The Lumberjack -- March 7, 2019

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MARCH 7, 2019 – MARCH 13, 2019

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t’s no secret that college is stressful. But learning how to proactively deal with stress in a way that someone can easily achieve in their day-to-day life can dramatically change their outlook on college. Everyone has a different outlet that works for them. Some may use meditation, music therapy or even their diet to help relieve stress. For me, it’s weightlifting.

About two years ago, I began my fitness journey simply because I wanted to be stronger. My entire life I had always been the weakest person I knew — to the point where carrying a case of water from my car to the kitchen was a struggle. This was my biggest insecurity and I was finally dedicated enough to do something about it.

I began going to the gym about three days a week, learning how to properly squat and target specific muscles in my body. Quickly, I became very passionate about my workout routine. I was at the gym five-plus days a week and was seeing results that I was proud of.

And then, senior year rolled around. My classes got harder, projects were more RYLEE intensive and I had more responsibilities. Between work and school, I hardly had FLOWERS time for a social life, let alone going to the gym. I fell out of my routine and quickly ASST. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY fell into the black hole of college stress and anxiety. Before I could even realize the state of my mental health, the ones closest to me began noticing a change in my behavior and mood. I became unmotivated and emotionally unstable which, in part, lead me to be even more stressed out than I was to begin with.

When I started my fitness journey I knew it was beneficial to my physical health, but I never knew how much it would benefit my mental health. Now that I am back in the gym a few days a week, I have felt a huge stress relief. The second I put my headphones in I remove myself from all responsibilities and stress that may be holding me back. I feel motivated and happy again, my confidence has skyrocketed and I am ready to make the most of my last semester in college. My philosophy now is similar to the mantra NAU track and field describes on page 21 in the story “Checkmate: That’s eight.”

I encourage everyone reading this to find something that works for you. Stress relief is personal and something that works for me may not work for you.

Take an hour out of your day to remove yourself from reality and focus on your physical and mental health. Prioritize the things that actively bring you joy and make it part of your routine.

Thank you for reading.

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“[My teammates and coaches] have my back the whole season and they built my confidence up and kept telling me to shoot the ball so I kept shooting” - sophomore forward Jacey Bailey Kaleigh Paplow (23) drives the ball in for a layup during the Big Sky Conference women’s basketball game against the University of Montana March 4. John Chaides | The Lumberjack

On the cover Attendees of the 2019 Viola Awards crowd the hallway inside the High Country Conference Center March 2. The Viola Awards have been held annually since 2009 to honor prominent members of the Flagstaff community. Jack Mehl | The Lumberjack

Corrections & Clarifications The Lumberjack is committed to factual correctness and accuracy. If you find an error in our publication, please email Matthew Strissel at mbs263@nau.edu.

PoliceBeat Feb. 25 At 11:55 a.m., a Wilson Hall RA reported smelling marijuana. NAUPD officers responded and one student was deferred for possession of drug paraphernalia and use of marijuana.

At 6:19 p.m., a subject called to report that someone hit their vehicle and fled the scene. NAUPD responded and took a report.

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At 11:31 a.m., a student responded and the subject was reported a vehicle driving on arrested for disorderly conduct. the pedestrian path near the Physical Sciences building.

March 2 NAUPD responded, but no At 1:52 a.m., staff at contact was made.

Allen Hall reported a resident causing a disturbance.

At 11:34 a.m., staff NAUPD responded, and reported two subjects drinking the subject was arrested. alcohol outside the Ponderosa The subject was booked into Building. NAUPD responded CCDF for possession of and realized they were the marijuana, possession of drug subjects of an earlier call. Both paraphernalia, promoting subjects were then given a contraband in a correctional verbal warning of trespassing facility, disorderly conduct and on campus. minor consumption of alcohol.

At 10:13 p.m., a Wilson Hall RA reported a student in possession of a NERF gun.

At 11:54 a.m., an NAUPD responded but the intoxicated subject at Cline owner was not home.

Library asked a student to call for assistance. The person Feb. 26 was transported to FMC by At 8:43 a.m., a student ambulance. reported a sexual assault to the FPD. An officer responded, At 11:03 p.m., staff at the took a report and the Drury Inn & Suites reported investigation is ongoing. that a vehicle had struck the building. The investigation is At 2:23 p.m., a Resident ongoing.

Hall Director at South Village Apartments called to report an March 1 intoxicated student who had At 2:04 a.m., an officer passed out. The student then reported a fight on West refused medical transport.

Route 66. FFD and Guardian Medical Transport were At 8:59 p.m., a Wilson involved. The scene was then Hall RA reported a subject turned over to the FPD. with a denial of access inside the building. One student was At 2:34 a.m., an NAUPD booked into Coconino County officer reported checking on a Detention Facility (CCDF) for student at the NAU Bookstore. trespassing.

The student was deferred for minor in consumption of Feb. 27 alcohol and for possession of At 7:09 p.m., an RA a fictitious license. A public at McKay Village reported assist ride was also provided for the odor of gas. NAUPD the student. responded and the odor was detected. FFD determined the At 2:36 p.m., a subject area to be safe. reported that someone hit their vehicle and fled the scene.

At 11:30 p.m., a passerby NAUPD responded and took reported an intoxicated a report. The investigation is individual outside Cline currently closed.

Library.

FFD responded and the non-student was At 8:57 p.m., staff at the transferred to FMC. Drury Inn & Suites reported a non-student causing Feb. 28 a disturbance.

NAUPD

At 1:58 a.m., an NAUPD officer at the Hilltop Townhomes was waved down and informed of a suicidal student. The student was transported to the Guidance Center for a mandatory health evaluation.

March 3 At 11:35 a.m., a student reported verbal harassment from a professor. NAUPD responded and took a report.

At 6:02 p.m., FPD requested assistance with a subject who shot at a vehicle on South Agassiz Street.

Assistance was provided by FPD. At 9:42 p.m., an RA at the Honors Residential College reported the odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded and the odor was confirmed.

However, the suspected room occupants would not comply with NAUPD. RA staff said they would handle the matter further.

At 10:31 p.m., staff at Morton Hall reported the odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded and one student was cited and released for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and minor in possession of alcohol.

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NEWS

Flagstaff opposes predator hunting contests Trevor Skeen

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he Flagstaff City Council has taken a stand against organized hunting contests.

Arizona Resolution 2019-10 serves to protect predatory species and eliminate competitive hunting. It was passed and adopted by a 5-2 vote at the Feb. 19 meeting.

Arizona Resolution 2019-10 officially declared “The City Council of the City of Flagstaff hereby opposes any and all future competitive killing hunts conducted in the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County.”

Councilwoman Regina Salas and Councilman Charlie Odegaard disputed the resolution, but the remainder of the council voted in favor.

The measure was proposed in response to an organized hunting contest called March Madness.

Competitive hunting contests, also called predator hunts, use manufactured calls to attract animals.

The goal is to kill as many predators as possible, which usually includes coyotes, foxes and mountain lions. In killing these animals, hunting contests also aim to protect local livestock.

Prize money is offered and regularly donated to charities.

Hunters and conservationists oppose one another regarding this matter, as conservationists may feel that the contests endanger various species and compromise ecosystems.

Vince Jones, an environmentalist and animal rights enthusiast, spoke about these contests at the city council meeting.

“Nobody questions the morality or motive of a contest that exists solely for the purpose of making something die,” Jones said. “The message we are trying to convey to our youth is that the solutions lie in our ability to destroy wildlife.”

Jones said that coyotes are not prone to surpassing their carrying capacity and overpopulating.

“Only two species on the planet will populate beyond available means, and coyotes are not one of them,”

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Jones said.

