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n a world where human morality is tested and the compassion we feel for others hides behind a tragedy, it’s important to remember that we all have the ability to be good people. Although different, we are still the same. Although lost, we all can make a difference.

Even in college, when most of us don’t know what we’re doing with our degree or what to even eat for dinner, we shouldn’t be afraid of the unknown.

With recent events that have showcased terrorism, pain and hate, compassion and love is greatly needed. Our ability to be good people must outshine any tragedy that takes place.

As mere college students, you may wonder what can we do?

When we have no clue what to do, the least that should be done is to be a good person. The least that should be done is to help out a friend, greet a neighbor or assist someone in need, regardless of how big or little the task. Even the smallest favor or kind gesture could be enough.

And yes, though we may have negative tendencies or habits, they shouldn’t dictate our lives or who we are as an individual.

RAY ANNE GALZOTE We are all humans striving for good grades, good health, financial stability and ASST. NEWS EDITOR for a future worth living in. Our differences shouldn’t set anyone apart, nor should we judge or hate those who don’t believe in the same things that we do, who don’t follow the same rules or who don’t look the same way.

Our differences should make society stronger because all the new ideas, thoughts, cultures and experiences are something worth learning from and something worth shedding a light on. At the end of the day, with the anatomy of it all, we are all of the same species.

While I’m finishing up my junior year at NAU, I am still confused as to what purpose I play in today’s society. And that’s okay. No one should know for sure what their individual role is. All I know is that I should strive to make a difference in the world. I should aim for, in anything that I do, a peace that satisfies others and a peace that allows others the chance to live.

For the victims of tragedies around the world, we should all try to be better so that we all can live in a better, more compassionate world.

We should be good people and not let the hatred rooted in others win. We should embrace our differences, so that we can learn from each other and come together as one.

We should do whatever it takes, whether it be to vote, to help those in need, to protest or to write about what we believe is right to make our future brighter.

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PoliceBeat

Compiled by Owen Sexton

March 11 At 3:11 p.m., an Ernest Calderon Learning Community RA smelled something burning from inside a mechanical room. The Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD) and an NAUPD officer responded and discovered burnt wood in the room. Fire Life Safety (FLS) was notified.

seeing a car driving on the pedestrian path. An NAUPD officer responded and provided directions to the driver.

At 5:13 p.m., someone reported a car hit a parked car and fled into the parking lot outside the Rolle Activity Center. An NAUPD officer responded but the owner of the vehicle did not wish to press charges.

At 6:45 p.m., NAUPD received a supervisory alarm from the South Village Apartments. An NAUPD officer responded and discovered the alarm had been triggered by burnt food.

March 12 At 10:17 a.m., an HLC staff member reported a fellow staff member experiencing chest pain.

Guardian Medical Transport (GMT), FFD and an NAUPD officer responded and the staff member was transported to the FMC.

March 14 At 7:29 a.m., a subject in the parking lot behind the Eastburn Education Center requested assistance clearing snow from their windshield.

An NAUPD officer responded and brushed the snow away.

March 15 At 9:56 a.m., NAUPD once again received a call from somebody March 13 inside an elevator in the Ardrey At 12:01 a.m., University Union Auditorium. An NAUPD officer staff reported finding marijuana. An responded, but nobody was in the NAUPD officer responded and took elevator and no criminal activity was the marijuana back to the station. witnessed.

March 16 At 2:58 a.m., a Roseberry Apartments resident reported someone trying to break into their apartment.

NAUPD officers responded but were unable to locate the individual trying to force their way in.

At 8:34 p.m., a parent of a student residing at Gabaldon Hall reported that their child had received a threatening text message. An NAUPD officer responded and made contact with the student to take a report.

At 4:18 p.m., a student reported At 11:48 p.m., an anonymous the theft of their bicycle outside of subject reported the odor of marijuana Tinsley Hall. An NAUPD officer at McConnell Hall. NAUPD officers responded and took a report. responded but were unable to locate the odor.

At 6:32 p.m., NAUPD received a call from someone inside an elevator March 17 in Ardrey Auditorium. FFD and At 12:39 p.m., a subject reported At 5:11 p.m., a subject at the anNAUPD officer responded and a possible intoxicated man near Reilly Aquatic and Tennis Complex reported safely rescued the trapped subjects. Hall. An NAUPD officer responded that a student had suffered a seizure FLS was notified of the incident. but was unable to find the subject. and passed out. GMT, FFD and an NAUPD officer responded, but the At 10:23 p.m., a McConnell At 12:45 p.m., a subject reported student refused medical transport.

Hall staff member reported the seeing three other subjects damaging a odor of marijuana. NAUPD officers field near the Skydome while golfing.

At 6:01 p.m., a subject reported responded but were unable to locate NAUPD officers responded and took seeing two people with what they the source of the smell. a report. suspected to be shotguns near the intersection of West Riordan Road At 10:58 p.m., a McConnell At 7:18 p.m., a Reilly Hall RA and South Knowles Drive. NAUPD Hall staff member smelled marijuana reported discovering a damaged and officers responded only to discover it again and reported it. NAUPD stolen ceiling light. An NAUPD was two photography students setting officers responded and were able to officer responded and took a report. up their tripods. smell it but unable to get into contact with the suspected student within the At 10:22 p.m., someone reported residence.

At 1:52 p.m., a Rolle Activity Center employee reported an intoxicated individual asking for rides. An NAUPD officer responded and gave the subject a ride to the Greyhound Bus Station.

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NEWS

KJACK and NAZToday win prestigious awards Jake Grosvenor

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his year, KJACK Radio and NAZToday, northern Arizona’s only local TV news station, won awards from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). KJACK was selected as the Signature Radio Station for 2019, and for the second year in a row, NAZToday won Best Student Newscast that is produced four days a week or more.

Both of these honors were awarded to NAU as they competed against other colleges across the nation. This includes ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, which is one of the nation’s most prestigious journalism schools.

The BEA is a media organization that helps students prepare for a career in radio and television media.

According to the BEA website, more than 2,500 students, professors and other media professionals are members of the organization, as well as over 275 colleges. One of the events held by the BEA is the Festival of Media Arts.

NAZToday is based in NAU’S School of Communication and share a newsroom with The Lumberjack and KJACK Radio. The show is broadcast on channel 4 on SuddenLink and on the NAU-TV Network, as well as streamed on Facebook, the NAZToday website and YouTube.

NAZToday is live every Monday through Thursday with a prerecorded show every Friday. NAZToday is made up of students whose workday starts every day around 9 a.m.

Then students have until 6 p.m. to complete a 30-minute show ready to be broadcast.

“They start from scratch each morning and they go and have a full 30-minute show by 6 p.m.,” said senior Conor Sweetman.

Sweetman is the anchor on the Monday show and was the anchor for the show that won NAZToday the BEA award. He is also the studio manager for NAZToday and the

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Cristiana Ramos (Left) and Mitchell McKenzie (Right) are news anchors for NAZToday, and are talking after a news segment ends March 13. Ryan Fischbach-Hollis | The Lumberjack

director of digital content for The Lumberjack.

This year, NAZToday entered for multiple awards. To enter for each award, they had to submit a multitude of items and these submissions are something Sweetman is proud of.

“What I think is cool about this is, it wasn’t like we went out of our way to produce a really special show,” Sweetman said. “This was just another Wednesday show that was really well produced, had good content [and] had really excellent production work.

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It was all just really well put together.”

To Sweetman, this award means a lot because they were able to beat out other schools like ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication despite NAU’s smaller size.

“This is a huge deal,” Sweetman said. “We’re small but mighty.”

Senior Cassidy Zimarik is the production manager for NAZToday, the director of the winning show for NAZToday and the station manager for KJACK Radio. Zimarik shared

the excitement of KJACK winning the 2019 Signature Broadcast Station.

