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was first exposed to photography three years ago. A friend of mine had asked to do a photo shoot with me for her college project at San Francisco State University — the school I originally transferred from. During the shoot, I asked if I could try out her camera and take some photos of her. When she handed me her old Nikon and I looked through the viewfinder, I saw the world differently. Suddenly, everything seemed to fill in the dimensions, shapes formed and my view of the world turned into rule of thirds. Landscapes gained depth and people portrayed more stories than they had ever told before. That was when I fell in love with photography and photographing people.

Photographs can change everything. From the impact of one viewer to the next, photographs of people create a lasting impression.

This is especially important in photojournalism. Although an article can create conversation, I believe photographs have the ability for the viewer to create a deeper connection to the story. When we see people, instead of read about people, we see that human experience and connect to it, especially in our time of turmoil DEVYN right now. Photographs can capture our similarities in the human experience, even COONS despite our differences.

ASSISTANT The first time photojournalism impacted me in college was in 2016, when the FEATURES EDITOR photograph of a Syrian boy named Alan Kurdi who had drowned in an attempt to reach the Greek island of Kos. This photo showed the toddler lying face down on the Greek shore line.

It impacted me because it showed me the true devastations of the journey Syrians were facing in the escape from their homeland. The true rawness and graphic effects were the story and this photo was the turn to public concern and changed the way people understood the Syrian Civil War. Portraits have the power to create new perspectives of the world for people. Think about the most famous portraits and how they have changed the world, including the latest portrait of Colin Kaepernick on the cover of a Nike ad. That photo sparked new conversations of anger and activism.

Photography has helped me gain a new voice. What I have learned through photography and taking portraits is that people have so many sides to them, and each individual has such a unique value in our world. Photographs of people can create that human connection we often forget about due to other distractions the world has taught us. As I often say, “It’s all in the eyes.”

Through human relationships we create everyday we have the power to empathise with one another, despite political, culture, gender, race, age and even language differences. Photography is one of the biggest creators of this empathy.

In a time of such differences, we need photography and photojournalism more than ever.

Thank you for reading.

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Asst. Dir. of Photography Asst. Features Editor Asst. Dir. of Circulation Shannon Ainsley Cowan Devyn Coons Sebastian Kwit Senior Photographer Michael Patacsil Sports Editor Director of Social Media Director of Illustration Kade Gilliss Teana Long Katie Dobyrdney Asst. Sports Editor Bailey Helton

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“Sharing art like this is healing for people, to be able to connect with themselves, their souls and their friends.”

- Flagstaff West African Drum ensemble principle percussionist Gabriel Tolno, 2018 As part of the African Drum and Dance Ensemble show at the Cornucopia Festival, Gabriel Fara Tolno performs a base solo Sept. 29. He interacts with the crowd by going around to the entire front row. MacKenzie Brower | The Lumberjack

On the cover Yasuaki Onishi’s Hidden Landscapes Exhibition can be viewed at the Coconino Center for the Arts. Val Bryant and Carole Gilmore explore the gallery Sept. 25.

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PoliceBeat Sept. 24 At 11:59 a.m., a Facility Services staff member reported discovering a bullet casing in the Facilities Services building.

An NAUPD officer responded and took the shell for safe keeping.

At 9:29 p.m., a subject reported a student having difficulty breathing in the Honors College. A Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) ambulance and an NAUPD officer responded, and the student was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC).

At 11:17 p.m., a Wilson Hall RA reported smelling marijuana. NAUPD officers responded, but were unable to locate the smoker.

Sept. 25 At 6:26 a.m., NAUPD and FFD received reports of a possible natural gas leak near South Milton Road and West Butler Avenue. FFD and NAUPD officers responded, but no gas leak was found.

At 12:05 p.m., a University Union staff member reported that a student had passed out in the bathroom.

FFD, GMT and an NAUPD officer responded, and the student was taken to FMC. At 3:46 p.m., multiple subjects reported that a traffic light was not working at South Knoles Drive and West University Drive. NAUPD officers responded, briefly directed traffic and reset the traffic light.

At 7:50 p.m., a subject reported a student attempting suicide at the du Bois Center.

FFD, GMT and NAUPD officers responded and found the suicidal subject, who was transported to FMC.

At 9:38 p.m., NAUPD officers discovered stolen NAU signs at 1447 E. Peyton Way while conducting a followup investigation. University Safety Aides were also present.

One student was charged with felony theft and possession of drug paraphernalia, a second was cited and released for misdemeanor theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. A final student was cited and released for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Compiled by Manny Castrellon with three students on the Urban Trail near the Practice Fields. All three students were criminally deferred for marijuana possession.

Sept. 28 At 12:16 a.m., a pair of students at The Suites reported several subjects on skateboards causing a noise disturbance.

NAUPD officers responded, and the skaters complied when asked to leave the area.

At 11:18 p.m., a Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Deputy visited NAUPD to request information on a student who had passed away in an off-campus car crash.

An NAUPD officer provided assistance.

Sept. 26 At 3:04 p.m., a student reported being involved in a traffic collision at High Country Conference Center. An NAUPD officer responded but determined that the accident occurred off Sept. 29 campus. FPD was notified and At 2:07 a.m., a student responded. at Campus Heights reported another student had passed At 6:21 p.m., a subject out. FFD, GMT and NAUPD reported they were having to officers responded, the student physically prevent someone was transported to FMC and who had threatened to jump cited for underage drinking. from the top of Knoles Parking Garage. GMT and At 11:19 p.m., a South NAUPD officers responded, Village Apartments staff and the suicidal subject was member reported smelling transported to FMC. marijuana. NAUPD officers responded, and one student At 10:04 p.m., NAUPD was deferred for possession officers reported smelling and use of marijuana and drug marijuana on the Urban Trail paraphernalia. near South San Francisco Street and East McConnell Drive.

Sept. 30 Upon searching the area, two At 12:59 a.m., a subject students were deferred for reported seeing two people possession of marijuana and walking near the campus drug paraphernalia. bookstore wearing masks.

NAUPD officers responded, Sept. 27 and one nonstudent was given At 1:01 a.m., a student a field interview and left the called to request assistance area. for a friend having a panic attack at Allen Hall. FFD, At 11:59 p.m., a student GMT and NAUPD officers reported that another student responded, and the student had been assaulted at the was transported to FMC. Skyview Garage. NAUPD officers responded, but the At 10:49 p.m., NAUPD reporting student refused to officers initiated contact cooperate with the police.

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NEWS

NAU pumps the brakes on Safe Ride Chandler Staley

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ast month, the late-night shuttle service known as Safe Ride was shut down. The last day of service was Sept. 9. For 12 years, the buses provided students with a safe method of transportation both on campus and around town, but NAU has chosen to stop them indefinitely.

Safe Ride was a charter service, meaning it was provided upon request and paid for by an outside department or student group.

The service was available for students that sought transportation from downtown Flagstaff to campus Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Erin Stam, the director of Parking and Shuttle Services, stated the program is being evaluated by NAU’s administration.

“The conversations under review have included the intent of the program, who is being serviced, where are they looking to go and what other options may provide more service to more students,” said Stam in an email.

Stam also said it was too early to share details regarding a replacement for Safe Ride, but says plans are underway to identify another weekend transit option.

“I expect there will continue to be a safe ride option, it just may look different than the one provided historically,” Stam said in an email. “I think there may be other ways of providing a weekend transit option that will service more students.”

Stam further explained the program usage had diminished significantly over the last two years. At its peak, there were 200300 students each night, and two to three buses a night were needed to accommodate all of those requesting rides.

However, in the last couple of years, there were less than 100 students each night, and most of the rides were within the campus. On the first night this year, there were 23 riders, all traveling on-campus only and no one after 12:30 p.m.

Another issue was there were fewer student drivers for the buses, as they were required to have a commercial driver’s license and to sign up for charters. Although it provided a free transit option for students to go between campus and downtown, the pickup and drop off locations were limited.

Stam says their department has not collected data to assess effectiveness of the program regarding safety and compared to those who did not use the service.

One repercussion of NAU ending Safe Ride has been some students becoming concerned for their safety and security.

Brianna Shinn, junior creative media and film major, was one of many concerned students and shared her perspective.

“I felt like it [Safe Ride] made students feel more secure, especially if they live far away. If someone doesn’t have a car or a friend to call, somebody would be there to get them home safely.

It should be the responsibility of NAU and Rita Cheng to keep students safe on their campus,” said Shinn.

