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From the Editor

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eeping my personal biases out of my writing is one the hardest things for me. Even if I am just covering an NAU basketball game, I have to restrain myself from saying something about the team that is considered opinion and not fact. I have to force myself to take my bias as a basketball fan out of my writing so I can do my job, report the facts and be fair.

As managing editor, I make it a priority to look for and make sure others aren’t placing their opinions in place of the facts. It’s a core principle of being a journalist and something I hold closely, especially in the current media and political landscape.

Everyone has beliefs that form the way they view the world. Whether a person leans right, left or somewhere in the middle, people need to put their biases aside to view the facts as truth.

In a time when social media causes news to go viral, it can be difficult to know what is fact and what is opinion. Yes, at times, opinions are based on facts, but the facts must still be questioned and verified. When President Donald Trump tweeted that NFL television ratings were going down because of the anthem protests, people LANCE needed to fact check the information and report whether or not it was true or false.

HARTZLER It turned out that no correlation had been found, according to fact checking by MANAGING EDITOR reporters.

As a society, we can’t allow those in leadership positions to state false information and not have anyone question it. It doesn’t matter the position of the person. We need to continually keep the most influential people in our country in check.

Most importantly to me, journalists need to triple check their facts to make sure they are being 100 percent accurate in their stories. Our job as journalists is to inform the public.

In this current political climate, the role of journalists must stay in line with journalism’s core purpose. Journalists have the distinct responsibility of making sure the public knows what their government and leaders are doing. Journalists need to make sure that continues by adhering to the high standards of being factual and reporting the truth without allowing personal beliefs to get in the way.

At The Lumberjack, we pride ourselves on being accurate in our stories, and we have a standard to uphold as journalists. If anyone believes they found an inaccuracy in a story we publish, we encourage them to contact us, and we will make the needed corrections.

Thank you for reading.

“I think [the MLK Day march] has just grown. I think this year was more special just because of everything going on in society and our country.”

- senior Tiffany Onyenagubo, president of the Black Student Union, 2018 Sophomore sociology major Mia Bradley holds a sign reading “Unity” while chanting with fellow students as they march through campus celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15.

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Editor-in-Chief Megan Troutman

Managing Editor Lance Hartzler

Copy Chief Emma Helfrich

Web Chief Ariel Cianfarano

Faculty Advisor Mary Tolan

Faculty Advisor, Visuals Jennifer Swanson

Sales Manager Marsha Simon

Print Chief Matthew Strissel

Media Innovation Center Editorial Board News Editor Conor Sweetman

Op-Ed Editor Elizabeth Wendler

Sports Editor Bailey Helton

Director of Illustration Colton Starley

Asst. News Editor Mikayla Shoup

Asst. Op-Ed Editor Peggy Packer

Asst. Sports Editor Quinn Snyder

Director of Photography Shannon Cowan

Senior Reporters Adrian Skabelund Chandler Coiner

Culture Editor Katie Sawyer

Features Editor Darrion Edwards

Asst. Director of Photography Maxim Mascolo

Director of Circulation Asst. Culture Editor Luis Gardetto Ashley Besing

Asst. Features Editor MaryAnn Witt

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Senior Photographer Michael Patacsil

On the cover Cosmetologist Rachel Day gives haircuts to inmates at the Coconino County Jail, Jan. 16. She has been working at the jail for about three years. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

Corrections & Clarifications The Lumberjack is committed to factual correctness and accuracy. If you find an error in our publication, please email Megan Troutman at mlt273@nau.edu.

PoliceBeat

Compiled by Mikayla Shoup

cited and released for driving that the alarm was caused by on a suspended license and for burnt food. speeding.

At 3:47 p.m., NAUPD At 2:59 p.m., a staff received an intrusion alarm member near the Parking in the Biological Sciences Services building called to building. Upon investigation, report a suicidal non-student it was discovered that a student At 8:09 a.m., Wells Fargo in the area. NAUPD responded accidentally set it off. No security called to report an and located the subject in good criminal activity was witnessed, ATM alarm at their campus health. and everything was fine. bookstore location. NAUPD responded and searched the At 10:15 p.m., a Jan. 13 area. No criminal activity was subject called to report a At 9:29 p.m., a subject witnessed. noise complaint in Hilltop called to report a nonTownhomes. An NAUPD injury traffic collision at the At 2:46 p.m., a student officer responded and told the intersection of Knoles and called to report the theft of students to quiet down.

University drives. NAUPD, their bicycle. An NAUPD FFD and a Guardian Medical officer responded and took Jan. 11 Transport ambulance a report. The investigation is At 9:02 a.m., a Mountain responded to the accident. An ongoing.

Line Bus called to report NAUPD officer responded and finding lost property. A Police took a report. One driver was Jan. 9 Aide responded and collected issued a citation for speeding At 7:02 a.m., an NAU the lost item. The item was and failure to avoid a crash. staff member was stopped by entered into lost and found.

NAUPD in parking lot 66.

At 10:19 p.m., an RA The staff member was cited and At 8:19 p.m., an NAUPD called to report the odor released for speeding 20 mph officer reported being with a of marijuana. One student over the posted limit. Another vehicle that was parked on a was cited and released for citation was issued for no proof sidewalk near South Village possession of marijuana and of financial responsibility.

Apartments.

The driver drug paraphernalia. was asked to relocate and At 8:35 a.m., a staff complied. No criminal activity Jan. 14 member called to report theft was witnessed.

At 12:08 p.m., a nurse of items from two offices in from Northern Arizona the Health Sciences building.

At 8:28 p.m., an RA Center Against Sexual Assault An NAUPD officer responded called to report a subject had called NAUPD and reported and took a report. All leads gone into a dorm, left the sink a late case of sexual assault were exhausted, and the case on and flooded the room in that occurred at an unknown was closed.

Sechrist Hall. An NAUPD location and an unknown time. officer responded and took a The call was only informational At 8:43 p.m., a parent report. The case was closed as and an officer took a report. called NAUPD to request a all leads were exhausted. welfare check on their child.

At 2:46 p.m., a student An NAUPD officer responded Jan. 12 called to report theft of to the Hilltop Townhomes.

At 11:11 a.m., a staff clothing and toiletries from The student was found to be member in Sechrist Hall found their room in Sechrist Hall. An in good health but was with another room inundated with NAUPD officer responded and another student that was water. The flooding is likely took a report. The investigation refusing to leave the student’s related to the Jan. 11 flooding is ongoing. residence. The person was incident. Officers responded to warned of trespass from take a report.

At 5:53 p.m., NAUPD Hilltop. received a supervisory alarm At 3:14 p.m., a student in Reilly Hall. The area was Jan. 10 called to report an alarm was searched and it was determined At 1:01 p.m., an NAUPD sounding in McKay Village. the alarm was caused by officer initiated a traffic stop The area was searched by unknown reasons. NAUPD in lot 68. One student was NAUPD and they determined notified Fire, Life & Safety.

Jan. 8 At 6:58 a.m., a student called to report a subject outside their bedroom. An NAUPD officer responded but couldn’t find anything suspicious.

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NEWS

Flagstaff relationship with LgBTQ community needs improvement

City councilmembers Scott Overton, Jim McCarthy and Charlie Odegaard with Mayor Coral Evans and Vice Mayor Jamie Whelan at an Oct. 17, 2017, Flagstaff City Council meeting to discuss the approval of a new waste management plan.

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Chandler Coiner

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fter a mediocre score from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and a goal of social justice, the City of Flagstaff might be looking at new ways to prevent LGBTQ discrimination.

HRC, a nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy group, puts out an annual report called the Municipal Equality Index (MEI), which evaluates selected cities across the United States on their policies regarding the rights of the LGBTQ community. Flagstaff — added last year to the list of 11 cities in Arizona — received 67 out of 100, a score falling just above the state average of 61.

