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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Humboldt chapter.

Members of the HSU track team getting their groove on at Blondie’s during the HC Humboldt Launch Party. | Amber Smith

Thanks to all of the Arcata businesses who donated prizes for our raffle: Soul to Soul, Los Bagels, Carmela’s Mexican Restaurant, Stars Burgers, Wildberries Marketplace, and Bubbles! | Amber Smith


Inside these stylish takeout containers hide delicious cupcakes and the chance to win a Her Campus gift bag! Two lucky Launch Party attendees found messages inside their boxes saying they won while everyone else’s had some variation of “Haha, loser!” | Amber Smith


Poor guy! Armando Ibarra-Espinoza, a senior at HSU, did not win the cupcake challenge. | Amber Smith



Delicious! | Marie Estrada


Assistant Blog Editor Erin Harris, Editor-in-Chief Zoe Berman, and Events Editor Shareen McFall planned HC Humboldt’s fabulous launch party from start to finish (and they looked darn good doin’ it!) | Amber Smith


Jacob Stadtfield, AKA DJ 415, and Vanessa Gonsalves, AKA DJ Evalon, teamed up to DJ the HC Humboldt Launch Party. The duo played everything from Modest Mouse to authentic salsa to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. | Zoe Berman


Thank you, Blondie’s, for hosting our Launch Party! | Amber Smith


Vanessa Gonsalves, AKA DJ Evalon and HC Humboldt’s business manager, shows off a pretty pink cupcake! | Zoe Berman

Zoe is a 19-year-old sophomore at Humboldt State University. She is majoring in journalism with minors in graphic design and dance. She is currently the Assistant General Manager and Head of PR for the student-run radio station, KRFH, and the Head Layout Editor for HSU's student newspaper, The Lumberjack. She has also worked as a writer, photographer, and designer for the campus magazine, Osprey. Zoe is ecstatic to be starting HSU's Her Campus branch. With hopes to one day work at a major women's magazine, Her Campus is a step in the right direction. Aside from being an aspiring journalist, Zoe enjoys performing (she's danced for five years, played the cello for 10, and done musical theatre for 12!), bike riding, and painting.