Jones added that if 50 coyotes are killed, more will be born and will move into that territory to fill the void.

Jones also said that hunting contests do little to protect local livestock from predators due to their isolated locations.

“When groups of contestants have to drive to a designated area where the contest is taking place, it is safe to assume they are in a location significantly removed from the

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property and livestock they aim to protect,” Jones said.

On the other hand, hunters often disagree and believe that killing contests manage predator numbers and protect livestock.

Cody Bradshaw, a resident of northern Arizona for over 30 years and a hunting advocate, also spoke on the topic.

“These supposedly bloodthirsty hunting contests are more of a tool to help manage predator numbers,” Bradshaw said.

According to Bradshaw, future decisions impacting predatory hunts and contests should be left to the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD).

Some members of City Council also expressed a desire to consider the issue themselves.

Vice Mayor Adam Shimoni reflected an obligation and willingness for the Flagstaff City Council to examine the problem itself.

“I just think we should potentially make our own decision as

a city as to how we feel about this,” Shimoni said. “I don’t necessarily see a value in waiting over taking action on the subject.”

Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans also spoke on the discussion about wildlife killing contests.

“We’re hunting for food, or we’re hunting to protect a food source, but this doesn’t seem to be doing either of those two things,” Evans said.

The debate over competitive hunting contests is generally perceived as scientific and environmental.

However, Councilman Austin Aslan presented a separate issue on Resolution 2019-10.

“It’s a moral issue that we’re looking at, not a scientific one,” Aslan said. “I personally would vote for the resolution as written, but that’s a moral choice.”

According to Arizona Resolution 2019-10, killing contests are not meant to promote the ethic of conservation.

Additionally, the resolution states that hunting contests are a safety hazard for the environment, while other recreational activities such as hiking, biking and bird watching do not pose a threat to the local ecosystem.

Cities like Tucson and DeweyHumboldt have already implemented similar resolutions banning hunting contests. However, throughout most of Arizona, wildlife killing contests remain legal.

According to the resolution, it represents an opportunity for Flagstaff to set a trend for the remainder of the state.

“At the end of the day, I do think this has a strong potential to drive policy in Phoenix,” Aslan said. “The more communities are signing these resolutions and making their voices heard, the more that message is going to get to Phoenix. I think it’s going to make a difference.”

Toward the end of the meeting, Councilwoman Salas shared a Theodore Roosevelt quote: “In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.”

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NEWS

NAU’s Gateway assists first-year, exploratory, and pre-med students with scheduling and advice about their academics, Oct. 11, 2018. Morgan Fisher | The Lumberjack

Overcrowding at academic advising Teana Long

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uring enrollment, more and more students begin to flock to see their advisers. As of 2018, students are able to enroll for classes more than one semester in advance. However, many students do not know what classes to enroll in or have trouble making a schedule.

When a student enters their freshman year, they go through the Gateway Student Success Center. Gateway specializes in freshmen, exploratory and pre-med students.

According to Gateway’s website, their mission is to provide “a supportive and positive student centered learning environment with efficiency.”

However, sophomore Kassidy Sanders said that many students who have gone through Gateway have claimed that it has not helped them as they further their college career. Sanders said that students who transition from Gateway are often left to fend for themselves.

“You should try to skip over [Gateway] if you can and just go to your major advising,” Sanders said.

Students, like Sanders, sometimes have no clue if they are on track to graduate. Sanders found out that she was actually set to graduate a semester early, but she would not have known this had she not gone to a walk-in advising appointment.

Gateway’s issues are part of a bigger problem involving the overcrowding of academic advising offices all over campus. There are not enough students per adviser.

In order to solve the issue of busy advisers, Sanders said it may be a good idea for longer or alter walk-in hours.

“I think we definitely need to hire more advisers or at least make walk-in hours more attainable because 1 to 3:30 p.m. is peak class time,” Sanders said.

This is not the case for every school at NAU, as availability varies per department.

Terri Lynn Hayes, the executive director of

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University Advising, said advisers all have goals in place.

“We have set some goals to assign 375 students to one adviser,” Hayes said. “We are working to achieve these goals, as currently some advisers are assigned over 500 students.”

Some of the goals, Hayes said, was to address the issue that as enrollment increases the numbers of advisers has not. Hayes said students may be able to expect more advisers available to help in the coming school year.

“Over the past 18 months, we have added advising positions to units with more enrollment by reducing the number of advisers in other units,” Hayes said. “There is currently a staff reorganization under way that will continue this work. I expect units with higher student loads to have additional advisers assigned.”

Hayes also gave a tip to avoid long waits and how to avoid walk-ins to plan ahead.

“The most important thing to do is plan ahead,” Hayes said. “Schedule time to meet with an adviser, attend walk-in advising or a group

advising session to ask questions about your plans.”

Hayes recommends scheduling a meeting in advance, especially during enrollment.

Although advisers are available every semester, they have the tendency to be busier during enrollment periods.

Although students can plan ahead to meet with their adviser, junior Ethan Hart said that the high number of students one adviser has can effect how helpful they are.

“I do not feel as though advisers are here to actually help students,” Hart said. “They seem so overwhelmed, there is no way one adviser can give their full attention to more than 100 students. So even 375 students to one adviser is too much. I really do not feel as though NAU cares about my success, they just hope I can figure out what I am supposed to be doing.”

Regardless, many students have different experiences and scenarios with their advisers as some are good while others are not.

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Feral cats get help from NAU club Brennah Brown

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tray cats have been a familiar sight on NAU for decades.

These animals are often seen emerging out of bushed areas or lurking behind the buildings of north campus. Instead of calling animal control, NAU’s Feral Cat Alliance (FCA) suggests a different approach.

The FCA is an organization that, according to its constitution, promotes the humane treatment of unowned and unclaimed cats on and around NAU. Senior Austin Young is a member of the FCA, and voiced his concern for the cats still stranded in the aftermath of Flagstaff’s heaviest snowstorm in 100 years without food or warm shelter. Young joined the FCA during his freshman year because his mom is a veterinarian and he has always had a soft spot for animals.

“Once I knew how big the stray cat problem was at NAU, I felt like I had to do something to help counteract it,” Young said.

As a result of feral cats being easily frightened by humans, the FCA tries special methods in attracting wandering cats on campus.

“We set out bowls with cat food around campus, specifically around those parts where cats are seen often, like at the extremities of the school grounds near the garden behind Liberal Arts and by the Pine Ridge,” Young said.

The organization promotes the trap-neuter-vaccinate-return-manage (TNVRM) technique as a more humane procedure when dealing with feral cats. They aim to educate students, faculty and staff about the benefits of implementing an active cat protection program on campus, while providing shelter and medical treatment to all cats.

Freshman Cayley Payne said it was an easy choice to join the FCA. Payne now assists members as the FCA vice president and treasurer.

“The Feral Cat Alliance caught my eye when I was a freshman and

I was looking to join some clubs,” Payne said. “I felt that their cause was something I would be proud to be a part of. I have always been a huge animal lover so I knew that this would be a great opportunity to help animals and the environment.”

Payne said the ability to humanely and naturally reduce the feral cat population in Flagstaff not only helps cats, but also the local wildlife. The FCA executes natural population reduction using the TNVRM which avoids euthanization no matter the circumstance.

Although feral cats already have a large presence on campus, future stray cats are avoidable. As stated by Payne, feral cat problems arise when people abandon or lose domestic cats.

“When previous domestic cats have kittens, those kittens are considered feral because they have never been socialized with humans,” Payne said.

If their help is requested regarding a feral cat, the FCA is immediately on site.

“If we are contacted about a nearby feral cat, the FCA will set up a trapping event in which we set up traps to safely and humanely capture the kitties,” Payne said. “Once caught, we take them to the Humane Society to be neutered and then we generally release them back into the wild.”