She added that Safe Ride was a better transportation method compared to other services which cost money, such as Uber.

Without Safe Ride, Shinn said she was worried that there would be more cases of violence and sexual assault on campus.

Despite the buses no longer running, there is another

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Illustration by Katie Dobrydney

program still available for students who are worried about their safety and security while traversing town.

Currently there is a service known as Safe Walk, where the police can escort students around campus after dark. According to the NAUPD webpage, the program provides escort services from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday.

There are many ways that Safe Ride’s vacancy could be filled.

Shinn believed that Safe Walk could be one of them, as it is a program that few are aware of.

“I think there should be more publicity about Safe Walk and getting the word out should be the responsibility of the campus

police department,” Shinn said. “It shouldn’t be on shuttle service to keep students safe at night. Now that this program has been discontinued, it’s a loss, but the slack must be picked up somewhere.”

Stam said Parking and Shuttle Services have consulted with ASNAU and Student Affairs, and have agreed that since Homecoming and Family Weekend see more ridership due to more social events on and off campus, Safe Ride will be provided on those specific weekends.

“I hope students can understand some decisions are very difficult but necessary given all the details,” Stam said.

NEWS

Council candidates talk affordable housing Jake Grosvenor

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ith the recent growth of NAU and with Hub Flagstaff opening this year, affordable housing has once again become a prevalent concern for residents and politicians alike. Both are worried about where this growth will take Flagstaff and what the future of affordable housing will be.

Alex Martinez had his own ideas about how to fix the housing issue within Flagstaff.

Martinez argued that the blame should not be on students or NAU. “I think they’re [those concerned with housing] just looking for someone to beat up on. The university is going to grow, if it wasn’t a quality institution we wouldn’t be growing,” said Martinez.

He stated the problem is parking, and that the city still looks at housing in a traditional sense, houses with two-car garages and yards. Instead, he believes the city needs to look into a new way to build to keep up with more people moving to Flagstaff.

“Our zoning ought to be able to allow it to put, if a lot is big enough and it qualifies under a certain code we could develop, to put another house behind it, like a discourse that would offer more housing for students or senior citizens. We have to be really creative,” Martinez said.

Austin Aslan agreed it was not the students at fault for the affordable-housing issue. However, in his view, there was another factor at play that few people were talking about.

“I don’t blame the president [Rita Cheng], I think she’s actually a logical agent in all this, she’s doing what she’s been hired to do and she’s doing it very well,” said Aslan. “The problem lies with Arizona Board of Regents [ABOR] and the folks at the state level who are mandating that NAU grows at the rate it is as means of survival. And part of the problem with that is it’s not very sustainable.”

He explained ABOR and the people at the state level are not thinking of the possible future of education, as people are no longer going to a physical class and are taking everything online instead. Aslan was worried that many of the current studenthousing structures going up will become useless once education goes even more digital and even fewer people are living on campus.

Adam Shimoni had a different opinion of what problems were impacting Flagstaff’s housing issue and what needed to be changed. One big issue he sees is what he calls “inappropriate off-campus student housing,” something he has pushed against for about six years now.

He defined this kind of housing as buildings that rent by the room instead of by the unit, which he stated was a loophole being exploited by the developers to get around laws preventing them from only allowing students to lease. Renting by the room makes it impractical for nonstudents to live there.

A solution he saw was having the university create more oncampus housing.

“I’d like to see NAU take on more accountability for its growth,” said Shimoni. “I’m going to continue speaking up against NAU’s growth with a lack of a housing plan.”

Like other candidates, Shimoni did not find the students

Council member Jim McCarthy (far right) joins the discussion during the City Council meeting Sept. 18. There were many items on the meeting’s agenda, including a continued discussion on affordable housing in Flagstaff. Morgan Fisher | The Lumberjack

themselves at fault for the housing issues Flagstaff sees. Instead, he said the best Flagstaff could do was welcome them in and that the students become part of the community, but the issue lies in ABOR. “I don’t necessarily think Rita is going to be able to communicate our needs to ABOR when it goes against her bonus check,” Shimoni said.

Emphasizing that ABOR pushing Rita to keep growing is an issue and needs to be addressed, Shimoni stated he feels students are being placed in the midst of the issue and taking on the heat because of this.

“We need you guys [students] to engage locally and speak up locally and educate yourself locally and vote locally,” Shimoni said. “Because your voice is needed at the table and is not being represented adequately by the student population.”

Shimoni also believes that growing vertically is also a means to help fix the affordable housing issue in Flagstaff.

Regina Salas also took issue with this type of off-campus housing.

She stated that in the past 12 years, she has noticed private developer built housing options have created issues for both Flagstaff locals and that they are changing the city.

Salas believes that NAU, Flagstaff residents and ABOR have to work together to keep Flagstaff the mountain town it is. Cooperation and working toward a better Flagstaff is key to helping fix the issue.

“This can be done by pursuing public-private partnerships, fostering synergy and cooperation among partners in the city’s growth including small business, local nonprofits, Coconino County and Northern Arizona University,” said Salas.

She emphasized that everyone is in Flagstaff for their own reasons, and whether they have lived here 20 or two years, working together is key.

Paul Deasy also shared his thoughts on affordable housing.

Deasy said that Flagstaff not being able to keep up with the growth has led to issues of homelessness and higher prices for housing. It’s an issue he views as a priority to tackle on city council.

“A big part of the problem is NAU, due to cutting of funds by the state, has had to make up for it by expanding enrollment and increasing tuition,” said Deasy. “I think it’s unfair to the students, it’s not good for the city, and it comes down to the fact that NAU’s trying to survive like the rest of us and state legislator[s] and the governor have been making it a lot worse.”

He stated that off-campus housing has posed issues as mentioned earlier, but there are also benefits that often go unnoticed. One he mentioned was off-campus housing contributing to the city property tax revenue, unlike on-campus housing.

Dennis Lavin was contacted for this story but did not immediately respond.

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NEWS

Supreme Court denies review of Grand Canyon mining ban Felicia Fonseca (AP) Editor’s note: The Lumberjack is committed to keeping NAU students informed on important issues. When regional news occurs that effects the Flagstaff community we will occasionally run Associated Press stories.

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he United States Supreme Court declined to review a ban on the filing of new mining claims around the Grand Canyon on Sept. 24, but environmentalists said they are keeping a close eye on actions by the Trump administration they fear could lead to a reversal of the ban.

The Obama administration put about 1,562 square miles (4,045 square kilometers) outside the boundaries of the national park off-limits to new hard rock mining claims until 2032. The 20-year ban was meant to slow a flurry of mining claims over concern that the Colorado River — a major water source serving 30 million people — could become contaminated and to allow for scientific studies.

The mining industry asked the Supreme Court in March to review the ban, saying it was based on an unconstitutional provision of federal law. The high court left the ban in place.

“Clearly, we’re disappointed,” said Ashley Burke, a spokesperson for the National Mining Association.

“There continues to be great risk to our domestic supply chain thanks to unwarranted withdrawals like this.”

Burke said the association will continue advocating for land access.

The American Exploration and Mining Association also challenged the ban.

Environmentalists hailed the court’s decision but are worried the ban could be undone administratively.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating the link between U.S. national security and uranium imports at the request of two uranium mining companies, Energy Fuels Resources Inc. and UR-Energy Inc. The companies have asked the government to impose a quota on imports that would preserve

In Washington, then Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (center) standing in front of a map of the Grand Canyon, is applauded after announcing a 20-year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon, Jan. 9, 2012. AP File Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

one quarter of the U.S. market for domestic uranium and for a “Buy America” policy for government agencies that use uranium. The public comment period ended last week.

A separate report to President Donald Trump and others on critical minerals is due in November.

Uranium recently was added to the list.

“We’re very relieved and happy to see the Supreme Court decision, but

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it’s a multifaceted issue,” said Amber Reimondo, energy program director for the Flagstaff-based environmental group, the Grand Canyon Trust.

“Until we know that the Grand Canyon isn’t being considered as a result of any Commerce decisions, then we’ll be alert.”

Much of the land in the withdrawal area is north of the Grand Canyon and has some of the richest deposits of uranium ore in the U.S.

Republicans in Congress, and some counties in Arizona and Utah said cutting off access eliminates hundreds of jobs in a remote area and puts the nation’s security at risk.