KJACK is a local FM radio channel that airs a variety of shows every day from the NAU campus.

KJACK began in 1999 as an AM radio station until four years ago when it became a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensed FM radio station. KJACK, like NAZToday, is also student run and anyone, regardless of major or year, can host and manage for KJACK. KJACK won the award of

Signature Broadcast Station for 2019 for the first time. This was the first year they entered the competition.

KJACK staff sent an application with a multitude of aspects ranging from how they engage with the public to their guidelines in addition to a programming sample. In late February, a month after submissions closed, KJACK was awarded their spot as Signature Broadcast Station.

Zimarik explained that while she was proud of what they submitted, she stayed cautiously optimistic about coming out on top.

“I didn’t know who else was competing,” Zimarik said. “I didn’t know what any other program looked like [and] for all I knew, Blaze Radio at ASU was going to blow us out of the water.”

However, when Zimarik found out about winning, she was excited and she said the award meant a lot to her, especially with it being KJACK’s first time entering. She explained that this award was proof of how far KJACK has come.

“We started in the Communication building in a broom closet,” Zimarki said. “It was an AM station, there was no FM license, no nothing. There was maybe a staff of eight from what I hear. Since then, it’s been continual growth throughout KJACK.” Zimarik explained that from its beginning, KJACK has grown to having more than 60 students and 16 managers. Getting the FM license was a huge achievement for the station.

She explained that FM stations come few and far between and it’s rare for a station like KJACK to get that license.

The award is a symbol of the hard work that came from generations of the hard-working station managers, advisers, management and the work to come.

“It’s a group effort and I don’t think we could have done it if it wasn’t for the luck of the draw with the group we had this year,” Zimarik said. “It was just phenomenal. This year’s managers are like nothing else I’ve ever seen.”

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Counseling services overwhelmed Jake Grosvenor

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focus of NAU is the health and wellbeing of its growing student population.

One of the many services offered are programs to combat stress, depression and promote overall mental health.

According to NAU’S Campus Health Services’ mental health page, “77 percent of students seen in Counseling Services agree or strongly agree that they are making healthier lifestyle choices as a result of their experience.”

A powerpoint on student mental health on campus was presented at a January Faculty Senate meeting by Julie Ryan, executive director of Health Services, Megan Gavin, director of Campus Health Counseling Services and Melissa Griffin, director of Health Promotions.

The powerpoint mainly addressed major issues that NAU’s students dealt with when it comes to their mental health.

“Many students are experiencing depression, anxiety and other issues that are impacting their student academic success,” according to Ryan, Gavin and Griffin. “NAU’s counseling services have seen a 70 percent increase in the number of students served between 2010 and 2016.”

In their presentation, they also shared that these services need to be better staffed.

“NAU counseling services is short staffed and can’t get more people in the door,” Ryan, Gavin and Griffin stated. “They are unable to see any new regular patients due to the wait list.”

However, NAU Mental Health Services has eight full-time counselors along with two part-time and three interns to help students, according to Gavin.

In response to the issues students have vocalized, Gavin explained the problem of not being able to see enough students and their plan to address this.

“Based on the fact that we currently have a waitlist for students seeking ongoing counseling, no, we are not meeting the demand from students at this time,” said Gavin while adding they have plans to expand their services to help.

Students who are in an emergency will be seen by crisis counseling, according to the NAU’s website.

The powerpoint also listed resources and activities that faculty can urge students to participate in, like PAWS your stress and Stressbusters.

“If a faculty member phones the center and says a student is in crisis, the student will

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be seen immediately but not likely otherwise,” according to Ryan, Gavin and Griffin.

One of the complaints from students about these services is how despite the talk of availability, it’s extremely hard for some people in need of help to get an appointment for an initial meeting.

Leo Oxenborg, a freshman at NAU, said that she struggled her first semester to get the help she wanted from NAU’s mental health services.

“It was really difficult to get an appointment just because you have to get there really early,” Oxenborg said. “You can’t really call and schedule appointments, they only take walk-ins for first time appointments.”

Oxenborg said the first time she went in for help she was unsuccessful in getting an appointment and was told to come back the next morning as early as possible.

When Oxenborg came back the next day, she got an appointment and filled out all the forms required. Then she met with her counselor.

After this meeting, she had to book her next appointment and ran into her first issue.

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appointment, she had to convince and argue with her counselor to get a weekly appointment, as opposed to a bi-weekly appointment.

“The thing about the appointments is you have to schedule your next appointment at that appointment,” Oxenborg said. “It took me a while to finally convince them I needed weekly appointments.”

Oxenborg was surprised the first few times she asked she was told they normally do biweekly. At first she thought to herself they’re doing the best they can. But after a while, she thought about the promise and promotion based on NAU’s counseling services website of easy and accessible services. She felt it wasn’t as easy as it seems.

Oxenborg said she fears how much work is required to get access to these resources, many students will miss the help they need because of the toll mental health issues can take on a student. She said she did not want students to have the issues she did.

“I went in for my normal appointment time and they told me my counselor was booked for the next four weeks,” Oxenborg said.

During this time, Oxenborg said she

struggled to advocate for herself as a result of not having her medication that she is prescribed and her conditions worsening. Eventually, she was able to refill her medication in time and received help from Bo Schwabacher, a professor at NAU. Oxenborg said that during this time she was never told or explained to why she was booked out for four weeks and couldn’t be seen, which made her feel like she had been forgotten about.

Freshman Sydney Nielsen has also had issues with counseling at NAU as she is has experienced trouble finding a therapist for the first time.

“I have never had a tough time getting a therapist [before coming to NAU],” Nielsen said. “So the fact that [getting a therapist] is harder at my school, where I live, sucks.”

Nielsen said that whenever she tried to get an appointment, workers at counseling services told her they didn’t have any room for her or her roommate. Eventually they stopped trying to get an appointment.

“They would never have any time open in their schedule, it made me feel like mental health really wasn’t as important as they claim to say it is,” Nielsen said, explaining she worries for others who are struggling and need help.

Although, Nielsen explained that she has also gone to urgent care in the HLC, she felt dissatisfied with her experiences.

“They aren’t very helpful,” Nielsen said. “I have also gone into urgent [care] and they aren’t very warm and welcoming. It seems they don’t want to be there.”

Neilsen said she worries about students missing out on the services and is frustrated with the troubles she has had.

“It’s frustrating as a full-time student and stressful,” Nielsen said. “It affects you a lot mentally. The fact that I can’t get the help I need sometimes interferes with my studies which shouldn’t be an issue.”

However, this is not just an issue specific to NAU. Many universities all over the country, and students who attend these universities, struggle with meeting the demand for mental health and counseling services, as well.

The current outlook for mental health services is in a dangerous place and students are worried about how much support they will be able to receive in comparison to what was promised.

Addressing and talk of fixing these issues could help students with their fears and concerns.

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Robots begin delivering food on campus Jake Grosvenor

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he fleet of delivery androids stationed at the Union can be seen all around campus. Now, with a $2 delivery fee and an app, students can beat the lines and have food delivered to several north campus locations.

According to Ryan Tuohy, senior vice president for business development at Starship Technologies, the fleet of a little over 30 robots began their university services at George Mason University (GMU) of Virginia this past January.

“When we saw the increasing success of the robots at GMU and how well students and faculty there took to the service, we decided to move quickly and find another campus in the United States that would be open to partner with us,” Tuohy said.

Sodexo, NAU’s campus food service, suggested Northern Arizona University to Tuohy. Though the easy accessibility of campus caught Tuohy’s eye, NAU’s robotics presence and innovative voice convinced him that it was the right choice for Starship ’s next campus launch.

If students take to this new approach of food delivery service as GMU students did, Starship will have to increase the number of robots on the NAU campus in order to meet demand, according to Tuohy.