During her time as a member of the FCA, Payne stated that the club has caught, trapped and released three feral cats wandering around NAU. They brought them to the Humane Society and then back to where they were found.

“I was part of a trapping last semester where we caught three cats that were living near the train tracks,” Payne said.

Payne said that since the FCA’s formation, the club has caught, neutered and released roughly 20 to 25 cats.

Payne also said the FCA mostly return cats, after being neutered, where they were found because most of the rescue centers in Flagstaff are

full. One idea she had was to try to figure out a system to change this process.

“It would be great though if we, as a club or future members of the club, figured out a way to set up an adoption system for socialized cats,” Payne said.

According to Payne, the FCA’s former president and vice president each adopted a cat that had been trapped and captured by the alliance.

Even the FCA’s Faculty Adviser Kris Harris adopted her current feline friend, Bob, from the club. Bob was sighted and later trapped behind the Liberal Arts Building located at north campus.

Instead of calling animal control the next time a feral cat is spotted, consider extending the message to the FCA, a club that strives to keep students and cats all safe and happy.

To contact the FCA, more information is available on their website.

Top: Sophomore Cayley Payne is the treasurer for NAU’s Feral Cat Alliance. She wears a shirt promoting the club, March 1. Bottom: A poster is shown supporting the Feral Cat Alliance, March 1. Joseph Whitney | The Lumberjack

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

I only sleep with my friends

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love joking about what a prude I am, but as they say: many a truth is spoken in jest.

I had my first boyfriend at the age of 14. The largest point of contention in that relationship was that I was not comfortable getting intimate with him. A few make out sessions and a really bad hand job later, we broke up because I wasn’t willing to go any further.

A significant pattern has developed in my life ­— every single person I have slept with and the vast majority of people I’ve even just kissed have been my friends.

At 14, I had my first kiss. It was with my best friend and first love — unrequited and toxic love, but love nonetheless. I lost my virginity at 17 to my boyfriend at the time.

SCOUT We had been dating for four months. As a EHRLER matter of fact, we didn’t even make physical OP-ED WRITER contact until we had been dating for an entire month. When I’m not in a relationship, I am, almost, entirely celibate; not by choice, but by pure avoidance.

So yes, one could say I’m a prude or that I have high standards. However, I think my apprehension toward sexual intimacy comes from deep anxiety. Whether that’s selfconsciousness, insecurity or a mental block, I don’t know.

My observation is that I choose to not become intimate with someone I don’t know on a relatively deep level.

Since the dawn of the Tinder age, this anxiety has only grown. I’ve been on one Tinder date in my three or so years using the app on and off. I swipe left about 95 percent of the time. It’s not that I’m selective, I think I’m just scared.

It’s not a fear of rejection or an inherent fear of intimacy, but more so a fear of allowing someone close to me. Once someone is close to me in one way, I can allow them to get close to me in another.

The thing is, no matter how many men have made me feel guilty for not putting out, I’m pretty content. I admittedly have walls up and am generally guarded. I am seldom pursued by men, presumably because I give off prude energy. But this does me no harm.

I tend to be an all-or-nothing person. I either want a relationship with all the nuts and bolts — no pun intended — or nothing at all.

I often feel guilty, like I’m not experiencing my late teens and early 20s the way I should. Or I’m shutting myself off from the world. When it comes down to it, men and sex with them intimidate me unless I can humanize them on a deeply emotional level.

Or maybe men just intimidate me. Either way, I’d rather just sleep with my friends.

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PETA and its ploy for publicity Caitlin BURKE

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’ll be the first non-vegan to admit that I don’t find trendy vegan culture to be all that annoying.

Granted, the one aspect of vegan culture that I, along with many meat lovers and strict vegans alike, agree on is that PETA sucks at being an animal activist organization.

The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has created a meme of themselves on social media over the years for being so over the top with their crazy tactics.

They frequently get jokingly tagged in tweets of people doing things such as accidentally throwing a dog toy and hitting their dog with it. PETA never fails to give these loving and wellintentioned pet owners a piece of their mind, saying that they’re straight-up animal abusers.

The mind of PETA essentially thinks that everything is animal cruelty, even if you didn’t mean to hit your dog in the face with its toy.

PETA seems to want the recognition and acceptance of the public, considering it boasts about its “6.5 million members and supporters worldwide.” However, they never fail to go out of their way to annoy people into not taking them seriously as an organization.

The most recent controversy PETA put itself in was insulting the internationally loved wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin on what would have been his 57th birthday this past February.

Google commemorated the date by creating a Steve Irwin animation as the home page of their website, and PETA publicly disapproved.

In a tweet, PETA exclaimed “It is harassment to drag exotic animals, including babies taken from their mothers, around from TV talk shows to conferences & force them to perform as Steve Irwin did. Animals deserve to live as they want to, not as humans demand — the #GoogleDoodle should represent that.”

Along with the backlash PETA received for defaming the deceased Steve Irwin, in December the organization was in the spotlight for releasing a new set of expressions to replace commonly said “speciesist” idioms.

PETA expects people to take their organization seriously even after they advocate for new phrases such as “feed a fed horse” to replace the expression “beat a dead horse”, along with my personal favorite “feed two birds with one scone” to replace “kill two birds with one stone.”

Aren’t birds unable to digest bread anyways?

Quite obviously birds and horses are offended by what humans say about them in a joking manner and can clearly understand the English language. Do better, human race.

PETA even admits to resorting to ridiculous and meaningless methods just for attention.

On PETA’s website, it says “We try to make our actions colorful and controversial, thereby grabbing headlines around the world and spreading the message of kindness to animals to thousands — sometimes millions — of people.”

Aside from PETA being an internet meme, there is a darker side to their organization being publicly hated.

There is an opposition group that has gathered research on the treatment of animals under the authority of the PETA, and it turns out their treatment is anything but ethical.

The website PETAkillsanimals.com compiles data and graphic images of the animals that have fallen victim to PETA. The most surprising statistic from Daniel Kovich, an investigator for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, gathered that “The adoption/transfer rate at PETA’s shelter dropped from an embarrassing 14 percent in 2004 to an abysmal 0.7 percent in 2009. In other words, of the 2,317 dogs and cats in PETA’s shelter, 99.3 percent were killed.”

If PETA actually acted on the ethics that their name stands for, the world would be a better place for both animals and humans alike.

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What if creating jobs isn’t so great? new job market. Another is that people already equipped with training are brought in. hile other politicians skirted around the real issues Bringing in trained employees would have almost certainly during the 2016 election, Trump told it like it was led to more gentrification, which can be generally defined as and promised what America needed: more jobs. increased economic and social inequality as a result of an influx of Specifically, coal-based jobs that had been tied up by bureaucratic wealth. This commonly becomes apparent through rising house red tape under Obama. prices and displacement, Flagstaff being an example of this.

The creation of jobs is almost always considered a New York City is already considered one of the benefit. It puts money into the hands of the hardmost gentrified and overpopulated cities in America. working people who deserve it. While this is ideal, Bringing in more trained, and subsequently, upper especially to politicians, an active effort to create class, people into Queens would have added jobs needs to be considered carefully for that to this gentrification and put a strain on the ideal to come true. already overtaxed housing and transportation One complicated aspect of job creation is infrastructure. the question of who receives these jobs. Take Another aspect that should be considered Amazon as an example. Recently, New York is the quality of jobs being created. Taking coal City was torn over whether or not Amazon mining as an example, the Harvard College should build a corporate campus in Queens — Global Health Review says that, “members the benefit being the creation of thousands of of these mining communities are plagued by jobs, but at the cost of $3 billion in city incentives. higher chronic heart, respiratory, and kidney If Amazon’s campus in Seattle is an example, disease mortality,” as well as increased rates of Illustration By tonesha yazzie birth defects. the majority of jobs created by Amazon’s new campus would have been well-paid, tech-based jobs This does not only apply to the people that require training. employed by the mines, but to anyone exposed to dust from coal How Amazon filled these roles could have taken two mining. With the added medical bills that comes along with coal general routes. One is a job-training program to make sure that mining, the jobs created potentially cost more than they pay. disenfranchised groups have an opportunity to participate in this This is not to mention the mercury, arsenic, sulfur dioxide

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and other environmental toxins that comes from mining, cleaning and burning coal.