No one is mining uranium in the withdrawal area now, but Energy Fuels is waiting for uranium prices to rise to restart a mine about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the canyon’s South Rim in the national forest. The ban didn’t affect the roughly 3,000 mining

claims that existed before it went into effect, which federal officials say could result in less than a dozen mines if the companies that own them can prove a sufficient quality and quantity of the mineral resource.

Some scientists have said they have not had the money needed to fully study the impact of uranium mining on water resources.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Not just a teen drama Scout Ehrler

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Stop faking it

he time has come ladies: Stop faking orgasms.

Too many women engage in sexual activity only to end up fake “ooh”-ing and “ahh”-ing their way through an imaginary climax. According to a study, in which 71 straight women between the ages of 18 and 48 were studied, 80 percent of women fake orgasms at least half the time. The study also found that 25 percent of the women faked orgasms a whopping 90 percent of the time.

In fact, “Researchers found that women are often quietest when they are actually receiving pleasure, like during oral sex or foreplay. They make the most erotic noises when sex starts feeling uncomfortable or PEGGY when they get bored,” according to CBS PACKER News.

OP-ED EDITOR But why? What is the point in faking some extravagant climax?

Surprisingly, there are quite a few reasons. Most women just do it to be nice — to please their partner and make them feel like they accomplished something. Women can also usually sense when their partner is about to climax. If they sense this happening, they may fake an orgasm to improve or even speed up the experience for their partner.

Some women will fake orgasms if they are uncomfortable or in pain, to encourage their partner to stop. Sounds backwards, right? Well, the truth is most women don’t want to hurt their partner’s feelings and in turn will put up with a lot to avoid doing so — including bad sex.

However, this can quickly turn into a harmful habit. By faking an orgasm when you are in pain, or just uncomfortable, you are conditioning your partner to think that is what you like. You’re trying to get him to stop, meanwhile he’s taking notes for next time. Now your sex life is doomed forever.

OK, not forever, but now you have to have that awkward conversation you were trying to avoid in the first place.

All of this can be avoided if sexual partners learn to communicate with each other open and honestly. If you don’t like something, say so. If you do like something, say so. This goes for both, or all, partners involved. If you’re honest from the beginning, you will avoid a lot of discomfort in the future.

If everyone learns to be open and honest without letting their egos get in the way, sex can become much more enjoyable for everyone. Faking orgasms is a step in the wrong direction.

You can be sensitive to the topic while still letting your partner know you don’t like it so much when they do that. Throw in the towel on your acting career and start being real.

Are you trying to climax or win a Grammy?

You decide.

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he Canadian teen drama “Degrassi” ran for 14 seasons, premiering in 2001 before being canceled in 2015.

Throughout its entire run, it covered almost every problem a teen could ever face.

It portrayed stories of school shootings, teen pregnancy, awkward period mishaps, drug use, gang involvement, mental health, self-harm, sexual assault, estranged family, LGBTQ+ issues and so much more. All of these storylines have undercurrents of family conflict and rejection from friends, displaying the consequences of the characters’ actions.

Admittedly, “Degrassi” is a bit of a caricature of the high school experience.

More unfortunate things happen at Degrassi Community School than any other real school that has ever existed. While the show is not self-aware of this, the audience is able to see that this dramatic nature is used as a vehicle to teach a lesson. It adds a level of cheesiness that is enjoyable and lighthearted, while also successfully delivering the message.

I began watching “Degrassi” at a much younger age than one probably should. I have two older sisters who really enjoyed the show and, as we only had one television, I would join them every week to watch. We were drawn in with a shallow, reality-TVlike trance, but stayed for the heart-wrenching life lessons and dramatic story lines.

At the age of 10, I began observing this world where teenagers were always experiencing some sort of torment, whether it be inflicted by themselves or others, and I slowly but surely gained a very strong awareness of others around me. Today, I am very likely to give someone the benefit of the doubt and say, “They’re

probably going through stuff I don’t know about,” and move on.

I rewatched “Degrassi” recently and finally began to understand where this trait of mine came from.

“Degrassi” is controversial, and it was from the moment it started. In the fourth season, the show portrays a school shooting, performed by a character named Rick, who at one time, severely injured his girlfriend, sending her into a coma and causing her brain damage.

This all occurred within the first five years of the show being on air. Later on, in season 10, a character named Adam comes out as transgender. These are issues our society is handling today with little to no grace, yet in the early 2000s, there was a show in which the audience got to watch teenagers grapple with the things even our politicians cannot.

Those are only a handful of things “Degrassi” has covered.

Every episode holds another issue, another trauma.

While there are many arguments against “Degrassi” stating the show handled many issues poorly or occasionally relied on stereotypes, I think the impact and cultural potential that the show holds supersedes that. An example of one of these arguments is that the only transgender character, Adam, is killed in a car accident only three seasons after arriving on the show and coming out. Many see this as a deliberate choice on the writers’ part to forcefully remove the transgender voice.

I don’t think “Degrassi” is perfect, nor Illustration By BROOKE BERRY do I think the arguments against it are invalid.

However, I think the show attempted to conquer what nothing had before in that style. It is the Judy Bloom of our generation.

It is not free of ignorance, but it is a lot less ignorant than many were in 2001 and are today.

OPINION-EDITORIAL

Breaking news: Black women have feelings too Peggy Packer

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ardi B: At the Harper’s Bazaar Icons bash at New York Fashion Week, rapper Nicki Minaj made a negative comment about rapper Cardi B’s parenting to her new daughter Kulture. Cardi B retaliated and threw a shoe at her.

Everyone else: She’s going to lose money and business opportunities. She should have “behaved” better at such a formal event. She should be honored to be there.

Nicki Minaj: On Aug. 10, Minaj dropped her new album “Queen,” which landed at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, falling short to Travis Scott’s “Astroworld,” in part due to the selling of “Astroworld” merchandise.

“It’s just that when you have a number-two album to someone who is selling shirts and merch and selling passes for a tour that’s not even announced yet, it feels like you’re being tricked. It feels like someone is playing a game and like beating you at a game as opposed to just selling music. I want to sell music,” Minaj said in an interview on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.”

Everyone else: Nicki’s just mad that her album didn’t reach number one. Nicki is a hater. Nicki is just jealous of Kylie Jenner.

(Oh, what a reach).

Serena Williams: At the 2018 US Open final, Williams received a verbal warning for being “coached” during her match against Naomi Osaka. Williams reacted to the call, claiming she has never cheated in her life and that the umpire owed her an apology. Later on, after losing a game, she smashed her racket and got into another altercation with the umpire and got points docked from her as a penalty. Williams claims that if any man

spoke to the umpire that way, they would not have received the same consequences.

Everyone else: She should act more professional. She should just accept that she lost the game. Let’s create memes of her with exaggerated Black features throwing a temper tantrum!

All very different situations. All very clear illustrations of one fact: Black women are never allowed to be upset. They aren’t allowed to be angry, or vocal or honest. Think of all of these encounters.

Think about someone criticizing your parenting, affecting your success by cheating in the music game or making a false claim during a game that would have tied you for a world record. How would you respond?

Yet, when these women get upset or angry, they are attacked. They are called ghetto or aggressive. This gives people the perfect opportunity to perpetuate the angry Black woman stereotype they love oh so much.

For example, people are actually angry at Cardi B for wanting to fight a woman who spoke out against her child,

when family is supposedly an American value. Would fighting for one’s child be more acceptable if the feud wasn’t between two Black women? I think the answer to this is clear.

When will Black women get to act like real human beings without the fear of being labeled the “angry Black woman” and being chastised for simply being upset? When will Black women be allowed to speak out against all the things that everyone else can without backlash? When can we defend our children, friends, family, husbands and our own skills without being degraded for it?

The truth is, being a Black woman means you have to be so many things at once. You have to be prim and proper, real and honest, feminine, but a fighter. You have to not be so “ghetto.”

The world needs to learn that even though they are strong, Black women still have real feelings and emotions. Sometimes we act on them, just like everyone else. At the end of the day, society needs to let Black women be who they want to be without the constant criticism.

Black women are allowed to feel just like everyone else.

Illustration By KATIE DOBRYDNEY

The toxic combo of drinking and driving to walk in a straight line, what makes you think you can get behind the wheel? ou see it all the time, on billboards, After going to two different schools in the television and social media ads: the past three years, I’ve realized that drinking and sad story of another victim of a drunk driving in college is actually pretty common. driving accident.

