The Lumberjack -- November 12, 2015

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his past Wednesday marked Veteran’s Day — Nov. 11 — a time to honor those who have served our country in various capacities. The advanced photojournalism class that I am in worked with The Lumberjack to produce profiles on local veterans. It was a a great opportunity to work with these veterans both old and young to hear their stories. Military service often demands sacrifices, so I felt great gratitude as my classmates and I worked to tell the stories of those who have helped maintain our freedom.

I encourage you this week ­— and everyday — to be thankful for the service of the men and women of the armed services.

This issue we’re excited to bring the story of William Golliher — a military medic. He shared with Nikki Charnstrom stories of combat and the close connection he felt with the others guys.

You can find his story starting on page 18.

In addition to the profile in the print issue, we also have MITCHELL mulimedia pieces and other profiles on our website. You can see FORBES CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF those by visiting bit.ly/ljveterans.

With November not only comes Veteran’s Day, but also cold temperatures. For those of you who are spending their first winter in Flagstaff, be prepared for it to get colder. I have seen frosted windshields and slips on the sidewalk. I hate to be the one to tell you, but the cold is here to stay for a few months.

Stay warm out there.

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NEWS

PoliceBeat Nov. 2 At 1:06 p.m., a member of Reilly Hall staff heard gunshots.

Six Northern Arizona University Police Department (NAUPD) officers reported to the scene and found that shots took place at Calvary Cemetery as part of a military salute.

At 5:19 p.m., staff at Tinsley Hall reported drug activity to NAUPD. Two NAUPD officers reported to the dormitory and arrested a student for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a dangerous drug. The student was booked into Coconino County Detention Facility. The police report did not mention what it defines as a “dangerous drug.”

At 10:02 p.m., a student at Tinsley Hall called NAUPD after being threatened. One NAUPD officer reported to assist the student and the case is now open and pending investigation.

Nov. 3 At 12:40 a.m., a student at Sechrist Hall was cited for minor in consumption of alcohol. The case is now open and pending investigation.

At 1:42 a.m., an NAUPD officer reported a subject running in pajamas at Lot 36. Two NAUPD officers responded to the lot but the subjects were gone upon arrival.

At 12:11 p.m., staff from the Wettaw Building reported an unconscious student.

Flagstaff Fire Department, Guardian Medical Transport (GMT), and two NAUPD officers all reported to the scene. The student refused transportation.

At 7:40 p.m., Cowden

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Hall staff reported that a water fountain had been damaged. One NAUPD officer responded but all leads were exhausted and the case was closed.

At 12:32 a.m., staff reported the odor of marijuana coming from a resident’s room at Reilly Hall. Two NAUPD officers responded to the scene to confirm the scent of marijuana, but the case was Nov. 4 closed due to the occupants’ At 3:23 a.m., a resident at refusal to open the door.

Wilson Hall reported students throwing snowballs at the At 5:54 a.m., a subject building. One NAUPD officer called to report concern for reported to the scene, and the a resident of Mountain View subjects were asked to stop the Hall after not hearing from vandalism and keep the noise them for a few hours. One down.

NAUPD officer reported to Mountain View Hall to At 2:34 p.m., an NAUPD perform a welfare check and officer reported a subject the resident turned out to be throwing snowballs from the fine and asleep. The case was San Francisco parking garage. closed.

The report was categorized as a false alarm after the area At 10:19 p.m., a driver was searched and no snowball- near Gabaldon Hall was cited thrower was found. for driving on a suspended license and failure to obey a At 4:03 p.m., subjects traffic control device. Their were reported NAUPD for vehicle was towed for a throwing snowballs at cars mandatory 30-day impound. near Wilson Hall. The subjects were gone upon arrival of the Nov. 7 officer.

At 1:52 a.m., a driver was pulled over after driving At 9:27 p.m., a student in a bike lane. The driver at Ernest Calderón Learning was cited for Driving Under Community was transported the Influence (DUI) in the to Flagstaff Medical Center slightest degree, DUI over .08, (FMC) for further evaluation extreme DUI, underage DUI after a staff person reported and driving in a bike lane. the student to having difficulty breathing.

At 1:01 p.m., a nonstudent was booked into the Nov. 5 Coconino County Detention At 12:50 a.m., two Facility for theft of services, NAUPD officers responded to possession of narcotics, and the scene of a large snowball resisting arrest after a staff in front of Reilly Hall, which person in the Hot Spot was reported by a Resident reported a theft of services by Assistant. The snowball was the subject. moved after arrival.

Nov. 8 At 7:41 p.m., a student At 10:54 a.m., a subject was transported by GMT at Sechrist Hall reported from the Science Lab Facility a possible stolen vehicle. to FMC after staff reported the Flagstaff Police Department subject spilling an unknown was notified by NAUPD and chemical on her skin. recovered the stolen property by taking possession of the Nov. 6 vehicle.

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NAU: Improve research Larry Penley becomes newest member of Board of Regents availability through open access

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BY MATTHEW KIEWIET

he office of Gov. Doug Ducey recently announced that Larry Penley – former long-time dean of ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business – will replace Mark Killian on the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR).

“I’ve known about the Board of Regents for a very long period of time,” said Penley. “I’ve chaired boards, I’ve worked with boards, I’ve reported to boards. So I know the importance of this governing board relative to the success of higher education in the state of Arizona.”

While serving on the board, Penley hopes to create an environment in which students can easily access an education at the university level.