It is important that jobs being created are quality jobs, without it, a community runs the risk of harming its working class citizens, which is the opposite of what these jobs are intended to do. Research has also shown that quality jobs tend to help a business’s bottom line due to increased retention and productivity.

PCV Insight, a research firm, lists five components that contribute to making a quality job. Those five components are: a living wage, basic benefits, career-building opportunities, wealthbuilding opportunities and a fair and engaging workplace. PVC Insight recommends that at least three of these conditions be met in order for a job to be considered a quality one.

Corporations will use job creation to lure the public into not questioning what social, economic, environmental or medical costs these jobs may come at.

Politicians often use “job creation” as a phrase to immediately gain support. In 2016, it was Trump and coal. Now it is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Green New Deal. But without more information about the jobs being created, the phrase “job creation” is useless.

We should not be so complacent when an entity — corporate or governmental — lists job creation as a benefit.

Without understanding factors such as how accessible these jobs are, what quality they are or how they affect inequality, job creation could hinder a community instead of helping it.

The hardships of having a conservative voice William Kerrigan

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any universities across the country, including NAU, are considered liberal when it comes to their political point of view. There are very few conservative supporters sprinkled in the population and they are severely outnumbered.

As a conservative, I have experienced hardships when it comes to being able to speak my mind both in the classroom and around campus.

When the topic of politics comes up in a discussion, conservatives tend to keep their mouths shut. This is not the case for all. But for some, that is just the way it goes now.

We don’t want to face the confrontation and feel like the world is against us. Whenever the president or “MAGA” is brought up, you will hear students comment about racism and bigotry and say that anyone who supports President Trump must have some sort of hatred toward some group of people.

I personally don’t have the desire to open up in a classroom and say that these comments are wrong and shouldn’t be said.

But, if that were to happen, it could change how some people see me as a person.

Nobody wants to be hated just because of the political party they support. Most of the time, this isn’t a real issue and people

will just look past it and go on with their lives.

But there are those radical leftists who have so much love and trust for their political views that they will consider you to be a racist bigot. That is just the way it seems to be for conservative students.

It is just a weird concept to think that these leftist students believe that they are the tolerant group, when in reality, they do exactly what they think the rightwinged supporters do. They harass and name call, which is what they say conservatives do to them.

I am not saying that all liberals act this extreme. Most are just trying to go on with their day-to-day lives. But it is those few that make us conservative students shut our mouths and just let them rant on and on about racism, how this country is so terrible and how white people are the problem.

That’s fine. You can believe whatever you

want to believe. Conservatives that are very tolerant of how the world works now have no issue with you speaking your mind. That is what’s great about this country. We have the ability to speak our minds.

Let’s just be honest and say that if conservative students were speaking their mind on how the left is acting, they would be torn apart verbally and not be able to protect themselves due to the sheer number of left supporters there are on campus.

From a personal perspective, I just want to be able to have a say in a debate in class or have a different point of view without being labeled as so many have already been.

Will that time come? As of right now, there is no end in sight for those on the “forever evil” conservative support group to stop being ostracized.

All we can do is wait and see.

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Did climate change summon the snowfall?

Although February brought record amounts of snow to Flagstaff, experts say the frigid weather conditions alone neither prove nor negate the reality of global climate change.

Fresh snow piles on the branch of a tree Feb. 21. Classes were cancelled for two days because of a record-setting snowstorm. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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lthough February brought record amounts of snow to Flagstaff, experts say the frigid weather conditions alone neither prove nor negate the reality of global climate

change.

Senior Ray Hoffman said he believes that inconsistent claims made about climate change make it difficult to understand what’s really going on.

“I’m a little bit skeptical of climate change and global warming,” Hoffman said. “I do think man-made pollution doesn’t help our environment. However, the Earth has warmed and cooled itself many times throughout history. I think a lot of my skepticism comes from the fact that I get wary of big corporations or government officials who aggressively promote certain causes.”

Avi Henn, the professional development coordinator for NAU’s Climate Sciences and Solutions program, said the primary cause for people’s skepticism towards climate change is a lack of

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understanding for how climate actually works.

“There’s a lack of climate literacy, which breeds a lot of misconception,” Henn said. “When people don’t know things, they get defensive.”

Henn said there are many who base their views of climate change on political ideologies and religious beliefs. He said widespread disbelief of climate change could potentially limit humanity’s ability to mitigate global warming.

“That’s my biggest concern: people saying, ‘Great, the snowstorm confirms my bias toward the disbelief of climate change,’” Henn said.

Tony Merriman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Flagstaff, said it is important to understand the distinction between weather and climate when considering the recent snowstorm.

“The storm didn’t tell us much about climate,” Merriman said. “Weather is the day-to-day variability of the atmosphere.

Climate is the long-term averages of weather over a given period

of time.”

Merriman said it is impossible to draw conclusions about climate based on a single weather event like the snowstorm. It typically takes the evaluation of many weather events to determine climate trends.

Henn added to this assertion, and said the recent snowstorm cannot, in itself, provide any information about global climate.

Henn said climate is definitively reflective of average weather conditions, and takes into account factors like temperature and precipitation.

“Here’s an example: we know that with warmer oceans, which we’re currently experiencing because of climate change, can result in more intense hurricanes,” Henn said. “So, when scientists say they’re seeing more powerful, prevalent storms, they’re not saying that one storm caused it. We have to look at weather in terms of its patterns.”

Merriman acknowledged that humans might be energizing the climate system to an extent far outside the range of what

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is normal. Merriman said this energizing is what causes more extreme weather to occur. Merriman also said it’s important for people to understand that climate change has been proven to be caused by human emissions.

“It’s not as simple as temperatures continually rising,” Merriman said. “The Earth has many complex systems, and, with our emissions, we’re making these systems incrementally more energized. As they become energized, they become less predictable.”

Researchers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that in the last 60 years, levels of atmospheric carbon have increased at a rate 100 times faster than before. Many experts find this man-made amplification of global warming to be worrisome. Henn said the most troubling possibility is that human society will not be able to mitigate and adapt to these rapid changes in climate.

“The challenge is to understand that in the past 10,000 years the climate system has been quite stable,” Henn said. “Our

societies have thrived on the certainty of climate. But now, if climate becomes less predictable, humans won’t be as good at growing food and water sources will become less available.”

Hen said education is the first step toward mitigating the effects of rapid global climate change. He said he believes it is important to educate young people about the fundamentals of climate and the environment. Once a foundational knowledge of climate science is established, it becomes more difficult for young people to be dissuaded by skeptics.

“We need to rely more on facts and less on personal and anecdotal data,” Henn said. “Your personal experience is important in terms of forming views, opinions and ideas but, on a scientific level, it’s completely irrelevant. What we have to do is simply educate more people and push for more solid information in media.”

Henn said that after education, the next step toward mitigation comes with political recognition of the issue. He said it’s crucial to pressure politicians to make mitigation a priority.

Henn believes climate change is not a partisan issue because everyone is affected by it.

