The Lumberjack -- Oct. 12, 2017

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OCT. 12, 2017 – OCT. 18, 2017

CRIME AND JUSTICE A LUMBERJACK SPECIAL ISSUE

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From the Editor

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very year, NAUPD releases The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, commonly called the Clery Report. This 70-some page report tracks and catalogs campus crime. NAU, as a whole, is a fairly safe campus. Its main issues are drugs and alcohol. Alcohol-related arrests and referrals have decreased in recent years, while drugrelated arrests and referrals have slightly increased. The trends are similar at ASU and UA, with a few exceptions. All the reports are available online.

But there is one thing that does stand out on our campus crime report as opposed to other Arizona state schools: A murder.

We are the only public university in Arizona that has had an on-campus death at the hand of another student in the past three years. NAUPD defines murder/non-negligent manslaughter as the “willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.”

CONOR Despite the Steven Jones case still being in the court system, the fatal SWEETMAN shooting of Colin Brough in 2015 is labeled a murder. The retrial of the accused NEWS EDITOR NAU shooter was supposed to start Oct. 11, but due to undisclosed health issues with a member of the defense team, the judge overseeing the case pushed the start date back to March 2018. The Lumberjack spoke with two of the jurors from the original trial, and they fear that the retrial will end much the same as the first one — with a hung jury.

There have been other fatal shootings in Flagstaff, though. In July of 2016, there was an officer-involved shooting just a few blocks away from NAU, and in March 2017, a drug deal gone wrong led to a shootout at the Hal Jenson Recreation Center in the Sunnyside neighborhood, leaving one dead and a 15-year-old charged as an adult with murder.

Just last week, an NAU student was shot in the face over an alleged parking dispute in the Flagstaff Railroad Springs neighborhood. The student’s injuries were not life threatening, and he is recovering, and the 69-year-old suspect in the case was arrested two days after the incident. Despite a sometimes homey feel, Flagstaff is not crime-free.

In this special issue, we focus on crime and criminal justice, which is a big topic of discussion in today’s world. The old adage for the news remains true today: If it bleeds, it leads. Everywhere we look in the media, crime is the center of attention. From to possible wrongdoings in Washington D.C., to a massacre in Las Vegas to the delayed second trial of a former NAU student, the media obsesses over crime coverage.

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- Congressman Tom O’Halleran on climate change, 2017 U.S. Congressman Tom O’Halleran of Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans, city council representitives and community members discuss climate change and its effects on Arizona during a press conference Oct. 9. They called on U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake for stronger climate action. Max Mascolo | The Lumberjack

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“There is no denying the fact that climate change is taking place ... it is what we are going to do about it as nations of the Earth.”

On the cover NAUPD officer and spokesperson Dillon Jenkins patrols the NAU campus Oct. 10.

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

PoliceBeat Oct. 3 At 4:39 p.m., a residence hall director in McConnell Hall called NAUPD to report a student with multiple prescription drugs.

Two students were criminally deferred for possession and use of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

At 9:24 p.m., an RA at Mountain View Hall called to report two students using marijuana. NAUPD responded, and one student was criminally deferred for use of marijuana.

At 11:19 p.m., staff at Sechrist Hall called to report an odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded, and two students were deferred for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Oct. 4 At 5:46 a.m., an NAUPD officer initiated a traffic stop in parking lot 66. The driver was cited for no rear license plate, no registration and failure to transfer a title within 15 days.

At 9:44 a.m., an individual called to report a student assaulting a faculty member near the Southwest Forestry Science Complex.

NAUPD responded, and the student was deferred for disorderly conduct and assault.

At 12:09 p.m., Reilly Hall staff called to report the odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded and deferred one student for use and possession of marijuana.

NAUPD deferred the other students for use of marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and a minor in possession of alcohol.

At 4:04 p.m., a staff member at Gabaldon Hall called to report the odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded and deferred one student for

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possession of marijuana and use on campus. NAUPD drug paraphernalia. Two other removed the marijuana from students were referred to the campus. university for code of conduct violations.

At 11:07 p.m., Reilly Hall staff reported a missing elevator At 10 p.m., staff at Pine light. NAUPD responded and Ridge Village called to report took a report. the odor of marijuana. NAUPD responded and deferred two Oct. 7 students for possession of At 2:04 a.m., a student marijuana and possession of on Milton Road was cited drug paraphernalia. and released for driving on a suspended license and a stop Oct. 5 sign violation.

At 11:19 a.m., staff at the Physical Sciences At 11:11 a.m., an RA in building called to report Tinsley Hall called to report two theft of medication. NAUPD students for using marijuana. responded and took a report.

One student was criminally deferred for possession of At 11:20 a.m., staff marijuana and possession of in Sechrist Hall called to drug paraphernalia. report the odor of marijuana.

NAUPD responded and At 10:24 p.m., a student deferred one student for called to report a noise possession of marijuana and complaint in the Hilltop possession of paraphernalia.

Townhomes.

NAUPD responded, and they told the At 5:07 p.m., an residents in question to quiet individual called to report down. They complied. someone hit a parked car and fled the scene. Officers Oct. 8 responded and one student At 12:50 p.m., an was cited and released for hit NAUPD officer approached a and run. student for suspicious activity.

The officer found marijuana At 9:44 p.m., an RA in on the student and criminally McConnell Hall called to deferred them for possession report two students with Nerf of marijuana and drug Guns. NAUPD responded and paraphernalia. educated the two students on Nerf Gun code on campus.

At 12:55 p.m., a student called to report the theft of Oct. 6 their vehicle at the Skyview At 12:04 a.m., Reilly parking garage. NAUPD Hall staff called to report an responded, and the vehicle intoxicated student. NAUPD, was located shortly after. The FFD and Guardian Medical investigation is ongoing.

Transport responded, and two students were deferred for At 1:20 p.m., an NAUPD minor in consumption. One officer responded to the student was transported to the Skyview garage again for a FMC for treatment. student who had their vehicle broken into. The only missing At 9:47 p.m., an RA in item was a pair of sunglasses.

Sechrist Hall called to report The officer took a report, but the odor of marijuana. The the case was closed as all leads student had a valid medical were exhausted. marijuana card, and the student was educated about medicinal

NEWS

Inside the jury room at the Jones trial Adrian Skabelund

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he jury room is not unlike a black box. Twelve people who barely know each other are given a task: To reach a verdict.

They, and several boxes of evidence, enter a room. They are not allowed to speak about it to anyone but themselves and are directed to avoid all outside information.

Time passes. Then, the 12 come out with a verdict.

But what if the jurors disagree? What if they don’t come to a verdict?

That was the case in the first trial of accused NAU shooter Steven Jones. The retrial is scheduled for March 27, 2018, and with it, will come a new jury.

Predicting what the outcome of the retrial is impossible, but the men and women who already worked to come to a conclusion in the first trial have a special perspective on the case.

Jill Pressman and Cris Holmes were jurors on the Jones trial, and, after assessing the evidence, both came to different conclusions.

Pressman and Holmes were first-time jurors. Both women work for the Flagstaff Unified School District, Holmes as a current administrator and Pressman as a retired teacher, who now substitute teaches.

Holmes said it was a “taxing experience” for everyone involved.

“Voices would get higher and higher. We got pretty heated,” said Pressman. “Then we would calm down. We were all just so passionate.”

In the early morning of Oct. 9, 2015, Jones shot four NAU students: Colin Brough, Nicholas Prato, Nick Piring and Kyle Zientek, killing Brough. The confrontation occurred around and in a campus parking lot outside Mountain View Hall. During the trial, Jones testified that he fired his weapon in self-defense.

According to Pressman, when the deliberations started, most of the jurors were undecided, but there were a few who had already come to a conclusion. Some, like herself, believed the evidence showed that Jones was guilty in some form. They had the option of choosing between first- or second-degree murder, manslaughter or aggravated assault. None of the jurors, even those who thought he was guilty, believed that he had committed murder in the first degree.