I’ve heard the excuses made by people I’m not sure if others think this way, lucky enough to have but when I see those ads I think: How made it back home safe does someone think they are able to and they all seem to drive safely after a night of drinking? have the same mindset Why are some people so the next day. “I can’t careless? These are just a few believe I drove.” Trust thoughts that run through my me, neither can I. mind. Some are not suitable Because not only did for print, but I’m sure I’m not the you put yourself at only one with these thoughts. risk, but you also put There is no clear answer to that the lives of others in question. Drinking and driving is danger as well. probably the most reckless thing a It’s not uncommon.

Illustration By AMY CZACHOWSKI A drunk driver hits another person can do. If you lose the ability

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car and the driver who wasn’t intoxicated dies in the incident, while the drunk person walks away with minor injuries. I couldn’t imagine being the reason for someone else losing their life because of a stupid idea. It is just so irresponsible and immature for people to think that is OK. For the folks who enjoy a night out on the town pounding a few brews, here are some ideas to keep in mind. There needs to be a plan set in advance if you know you’re going to drink.

You need to have a way home that doesn’t involve you driving. This can be friends that can pick you up, Uber and Lyft or walking home.

Literally anything else but driving is better for you and everyone else on the roads.

If you drive yourself out before the drinks start flowing, ditch the keys. Give your car keys to someone you trust. Give them to a brother, sister, friend, girlfriend or literally anyone that will not let you have those back until you have

sobered up.

The last idea would be just to drink at home. I can see this is not as exciting as going out with your friends, but it would be a lot safer.

It’s probably the most boring plan, but one that could save your life.

Drinking and driving can be prevented when the proper measures are taken. Nobody wants to be the reason someone is dead. Everyone wants to have fun and be crazy at times, but you just need to be aware that your choice in situations like these can be life or death. Don’t be another billboard ad.

Go out. Have a great time with your friends. Make questionable choices while your feet are on the ground instead of on the gas peddle. Be smart and know that people love you and care for your well-being.

Think of others before you get in that car and drive drunk.

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Current and former NAU students create magic at Disney Parks Kirsten Bublitz

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ecent NAU graduate Elise Fraher sprinkled pixie dust over a young girl.

“Can we send pixie dust to Daddy?” asked the princess. Her Dad had paid for his daughter’s princess transformation but he was serving in the military. Fraher, a fairy godmother in training, happily agreed. “Bibbidi-bobbidiboo Daddy, come home soon!” Fraher and the girl exclaimed in the video that was sent to the princess’s father.

Fraher is one of many students who has participated in the Disney College Program.

Every college student has the opportunity to apply for the program during any semester they are attending college, including the semester after graduation.

Fraher, a hotel and restaurant management graduate, said moving to Orlando for six months felt like she was going home. The “Disney girl at heart” spent those months turning boys and girls into Disney knights and princesses at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in the Magic Kingdom.

Fraher quickly realized she wasn’t there to play in the parks, but to create magic for the guests.

Another recent graduate, Kayla Casey, took Fraher’s same path and completed the Disney program immediately after earning her degree in early childhood education.

Casey was hired as a quick service food and beverage cast member only nine days after applying, an impressive feat considering that getting accepted into the program can sometimes take months.

Although she worked 10-hour shifts, Casey said the days went by quickly because she had her friends with her. The connections that Casey made with her co-workers was something that she didn’t expect, but now looking back, the friends that she has in Connecticut and Australia are what she misses the most about the program.

Casey explained one night in particular what she misses.

“We hosted this nighttime event called Star Wars: Galactic Nights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The park closed at 7 p.m., and the event went until midnight. It was a really long day, but

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my two best friends worked the whole time with me,” said Casey. “You’re at work, but you really don’t feel like it, because you’re working for the happiest place on earth.”

Casey encourages anyone wanting to do the program to “seize the day” and just apply.

Junior studio art major, Robert De Leon, encouraged students interested in the program to keep applying.

“I know people who got in on their first time and people who got in on their fifth. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I don’t think you should pass up,” said De Leon.

De Leon knew he had to apply after seeing a poster in the University Union promoting the program.

“I grew up with the [Disney] parks, so the concept of working there was mind boggling,” De Leon said.

De Leon completed the program in spring 2015 and was hired as a showkeeper for Hollywood studios, which he explained as “custodial with a twist.”

De Leon recounts that his fondest

memories were being part of the Frozen Royal Reception parade.

“I never imagined that doing custodial, I would be in a parade, let alone a “Frozen” parade. Because there’s horses involved, they need specialty cast members who are able to clean up after them. They’re not just going to stick some random custodians into the parade, so I got to become a performance cast member for the day,” De Leon said.

According to De Leon, there is never a typical day working in the college program.

De Leon explained one of his adventurous days when he was selected to do water art, where custodial cast members create water portraits of popular Disney characters. It was something De Leon was asked to participate in because of his artistic background. There was a group of high schoolers who visited Hollywood Studios, and one of the guys wanted to ask his girlfriend to prom. De Leon distracted the girlfriend by creating water art while another cast member wrote “Prom?” on the ground. De Leon felt privileged to be part of such a magical moment

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in the students’ lives.

Although working for Disney for six months is a special treat, De Leon said that it’s important to keep in mind the possibility of having a long-term career with Disney.

Beth Monnig, an NAU graduate student who is currently living in Orlando and taking online classes toward her master’s degree in English, followed De Leon’s advice and kept a good record while she was participating in the program. She is now a full-time employee.

Monnig first participated in the program her sophomore year of college as a quick service food and beverage cast member at Pinocchio’s Village House in the Magic Kingdom. After graduating from ASU, she completed her second program working at Living with the Land in Epcot. She attended NAU for one year before moving to Orlando, where she was hired as a full-time employee. She currently works on attractions in the Magic Kingdom and in the Youth Education Series, where she teaches children about the operation of Disney attractions.

Monnig’s ultimate dream is to use her English degree by writing for any of the Disney blogs. Although she’s not where she wants to be yet, Monnig is positive that she’s on the right track and that the Disney College Program

helped her get there.

“Almost everyone who wants to work for Disney starts with the Disney College Program.

Most of my leaders did the program and moved up from there,” said Monnig.

Disney World has become Monnig’s home and she’s grateful for the time she has spent with the company.

“When you go to college and walk around campus and see people you know, it feels like home. That’s how it feels at Disney World. I walk around the Magic Kingdom and see people I know everywhere. It’s magical,” Monnig said.

Like Monnig, Matt Thomas, a 2012 hotel and restaurant management graduate, is also thankful for the Disney College Program.

Thomas met his wife while participating in the program and now has three children.

Thomas has always had a love for Disney.

“We never took a family vacation that wasn’t Disney,” said Thomas.

That love for Disney still runs strong in his family. His father, T. Paul Thomas, is a professor in the WA Franke College of Business at NAU and the faculty adviser for The Disney Club.

Thomas completed the program at Disneyland in spring 2009, where he worked at the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.

Interacting with guests was especially rewarding

when they noticed from his name tag that he was a student from Flagstaff. In those instances, he was able to connect with guests on a personal level and would often try to make their day by giving them a fast pass to Disneyland attractions.

The father of three said NAU prepared him for the time he spent participating in the program.

“NAU does a good job of giving you real-world expectations.

Things aren’t sugar coated,” Thomas said.

He was thankful to be taught by professors who had years worth of experience in the profession he was studying.

After graduating, Thomas moved to Orlando where he was a park operations manager. Now, he works

for Hertz and believes that working for Disney secured him the job.

“People will tell you having Disney on your resume is like gold,” Thomas said.

Thomas started believing in the power of having Disney on his resume after being hired by Hertz because of it.

“I’m walking proof that nine months can really lie the foundation of your career,” Thomas said.

One thing is for sure, these current and former NAU students have created magic for countless Disney guests from all over the world.

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Addressing the misconceptions of medical marijuana Aleah Green

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hether you’ve seen it in the movies or heard about it through the grapevine, it’s common knowledge that substances like drugs and alcohol are heavily associated as a tradition of college culture. Yet contrary to this, NAU takes pride in being a drug and alcohol-free campus.

When enrolling for school, students are required to take online courses pledging to avoid these illegal substances and the university enforces strict policies prohibiting their use or possession. However, is it perhaps too strict when it impedes on one’s health?

