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Expulsion, Resistance, and Resilience: Eureka Chinatown History display presented in the Cal Poly Humboldt library.

What happened to Eureka’s Chinatown?

Lillian Afridi, Editor in Chief March 14, 2025

A mob of angry white citizens. A white businessman pleading for his building to be spared from destruction....

Tom Hiscox, former AHS student in the 1970s, taking a break on his radio show.

Arcata High goes on-air!

Lillian Afridi, Reporter April 2, 2024

During my freshman year, I was listening to old records with my friend and we imagined, “what if Arcata...

Sensitive content warning icon. Eye vector sensitive content explicit porn photo censored design media.

Pornography: the new sex ed?

Lillian Afridi, Editor in Chief March 3, 2025

In the early 1990s, the Internet became public, and with that, the perception and treatment of sex in...

Arcata A’s shine bright

Lillian Afridi, Editor in Chief October 21, 2024

  Athlete: Maile Russell Senior Maile Russell seems to have found a place competing in three...

Arcata High students and community members prepare for a final dance.

Barn dances capture students’ hearts

Lillian Afridi, Editor in Chief December 1, 2024

The floor bounces up and down as their shoes and boots stomp down to the beat of Cider Mill String Band....

Rory Bickmore and Piper Bjorkstedt drilling takedowns over Thanksgiving Break

“The women are taking over”: Women’s wrestling at Arcata High School

Lillian Afridi, Reporter December 8, 2023
“We don’t want girls’ wrestling to be seen as a different sport or less than," Bjorkstedt said.
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