At least two jurors believed Jones’ actions could be justified as self-defense from the beginning.

“There was one person who [said Jones] ‘is absolutely, completely innocent, 100 percent, and I am not going to change my mind’ from the beginning,” Pressman said. “So, we were working to try to go through all of the evidence and shift him a little bit, but then, as we were going through, more people shifted to not guilty. By the end, it turned out to be six to six. Six that thought he was guilty in some fashion.”

Holmes said she started not knowing what to think but soon found herself believing that Jones was innocent. For her, the language of their task was very important.

“I could not say without a shadow of a doubt that it was not

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Steven Jones listens to his attorney, Joshua Davidson, prior to a hearing Feb. 19, 2016, at the Coconino County Superior Court in downtown Flagstaff. Mitchell Forbes | The Lumberjack

self defense,” said Holmes. “And I felt like the directions were very specific, that you couldn’t say that without a shadow of a doubt.

[The incident] could have been self-defense.”

“I have some pretty strong feelings on gun control,” Holmes said. “Having guns on any campus — I don’t think it’s a good idea. I am not a proponent of everybody owning a gun and firearms, but for myself, I thought it was self-defense.”

Much of the difference in opinion regarding Jones’ guilt seems to have been derived from how much jurors trusted Jones and what they thought was going through his head at two points during the incident: First, when Jones left his car and returned to the fight armed. Second, when Brough allegedly lunged at Jones.

In his testimony, Jones had said he had gone back to protect his friends and that, although he knew a confrontation could end violently, he was “absolutely not” planning on shooting anyone.

According to Jones, Brough had also been lunging at him when he pulled the trigger.

“Did he just snap and run back to his car and come back with the intent of killing everybody? I don’t think it was an intent to do that. Did he know that his actions could cause this?

Absolutely,” Holmes said. “Some people in the jury room also felt like [Brough] could have just fallen forward, and Steven thought

that they were charging at him and he shot them. We don’t know.”

Pressman saw the events unfolding very differently.

“In my mind, [Jones] could have left, but I think just being an 18-year-old boy who just got punched, and coming from a gun culture, he chose to bring out the gun and go back to the scene,” Pressman said.

Pressman added that, quite simply, she had a hard time believing anything Jones said as she believed he had every reason to lie.

But there was one thing Pressman and Holmes agreed upon: The retrial will likely end in another hung jury.

“I feel like it is going to be hard to get a jury to convict him,” Pressman said. “Just from my experience, just how many people believed him, but you never know.”

Pressman added that she may sit in on some of the retrial, but Holmes can’t imagine that she would do the same. For her, the first trial was hard enough. “[All the jurors] went in there, I believe, really wanting to get to the truth and trying to get a conclusion,” Holmes said. “I think about it all the time, for the lives that were forever changed, the families and the fact that we couldn’t agree to bring closure to this.”

NEWS

What kind of drugs are NAU students using?

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n the 2016-2017 school year there were 402 drug violations on and around campus. These drugs consisted not only of marijuana, but cocaine, LSD, Psilocybin mushrooms, prescription pills and THC wax.

NAUPD officer and spokesperson Dillon Jenkins said there are certain types of drugs that are more prevalent on NAU’s campus than others.

“The most common by far is marijuana,” said Jenkins. “Minor kind of drugs and alcohol offenses are probably pretty close to our number-one issue.”

Jenkins said most disturbances on NAU’s campus come from drug-related issues, most commonly in the dorms.

“We get the calls all the time because of the odor [of marijuana] in residence halls,” Jenkins said. “In the hallway or outside, we’ll get calls for that, and that’s the number-one reason why we get involved in the drug offenses, is because they are initiated usually by staff.”

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana is one of the most used drugs among young and college-aged adults. But does NAU see any hard drugs? Jenkins said that NAU does experience harder drug use than marijuana.

“Every once in awhile you’ll get [more of an occurrence] of ... party drugs,” Jenkins said.

“Something like MDMA, which is like your ecstasy and then sometimes your LSD or your mushrooms. I wouldn’t really say [you have] a long spike or anything like that, but you’ll get your trends for a short time on that stuff. And then less … you’ll get more of your hardcore drugs like heroin and methamphetamines.”

The drugs that NAUPD found in the 2016-2017 school year consisted of two violations of cocaine, six violations of LSD, three violations of Psilocybin mushrooms and six violations of unprescribed pills. Of those 17 offenses, 13 resulted in arrests.

According to the 2017 Clery report, an annual report on campus crime and security policy, arrests for drug law violation have stayed relatively close to the same frequency since 2014. Although, the disciplinary referrals for drug law violations have decreased since 2015.

Jenkins said there are two types of ways NAUPD deals with drugs on campus: They can either refer or defer the student.

“A referral is something where we get involved and we decide that we’re not going to deal with it because it’s not a criminal offense after we find out in our investigation,” Jenkins said. “But it still could be a code of conduct violation, we then refer them back to the university. If it is something that is a criminal offense, we still have that discretion to not send it to the judicial system, but then we defer it to the university.”

Because most drug offenses are handled through the university and not through the judicial system, in this case, NAUPD is considered an educational facility. Jenkins said fellow officers have the discretion to educate or arrest and ticket.

“We won’t enforce on a first-time offense. Depending on the thresholds, the amounts and sometimes the individual,” Jenkins said.

Melissa Griffin, director of health promotions, oversees the The Collegiate Recovery Program, which helps students who are addicted to drugs. The program focuses on recovery-specific support and is currently helping 10 students on campus with addiction. Griffin said large groups of students attend the free events that they host.

“The Live Free events are sober, social activities for any student who is looking to have fun and meet like-minded people in a sober environment,” said Griffin. “We tend to see new people at each event, and attendance varies, but since the beginning of this school year, we’ve had over 100 students attend Live Free events.”

According to the Association of Recovery in Higher Education, the national relapse average is 5 percent, which means that approximately 95 percent of the students who participate in Collegiate Recovery Programs across the country are successful in maintaining their sobriety.

So far in the 2017-2018 school year there have been 18 drug violations. Out of those 18, there have only been two arrests. The only drugs found on campus by NAUPD thus far have been marijuana and wax.

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NEWS

Two years after campus shooting, verdict not in sight Brian Black

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n Oct. 9 2015, Colin Brough lost his life when he and three of his fraternity brothers were shot in the Mountain View Hall parking lot after a verbal argument turned deadly.

Steven Jones told police that night that he was the shooter and said he feared for his life. Members of Delta Chi fraternity, however, said that after Jones was punched in the face, he retaliated with deadly force. Jones used a .40-caliber Glock handgun. The murder trial ended in a hung jury in May 2017.

The retrial was scheduled to start Oct. 11. But on Oct. 4, Judge Dan Slayton announced that the retrial of Jones will be pushed back more than five months until March 27, 2018.

“A member of Mr. Jones’ defense team is medically unable to proceed to trial on the current date,” said Judge Slayton Oct. 4, according to court documents.

The implications of the decision remain unknown for both sides. A new jury will still have to be selected in March.

Slayton also said the Coconino County Attorney’s Office offered Jones multiple plea deals.

According to official court documents, Jones, acting on advice from counsel, rejected all the deals.

“I should probably indicate that there was an offer made by the county attorney’s office, actually a couple of offers,” the court document reads. “Mr. Jones, acting on advice of counsel and with counsel has made the decision to reject the State’s offer and proceed to trial.”

Two years ago, in the early morning of Friday Oct. 9, NAU was changed, and the campus was thrust into the national spotlight when freshman Steven Jones shot four other students, killing one.

After leaving a party at The Grove, Jones and his friends walked back to campus when they lost a member of their group. It was then that Jones and his friends came in contact with Colin Brough and his friends. Accounts vary from witness to witness, but what is consistent across these accounts is that a verbal argument started, which escalated and moved from the Courtyards onto Franklin Avenue.