Although the report was released October of this past year, Flagstaff’s equality index score just recently caught the attention of city councilmember Eva Putzova.

“I always was under the impression that when it comes to equality issues, Flagstaff in Arizona is a leader,” said Putzova at the Jan. 2 city council meeting. “I mean, the city plaintiffs lead the marriage equality lawsuit, and I was surprised by the low rankings of Flagstaff.”

While Flagstaff fell within the top half of the cities in Arizona that were scored, and has a decent lead over the national average of 57, it leaves much to be desired when Phoenix, Tempe and Tucson have had a perfect score of 100 for the past five years.

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Putzova compared Flagstaff to Tempe, as the two are closer in terms of population and have a similar range of policy making than Phoenix and Tucson.

The index for 2017 looked at 506 cities nationwide, comprising a little over 94 million people, or about 29 percent of the U.S. according to the full report. The results are based on publicly available information.

“At this very moment, so much of our progress is under siege,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “In our nation’s capital and in state legislatures across the country, anti-equality politicians have been emboldened by a political climate where hate and discrimination have entered the mainstream. They are attempting to rip away decades of progress, and they are using the lives of LGBTQ people and our families for their own cynical political gain. But at a time when it would be easy to grow weary and complacent, cities and towns are leading the way forward.”

The index scorecard is divided into five categories: nondiscrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement and the relationship with the LGBTQ community.

While Flagstaff’s scores were intermediate across the board, other Arizona cities tended to struggle heavily in specific areas.

Glendale received 22 out of 22 points in the law enforcement area, Continued on page 6

Human Rights Campaign produced an index score for Flagstaff’s LGBTQ statistics. Each category is rated on a different scale.

Infographic By Colton Starley

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NEWS Continued from page 4 sporting both an “LGBTQ police liaison or task force” and the city reported hate crime statistics to the FBI, but received zero out of 30 in the area of non-discrimination laws for employment, housing and public accommodations.

In Flagstaff, the city reports hate crime statistics but has no LGBTQ liaison. The city protects against discrimination in employment and public accommodations but not in housing.

This suggests that Flagstaff has a grasp of its core values but is not rounded out completely like other top scoring cities in Arizona.

“What I really appreciated about this scorecard is that it listed a number of different policy areas where we could improve on,” Putzova said. “And so I would like us to have a more comprehensive conversation. Not about a specific policy, but about the whole spectrum of policies and actions that council can take on to improve equality in Flagstaff and use the scorecard as a guide. This is not completely comprehensive — there may be other ideas — but I think it has a number of issues that I think is a good start.”

The Flagstaff City Council agreed to focus more on the topic going forward.

On Jan. 12, the council had a work session which focused on the 2019 fiscal year budget.

The “social justice” section of the discussion — a goal of the city — centered around indigenous peoples relationships, cultural awareness and the homelessness problem among others. But no mention of municipal services to LGBTQ people, liaisons or task forces that might incur a cost but help to tackle less-than-perfect aspects of the equality index scorecard and move toward the city’s social justice goal.

Flagstaff is the smallest of the Arizona cities scored for the equality index with a population of about 71,000. A lack of resources could restrict a focus on those potential services.

Avondale and Peoria, however, have comparable populations of 83,000 and 114,000 respectively, and Flagstaff scored much higher than those cities at 15 and 26.

But city officials are and have been thinking about its index score. City manager Josh Copley highlighted that the city has appealed its score in past years and its score came out higher than originally presented.

“I will say that, given council’s goals and priorities, that this is a priority for the city, and we do actively work with the MEI scorecard folks and work on improving,” said Copley.

“And so we have had those discussions with staff on some of those areas where we can actually, through policy, get a better score next year. So, I think it’s a good discussion to have.”

McAllister Chair finally filled after two-year vacancy Adrian Skabelund

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ince its creation in the late 1990s, the McAllister Endowed Chair in Community, Culture and Environment has been an important institution throughout the Flagstaff and NAU communities. Now, after years of searching, the position is once again filled.

Frances B. McAllister, who died in 2008, was a long-time Flagstaff resident and important member of the community. Prior to endowing the chair at NAU, McAllister founded The Arboretum at Flagstaff, and at various times, sat on the boards of the Museum of Northern Arizona and Lowell Observatory.

Sandra Lubarsky, retired NAU director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program, knew McAllister and helped her organize the endowed chair with the university. Lubarsky said one of McAllister’s passions was to encourage collaboration. Whether that be between the university and the community of Flagstaff or the different and varied disciplines and departments within the university itself.

And Lubarsky said that is exactly what the Chair that McAllister endowed has done in the past, with both of the previous chairs, Max Oelschlaeger and Rom Coles, working to make connections within the community and between departments and helping to create what would come to be NAU’s actions research teams.

Unfortunately, the position, after being vacated by Rom Coles in 2015, had been empty for nearly two years. That is until now.

In an email to faculty Dec. 18, 2017, NAU President Rita Cheng announced that Bruce Hungate would take the position.

“Dr. Hungate is nationally recognized for his work in environmental research, and he has an extraordinary record connecting that research to community engagement,” said Cheng’s announcement. “These skills are critical to achieving the mission of the McAllister Chair of engaging the university and the community in the Colorado Plateau region.”

Hungate was chosen by Cheng after a short internal search, said Nancy Johnson, the director of the school of earth sciences and environmental sustainability and member of the search committee.

An internal search is unusual for a position such as an endowed chair, but Johnson said she enjoyed being able to find out more about what is happening at NAU and was impressed by almost everyone who applied.

“I really was impressed with what we have going on here, and it made me happy to be at [NAU] because of all the exciting things [going on],” said Johnson.

Hungate has worked at NAU for almost 20 years, and started the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society.

Hungate said he has always been interested in the McAllister Chair and what it stands for, especially working to further connect the natural sciences with the arts and the humanities.

“We have this problem in academia of the isolation of disciplines, and we’ve really moved away from a classical model of that kind of scholarship where people do [a sum of many things],” Hungate said.

Hungate himself is a sort of counter to this, as he, through no “deliberate strategy,” graduated from college with majors in music, English literature and biology.

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NAU Regents’ Professor Bruce Hungate uses liquid nitrogen to flashfreeze soil samples he collects from a study site on Hart Prairie near Flagstaff. Photo courtesy of NAU

Hungate said there are certainly benefits to specialization, but taking an interdisciplinary look at issues has benefits of its own, especially as a way to communicate science to the public.

“Sometimes words are good to communicate, sometimes scientific graphs are good to communicate, but I find really that the way to convey what is exciting and what science means is through artwork,” Hungate said.

And Hungate said this concept was exemplified for him at a young age. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest and being a child surrounded by nature, Hungate said writers such as Henry David Thoreau were big influences for him.

Hungate said he is still in the planning phase of initiatives he hopes to get started as McAllister Chair, but said that they plan to announce a program in which NAU faculty from across the university will have the opportunity to work as McAllister fellows. At the moment, however, he is not ready to release any details.

In addition to that, Hungate said he is also impressed at initiatives that are already underway on campus, and he said that he hopes to use the McAllister Chair to support those initiatives.

“You know community culture and environment what is that ... exactly?” Hungate said. “The scope is so broad and we have so many people doing really exciting things in that space that one of the things I see as my role in the chair is to support those.”

In the meantime, Hungate said there is plenty of work still to do, and he is just getting started.

“I [have] lots of new connections to make within the community, and this gives me a platform for reaching out in a way that I’m really enjoying,” Hungate said.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Opinion-Editorial: What it is and isn’t ELIZABETH WENDLER

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elcome to the Opinion-Editorial section of The Lumberjack.

Here, students are free to voice their opinions on a wide range of topics they’re interested in or want to call attention to. Politics, social justice, entertainment and media, and personal views are just a few topics students at NAU are encouraged to explore in their writing.

