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c. Colleen Chalmers

Hazing Kills a Soccer Season

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

How the HSU soccer teams were punished for rookie parties  

Written by Colleen Chalmers
Additional reporting by David Broome Jr.
Photographed by Colleen Chalmers, Kristina Naderi & Jeremy Smith-Danford

Editor’s note: Osprey chose to keep the names of the rookies private.

It was Saturday, Aug. 4 and the Humboldt State men’s soccer team held its annual initiation for nine new players. The rookies wore nothing but adult diapers and were forced to take turns holding a dildo at a house party in Arcata. The teammates played drinking games together, but none of them would go on to play a soccer game this season.

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Hazing at Humboldt State

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

Written by Cassandra Klein

When University Police Chief Lynne Soderberg played outfield for the women’s softball team at Humboldt State in 1979, the pre-season activities consisted of field hockey and shoe-shining parties. The women liked to look sharp for their games.

“There was absolutely no hazing when I played softball for HSU,” Soderberg said of her own experience.

Soderberg said hazing does most likely happen at the university, and the definitions can vary. According to Soderberg, the educational code of student conduct outlines hazing as demoralizing, demeaning and consisting of emotional detriments. Soderberg said some people consider hazing forced submission of another person, while others may consider it a rite of passage or tradition.

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c. Colleen Chalmers

The Knife Sharpener

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

Written by Margaret Budd
Photographed by Margaret Budd & Colleen Chalmers

Little dots of oil drip onto the sharpening rock before Dan Brewer starts to scrape the knife back and forth over the stone. His rough, aging hands are strong and precise with each stroke. The frayed ends of his long, gray beard are looped and tucked back into a braid, hiding behind his blue and purple tie-dyed apron.

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c. Colleen Chalmers

Lil and Fred’s Excellent Adventure

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

A Day in the Life of the Volunteer Patrol

Written by Nate Abaurrea
Photographed by Colleen Chalmers

Fred Jamison, 70, drives the Arcata Police Department volunteer patrol car down Highway 101 on a sun-drenched September morning. 87-year-old Lil Stodder sits in the passenger seat. Stodder cannot drive the car. At 5 feet tall, she is unable to see over the wheel.

As Jamison hits the 50-mile-per-hour corridor, he slows down and puts the vehicle into cruise control. He turns up the radio. “Another beautiful day in paradise,” he said.

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c. Colleen Chalmers

School, Smoke and Fire

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

The Life of a College Volunteer Firefighter

Written by Bianca Boykin
Photographed by Kristina Naderi

Ryan Wimmer remembers the crackling flames of the first fire he ever fought — it was in his freshman year of college. It was a trailer fire in McKinleyville and he could not see anything through the smoke. “It’s hard battling something that you can’t see when all you really want to do is know what you’re up against,” he said.

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c. Misha Burke

Strong at the Broken Places

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

A Young Woman’s Experience With Her Abortion

Written & Photographed by Misha Burke

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.”

                                          – Ernest Hemingway, Farewell to Arms

It was the day before her regional softball tournament, and Mary Flora told her parents she was going to the mall with a friend. She lied. Sitting in the passenger seat of her best friend’s car, her hands shook. She popped her knuckles. Her cheeks were flushed red. As the car approached the abortion clinic, she took a deep breath.

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An Interview with Congressman Mike Thompson

November 27th, 2012 Osprey

by Colleen Chalmers

New congressional district lines have been drawn in California, and that means changes for Humboldt County. The county is no longer District 1, and Rep. Mike Thompson moves to a new district.

On Nov. 6, Thompson won election to the newly drawn 5th District. Jared Huffman is Humboldt County’s new congressman in the newly drawn 2nd District. Changes will go into effect on presidential inauguration day on January 20.

Osprey spoke with Thompson on the telephone for a half hour on Oct. 23.

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