At some point during the argument, after moving into the street, Jones was punched in the face.

It was discovered during Austin Contreras’s testimony in the original trial that Contreras might have been the person who punched Jones. He claimed this was a drunken decision that was made in the heat of the moment.

The punch knocked Jones’ glasses off, and it was at this point he claims he started fearing for his life.

After that is when the night became tragic. After getting punched in the face, Jones first tried to retreat inside Mountain View before realizing he needed a key to get inside. According to Jones’ testimony, he then tried to retreat back to his car in an attempt to drive away.

According to Jones’ testimony, 10-12 members — others put the number between seven and eight — of Delta Chi started following the group into the parking lot. After telling the Delta Chi members that they were leaving, Jones claimed they yelled things such as “What the f--k are you doing here?” and “We’ll f--king kill you.”

“I saw the two guys were chasing me,” said Jones during his testimony. He then said he had trouble getting into his car because he couldn’t find his keys. Jones, however, is the only one to testify that he was chased to his car.

He entered his vehicle and emerged with his .40-caliber handgun. Accounts, again, differ on what exactly happened next. Jones claims that he didn’t feel safe locking the doors and said that he didn’t think it would stop an aggressor from getting to him. Jones also claims that he was worried for his friends.

“I couldn’t just abandon my friends.” Jones said. “I had already seen them get assaulted.”

According to Jones’ testimony, he announced to the group that he had a gun and that they should get on the ground. It is important to note that Jones’ weapon had a 300-lumen light attached and that some of the people there thought it was a security guard or a cop. Jones claims, after hearing that he had a gun, they started charging him. “[They were] running as fast as they could, looking me straight in the eye,” Jones said during his testimony.

That’s when Brough and Nicholas Prato were shot.

Jones said he then ran over, put his gun in his waistband, and attempted to give first aid to

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Steven Jones (left) consults with defense attorneys Josh Davidson and Burges McCowan April 13.

Matthew Strissel | The Lumberjack

Brough. While trying to help Brough and yelling for help, Jones alleges he was tackled and someone reached for his gun. Jones described being kicked in the head while someone else was stomping on his stomach.

Other accounts from witnesses and victims argue that this was the group all fearing for their lives, trying to get the gun away to avoid anyone else getting shot.

Jones, thinking he might be shot if they got his gun, then tried to fire warning shots into the air. This is when Kyle Zientek and Nick Piring are shot. Jones doesn’t recall shooting either Zientek or Piring. Police arrived on the scene shortly after.

Jones was arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated assault, two for each of the victims and one count of first-degree murder.

In May 2016, Judge Slayton released Jones into the supervision of pretrial services in Maricopa County, but only under a set list of provisions including relinquishing his passport and wearing an ankle monitor.

Approximately 17 months after the shooting, opening statements in the trial began. Not only had the shooting gripped NAU, Flagstaff and the nation when it happened, a second craze over the shooting flared when the trial began.

During opening statements, the prosecutor, Coconino County Attorney Ammon Barker told the jury of a “blood-thirsty” Jones with an intent to kill. Defense attorney Joshua Davidson told the court that Jones was faced with a situation in which he feared for his life.

“This is not a case of murder. It’s a case of a young man who did what he had to do,” said Davidson during his opening statement.

Over the course of the five-week trial, the victims, witnesses, experts and Jones took the stand to testify. After closing statements, the judge gave the jury their instructions, and the six men and six women shuffled into the deliberation room to try and reach a verdict. After about a week of deliberation, the jury emerged and said they were unable to reach a verdict. Judge Slayton then declared a mistrial due to a hung jury.

Under Arizona law, the state had 60 days to retry Jones with an original retrial date of Aug 1.

Due to scheduling conflicts with the judge, the date was pushed back to Oct. 11. Over the summer, the fate of the trial seemed up in the air when the defense motioned to have Coconino County Attorney William Ring and his office disqualified from trying the case due to a potential conflict of interest. Judge Slayton denied the motion.

NEWS

Road-rage shooting update Adrian Skabelund

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t appears that the shooting of an NAU student Oct. 3 was inflamed by the parking situation in the area, according to the police.

Flagstaff police spokesperson Cory Runge said that 69-year-old William Frost came close to hitting 21-year-old William Cummings while driving on the road. Cummings was angered by this and followed Frost into the neighborhood off of West Route 66.

A confrontation then occurred. Runge said this is when Frost pulled out a firearm and shot Cummings. The bullet passed through both of Cummings cheeks, not hitting any bones or teeth, and was not fatal. Cummings is recovering.

Junior mechanical engineering major Jacob Kelly lives in the same townhouse complex as Cummings, and said there has been a rising amount of tension between the residents of the townhouses and neighborhood residents across the street. Much of this tension is due to the parking situation at the townhouse complex.

“I don’t understand why there’s a big problem with [parking],” said Kelly, referring to a number of empty lots within the complex.

“Just build some more parking and there are some places for it. It shouldn’t be too difficult.”

Kelly said he sees tow trucks slowly rolling by his townhouse almost every night and to avoid being towed, he often parks by the Chevron station a few blocks away.

Albert Pollack, who’s lived in the townhouses for two years and is on the board for the townhouses homeowners association (HOA), agreed that parking is a major issue when it comes to the complex.

“It’s awful. Every weekend cars [are] being towed out of here,” Pollack said. “One problem is that [the townhouses] are over-occupied, [originally] built for families [but] now housing lots of students. It’s $250 to pick up their cars.

They’re students, they don’t have that kind of money.”

Pollack estimated that in the complex, there are probably three students for every non-student living there. Each townhouse has approximately three bedrooms and a garage that can fit two cars. There are spaces for visitors, but these are used almost exclusively by residents, and Pollack said it is still not enough. Because of this, many residents park on Northwestern Street, where the shooting occurred, which runs past the townhouses or in

William Frost is accused of shooting NAU student William Cummings Oct. 3.

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the neighborhood nearby.

“The issues take up most of the [HOA] board meetings,” Pollack said, adding that he was shocked that the issue may have caused violence.

Recently, the HOA for the townhouses received a letter from the Railroad Springs Neighborhood HOA asking the residents of the townhouses to stop parking in the neighborhood. Pollack said there is little he and the board can do because residents of the complex need to park somewhere and the neighborhood streets are public property.

The neighborhood’s HOA declined to comment on the situation.

Sophomore environmental sustainability major Alison Faller said she understands the position of the residents.

“The university is expanding, Rita is bringing in more students every year,” said Faller, referring to NAU President Rita Cheng.

“But, if you’re going to build a new development that’s not far from campus, I assume that you should consider us. We’re a huge part of the population.”

Another resident, sophomore environmental science major Leo O’Neil, agreed. He said he tries to commute to class via bicycle but from the townhouses, it can be a dangerous ride. O’Neil said he has been hit by cars multiple times and Flagstaff drivers can make biking difficult by driving aggressively and insulting him when they feel he is in their way.

Frost was arrested Oct. 5 after being identified in a photo lineup by the victim.

He was charged with aggravated assault and is being held in the Coconino County Detention Facility.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Point Counter-Point Kneeling during the national anthem MEGAN MUELLER

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or many people, the familiar start of the national anthem brings them to their feet and moves their right hand over their heart. For others, it brings them down to one knee. Initiated by Colin Kaepernick, the #TakeTheKnee movement silently protests unbearable racial injustices perpetrated through a broken police system. No NFL team has hired Kaepernick this season.

To refer to this protest as an anthem protest or an American flag protest is an attempt to change the narrative completely. It is easy to be mad at an athlete who supposedly hates United States traditions. It is difficult to be mad at an athlete who hates that young black children are murdered by people in positions of power and the system that allows it.

Making this protest about the flag or about the anthem is an attempt to distract from the real issue and undermine Kaepernick’s message: U.S. institutions continue to allow for racial inequalities, and changes need to be made.