News writers are unable to — or are at least discouraged from — giving their personal thoughts on a given story. Readers oftentimes interpret news writers offering facts as giving an opinion, especially when the facts directly conflict with the readers’ beliefs.

The Op-Ed section plays a vital role in the paper in that it provides a space where topics covered in news can be addressed in this section. This is the crucial difference between Op-Ed and news. Op-Ed writers, much like news writers, are still required to provide credible sources to their claims, so rest assured actual work

and research goes into each opinion piece.

The Op-Ed section can also be a platform for change. Student writers use this section not to merely complain or ramble but to call people to action. Their views offer a new perspective to readers, challenging their closely held views. Sometimes, this feels like a personal attack.

I’m here to say: It’s not.

That said, the editors of The Lumberjack newspaper will not tolerate bigotry, discrimination or calls to violence from our writers. We encourage people from all backgrounds and viewpoints to share their thoughts, feelings and beliefs, but not at the cost of other people’s health and safety.

This is not to say readers shouldn’t be afraid to give feedback. Letters to the editor

are a fantastic way for consumers of The Lumberjack to respond to our writers. So, if you happen to read an Op-Ed about something you feel passionately about, and it inspires you to write to us, please do.

The editors, advisers and writers at The Lumberjack strive for accuracy. They take pride in their work and dedicate time, care and quality into every article, byline and letter from the editor. On occasion, errors slip through the editing process. If such errors occur, please feel free to contact us and let us know.

On that note, I hope this semester brings some of the most challenging and passionate articles to Illustration By Katie Dobrydney the Op-Ed section.

Tourism and the lack of cultural awareness KAYLIN DUNNETT

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ouTuber Logan Paul’s wildly insensitive and horrifying video of a suicide victim’s body went viral in early January. The video trended on YouTube’s front page before its removal, sparking an international discussion about how such ignorance could be allowed to air on a public, internet domain.

Prior to the climax of his trip in the Aokigahara forest in Japan, Paul had filmed himself disrespecting many aspects of Japanese culture. This forest is known for the high numbers of suicides that take place there. Paul was shown screaming expletives while visiting a Buddhist temple and donned a rice-picking hat while he appropriated traditional Japanese dress. Paul also smashed a Game Boy Colour at a shop before approaching the vender to explain that it was “mucho broken-o.”

The viral videos by Paul, a United States citizen, exemplify an issue that needs to be addressed in regards to tourism. This issue is the lack of willingness to educate oneself about the cultural norms of different societies.

Another problem presented here is the gross exotification of other cultures by U.S. citizens.

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Other countries are not the playgrounds of people who choose to behave disrespectfully under the guise of being a harmless, bumbling U.S. tourist.

Sandra Song of Teen Vogue wrote about Logan Paul’s trip to Aokigahara, noting that disrespecting the site as a haunted “destination,” as Paul did when filming, dismissed the cultural significance of the forest. It is clear to me that the body of a person of color was used as shock value for an audience.

A simple internet search would have shown Paul that Aokigahara is treated respectfully by locals. It’s seen as a site of grave tragedy due to the amount of deaths recorded in the area. Signs cover the premises urging travelers not to take their lives and instead seek help. According to Atlas Obscura, “Japanese authorities have discontinued publishing exact suicide numbers in order to avoid making the place even more popular.”

To the educated, respectful tourist visiting Aokigahara, it would be understood that the Illustration By Camryn Bowers forest is not a kitschy destination

to take spooky ghost photos. Rather, it would serve as a solemn symbol of Japan’s complicated relationship with suicide. The country, according to reporter Tomoko Otake of The Japan Times, has the sixth-highest suicide rate in the world.

Instead of respecting the history, Paul exploited the death of a suicide victim, and Aokigahara as a whole, to increase views on his YouTube post. This phenomenon of exploitation is documented by writer Rick Steves in his personal blog as “Ugly American” tourism. According to Steves, an Ugly American tourist views “the world as a pyramid with the United States on top and the ‘less developed’ world trying to get there.”

Steves suggests that U.S. citizens should engage in a mentality of responsible tourism instead, stating that one should understand their power as a tourist through respecting local businesses, participating in local culture respectfully and with grace and interacting with the country by being sensitive and observant.

I personally urge tourists to put themselves on an equal playing field with the country they’re visiting. The U.S. is neither superior, nor more progressive, than the country one decides to visit. I implore future tourists, no matter where they decide to venture, to hold closely the idea that they are responsible for their actions while abroad, and that they should behave in accordance to the norms there.

Go forth, have fun in the world, but do so mindfully.

OPINION-EDITORIAL

Letter to the Editor:

Pillow Talk:

President Cheng’s bonus

Let’s talk about sex, baby H

ello again. Here in the Op-Ed Section, students are free to voice their opinions on a wide array of topics from politics to current events to personal interests. When a student takes a particular interest in a certain topic, they can create what is called a column.

After much discussion over the course of several semesters, Peggy Packer, the assistant editor of the Op-Ed section, and I have created a sex column, which we decided to name “Pillow Talk,” where we can discuss matters of interest to us involving sex, sexuality and relationships. This column is neither meant to be a weekly how-to nor is it meant to convince others that my way of doing things is the right way.

These are simply my opinions on topics I ELIZABETH find interesting as they relate to sex. Sex has many WENDLER branching topics and queries, and not everyone shares OPINION-EDITORIAL the same opinion on how, when, where and why it’s EDITOR done.

Before this column really takes off, however, there is something I’d like to establish first. To begin, I only have my own perspectives to go off of when it comes to writing these pieces. As much as I research a given

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hen Elizabeth Wendler, the editor of the Op-Ed section, first brought up the idea of a sex column a little over a year ago, I was instantly excited. I knew it was something that would not only be fun to create but something that NAU definitely needed.

The sex column, called “Pillow Talk,” provides a place to discuss very important topics that some Op-Ed writers don’t feel comfortable addressing. It is a place to discuss, well, sex. Personally, it even feels a little uncomfortable to type this word with the intention of it being printed in a newspaper. This, my friends, is exactly why we need this column.

Sex itself has always been a taboo topic. It’s often seen as something that should be kept private, almost PEGGY PACKER like it’s some secret act hardly anyone participates in.

ASSISTANT OPINIONEDITORIAL EDITOR This is false. Most people on this campus are engaging in some kind of sexual activity or trying to understand their own sexuality. That is not the problem.

The problem is that people don’t feel comfortable talking about

topic, I will never fully understand the perspective of someone else. I am a multicultural cisgendered woman, and therefore have a limited view on certain LGBTQ aspects.

Cisgender simply means I identify with the sex my parents and doctors said I was at birth. They said I was a girl, and, for me, that’s always fit with my identity.

People who are transgender, nonbinary or experience any other fluidity along the spectrum of gender are inherently going to have a different experience of sex, sexual orientation and relationships than I do. While I do my best to consider and touch upon the struggles of others, please know there is only so much I can say before I start speaking on other’s behalfs.

I am not the authority on sex, but if any readers out there have questions or would like to ask for advice from myself or from Peggy, I’d encourage them to do so.

Finally, I’d just like to say this: It’s been a wonderful opportunity to work at The Lumberjack and an even greater opportunity to help create this sex column. As such, I’d like to call upon our readers to give us feedback wherever possible, be it questions, comments or concerns.

Thank you and let’s get it on. it. People don’t have enough knowledge about safe sex and healthy relationships. Many LGBTQ people do not have a place to read about sex, sexuality and relationships where it can be applied to their own life.

In fact, many straight people encounter this problem as well. With the sex column, Elizabeth and I hope to change that.

Our goal is to provide a place for our readers to explore these topics in a way that is not boring or condescending.

