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Tag: Word on the Street

  • People of Arcata share what they’d like to see in the plaza

    People of Arcata share what they’d like to see in the plaza

    Arcata City Council votes to take down the statue of past President William McKinley on Feb. 21. Lumberjack reporter Dajonea Robinson asked the people of Arcata what they’d like to see in place of it.

  • Do you believe in Valentine’s Day?

    Do you believe in Valentine’s Day?

    Video by Bailey Tennery.
  • Word on the Street: What students look forward to this semester

    Word on the Street: What students look forward to this semester

    Name: Dalvin Jamal-Milton

    Major: Psychology

    Standing: Sophomore

    “One thing that I’m looking forward to is this rugby season. Our rugby team looks pretty good this year, and I think we have some really good chemistry… we have all the means to do well.”

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    Name: Seth Velasco

    Major: Kinesiology

    Standing: Freshman

    “I’m looking forward to starting off a little better than I did last semester now that I know what I’m doing. I struggled a bit in the beginning of last semester. Now that I know what I messed up on last semester, I can fix it.”

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    Name: Rebecca Bantum

    Major: Psychology

    Standing: Freshman

    “I’m looking forward to taking different classes that I didn’t take in high school. Here in HSU, there’s a lot of options. I’m looking forward to pick what I want to take.”

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    Name: Cailyn Lien

    Major: Cellular Biology

    Standing: Freshman

    “I’m looking forward to learning more stuff about my major. I’m probably going to start working at a blood bank and hospitals to learn more about human biology.”

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    Name: Mei Shimizu

    Major: Child Development

    Standing: New transfer student from Japan

    “I’m excited to take classes about child development. This is what I wanted to learn from before.”

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    Name: Akane Yajima

    Major: Francophone Studies

    Standing: New transfer student from Japan

    “I’m excited to learn about Francophone studies in the English language.”

  • Smoke on the water

    Smoke on the water

    The worst of the smoke is over and Humboldt can breathe a little easier.

    “We just put out a public service announcement. The Humboldt Bay Air Basin is in good condition over this weekend,” Chrystal Ales, a representative for the North Coast Air Quality Management District said.

    “Monday’s forecast indicate that smoke conditions will be improving. This weekend is predicted to have cleaner air.”

     

    The cleaner air is welcome, as the smoky conditions have made many students sick.

     

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    “I’ve been pretty sick the last couple of days, and I don’t know how much the fires been contained. I know it’s all up and down the West Coast, its bad. I’m sure they’re doing all they can but I wish they would maybe try and figure out how to help with the ash because it’s really been bothering me for the last 4-5 days.”
    -Michelle St

     

     

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    “I think that the wildfire itself is terrible and I don’t like the forest burning, but as far as the smoke goes, I don’t really mind the smoky air or anything. You know, some people talk about the terrible air quality and all that, but I honestly haven’t really noticed or anything. The sun and the moon look pretty cool.”
    -Peter Blickensderfer


     

     

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    “I know it [the smoke] definitely had an effect on how hot it was on that one weekend where it reached up to 90 I think, which is ridiculous. Actually, it kind of hurt to be outside. One of my roommates is getting headaches, but it might have just been sickness, I’m not sure. I’m not used to this sort of thing, I’m used to volcano smog or fog. Not an actual blanketing of smoke, which is ridiculous to be in, and kind of scary.”
    -Kairos Pacheco

     

     

  • HSU students share their thoughts on the tuition increase

    HSU students share their thoughts on the tuition increase

    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?"
    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?”
    Brian Taylor, freshman. "If it was going somewhere to actually improve my time here, that'd be okay. But I'd want to know exactly where the money is going. I obviously don't want to pay the extra money because I'm already going to have a lot of debt for four years of something I don't even necessarily want to do, but I have to do because that's what society has put in front of me.”
    Brian Taylor, freshman. “If it was going somewhere to actually improve my time here, that’d be okay. But I’d want to know exactly where the money is going. I obviously don’t want to pay the extra money because I’m already going to have a lot of debt for four years of something I don’t even necessarily want to do, but I have to do because that’s what society has put in front of me.”
    Dèsha Arthur junior computer science. "I don't think it's justified. I don't think it's valid. The benefits that it's going to bring - I don't think the students think it's worth while to charge us more. If you're raising tuition you should be benefitting the students more.”
    Dèsha Arthur junior computer science. “I don’t think it’s justified. I don’t think it’s valid. The benefits that it’s going to bring – I don’t think the students think it’s worth while to charge us more. If you’re raising tuition you should be benefitting the students more.”
    Sarah Dunn, junior, religious studies. "I just think it's bulls**t because it's not going to fund something worth funding. No one - no student at least - is going to benefit from it. The CSU system just seems as corrupt as the government that runs it.”
    Sarah Dunn, junior, religious studies. “I just think it’s bulls**t because it’s not going to fund something worth funding. No one – no student at least – is going to benefit from it. The CSU system just seems as corrupt as the government that runs it.”
    Khalil Robinson,senior, zoology and biology. "My biggest issue is that there isn't enough transparency with what they're doing with the money going towards tuition. They say we need it to build facilities to get more reach with the students. But then when the time comes we're like 'where is it? Why aren't we getting longer library hours? Why do people in the dorms have to pay for toilet paper?'”
    Khalil Robinson,senior, zoology and biology. “My biggest issue is that there isn’t enough transparency with what they’re doing with the money going towards tuition. They say we need it to build facilities to get more reach with the students. But then when the time comes we’re like ‘where is it? Why aren’t we getting longer library hours? Why do people in the dorms have to pay for toilet paper?’”
  • Word on the Street: Spring Break

    Word on the Street: Spring Break

    By Curran Daly

    Humboldt State will be going on spring break next week. Spring break is an opportunity for students to travel, relax, and take a break from studies. We hit the streets to ask some fellow Lumberjacks what they are going to be up to next week.