According to the NAU Handbook, not only is it prohibited to misuse prescription medication, but the possession of marijuana, even for medicinal purposes, is outlawed on campus. Those who do not abide by this will face disciplinary and criminal action. However, by legal standards, those students will not be charged by the state for possession. The state of Arizona actually allows the possession and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. So, in a sense, while the university is private property and reserves the right to implement these rules, they are acting a lot stricter than the actual laws put in place concerning marijuana.

However, some students are wondering if it seems a large number of people have a misconception and stigma against why people have medical cards in the first place.

According to Green CulturED, marijuana is used to relieve the pain exhibited by certain medical conditions. Typically, doctors prescribe marijuana for herbal therapy purposes, such as chronic diseases and health conditions, including, but not limited to arthritis, cancer, glaucoma, cerebral palsy, ADHD, depression, anxiety and epilepsy. Notably, few of the listed conditions, such as depression, are evident to be common among the college student population.

Some students would concur with this ideology. One of whom, sophomore psychiatric science major Kobe Lee, admitted to having a disdain for this misinterpretation. Lee has his medical marijuana card for his anxiety and headaches, and mentioned that using marijuana is really important in relieving that mental and emotional pain.

“Weed regulates my anxiety for me. A lot of people think it’s just a depressant, but it’s not,” said Lee. “While there’s some people who lie to get it, for the most part, people like myself actually need it. It really gives the medicinal aspect of weed a bad rep.”

Kobe Lee thinks that medical marijuana on campus should have lighter restrictions for students.

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Lee also expressed there is a degree of hypocrisy that follows the prohibition.

“I just think it’s funny how I’ve seen tons of people smoking or vaping on campus, but the same rules against marijuana don’t necessarily seem [to] apply to tobacco and vape.,” Lee said.

“You don’t [get]prescribed things like tobacco, but in a lot of ways, weed is a medicine for me.”

On top of that, Lee, like others, find this rule on campus to be incredibly inconvenient.

Whether or not campus facilities agree with the medical importance of marijuana is debatable. Nevertheless, it is their job to enforce conduct. But a main question remains, is the university really to blame for the strict regulation of medical marijuana usage?

Jonathan R. Long, coordinator of student rights and responsibilities in Student Life, disagrees with this idea. In the eyes of Long, the university does not play a role in setting this law.

“I don’t have any role in deciding whether

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or not medical use is allowed, neither does the university really,” said Long. “We want students that are legally allowed to use it for medical reasons to be able to, but at the same time, the Arizona Board of Regents is responsible [for] determining campus regulation. At this point in time, they are still hesitant on legalizing it for that demographic, because marijuana is still proven to be detrimental to a person’s academic performance, which is the last thing we want for our school.”

Despite regulation, Long understands there are health benefits to those who need it.

Additionally, Long expressed that the administration for student services try to keep an open mind when it comes to students with medical marijuana cards.

“We try to take into consideration what the circumstances are when a student with a card gets caught with possession of marijuana, but again, it is still against the rules here at NAU.

I do see, however, a recent change in society’s perception on the drug,” Long said. “Many states are legalizing it now, and so [some of ] those students don’t have to even have a card to possess it. Whether or not that change is coming here anytime soon is beyond me. In the meantime, it’s our goal as staff and faculty to keep our students safe and enforcing all of the school rules.”

Long stressed this idea that the country is gradually becoming more tolerant of issues like these, and so perhaps a change may take place sooner than we realize. However, in the end it is important to recognize that there is a distinct difference between using marijuana for recreation and using it to ease the pain of a medical condition, which is why this regulation has people in an uproar.

NAUPD officer Seth Lofgren reaffirmed the fact the school is only following regulations put in place by the Arizona Board of Regents.

“I’m required to enforce the medical marijuana laws on campus due to the fact that we receive federal funding through the Arizona Board of Regents. The federal level still recognizes marijuana in some cases as a felony stature, despite Arizona recognizing it as a misdemeanor stature,” said Lofgren. “So, while owning a medical marijuana card may remove the criminal aspect of it, it’s still against the student code of conduct.”

Moreover, Lofgren mentions NAUPD also tries to keep an open mind when it comes to medical marijuana card holders and offers recommendations for those with a card who need a place to store their marijuana off campus.

“We have a referral and deferral process, with first offense being a referral, along with educating the student on the policy and finding an alternative place to store their marijuana that is not on campus,” Lofgren said. “I’ve noticed the biggest issue is that students don’t have an alternative place to store it, but note, your car is your own legal property, even if it’s on campus, as long as it doesn’t leave the vehicle and you’re not driving under the influence, you are technically not breaking the law. Other alternatives include a friend’s house or renting out a locker at some off-campus places. There is a myriad of options out there to store it as a private citizen, so long as it’s not on campus.”

Overall, the school tries to make an effort to accommodate for those students without breaking code of conduct, yet even with such assistance, many medical marijuana card holders find it tedious to adhere to such regulations when their intent is not recreation.

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LEFT: Tiffany Mitchenor and David Seeber perform a skit during “Sex Signals,” a presentation put on by Catharsis Productions Sept. 24 at Prochnow Auditorium. RIGHT: Students hold up papers reading “Stop!” during a segment of “Sex Signals” Sept. 24. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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atharsis Productions program “Sex Signals” is about sexual assault prevention on college campuses. Humorous, charming and relatable aspects of college life are spun together to create a performance that tackles crucial issues seen on college campuses.

“Sex Signals” is a program performed live that is updated every six months to stay culturally relevant. “Sex Signals” is similar to a comedy with an underlying importance about the changing life on a college campus, and was performed Sept. 22 at the Prochnow Auditorium.

According to NAU’s website, the university houses nearly 10,500 students, many of whom attend night classes or partake in nightlife activities. Only in the past decade have college campuses begun advocating for programs regarding this topic.

George Zerante, assistant manager of educator delivery and development for Catharsis Productions, explained the companies goals and organization via phone call.

According to Zerante, Catharsis Productions was established in Chicago in 2000 when the co-founders Gail Stern and Christian Murphy met at a writer’s competition. Stern and Murphy went to lunch, discussed their day jobs and eventually formed an idea, which used

humor and comedy to talk about serious topics like sexual assault.

Zerante said since the inception of Catharsis Productions, Stern and Murphy have done “Sex Signals” programs for numerous colleges across the country. Catharsis has also developed other programs to help with different topics and takes sexual health issues seriously.

With programs like “Sex Signals,” along with courses such as MyStudentBody Sexual Violence, which is mandatory for all new students, NAU strives to keep the students knowledgeable and safe. The situations that appear in both the program and the course are commonly seen within college campuses.

Junior sociology major Kate Millard is a resident assistant (RA) at McConnell Hall.

Millard discussed how NAU makes it effortless for RAs to get hold of materials to educate the students living around them.

“We have Health Promotion [on campus], they work with us whenever we ask them to,” said Millard. “They’re basically the department in charge of the Condom Club [where] you can get 30 free condoms a semester per student when you sign up.”

NAU Condom Club is run out of the Health Promotion office and is an opportunity for students to not only get 30 free condoms a semester, but other important materials such as dental dams and nonlatex condoms. Signing up

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for the club is easy, confidential and can be done at any time inside the office. Health Promotion also has several resources for RAs to make it easy to spread the word about consent and the risks of unprotected sex.

“If we want to do a program on sexual health, safety and all those things, we can get in touch with them and they can come talk to us and do demonstrations of how to apply condoms and the dangers and prevention of [sexually transmitted diseases],” Millard said.

Sophomore psychology major Alex Moate is also an RA in McConnell Hall and attended the “Sex Signals” program with a group of students.

“It was really good. I brought a lot of my guy residents from downstairs and they learned a lot. They said they learned about inclusivity and words that they might not think can be triggering for other people, but might be,” said Moate. “I knew a lot about it because I went to [a similar event] last year, but I think that they definitely learned a whole bunch.”

Moate said it is important for students to educate themselves because the actions they take may not seem wrong at the moment. There are some students that do not understand what they are saying to another student could be seen as predatory. “[It is important] especially for guys, like when they go to parties, they don’t really think

about how they’re making the girls feel in that situation,” Moate said. “The guys even told me that they think that a lot of the frat guys should go, because they don’t really think about how the girls are feeling or if they’re making someone feel uncomfortable and how that body language looks.”

NAU has provided 120 Blue Light Emergency Phones spread across campus and at the entrance of every residence hall. These lights have a button, which can contact on-campus police. If a student was in any form of danger, they are encouraged to seek a blue light to call help.