“It’s important to understand that we already have the technological and infrastructural ability to mitigate and adjust to this problem,” Henn said. “We could make this less of a problem fairly quickly if we could only muster the political will to do so. We know how to solve this. We could make it happen quite quickly if we could just shift our ideological paradigms.”

Hoffman said that all efforts, no matter how substantial, should be made to mitigate climate change. He said he believes that if people work together to solve this problem, mitigation is possible.

“I think that, no matter what, there should be some kind of effort, even on an individual level, to conserve and be environmentally conscious,” Hoffman said. “No matter what side you are on, you should be making an effort to conserve our planet.”

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Clever strategies earn students extra dough Paige Arvizu

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inding the time to generate an income while simultaneously taking part in rigorous coursework can be a difficult task for many students. However, there are some students that have found ways to make a quick buck that require less commitment than typical part-time jobs.

Junior Nadya Armenta has discovered a way to make a little bit of extra money in addition to what she earns at her part-time job. Armenta is a student investor who stakes her personal earnings on foreign currencies through an investment company called Forex.

“It’s similar to trading stocks, but different because, with stocks, you invest in other companies,” Armenta said. “With Forex, you invest certain amounts of money into currencies as opposed to businesses.”

Through the careful allocation of funds, Armenta buys units of foreign currency and waits for the supply and demand of each currency to rise. When a currency reaches the appropriate value, Armenta sells what she owns of it to make a profit.

“For example, I’ll invest a certain amount money into the Canadian dollar,” Armenta said. “Based on supply and demand, I may increase or decrease my share depending on how I want to trade. I’ll buy or sell a certain percentage of each currency, and then get money by simply waiting to see what the market does.”

Armenta said she started investing just over a month ago because of her interest in the stock market. She said she plans to eventually leave her parttime job in the hospitality industry to fully focus on Forex investing.

“I started investing because it was something I was interested in,” Armenta said. “It was an opportunity to get into stocks and make more money. Instead of working for my money, my money is now working for me.”

In a single week, Armenta said she can make anywhere from

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$10 to $200. She said that on most mornings, she wakes up to see that she either lost or made some money.

“I’ll go to sleep, wake up with $20 in my account and I really didn’t have to do anything other than change few little settings,” Armenta said.

Armenta said it took her about three weeks to learn how to succeed in the market. However, investing came with a bit of a learning curve.

“It’s definitely like taking another class,” Armenta said. “You have to want to learn and be serious about it. Investing is not something you’re going to learn overnight.

Any student can invest their money, invest in themselves and learn how to master this skill set. It just takes time, dedication and patience.”

Armenta said that, for her, using Forex has taught her more about life than simply how to invest money.

“Forex is a great way to invest in yourself,” Armenta said. “I’ve learned to invest in myself and my own happiness and have even discovered some of my passions in doing so. The experience has taught me that it pays to do what makes you happy.”

Some students turn to their

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hobbies and talents to make an extra buck. Senior Madison Gielda said she started selling homemade lotions over the winter break. Madison was inspired by a book she read about homemade cosmetics.

“Lotion bars are one of the few recipes I found in the book and made for my best friend,” Gielda said. “I then made lotion bars for each of my family members and customized them with essential oils I thought they might like. My mom was like, ‘You should sell these,’ and I thought, ‘Why not?’ So, I began selling them last December.”

Each of Gielda’s lotion bars can be customized upon request. Gielda said she personalizes each bar with a hand-written note that includes the full list of ingredients.

“I honestly have a lot of essential oils, so customers can just pick whichever ones they like and I’ll make them a custom blend,” Gielda said.

“Different essential oils have different properties. For example, lavender is often used for relaxation, eucalyptus and spearmint for stimulation and orange for happiness. Different smells evoke different emotions.”

Gielda uses 100 percent beeswax to help seal in moisture, coconut oil for hydration and nourishment and jojoba or sweet almond oil to help make the bars smell nice and last longer.

“The best part about the lotion bars is that if you look at the labels on store-bought lotion bottles, there are so many chemicals there,” Gielda said. “My lotion bars are made from only three ingredients. They’re so much more natural and are actually designed to hydrate your skin, unlike other lotions that intentionally dry out your skin so that you’ll buy more.”

Gielda sells two different bar sizes. She has the sweetheart bar, which sells for $3, and the mega mama bar which goes for $5. Gielda said she plans to come out with a new flavor of bar over the spring break.

“I’m going to create a starfish bar over spring break and supplement one of the ingredients in the lotion bars for a different oil that’s going to make customers look more tan,” Gielda said. “I’m going to call it ‘sun-kissed starfish.’”

Some students have begun to take advantage of online marketplaces

as a means of acquiring revenue.

Senior Jessi Hoernschemeyer said she started selling clothes online when she was 17 years old. Hoernschemeyer buys clothes from Goodwill and other thrift stores, then resells them for a higher price online.

“I started selling clothes because I’ve always loved vintage clothing,” Hoernschemeyer said. “Before I came to NAU, I needed to make some pocket money. I started selling some of my old clothes and accessories on Poshmark in order to get rid of them.”

Hoernschemeyer stopped selling clothes for a time when her schoolwork picked up, however, she recently resumed the pursuit to raise money for a trip to Europe.

Hoernschemeyer said she changed platforms and began selling her clothes on a site called Depop, where users can sell used vintage clothing.

“I needed to make a bunch of money quickly because I was going on a trip and couldn’t get a job in Flagstaff,” Hoernschemeyer said. “I remembered the only way I knew how to make money before coming to NAU and decided to return to selling clothes on Depop.”

Hoernschemeyer makes anywhere from $150 to $300 weekly from buying and reselling clothes.

She puts in about 30 hours per week and often modifies and customizes the clothing she finds to appeal to a younger crowd.

“I just put in a lot of work,” Hoernschemeyer said. “Sometimes, I crop shirts to make them appealing for young adults.”

Armenta, Gielda and Hoernschemeyer have gone against the grain and found unique ways to make money and support their studies. They say these side hustles give them the freedom to control their own schedules and make money in ways that are convenient for them.

With the growing popularity of online money-making tools, it is expected that more students will begin to turn to these alternatives as a means of making some extra cash.

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A helping hand to those in need Braedon Huff & Audrey Woods

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Sunrise Rescue Mission receives different items donated from stores around the community, such as bananas, Feb. 28. Bess Valdez | The Lumberjack

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uring difficult times, having people around to help can change a person’s life in monumental ways. Flagstaff has a variety of organizations that help serve the community in different ways. These organizations welcome anyone from local residents to NAU students. The Literacy Center of Coconino County, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project and the Sunshine Rescue Mission are just a few organizations making an impact.

The Literacy Center aims to make reading available and affordable to people of all ages.

They offer services including one-on-one tutoring and literacy classes, among others.

These classes are taught by literacy professionals at both its main facility and in other areas within the community. The center’s staff helps with traditional topics, as well as English as a second language and citizenship.

Volunteers are welcome to assist with The Literacy Centers daily operations. According to their 2018 annual report, 162 volunteers provided 5,216 hours of literacy instruction and aid. This instruction benefits people seeking to improve their education. The Literacy Center Executive Director Dianna Sanchez is in charge of financial management as well as staff management.

“We have a good mix of older volunteers and younger student volunteers,” Sanchez said.

“We oftentimes ask our volunteers to give us a one-year commitment because our learners need that consistency for them to make gains in their educations.”

Volunteers can assist with office work, tutoring and even outside programs. Since the organization is privately funded, The Literacy Center has no restrictions on who they can help. Junior Paige Falkengren, who volunteers at The Literacy Center, explained her passion for helping those that come into the center.