While we try our best, however, we are not all-knowing and these pieces are still merely opinions. We are not doctors or therapists. We are two young women trying to help people become more comfortable with talking and learning about sexuality.

As our readers, you have a vital role in the development of this column. If you read something you have a problem with, something you like or if there’s something you’d like to read about in the future, I strongly encourage you to reach out to us. This will help us make the sex column better for all of our readers.

With that being said, I hope you are as excited as we are to see the sex column take off this semester.

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any of us have recently learned that NAU’s President Rita Cheng has received a bonus of $180,000.

The Board of Regents justified this “at-risk compensation” by stating that Dr. Cheng met “a [large] number of goals.” However, although there are some non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty who are content with their positions at NAU, many NTT faculty struggle to make ends meet.

They are paid less than tenure-track faculty, rarely have any job security beyond the current year of employment and have very few opportunities to secure funding for research. In addition, these faculty do much of the “heavy lifting” for NAU in terms of their large teaching loads.

The proposed measure to convert up to 50 of these NTT positions to tenure-track positions does not come close to solving the problems that NTT faculty face. Moreover, if any of those to-be-converted NTT positions are currently filled by hard-working NTT colleagues, those colleagues would be forced to reapply for those jobs all over again.

In 2002, then-president Dr. John Haeger donated most of his raise to certain departments/ entities on NAU’s campus (Daily Sun, June 18, 2002), understanding the symbolic as well as concrete ramifications of this gesture. On December 18, 2017, I donated my 2016 raise to my NTT colleagues in the English Department, a very small token of appreciation.

I respectfully challenge Dr. Cheng both to return her bonus, earmarking it for all measures that would help the NTT faculty thrive at NAU, and to convert all NTT lines to tenure-track lines for those faculty desiring that conversion.

Anne Scott, Ph.D. President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow Professor, Dept. of English

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FEATURES

Styling Flagstaff inmates one day at a time Ariel Cianfarano

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he sound of shoes sliding across the floor echoes down the hallway of B Pod in the Coconino County Jail. Empire Beauty School educator Rachel Day waits patiently in a multi-purpose room with only a table, a few chairs, a laundry basket for dirty towels and her hair supplies.

Day is only allowed to bring a comb, spray bottle and hair clippers to the haircut sessions. Clean towels are provided by the jail.

Day teaches cosmetology to students during the week and on the weekend works as a barber for the inmates of the Coconino County Jail. She has been cutting men and women inmates’ hair for about three years.

An inmate wearing a blue jumpsuit comes through the door with detention support officer Bobby Pruett who supervises the haircuts.

Once the inmate sits down in the chair, Day asks what kind of haircut or hairstyle they would like. For the most part, the sessions are quiet, and the only thing that can be heard is the buzz of hair clippers.

“I ask them what they want, but I don’t get into it with them,” said Day. “Sometimes, I’ll get a real talkative inmate and they’ll just start talking to me. But of course, I’m going to be cordial, and I’m going to talk back to them. I know that them having human contact or any contact outside of the jail is good for them. I’m a nurturing type of person, but I’m not going to talk to them unless they talk to me because that world in there, I’ll call it that, is different than what it is out here.”

Coconino County Jail called Empire Beauty School looking for someone to come to the jail to cut hair several years ago. Day is a licensed cosmetologist and she decided to do it for the extra money.

“The interesting thing about hair is you meet a lot of different people, and that attracts me,” Day said. “You learn different religions, you learn different races, why they practice what they do and however, whatever. It’s really cool.”

When Day first started to work as a barber for the jail, she moved around to the different pods to cut hair. Day is now stationed in a multi-purpose room in B Pod. Pruett travels through all the different pods to bring the inmates in one at a time.

Because of Day’s experience cutting hair at the jail, she is not as afraid compared to when she started.

“I went over there, and I did 12 guys,” Day said. “[It was] nerve wracking. I was scared out of my mind. But my whole family is involved in law enforcement one way or another. I have friends that work at the jail. I have friends that are cops, so that kind of helped.”

The inmates may get other benefits than just a new hairdo.

For them, it might be a chance to get to walk around outside of their cell or to be able to talk to someone from the outside.

“I think if you think about people who are in solitary confinement or things like that, those are viewed as the worst punishments, and the worst punishments are the ones that isolate you socially,” said social psychology professor Steven Barger.

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Rachel Day is a local hairstylist who works at the Coconino County Jail cutting hair for the inmates, Jan. 14.

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Day said that sometimes she has spent at least an hour on a haircut because the inmate needs someone to talk to.

“I think that they’re needing something other than a haircut.

They just want the time out of their cell or something,” Day said.

Barger said that some of the inmates might have deficits in their social interaction, which could cause them to talk more during the haircut sessions.

“For most of us, being connected with other people in different ways is both desirable and probably good for you,” Barger said.

After Day finishes with the haircut, the inmate stands up and looks at their reflection in a window. There are no mirrors in the multi-purpose room.

“You can see them smile too,” Day said. “They’ll smile. Does it help them? I think it does in some ways for some of them, and I think that’s all whatever’s in them to feel better.”

The Coconino County Jail is flexible with the haircuts and hairstyles the inmates may request. However, Arizona prisons have strict regulations about inmates’ hair.

According to the Department Order Manual by the Arizona

Department of Corrections, there are several regulations inmates have to follow in prison. Inmates cannot dye their hair or wear wigs. Inmates also cannot have an exotic hairstyle or have their hair cover their eyes or ears. If an inmate has longer hair, they must wear it in a ponytail or braid for most of the day.

Pruett said that there are no regulations at the Coconino County Jail, except for flat tops because Day cannot do them with the limited tools she is allowed to bring. Day also said she does not do flat tops because they are harder to maintain and require more products.

“I usually come pretty close to what they want but having the restriction of only clippers and that’s it, like, I don’t have any product to make the hair stand up or to style it,” Day said. “The products they have in the jail aren’t that great. I don’t even know what they are, but they get it from the commissary. I can feel it in their hair, and it’s just crap stuff. I’d say dollar-store stuff.”

The haircuts cost around $17 and are paid for by money from the inmates’ accounts. Pruett said that in jail, some of the inmates don’t have the luxury to get haircuts. So when they do, it is like being on the outside and makes them feel better.

“It gets pretty interesting,” Pruett said. “You see a whole bunch of different hairstyles, like a pompadour. We’ve seen … very interesting hair choices.”

A pompadour is a 1950 and ’60s hairstyle for men where the hair sticks up in the front.

“Again, I did it because they’re requesting,” Day said. “And I’m like, ‘Who do you got to look good for in here?’ We would joke around like that.”

She also said that sometimes inmates come in with a magazine picture to show her want kind of hairstyle or haircut they want.

“The best part is the outcome, what it looks like, because you can change somebody’s looks just from them being very shaggy and then cleaning them up and making it nice,” Day said.

Although Day only comes on the weekends, sometimes she goes to the jail during the week on special occasions or legal appearances.

“It’s because a lot of the times the guys in jail look rough,” Day said. “So, they need to be cleaned up for court.”

Because of the length of some of the inmates’ sentences, Day has cut hair for previous inmates over time. Day may strike up a conversation with an inmate if they talk during a haircut session, but she does not want to know why they are in jail.

“I don’t want to know why they’re in there because you got all kinds in there from my understanding,” Day said. “I know what’s in there, but I don’t want to know because that’s going to make me probably judgmental, and I don’t like to be that way.”

After the haircuts are done, Day packs up her supplies and puts them into her white bag. The hair on the floor, the dirty towel laundry basket, table and chairs will be cleaned up from the multi-purpose room by other inmates.

Pruett walks Day out through sealed metal doors as they discuss the next date she will be available to come back. They say their goodbyes ,and Day walks out of the jail like she was not just in the proximity of several inmates, who must stay behind.