“I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone. That’s not happening. People are dying in vain because this country isn’t holding their end of the bargain up, as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everybody,” said Kaepernick to the media.

Originally, Kaepernick sat during the anthem. Then, retired Green Beret Nate Boyer, sat down with Kaepernick and Eric Reid, and they came to an agreement on how to protest — by kneeling.

“I think maybe taking a knee would be a little more respectful,” said Boyer in an interview with CNN. “It’s still a demonstration. You’re still saying something, but people take a knee to pray.”

In everyday life, politics and sports, there are countless violations of the U.S. Flag Code. According to the code, “The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally.” The code also states that the flag should never be used for clothing, drapery, or advertising.

And yet, there is no uproar when any of these violations occur. Can this anger really be linked to disrespect of the flag when so many forms of actual disrespect go unnoticed? To avoid talking about racial injustice, people wrap themselves in the flag and pretend athletes lack gratitude and respect.

We live in a divided country.

Football, for a long time, seemed like common ground. So, people opposed to the #TakeTheKnee movement wonder: Why would athletes bring something so divisive on to the field?

That is a privileged question.

To assume injustice and inequality can be left outside the stadium and picked up on the way out is privilege.

Sometimes in football, when a player gets hit and doesn’t stand up, the opposing team’s players take a knee while athletic trainers run out to help him. When the injured player stands, the kneeling players stand too.

The U.S.’s justice system is an injured player. It’s a broken system. So, we kneel. When U.S.’s justice system stands, when it is fair and honest, we’ll stand. Until then, we kneel.

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TANNER DUARTE

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n Aug. 26, 2016, former NFL quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick got on one knee during the national anthem on the football field to silently protest the racial injustices and police brutality toward people of color in the United States. Over the past 13 months, numerous NFL players have joined him in kneeling. At the end of the day, U.S. citizens do have the right to petition the government, as protected by the First Amendment, but does that make these actions right?

Many have made a point to come out and say they are not taking a knee to disrespect our flag, our country or our military. Vice President Mike Pence recently walked out of an NFL football game because the team knelt Oct. 8. This is up for individual interpretation. To those who have fought, or who have family or friends who have risked their lives in combat, to protect the establishment of this free country, it is seen as one of the most blasphemous acts that can be committed by a citizen of the U.S. There are millions of families across this country with loved ones who have been, and still are, stationed overseas. There is a current estimate of 200,000 military members on active duty who are stationed internationally.

In a Boston Globe article written by retired Army Lt. Col. Brian Sullivan, he said, “It brought me to tears. There’s enough divisiveness in our country. Don’t bring it to sports.”

This isn’t to say every single military member sees kneeling during the anthem as disrespecting them and their service to our country. Many see it as an entirely wrong way to protest and effectively get a message across. It has become prominent in the media so rapidly that many people are forgetting the actual reasoning behind it.

Take into the consideration that there are families and friends who are unexpectedly met with a visit by military members at the doorstep of their own home every day. In the service member’s hands is the folded U.S. flag as an offering of their condolences and recognition of their loved one who was killed in action. These are the kinds of factors that need to be taken into serious thought when it comes to simply placing your hand over your heart and standing tall as a U.S. citizen in honoring those who have fallen.

From the Civil War to the current global war on terror, it is estimated that “the total number of Americans killed in all U.S. wars is more than 1.1 million.” At the face of it all, these are the deaths of people who have seen some of the bloodiest and most unfathomable events in U.S. history. We, as civilians, should not choose to turn our back on them due to the current oppression that some people are facing in our country.

There are a number of things that need to be fixed in this country in order to restore its pride and trust in each other as human beings.

We, ultimately, should not be making the personal decision to protest during a song that honors the roots and sacrifices that others have made for us in order to even give us the very opportunity to live freely and be successful in a country of such diversity and strength.

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Terrorism by any other color CAITLIN BURKE

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he race of a person who killed more than 50 United States civilians and injured more than 500 should not decide whether or not they are a terrorist. They are a terrorist because they committed an act of senseless terror and violence, not because of what they looked like.

That being said, why is it commonly seen in headlines that the man who committed said act is stressed as an elderly man “with no criminal record” who was also “a licensed pilot”?

We should be focusing on the person he was right before he left this earth — a cowardly, hateful terrorist who senselessly murdered innocent people in Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 1. The humanization of a terrorist is unacceptable in any case.

The reason the Las Vegas gunman is described in such a sympathetic light is because he is not a victim of racial profiling.

He is not deemed as a threat based on U.S. societal views of a “typical” terrorist.

The concept of racial profiling has created more harm in our society than good.

White people are never racially profiled in our society.

They’re the ones racially profiling people of color and Muslim people when, in reality, white men have committed 54 percent of

all mass shootings in the U.S. since 1982.

Why does our society do a better job at portraying Muslim people as terrorists than we do white men? Why are white men not seen as a serious terrorist threat when they are leading the statistics?

Stereotypes are to blame.

Many damaging stereotypes around people of color have been formed due to racial profiling. Our society needs to be made aware of the problem in the U.S. of white terrorists being sympathized and made out to seem less threatening than terrorists of minority races because of racial profiling and stereotyping.

Since 9/11, an instance of horrible terrorism performed by Islamic extremists, authorities still racially profile Middle Eastern people based on appearance. Through that instance of racial profiling, society has placed a stereotype on Middle Easterners and Muslim people to be intimidating and scary, which is unjust.

This sequence of events does not happen in our society after terrorist attacks executed by white men.

Society unfairly characterizes Middle Eastern people as threats when people of this external appearance and religion are innocent humans falling victim to a misconception of having ties to Islamic extremists because they look similar. In actuality, Islamic extremists contradict the religious beliefs of Muslim

people, and people in the Muslim religion have denounced the terrorist actions of Islamic extremists.

The failure to label white extremists as terrorists creates even more damage by placing the blame on mental illness instead of on the killers. These killers get away with the crime in a sense when the media emphasizes their mental health in headlines as opposed to focusing on characterizing white terrorists as the hatedriven murderers they are. For example, white terrorist Dylann Roof claimed to have a mental disability and mental health issues in court to justify his killings.

When white terrorists claim to have a mental illness, it not only creates a negative stereotype for average people living with mental illness, but it also helps white terrorists avoid the effects of racial profiling because they are able to be characterized as normal people in need of help instead of being criminalized in headlines like many people of color.

If our society took the time to become more conscious of the differences between the way white terrorists are characterized and the way minority terrorists are often characterized by both the media and the public, perhaps future events like this would be prevented.

Morbid curiosity versus fetishization of killers KAYLIN DUNNETT

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here is the phenomenon of scrolling through bizarre Wikipedia articles in the late hours of the night, hungrily consuming any and all information about cases gone cold and the suspects behind it.

An interest in true crime can be multi-faceted, but there is an ethical line to be considered.

Is it possible to overly invest oneself in the macabre?

To illustrate this point, I turned to an online community of people fascinated with a devastating event, which occurred April 20, 1999: the Columbine Massacre.

The shooters, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, stood out from prior cases due to their ages and the way they were profiled.

Klebold was 17 at the time of the shootings, and Harris was 18.

In an interview, Brooks Brown, a friend of the killers, described how the two were often bullied at school. Brown painted a picture of a seemingly stereotypical high school social world in which jocks would roam the school halls to pick on awkward peers.

The shooters left behind endless pages of journal entries detailing everything from teenage angst to hatred for humanity.

They filmed video tapes outlining their massacre plans but also documented their daily lives. To desperate teens and young adults, the Columbine killers may appear sympathetic or even relatable.

On social media websites such as Tumblr, a community of

teens and young adults who call themselves “Columbiners” can If one has an interest in crime, one should ask the be found. The group posts pictures of the killers edited to following questions: What do I hope to find in researching wear flower crowns as if the killers are celebrities a tragedy? Am I respecting the families and friends of the one would see in movies. Others post fan victims? Am I engaging in research that does not disrespect fiction depicting the two in a multitude their privacy? of romantic situations.