To order from Starship’s robots on campus, students, faculty and staff must download the Starship Deliveries app on their mobile phone. From there, the app will notify users of which restaurants are available to them at that given time.

“Right now, customers can choose between Einstein’s, Star Ginger, The Wedge and a few other eateries located north campus,” Tuohy said. “The university is going to expand options within the next week or so.”

Users then customize their order just as they would be able to do while ordering at a counter.

According to Tuohy, the app then allows you to either define a specific point where users pick up their food from Starship’s robots. Users may also choose between predefined points of pick up if desired.

“Whether it be a dorm area or a nice grassy lawn in the sun, a Starship robot can deliver your order to you with a delivery fee of just $2,” Tuohy said.

When the robot arrives at the spot of pick up, users will get a notification. To open the actual container portion of the android, all customers must do is tap its surface with the phone they ordered from and take their meal out of the bot.

“We try to make the process as easy and as inexpensive as possible,” Tuohy said. “After all, you don’t need to tip a robot.”

NAU Resident Dining Manager Ben Hartley is optimistic that the robots will benefit students as well.

According to Hartley, many students are hesitant to join the long lines found in front of various campus restaurants during the day. With the Starship delivery fleet now available to anyone on campus, the dining manager is hopeful that students will gain better access to food options.

“The robots will grant students better admission to their dining options on campus.”

The Delivery Robots designed and built by Starship Technologies line up in front of the NAU Union Fieldhouse for their debut, March 25. Elliot Lovell| The Lumberjack

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Sex with a connection

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ex-positivity is a movement sweeping the nation and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it. Sex feels good. It’s a normal part of life and people should be able to get in on it as much as they please with whomever they like.

Sex is becoming increasingly more normalized and people are accepted — or even encouraged — to express themselves how they wish sexually.

Of course, non-sex-positive ideals, like slut-shaming and homophobia, still run rampant, but we’ve come leaps and bounds from where we once were in society.

To me, as long as long as all parties consent and are using some form of protection, I’m all for any kind of sex. But sex beyond a traditional, monogamous ASHLEY relationship just isn’t for me, and that should BESING be just as acceptable under the sex-positivity COPY CHIEF movement.

While I’ve recently decided casual sex isn’t for me, I’m no stranger to hookups and Tinder. Throughout my whole college career, I’ve seen my friends and peers swipe right to find casual sex and never talk to them again. I loved how people could be more open with their sexuality, so I figured I would too.

After the first few hookups, however, I couldn’t help but to get this sinking feeling every time. I felt guilty, embarrassed, ashamed.

At first I thought this had to be a problem with me, that I had some internalized misogyny, tying a woman’s worth to her number of sexual partners.

After giving it a few more tries and feeling increasingly worse about it, I decided to stop and realize what I didn’t like about casual sex. For me, sex isn’t about the physical sensation, but rather the intimate, emotional connection.

And then came another realization: I wasn’t being very sexpositive toward myself.

Sex-positivity is about exploring sexually in any way that you please. And for me, sex is best enjoyed when I have an intense connection with someone.

This doesn’t make me any better or worse than the person who has a different hookup with someone new every weekend, the person waiting to have sex for marriage and everything in between.

It’s simply a preference for what fits my tastes — just like how liking a certain food or music doesn’t make me better than anyone else.

Sex-positivity is about embracing all forms of sex — including those who choose to withhold from it.

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Hormonal hysteria in the patriarchy Scout EHRLEr

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hroughout my life, I’ve continuously observed a trend: Women are emotional and men are discouraged from expressing their emotions when those feelings come out in the form of tears.

I’m not reinventing the wheel by commenting on this social norm, but I want to raise a question: How much do hormones actually play into all this?

Personally, I think it comes down to socialization. Many men are taught to suppress their emotions — to view them as weak — which justifies belittling women for their emotions.

However, when this conversation comes up, hormones are pointed to as the cause.

Hormones are used to explain gender roles, employment inequality between sexes, tears of women and anger of men.

Hormones can justify the apprehension toward placing women’s names in the draft or not letting them into the military altogether.

I could go on.

Before I attempt to answer the question at hand, I must acknowledge that in many contexts, hormones are irrelevant.

They do not fully define who is a “man” or a “woman.” With that being said, we do know they dictate many aspects of life as either of the sexes.

Women’s cycles play largely into this phenomenon. Periods are one thing, but a woman’s cycle actually lasts a whole month, from ovulation to menstruation. Each stage induces some sort of emotional change.

According to WebMD, “If symptoms are reliably severe enough to interfere with quality of life, it’s defined as premenstrual syndrome (PMS).” PMS includes mood swings, general emotional changes and physical symptoms such as bloating and breast pain.

With that being said, estrogen does play a role in the idea of

the “crazy woman.” Now, let’s get into the social aspect.

These real differences between the biological sexes have an impact on life as a man, woman or anything in between.

Women are expected to be submissive and docile, yet are often treated as irrational beings who are impossible to deal with.

Of course, these are generalizations, but persistent nonetheless.

The phenomenon of the crazy woman creates inequalities in most fields, professions and aspects of female life.

Women are paid less, a fact I refuse to qualify because it is a fact. Many people justify not wanting to vote for female presidential candidates because women are irrational and may punch the nuclear codes if it’s her time of the month. Women, up until the last half century, were pushed to be a secretary or teacher while men ruled the world. Women had to wait until the 1920s for suffrage.

Again, I could go on.

These perceptions and exaggerations of what women are or how they behave have been fuel for men to oppress them since the beginning of time. Belittled, talked over and emotional, women are treated differently. Depending on your stance on so many things, you can argue these differences are positive or negative. But when it comes down to it, stereotypes of women create a power imbalance between the sexes.

Even within daily life, I personally experience constant condescension and interruption by a lot of men — to be fair, most definitely not all. We know all men are not the same, nor are all women. The idea of “men” and “women” is becoming an arbitrary binary as society begins to open its eyes.

Nevertheless, women are taught to comply with society’s expectations of them and are punished if they don’t. These expectations are set by the hegemonic group — white men.

Whether or not there is a genuine connection between hormones and stereotypes of women, the ever-present lack of equality will never be justifiable.

OPINION-EDITORIAL

But ... I commented on your picture peggy packer

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reaking news, people: Social media is not real life.

I’m unsure how, but our society has “evolved” to a point where our existence has been limited to a tweet, a Snapchat or an Instagram story. People have begun to feel more entitled to the lives of others and have been brainwashed to believe that a mutual follow holds the same weight as a friendship.

Your friends can fall off the face of the Earth and never reach out to you in times of need, but still claim to be your friend due to the fact you guys are social media friends. This makes absolutely no sense.

I consider myself a very low-maintenance friend. I enjoy time alone, so if my friends aren’t in the mood to kick it with me sometimes, I won’t necessarily get upset. I understand that people can be busy or tired or sometimes simply just aren’t in the mood to do anything. But, regardless of how little effort it takes to be my friend, there are still qualifications for being a good one.

I expect my friends to be my friends in real life. Real friends go beyond commenting an occasional heart-eye emoji under your selfies every once and a while. I don’t care if my socalled friend likes my tweets, swipes up on my story or anything of that matter.

Were you there for me when I needed you?

Have you reached out to me recently? Do you know what’s going on in my life?

“No. But I comment on your pictures?”

I. Don’t. Care.

Social media has ruined us to the point where we can’t see past our phone screen. We are so absorbed in this fake world that social media has created, we forget what it means to be a friend — or even a person.

For most of us, this has been going on since we were young teenagers. According to a study done on 3,560 high school students in Connecticut, about 30 percent of people who use social media use it for more than 15 hours a week. If you do the math, this means that 30 percent of people are spending almost 33 days a year using social media.

Imagine sitting on your couch, scrolling

through Twitter for a month straight. No wonder people consider social media such a big deal.

