Is a marijuana major next?  In the 1960s when marijuana was in
its infancy as a north coast cash crop, some students at what
was then known as Humboldt State College took to calling their
school "Roll-Your-Own-U."  It seemed appropriate then. It seems
more appropriate now, with the announcement of the Humboldt
Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt
State University.  Where else would you put such a center, CSU
Dominguez Hills?  That's a sentiment echoed by economist Erick
Eschker, who is co-chairing the Humboldt institute.  "If anyone
is going to have a marijuana institute, it really should be
Humboldt State," Eschker told the Eureka Times-Standard
newspaper.  The idea for the institute started about two years
ago when California voters were asked to legalize, regulate and
tax marijuana. Proposition 19 was rejected by a 62-38 percent
margin but that didn't stop the wheels from turning at HSU.
Likely the idea really gained traction from the Nov. 6 election
when Washington and Colorado