“My job is pretty cool and what I love about this place is that it is extremely flexible when it comes to volunteering,” Falkengren said. “You can help with inmates or even anyone that just comes in to the office that needs immediate help.”

Another organization that welcomes new volunteers is the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project. This project is based out of Flagstaff and works toward the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf in the wild.

According to the organization’s pamphlet, the Mexican gray wolves inhabited areas such as the Grand Canyon region for 10,000 years until the federal government began eliminating the species in the 1970s. This act put these wolves on the endangered species list and since then the wolves have been bred in captivity and placed back into the wild. They are still endangered and are the rarest of all gray wolf species.

The Mexican gray wolves still face ongoing problems to this day. Emily Renn, executive director of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, said one of these problems is brought on by local hunters. Previously, organizations put on predator hunts where hunters are recruited to kill animals for prizes and cash rewards. Usually, these events were held and regulated as a form of population control. However, the organization worked to pass a resolution through the Flagstaff City Council to eliminate these killing contests.

Recently, City Council passed a resolution to ban competitive hunting Feb. 19, see story on page 4 for more information.

“That’s a way to help protect other predators and wolves so they don’t mistakenly get shot by people thinking it is a coyote during these big contest hunts,” Renn said.

Volunteers of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project are involved by attending Arizona Game and Fish Department meetings, City Council meetings and take part in education and outreach programs. Renn encourages volunteers to use their skills to help the organization.

Volunteer Annette Sunda said volunteers in the past have used their skills in art, marketing and legal affairs to help the cause.

“I know we had an art student who came in to help and we have had a few interns that have helped,” Sunda said. “[Volunteers] are generally from the environmental sciences, but we are open to anyone who wants experience.”

An additional nonprofit organization within the Flagstaff community is the Sunshine Rescue Mission. Their mission is to assist the homeless as well as victims of domestic violence and abuse. The organization started in 1957 and currently holds an 85 percent success rate in getting people back on their feet and into more ideal living arrangements. Volunteer coordinator Carlos Nixon explained their services and what they do to help the community, which include daily meals, basic hygiene, providing clothing and rehabilitation.

“This mission here is kind of like a home

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Left: Carlos Nixon, Sunrise Rescue Mission coordinator and kitchen manager, fills out paperwork at his desk Feb. 28. Right: Packages of oatmeal are stored at Sunrise Rescue Mission, Feb. 28.

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away from home for these people that come in every day,” Nixon said. “We’ve already got around 1,500 meals put out [in February].”

The North Country Medial Center is partnered with Sunshine Rescue Mission to assist the homeless that come in. Medical professionals come from North Country every Thursday so the homeless can receive medical checkups, X-ray referrals and prescription refills.

“It is truly difficult for the people that come into our organization to get out to North Country because it is on the east side of town and a lot of these guys can’t afford to take a bus,” Nixon said. “So we partnered up with the health center so the people who can’t get out there can

come here and get free checkups.”

Each year, the Sunshine Rescue Mission receives about 3,000 volunteers who help at their various locations. Dorsey Manor is the name of their men’s transitional housing program where members can adjust back into society in an affordable drug and alcohol-free environment.

They also operate Hope Cottage where women and children who are victims of domestic abuse can go and seek shelter among other benefits.

Nixon said that with their various locations, there is never a shortage of things for volunteers to help with. Volunteering is also very flexible so that even people with busy schedules could find time to give back.

“I work around [peoples] schedule, which makes it easier for them to come in and volunteer with us,” Nixon said. “It makes it easier for me when students let me know what their schedules are so I bring them in at certain times.”

Nixon also helps homeless members and encourages volunteers to assist whenever they get a chance. He said his work is very rewarding and he wouldn’t want to do anything else with his time.

“It’s not about the paychecks or anything like that, it’s about what I can do for the people who come in here each and every day,” Nixon said. “We are not just a mission, we are here for a purpose and that purpose is to stop

homelessness.”

These three organizations are just a few of the opportunities available for NAU students and Flagstaff residents to give back to their community. Although busy schedules can be hard to work around, these places and many others are willing to be flexible to ensure they have the volunteers they need.

“I really think that reaching outside of NAU to find volunteer opportunities gives students the opportunity to engage in the community and build those community networks,” Sunda said. “Those community connections are really beneficial for the students and the community at large.”

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Viola Awards recognize excellence in art and science Tyler Day

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he High Country Conference Center was the location of the 11th Annual Viola Awards Gala, which was presented

by NAU, Babbitt Brothers and Flagstaff Arts Council. Representatives in the community that have a prominent role in art and science were honored for their efforts and contributions to the community, Saturday, March 3.

The Viola Awards is an award ceremony that rewards artists, writers and scientists of Flagstaff in the categories of Individual Community Impact, Excellence in Storytelling, Excellence in Music, Excellence in Arts Education, Excellence in Science Education, Excellence in Visual Arts, Emerging Artist, Organizational Community Impact and Excellence in the Performing Arts.

The Viola Award winners were: Bonnie Dumdei for Individual Community Impact, Jesse Sensibar for Excellence in Storytelling, David Strackany for Excellence in Music, Kathy Marron for Excellence in Arts Education, Rich Krueger for Excellence in Science Education, Julie Comnick for Excellence in Visual Art, Carli Giese for Emerging Artist, Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra: Link Up for Community Impact and NAU Lyric Theater: “The Magic Flute” for Excellence in the Performing Arts.

Award finalists wore purple ribbons on their chest to show that they were in the running. The process to become a finalist is fairly in depth.

According to the Flagstaff Arts Council website, anyone can be nominated for up to 12 awards. After the request is submitted, a group of past Viola winners and experts in that category meet up to discuss who is the final few in the category. The group looks into what the nominee has done in the past year and the panel will make their decision as to who the finalists for the awards will be.

Over 500 people were in attendance for the Viola Awards. Among them were previous Viola winners, NAU faculty members, members of the artistic community and members of the Flagstaff City Hall.

The evening started with guests filing into the building with introduction music played by a DJ to start the night off. The guests were offered refreshments as the smell of white wine filled the room. Out in the halls, there was a silent auction to help fundraise for the Flagstaff Arts Council, which is the main group presenting the Viola Awards.

The inside of the awards ceremony was a dim room with many tables provided for the donors and attendees. There were large purple

Above: Rich Krueger accepts the award for Excellence in Science Education at the 2019 Viola Awards March 2.

Bottom: Christopher Shoriak listens to attendees of the 2019 Viola Awards March 2. Shoriak is a member of the band Ice Sword, which was nominated for the award for Excellence in Music, one of nine award categories this year. Jack Mehl | The Lumberjack

balloons tied down to the tables in honor of Viola Babbitt, who was an established artist in the city of Flagstaff that was an advocate of the arts and who the awards are named after.

Throughout the night, folk music artist David Strackany performed the intermission music.

Jessie Sensibar is a tow truck driver, small business owner, writer and the recipient of the Excellence in Storytelling award from his work titled “Blood in the Asphalt: Prayers from the

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H i g h w a y.”

The book is about his life as a truck driver and how his life on the road has impacted him and others he is close to. Sensibar said he would go out and take pictures of little memorials on the side of the road to bring awareness to some of the tragedies that happen while driving.

“I have been messing around with this for four or five years, but there is some work in this book that dates back 30 years,” Sensibar said.

Sensibar said he was honored to win a second Viola Award. He previously won an award for his organizational talents on a collaboration with James Jay titled “Narrow Chimney Reading Series.” He won the Viola Award for Excellence in Storytelling in 2015.

Julie Comnick is a visual artist and a faculty member for NAU School of Art. She was the recipient of Excellence in Visual Arts award for her work titled “Arrangement for a Silent Orchestra.” Her displayed work was about what art could potentially look like in a future with no musicians. A pile of violins burning to the ground depicted a sense of burial or cremation for classical tradition.