After 20 years of being a hairstylist, it is just another day.

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Bioarchaeology Studying human remains or eternal unrest?

MaryAnn Witt

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n Nov. 16, 1990, the world of bioarchaeology was forever changed by the enactment of The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Bioarchaeology, the study of human remains at archaeological sites, has been brought into the limelight with questions of the ethics behind it. The law, while respected by most, has posed the question of whether or not the study of human remains is a valuable tool to learn about the past or a barbaric practice that shows disrespect to the dead.

The law, according to the NAGPRA website, was enacted with the purpose of resolving the deposition of Native American remains, along with cultural items, that are held by federal agencies or institutions funded by the government. The law made each agency or institution that held remains of Native Americans to begin reporting what they held in their custody.

“What NAGPRA has done, and it has taken 20 years, [and] I’ve been around for the whole time, is dramatically change the dynamics and the relationships between native communities and archeology for the better,” said Kim Spurr, archeology division director and bioarchaeologist for the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA).

The museum houses, on behalf of federal agencies, remains of Native Americans that come from different contexts.

“One of the projects that both [Kate Compton-Gore] and I have been working on in the past decade is to work with the tribes, work with the federal agencies, do whatever documentation is required or requested and repatriate [the remains],” Spurr said.

Compton-Gore, a bioarchaeologist at MNA, was worried at first by what NAGPRA meant for her career.

“I started college right after NAGPRA was enacted. When I first started, I was told that there probably wasn’t going to be any work left for people who were interested in osteology, and I started working on collections at the Arizona State Museum in their osteology program with Lane Beck and started working on the individuals,” Compton-Gore said. Osteology is the study of bones, and is crucial to archaeological digs.

After continuing her work at the Arizona State Museum, however, she understood the way NAGPRA changed bioarchaeology.

“I thought that would be it. I thought those were the only individuals I would ever get to see, but as we moved forward, we started to realize that all the institutions that held human remains and needed to repatriate them needed to inventory them, meaning age, sex, cultural affiliation and needed to get them reburied with the appropriate Native American groups.”

The law requires each institution that holds human remains to register them. The process that NAGPRA demands is one that is followed for every Native American human remain collected.

First, an affiliation study must be done to identify what tribe the remains belong to. After this, the findings as well as documentation of the age, sex and any other information found must be published in the federal registry. After the process is complete, the remains are ready to be repatriated.

Though rare, repatriation can sometimes be met with unwelcoming hands from some Native American tribes due to beliefs that the handling of remains is taboo. In many tribal cultures, the deceased are considered to be in eternal rest and to disturb that is prohibited. “[The Arizona State Museum] had one or two cases where they did their affiliation study, they published in the federal register and the tribe [the remains] went to has not chosen to take those back and has requested that the repository hold on to them until a future time. The tribes have the right to do that under NAGPRA,” Spurr said.

For tribal groups, the passing of NAGPRA was monumental as it showed respect for their cultural beliefs. At NAU, the Native American Cultural Center (NACC) is a program that aims to support Native American students. Director of the NACC Ora Marek-Martinez gave insight into why NAGPRA came to be.

“For a lot of the groups here in the United States, we all have very strong beliefs that once you

In August 2013, excavators work at the Upward Sun River discovery site in Alaska. According to a report released Jan. 3, 2018, DNA from an infant who died in Alaska about 11,500 years ago, found at this site, is giving scientists the best look yet at the genetics of the ancestors of today’s native peoples of the Americas. Ben Potter | University of Alaska via Associated Press

pass, you should essentially be in the ground and buried,” said Marek-Martinez.

Many of the tribal groups in the U.S. have struggled for years with the concept of their ancestors being dug up and studied. In the 1860s, however, they had no say in what was being done.

“Starting in 1863, there was an official act that came out on the behalf of the United States Army where the military was directed to collect all Native American human remains that they came across … The army would collect these bodies, ship them to Samuel G. Morton, who was doing a craniology study. He used these remains to say that Native Americans were below white people on the social evolutionary scale,” Marek-Martinez said.

Although this is not a current reality, the sting of the past still affects Native American groups.

The beliefs that they hold, though different from one tribe to the next, are firm when it comes to the treatment of the dead.

Not all cultures share this belief that the study of human remains is disrespectful to the deceased.

The Mayan people of Belize are one group that see things differently. NAU professor Shawn Morton directs the Central Belize Archaeological Survey, a dig in the caves of Belize where many human remains have been found and studied. The project began in 2009, and there were thought to be no ancient civilizations in the area, but this would be proven false. The people in this area are more than happy to have the ancestors found to be studied, Morton said.

“Where I work in Belize, [studying human remains] is a non-issue. There are not the political and cultural issues that suggest that we shouldn’t look at human remains, in which case I think it’s amazing what we can learn from them and we should,” said Morton.

The study of human remains, while able to tell us much information of the past, is a controversial subject due to the ethics that come with it. Respect for the dead can be seen in different ways by different people.

“There has to be an agreement that if human remains are to be found, this is what will happen, and that should be dictated by the people which the ancestors are from,” Spurr said. “It is a case-bycase issue.”

Bioarchaeology has been proven to be a helpful tool in learning about the past, but the respect of cultural beliefs has become more important than ever.

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Coming home with new perspectives

Photo courtesy of Morgan DeLoach

Darrion Edwards

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s another new year takes place, many students are returning from an experience that has forever changed their lives. Whether it be from an adventurous mindset, the desire to experience a new lifestyle or scouting possible career locations, hundreds of students chose to study abroad this past semester.

Abril Trejo-Zetina, a student worker for study abroad at the Center for International Education, said that 688 NAU students were admitted in a study abroad program in 2017, 50 more people than in 2016. The top three most popular locations for students were the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Costa Rica.

2017 was a year in which President Donald Trump was inaugurated, causing controversy, California experienced its deadliest wildfire in history and the U.S. was devastated with its largest mass shooting in its history. Many students abroad, however, were only able to learn of the events from distant lands.

The students who studied abroad welcomed the foreign lifestyle. They ventured into countries with no foreign experiences and adapted to international cultures. Each experience was unique and presented both challenges as well as amazement.

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Senior communication studies major Tashjohn Hinkson chose to study abroad in Groningen, Netherlands. With a program for his major, he was able to take the opportunity and welcomed a different lifestyle. He elaborated on his experiences while he was still living with a Dutch host family.

“I have always prided myself on being someone that is very susceptible to change and willing to step out of my comfort zone in order to learn or see something new,” said Hinkson. “Also, the tuition cost is the same as I would pay for NAU, so why not?”

Others sought to expand their worldviews and extend their life experiences.

Senior merchandising major Morgan DeLoach almost did not choose to study abroad, but her lust for travel influenced her to do so.

“I always wanted to study abroad, though I originally didn’t plan to because of other obligations,” said DeLoach. “But I eventually thought that it would be silly not to, so I spontaneously decided to sign up for a meeting with the study abroad office and decided to go. My main reasons for wanting to go were to see that the world was bigger than just what I know in Arizona. I wanted to meet new people, and I wanted to be able to travel.”

After learning of the benefits that students gain when they

choose to study abroad, DeLoach chose to travel to Milan, Italy, for one semester.

“I am pursuing a merchandising emphasis and wanted to dive more into the fashion world, so what better place than the fashion capital of the world?” DeLoach said.

These students’ desire for cultural perspectives spurred their need to travel and experience the world in a different country.

One adjustment is the nightlife of certain European countries.

While some NAU students are content with Flagstaff’s downtown social scene, which is often praised for its convenient location to the NAU campus and its inclusive bars, the students who studied abroad found that the nightlife was noticeably different.

“Coming from the U.S., where the drinking age is 21, it was quite weird to meet 16-year-olds at bars,” Hinkson said.

