• The Spring 2013 Short Run is now available. You can get it here or you can pick up a hard copy in the Economics Department office. It's a great issue and we would like to a big shout out to Kerri Malloy for putting out this year's issues. Thanks!
  
  
• Julia West, a 2007 economics grad, passed away unexpectedly on March 15, 2013, from septic shock. Julia was an amazing and talented student, who was extremely passionate about economics. She was a self-proclaimed economics "super geek" and continued her studies at UC Irvine, earning her master's degree in economics. She was very social and she and one of her fellow students founded the Economic Forum, an on-going monthly meeting of students and faculty that combines discussing an economics journal article with socializing with fellow students and faculty. We are very proud of Julia.
  
  Julia's family believes that Julia would want friends, family, and alumni to support Humboldt. They ask that memorial contributions made in Julia's name be given to the Department of Economics at Humboldt State University, Gift Processing Center, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521-8299 with checks made payable to HSU Advancement Foundation.
  
  Memorials for Julia will be held in:
  Southern California: Saturday, April 13 at Noon The Clubhouse at Aspen Village 3600 Aspen Village Way Santa Ana, CA 92704
  Northern California: Saturday, April 27 at Noon At Julia's parent's home 510 Stadler Lane Petaluma, CA 94952
  
  Thoughts and stories about Julia can be sent to her mother, Dru, at druwest@comcast.net. Please contact her if you want more information or would like to attend one of the memorial services.
  

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2013 Alumni Speaker Series - Chris Munshaw-Rodriguez ('07)

Chris Munshaw-Rodriguez, 2007 double major in Economics and International Studies, will be on campus to talk about his experiences in the work force since he has graduated.

There will be light refreshments after his presentation.

Econ Forum #3

This is going to be the last Econ Forum for the semester and it would be great if we had a big turn-out. Adena and Sarah have done a great job putting this year's Forums on and this one should be fun as well.

Do you procrastinate? Want to figure out why? Have an informal discussion with your fellow students and teachers on the problem of procrastination and why we can't make ourselves do what we want to do... in a timely manner. The jumping off point is a chapter out of "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely.

Finals Week