Allow room for self-evaluation.

An article on VICE included an Is a morbid curiosity simply a desire to interview with a 16-year-old Columbiner attain knowledge? Am I disregarding the who goes by the alias Lydia. heinous atrocities they have committed “When I first read some pages of and instead romanticizing them for my own Dylan Klebold’s journal, I realized he was benefit? Do I want to be like the killers? going through a lot of things that I was If the answer to these questions ever err going through,” said Lydia. “Feeling lost, toward the side of violent and suicidal sad, having suicidal thoughts and other things intent, I strongly urge contacting like that really applied to me. It almost made the National Suicide Prevention me forget that this was written by a future Lifeline, which can be reached at mass murderer.”

1-800-273-8255.

A prevalent theme in the community is Violence is never an misanthropy. Rather than to seek help and support, many appropriate solution to one’s Columbiners live vicariously through a pair of murderers feelings, but engaging in mental whose actions killed 13 people and wounded 24 others. health care and precautionary actions is.

I do not condone the idolization of Klebold and Harris, Always exercise respect and understand nor do I have sympathy for those who do. An ethical interest that, by treating a catastrophe as one does in true crime allows the individual to differentiate oneself from fiction, one diminishes the real hurt and the perpetrators and recognize the situation for what it was: a horror of the incident. tragedy.

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Owner of Kuttz Barbershop, Jabharha Nichols, opened Kuttz Barbershop in 2005, one month after graduating from Universal Barber College. After nine years of barbering, Nichols started an educational barbering program for the community at his shop, Oct. 6. Devyn Coons | The Lumberjack

Challenging the status quo of barbershops one snip at time Brittany Viar

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melody of snipping scissors, vibrating razors and chitter chatter between clients and stylists fills the working space in haircut establishments everywhere. Accompanied by a pair of scissors, a comb, shaving cream and hair products galore, expert hair stylists work their magic and aim to give the client what they’re looking for.

Kuttz Barbershop, located in Flagstaff on Sixth Avenue, stands out from competitors in a unique way.

Jabarha “Kutt” Nichols has been the owner of the shop for several years now. Years prior to owning the shop, Nichols was reading local newspaper FlagLive! and discovered that there was

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an article explaining that the city was short on barbers.

“Of course, I didn’t go [to a barber school] right away, I worked at a couple other places. It was that fork in the road, I was catching DUI’s and assault charges. Either I was going to go to jail, or I was going to straighten up. I got a grant, and took that grant, and went to barber school,” said Nichols.

Nichols’ first job was in customer service through the gas station company Conoco, which he eventually became the manager of the location where he worked. With the knowledge he obtained from that job, he decided he wanted to do something else. He attended Universal Barber College and graduated from the institution in 2005.

“I started [the business] in 2007. I was here by myself for two

years. I had a couple barbers come through to work here, but it didn’t work out. They just didn’t have the right flavor, and [they were] already trained,” Nichols said. “When you’re already trained in your own way, you bring laziness [to your work], and you’re not disciplined, and we were short on barbers in Arizona. So, I had the opportunity to open up a [barbering] school.”

After completing an exam, Nichols became a licensed barbering instructor. He now uses the barbershop to teach the students at Kuttz Barber College and further develop his skills by teaching others about haircutting, hairstyling techniques, hair product use, hair treatments, shaving, facials, shampooing, hair coloring and hair relaxing.

Additionally, the students learn about customer service and

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“My first barber was Jacob Cruz, aka Ace the Barber. He’s the manager now and is [going to be] opening up another [barbering] facility on Route 66,” Nichols said.

The current Kuttz Barbershop will become strictly a barbering college within the next year when the new facility is built. The company is also going to knock down the current building and construct a new and expanded two-story building on the other side of the parking lot from where it is currently located.

With a love for Flagstaff, Nichols is pleased that the barbershop is developing into a new stage of life while still remaining true to its authenticity. Barbers at the shop also appreciate being a part of the Kuttz family as it flourishes.

“I started coming here in high school back in 2011 when I came from Georgia. Actually, I was getting my haircuts here. I was cutting my own hair at first, and I thought I might give school a try,” said Cruz. “Fast forward three years to 2014, [and] I was [Nichols’] first student. I graduated in September of 2015, and ever since then I’ve been working here as a professional barber. And I love it.”

Cruz was inspired through his work at Kuttz and is in the process of getting his own instructor’s license. In addition to Cruz being one protege at Kuttz, Nichols has trained nine barbers thus far and five still work at Kuttz.

“Coming here was the best choice of my life. I was working on building medical devices before this and I got laid off. [After that,] I was doing little labor jobs at the time, and I came in to get my hair cut. Kutt told me I should come to his school, and I finally had the opportunity to come here. It’s been the best choice that I’ve ever made in my life,” said Ryan Ruiz, a former student of Nichols’.

Ruiz was Nichols’ second student to stay with Kuttz Barbershop. His experience working at the shop has influenced many aspects of his life, both professionally, and in the community.

“People were always telling me that when I go out in public, so many people are going to recognize me. I didn’t believe them, and then I went out and found out my server was one of my clients, a bartender was my client and their manager was my client. This was crazy. Everywhere I go, it’s like I see a person whose hair I have cut before,” Ruiz said.

As he continues to hone his haircutting craft, Ruiz is also working toward obtaining a barbering instructor’s license.

Aside from the service of being a barbershop, at the core of the shops intentions is a strong devotion for community service.

They try to bring others not involved with the shop into the barber family, and Nichols notes that barbers try to go to homeless shelters in Flagstaff once a month.

The employees of Kuttz make it a priority to give back to the less fortunate. As a group, the team has visited homeless shelters and cut many people’s hair. The barbers give them haircuts to help them look presentable in order to find a job.

“It’s mandatory that the students go, but for the professionals, it’s not mandatory. They go anyway just to give back. When we cut 20-something people’s heads, if one or two get a job, then we’ve done our job,” Nichols said.

Whether it is teaching individuals to cut hair or bringing the barbershop to local homeless shelters, Kutzz Barbershop is challenging the status quo of barbershops one snip at time.

Top: At Kuttz Barbershop, owner Jabharha Nichols encourages students to enroll in a 10-month program to help them get off the streets and into a fulfilling job, Oct. 6. Bottom: Including Nichols, there are six barbers at Kuttz Barbershop and all have a different approach to cutting and styling hair, Oct. 6. Devyn Coons | The Lumberjack

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Caught red-handed: The culprits behind Flagstaff crime Savannah Oviedo

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n the past decade, crime rates in Flagstaff have increased, but what factor is responsible for the rise in crime? One may turn to what can seem like an obvious factor: The rise in population. In 2007, Flagstaff had a population of 59,562 people, and now the population has increased, reaching 71,459.

Last year, 3,216 crimes were reported, and less than 300 hundred of them violent.

Crime is still prevalent, regardless if it linked to population or not. One common crime that FPD has continued to face is disorderly conduct, which is classified as a minor offense and includes fights, unreasonable noise and using offensive behavior or provoking language.

“There is a lot of theft-related crimes and disorderly conduct related crimes that go with people who are inebriated, so we have a high alcohol use within our community,” said Sergeant Cory Runge, public information officer at FPD. To combat an increase of these crimes, authorities keep a close patrol on local parks and actively look for violations, such as people drinking in public or other drinking-related behaviors.

Although crime has increased, especially alcohol-related offenses, conversely the DUI statistics for Flagstaff have decreased. This decrease has come in large part with the stricter rules and punishments for those who drive under the influence.

“The DUI laws have been more strictly enforced. The courts and the sanctions have increased, and, over the years, we have had a decreasing number of DUI accidents,” Runge said.