Another cultural adjustment was the language barrier for NAU students. While some countries had English-speaking requirements for all students, other countries required American students to learn the native languages. This can create a culture shock for many people.

“I found that the language barrier was one of the hardest things to adjust to,” DeLoach said. “Luckily Google Translate has saved my life about a million times. Other than that, there hasn’t been much outside of the initial culture shock that I found to be hard to adjust to.”

NAU students were often asked about American life and how it differed from the European lifestyle. Some students were able to see a different view of their home country.

“When I was in London one weekend, I went to a comedy club, and they relentlessly made fun of Americans, though I think it was mostly all in good fun,” DeLoach said. “I have had a lot of people ask me questions about Trump when I tell them I am American, but overall it doesn’t seem like there is such a bad perception.”

One fascination that NAU students had to explain to other international students was the dieting and food lifestyles of Americans.

“Outside of politics, people have said that we eat more fast food than regular food, all our food is not fresh, Americans are superficial and fake, that we have an infatuation with guns, and that college is so expensive for no reason,” Hinkson said.

One drawback for the students was homesickness. Due to the time difference, keeping in touch with close family and friends proved to be difficult.

“I found that keeping up with people was made more difficult due to always being busy and having such a drastic time difference,” DeLoach said. “I FaceTimed with my family about once a week to fill them in on my life abroad, but my roommates managed to talk to their families about once a day.”

While living abroad, students tried to keep up to date with current U.S. events. To stay in the loop with breaking news, they chose to read certain news outlets that they deemed reliable.

Others used social media to discover what their friends and family were impacted by the most.

“I have a Wall Street Journal subscription and I read a few

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of the breaking news articles for both the U.S. and Europe daily, in order to stay fully knowledgeable from a credible source,” Hinkson said.

Some of the most impactful events that occurred during the second half of 2017, while these NAU students were studying abroad, included the Las Vegas shooting Oct. 1, 2017, the California wildfires and a few controversial administrative actions.

“The U.S. will always be my home and I will always try to defend it when possible, but as of late with some of [President] Trump’s policies, enactments and reforms, I do not know if that is possible,” Hinkson said. “The U.S., much like any other country, has its things that it needs to work on but I feel as if sometimes the country’s citizens don’t want to admit that.”

Other students chose not to delve into the political outlets of the U.S. but instead chose to use social media to keep up with events.

“There were a few things that I kept up with news-wise, but overall I only kept up with what was openly on social media,” DeLoach said.

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter were preferred by some students to use to keep updated with events back home.

“I think I increased my viewing for certain

issues, like the California fires and the incident in Las Vegas,” DeLoach said. “But other than that, I stayed away from political news since I feel like I can take advantage of my time away and be blissfully ignorant for just a few short months.”

Aside from politics and cultural differences, students were able to learn more of the cultures of where they chose to study. They were accepted within the local communities and given opportunities to become a part of the local lifestyles.

“As an individual there has been a lot of benefits in knowledge because I live with a Dutch family, so I have learned a lot of the Dutch traditions, things about the Dutch culture and even some of the language,” Hinkson said.

The lessons learned while abroad have influenced NAU students to expand their worldviews. Many of the students will take their international experiences and integrate them into their American lifestyles.

“One of the biggest lessons that I was really reassured of by studying abroad was that you get out of the world the energy that you put into it,” DeLoach said. “If you’re willing to take risks, put yourself into new situations and befriend new people, the world becomes such a cool place.”

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Challenging climate change Katie Sawyer

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he high-desert environment of Flagstaff has always set itself apart from the rest of Arizona. With tall pines, plentiful wildlife and four seasons, many come to Flagstaff to enjoy the natural environment that it provides.

But what if these defining features community members have come to know for years were to disappear?

Lynne Nemeth, speaker at the climate change talk in the East Flagstaff Library on Jan. 11 and director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff, believes this may not be such a far-off prospect.

“The mission of the Flagstaff Arboretum is about native plants and the ecosystems of the Colorado Plateau, and we’re seeing a lot of effect of climate change at the Arboretum,” said Nemeth in an interview after the presentation.

Nemeth began her presentation with a photo of Aster fleabane, a local and common wildflower found in northern Arizona.

“I took this photograph on Nov. 15 of [last] year. I thought it was an excellent example of what’s happening with global warming and climate change here,” Nemeth said during her presentation.

“We can completely rethink how we live on our own properties.

Wilderness or nature or landscape doesn’t have to be something out there, it could be something right outside your front door.”

-Lynne Nemeth, Director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff Aster fleabane primarily grows in the months of June, July and August, according to the University of Texas Wildflower center.

Nemeth believes this is a key sign that the climate of Flagstaff is changing.

During her presentation, Nemeth proposed

Director of The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Lynne Nemeth, speaks about the impact of climate change on the natural ecosystem during the climate change talk at the East Flagstaff Library, Jan. 11.

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assisting the environment to transition and maintain itself through careful introductions.

“Instead of waiting for [species] to come back on their own, we can re-introduce them to environments that we think they will do well in,” Nemeth said. “It is controversial because humans very often think that we know what we’re doing but we don’t. You probably all know about the tamarisk, and look what has happened with that. An invasive species that has taken over.”

Nemeth referred to the tamarisk shrub native to Eurasia and Africa. It was brought to Arizona, however, for erosion control and ornamental use. From there, the plant has spread throughout Arizona and has begun to heavily affect the natural ecosystem including the areas around the Colorado River, according to the National Park Service.

“We at the Arboretum have a crew right

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now working in the Grand Canyon doing restoration work, taking out the tamarisk and planting willows,” Nemeth said.

Though the Arboretum has made developments in this area, Nemeth recognized the ethical dilemma it poses.

“If that’s the only answer, then I’m glad that there are people out there working to save … ponderosa pines and different grasses. I’m glad that we’re doing that work at the Arboretum.

Ethically, it raises a lot of questions, but what’s the alternative?” Nemeth said. “The alternative is, if we don’t do it … what’s going to happen is the invasive species will take over and then make it nearly impossible to fix things.”

Throughout the climate change talk, Nemeth stressed the importance of community involvement.

“We can completely rethink how we live on our own properties. Wilderness or nature

or landscape doesn’t have to be something out there, it could be something right outside your front door,” Nemeth said. “I think it helps to get people to think outside the box … As opposed to climate change being out there for government agencies and other people to deal with, that [people] can do things just by changing their thinking.”

The Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance helped to put on this talk as part of their monthly event related to climate change in Flagstaff. The organization has four chapters operating in cities throughout Arizona. Rolf Vom Dorp is a volunteer member of the Alliance, and has been with the group since it was founded one year ago.

Vom Dorp’s main goal is to increase the amount of knowledge and information that community members have access to.

“We’re starting groups. Our desire is to inspire the groups to get the information out to the public and then start to show politicians of any sort that we have to deal with climate change as fast as possible,” said Vom Dorp.

Kimber Lyons is a climate change researcher who studied climate change with the Florida Climate Institute before moving to Flagstaff in December 2017. She attended the event as a way to get back into her research and meet the local community.

“I think it’s great to share information and get people together with like-minds because in numbers there is power to make political change,” said Lyons. “How you and your little world can help make things in this area – and all over – better.”

Twenty-year-old Marco Komadina was born and raised in Flagstaff and has ideas for what he wants to see in the future community.

“Imagine a different world where there’s more sustainable habits in the individual household level but also in the collective [national] and global scale,” said Komadina.

Similarly, Nemeth stresses the importance of rethinking what habits aren’t beneficial to the environment and how the average citizen can take control of climate change.

“The main thing I want people to take away is thinking about themselves in their place on the earth and in this region,” Nemeth said. “To me, this is one of the best things we can do as humans, is rethink our place in this system.”