It has come to the point to where some people may suffer from social media anxiety disorder. They may feel inclined to stop midconversation to check their social media or even feel anxiety if they go too long without checking their notifications.

If people feel this invested in their social media accounts — perhaps even more invested than they are in their own reality — they may equate the relationship they have with their social media followers to an in-person friendship.

This isn’t to say that you can’t make friends on social media, or that you can’t use it to keep in touch with old or far-away friends.

But what you need to keep in mind is that there is more to life than that little blue button.

Friendships take more effort than a simple double-tap. Real friends deserve more than that.

When it comes to friends that you value, make sure you’re being a good friend and not just a good follower.

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et me get this out of the way first and say that I am not part of the transgender community, nor do I have any ties to it.

If you want to transition because you identify as a female and you’re born a guy or vice versa, go ahead. Do whatever you want.

However, when it comes to sports, I do have an opinion on the issue.

In sports, you put men against men and women against women, but what happens when a man identifies as a woman and wants to participate in sports?

There needs to be some consideration on what the individual’s transition has consisted of so far. You can’t take a man that still has high testosterone levels who identifies as a woman and put them in competition with other women.

Why? There are many who believe men to be biologically stronger and faster than women.

This is not a sexist comment. This is just the “eye test” I have used while watching every type of

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sport.

In order to be considered able to compete, there needs to be some time frame where hormone replacement therapy has taken place and surgery should have taken place as well.

Testosterone is the hormone in both female and males that develops strength, muscle mass and bone mass — three very important things when it comes to athletics, but men just have more of it. If you eliminate the testosterone from what was a male but is now a female, that

process needs to have taken place for a period of time where you can start seeing the results like loss of muscle mass and strength. Only then should there be any consideration for this individual being allowed to play in their specific gender’s athletics.

Some would say going through hormone replacement therapy isn’t enough, and that there are still biological advantages for people who are born as men.

Some physiologists believe hip structure and center-mass play a role in males being different than females which cannot be changed with hormone therapy. According to the same article, “Doctors can change some things about the body. But they can’t ‘reformat’ the body to become something else completely.”

In the NCAA, in order to compete, you must have gone through a year of transitioning, which means a year of hormone replacement therapy and specific surgeries. Even then, there is an advantage that you would have over your cisgender counterparts.

There are just some things that can’t be changed when it comes to male and female anatomy. There is always going to be an advantage for the trans female due to them still having male abilities.

There are two things that could be done to give everyone a fair chance in sports. One, there is a different category implemented.

Instead of just men and women events, you add a transgender division. Or two, you just don’t compete.

The second option is pretty cutthroat, but if there is an advantage you have that others don’t what is the difference between that and the use of performance-enhancing drugs? There isn’t.

If you have an unfair advantage, you should not be allowed to compete against those that couldn’t have those advantages even if they tried.

The point here is, I don’t think transgender athletes should be allowed to compete unless some serious changes have been made to them physically to get them as close as possible to their desired sexual orientation.

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NAU student exemplifies a sustainable lifestyle Tyler Linner: NAU Student, award winning activist, recycling expert, sustainable community influencer

Sustainable Communities student Tyler Linner demonstrates his plastic shredding machine in his home, March 13. The machine is a part of his project to create recycled products out of littered plastic. Morgan Fisher | The Lumberjack

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s worldwide environmental conditions appear increasingly dire, members of society turn to a new generation of thinkers and activists to enact changes that will shield the human race from the impacts of climate-induced suffering.

With predictions of drought, famine, and infrastructural collapse made by the United Nation’s International Panel on Climate Change, many are left to wonder whether anything can truly be done to improve the situation.

Despite unfavorable odds, one individual has worked tirelessly to promote climate awareness and environmental sustainability in the northern Arizona community.

Tyler Linner, an NAU student who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Sustainable Communities, has been heavily involved in the founding and implementation of several projects and programs, each aimed at making advancements in environmental stewardship on a local level.

As an award-winning activist, Linner attempts to live his life, from both a practical and philosophical standpoint, with great care and respect for the environment.

Ginger Christenson, head coordinator for the Sustainable Communities program, has worked closely with Linner during his time at NAU to craft hands-on learning experiences that fall directly in line with Linner’s pursuits as an activist. Christenson said that, in her experience, Linner has never lacked in enthusiasm toward environmental issues.

“He’s very motivated and has boundless energy,” Christenson said. “Tyler just has a lot of excitement and holds true to his convictions.

He’s passionate — almost vehement — about being zero-waste.”

Christenson said Linner strives for sustainability, not only in the classroom, but in his own household as well. She said his philosophy extends into the most rudimentary choices of his daily life.

“Linner lives in a sustainable household

with two other students,” Christenson said.

“The roommates, through their lifestyle choices, have prevented a lot of waste from making it to a landfill.”

Although the clutter in Linner’s house might disqualify it from appearing in an issue of Phoenix Home & Garden, the heaps of plastics, tools, blueprints and repurposed materials lying around each have a special purpose in the group’s eco-friendly pursuits.

“I’m not very organized, partly because I don’t have time and partly because my mind is going too fast,” Linner said. “I know it’s time to tidy up when I can’t find something for a long period of time.”

With the help of his roommate Darren Bingham and girlfriend Francisca Alvarado, Linner has crafted a nearly zero-waste human habitat in his own home and implemented lifestyle choices that contradict the American norm of excessive household waste.

Signs of the trio’s uncommon lifestyle can be seen throughout their home. Large, repurposed paint buckets filled with liquid are scattered about Linner’s lawn. They are buckets of collected rainwater he and his roommates use to flush their toilets in an attempt to minimize household water use.

A reclaimed blender, toaster and coffee pot sit atop the kitchen counter, and a compost bucket takes the place of a plastic-lined trash bin on the floor. A modest pollinator-friendly garden occupies their porch space, and stacks of old abandoned bikes lie against the wall, awaiting renovation and resale by Linner himself.

Linner said he subscribes to a philosophy that goes further than limiting personal waste.

He said he seeks to reverse a dangerous cycle by taking on people’s trash as his personal treasure.

“Oftentimes, people view taking only what they need as the highest moral imperative,” Linner said. “But, if we focus on taking only what we’re given and what’s already there, then we start to revitalize the natural environmental systems in place.”

Linner gave an in-home demonstration

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Linner holds a dense plastic plate fabricated from recycled plastic chips. Morgan Fisher | The Lumberjack

of the tools used in his latest project and master’s thesis, Praxis Plastics.

The project centers around Flagstaff’s litter problem. Linner uses an opensourced, self-assembled shredding machine to turn broken, abandoned plastic sleds into reusable chunks of plastic.

“It takes about an hour to shred a gallon of plastic,” said Linner amid a clatter of crumbling plastic. “The shredder I’m working with now isn’t perfect. Sometimes it jams and plastic gets stuck in there.”

Linner has partnered with a local outdoor shop, Snow Mountain River, to research ways in which plastic can be melted down and turned into viable consumer products — specifically rock-climbing equipment.

Linner said he’s always had a mechanically oriented mind and draws upon his experience as a former sculptor for General Motors (GM) to design and manufacture tools that benefit the health of the environment.

Ultimately, it was his long-held appreciation for nature, paired with the fatigue that came with a corporate lifestyle, that led Linner to leave his job at GM and begin work on his master’s degree. Linner also said his past experiences as a Boy Scout

offers inspiration in his fight for environmental protection.

“I was one of three people in the GM design center who rode my bike to work every single day, no matter what,” Linner said. “Eventually, I realized that car design is cool, but it didn’t feel like I was really doing anything to improve the world.”

Arguably one of Linner’s most significant achievements came through his leadership of the Northern Arizona Pollinator Habitat Initiative (NAZPHI). Founded in 2017 by former NAU Sustainability Coordinator Ellen Vaughn, NAZPHI is a collaborative effort between several local businesses, educators and organizations to increase pollinator activity and raise awareness about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in the region.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, CCD refers to the rapid disappearance of honeybees, a phenomenon that threatens the world food supply, as edible plant populations die off due to a lack of living pollinators.

