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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thelumberjack.org | Emma Wilson
By Emma WilsonAfter earning a chemical engineering degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2014, Andrew Wolff spent four years in the chemical industry before switching gears to wildlife management in Japan. Today, as a graduate student in environmental resources engineering [ERE] at Cal Poly Humboldt, Wolff is surveying community members through research on the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary — a wetland ecosystem that is also a wastewater treatment system.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
thelumberjack.org | Emma Wilson
By Emma WilsonImagine walking into an office, classroom, a park, feeling very parched, knowing well that sugary drink won’t suffice your thirst and will make you more dehydrated. In a society striving for healthier lifestyles and greater sustainability, it is time we rethink our vending machine offerings. Making water readily available in these machines isn’t just a convenience, it’s a necessity that can drive positive change for our health, our environment and our communities.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
thelumberjack.org | Emma Wilson |Andres Romero
Squirrel Nests Potentially Disturbed By New Building Construction By: Emma Wilson and Andres Felix RomeroA little after 4 p.m. on Aug. 30, Harper Lacey, a California Polytechnic Humboldt Graduate Student, walked out of their wildlife lab ready to ride home on their bike.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
thelumberjack.org | Emma Wilson
The living world is hard to master at timesthinking about how things shaped the pastbeing in the present mind of complicated nonstop life flowtrying to live for a better futurecan be very complicated and painfulBut yet all remains still in the presentOr does it? Maybe notBut everything is connectedOh my gosh it’s connected!So hard,So complicatedWhat am I even doing here? What am I even worth?
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
thelumberjack.org | Emma Wilson
In the depths of The Science C building, the Vertebrae Museum is home to carefully preserved specimens to help students understand the diversity and evolution of mammals. Dr. Silvia Pavan, a professor at Cal Poly Humboldt and museum curator for the Vertebrae Museum, moved to Humboldt County in Jan. 2022. “I teach mammalogy, which is a popular course a lot of students take in the natural science programs,” Pavan said. “Mammalogy is a class offered that covers lectures and labs.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
goodmenproject.com | Emma Wilson
In the diverse tapestry of today’s corporate environment, DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – stands tall as a beacon guiding modern workplace values. Another crucial component is Workers’ Compensation. Here, we’ll deeply explore the symbiotic relationship between Workers’ Compensation and DEI and the profound impact of their confluence. Workers’ Compensation: Digging DeeperAt its core, Workers’ Compensation is about safeguarding an employee’s well-being and livelihood.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
thelumberjack.org | Andres Romero |Emma Wilson
Hundreds of miles from Humboldt county in Long Beach, dozens of people are rallying against the decisions of the Chancellor’s and the Board of Trustees that hold the fate of our communities’ future outside of the headquarters of the California State University (CSU). What the CFA is fighting forThe California Faculty Association (CFA) is one of six CSU Unions present across the 23 campuses.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
thelumberjack.org | Andres Romero |Emma Wilson
A giant stood on LK Wood. It was twice the height of the men around it, armed with a massive hammer and a demonic scowl. It pointed with a long, curled finger at every soul underneath its gaze, framed by a wooden wig and caterpillar eyebrows. It was a judge, and judge it did. “Judgment day is coming,” it said. “Shame on you. Shame, shame, shame!”No ogre was laying waste to Arcata.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
beacon.nwciowa.edu | Emma Wilson
Identity is a difficult thing to find in today’s world. On Jan. 13-14, Northwestern women were given the chance to explore the question of who and what forms their identity. The women’s retreat was held in two sessions at First Reformed Church, which allowed young women to take a step back from the hustle and bustle of classes starting back up. The first session took place on Friday night with an optional overnight stay into the second session on Saturday morning.
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Jan 23, 2023 | 
fltimes.com | Emma Wilson
Community Supported Agriculture has been rising in popularity in the United States since the 1980s as a way of improving the viability of small, local producers. As the name implies, CSA is a model of farming that allows for a community to support agriculture by essentially subscribing to a farm and paying in advance for produce that will be harvested and distributed later in the season.