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Album review: Woo$Ah Aliyah Humphrey

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hildish Major — not to be confused with Childish Gambino — dropped his first debut album to the public Dec. 19, 2017, titled “Woo$Ah” a pop-culture reference to the 1995 hit film “Bad Boys.”

An Atlanta, Georgia, based rapper and producer, Childish Major first gained notoriety in 2013 following his hit single “U.O.E.N.O.” He has remained largely unknown, however, until the release of his latest album.

Though Childish Major may be new to the public, he has put down plenty of preliminary work on the streaming website Soundcloud, a continuing goldmine for underground artists around the world. Also known for his work as a producer, his credits include Future, Rick Ross, Curtis Williams, Wiz Khalifa and Rome Fortune.

The album is short: only eight tracks, lasting for 25 minutes.

Childish Major has a surprising number of familiar names when it comes to featured artists. Track three is titled “I Like You” featuring DRAM and 6lack. Track six is titled “Happy Birthday” and features SZA and Isaiah Rashad who are both members of Top Dawg Entertainment.

Surprisingly, according to Apple Music, these are not the most popular songs on his album. According to the streaming service, track one titled “Aim High” has received the most recognition on the album, given that it was released as a single before the album was officially released to the public.

Childish Major may have some big names under his belt when it comes to features, but his producers are pretty dope as well. Track four, “Supply Luh,” is a solo track and stands out from the others because it was produced by none other than famous artist J. Cole.

All this fight and s--- I kinda love it, Them tears, at least you’re feelin’ somethin’, For a minute I felt you’re goin’ numb, No calls did you get forget my number Based on the beat and lyricism of this track, it has J. Cole’s signature style written all over it. This track has the consistency of something that could have been on J. Cole’s album “2014 Forest Hills Drive.” It’s the hidden gem of the project, only running for 2 minutes, 18 seconds.

The lyricism in “Woo$Ah” has a continuous theme of love, heartbreak and the come-up throughout the album.

Love is a topic throughout the album, though he displays it differently than other lyricists. Childish Major talks about community love and uplifting those around him in his own subtle way. Track seven, “No Nightmares,” reinforced that theme.

Shout out to all the girls that go through mad s---, Remember when it was just me and you on mattress, I need the rent, but didn’t even want to ask for it, You stay and make it work even though we class a bit,

Cover art courtesy of Childish Major

You know I’m probably gon’ die with you, Know I’m here to inspire you Track eight, “NoEyeInTeam,” explains the process of Childish Major’s rise to fame in his music career. He talks about being backstage at J. Cole concerts and getting to know the Dreamville team. Childish Major also reinforces the idea that his come-up also belongs to his friends, shouting out to many of the

people who have helped him throughout his music career.

This is not a I thing, it’s a we thing, It’s a team thing, This is not a I thing, it’s the green thing, Get the green mane This album has set the bar high for Childish Major.

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Howling for empowerment Ashley Besing

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n Jan. 11, The R2 photography studio was flooded with laughter and chatter from a group of diverse women. These women had come to take action for female empowerment as part of the She Wolf Project.

The She Wolf Project is a group in Flagstaff dedicated to female empowerment that meets once a month. Members focus on creating a safe space for women to express their ideas and for women to come together and collaborate.

Maria Campbell, marine biologist and co-founder of the She Wolf Project, said the organization made large strides in 2017.

“It went so fast in 2017. The main thing for us was to create something that brought people to a central place and they felt comfortable and relaxed enough, and felt that their ideas were valuable enough to share,” said Campbell.

The meeting began with a wolf howl from the around 30 women in attendance and was then handed off to Robin and Renee Reece, married couple and owners of The R2 Studio in downtown Flagstaff.

In addition to hosting the meeting, this was also the couple’s first meeting.

“This was our first opportunity to come [to the meeting] and host all at the same time. I think it’s something that we’d like to continue to be involved with,” said Robin Reece.

Robin Reece was pleased to see the photography studio so packed with members.

“I thought [the meeting] was awesome.

People from all sorts of walks of life all came together. It was awesome to see this big of a turnout for this group that got started less than a year ago. It’s pretty insane,” Robin Reece said.

The R2 Studio and their owners work to empower women using their business. Through their Red Light sessions, a photography session where the studio does a woman’s hair and makeup and takes fun photos, women can feel more in control over their own mind and body. “[Red light sessions] help women to discover how amazing they are deep down.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget those things, but the way the experience works is to really dig deep and help them to look deep into themselves and rediscover what it is that makes them who they are, why they’re awesome and why they deserve to have this amazing opportunity and experience,” Robin Reece said.

Macy Kiim and other She Wolf members socialize and network with one another after their first meeting of the new year, Jan. 11. Rye So | The Lumberjack

The meeting included a talk about the history of the She Wolf Project, their mission statement and introductions for the new faces in the crowd.

Every She Wolf Project meeting includes a speaker called the alpha, a woman who specializes in a topic and shares it with the group.

The alpha for the January meeting was financial advisor Mary Huntley, who spoke about different ways to invest and save money.

Junior environmental engineering major Mishael Umlor was especially appreciative of this inclusion. “[The She Wolf Project meeting] exceeded my expectations because of how they format the meetings and have a presentation by an alpha … it was very informative and educational,” said Ulmor. “I really liked that portion of it.”

Campbell talked about how the monthly alpha speeches impact the community and the people involved in the organization.

“It’s bringing women [and other femmeidentifying individuals] from the community to this central place to share their story and help others find their way,” Campbell said.

Each month, anyone in the group can pitch an idea for something they are interested in doing around Flagstaff. For January’s meeting, Robin Reece returned to the front to pitch her idea

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about creating a safe space for photographers to come to The R2 Studio and share their work.

Campbell stressed the importance of having a space for women to share ideas.

“It’s encouragement, it’s inspiration, it’s motivation to let you know that whatever idea you may have — big or small — is worth something,” Campbell said.

The meeting concluded with events around town coming up that members of the group can attend, including the Flagstaff Women’s March Jan. 20 and the Flagstaff Femme Fest Feb. 10.

One of the women who attended, Eva Rupert, a 37-year-old Flagstaff event planner, has been to every meeting so far.

“I help out when I can, I do the little bits that I can, I definitely recruit a lot of ladies, and I’m a huge supporter of everything She Wolf,” said Rupert.

Becoming a member was an obvious choice for Rupert. “[Joining the club] was a no-brainer for me as soon as I heard it was happening. Women’s empowerment is at the core of my personal mission statement,” Rupert said. “Anything that involves inspiring and empowering women and building ourselves up as a group is A-game in my book.”

Rupert said one of her fondest memories

of the group in 2017 was the running club that formed spontaneously after a runner spoke at one of the meetings.

“I always call it Running with the Wolves, there’s a handful of us … we’ve been consistently running since October … one of these days we’re going to sign up for a big race and go run it,” Rupert said.

Rupert would like to see similar groups come out of the She Wolf Project in 2018.

“My hopes for She Wolf is we see more collaborations … where women see each other in this meeting and say, ‘Hey, let’s rock out with this project another time.’ It’s not enough to just cross paths once a month,” Rupert said.

“The thing that’s really cool is to be able to come here every month, touch base, check in with everybody but then go out and expand and spread our awesomeness all over the place.”

Some things co-founder Campbell would like to see change for the group in 2018 include having follow-up meetings for the ideas presented, setting up possible retreats for the women in the club, making the She Wolf Project website more active and deciding to be a non-profit organization or a for-profit for a good cause.

Campbell wants the core goals of the group to remain the same.

“We want to make sure we’re keeping the original goals of having a safe space for sharing your ideas, a fun place for sharing your ideas,” Campbell said.

The She Wolf Project is one of many women empowerment groups in Flagstaff, yet is unique and prides itself on its diverse group.