Sophomore criminal justice major Jemma Ochs has lived on campus for the past two years.

Ochs said she has never felt unsafe while being out at night.

“I feel pretty safe on campus, I’ve never experienced anything suspicious or threatening.

The blue lights on campus give me that safety net of feeling secure,” said Ochs. “Even though I’ve never had to use them, it’s nice knowing they are there.”

Similar to other college campuses, NAU has a variety of resources for students who feel that they are in danger. Keeping students safe, whether it be sexual health, to countless forms of assault, NAU aims to minimize the potential risks of danger.

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ood, romance, dance, family and tradition.

Latin culture is overflowing with elements that make it unique. While many enjoy these elements year-round, Latin Heritage month allows an opportunity for others to participate in what makes the culture unique.

Latin Heritage Month is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Denise Viner, the leader of various charity events for the Latin community, explained what Latin Heritage Month means to her family’s culture. “[Latin Heritage Month] shares the history and recognition of Hispanic culture in America,” said Viner. “It is about culture, celebration and family.”

Viner does not wait for the start of Latin Heritage Month to share her tradition with others. Viner owns her own dance studio, Bella Q, where she teaches traditional Latin Dance styles such as Salsa and Bachata. Viner uses the money she makes from teaching those dance classes to put together charity events and fundraisers.

“I use these events to help bring awareness to human trafficking and sexual abuse in the Latin community,” Viner said.

Viner takes pride in her culture and jumps at any opportunity to share it with others. She uses the influence she has in the community to make a difference in the lives of others. Viner helps young Latin women feel confident and beautiful by hosting charity fashion shows where they get to be the stars. She also organizes camps for children so they can learn about the significance of the Latin culture and background.

Teaching the next generations about different cultures is imperative to keep a country diversified. The Inclusion and Multicultural Student Services organization at NAU works hard to share the knowledge and customs of various cultures.

This month, they put together an event to honor the Latin community: Cultural Bites.

This event offered free food and informative presentations to students, with a goal to share and explain the Latin culture. Cultural Bites takes place every Thursday at the University Union during Latin Heritage Month and offers a different experience each week.

Dulce Soto, the coordinator of the Inclusions and Multicultural Student Services organization, discussed how the Inclusion and Multicultural Student Services organization

The Hot Spot features Latin American food for Latin Heritage Month, Sept. 27. MacKenzie Brower | The Lumberjack

celebrated Latin culture during this event.

“We served different types of Latin food like Ecuadorian, Mexican and Venezuelan,” said Soto. “This allowed students to taste and experience different cuisines and get a small understanding of our culture.”

Soto was the first to present at this event.

She talked about the history of Latin culture and how Latin Heritage Month is a celebration of different countries achieving independence.

NAU students from Mariachi Mar y Sol performed a customary mariachi demonstration.

Marina Vasquez, who works in the Indigenous Studies program at NAU, showed how spices can be a significant part of a culture. Vasquez said there are a variety of ways to cook from culture to culture, but none is quite as unique as Latin cooking. The foods prepared and the seasonings used are different for every meal.

The office of inclusion is set up to help

students learn and understand these types of important contrasts in cultures from all over the world. There are multiple groups in Arizona that do their part to help expand on the awareness of Latin Culture.

Alicia Hamilton is the outdoor activities training manager with the Sierra Club. She has created a trip for the Latin youth in the Boys and Girls Club. During Latino Conservation Week, the kids from the club get to travel to Tonto National Forest, where they learn to work together and clean up the Verde River during a kayaking trip.

“Our kayak trips always have a cleanup component to it, but we place a stronger emphasis on the overall experience that participants are having,” said Hamilton. “Arizona has a strong Latin community and developing a week to host events and outdoor experiences allows that community to celebrate its role in

the conservation landscape of our state.”

Hamilton and her group focus on educating the children about nature and wildlife and giving them an experience they wouldn’t normally get.

During these trips, the children get to meet others that share the Latin culture as well. They participate in activities that teach important life lessons and show them the significance of Latin culture.

Whether it’s dancing to rhythmic music, cooking with zesty spices or simply learning about values and beliefs, the Latin culture has much to offer. Understanding different cultures is beneficial to progress. Each culture is unique and offers something different to learn and grow from.

After all, la cultura es toda [culture is everything].

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rtist Yasuaki Onishi brings his eastern style all the way to Flagstaff in an immersive experience, a site-specific art exhibit until Oct. 27 at the Coconino Center for the Arts. This interactive masterpiece is free to anyone who wishes to view the exhibit.

Onishi’s Hidden Landscapes explores the wonders of nature and the importance of space.

His incorporation of time, air, gravity and other elements come together resulting in a dynamic and immersive spectacle.

Ruth Border, the owner of the art store Visible Difference, was drawn to this exhibition because of its fascinating concept. Border said she missed the public opening, but her fascination with this concept intrigued her to come and visit.

“Hidden Landscapes is almost what you don’t see. It is showing the negative space,” said Border. “We’re all so focused on what’s in front of us that we don’t see what’s missing.”

The piece to promote the show is made of fine glue strings and a large plastic sheet. Border also noticed the three pieces in the exhibition make the elements of Earth: the waterfalls, mountains and clouds.

The mountain ranges formed in the creases of the centerpiece of the exhibition hangs from the ceiling. This piece is accompanied by another sheet blowing gently, mocking a waterfall alongside balloon clouds.

“This is by far one of the most intriguing exhibits I’ve seen here in some time. It reminds me of the ocean,” Border said. “To me, it is a statement about all the plastic in our oceans now, because the ocean is a living entity, and the plastic that is being dumped in the ocean is a problem for society. It’s like a living wave made out of plastic.”

Margaret Langworthy, program coordinator at the Coconino Center for the Arts, was there for the public opening and said it was a big success.

“We were hearing a lot of positive feedback from everyone who saw the artwork. A lot of comments on its uniqueness and [how] it is different from anything seen in this space before,” said Langworthy. “We’ve seen a lot of people coming through and seeing the exhibition especially during regular hours.”

The site-specific art reaches out to the familiarities of local community members, which is a factor for drawing attention to the

concept. Langworthy has seen many exhibitions take place where Hidden Landscapes is set up but said it is very different compared to previous projects.

“I haven’t seen anything like this before, especially this piece as it’s site-specific,” Langworthy said. “It’s been special to see these pieces that are large and site-specific that had to be created for this space.”

Duncan and Christine Orr have been members of the art center for 11 years and visited the exhibition before they left on a trip to New Mexico. Christine is a retired teacher and an art enthusiast.

“The use of space and the artwork really intrigued me,” said Christine Orr. “My children are in their 30s and have seen more modern art than I have. It’s really good to get some people to broaden what they accept as art.”

Duncan was fascinated by the centerpiece that hung from the ceiling. A swarm of fine, delicate string stretched out from a glue gun holds up a huge sheet forming different elevations, shapes and landscapes.

The high mountains of northern Arizona, the waterfalls of Sedona and the desert clouds were all captured within this masterpiece.

“It gives me the feeling that I would want to go walk through it. It seems fun,” said Duncan Orr. “It involves me within the art. We’re very canyon-orientated, and it’s like an outside

environment.”

Onishi is well-known throughout Japan and has exhibited his work worldwide including locations such as the United Arab Emirates, China, France, Israel, Kazakhstan, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Australia

and now the United States.

Since the 1960s, the art-deco style has been changing art and modern media, and Onishi is constantly striving to push the boundaries of site-specific art.

Plastic bags float up and down on timers, being simulated by fans underneath, Sept. 25.

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Reverse of Volume, one of Yasuaki Onishi’s pieces at the Hidden Landscape Exhibition, inspired by the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Sept. 25.

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wo students, one program and an accomplishment neither can comprehend.

NAU alumna Tresa Tudrick and graduate student Corderro McMurray dressed to impress the night of Sept. 22 after being nominated for a 2018 Rocky Mountain Emmy award. Little did they know, they weren’t only nominated but were award recipients.

McMurray’s journey to the night of Sept. 22 was one of many uphill and downhill battles.

After graduating in 2010 from Brophy College Preparatory in central Phoenix, McMurray traveled to Tucson to pursue a degree in business.

After taking courses at Eller College of Management — UA’s school of business — McMurray quickly came to the realization that business was not the future career for him.