“To me, it was thinking through [the message] and thinking about what this says about where we are in culture and wanting to preserve a tradition in balance with new technology that came together in a justification for pursuing this project,” Comnick said.

Comnick said being a professor provides her with a wonderful balance to continue her passion for art. She structures her schedule to allows her to have dedicated studio time while still allowing plenty of time for her to teach her art students at NAU. At the Viola Awards, every award is seen as equally important as the next. Topics varied with some winners shedding light to the topic of water usage in Arizona, some about a community whose houses had to be taken away, or educators that try to teach the future about art and science.

Flagstaff Arts Council marketing director Sarah Smallwood said there is no hesitation for people to come and support what is going on in the artistic community.

“We seem to hit max capacity year after year,” Smallwood said. “I think it shows the depth of how much people care about this cause and in keeping art and sciences in Flagstaff and just continue to help the people making creative things thrive.”

The Viola Awards showed that the art community in Flagstaff is thriving and is constantly growing. Smallwood said that it is not a tough gesture to get people out to support the arts and science because it’s like a family and the ties in the community are deep and rich.

“I really do believe that an event like this bolsters the art community and that is exactly what we need for a town like Flagstaff,” Smallwood said. “What makes part of our community so unique is the artists. The people who are working hard to be creative and bring new things and new energy.”

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Ropin’ and Ridin’ Rodeo

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t’s not just any mad bucking bronco. It’s a raging, stampeding, nostrils flared, 2,000-pound stead. Staying on one of these beasts for an 8-second count is challenging to say the least.

Rodeo is one of the oldest, traditional American sports.

According to the Ramona Home Journal, the first recorded rodeo in Arizona occurred in 1834. Rodeo has evolved into a spectator sport that includes solo and team calf roping, bullriding, bareback and saddle bronco riding.

Cowboys are scored on a 100-point scale.

In bullriding and bronco riding, competitors are judged on how hard and high the animal bucks and how long the rider can stay on. The AMBER cowboy must use one hand to hold on to the NEATE saddle or girth strap and keep the free hand ASSISTANT raised high. If he touches the bull or his own SPORTS EDITOR body during the ride, he receives no score.

Sun Tribune reported Wade Leslie to be the first and only cowboy to score a 100-point ride in 1991 at the Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo in Oregon. Bullriding is the most popular and the most dangerous rodeo event. Riding a bull is a fight for survival — it’s like playing Russian Roulette with a 1-ton muscle machine.

Cowboys need to avoid getting trampled, gored, or horribly mangled when they are inevitably flung to the dirt. That’s where the rodeo clown comes in.

He may look like a fool, but he has an important job. The rodeo clown works to distract the bull while the fallen cowboy scurries to safety. It takes a brave man with a dare devil spirit to put himself in the way of an angry bull with the strength and stability of a brick wall. To be a rodeo clown, you sure as hell better be fast. Understanding how the bull will react in any situation is crucial.

According to ESPN, retired bullrider Cody Lambert designed the first safety vest for professional bullriding a few years after his friend legendary bullrider Lane Frost was killed in 1989 when a bull’s horn pierced his side. Fox News reported “All circuit riders must wear a protective vest, but wearing a helmet is mandatory only for riders born on or after Oct. 15, 1994.”

Unfortunately, sometimes a padded safety vest just isn’t enough.

New York Post reported 24-year-old rider Giliard Antonio got his hand stuck in the harness during his ride at the 2018 Rodeo in Maringa, Brazil and was trampled in front of a live audience. Antonio suffered a cervical fracture and cardiorespiratory failure.

Rodeo competitors put their lives on the line every day.

Being a cowboy is so much more than a shiny belt buckle and some $500 chaps. It’s about passion, endurance, bravery and thrill. Bullriders have some of the biggest egos out there, but it’s justifiable. Do you want to risk your life on an 8-second ride?

Probably not.

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Seniors Geordie Beamish and Tyler Day run laps around the Walkup Skydome Feb. 27. MacKenzie Brower | The Lumberjack

Checkmate: That’s eight Nathan Manni Editor’s note: Tyler Day is a staff writer for The Lumberjack.

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umberjacks are not usually known for their ability to run.

Chopping wood and growing an impressive beard sounds more like their forte, but in Flagstaff, there is a long and rich history of quick-footed loggers.

Starting in 1980, NAU built an empire within their men’s track and field program. Since then, they have racked up a conference-leading total of 21 Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships, with the latest captured this past weekend.

The Lumberjacks traveled to Bozeman, Montana to compete in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse and emerged victorious after posting 178.5 team points, en route to a Big Sky Conference record of eight consecutive titles.

It was a collective effort across the board, but junior Blaise Ferro was awarded the 2019 Big Sky Indoor Men’s Most Valuable Athlete. Ferro won the men’s 3000-meter race, clocking in at 8:28.90. Senior Peter Lomong finished in second place with a time of 8:32.98. Lomong, who is originally from South Sudan, has had plenty of success in his collegiate career. He approaches each meet with routine preparation to honor his team.

“For me, it’s the same mindset as always. My goal is to do as much as I can to get as many points as I can for my teammates,”

Lomong said. “Winning means everything to me because it’s not my victory, it’s for the entire school.”

The Lumberjacks took off and never looked back, literally.

Northern Arizona placed first in the 200-meter dash, 60-meter dash, 3,000-meter dash, weight throw and in the mile run. The 3,000-meter dash belonged to NAU completely. A combined seven Lumberjacks placed in the top 10, and each of the top five finishers wore blue and gold. The Lumberjacks also dominated the mile run, filling four out of the top five spots in the event.

Senior Geordie Beamish took first place by running his mile in 4:10.90.

Senior Tyler Day has given his all to this indoor season.

His time of 13:31.36 in the 5,000-meter run is the fastest in the country among college runners. March 8 through March 9, he, along with teammates sophomore Luis Grijalva and Beamish will head to Birmingham, Alabama to represent NAU at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The three-time AllAmerican humbly credits his peers for the achievement.

“I wouldn’t be here without my teammates. They push me to my full potential. They let me know when I’m doing good and they also tell me when I’m not on my game and need to check up on some things,” Day said. “Also, the coaching staff at NAU, I know for being a non-Power Five school, they can be overlooked as not having great coaches, but at NAU, they’re some of the best in the nation.”

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Senior Peter Lomong laughs at the end of training Feb. 26.

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The storied program of men’s track and field at NAU has had many stand-out coaches since its inauguration. After taking over the program in 2017, Michael Smith, director of cross country and track and field, hit the ground running, winning three conference trophies in a row. He picked up where former director Eric Heins left off after his departure in 2016. Heins started a conference title win streak in 2012, and it reached a total of five seasons before he left NAU. Smith is continuing the winning tradition, having now stretched the streak to eight seasons.

Senior Ryan Wolff was a member of those previous three championship teams before this year’s squad and he attributes a tireless work ethic to the team’s success.

“The mantra has always been to just grind. You always grind. Whether things are going well, or things are going poor. Whether everybody’s happy or everybody’s sad, everyone can always fall back on the grind,” Wolf said.

“That’s the mantra of NAU. It’s a small school that competes with big schools because we just put our heads down and grind.”

This blue-collar mentality has been instilled into each athlete from the day they are introduced to the Lumberjack culture. “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard,” is the saying almost every athlete has had cemented into their brain by every former coach or motivator. When hard work and talent

are paired together, it leads to a whole lot of winning.

The current members of NAU men’s track and field have laid the groundwork for future Lumberjacks to build on. This foundation set in place by the forebears only looks to be growing with each passing season.