NAZPHI’s website said the organization has, in just two short years, “exponentially increased the number of Flagstaff-area pollinator

gardens, distributed hundreds of native pollinator-friendly seed packets throughout the community and created an initiative to place bans on the use of harmful pesticides.”

In late 2018, Linner was awarded a Crescordia Award for Site Development by the Salt River Project for his work on NAZPHI related projects.

“It was affirming to know that my work is appreciated and was recognized statewide,” Linner said.

“When I’m working on a project, it’s really easy to lose track and think that no one cares.”

Linner said despite progress made by environmental caretakers on campus, he feels that NAU, as a whole, is not living up to its image as an environmentally friendly school. This, he said, is due to a lack of support from administrative staff regarding a number of projects proposed by students in the sustainable communities program.

One such project would have involved the construction of a mobile learning garden out of an old trailer provided by the NAU Fleet Services department. Linner said he believes the garden could have been a powerful tool in promoting environmental

awareness in Flagstaff.

“It seems like every time you turn around, the administration is trying to undermine everything we do,” Linner said. “We got a bunch of materials donated from different companies across Arizona and received a $20,000 grant from the Green Fund. Then we ran up against Space Management at NAU — a committee that determines the use of campus grounds. They wouldn’t approve a space for us to store the wagon due to concern for future campus expansions.”

Linner expressed frustration toward administrative responses to new environmental projects on campus and said that, unless things change, the university will struggle to lead as an eco-friendly institution.

“It’s this systemic issue of our administrators’ pay being, as far as I know, based on numbers of new enrollments and not upon living up to our environmental promises as a university,” Linner said. “You can’t have economic stability without environmental stability, because you’re eventually going to run into environmental problems that will threaten economic sustainability.”

Despite the challenges faced by the three roommates, Alvarado

said it’s been a privilege to live and work alongside like-minded and determined individuals like Bingham and Linner.

“It’s amazing,” Alvarado said.

“It’s a lot of fun. The three of us form this trifecta. Darren is really good at motivating us, while Tyler is really good at piecing projects together.

I take care of the paperwork and encourage continued discussions about projects we want to do.”

Above all else, Linner said it’s support from people like Bingham, Christenson and Alvarado that keep him fixated on accomplishing his goals “I have to give Fran a lot of credit,” Linner said “She got me interested in recycling plastic. She’s been there to help me get things done and to keep this project going. I couldn’t have done this alone.”

Linner, alongside his tight-knit network of environmentally focused individuals, is working to make seemingly impossible changes a reality in northern Arizona. Linner’s actions are proof that living a waste-free, environmentally sustainable life is possible for college students in today’s fast-paced and overly wasteful society.

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Powerful Flagstaff women stand firm through adversity

Left: Deborah Harris represents what it means to be a powerful woman of color through her work as a local volunteer and activist, March 13.

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uring women’s history month, Flagstaff residents are encouraged not only to evaluate the challenges women have faced throughout history, but also to celebrate the local women who have achieved great things and taken every opportunity to empower their fellow females.

Sophomore Emily Molstad said she’s proud her city has a female mayor, who serves as a role model for women in the community. Coral Evans has served as the mayor of Flagstaff since she was elected in 2016, after having been a city council member for eight years. She believes the community should be proud of all the women working to make positive progress in the region.

“Locally, we have some really strong females who have been through a lot, know a lot and can be mentors,” Evans said.

Among these women, Evans said, are Mary Babbitt and Deborah Harris: two people she considers to be her personal mentors. Babbitt is a female activist in Flagstaff and the wife

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to former mayor Paul Babbitt. Harris is the president of the Southside Community Association and is an activist and volunteer at the Murdoch Center — an organization that helps support local youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Harris has been deeply involved in the Flagstaff community for decades. She began volunteering full time in the city in 2017 after retiring from a faculty position at NAU. Harris said she values her womanhood but feels there are great challenges that come with being a woman — especially a woman of color.

“I think that women of color tend to have a double-edged sword to deal with,” Harris said. “Not only are we women, we’re also women of color. We have to deal with both of these issues.”

Evans echoed these sentiments and said it’s important to fight for equal treatment and point out the disparities between genders. She also said that people tend to subconsciously fixate on the personal and, oftentimes, insignificant aspects of a woman’s life rather than her morals and leadership abilities.

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“Maybe they like my policy, maybe they don’t,” Evans said. “Either way, someone’s going to talk about my hairstyle or the clothes that I’m wearing.”

Despite others’ judgment, Evans said the most empowering thing about being a woman is that she can do whatever she wants. She said that while Babbitt was helping her pick out suits for her position as Mayor, Babbitt encouraged her not to feel pressured to always wear suits — even though people expect her to.

“She told me, ‘If we were going to elect our mayor based off their suit, we’ll just keep the one we have.

He wears nice suits. What you do has nothing to do with what you’re wearing. You wear what you’re comfortable with on your platform,’” Evans said.

From a student perspective, Molstad said it’s always important to acknowledge the biases people might have toward prominent women.

She said she believes these biases are ingrained in American culture and can cloud people’s judgment.

“A lot of people say women are too emotional to hold positions

of power because they might make irrational decisions,” Molstad said.

“But we really don’t do that any more than men do.”

Sophomore Sariah Desazio said that, despite all the challenges women in power may face, it’s incredibly important to have women represented in political roles.

“I think it’s really good that women get into positions of power,” Desazio said. “It gives young women good role models. They can now picture themselves doing things of great importance and changing the world in the future.”

Harris said that, to her, the most important thing about being a woman is attitude. She said that women who have a powerful, world changing attitude toward life and are in control of their choices can overcome any obstacle.

“It’s about not letting your fear take control,” Harris said. “I tell this to young women all the time, ‘Don’t let fear stop you from doing something. You need to climb over that fear and conquer what it might stop you from accomplishing. Be the best woman you can be.’”

Evans agreed that a powerful attitude is crucial in achieving great things, and said that women need to sometimes be reminded that they do have what it takes. She said when she first ran for office, she was discouraged because she thought she didn’t have enough experience for the role. After discovering her male counterparts’ levels of experience, she said she realized that confidence would be crucial in determining the outcome of her campaign. Evans said it’s important for all women to practice confidence.

“If you’re curious, if you have gumption, if you’re willing to work and want to understand things, then go ahead and do it,” Evans said.

Desazio said that, along with having this attitude, women should be supportive of one another. She said in a male dominated world, it is great to see women helping each other out and wishing success for one another.

Desazio said women belong at the top just as much as men do.

“The most important thing is to support each other,” Desazio said.

“Not just women supporting women, but humans supporting humans.”

Molstad said women’s history month is a great time to remember those who have struggled and fought for equality in the past. She said it’s also about looking toward the future and trying to advocate for equal treatment.

Harris said that although celebrating women’s history during the month of March is a good thing, the celebration should continue throughout the rest of the year.

“Let’s give some serious thought celebrating women’s history every day,” Harris said. “We don’t have to wait until March to celebrate women.”

Harris said the starting point to achieving a daily celebration of women begins by empowering young girls and ensuring they’re awareness, from a young age, of their individual capability as human beings.

Harris said that when girls know how strong they are, they can then grow up to be women without limitations.

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here are various sustainability programs in Flagstaff that cater to improving environmental issues. Clubs on NAU’s campus or within the community serve different areas of eco-friendliness and diversity.

However, some individuals think the people who tend to be within these sustainability groups are not diverse enough.

