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Articles for Cal Poly Humboldt

Cal Poly Humboldt president to step down months after campus crackdowns
5 months, 1 week ago

Cal Poly Humboldt president to step down months after campus crackdowns

LA Times  

After a five-year run, Cal Poly Humboldt University President Tom Jackson Jr. will transition into a tenured professorship at the rural Northern California institution. Cal Poly Humboldt University President Tom Jackson Jr. announced Thursday that he is leaving his post at the rural Northern California institution next month, less than four months after the campus drew national attention for its …

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Encampments spread across California universities. Are they living on borrowed time?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Encampments spread across California universities. Are they living on borrowed time?

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian encampment was erected on the campus of Cal State L.A. last week. Protesters have asked for an end to “violent extremism” funding, promised amnesty for student protesters, a commitment to an academic boycott of Israel and removal of what the group calls “Zionist programming.” UC Irvine leaders proposed a meeting between the student organization and college representatives to …

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California college campuses become lightning rods for pro-Palestinian protests
7 months, 3 weeks ago

California college campuses become lightning rods for pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian protester waves a flag while attending a demonstration next to an encampment at UC Irvine. More than two dozen demonstrators formed a line in front of the encampment and chanted “UCPD, KKK, IOF you’re all the same,” and, “Shame, shame, shame on you, you have blood on your hands too.” Campus police erected additional barricades around 3 a.m. …

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Police swarm Cal Poly Humboldt, arresting at least 25 and ending weeklong siege over Gaza war
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Police swarm Cal Poly Humboldt, arresting at least 25 and ending weeklong siege over Gaza war

LA Times  

Ending a weeklong siege, police on Tuesday arrested at least 25 protesters at Cal Poly Humboldt, where Gaza war demonstrators had occupied buildings and forced the campus to close. In a statement Monday, Sacramento State President J. Luke Wood said the campus “remains open and fully operational” while demonstrators camp in the Library Quad. On Monday, UC Riverside Chancellor Kim …

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With furry costumes, water jugs and tambourines, this tiny California college became a Gaza flashpoint
7 months, 3 weeks ago

With furry costumes, water jugs and tambourines, this tiny California college became a Gaza flashpoint

LA Times  

Before dawn Tuesday, more than 100 law enforcement officers in riot gear marched into the quad of Cal Poly Humboldt, clutching guns and batons. At the time, the university’s president visited the sit-in to talk to students, praising their action as “a real demonstration of your commitment to student access, achievement and completion.” “Look at our mission,” Silvaggio said, pointing …

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Tense standoff at Cal Poly Humboldt ends with arrest of dozens of Gaza war protesters
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tense standoff at Cal Poly Humboldt ends with arrest of dozens of Gaza war protesters

LA Times  

After a tense standoff overnight with Gaza war protesters at Cal Poly Humboldt, police moved in early Tuesday and arrested at least 25 people, including students and professors. We’ve all watched this with great concern, and always with the sincere hope that it would be resolved peacefully,” Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson Jr. said in a statement. “Our arrest …

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Amid Gaza protests, ‘hateful graffiti,’ Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through weekend
8 months ago

Amid Gaza protests, ‘hateful graffiti,’ Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through weekend

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy a building Monday on the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt. Cal Poly Humboldt will remain closed through the weekend, with classwork continuing remotely as the Northern California university struggles with Gaza protests and what it calls “hateful graffiti” on campus. “Unidentified non-students with unknown intentions” are occupying Siemens Hall, the university said, which creates an “unpredictable environment.” …

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Tensions grow at California universities as Gaza protests roil campuses from Berkeley to New York
8 months ago

Tensions grow at California universities as Gaza protests roil campuses from Berkeley to New York

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents in front of Sproul Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley on Monday. Three students were arrested after law enforcement officers wearing helmets and riot shields descended on the public university in Arcata, in rural Northern California, and clashed with demonstrators who had set up tents inside Siemens Hall and erected a banner that said, …

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Opinion: I was homeless in college. California can do more for students who sleep in their cars
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: I was homeless in college. California can do more for students who sleep in their cars

LA Times  

Students study in their campers on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus, which announced in October that sleeping in vehicles on campus would be prohibited. An estimated one in five of the state’s 2 million community college students are unhoused; overall, students are more likely to experience homelessness if they are LGBTQ+, Black or Indigenous. The prevalence of students in California …

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Editorial: Homeless college students just need safe overnight parking. How tough can that be?
1 year ago

Editorial: Homeless college students just need safe overnight parking. How tough can that be?

LA Times  

Cal Poly Humboldt students Brad Butterfield and Maddy Montiel prepare to move their campers on Nov. 17. Two years ago, Long Beach City College officials decided they had to do something to help homeless students who lived out of their cars, at least until it could find housing for them. Opinion Editorial: Let California’s homeless community college students park overnight …

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Cal Poly Humboldt students live in vehicles to afford college. They were ordered off campus
1 year ago

Cal Poly Humboldt students live in vehicles to afford college. They were ordered off campus

LA Times  

Maddy Montiel and Brad Butterfield marveled at the community they found this semester at Cal Poly Humboldt. Tom Jackson, Cal Poly Humboldt’s president, declined an interview request through spokesperson Aileen Yoo, who said university staff is also available to help students find longer-term housing solutions. Students Brad Butterfield and Maddy Montiel, along with their dog Ollie, prepare for class after …

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Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’
2 years, 10 months ago

Humboldt State gets a name and mission makeover as a ‘polytechnic university’

LA Times  

The California State University Board of Trustees approved a new designation and name for Humboldt State University: Cal Poly Humboldt. “Cal Poly Humboldt will be a polytechnic for the 21st century, preparing students to address the urgent issues our society faces,” university President Tom Jackson Jr. said in a statement, after approval by the CSU trustees Wednesday. “Between the established …

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