Flagstaff has always been an active community. It is home to some of the cleanest air in the state of Arizona, and combined with the altitude of 7,000 feet, it makes for an exceptional place to train. The Lumberjack track and field athletes have created a powerhouse of a program that resides in a utopian destination for runners.

“Flagstaff has always been a place to run, and the coaches that came before the ones we have now built a program that could compete.

Every year athletes have come in and stepped up to the plate to keep our tradition going,” Wolff said. “It really stems back to the city of Flagstaff. People want to come here to run, pros come here to run, olympians come here to run.

It all goes back to the city of Flagstaff in my opinion.”

The words “fast running” and “Lumberjacks” are seldom mentioned in the same sentence. But it’s time for that to change.

Eight conference championships in a row, despite a head coaching change in the middle of it, proves these Lumberjacks are just as focused and committed as they are speedy.

t was a Saturday afternoon in February, and women’s basketball was tied with only seconds left in a home match against Sacramento State University and senior forward Kaleigh Paplow just received the inbound pass.

The atmosphere in the Walkup Skydome was a different kind of energy. The crowd’s intensity escalated. Attendants were at the edge of their seats, nervously preparing themselves for the final moments of the game.

Sophomore forward Khiarica Rasheed made a critical move that gave the Lumberjacks possession. The team lined up for the inbound.

An odd calmness hovered in the room as the crowd held their breath. The ball was inbounded and each NAU player moved in a calculated frenzy as the clock expired.

Paplow received the ball and moved inside.

The 5-foot-8 forward took a leap to shoot the ball. It bounced off the back rim of the basket and fell through the net. A loud roar ensued and the Lumberjacks took home the win.

“We had composure, [Rasheed] took a huge charge,” Paplow said. “At the end of the game, we just executed a play that we run all the time.”

For Paplow, being a go-to player was not always something she was used to. But when it came time to play, everything fell in to place naturally.

“The biggest thing that’s changed for me [this season] is that I’ve become a go-to player offensively,” Paplow said. “Even in high school, I was one of the leading scorers but I’ve never had that kind of pressure or had to play that role.”

Paplow may not always be taking the game-winning shot, but no shot from any NAU player this season has been a game winner without her presence on the court.

She has played and started in all 26 games this season, ranking fifth in the Big Sky conference in average minutes played at 36.3 minutes per game.

Paplow is currently ranked 11th in scoring for the Big Sky conference and leads her team on multiple sides of the ball with a scoring average of 13.6 points per game along with 7.6 rebounds per game and 48 steals on the season.

After looking at the facts, it’s safe to say Paplow

is an important factor in the teams success. “[Paplow] is the glue that holds everyone together,” Rasheed said. “She does it all for us, she exerts a lot of energy and always focuses on ways to make everyone better.”

As one of the Lumberjacks’ reigning veterans, Paplow had to grow around a changing team. For her first two years, she played under former head coach Sue Darling, who finished her last season at NAU with a 9-21 record.

Paplow feels the change in coaching staff with head coach Loree Payne has been just as positive.

“Obviously, it was hard freshman and sophomore year and then going through different coaching changes and trying to adapt to different styles and different offenses and things like that,” Paplow said. “But I’d say I’m the happiest I have been with the coaching staff I’ve had the last two years.”

As a freshman, Paplow was quick to show potential. She appeared in 23 games and started in 11 of them. She put up a high of 36 points that season, which set the NAU single game freshman scoring record and tied for sixth place in school history for the most points in a game.

Paplow was only getting started and quickly developed into a reliable player and a vital component to the team.

Since her freshman year, her role has changed in some ways. While maintaining her reputation as an all-around threat on the court and a leader by performance, Paplow had to step into a different, more vocal role for the Lumberjacks.

“Verbally I think [Paplow] definitely improved her leadership,” Payne said. “Here’s a kid who, when we got her two years ago, I didn’t think she wanted to be a captain. I think because it came with a little bit more responsibility, she wasn’t quite comfortable with the leadership tasks but she’s improved tremendously. It’s been so much fun watching her growth and to really reach her potential in that way.”

Paplow isn’t just a go-to player for her team, but a go-to friend for her teammates. She is there for her teammates on and off the court.

“When I’m not going hard, [Paplow] makes sure I pick it up and stuff like that,” Rasheed said. “We bond well off court too — Continued on Page 22

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Men’s Basketball — Coming off an away game loss against Montana State 84-73, the Lumberjacks had their shot at a rematch March 4. They fell short against the Grizzlies with a final score of 66-64. On March 8, they will travel to Greeley, Colorado to face the Bears.

Women’s Swim and Dive — The four-day Western Athletic Conference Championships tournament took place last week in Houston, Texas.

NAU won four of the six events to capture their sixth championship.

Sophomore Niamh McDonagh took second place in the 400-meter individual medley, breaking the school record with a time of 4:17:12. March 11, the Lumberjacks will have all-day zone diving, then travel to Cleveland, Ohio March 14 for the National Invitational Championship.

Senior Kaleigh Paplow practices her shooting at the Rolle Activity Center Feb. 27. Elliot Lovell | The Lumberjack Continued from Page 21

we just have grown closer cause we’re into the same things. We watch the same shows and hang out a lot.”

Her senior year, Paplow answered the call from her team and took on the heavy load of being an all-around go-to player and veteran leader with a smile on her face and a unique dynamic energy. Paplow’s faith and family play a big role in her success.

“First and foremost, my faith and just keeping that strong is important,” Paplow said. “Also, keeping my family ties at home and having that support, just when things are difficult, is important.”

Paplow will lead the team through the remaining three-game stretch of regular season play going into the Big Sky tournament.

Paplow recorded a career-high 8 assists in their win March 2 against Montana State University where The Lumberjacks defeated the Bobcats 76-72 at home. According to NAU Athletics, after facing Montana, “Paplow made history herself as she became the first player in program history to own a spot in NAU’s top 10 all-time in points, rebounds, assists and steals.” In her basketball career, Paplow has a cumulative record of 384 points, 210 rebounds, 94 assists and 50 steals. The Lumberjacks are currently 9-17 on

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the season and 5-12 in Big Sky Conference. Ranked ninth in the conference, they hope to win these last matches and earn a better position going in to the Big Sky Conference tournament March 11.

“We have an opportunity to finish really strong. We have only three games that, if we play to our potential we have a great chance to win,” Payne said. “For us, it’s really just focusing on the fundamentals. Fortunately, we have a whole week, this weekend and next to be able to get some practices in and work on some breakdown drills and some fundamental stuff that I think will help us.”

If you asked anyone on the team or in the stands what comes to mind when you think of Kaleigh Paplow, the answer is usually the same.

“When I think about KP and you could see that the first time I met her, is really just her passion and her intensity and how much she loves the game of basketball,” Payne said. “She’s just so passionate and works so hard and that’s one thing, I’ve never had a player in my entire career work as hard as that kid does. She’s definitely a one-of-a-kind type of kid.”

Men’s Tennis — NAU defeated Southern Utah University 5-2 March 2. This is the Lumberjacks’ eighth consecutive win against the Thunderbirds. March 9, NAU will travel to Missoula, Montana to face the Grizzlies.

Women’s Basketball — The Lumberjacks beat Montana State at home 76-72 March 2.

Red-shirt Freshman Jacey Bailey led NAU in points scored with a total of 23 followed by senior Kaleigh Paplow with 15. NAU faced Montana State at home again March 4 and beat them 82-65.

The Lumberjacks will host Northern Colorado March 9.

Women’s Tennis — The Lumberjacks are coming off a 5-2 win against Northern Colorado March 1. On March 3, they lost against Wyoming 4-1. Friday, March 8, they will travel to New Mexico to face the Lobos.

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