By Ariana Wilson Sitting in the cockpit of the flight simulator, staring down the tarmac of Arcata Airport, the engine roars to life. We lift off, soaring thousands of feet above the Humboldt skyline, all from the confines of the library’s second floor. Meg Godlewski, Humboldt class of 1987 and journalism major, carved out a career and found the elusive balance between passion and profession as a writer and editor for Flying magazine. Writing and aviation may not intersect on paper, but when “Death by Timebuilder” was published in Oct. 2023, her words circulated across the country and inspired change…

By Kaylon Coleman Within the confines of Cal Poly Humboldt, many a-student choose to express themselves in a multitude of ways. For senior ceramics major, philosophy minor and clay club president Socks Lucas, ceramics is their expressive outlet of choice.  Lucas got into ceramics around the time of the pandemic at age 16. “I was taking classes at a community college instead of going to a traditional high school. I just wanted to do something at home that used my hands, and that wasn’t staring at a screen,” Lucas said. “So, I signed up for a hand building ceramics class.”…

By Jasmin Shirazian A dish served to distinguished lecturer Maral Attallah of the department of critical race, gender and sexuality studies at a Palestinian restaurant in the Bay Area, and a conversation with the owner in Arabic, brought her to tears. When community is limited, sudden access to cultural connections, like a meal and communication, can be incredibly emotional. The constant feeling of isolation that is so abundant in Humboldt County is amplified for minority communities.  “My father passed away in June of 2024, so I don’t speak Arabic to people — I don’t hear Arabic, people don’t speak Arabic…

By Kaylon Coleman Over the weekend, I attended the last show for Bat Boy: The Musical hosted by the Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Dance, Music and Theatre. To fully immerse myself in the experience, I decided to channel my inner bat and walk in blind. I know it’s in the name, but it wasn’t until I was smack-dab in front of the Van Duzer that I realized I was attending a musical.  Now, it’s been a minute since I’ve basked in the theater arts, ironically six or seven years probably — but I believe this is the first time…

by Nick Escalada Cal Poly Humboldt’s highest rollers, many of whom were under 21, arrived at the Student Activities Center (SAC) lounge dressed to the nines for an evening of non-monetary gambling. Student employees at the center appeared as the house’s dealers, hosting games of poker, roulette and blackjack across a U-shaped arrangement of tables in the familiar hall bathed in red light. The event drew swaths of students living in the on-campus dorms to what many saw as a flicker of night life at a university with a usual nine-o-clock bedtime. Amanda Kachevas, programming coordinator of the SAC, was…

By Jacqueline Zuniga As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more present across different majors, students in art, journalism and English share similar thoughts about how it will affect creativity. While some may see AI as a helpful tool for brainstorming or drafting, some think it could weaken the originality of people’s creativity. On April 10, Journalism Professor Yumi Wilson at San Francisco State University led a discussion at Humboldt’s 2026 Media Day where local high school students could learn from fellow journalists about the field. Wilson explained how she sees AI used in her daily life and work, and that it…

By Sadie Shields An idea formed by clubs and organizations 25 years ago has finally come into fruition as the LGBTQ+ center opens its doors. The Q Center aims to provide coordinated support, resources and advocacy which was originally unable to be provided. It all began with one man, Eric Rofes, an openly gay professor at Humboldt who tragically passed in 2006 of a heart attack. Before he passed, Rofes served as director of the Los Angeles LGBT center and as executive director of the Shanti Project, a non profit AIDS service organization. For many queer representing students, faculty and…

By  Sadie Shields As the sun rose high in the sky and the wind carried a gentle breeze, students, staff, family and Humboldt locals gathered in the West Gym to celebrate Indigenous culture.  California Big Time, organized by the Indian Tribal and Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP), gave students, alumni and family members a space to perform traditional dances and songs to form community connections. Lead singer Tim Snow of the Xa Batin Feather Dancers from Lake County, Calif., and member of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake California, shared the cultural importance of the dances. “We call them feather dances…

By Ursula Newman On a warm, sunny afternoon on Foster Avenue in Arcata, eager helpers gathered at the newly-purchased university farm plot for a volunteer work day. The March 27 event brought together some of the Humboldt community to support the Critical Agriculture Studies & Agroecology program (CASA). The day consisted of an unofficial launch of the student farm’s Healing Justice Garden with the planting of a black hawthorn tree alongside other medicinal herbs and flowers. The program — housed in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences within the Department of Environmental Studies — aims to educate students…

By Jasmin Shirazian  At the crossroads of human connection and technological development sits an app on the app store that comments on the ever-evolving reliance on artificial intelligence (AI): KyleGPT. Over a span of three nights, Kyle Roshan Namgostar developed KyleGPT out of frustration with how humans have interacted with AI — and partially because he thought it would be funny. Namgostar graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt in 2025 with a degree in computer science, and has been developing software since he was 10 years old.  “KyleGPT is a human-to-Kyle communication channel,” Namgostar said. “That answers the artificial intelligence problem…