Runge also mentioned a major increase in public intoxication in the past few years, especially with the homeless community. To be preemptive about crime, Runge suggested to act with due diligence and take simple precautions, such as locking up property or items to combat an increasing crime rate.

An increase of crime can pose challenges for FPD, and the department spends much of their time and resources training new recruits, which leaves less time for patrolling or time spent in

NAUPD officer and spokesperson Dillon Jenkins scans the area as he patrols campus Oct. 10.

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the community. NAUPD is also finding their own struggles regarding its ability to keep up with the large influx of students that come every year.

According to NAU’s 2007 to 2008 Factbook, the university enrolled 21,352 students in the fall of 2007 at all campuses. As of 2016, this number has increased to 30,3068.

Ten years ago, the student population was 21,352.

One major problem NAUPD faces with these constant increases is the police are having difficulty amping up their services.

“Just in the past two years I have seen the student body size increase, and it’s hard because our staffing levels. We have not increased,” said NAUPD officer and spokesperson Dillon Jenkins. “It has been challenging because we have to continue policing an increasing population with the same resources that we’ve always had.”

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NAUPD has jurisdiction over the NAU Flagstaff-Mountain campus as agreed upon with FPD. Jenkins noted that the most common crimes on campus that the NAUPD deals with are also minor offenses and are mainly related to drug and alcohol abuse. One of the more major crimes NAUPD addresses is sexual assault.

“Something that is a constant issue, and I would consider as more of a major crime, is sexual assaults. Sexual assaults on university campuses everywhere are a problem, and a lot of it is related. You have your alcohol offenses, your drug offenses and then your sexual assaults.

They’re related. They involve the same type of atmosphere that is really pushed onto the college environment,” Jenkins said.

NAUPD has many resources available for victims of sexual assault, and they want to educate as many students as possible about the danger and severity of sexual assault. NAUPD

also implements an educational style of policing.

They are in close contact with dorms on campus and often set up hall-watches and presentations for students living on campus.

They also try to make themselves as available as possible outside the office by having booths and tables at as many school events as possible. NAUPD aims to keep crime rate on campus as low as possible, and they believe education is an effective way to do so, especially regarding sexual assault.

Adam Zickerman, a local criminal defense lawyer and NAU alumnus, has firsthand experience dealing with victims of sexual assault.

Zickerman has dealt with an array of cases regularly, from DUIs all the way to homicide.

One aspect Zickerman enjoys about his job is being able to create a relationship with his clients and to know he has made an impact in their lives.

“When I was prosecuting, I think one of the most memorable cases was State v. Sperling in which case an uncle was having inappropriate contact with his young niece and the niece’s friend. The girls were only 8 and 9 at the time.

We spend a lot of time with young victims in cases to get them ready to testify and be in court and handle such challenging matters,” said Zickerman. “Funny enough, the case ended, he was convicted and the little 9-year-old girl, I am still in contact with today. And that was 10 years ago.”

Zickerman deals with many other assault cases locally. He has been located in Flagstaff since 2005 and cannot say whether or not he has personally seen crime increase or decrease in the last decade.

“I see it in waves,” Zickerman said. “It’s hard to say whether crime is up or crime is down.”

From what Zickerman has experienced, crime knows no bounds. It can involve anyone, including people of all ages, demographics and social economic levels. Zickerman urges the community to get involved and refuse to stand for crimes in order to combat its increasing rate.

Flagstaff is not an inherently dangerous place, but an increasing population can bring increasing crime rates.

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Graffiti: street crime or art?

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cattered across the NAU campus are paintings plastered upon roadside objects. Each of these works of art contain a painted image and a short snippet of text to provide context to the painting. Spray-painted alongside the graffiti is the artwork of Anartsy, an anonymous artist.

Anartsy kicked off his art career around the time he began attending NAU. “I’ve lived in Portland as of the last two weeks,” said Anartsy in an email. “Before that, I lived in Flagstaff for four years. I was in there pursuing a degree in graphic design. I also moved up to snowboard and camp more because I love the mountains.”

Outside of graphic design, Anartsy began exploring the world of street art. Influenced by various different artists on the internet, he started creating his own.

“I started doing street art when I was 17 or 18. I just loved how you could be in more than one place at a time through street art, like all over the city, and be able to portray whatever messages you want,” Anartsy said.

Many street artists view their artwork as a form of communication with a public audience. In Flagstaff, the population is not large enough to outweigh the risks posed by the widespread display of street art. In a large city like Portland, there is more room for creative freedom and less for unwanted attention.

“Street art is more prominent in larger cities because there is more of an audience to reach,” Anartsy said. “Despite the size of the audience, you never know who you could be inspiring.”

In smaller cities, there is more risk for street artists to be caught in the process of painting. A clear discrepancy exists between the viewpoints of artists and public officials. Programs like Graffiti Busters in Flagstaff can be hired by anyone to paint over vandalism on public or private property.

Although graffiti is vandalism in the eyes of the law, many also consider it an artform.

“Vandalism is being a jackass and thinking it’s cool to scribble ‘I Love Kelly,’ your name or some other stupid thing onto someone’s beautiful property,” Anartsy said. “I look for walls that are beat up and old. Walls that seem like people just forgot about them or are already covered in graffiti, and I paint over it.”

Other artistic students have expressed similar sentiments.

“I think street art is a culturally expressive form of artwork that gives life and atmosphere to cities,” said Max Palazzi, sophomore creative media and film major. “If someone wants to make an impression on a bland piece of concrete, then they should be able to do so. Street art and graffiti breathe character and story into our industrial world.”

A primary argument for the application of art to public property is the aesthetic appeal. Another upside to displaying artwork in a populated area is that the artist’s ideas can reach an audience that was not actively seeking out the art. For the artists, the downside of this is that individuals who come across the art may not be fond of it, or may even attempt to get rid of it. Despite this, street artists are willing to take the chance.

“Street art is literally art,” Anartsy said. “It beautifies communities and often has deeper messages. It’s illegal. I’ve known that. Do I care? Not really because I know that the messages I am portraying are worth the risk.”

Messages of positivity and love are abundant throughout the street-art community, as are artistic political messages condemning an oppressive force or abusive organization. When street art receives backlash, these artists rarely back down. Anartsy related the experience of the modern artist to historical figures who were driven by their beliefs.

“Gandhi didn’t do the Salt Walk because of British forces threatening him,” Anartsy said. “MLK didn’t stop fighting for what he believed in after being in jail and having death threats sent to his wife and family. Shepard Fairey has been arrested about 10 times and still does street art at his age because he believes in what he does,” Anartsy said. Fairey became famous for creating the iconic “Hope” poster of Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election.

Each of these figures have contributed to culture and the art community despite their actions sometimes being illegal, and Anartsy hopes to follow in their footsteps.

“I am not as great as these people, but I know my messages or determination have reached, and possibly inspired, some people. That is what keeps me going,” Anartsy said.

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Graffiti by Anartsy, a previous resident of Flagstaff, is displayed on the Urban Trail behind Hilltop Townhomes Oct 6. Anartsy relocated to Oregon but his art found around Flagstaff lives on.

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Impacts of MICs Those who are found to be guilty rather than confessing lose the option of the deferral he after-hours of campus often leave process and can be presented with further NAU police officers responding to calls court dates, greater fines and the possibility of of underage drinking or the scent of a tainted record before the university is even marijuana in the air, the two most common involved. reasons for a student having a run-in with a Most records are public to the university, campus cop. From the stomach-dropping which will be notified of any charges made realization of being caught, to the pressures of against the student while on campus. NAU the court date following, some NAU students then has systems in place to aid reflect on the consequences of misdemeanor those who become subject to MIC charges and how it affects them afterward. citations. Any student who has been The outcomes of minor in consumption cited or booked into jail for charges is (MIC) citations vary, with the majority of subject to a number of consequences consequences depending on the behavior from the university for breaking the and record of the student being cited. code of conduct.

