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Making the Grade

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

A look into HSU’s faculty evaluation system

By Melissa Coleman

Laura Hahn, a communications professor at HSU, pulls two heavy binders off a shelf in her office. They contain the files she used to get tenure. In it are evaluations from other professors, letters of recommendation and hundreds of student evaluations from her previous classes.

Not all students agree or realize that the administration and their professors take student evaluations seriously. A study in the Journal of Higher Education last year found that 99 percent of students at Western Illinois University, which has an evaluation system like HSU’s, believe that instructors do not usually change their teaching behavior as a result of student suggestions in evaluations.

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Reed’s Bees

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

By Marie F. Estrada

On a gray and breezy Saturday afternoon, David Reed pries open the lid of a beehive. It is chilly out and the bees are agitated. They buzz around his face as he pulls a single frame out of the box for inspection. Below, a mass of busy insects crawl along the edges of the frame tops.

David Reed is a beekeeper. As one of the original vendors at the Arcata Farmers’ Market, Reed has participated for 30 years.

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From HSU to the NFL

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

Taylor Boggs’ journey from division II football to the NFL

By Jason Saltzman

The intense summer sun reflects off the turf as HSU alumnus Taylor Boggs learns another new offensive play. While Boggs practices with the rest of the 2011 rookies at the New York Jets camp, he shifts his body low for leverage during a line drill and hears a slight pop in his left knee. He thinks nothing of the slight pain and proceeds to practice until the end of the day.

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A New Kind of HSU Football with Coach Rob Smith

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

By Jason Saltzman

HSU’s head football coach, Rob Smith, sits at his large desk eating a quick lunch while watching a tape from game day.

Smith is constantly busy, trying to get the Lumberjacks to the playoffs, somewhere they have not been in 10 seasons in the GNAC division. This year, HSU finished the season at 9-1, and won the GNAC championship.

Smith’s football coaching career began in 1988 at Western Washington University. He won seven Coach of the Year awards, and led his team to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship appearance in 1996 during his 17-year career at Western Washington.

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Kentucky Traveler

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

By Kirby Feldkamp

I moved from Kentucky to Arcata in August 2011 to go to Humboldt State University for one semester. Yeah, that’s right, ken-TUH-kee. Known for its horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, tobacco and college basketball. Ken-TUH-kee is far from California, especially NorCal.

I chose Arcata because I had always dreamed of seeing the Pacific Ocean’s tall waves and the Redwoods’ fat trunks. I drove here with my boyfriend, Hayden. The drive could have been completed in 37 hours. Instead, our trip took 19 days.
The roundabout route we took was an attempt to squeeze eight trips into one: Denver, Colo., Arches National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Zion National Park, Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam, San Diego, Los Angeles, U.S. Highway 1 and Big Sur and Yosemite National Park.

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Freshman 15: truth or myth?

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

A student reaches for fried in The Depot. | Angela Tsai

By Angela Tsai

The first year of college can mean a lot of things: living on one’s own, meeting new people, having fresh experiences — but gaining 15 pounds is probably not a priority for freshmen.

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Rendezvous Point: The best places to get carded on The Plaza

November 28th, 2011 Osprey

By Cora Vay

Fog starts to settle over Arcata and a cold breeze blows in. Another chilly night passes. Conversations and excitement for the night ahead replace the mundane stresses of everyday life.

It is Thursday and $1 pint night at Sidelines Sports Bar. A few hours pass and the cold air is greeted with chatter and laughter as groups of students emerge and mark the start of their weekends.

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