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- Art student and Palmdale native Christine is taking Native American studies and thrifting hard — her shirt and bag are thrift and free-pile finds, but the denim jacket is her boyfriend's.
- Photo by Sharon Ruchte
- Cara Cannon, a senior from Chico who's studying child development, is wearing her mom's dress, a homemade necklace and a blouse from the thrift shop.
- Photo by Sharon Ruchte
- This SoCal junior goes by A.Z., but is otherwise undeclared. The tie-dye shirt from a friend must mean Humboldt is rubbing off, and she pairs them with her "trusty boots."
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- Billie, a senior art student from Salinas, says Humboldt's weather is "amazing." She's ready for it in a Paris-meets-redwoods, thrifted, handmade scarf, sandals and jeans from a free pile.
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- Junior Ian Fitzgerald is studying business administration and wearing the classics: Levi's, Clarks and a Gap sweater.
- Photo by Sharon Ruchte
- Moussa Sy, a freshman environmental engineering student is enjoying the cool climate here, a change from his home country of Mali. He's old-school in a velour tracksuit and Adidas.
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- Mark, a senior from Pasadena studying music composition, orchestrated this look with a thrifted shirt, Levi's and shoes from Payless.
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- Los Angeles native and business student Daniel finds the people in Humboldt "really chill." Also chill are his Vans, Tilly's shirt and khakis.
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- Zendrea, a freshman in zoology, hails from Santa Cruz and loves the open spaces and redwood trees up here. She's pairing her bright sweater from the Bargain Barn with a quartz necklace she got as a gift.
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- Ingrid is a senior from Alameda who is studying wildlife and dance and is made instantly happy just looking at her cupcake dress. Well, sure.
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- Senior business management student Michelle is originally from San Jose. She thinks Humboldt is a "cool place," and we think her long skirt is pretty cool, too.
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- Frenchman Thomas is taking African studies and blending into his new environment with a plaid shirt, jeans and classic black boots.
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- A.J., a junior math education student from Roseville is not afraid of a little bleach — he dip-bleached this shirt himself.
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- Junior child development major Brittany is from Victorville, but loves Humboldt and the Angels of Hope thrift shop. The shorts and tights she scored at Target.
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- Joy Carrillo is from San Pedro and just starting liberal studies for elementary education. She's taking a liberal approach to Bohemian style in a yellow top and a brightly woven skirt.
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- Gabrielle Castro from San Rafael spent three years trying to move to Humboldt. "It's everything I had hoped for," she says. The freshman English major doesn't shop — her Bordeaux and faux-leather ensemble is 100 percent hand-me-down.
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- This junior forestry student from Sonoma, who goes by Tree Light, loves everything about Humboldt. He makes most of the clothes he needs, like all this happening here.
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- Jonathan Arevalo, a history student from Southern California, likes the forest landscape here. Not a lot of shopping for a student on a budget, but the briefcase, vest and headphones thing is working.
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- Maria Rechsteiner is a studio art student from Salt Lake City, Utah. She loves the "room for self-expression" here in HumCo. The "super senior" is super indeed in bright thrift store finds. Her own sculptures make pretty good accessories, too.
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- David Ball, a San Diego senior studying art education feels a little freer to express himself here, as he does in this sharp, blue button-up and Converse sneakers.
- Photo by Sharon Ruchte
- Aaron Green, a junior originally from the Bay area, is enjoying Humboldt after a few years in the hustle and bustle of New York for a couple of years. He's studying biology, but making history as the first man to pull off Crocs.
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