NAUPD officer and spokesperson “They want to help. There are Dillon Jenkins explained the process classes created to help students get of citing a misdemeanor to young off that path, but there’s only so offenders on campus. It begins much they can do,” Jenkins said. with a phone call from a “But when students resist, or RA, police searching a lie about their names, they start dorm for paraphernalia collecting additional charges.” and the assignment of a NAU provides classes for future court date. drug and alcohol awareness as “What happens well as anger management. Those next is up to them,” said who are charged for additional Jenkins.

MICs or are not cooperative then The process of become subject to suspension. receiving a citation for an Sophomore criminal justice MIC is subjective. Firstmajor Fabian Colunga described the time offenders who accept process of receiving an MIC as responsibility can receive a eye-opening.

Illustration By Kaleb Kirsop deferral and have their record “I want to work for the expunged after taking a class and paying a fine. FBI,” said Colunga. “After learning about this Other instances are dealt with on a case-by- process and seeing how it could impact me in case basis and could result in suspension from the future, I stopped [drinking].” the university.

Colunga pleaded guilty, and, after paying During his freshman year at NAU, the fees and attending a class, his record was sophomore informational systems major expunged.

Brandon Grewe was cited for an MIC while in “Small misdemeanors could very well his Tinsley Hall dorm room. affect students in the future. Some jobs that “We knew the second the police officer deal with property and money could look back walked in,” said Grewe. “We didn’t even bother and see that you stole a calculator from the trying to hide it. It didn’t make the situation bookstore, and, because you were convicted of any better, but the process was easier.” it, it stayed on your record,” Jenkins said. “You Pleading guilty to the offense allowed could otherwise be completely qualified and Grewe to have the charge expunged from his still not be offered the job.” record. After paying a fine of $225 and taking On-campus officers receive calls almost an online alcoholism-awareness course, Grewe daily regarding violations of students who are was no longer affected by the charge. subject to MIC citations. With consequences Grewe’s case is straightforward when ranging from a one-time class to university compared to what others who receive an MIC suspension or even jail time, the life of a can go thorugh. misdemeanor is subject to whoever commits “Some students aren’t so fortunate,” it.

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Maintenance or menace Max Becker

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n Sept. 21 NAUPD issued a school-wide email warning students of individuals posing as maintenance workers and attempting to gain access into student housing.

While no further crimes were committed, these instances have raised questions about campus security.

“It is very troubling,” said Alexis Holle, assistant to the Associate Vice President of Facility Services. Holle explained how to check the legitimacy of these workers and make sure students remain safe on campus.

“Facility Service employees should always be wearing official university shirts and they should also have a badge on them at all times,” Holle said. “If anybody is ever doubtful that a person [is] actually an employee of the university, do not let them in. Always make sure they have their photo ID with them.”

Though there are instances where Facility Service members need to gain access to dorms, Holle warns that it’s very unlikely that a Facility Services employee would attempt to gain access to a dorm room unless that resident had called in a specific issue.

“If somebody at a front desk is unsure of somebody, have them refer that person to Building Access Services,” Holle said.

These types of situations also create unease for those living in university housing, especially for those in the buildings affected.

“My friend and I came home from class, and there were a bunch of cops patrolling the parking garage and walking up and down the units,” said sophomore criminology major Sienna Knox. She is a resident of Hilltop Townhomes and believes her residence was targeted Tuesday Sept. 19.

“It wasn’t until that Thursday that we got the email telling us what happened. Meanwhile, I had family members sending me articles from local news stations about the maintenance workers because they mentioned Hilltop Townhomes. That’s how I got most of my information,” Knox said.

Despite the recent events, Knox still feels safe in Hilltop.

“We have magnetic keys, so nobody can pick the lock. Also, my roommates and I always communicate when maintenance is coming,” Knox said. “When I lived in Gabaldon, not so much though. All the doors are locked and everyone has a key, but it’s still really easy for people to tailgate into the building.”

Tailgating is letting a stranger into the building with you when you enter the dorm.

Knox said that United States college campues’ notoriously high sexual assault rates have impacted the way that she lives her life already.

“I never go out at night by myself, but that’s just how I’ve always been,” Knox said. “Especially now that I’m in college. My friends and I don’t take any back routes, we always take main routes … I think there needs to be more NAU alerts sent out, especially when it comes to things like the maintenance workers being impersonated.”

Junior studio art major Katie Dobrydney is an RA in Gabaldon Hall, and maintains that security in the hall is as tight

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as it can be. Dobrydney recognizes, however, that staff cannot control people letting their friends or strangers inside the building.

“Every door that leads to outside is locked, and you need to swipe in with your keycard,” said Dobrydney. “We also have monitoring services and cameras. As far as letting people in, we tell residents not to let people tailgate in.”

Dobrydney also warned students they are then responsible for the people they let into the building.

“If you let someone in that doesn’t live in Gabaldon, or even at NAU, they are considered your guest, and you are responsible for everything they do,” Dobrydney said.

Dobrydney confirmed that anyone without valid identification is either refused entry or verified by the front desk.

Each hall has a yellow phone outside that students can use to call

the front desk if they have misplaced their ID and need to be let in. The desk can then confirm their identity and let them in. If they aren’t a student or don’t live in that hall, they are not allowed in. “[Maintenance workers] can access the buildings without us, but there is no reason for them to enter a dorm unless they have already communicated with the residents,” Dobrydney said.

Students on campus rely on the university to maintain security in the dorms and to communicate about possibly dangerous situations as quickly as possible.

Editors note: Katie Dobrydney is a Lumberjack staff member as well as a resident assistant for Gabaldon hall.

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The dark history of sports and crime

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here are a lot of ugly things in our society. Heinous crimes are one of the most prevalent aspects of the world. For me, sports has always been a way to block out some of the ugliness and allow myself to focus on more positive things.

But, as most fans know, the world of sports is not as fun and clean as it seems.

Sports, money and crime have been intertwined for a long time. Athletes, in many cases, are good role models and pillars in their communities. Yet, some choose or fall into a different path.

This past July, there was a time when you couldn’t watch the news and not see O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing, which came after nine LANCE years in state prison on charges stemming from a HARTZLER 2007 armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room, SPORTS EDITOR which ended in Simpson being granted parole July 20.

Even just the name “O.J. Simpson” kindles the memory of one of the most infamous trials ever when he was acquitted for the 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Since 2000, sports has dealt with the Michael Vick dogfighting arrest; in 2013, former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested for the murder of his sister’s boyfriend Odin Lloyd, a case that shocked football fans across the country; and in 2014, the trial of former paralympian Oscar Piotus in which he was accused of and convicted of the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The scope of the crimes aren’t just regulated to professional athletes. In 2012, a dark time for college football ensued. Jerry Sandusky was arrested and found guilty for 45 counts of sexual abuse of young boys during his time at Pennsylvania State University as an assistant coach. The ramifications from his trial caused the NCAA to push collegiate programs to be more alert to what is going on within their schools.

Shortly after the Sandusky scandal came Baylor. Since 2012, 19 former Baylor football players have been accused of criminal, sexual or physical assault. It was found that Baylor knew about the accusations and did nothing about it until women started coming forward filing federal Title IX lawsuits against the university.

As fallout, Baylor’s president, athletic director, head football coach and even Title IX director were all removed from their positions. Baylor was forced to clean house and still faces lawsuits.

Most recently, college basketball was rocked by one of the biggest scandals in NCAA basketball history. Four assistant coaches spanning across major basketball programs were arrested and charged by the FBI Sept. 26 for their part in a bribery scheme to influence high school athletes to go to their school. This case has not yet reached a conclusion and more coaches are expected to be involved.

Sports, despite its dark history, has a place in society. The scandals and crimes serve as a reminder that even something as entertaining and enjoyable as sports can have a dark side.

