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  • Food sovereignty lab hosts indigenous film series

    by Krisanne Keiser

    In 2019, Cal Poly Humboldt students envisioned a project that would re-indigenize the campus by creating the Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab & Cultural Workspace.

    According to the summer 2021 FSL Progress Report, this new indigenized space is “dedicated to the research, practice, and preservation of food sovereignty and traditional ecological knowledge. The purpose of the FSL is to provide an opportunity to work directly with the surrounding communities, tribal nations, and national and international scholars and community leaders to center, learn, and engage with Indigenous science, environmental management, and preservation practices.”

    The Food Sovereignty Lab serves to “unify our students, faculty, local tribes, and communities; to center and support tribal sovereignty, natural resource management, and preservation practices; and to provide students with culturally appropriate education in Indigenous natural resource management that respects Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination and serves our community.”

    To help the public and Cal Poly Humboldt students understand the practice of food sovereignty, there will be an online film series via zoom that highlights the importance of revitalizing traditional food sources in March and April.

    The first film, “Inhabitant: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World,” will be presented by the Social Justice Summit on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. PST.

    The second film, “Voices From the Barrens: Native People, Blueberries & Sovereignty,” will be shown Thursday, March 24 at 7 p.m. PST.

    “Gather” will be shown on Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. PST.

    The third part will be a double feature. “El Cacao: The Challenge of Fair Trade,” and “No Place to Grow,” featuring a discussion with filmmaker Michelle Aguilar, will be shown on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. PST.

    Interested parties can register online at https://forms.gle/UtD35UCCF89LJqY27

  • 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.

  • Open Access Week escape room

    Open Access Week escape room

    By | Charlotte Rutigliano

    Imagine a mad scientist is trying to take over the town, and you and your friends are the only ones who can crack the code and stop him.

    In an upcoming escape room simulation presented by the library for Open Access Week, students can do just that.

    According to Kimberly Stelter, first-year experience librarian, this four-day event is about giving greater access to students.

    “Open Access Week is about opening up a number of resources they have access to,” Stelter said.

    According to the Open Access Week website, the global event is entering its eighth year and gives the academic and research communities the opportunity to continue learning.

    Stelter said the library is wanting to students to become more familiar with this information in a fun way.

    “It’s about learning and teaching in a different way, ” Stelter said. “I love games for learning, it’s gamifying education.”

    This skillshop takes place Monday, Oct. 23 through Thursday, Oct. 26 at 5 PM. Registration is still open.