Fast forward a year and a half to his second semester of sophomore year, McMurray had changed his major to communication. His reasoning behind the shift in studies was due to a friend’s advice convincing him he was more cut out for communication instead of business. In his sophomore year, McMurray, while being a residential assistant, a took a chance and applied to the Disney College Program. Although he did not get into the program at first, he did reapply in the fall of his junior year and partook in the program that spring.

“It was a phenomenal experience,” said McMurray. “If you work at Disney, you can do any job in your life. Disney is very stressful.”

After completing the program in May 2013, McMurray was offered a full-time job at Disney but turned it down to complete his senior year at UA. As a senior quickly approaching the walk across the stage, McMurray began to panic as he had no idea what the future was going to entail in terms of internships or jobs.

“I sat in my COM classes. Went to this wonderful website called Google, typed in ‘internship’ and

Corderro McMurray holds his 2018 Rocky Mountain Emmy award for Promotion Program - Single Spot or Image based on the commercial The Lumberjack Life. Photo Courtesy of Corderro McMurray applied like heck,” McMurray said.

After applying to multiple internships, McMurray landed one with Warner Bros. and was able to walk across the stage to receive his bachelor’s degree in communication and a minor in theatre worry free of the future. However, McMurray was unable to complete his internship when he was compelled to leave and help care for his grandmother.

During his downtime, while helping his family, McMurray decided

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to apply to graduate school with NAU being on his radar.

“I came up, loved it. I saw the KJACK booth [and] NAZtoday at the time,” McMurray said. “A couple students here were selling me on it and I was like, OK this is it.”

After selecting NAU as his graduate school of choice, McMurray was offered a full-ride scholarship to teach. In August 2015, McMurray was teaching intro courses on public speaking while being a full-time

graduate student. Some of his classes included lecturer Rory Faust’s sports journalism workshop class, where McMurray was able to get handson experience with KJACK and NAZToday.

“Wow, [working in] sports is real. It’s not ‘oh I’m a fan of the Suns, oh I’m a fan of the Lakers, I’m a fan of whoever — it’s I do sports’. You’re not a fan. You do sports because you cover sports,” McMurray said. “I really, really picked that up in Rory’s

sports class.”

After gaining more sports knowledge, doors started opening up for McMurray.

“He worked very hard and he has a real gift for communicating on camera and telling a story and he has a vast knowledge on popular culture,” said Brian Rackham, Director of the Media Innovation Center (MIC).

“He’s one of those students you know will be successful, because he has a lot of gifts.”

McMurray had the opportunity to briefly cover the Arizona Diamondbacks and was offered an unpaid internship to Spectrum News, formerly known as Time Warner Cable News. McMurray also had the chance to be temporarily Twitter famous after posting a photo of his research presentation based on Khloe Kardashian’s Revenge Body that went viral.

McMurray is now onto his next adventure — NAU-TV. Working with NAU-TV is what McMurray attributes as being the biggest contributor to receiving the Emmy.

In fact, the piece that gave him his Emmy is one that came from NAUTV. The piece submitted for the Emmy was one that McMurray along with two other colleagues filmed and edited for two weeks, all compiled into a commercial they call The Lumberjack Life.

“We went out to Snowbowl, we were out in the Aspens,” McMurray said. “We were all over the place — shooting and filming and kind of looking at it very very very particular in what we wanted.”

In comparison to McMurray’s journey that led to an Emmy, Tudrick knew exactly what she wanted to be and do in life from a very young age.

“I wrote in my fifth-grade yearbook what I was going to be. I wrote sports reporter,” said Tudrick.

As a young girl who practically grew up on a football field, sports reporting was simply a no-brainer.

Tudrick was a cheerleader on the fields from the age of three all the way

SPORTS through her senior year of high school. Whether it was cheering her brother on or cheering another team on, Tudrick always had a foot on the field.

“I have that picture from that yearbook taped on my computer desk right now at work actually,” Tudrick said. “So [during] the days that it gets hard, the days that I’m exhausted, the days I work a 15-hour day lugging all my gear in 110-degree heat, I look at that picture and I’m like ‘Do it for her.’”

After high school, Tudrick relocated from Chino Hills, California to attend NAU in fall 2011. Shortly after starting her undergraduate studies in journalism with a minor in electronic media and film, Tudrick stumbled upon an open house hosted by the MIC, formally known as Student Media Center.

It was at that open house she found NAZToday and KJACK. In her first semester, Tudrick was part of NAZToday, assisting in both news and sports while working primarily in sports for KJACK Radio. By her second semester, she landed the title of being KJACK’s first female sports director.

While completing her undergraduate degree, Tudrick was able to work closely with Faust to enhance her writing skills in one of his sports reporting classes. In fact, with the help of Faust, Tudrick was able to cover spring training baseball for roughly two seasons so she could put together a reel for a potential internship with the MLB. With the internship being highly competitive and only taking one intern per team, Tudrick was not a selected candidate.

Although Tudrick did not receive the internship with the MLB, she is still very appreciative of all the mentoring she was able to receive from Faust in her time as an undergrad.

“Rory is one of the, I think, most underappreciated gems NAU has,” Tudrick said.

“He is a wealth of knowledge, he’s easy to talk to [and] he gets sports.”

By the end of her three years, the 20-yearold graduate in addition to KJACK and NAZToday was a freelance writer for The Arizona Daily Sun as well as working for NAU-TV on the production side.

Once getting into the groove of all things sports and news on television and radio, Tudrick was able to complete her undergrad degree within three years.

Upon graduating, Tudrick indulged in a sixmonth hiatus moving to Europe to kill time due to a lack of job offers. It was during that hiatus, she received a call inviting her back to NAU to complete her master’s degree in exchange for teaching broadcasting courses.

During her master’s program, Tudrick moved up in NAU-TV from working strictly production to sideline reporting alongside

Tresa Tudrick won the 2018 Rocky Mountain Emmy award for Talent Sports - Sports Reporter.

Photo Courtesy of Tresa Tudrick

Mitch Strohman, General Manager of NAU-TV and voice of the Lumberjacks.

“Working with Tresa was such a joy because you could see in her, every single day, how much passion, how much enthusiasm and how much love she had for what she was doing as a sports reporter and a sports broadcaster,” said Strohman.

It was during her experience with NAU-TV that Tudrick was able to compile enough footage and soundbites for her reel that she received an internship with Channel 12 News in Phoenix.

At 12 News, Tudrick worked as an intern for four to five months until she was offered a two-year contract straight out of the internship.

Another internships Tudrick took was a sports radio internship with KVNA Yavapai Broadcasting.

However, even with the multiple internships, Tudrick still attributes NAZToday and KJACK for teaching her the most.

“That was my bread and butter at NAZToday and KJACK because they gave me a chance,” Tudrick said. “I didn’t know how to

work a camera. I had personality or whatever, but what do you do with that if you don’t have skills.”

After working at 12 News for some time, Tudrick submitted some of her work from there to be considered for a 2018 Rocky Mountain Emmy.

Full speed ahead and it’s the evening of Sept. 22.

Sitting with her fellow colleagues, mother and boyfriend, the 25-year-old had convinced herself that there was no way she was receiving an award. She told herself that because she was the youngest in her category and there were others in her category who have received an Emmy prior to that night, being awarded was not in the cards for her.

“It didn’t even cross my mind that I might win it,” Tudrick said.

Along with all the people sitting around her, another group to witness her accomplishment was McMurray and other members from NAUTV. “She [Tresa] was more than a friend and a colleague in the master’s program. She really was a mentor to me who pushed me and she taught me the ropes of doing everything,” McMurray said. “She does a phenomenal job over there.

The high schools love her, everyone in the community does.”

Tudrick’s Emmy was for Talent Sports Sports Reporter.

“My Emmy isn’t just my win,” Tudrick said. “It’s all the faculty, it’s the school I went to, it’s all the girls who want to be just like me. It’s for them too.”

The roles were then reversed. As Tudrick celebrated her victory, she got to cheer on an old friend, McMurray.

“Corderro works so hard,” Tudrick said.

“He doesn’t expect anything to be handed to him and he’s got the personality to match it.

He’s got a hard work ethic and he wants to do well.”

McMurray’s Emmy was for Promotion Program - Single Spot or Image based on the commercial The Lumberjack Life.

For anyone chasing this dream, McMurray believes that being true to who you are is the best strategy for an aspiring journalist.

“Be your own spotlight in whatever it is you do,” McMurray said. “Don’t try to chase anyone else’s spotlight.”

