Garden of Hedon

    Sexland: Garden of Hedon

    By Sarahi Apaez

    Sexland is a yearly event at HSU hosted by the Peer Health Education Program. On April 22 at the Kate Buchanan Room, the HSU community gathered at the sexual health event. This years theme was Garden of Hedon which centered around self definition and identity. Tables of HSU clubs and community resources filled the edges of the KBR such as HSU’s Check It, the North Coast Rape Crisis Team, Planned Parenthood representatives, and even HSU’s Botany Club.

    Peer Health Educators planned a sex toy raffle giveaway, games and free food.

  • Great hall becomes prospective renter center

    Great hall becomes prospective renter center

    By Curran Daly

    Todd Larsen, associate director of Housing and Residence admits there is not enough housing on campus for every student who wants to live on campus.

    “This year we have a record number of returners and transfers,” Larsen said. “We had 800 returners apply for the 600 spots we have.”

    The housing office is trying to take some of the stress off of students looking for off campus housing. The housing office has held four events now to help students find housing.

    Their final event held on April 24, gave students an opportunity to meet with real estate management groups. Kimberly Morris was at the event with Kramer Investment Corporation talking with students about renting apartments for them next semester.

    “We try to make it as easy as possible for first time renter,” Morris said. “We try to get the parents involved to help students through the process.”

    Sol Dinay, a freshman physics major, attended the event held by housing. He has already seen about a dozen houses and is hoping to secure his housing for next semester soon.

    “It’s just a matter of getting an app that gets approved,” Dinay said. “I’m not that worried cause I know we’ll eventually get a place.”

    Dinay tried to get an early start looking for houses and has some advice for people just barely starting out.

    “Try getting started on Craigslist because the application process is just an email,” Dinay said. “Apply to as many places as you can cause most will get denied.”

    Levi Mazza a freshman business major already lives off campus. Mazza found a house last May when he came up with his friend and current roommate. For him the hardest part of finding housing was getting his calls returned.

    “Everyone is extremely flaky up here,” Mazza said. “If you find a property, annoy the property manager by phone and in person.”

    He believes that by constantly contacting the manager you have a better chance to get a face to face meeting. It is in this first meeting that impressions are made that can determine whether or not you get the house.

    “When you do meet them in person be well dressed, make eye contact,” Mazza said, “and shake there hand multiple times.”

  • Residence halls cede to weed

    Residence halls cede to weed

    By Curran Daly

    Humboldt County has a reputation for accepting the widespread use of cannabis. While Humboldt State gives a stern warning to students that weed is not allowed in the dorms upon orientation, it is still present. One freshman smokes almost everyday and believes that one of the hardest parts of getting high discreetly is that weed can be very potent.

    “Depending on your CA it can be pretty hard sometimes, the smell can give you away,” they said. “It depends on what you’re smoking. If its wax, it doesn’t necessarily smell as bad as if you are smoking actual bud.”

    For this particular student, the fear of being caught has subsided since the beginning of the year.

    “At first there was a nervousness, but then you realize that everyone smokes and everyone is used it so you’re not worried about being caught,” they said.

    Being caught comes with severe punishment. The Humboldt State housing handbook outlines the potential outcomes of being caught while in possession or under the influence of any drug or controlled substance.

    According to the housing handbook, “Outcomes may include educational administrative sanctions, a student’s removal from Housing, and referral to Student Affairs, and possible legal charges (including arrest and fines).”

    These harsh penalties cause some people living in campus housing to not risk smoking in their rooms. One resident in campus apartments admits to smoking, but never in their room.

    “I have never been caught,” they said. “I honestly never smoke in the dorms, always outside.”

    These types of measures are necessary to not get caught with a very strict and observant CA.

    They believe that the school does not care about students smoking.

    “No [they don’t care] but, they are still a school, and have to function as such,” they said. “Smoking weed openly in dorms would discredit the school I believe.”

    In Creekview, there is only one CA per building. One resident has only ever met their CA three times. To stop from being caught smoking in their dorm, the Creekview resident has their smoke detector covered and window open.

    “It is very very easy to smoke in Creekview,” they said, “It is also very easy to hide, we don’t really have to do it, but we do it as a precaution.”

    Marijuana is a known occurrence in Humboldt County and while the school preaches that it does not allow marijuana on campus, it is readily available and people smoke it openly in the dorms.