The HSU Political Science Department is sponsoring a Voter Education Forum this Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. in HSU's Founders Hall Room 118. Representatives from various political parties will answer questions on an array of issues related to the upcoming June primary and November general elections. HSU Politics Professor, Kevin Lyle Murray came by the KHSU Magazine to talk about the importance of civic engagement.

The HSU S ustainable Futures Speaker Series presents Jana Ganion, Sustainability Director of the Blue Lake Rancheria, and Peter Lehman, Founding Director of the Schatz Energy Resoures Center with their lecture tonight titled " Greening the Grid and Improving Resilience: The Blue Lake Rancheria Microgrid. ” Ganion and Lehman discuss the process they went through to make this microgrid work for the Blue Lake Rancheria on the KHSU Magazine . “Microgrids are in vogue now. A lot of people are

“It’s a real mix of linguists and community activists, scholars and academics and community folks coming together to talk about issues that are important to us," explains Paula Tripp-Allen with the Native American Center For Academic Excellence ( ITEPP ). The California Indian Conference and California Big Time & Social Gathering takes place in the HSU Forbes Complex on April 7th.

In the wee hours of the morning on April 15, 2017, Humboldt State University student David Josiah Lawson was murdered at an off-campus party. Hours later Courtney Wagner, a Sacramento State University student, received a call from her friend, another HSU student, who told her about the murder. After searching her local news outlets, to no avail, Courtney decided to cover the story herself for a senior project. Nearly a year later, with the case still unsolved, Courtney Wagner spoke with KHSU's

"As an anthropologist, service means seeing the whole world as your backyard," says Dr. Jennifer Cavalari. "You see this kind of faulty distribution of resources." Calivari says service is one way to remedy this imbalance. The HSU alumna is co-founder and director of Sustainable Empowerment Leadership Organization , an international non-profit that collaborates with community members in Honduras to create sustainable initiatives for local challenges. Cavalari spoke with KHSU's Brian Curtis about

"Japanese stories and Japanese tales are very simple. To make it entertaining we have to have stunts and puppets and costumes," explains Japanese storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto during her interview about her performance on the KHSU Magazine. Yamamoto's performance, Magical Mask, Mime and Music of Japan is the first in the 2018 Arcata Playhouse Family Fun Series which begins on Friday, March 16 at 7 p.m.

Redwood Jazz Alliance is bringing Cuban-born jazz musician Fabian Almazan to the HSU campus on March 6th. Humboldt State music lecturer Dan Aldag spoke with Fabian via phone from New York to discuss the upcoming performance. "...Like roots seeking water, the music of Fabian Almazan ventures beyond the jazz club and the concert hall and into the streets, forests, and subterranean worlds. " For more information check out Redwood Jazz Alliance .

Laura Munoz from DellArte School of Physical Theater talks about the performance event "One Minute Dances," happening at the Redwood Raks dance studio February 23rd and 24th. The event features dance, physical theater, spoken word and more, all in 60 second performances. The event is February 23rd and 24th beginning at 8 p.m. at Redwood Raks Dance Studio, 824 L Street, Arcata. More information is on Facebook . Reservations can be made at 707-616-6876.

Tera Spohr from Mad River Brewery and Jen McFerrin from Six Rivers Brewery stop by the KHSU studio to talk about the local chapter of the Pink Boots Society , a organization for women in the craft beer industry. "Women have a more complex palate so women are moving into sensory panels and quality control in some areas of brewing," explains Spohr of the expanding roles for women in a male dominated industry. Pink Boots brings women together to share their knowledge and skills. The local chapter

Joseph Rand is a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and conducts analysis on renewable energy.