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Integrity for the Game Kade Gilliss

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nease and tension is emanating in the college basketball world after a recent FBI investigation reported multiple NCAA violations and scandals. Some of these infractions are linked to big-name schools including UA and Louisville.

The biggest story so far has been the firing of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino after a program official and an Adidas executive funneled $100,000 to five-star recruit Brian Bowen.

Pitino has been involved in two previous sex scandals, one of which involved hiring prostitutes for recruits.

Multiple assistant coaches at other universities have also been fired after findings from the FBI probe, and reports stated that more indictments are coming in a matter of weeks.

NAU athletics has contravened with NCAA regulations on two glaring instances.

Syed Moinuddin, NAU’s associate athletics director for compliance, was hired four years ago with the responsibility of regulating any further violations.

Moinuddin believes the university has done an exceptional job creating an environment that honors the protocol set forth by the NCAA and university.

“I think it starts with the top,” said Moinuddin. “I think NAU has done an excellent job of maintaining integrity, maintaining NCAA compliance. I think Dr. Cheng, starting from her leadership of setting the standard for not only the athletics department, but the rest of the university of doing things the right way and being ethical about your business. I’ve been supported by our university’s leadership.”

In December of 2011, former NAU men’s head basketball coach Mike Adras resigned after multiple violations of the NCAA were reported by the university’s athletic director, Jim Fallis.

“if a coach is going to lie, there’s nothing that’s 100 percent failsafe.”

- NAU Athletics compliance director Syed Moinuddin One of the violations was falsely written time sheets for practice in order to keep the permitted practice time within NCAA limits, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. There was a time sheet that signed off at one hour and 58 minutes when the practice went on for three hours and 10 minutes, described by one of the player’s parents.

Adras was known for overworking his players during his tenure, at least in the latter part of his career. A parent also stated an instance where Adras took their son out of study hall and forced them to run for an hour and a half while teammates continued to study.

Fallis then notified Adras that the use of excessive running would no longer be tolerated and that the trainer could stop any

activity that could put the student’s health at risk.

The more disturbing issue is the ambiance of “extreme fear” that was planted under Adras’ tenure. Student athletes and assistant coaches were reluctant to step forward with the likelihood of being punished.

Fallis spoke to then NAU President John Haeger and stated that students feared that Adras would find out if they had talked to him during the investigation.

The Arizona Daily Sun also reported that Adras had a team booster present at Adras’ house where recruits were also present, which is another NCAA violation because it implies impermissible benefits for the recruit. Adras told his assistant coach to not identify the booster in the official report of the event, Fallis’ wrote.

This ultimately led to Adras’ leaving NAU after his 13 years as head coach.

The other infringement occurred in 2001 when the NCAA found the NAU football team guilty of changing grades for an athlete to maintain his eligibility during the 1999 fall semester, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. Up to two letter grades were raised for wide receiver Francis St. Paul to keep him eligible.

In response, the NCAA handed down a three-year probation, four scholarships were lost and any wins that St. Paul played in were vacated. Since then, NAU football has not made any other violations, but legal issues were present shortly after.

Head coach Jerome Souers also found himself behind bars after pleading to one count of DUI Feb. 28, 2003, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. His sentence was 24 hours in jail, 16 hours of DUI education and a small fine.

Amidst probing and investigations looming around college sports, people’s view on university athletic integrity is skeptical to say the least.

Throughout his experience, Moinuddin has only dealt with minor infringements that are usually due to overlooking a rule that coach or staff were unaware of. To limit these instances, Moinuddin and his staff give monthly meetings with athletics staff to educate them on new guidelines and to reiterate old policies.

There is also an internal audit that comes in randomly every year. Audits are held by the Association of College and University Auditors, which split the NCAA manual into thirds for each year.

In 2014, NAU implemented a software program called JumpForward that assists with monitoring practices, recruitment visits, phone calls along with other built-in programming to assist the university’s compliance office.

The system isn’t flawless, however. Coaches can still fabricate information put into JumpForward if they are operating outside of NCAA regulations, but Moinuddin believes that there is only so much they can do.

“In any situation, if a coach is going to lie, there’s nothing that’s ever 100 percent failsafe,” Moinuddin said. “If someone’s going to do it, they’re doing it at the risk of their job or at the risk of any type of criminal penalties.”

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From South African Olympian to NAU soccer coach Thomas Rodgers

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ylie Louw joined the NAU women’s soccer coaching staff as an assistant coach in April. With an abundance of energy and a strategist’s mind, she brings knowledge to the field and serves as an inspiration to her players and fellow coaches.

Louw’s experience is a unique one that began in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a game she played in an unconventional place.

“My life in South Africa was playing soccer on the streets,” said Louw admitting when her soccer obsession began. “I played on an all-boys team until I was 15, and then I had to find and go into really rural areas and play on the streets. That’s how I broke into the women’s soccer aspect of the game.”

Since the country’s transition to democracy in the mid-’90s, economic stability has been difficult to achieve. This difficulty took a toll on South African soccer communities.

“Soccer in South Africa is not structured,” Louw said.

“There’s no development leagues, there’s nothing from a youthdevelopment standpoint. What you learn is from where you are and on the streets with people playing with anything you could find.”

Lack of structure and no fields to play on left young, aspiring soccer stars like Louw with little or sometimes nothing to practice or play with.

“I remember playing with oranges,” Louw said. “That’s why South African soccer is so skillful because you play with what you have. We didn’t need a perfect pitch. We didn’t need the greatest cleats. I remember traveling for hours on end just to play on the streets.”

With Louw’s persistence and desire to play, it wasn’t long before it started to pay off. Louw was accepted by Tuks Combined School in Pretoria, South Africa.

After she graduated from Tuks, Louw continued her education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where she excelled in the soccer program and received multiple awards. Louw was also selected to represent South Africa in the 2012 London Olympics during the summer of her senior year.

Louw’s passion for the game was coupled with a knack for understanding strategy. Her talents led her to UA, where she spent four years as an assistant coach. In 2012, her first year, Louw helped lead the Wildcats to their first winning season since 2005.

“She has a lot of positive energy and a great background as a player,” said NAU head coach Andre Luciano. “She played at a mid-major university and understands the concept of mid-major athletics. She also went and worked at a Pac-12 school. So, she has two different perspectives both from a mid-major and a Power Five conference team.”

Louw’s love for the game is not the only reason she took up coaching. She also serves as a mentor to the players by trying to help them find success through opportunities that were not available to herself.

Louw said she enjoys strategizing and finding ways to give information to her team that she may not have gotten during her time playing.

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Kylie Louw, photographed here Oct. 4 at Max Spilsbury field, has helped lead the Lumberjacks to an 8-7 overall record during her first season as an assistant coach for NAU soccer. Ryan Vanderpool | The Lumberjack

While NAU does play at Division I level, the university’s size as a mid-major university allows more room for coaches to work on player development, which is something that Louw didn’t always have working at the UA. “There’s a little bit more room to teach these girls life lessons,” Louw said. “At the Pac-12 level, there’s not a lot of room for that.

Here, it’s about peaking at the right time whereas, at Arizona, you had to peak every game.”

Louw serves as a guide not only to her players but her fellow coaches. Along with her experience, her positive energy has been a helpful tool in motivating the team throughout the season.

“The first thing I noticed was her energy, and I was immediately drawn to that,” said NAU assistant coach Sam Monahan. “When I heard that she got the job at NAU, I knew I

would love to work with her. I remember the energy she brought and the way she talks to the girls.”

Louw became an inspiration to her team and valuable to the success of the program in a short time.

“It’s so helpful that she can really relate to us on a personal level because of her experience as a player, specifically for me as a midfielder and her being an attacking mid,” said junior midfielder Madeline Waszak. “She’s so knowledgeable, and she’s always there for us if we need help with anything.”

Louw’s energy and mind for soccer has impacted her players and fellow coaches. As her time at NAU progresses, Louw said she hopes her knowledge can continue to be passed down through the soccer program.

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