“There are other women’s groups in the city, there’s Together We Will Northern Arizona, there is the Women’s Leadership Academy, there’s three business ladies groups, and they’re all very different,” Campbell said. “What we felt we were missing was a group or a gathering that really got everybody involved. It wasn’t just one group of people like scientists, artists, those involved in politics or climbing groups, for example. It was basically everyone.”

Interest in the She Wolf Project has grown tremendously since the initial meeting in 2017 and the group has big plans for the new year.

The next She Wolf Project meeting is scheduled for Feb. 8 at Shine Creative Industries, 823 N. San Francisco St.

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You call that chemistry?

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AU men’s basketball has had its fair share of struggles the past couple of years. Player injuries, men transferring away from the program or graduating, difficult schedules lined with tough competition and an overall morale that seemed overwhelmingly low, especially after going 5-25 and then 9-23 the past two seasons.

But the 2017-2018 season was the year that all that was supposed to change. With prominent division I junior, senior and graduate transfers, there would be an anticipation for an influx of talent, experience, leadership and energy. But if all that were the case, why do the Lumberjacks have a 3-15 overall record this season thus far?

QUINN SNYDER While this is arguably the most talented ASSISTANT SPORTS roster the Lumberjacks have had since the EDITOR 2014-2015 season when they reached the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, their performance and record just don’t seem to show it.

So the simple question is why?

Possible reason: injuries. One of the three big-time transfers for the Lumberjacks this season was guard Malcolm Allen. The graduate student from the University of Stanford with Pac-12 experience and a desire to motivate his teammates on and off the court suffered an injury to his foot in the first minute of the game against ASU Nov. 17, 2017. He hasn’t played a game since.

Senior guard Kye de Laveaga, the four-year walk-on turned scholarship athlete from Scottsdale, Arizona, played 27 games for NAU last season and started 18, but due to an injury in practice, he hasn’t had much opportunity to play since taking on the University of South Dakota Dec. 14. Although he has returned to the court since then, he has yet to see quality conference minutes.

Sophomore forward Brooks DeBisschop and senior forward Ruben Fuamba also suffered injuries prior to conference play but have also since returned.

The injuries aren’t the only things messing with the outcomes though. The biggest problem facing this Lumberjack team is cohesion, or the lack thereof. Despite some players having careerdefining games, like sophomore JoJo Anderson’s 31-point showing against the University of Montana or senior guard Gino Littles’ 22-point bender against Idaho State University, it appears that things just aren’t adding up.

The talent is there, the drive to win is there but the consistency is spotty and the chemistry is lacking. Throughout any given game on any given night, the Lumberjacks have their moments that remind spectators of the promise this team held and still holds when they find their synergy and play like a unit.

On Saturday, Jan. 13, the Lumberjacks fell to the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah 81-75. Despite having four players scoring in double-digit figures, NAU was handed its fifth-straight loss and became the only Big Sky basketball team that has yet to pick up a conference win. As conference play continues, I am interested to see if this team is able to rally and prevail, or will just do the opposite.

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Sophomore goalie Josh Nolan plays through his second season with the DII IceJacks. Wyatt Rutt| The Lumberjack

Big bucks for hockey pucks Joey Postigilione

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he players on the IceJacks are a dedicated group of athletes. With travel time combined with hours on the ice and the resulting school make-up work due to road trips, there is a hefty price to pay when it comes to playing club hockey.

Each player on the team pays an seasonal fee of $2,700, and, as sophomore goalie and club president Josh Nolan explained, the money earned by that fee covers a myriad of expenses for the IceJacks.

“The main cost for playing club hockey, both for DII and for DIII this year, was $2,700,” said Josh Nolan. “That includes practice time, our games and travel all the way up to regionals.

If we make it to regionals or get invited to nationals, that costs extra for us.”

Other costs outside of those things, such as gear, falls on the player. Depending on the position, gear is a major expense for most players, especially for Josh Nolan as goalie.

“Being a goalie is kind of rough when it comes to hockey gear,” Josh Nolan said. “I just ordered a new set of gloves and pads at the beginning of this season … the cost of those, the pads are $1,800 alone. The gloves are $550 and a blocker is $450.”

Josh Nolan’s brother, sophomore defenseman Jordan Nolan, said sticks are one of the more expensive items of gear he has to pay for.

“Probably the thing we spend most of our money on is our sticks because they are going to break a lot,” said Jordan Nolan.

“They have been getting more expensive for top-of-the-line sticks. They are about $230 right now. I normally have to have three just to be safe because one time one of our defensemen went through three sticks in one game.”

The IceJacks also raise funds for the team. The coaches hold a big golf tournament during the year, and all the money raised goes to the team and the expenses they face.

And while the expenses continue to add up, the biggest source of revenue for the IceJacks is the admission charge at games.

“Our biggest support is charging for entrance into the game,” Josh Nolan said. “It goes a long way, a lot further than I think a lot of people realize, so that is our biggest support.”

The IceJacks charge $5 for a ticket to their games at Jay Lively Activity Center.

The IceJacks also offer to work with each player who might have trouble paying the $2,700 fee.

“Being a club sport, it is tough to offer support sometimes,” Josh Nolan said. “There are instances where a player might not be able to pay the full amount. When that happens, we try to work out a deal where they are contributing in other ways, monetarily.”

Their next home game is scheduled for Jan. 26 at the Jay Lively Activity Center, puck drop at 8:30 p.m.

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On Sept. 23, 2017, the DII IceJacks shake hands with their competitor the Phoenix Knights after a 6-3 win at Jay Lively Activity Center. Matthew Strissel | The Lumberjack

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The Lumberjacks are back Junior Hanneke Lodewijks enters the 2018 season following a 13-9 overall singles record in 2017. Matthew Strissel | The Lumberjack

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he NAU women’s tennis team ended their fall season Nov. 5. They welcomed back eight players, including sophomore Chaira Tomasetti, freshman Cora-Lynn Von Dungern and freshman Worthy Goldman. After finishing his first season at NAU, head coach Maciej Bogusz will return to lead the Lumberjacks in his second season.

The 2017 fall season played as a warmup for women’s tennis.

They took on a variety of opponents which gave many fairly young athletes the ability to take on leadership roles and advance in rankings.

“The fall season is all about development, getting to know your student athletes, getting to know the new players, building the relationship and trust,” said Bogusz. “And the results are we have four nationally ranked players after the fall season.”

As the spring season approaches, Bogusz emphasized the

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team’s focus as far as training would be on discipline and working off the experiences gained during the fall.

Sophomore Brandy Walker said she believes that many of the improvements made come as a result of the challenges faced in the fall.

“I think we are becoming a better team because there [are] four new freshmen, so we’re all kind of getting to know each other,” said Walker. “I think we’re becoming closer, and I think we all put in a lot of hardwork on and off the court.”

Walker went 6-2 in singles and 8-2 in doubles during the fall and is notable for finishing 14-4 overall and 9-1 in conference play in the 2017 spring season. Walker was also named a Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete in 2017 and was nationally ranked in doubles with junior Eirene Granville for the first time.

“I felt like it was an improvement from last fall,” Walker said.

“And that was all I was really looking for, so I’m really happy about that.”

With the spring season here and competition around the corner, the Lumberjacks plan to rely on each other to make it to the Big Sky Championship in April, a goal shared by many on the team, including Bogusz.

“Our goal is to get better, take it one day at a time and trust the process like we’ve been doing during the fall semester,” Bogusz said. “If we take care of the process, the result will take care of itself.”

Walker showed her excitement for the spring season as well, and expressed high hopes for the Lumberjacks.

“I think we really could make a good run this season,” Walker said. “I think our game style is going to be pretty tough to play against because we are very aggressive.”

The Lumberjacks will return to the court for the spring semester beginning with a three-game non-conference road trip.

The women’s first game is scheduled to be against ASU Jan. 20 at noon.

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