For McMurray, he hopes to see himself on E! News or Hollywood Reporter.

While Tudrick, on the other hand, is happy wherever she ends up as long as she’s surrounded by sports and around her kind of people.

NAU-TV staff Jerry Anderfuren and Erik Sather were also recipients of Emmy awards.

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SPORTS

The Mahomes show illusion

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very season we allow ourselves to be fooled by the next up-and-coming quarterback in the NFL. I’m here to pump the brakes on the Patrick Mahomes hype train.

Two years ago in his rookie season, there were few quarterbacks who could genuinely say they were playing better than the Dallas Cowboys’ savior Dak Prescott. The dualthreat quarterback blindsided the league with highlights they had no idea the fourthrounder was capable of. Prescott finished with 29 total touchdowns, four interceptions and led the team to a 13-3 record.

He also finished with a 77.6 quarterback rating (QBR) on ESPN’s Total QBR stats — only two other quarterbacks finished with a higher grade. That was better than the likes KADE of Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees, two of GILLISS the most accurate passers in NFL history. It SPORTS EDITOR was fitting that he won 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Prescott was more of a star than the one plastered on his helmet. He was going to be the last thing defensive coordinators would see in the middle of the night before waking up in a pool of sweat.

That is until he wasn’t.

Over the past 20 games spanning his last two seasons, Prescott has been inconsistent, to put it delicately to Dallas fans.

He has 26 passing touchdowns, but also an uncharacteristic 15 interceptions. As of now, he has plummeted to a 40.4 QBR, which ranks 26th in the league. The offense is sputtering at 27th in total offense and scoring a mere 16.8 points-per-game. In his past 11 games, he has played no better than Brock Osweiler.

There was another quarterback taken in the 2016 draft who had his narrative completely switched in the past couple of years.

After being taken with the No. 1 overall pick by the Los Angeles Rams, Jared Goff looked anything like what the team was hoping for as its eventual franchise player. In the seven games he played, Goff totaled six touchdowns and seven interceptions.

His team was bad, and he was worse. The team finished 4-12 and they were back to square one.

How have his last 19 games gone, you ask? Goff, or the anti-Dak as I like to call him, has scored 40 times and has only thrown nine interceptions in that span and is currently the second-ranked quarterback with an 85.5 total QBR. That’s right behind, you guessed it, Patrick Mahomes.

Mahomes has been on an absolute terror in his first year as a starting quarterback. He has thrown for 13 touchdowns in three games — an NFL record — with zero interceptions. He leads the hottest offense and one of just two undefeated teams.

It’s still early on, let’s see how he is later down the road. Or have we not learned from the Daks, Goffs, Peyton Mannings or Carson Wentz’s of the league yet?

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Runners make their way through Southside Flagstaff Sept. 26. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

Run through the forest, run Chancellor Barton

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he city of Flagstaff consists of runners that range from elites to beginners and oftentimes can be seen running together. Various organizations, businesses and arranged runs are all part of the reason the running community here is as lively as they come.

The mountain town has various running groups that mold to anyone’s style. Ultra-Running Club focuses on distances greater than a marathon. Team Run Flagstaff is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals with its programs like Step into Running and Kids Run Flagstaff. There is also a professional running team called Northern Arizona Elite and an all-women trail club called the Flagstaff Trail Divas. However, one of the largest organizations in town is the Northern Arizona Trail Runner Association (NATRA).

“We all work together to make this the best running community in the country as far as I am concerned,” said cofounder of NATRA Neil Weintraub.

It all started in 2001 when local trail runners like Weintraub could not understand why more Flagstaff runners were participating in out-of-state events instead of local runs.

NATRA realized it needed to bring attention to Flagstaff’s local trails in late October 2001 when the first Saturday group run took place. The organization has been around for 17 years and has yet to skip a single Saturday, except to favor local races. There also is no cost to participate.

“We get about 15 runners every Saturday morning,” Weintraub said.

“Getting to trailheads can be difficult. We try to spread the love by going all over town to different trailheads, so folks can jump in.”

Word of the organization quickly spread when the 2002 Soulstice Race reached its cap of 225 entries — a big difference in participants in comparison to the previous year. Today, the entry for the race is only by lottery and the draw is every April 1. The race itself is always held on the second Saturday in October,

marking this year as the 18th year of the race.

NATRA’s weekly Saturday run ranges anywhere from five to eight miles.

Skill level and age does not matter. The group usually consist of seasoned veterans to beginners with there almost always being someone to run with who matches your skill level. Dogs are welcomed on the runs, but they must be leashed.

“It’s an incredibly welcoming community,” Weintraub said. “We have runners of all abilities. It’s very low-key.

We walk, we run and tell stories.”

The organization has an email list of over 700 runners and uses social media to inform old and new runners.

“We have a very strong following on social media through Facebook and Instagram,” Weintraub said. “The [Arizona] Daily Sun also has a column called High Country Running that gets published every Sunday, and a lot of our runners have written for it.”

The Flagstaff Trail Divas were founded in 2011 with the mission to provide a safe, fun and supportive

SPORTS environment for women runners. Their running season spans from March to about mid-October due to the lack of light during the winter evenings. They meet up every Thursday throughout the running season. The Divas, like NATRA, also have a wide range of runners.

“Currently our oldest member is in her 70s, and we will also get college students,” said Winnie Hanseth, who has been a member since 2011. “We get beginners and people of all capabilities.

It’s a mixed group for sure.”

The Divas have a Facebook page that informs where their upcoming runs will be. Hanseth’s role in the club is to pick where the runs will take place and then inform the group.

The Flagstaff running community stretches beyond its residents. Many Flagstaff tourists come out to runs in hopes of better understanding the town.

“Tourists often jump in,” Weintraub

said. “They get super excited about meeting people in the community and seeing what Flagstaff has to offer.”

Seeing professional runners in town is also not a rare occurrence. They often come for the nice weather, scenic views and to train in the elevation.

Well-known runner Yagoub Alrashidi is one example. He came to Flagstaff to better prepare himself for the national team in Kuwait. On his last day visiting, he met up with others to participate in the Biff’s Bagel Run. This run is open to the public and has a group run that meets every Thursday at 8 a.m. in front of the local Biff’s Bagels shop off Beaver Street. The bagel run started in 2000 and was pioneered by a man named Mike Smith. It started as a way for locals and visiting runners to meet up and better each other.

“This run is open to anyone,” said Northern Arizona Elite’s professional

runner Scott Smith. “Sometimes college students show up and on other days there will be Olympians.”

Although the weekly groups run range from five to eight miles, by no means does an individual participating have to go that full amount and they can turn around whenever they want.

“The run is on a weekday and numbers can be small in the fall,” Scott Smith said. “It gathers more momentum in the summer when more people are in town and are able to take the time to participate.”

The Flagstaff running community has many outlets to offer runners.

Organizations like NATRA and the Flagstaff Trail Divas are here to support the running community and to get people out onto the trails.

It doesn’t matter if it’s your first time or not — grab those shoes and tie up those laces.

Blue and gold in action

VOLLEYBALL — Volleyball takes on both the Montana State University (MSU) Bobcats and the University of Montana (UM) Grizzlies. Out of the three, UM is currently at the top of the conference in the top seed, while NAU sits at the fourth and MSU at the eighth. NAU takes on MSU Oct. 4 and UM Oct. 6. Both games start at 7 p.m. in the Rolle Activity Center.

SOCCER ­— Women’s soccer face the Portland State Vikings at the Lumberjack Stadium Friday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. This will be the fourth Big Sky Conference of the season for the Lumberjacks.

Last year when these two teams competed, the Lumberjacks lost both games 0-1.

FOOTBALL — Family weekend and football — what more can you ask for?

This year, NAU football takes on the Weber State Wildcats for the annual Family Weekend game Saturday, Oct. 6 at noon in the Walkup Skydome. The last time these two teams met up was in 2016 when the Lumberjacks defeated the Wildcats 33-20. Will they be able to upset the Wildcats this year? Don’t wait ‘till we tell you, instead, grab your family, take them to the game and see it all unravel yourself.

SOCCER — On Sunday, Oct. 7 the Lumberjacks battle the Hornets at the Lumberjack Stadium.

Women’s soccer has had a rocky season thus far, but this game has the potential to keep the Lumberjacks up in the rankings over the Hornets in the conference.

Community members run on Schultz Loop off of Sunset Trail the morning of Sept. 29. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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