Nikki Cooley has oriented her life around being environmentally friendly. She is an NAU alumna with a bachelor’s and master’s of science in forestry with an emphasis on traditional ecological knowledge and has previously worked in sustainability programs on the Colorado Plateau and in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Now, Cooley works as the project manager in the Tribal Climate Change Program for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) at NAU. “All along the way, I’ve just always noticed that there’s been a lack of diversity during these workshops, conferences and trainings,” Cooley said. “Often the Native voice, the indigenous voice or even people of color aren’t included.”

Beyond her professional background in sustainability, Cooley resonates with environmental issues on a more personal level.

“I’ve always been doing it,” Cooley said. “I come from the Navajo Nation, so my upbringing was spent outdoors, herding sheep, riding horses, growing and harvesting crops and listening to my elders about the significance of including everybody.

We all should have a voice in how the lands are managed.”

Cooley identifies as Diné and added that elders have a lot to contribute to the conversation of sustainability, which they don’t need degrees or professional certificates to do so.

Being Earth-conscious also extends beyond a strictly professional perspective for senior Adrienne Traylor. Traylor studies environmental

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sustainability and works for the NAU Office of Sustainability.

Traylor was in pursuit of an internship within the university for her area of study, however, the available positions did not interest her or allow her to do what she wanted to accomplish: bridge the gap between sustainability and diversity.

“People deserve to know what’s going on, outreach opportunities and what they can do on campus,” Traylor said. “Some people don’t even know that there’s glass recycling on campus.

We do need people of color here, these groups shouldn’t have to be all white and we should reach out.”

After expressing her passion to her adviser, the Office of Sustainability created a new position for Traylor, diversity and inclusion coordinator.

One of her responsibilities is student outreach and building a better relationship with ethnic groups on campus such as the Filipino American Student Association, the Black Student Union, The Ladies of Truth, Queer Trans People of Color and many more.

In addition to adding more diversity to the sustainability programming, Traylor is an event coordinator and provides guidance and resources to students who want

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to get involved. She recently created a sustainability group for people of color, the Environmental Justice Action Team, that meets once a month.

Senior environmental sustainability major Erika Bert has been involved with sustainability programs from a young age. Bert said her parents always encouraged her to recycle. Being eco-friendly has always been part of her life.

Bert is an aid for the waste minimization team for the Office of Sustainability. Her role includes recycling and waste minimization but also figuring out how to get others involved in sustainability programs.

“I think a big problem is reaching an entire campus of people,” Bert said. “One of the issues with getting a more diverse group of students to be involved is accessibility, outreach and awareness.”

Bert said tailgating efforts at events has helped broaden a diverse audience and explained other ways beyond tailgating that a student could get involved. She said the Applied Research Development (ARD) center on campus holds office hours between Monday and Thursday from noon until 4 p.m. During this time, students can explore their options

within different volunteer and job opportunities.

There’s also a Green NAU page on NAU’s website that people with the urge to be eco-friendly can check out. Visitors can learn more about the Green Jacks, NAU’s Green Fund and other sustainability programs.

Earth Jam will be hosted April 26 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on NAU’s Central Quad. It is on Earth Day and will feature various activities, performers and opportunities to become involved with sustainability programs.

“When students come out to this and see all the different ways that people can be sustainable and all the different sectors of that, I’m hoping that it will increase the momentum of people wanting to get involved,” Bert said.

While events like this help with student outreach, Cooley believes other areas of diversity within sustainability need to be improved, especially in terms of training and public forum coordinators.

“If you have a tribal panel without a tribal person or person of color who’s managing their own land on every other panel, then they’re surely missing the point of diversity,“ Cooley said.

Cooley said there are not enough women in leadership roles and organizations who coordinate events or programs need to ensure that there are multiple leadership spots for women, in addition to roles that people of color fill.

“People of color can see that there are opportunities,” Cooley said.

“They’re seeing people speaking and being involved, so they’re more likely to become involved because they have an example to look to.”

Attendees to ITEP events will learn about adaptation planning,

land restoration, drought, wildfires, precipitation and more.

The root of Traylor’s ambition for sustainability and diversity did not stem from Flagstaff. Instead, it grew from Compton, California, where she wants to make a greater impact.

“There’s not a lot of healthy options in Compton, basically we have a lot of fast-food restaurants and liquor stores around the corner,” Traylor said. “It’s convenient for people. We have a community garden and there’s a food bank across the street from it, but [people] don’t utilize it.”

Traylor also said she wants to encourage the Compton community to restore the garden. She reasons it will provide value to an area that’s known for sex workers and homelessness and help those around the area as well.

“I hope I can bring awareness to that and tell the food bank that they can use that plot of land to grow the garden,” Traylor said. “We have to take the freeway to another city to get to Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods for our produce.”

Traylor was encouraged and motivated to continue these aspirations elsewhere such as Flagstaff, but she wants to also go volunteer in Flint, Michigan to help with the water crisis. Traylor’s dream job involves working for the United Nations.

If students are interested in helping bridge the gap between sustainability and diversity, Traylor is graduating in May and her position will be available.

“I didn’t have prior work experience to do this,” Traylor said. “I got to talk to President Cheng, people from the University of Arkansas and UC Santa Cruz because they want to do the same thing that we’re doing here.”

“We do need people of color here, these groups shouldn’t have to be all white and we should reach out” - Adrienne Traylor, Senior, Office of Sustainability

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typical trip to the movie theater can include buying a ticket, some snacks and drinks and enjoying the film in a dark room with surround sound speakers.

After the movie, there could be some conversation among friends about what thoughts had been provoked or how it stood out from other films.

Although the night may have been fun, it could also cost a pretty penny.

However, there are alternative options to enjoy movies in Flagstaff.

Beyond Prochnow Auditorium events, SUN Entertainment dive-in movie events and Harkins Theatres, The College of Arts and Letters has been hosting a film series for NAU students and the general public. For the past 15 years, the Cline Library Lecture Hall transforms into a movie theater Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. where moviegoers can enjoy classic films.

Besides having students and the general public in attendance, there is a class that goes along with it. Sophomore Kade Larsen had no idea there was a class coinciding with the film series, but having a love for movies, he made sure to take the class.

“I was coming out of a 21 [credit] semester my freshman year and I needed to slow down,” Larsen said. “Cinema is something I love so CMF 382 fit into my schedule and I just went with it, hoping it would be something fun.”

The way that the film series is designed is more of an interactive experience. Audience members are able to speak their thoughts on the film in an open environment and be able to agree or disagree with what the film stands for.

For most film classes, students read a chapter on a certain subject and try to figure out how that translates in the cinema world. With the combined elements of the film series and the CMF 382 class, students are able to put their studies to the test and be able to speak the language of cinematic enthusiasts. CMF 382 instructor Bob Reynolds said the idea

Moviegoers gather at the Cline Library March 12 to watch “Rumble Fish,” presented by the College of Arts and Letters Film Series. Chase Warren | The Lumberjack

of having his class coincide with the film series was a great idea.

“I have been coming to these classic film series for 15 years,” Reynolds said. “When they developed a class that would coincide with them, it made sense to split it up with the three-hour face-to-face.”

Reynolds said that he had taught this class before, but it was solely an online class before it transitioned to in-person. It wasn’t until the film series creator, NAU Arts and Letters professor Paul Donnelly, asked him if he wanted to do a class focused around the series. The class transformed from an online-only class

into a blended learning class where the students go see the Tuesday films along with the online assignments set forth by Reynolds. By having the two go together, Reynolds said the match was a perfect fit.

In a time where technology is progressively changing, many people lose touch on how to experience the way films used be seen. Having the community aspect play in with the film series, there is a certain atmosphere that is created. Instead of people sitting behind their laptops or smartphones, they are actively learning from each other during the panel discussions before and after the

films.

During a typical film series night, a speaker starts with a brief history of the film. The speaker is typically a professor in either the College of Arts and Letters or School of Communication department and are knowledgeable on the background of the film. By having a person present who is an expert on the topic of the film, attendees can have a better understanding of what the film they are seeing is really about.

