Hundreds hold campus walkout at HSU

As the Humboldt State University clock tower struck noon on Tuesday there were already about 100 people gathered on the campus quad in anticipation of a walkout to protest discrimination in the community and demand justice for David Josiah Lawson. As the series of speeches made by faculty, staff and students started moments after the clock silenced the crowd seemed to almost triple in size. HSU African American Center for Academic Excellence interim coordinator Kenya James Nunley started by saying “justice for Josiah” — the 19-year-old HSU student who was fatally stabbed at a house party in Arcata — and the gathered crowd responded with a raucous cheer and round of applause.

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