TURLOCK – Humboldt State softball completed a clean sweep of nine games played this weekend by taking both games of a non-league doubleheader from Central Washington, 4-0 and 7-3, on Monday.
This Week’s Event: Lining up alongside most of the crews from throughout the region, the Lumberjacks travel to compete in the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational on Vancouver Lake, Vancouver, Wash. on Saturday. The seven members of the NCRC — HSU, Willamette University, University of Puget Sound, Lewis & Clark College, Pacific Lutheran University, Western Washington and Seattle Pacific — are all expected to attend, along with other invited programs. Last year’s attendees included UC San DIego, Gonzaga University, St. Mary’s and the University of California.
This Week’s Meet: Seeking the best possible competition that will lift them to improved marks, HSU’s track and field athletes head in opposite directions this week for a pair of prestigious meets. While the majority of Lumberjacks head north to compete at the Willamette Invitational in Salem, Ore., a small contingent of athletes will stay in state for the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. Both meets are two-day events, beginning Friday and ending on Saturday.
This Week’s Games: The Jacks resume California Collegiate Athletic Association play this weekend when they host Cal State San Bernardino for Friday and Saturday doubleheaders to begin their stretch of 12 games at home this month. Friday’s doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. and Saturday’s begins at 11 a.m.
Arcata - Humboldt State University and College of the Redwoods have chosen as 2008 Book of the Year Parable of the Sower, a science fiction novel whose young heroine makes her way to Humboldt County to escape the dark and sinister world of a futuristic Los Angeles suburb.
She is known as the most beautiful woman in the world. A Classical Age celebrity with a face that still launches a thousand magazine covers, the Queen of ancient Sparta has been trapped for 17 years in what looks suspiciously like a 1950s Egyptian hotel room, armed with a fly-swatter, trying to get an old TV set to work long enough to tell her news of the war being fought for her honor. She’s a sulky Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince (actually her King and husband) to come and rescue her.
Eureka – The North Coast’s natural beauty and ecology take center stage April 5 at Humboldt State University’s First Street Gallery with two displays in its Art & Environment Exhibition Series.
Arcata - The Humboldt State University Alumni Association will celebrate the accomplishments of its 2008 Distinguished Alumni with a gala dinner on Friday, April 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Kate Buchanan Room at University Center.
Arcata - Humboldt State University Library inaugurated a Learning Commons Computer Laboratory March 27, unveiling 24 new personal computer workstations that are the first phase of a multi-pronged effort to foster independent research and provide more centralized student learning services.
Arcata – Humboldt State University celebrates indigenous cultures with a cavalcade of dance and song from four western states in a premier event at the West Gym on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12.
Kyle Spragens rotates a large antenna mounted atop his state pickup truck as he drives past farm fields in the Arcata Bottoms, where he is searching for Aleutian geese. A receiver in the truck beeps as the antenna picks up a signal from a radio-collared goose.
Think you know more than a 4th grader when it comes to geography? Try this one on for size:
Known for its production of alpaca wool, Arequipa is a major commercial and tourist center in what country just south of Ecuador? (Answer at end of story)
ARCATA – After finishing their spring break trip with six wins in eight games, Humboldt State’s softball team tops the first NCAA Division West Region II poll at No. 1, while climbing two spots to No. 20 on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 National Rankings.
Humboldt State’s College of Professional Studies has flourished under the leadership of Dean Susan Higgins, who has readied her institution for the 21st century with a train of progressive initiatives.
Arcata - The campus community and political leaders rallied nearly 600 strong in a united front March 24 to dissuade the governor and state lawmakers from slashing almost $400 million from California State University next fiscal year, including a threatened $7.3 million cut to Humboldt State.
ARCATA — Humboldt State senior Devin Peal learned Thursday that his own basketball season has been extended one game by his selection to participate in the NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star game, scheduled for Friday, March 28 in Springfield, Mass.
Arcata – Humboldt State University’s student-initiated Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF) Committee has granted $100,000 for two pilot projects: a photovoltaic system for the roof of the Old Music Building and new equipment to complete a Solar Radiation Monitoring Station (SoRMS).
For the staff behind the 41st annual Humboldt Film Festival, the numbers are adding up to something big: They've had 265 film submissions, have almost $4,000 worth of film stock to give away and they've got 4 nights to show off the best and brightest in animation, experimental, documentary and narrative film to Humboldt State audiences.
Although Humboldt State is no stranger to recycling, some are pushing for our campus to take recycling to the next level as part of a nation-wide competition, RecycleMania.
KHSU and the Humboldt Fish Action Council are sponsoring a unique Adopt-A-Salmon program in connection with the public radio station’s fund raising drive
April 5 -12.
Sustainability has long been on the mind of students, faculty and staff at Humboldt State. With every passing year it seems the campus adds another innovative program to its growing résumé of environmental initiatives.
Arcata - Dr. Howard B. Stauffer, Professor of Statistics and Chair of Humboldt State University’s Department of Mathematics, has written a new book that introduces natural resource scientists to more current methods of statistical analysis, helping them to enhance their estimates of the probability of specific occurrences in nature.
ARCATA — Former Western Washington University offensive coordinator Eric Tripp has joined the Humboldt State football staff in that same capacity, reuniting with HSU head coach, and former Vikings' head coach, Rob Smith.
This Week’s Games: The Lumberjacks are on their spring break road trip, with their first stop in San Bernardino, for a Tuesday 1:30 p.m. doubleheader against Cal State San Bernardino. To finish off their week of travel, HSU travels to Seaside, for a three-day doubleheader series against Cal State Monterey Bay, with noon starts on Thursday and Friday and an 11 a.m. start on Saturday.
