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Chant’e Catt explains some of the issues students have brought to her attention at the housing meeting held in the Great Hall.
Off-campus housing coordinator presents Tenant and Landlord Education Program by Sean Bendon A study done by the CSU office of the chancellor found that one in five Humboldt State students reported being without housing one or more times last year. Humboldt State’s off-campus housing coordinator,
Chant’e Catt hosted a meeting on Nov. 30 in the Great Hall on campus to discuss this major concern of housing and other potential issues that lay ahead for student renters and landlords in Humboldt County. “We’re looking to get feedback and create connections in
the community,” Catt said. Catt has been collecting data since Aug. to develop a program called the Tenant and Landlord Education Program. This program is centered around educating local landlords and student tenants. Catt’s goal is to raise aware-
ness about equitable practices and cohesion between the two sides. “We want to create open communication and bridge the gap between the community and campus,” Catt said. Sasheen Raymond, a support administrator in the social
Museum displays creepy crawlers
LJ’s science editor meets staff and devouring dermestids for new exhibition
by Walter Hackett
In a dark room flesh-eating beetles consume dead animals. That sounds like a scene straight out of a horror movie, but this is a room on campus at the Humboldt State University Vertebrate Museum. Melissa Hawkins. is the current curator at HSU’s Vertebrate Museum. She has always been interested in animals, and told her parents she wanted to be a veterinarian at the age of six. “I did my masters in reptiles and have done bird research as well,” Hawkins said. “I just love vertebrates.” Hawkins got her bachelor’s and master’s degree at Western Illinois University and her PhD. at George Mason. She applied for the museum curator position at HSU toward the end of 2016, and said she was excited to
come to Humboldt. “The first thing I said to myself was, ‘Wait a second, is that a redwood tree?’” Hawkins joked. Aside from her curator duties, Hawkins teaches mammalogy and evolution. Much of her research focuses on next-generation sequencing methods. She loves the discovery aspect of her research. “For a moment in time you’re the only person that knows a fact in the the scientific world,” Hawkins said. We left her office and move down the hall to one of the collection rooms. Hawkins pulled out a drawer containing rows of small chipmunks, each one splayed out neatly and accompanied by a catalog tag. “Feel how soft they are,” Hawkins said. SEE MUSEUM n PAGE 4
work department on campus, explained the need for good communication between tenants and landlords. Raymond also called attention to the issue of finances in some cases. SEE STEPS n PAGE 3
They mean business
by Amanda Schultz
Over the past year, two former Humboldt State University students Oscar Perez and Tex Keith created and manage their own Humboldt County based companies at the ages of just 23 and 21. Perez and Keith started off as football players for the HSU Lumberjacks but then decided earlier in the year to take a break from enrolling in classes in order to pursue their careers. Though both men’s companies are vastly different, they both enjoyed the idea of being their own boss. “Seeing the way my old boss ran his shop looked really fun, but I’ve never liked authority,” Perez said. Photo by Walter Hackett Dermestid beetles feasting on a snake carcass at the HSU Vertebrate Museum.
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PG. 4 Visit the exhibit
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