    Photo | Curran Daly

    I’m heading to Red Rock Canyon right outside Las Vegas to go rock climbing. The rock climbing there is world class.

    -Max Kittel, senior, environmental management and protection major

    Photo | Curran Daly

    I’m gonna travel down to Santa Barbara to visit a friend, then I’m going to visit my awesome roommate in Pasadena and visit Joshua Tree and then I’m going home to celebrate my mother’s birthday.

    -Melissa Lozano, freshman, environmental science major

    Photo | Curran Daly

    I’m doing absolutely nothing, I’ll be staying in my dorm. My friend might be coming up from Southern California so we might do some hiking.

    -Kelsey Meusburger, junior, psychology major

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    I am going to be staying on campus and researching for a class. I’m going to be researching Tibet and the Himalayas.

    -Quint Migliardi, junior, geography major

    Whatever you’re doing over spring break, have a fun and safe time.

    Going somewhere cool for Spring Break? Or just staying home? Take a selfie of yourself and tag #LJSpringBreak in the caption for a chance for it to be in the next issue of The Lumberjack.

  • Word on the Street: Pokemon GO

    Word on the Street: Pokemon GO

    Why do you think Pokemon GO is losing popularity?

    By Domanique Crawford

    Photo by Domanique Crawford

    Kairos Pacheco, Ecological restoration- “I already realize that when I am texting on my phone I am zoned in and not paying attention to the world around me. I don’t really like it [Pokemon Go] for that specific reason. people are just zoned out not paying attention to anyone else.”

    Photo by Domanique Crawford

    Steven Ramirez, Major Recreational  Physical Therapy- “It was really popular in the beginning. I played it a lot because my friends did, but now I only play every once in awhile because of the new generation. I might play twice a week.”

    Photo by Domanique Crawford

    Jake Ma, Business Major-  “Right now it [Pokemon Go] is losing popularity because after like two weeks of the release of the pokemon Go people are not playing because Pokemon go takes up too much battery on the phone. And also, they updated Pokemon Go and nobody liked the update, so people stopped playing.”

    Photo by Domanique Crawford

    William Nitzsche, major Environmental Resources Engineering- “Pokémon Go is just not my cup of tea.” “If it was Pokémon Go on a DS it would probably be more popular.”

  • Word on the Street: Valentine’s Day

    By | Liam Olson

    Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to show your significant other how much you love them. You can get them chocolates, watch their favorite movie, or make them a nice dinner. However, there are some people who don’t care about Valentine’s Day and think that it is not important enough to celebrate. This day has different meanings depending on the people you talk to. Here are some opinions on Valentine’s Day from  Humboldt State students.

    Why do you celebrate or not celebrate Valentine’s Day?

    Photo by Liam Olson

    Left: “I celebrate Valentine’s Day because it’s a day to remind myself and others of the love that is important in my life.” -Simone Rani McGowan, Freshman, Environmental Science

    Right: “It doesn’t make sense to make a national day for love when love should be celebrated everyday.” -Nicholas Lara, Junior, Social Work

    Photo by Liam Olson

    “I like to celebrate Valentine’s Day because it is the one time a year I get to go out to a nice restaurant.” -Cassady McLaughlin, Junior, Psychology

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    “Me and my partner have been together for six years and at this point it has become just another day for us.” -Alleigh Sullivan, Senior, Art History

    Photo by Liam Olson

    “I celebrate Valentine’s Day because it is a day dedicated to love, which I think is pretty neat.” -Alex Ballesteros, Junior, Environmental Science

  • Word on the street

    Word on the street

    Photos & Story by: Alex Hasenstab

    Going home for the holidays is a nice break after a long semester. There is no school, we get time off and we get to be around our families. Still, as nice as it is to be around our families, they definitely do some things that get under our skin. Here is what a few Humboldt State students said annoys them most about their families when they go home for the holidays.

    What annoys you the most about your family when you visit home for the holidays?

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    “All of the questions they ask about up here.” – Carolina Herrera, junior, Tulare, CA

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    “Fighting with them about the amount of cats that they have. I think it’s too little.” – Alex Grey, senior, San Francisco

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    “Having to stay at home and not be outdoors, and abiding by the rules of my parents.”- Luis Melendez, freshman, Santa Ana

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    “When we disagree on our opinions and facts and then they want to persuade on thinking the way that they do when they should appreciate that I think differently than them.” – Tracy Gatumu, senior, Anaheim

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    “They are really loud, and they always want to dress up the same.” – Jose Chaidez, freshman, Los Angeles

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    “That I always feel bad when I don’t hang out with them. I wake up at 2 p.m. like everyday and my dad would go to bed at like 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. so we never hung out.” – Killion Newsome, freshman, Sacramento