“I do believe that certain films are meant to be seen with the community,” Reynolds said. “It is something that we are losing very fast

with the little devices, smaller outlets and nice systems at home, so [people] just sit at home and watch stuff and don’t go out anymore.”

Reynolds is not the only one that believes involving the community is a positive concept. Flagstaff resident Barry Koeb has been attending the film series for six years. The draw of the film series for Koeb were two things: seeing a film he hasn’t seen in a long time and being in a social environment to watch them.

“It seems like when you’re home, in a personal environment, everybody becomes a critic,” Koeb said. “Everybody wants to comment on the movie or film at the time you are watching it. That is different then this environment where you have to absorb and perhaps gain a little bit more insight into the film if you just wait, watch and then talk about it afterward.”

After the movie concludes, the opening speaker and the director of the film series sit down to discuss what the film is about. If someone in the audience wants to share their ideas or have questions on the film, they are able to do so. Community involvement is a big factor for the film series and how movies can be enjoyed as compared to going to Harkins or staying at home.

According to junior film series intern Huntr McMillan, the films chosen are not by random selection.

The film series follows a certain topic from each semester and the movies that coincide with the topic are chosen for viewing.

“The movies we pick here are meticulously picked, and they are picked for good reasons,” McMillan said. “That is because there are good films that mean a lot to people. Here, I know that every Tuesday it’s going to be good and never really let down.”

Whether someone enjoys watching classic movies like “Rebel Without a Cause” or rewatching the cult classic “Mean Girls,” students and community members are able to watch together and enjoy cinema in its natural form.

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The NAUghty Bits improv comedy troupe plays a game of waiter at their meeting Nov. 29, 2018. Jack Mehl | The Lumberjack

A club where it’s acceptable to be NAUghty Pruthvi Khilosia

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hile NAU Theater might be the most recognizable theater class, it’s not the only theater group the university has to offer. NAUghty Bits is an improvisation theater club that allows students to not only pursue another aspect of acting but to express their own views on show business as well.

The reason why junior director of NAUghty Bits Ryan Bowman came to NAU was for his love of improvisation. He heard that NAU hosted this club and was persuaded to study here as he used to do improvisation theater in high school.

“I think it’s the ultimate form of creativity because you have to do it right there, right then,” Bowman said. “I actually came to NAU partly because of NAUghty Bits and when I got here, I got involved as soon as I could.”

Bowman is responsible for the direction of the group in terms of learning and making sure people are growing in the ways they want to.

Bowman said he wants to focus on what others want to learn because it is ultimately about the membership.

“I expect people to learn and grow as we

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focus on learning new skills,” Bowman said.

“Part of the learning process is being able to take some constructive criticism and knowing it isn’t to turn anyone down but to help you grow.”

Freshman James Wallis wants to be an actor and thinks improvisation has helped him become more flexible with career choices.

“The other thing I’m considering is teaching,” Wallis said. “I feel like teaching is just acting anyway. Wherever I go, as long as I’m following the two things I’m passionate about, it will come in handy.”

Wallis finds NAUghty Bits full of opportunity and is amazed at how abundant the possibilities are compared to high school improvisation clubs. He thinks it gives more prospects to do things without being in real production.

People join NAUghty Bits to have fun and it is just as enjoyable to watch. Wallis said it makes him laugh and he has met many people who he is now friends with through this club.

He said it’s a great way to relax during finals too.

Senior Maddison Moe also joined NAUghty Bits because she was fascinated and amused after her first show. She said she was laughing the whole time and it made her feel

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more comfortable and willing to try it out.

“Wherever I end up I really want to pursue community theater but its really given me a sense of confidence,” Moe said. “I also really love improv because you can apply it to any job. It lets you be creative, think on your feet and come up with new ways to solve problems.”

Moe finds theater class to be more structured and grounded with a syllabus but with the club, its a lesson with a little more play.

Moe described NAUghty Bits model to practice as learning by doing.

“It’s not as competitive to get into the improv club,” Moe said. “Some of the classes you have to audition and get a head shot.”

As Wallis and Moe both describe, NAUghty Bits allows anyone from any background in acting to join. Moe thinks it’s a very open and welcoming environment.

“For us, we let anybody come to our rehearsals and meetings,” Moe said. “You only have to audition for shows but even so, it’s kind of chill and relax.”

NAUghty Bits is a branch of Arizona Playmakers (AZP). Joining NAUghty Bits grants automatic membership to AZP. Every fall, the club does a freshman transfer showcase

for new students with an open mic night. In the spring, they host a new works showcase, which is a student festival that is written, directed and starred in by students. The showcase will be Sunday, April 7 at NAU’s Performing Arts Building.

Within the club, members are also given opportunities such as field trips to get handson experience. For the past four years, the club has been going to FRACAS, which is a three-day national improvisation conference at the University of Southern California.

These opportunities give members one on one contact with professionals and allow students to showcase their talents.

“The big thing that really was a detriment to me when I first joined was being too afraid to go out there as far as I could go,” Wallis said.

“In reality, the club is very supportive of you. It’s their duty to be. Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb and do something you might not normally do.”

There is a $5 membership fee, which allows members to be part of AZP, vote on topics during meetings and participate in NAUghty Bits’ shows.

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March ‘$8.5 million’ Madness

f you don’t know what March Madness is, chances are you are not any type of sports fan or someone who places bets.

Simply put, it’s madness.

There are a total of 68 NCAA basketball teams and 63 tournament games. The games are single-elimination. Yes, the teams are competing for the ultimate title of Division I NCAA basketball champion, but the real competition happens among the spectators.

Each person involved creates a bracket and tries to predict the outcome of every single game. Each time they correctly predict the winner, they receive a point. They enter themselves in a “pool,” or group of people MOLLY where their brackets compete. Whoever picks SMITH up the most points wins.

SPORTS EDITOR What is the point and why is everyone so crazed? Whoever correctly picks the winner of every game wins $1 million… every year… for the rest of their life courtesy of investor Warren Buffett.

Now, no one in the history of March Madness has ever created a perfectly predicted bracket, but that is only motivation for people to stay involved. A huge incentive are the winnings from each pool. Some do it for fun and friendly competition, others require a buy-in and winner takes all.

Betting in the world of sports has been around forever.

People love competition, people love being right and people love money.

According to the American Gaming Association, only 3 percent of all bets were placed legally in 2018. The NCAA March Madness tournament was never considered illegal betting because it was one large bet with slim to no chances of winning.

Just because creating a bracket was legal doesn’t mean there weren’t also illegal mishaps.

As mentioned earlier, bettors can compete in a pool with a “winner takes all” buy-in. CBS News reported that collectively, Americans have wagered nearly $8.5 billion on the 2019 spring tournament. It’s free to create a bracket, but groups are creating rules of their own, ensuring to keep March Madness involvement booming.

This year, sports betting is experiencing a huge turn because last May the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on sports betting. Technically, any bets that were placed for the NCAA tournament outside of creating a perfect bracket were illegal. The only recognized bets were the nonexistent perfect brackets.

With every overturned ban comes underlying conditions.

For sports betting, there are quite a bit of online and mobile websites suitable for wagering. Some states require that any and all bets must be placed inside casinos on their land-based devices.

For the most part, Arizonans are free to place bets on any licensed and regulated sportsbooks with almost no prohibitions from laws.

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NAU’s own STAA and BEA recipient

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rom being called “Beef Jerky” in high school to working on a goat farm in Montana to arriving at NAU in fall 2016, senior Matthew Jarecki has worked his way to national recognition. After being named a 2018 Sportscasters Talent Agency of America (STAA) All-American, Jarecki has gained four new accolades in the 2019 National Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts Competition.

