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.
Arcata – Humboldt State University will hold an all-campus meeting to enlist legislative support for the California State University system on Monday, March 24, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Kate Buchanan Room at University Center.
Arcata - In their 20th year at Humboldt State University, Smullin Scholarship honors were bestowed recently upon the eight annual Smullin Scholars by the Patricia D. & William B. Smullin Foundation and university representatives.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Humboldt State men's basketball fans unable to make the journey to Anchorage for the NCAA Division II West Region Championships this week have at least three options available for keeping tabs on the Jacks' progress.
“It brought me out of my shell.”
Humboldt State’s Paul Wells (’06) is speaking of the high school mentoring program that put him on the road to college.
Today he is a mentor himself.
