Yeah, I know more than I ever wanted to know about HSU these days! I expect to graduate with a degree in Natural Resource Interpretation this May. I never liked school in the first place, and I've gotten über-sick of it since the Boy arrived, but I'd rather feel miserable about school at HSU than anywhere else.
The Humboldt name, whether referring to the school or the place, has global reputations for two things: marijuana and natural resources. The positive and negative aspects of those two things shape life here - you'll find Humboldt easy-going, accepting, arty, funky, with gorgeous vistas and virtually every form of outdoor recreation available everywhere; but you'll also find vagrants and obscene clearcuts impossible to avoid.
The university attracts diverse students, faculty, speakers and entertainers, providing a richer cultural (and culinary) scene than one might expect in such a remote location. But away from the university, Humboldt County has all the good and bad that come along with a rural western setting: a lack of crowding, traffic and pollution, an abundance of boom-and-bust extractive industries, minimum-wage service jobs, and unemployment.
HSU has great faculty in the life sciences, earth sciences, wildlife/fisheries and natural resources - I don't think any school offers as good a program in interpretation, and I've never heard any complaints about the instruction at College of the Redwoods, either (they even have dorms). The administrations at both institutions have continually tightened their belts the whole time I've lived here, and I start to wonder how much more the schools can take.
I apologize for sounding so ambivalent about Humboldt, but I feel pretty ambivalent toward the place - I enjoy my outdoor life, but the place holds so little opportunity for me and my family that I feel that we couldn't stay even if we completely loved it here. I've made great friends who intend to stay, and I will happily visit, as "my" park has earned a special place in my heart.
Okay, it took me hours to write this between watching the Boy, fixing and eating dinner, and other distractions, so sorry if I've rambled ... feel free to ask about other Humboldt stuff here or in the community (if career-related).
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Date: 2007-02-28 03:36 am (UTC)The Humboldt name, whether referring to the school or the place, has global reputations for two things: marijuana and natural resources. The positive and negative aspects of those two things shape life here - you'll find Humboldt easy-going, accepting, arty, funky, with gorgeous vistas and virtually every form of outdoor recreation available everywhere; but you'll also find vagrants and obscene clearcuts impossible to avoid.
The university attracts diverse students, faculty, speakers and entertainers, providing a richer cultural (and culinary) scene than one might expect in such a remote location. But away from the university, Humboldt County has all the good and bad that come along with a rural western setting: a lack of crowding, traffic and pollution, an abundance of boom-and-bust extractive industries, minimum-wage service jobs, and unemployment.
HSU has great faculty in the life sciences, earth sciences, wildlife/fisheries and natural resources - I don't think any school offers as good a program in interpretation, and I've never heard any complaints about the instruction at College of the Redwoods, either (they even have dorms). The administrations at both institutions have continually tightened their belts the whole time I've lived here, and I start to wonder how much more the schools can take.
I apologize for sounding so ambivalent about Humboldt, but I feel pretty ambivalent toward the place - I enjoy my outdoor life, but the place holds so little opportunity for me and my family that I feel that we couldn't stay even if we completely loved it here. I've made great friends who intend to stay, and I will happily visit, as "my" park has earned a special place in my heart.
Okay, it took me hours to write this between watching the Boy, fixing and eating dinner, and other distractions, so sorry if I've rambled ... feel free to ask about other Humboldt stuff here or in the community (if career-related).