In mid-February, Jarecki received first place in the Student Sports Competition under the Television Sports Talent (anchor/host) category as well as received the Award of Excellence for Radio Sports Story/Feature/News Story. Jarecki also received two awards in the Student Audio Competition as he placed third for both the Air Personality and Special Program categories.

Although the young sportscaster has

Senior Matthew Jarecki poses for a photo inside the NAZToday studio March 25. Jarecki is the recipient of numerous awards in broadcast and radio, including four accolades in the 2019 National Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts Competition. Jack Mehl| The Lumberjack

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After dropping out of Montana State his freshman year in 2013, Jarecki struggled with substance abuse and found himself back home in New Hampshire working on a goat farm.

“I lost my goat farm job, which is incredibly hard to do, but I did,” Jarecki said. “I was not doing well and my parents basically said, ‘We’re not going to help you, but we’ll send you to rehab.’”

After spending a year in a program offered

by Back to Basics in Flagstaff, Jarecki was ready to go back to school.

“I can’t go to school for something that bores me. I cannot get invested in anything I’m not interested in,” Jarecki said. “I knew I had to do something related to sports, and sports radio was really what I wanted to do — that’s why I got into the communication building at NAU.” Jarecki enrolled during the 2016-2017 school year as a sophomore, however, it wasn’t until a year later, in fall 2017, that he became a member of the sports department within the NAU Media Innovation Center.

Since fall 2017, Jarecki has turned his podcast, what was once done in the library, into a live Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. radio talk show on KJACK Radio. He has written the Weekly Take for The Lumberjack in the sports section and has been on-air talent for both NAZToday and NAU-TV. His live talk show and podcast, The Jerk, is what he identifies as the first stepping stone for a future career in sports journalism.

“Radio is the foundation of it all. As good as I was on TV, it was all just a byproduct of radio,” Jarecki said. “The Jerk kind of just came out of my last name. I guess I can be kind of a jerk sometimes, but that wasn’t really what it was about. People used to call me ‘Beef Jerky’ in high school because of my last name, so The Jerk stuck.”

Back when The Jerk was strictly a podcast produced out of the library, Jarecki would often spend roughly two hours on the show. Now that he goes live for two hours, five days a week, his workflow has changed quite a bit.

“If I’m not up by 4:30, then my chances of having a really good show goes down,” Jarecki said.

The Monday through Friday workflow goes like this: Prep is done between 4:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. The show airs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Directly following the conclusion of his show, Jarecki heads to the library to put the show together then cut it up for online content.

Of the four recent awards listed earlier, three of them were an outcome of what he produced on The Jerk.

When Jarecki joined the sports media

department in 2017, Senior Lecturer and Sports Media Adviser Rory Faust quickly became a mentor for the new sportscaster.

Faust has become a confidant for Jarecki as he often gives advice and critique when it comes to Jarecki’s reporting and on-air talent. Faust said there have been multiple occasions in the past where he has gotten a phone call or text from Jarecki seeking out advice. One specific instance Faust can recall is during the recruiting period for the NAU football coaching staff.

Jarecki would often ask for pointers on how and if he should break news on Twitter, when it’s necessary to collect another interview before breaking a story or simply how to approach a story. Faust remembers when the switch flipped for Jarecki and when he started understanding the addiction sports journalism can be.

“If you’ve heard Matt on the radio, a lot of times he’ll kind of poke fun at journalists and joke about ‘angsty journalists.’ I was joking around with him and said, ‘You know Matt, you’re becoming an angsty journalist’ and he’s like ‘Oh I know, it’s kind of like an addiction.

I’m getting into this.’”

Other mentors that have influenced the work Jarecki has done include Mitch Strohman, General Manager of NAU-TV and Voice of the Lumberjacks, as well as NAU-TV Manager Cynthia Catizone.

It was also in fall 2017 when Jarecki approached both Strohman and Catizone about being part of the NAU-TV sports crew as talent.

To be considered “talent,” one has to perform live sideline reporting, color commentary or play-by-play commentary during a televised sports broadcast. Once Jarecki joined the team, he had to do what all new recruits do — he had to work his way up.

“Here it is, 2019, and Matt is graduating,” Catizone said. “He’s done everything from wrapping cable on the crew, went to A2, went to sidelines, went to color and went to play by play.”

This climb spanned over a few short months as Jarecki was live on television as talent by the end of the 2017-2018 NAU basketball season.

It was during this time that his relationship with Strohman developed as Strohman taught Jarecki what is and is not essential when it comes to onair reporting.

“Matt has not been just an absolute delight to work with, but as a sports reporter, a sports broadcaster and a member of the NAU-TV team, he’s been a good friend,” Strohman said.

“Someone that I admire for his work ethic, his willingness to go the extra mile to prepare for his job and the dedication that he has to his craft.

Strohman has also noticed that when working with Jarecki, one thing that has become Continued on Page 22

Above: Senior Matthew Jarecki poses for a photo inside the KJACK studio March 26, 2019. This is Jarecki’s final semester hosting his radio show, The Jerk. Jack Mehl| The Lumberjack Below: Mitch Strohman (left) sits with Matt Jarecki (right) during a basketball game.

Photo courtesy of Matt Jarecki

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Women’s Tennis — The Lumberjacks beat Idaho State in a tight home game March 21 4-3. This win broke a fourmatch losing streak. Senior Hanneke Lodewijks and sophomore Ellie Millard beat ISU junior Louise-Mare Botes and freshman Alexandra Arkhipov, 7-6(3).

Tennis will face Portland State at home March 30.

Women’s Golf — March 23 through March 24, women’s golf participated in the Red Rocks invitational in Cornville, Arizona.

At T3 NAU had +11 to par and a total score of 863 to tie for third place with Gonzaga University.

April 8, women’s golf will ravel to Maricopa, Arizona for the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic.

Track and Field — NAU competed in the Baldy Castillo Invitational hosted by ASU March 15 and March 16. Junior Cameron Rayford finished first in the men’s triple jump. Junior Sykora Walker set a new record in women’s discus, hitting a mark of 45.60m. On March 29 through March 30, track will compete at Stanford University, Texas State University and University of Texas.

Senior Matthew Jarecki poses for a photo inside the KJACK studio March 26, 2019. This is Jarecki’s final semester hosting his radio show, The Jerk, which was named after the nickname he earned while he was in high school. Jack Mehl | The Lumberjack Continued from Page 21

incredibly obvious is Jarecki’s attention to detail. He said Jarecki never hesitates to ask questions and is always observing what others in the industry are doing around him. Strohman believes that half of the battle when it comes to breaking into this industry is observing and learning from others. Catizone also believes that learning and observing plays a large role in the success of a sportscaster but also that it truly takes a certain kind of person to excel

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in this profession.

“It takes the person to make it happen,” Catizone said. “I can give you all the tools, but you have to make it happen.

Matt does that.”

Making it happen is just what Jarecki has done. In a short span of a year he has become the definition of a well-rounded journalist. But it doesn’t end there. Jarecki is scheduled to walk across the stage come May to receive his degree in communication with a minor

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in journalism as well as leave NAU with four BEA recognitions and the prestigious honor of being named an STAA AllAmerican.

“My time in this business is limited.

I’m far closer to the end of my career than the beginning or even the middle,” Strohman said. “We have to pass the torch and Matthew is one of those people that I look at. Not only does he want to grab the torch, he wants to grab the torch and run with it.”

Football — The Lumberjacks will kick off the 2019 spring practice schedule March 26. The annual spring showcase game will be held April 26 at 6 p.m. in the Walkup Skydome.

Men’s Tennis — The Lumberjacks took on Portland State University March 24 and grabbed a 7-0 win. In singles matches, all six competing Lumberjacks won. Senior Lucas Taylor and freshman Facundo Tumosa beat PSU junior Majeed Bukhari and sophomore Sam Roberts in a No. 2 doubles matchup 6-2. On March 29 men’s tennis will face UC Davis.

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