HSU’s JackPass offers students unlimited city bus access By Alexandria Hasenstab Humboldt State student Miami Liscano was having an enjoyable spring break until their car broke down. They knew they would need to find a new means of transportation. Luckily,
Co-founder of Burger Records visits HSU By Sarahi Apaez The man behind Burger Records, Sean Bohrman, co-founded a record label and built a scene from the ground up. Bohrman graduated from HSU in 2004 with a minor in graphic design
By Curran Daly Humboldt State’s radio station, KHSU, is facing a 16 percent funding decrease under Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 Budget Outline. KHSU has an annual operating budget of just over a million dollars. In 2016, KHSU received $175,061 in
By Sarahi Apaez During the spring preview introduction in the Lumberjack Arena, Rosamel Benavides-Garb watched and listened through his headset as his students translated for the parents of incoming HSU freshmen. Benavides-Garb, the chair of the department of world languages
By Iridian Casarez HSU will soon welcome its new dean of the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Science, Lisa Bond-Maupin. Bond-Maupin is starting as the new position in July. She is coming from the University of Arkansas. Q:
By Charlotte Rutigliano Students, faculty and members of the community came out to the Kate Buchanan Room this past Friday to show their support for survivors of sexualized violence. One student who came out to show support was graduate student
By Iridian Casarez An HSU student assembled a candle lit vigil to remember the 2014 Spring Preview bus crash. Yulisa Salas, a second year English and critical race and gender studies major, put together a vigil to honor the victims
By Danny Dunn One of the greatest aspects of playing sports is the ability to play in front of a home crowd. Unfortunately, Humboldt State’s top rated softball team has not been able to play a single game this season
By Erin Chessin Track and field coaches Sarah Ingram and Scott Pesch were frustrated to find that very few of the athletes they entered into two Division I track meets made it. They entered a total of 13 HSU athletes
By | Andrew George Butler The who’s who of Humboldt State University gathered on April 4 at 10 a.m. to discuss the University’s budget deficit. The meeting was lead by the University Resources and Planning Committee, a sub-committee made up
By Curran Daly 23-year-old Kyle Zoellner will be released following the week long pre-trial hearing that took place this week. Judge Dale Reinholtsen decided after hearing four and a half days of testimony that the prosecution did not have sufficient
By Erin Chessin Senior recreation major Ryanne Bailey was 17 years old when she woke up and could not recognize anyone, even her own parents. “That’s when they told me I had a seizure,” Bailey said. One minute Bailey was
Humboldt State University hosted radical author and poet Chris Abani for our Visiting Writer series on March 29. He visited a couple of writing-based classes and talked with students. He also held a reading and talk in the Kate Buchanan
By Charlotte Rutigliano HSU has been discussing making the switch to the cloud network over the last year, in hopes to improve file access for students and increase storage space. Anna Kircher, who is the chief information officer for Information
The HSU Big Time, presented by the Indian Tribal & Educational Personnel Program, is a social gathering with dancing and cultural sharing events. What makes this event unique from other gatherings, is that it takes advantage of the campus to
By Morgan Brizee At just 2 years old Eddie Medrano and his four siblings were forced into the foster care system. Medrano is now a 22-year-old Humboldt State graduate, and soon to be USC masters graduate, who created and owns
By | Onaja Waki There may be times when students need that extra one on one time with their professor for things like making up assignments and exams, discussing grades or getting clarity on homework or a project. These are
By | Erin Chessin Earlier this month, HSU students enjoyed a much needed week long spring break, but not everyone was relaxing. While classes may have adjourned for a week, school work continued in motion. Students said they spent the
![Jacqueline Gomez, junior, engineering "It was like a slap in the face because they're not telling us where the money's going. And I know Lisa [Rossbacher] got a salary increase. So she can get a salary increase, but we have to pay more tuition?"](https://i0.wp.com/thelumberjack.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/mos1.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1)
By | Iridian Casarez When Vanessa Vrtiak started volunteering at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility, she noticed that the inmates didn’t have many resources needed for success after release. Vrtiak is a graduate sociology student at HSU. Vrtiak coordinated and
By | Maricela Wexler On March 22, the California State University Board of Trustees voted 11-to-8 to increase student tuition for the 2017-18 academic year by $270 for undergraduates. There are over 100,000 more students enrolled in the CSU system today
By | The Lumberjack Editorial Board Oh where, oh where, oh where in the world is Humboldt State University President Lisa A. Rossbacher? President Rossbacher has been at best unavailable, and at worst dismissive and non communicative with The Lumberjack. The