“One has to create affordable entry into higher education and one has to have an ease of transfer into higher education,” Penley said.

He also emphasized the importance of students attaining basic skills in math and communication, critical thinking and disciplinary knowledge (arts, engineering, sciences, etc.) during their time at four-year colleges so that they leave with a transformational experience.

Penley brings four decades of experience in higher education management to his position on ABOR. “Having served as a president twice, a chancellor, a dean, a department head, an associate dean, an interim provost and of course a faculty member gives me a great deal of insight into higher education from a number of perspectives,” Penley said.

Prior to his time at ASU, Penley earned his Ph.D. in management from the University of Georgia in 1975 and began his career in academia at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was employed as an associate professor. He also worked as an associate dean before moving to a new location.

In 2003, he accepted the position of President of Colorado State University (CSU). During his last few months as president, Penley came under fire from the Colorado Independent newspaper for allegedly “shifting” funds away from

the academic focuses of the university and funneling them towards athletics.

These allegations appear to have not affected his reputation, and according to Penley, his decisions on spending ultimately left the university in better shape than when he arrived.

During his time at CSU, the first new classroom-teaching facilities since the 1960s were introduced on campus.

A new information technology facility was built. There was also renovation done to multiple classrooms.

“I’m very proud of what we did to focus on students,” he said. “We substantially increased honor students.

We substantially increased donations.

We created a new online campus called CSU Global that is now delivering millions of dollars in additional funding to Colorado State University.”

Douglas Jones, the board chairman at Colorado State at the time of Penley’s departure, was not available for an interview, but told the Colorado Independent that he saw no wrongdoing in Penley’s actions despite the rumors that were insinuated by the press.

“The lifespan of any president at a university is usually around three to five years and [Penley] was at CSU for five years. I think he got to a point where he felt that he had achieved what he could at CSU and that he would be better able to pursue other opportunities if he wasn’t working full-time with his duties as president,” Jones said in a 2008 interview.

Penley then served as president of Thunderbird School of Global Management until 2009 when he returned to the presidency of his consulting firm, Penley Consulting.

Oct. 15 marked the beginning of Penley’s position as a regent on ABOR. Student regent member and NAU graduate Jared Gorshe has already had the opportunity of meeting with Penley.

“I’m really excited about his addition to the board,” said Gorshe.

“His experience at ASU, Thunderbird and CSU are really a benefit to have, and I’m very excited to work with him and learn from him.”

Penley’s term on ABOR will last for eight years.

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BY CESAR AGUILAR

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Students and teachers pay taxes

to support research programs.

AU’s faculty and President Rita Cheng are putting together a plan for more access to research.

Currently in the United States, article publishing companies have been Researchers sign contracts profiting dramatically to give their research to textbook publishers for free. from research articles from Students,teachers, and libraries researchers at universities. lose accessto research due . to expenses.

Usually these researchers or scientist Textbook publishers sell receive federally funded research back to teachers grants that allow them to and students. go on with their research.

Publishing companies THE CURRENT TEXTBOOK SITUATION typically then try to build a contract with the (Illustration by Alanna Secrest) researcher to get copyrights for research articles for research freely available to the public within one year of free. publication. It would also require researchers to better Once researchers have built a contract with account for and manage the digital data resulting from publishing companies the researcher no longer federally funded scientific research. holds copyright to their own research article. This is This past October, NAU held Open Access Week. how publishing companies have been able to profit This was a push from faculty, librarians, President dramatically.

Cheng and the Board of Regents to drive NAU’s A reader who tries to obtain a research article research to swing towards open access. must buy it from the publishing company that now Cheng was a speaker at the Open Access Week owns the copyright. If a student wants to obtain and said that NAU is putting together an open a research article they would request it from their knowledge platform and the Arizona Board of Regents university library, which will have to pay the publisher is also trying to put together open knowledge access. for that article. Many times students, researchers “Part of being a university is to transfer our and others cannot get the articles they need because knowledge,” said Cheng. libraries cannot afford these journals.

She believes open access is the way to do that.

NAU Librarian Wendy Holliday believes this is Biology professor Dave Wagner, who is well a concern because taxpayers are paying for this twice known for his research in ecology and evolution of — through federally funded grants and when libraries infectious diseases, agrees with open access research buy the articles — leaving publishing companies to and has even published half of his 100 articles as open profit both times. access.

The five major companies that have published Wagner believes that having open access articles more than half of all academic papers in the peer are important because scientists in developing reviewed literature in 2013 are Reed-Elsevier, Springer, countries do not have the same resources and money Wiley Blackwell, Taylor and Francis. to obtain research articles.

These five companies have what Holliday calls “a He also believes that these people are intellectually monopoly in research articles.” held back as a result. Because of this, he believes These publishers are able to take for free what that having open access would really benefit other taxpayers paid for and make money off it. countries.

In 2013, President Barack Obama’s administration Holliday believes if open access research does not decided to be “committed to the proposition that become a trend then the NAU library budget would citizens deserve easy access to the results of research needs to be increased in order for students to have their tax dollars have paid for.” access to many research journals. She believes that President Obama’s administration proposition open access is the best solution to cutting costs, not was to give $100 million in research and development only for research but also when buying textbooks with expenditures. That money would go to develop plans research articles. to make the published results of federally funded NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

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Hot Spot supervisor receives award for saving choking student

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BY THALIA ESPAÑA

n the midst of making sure that meals were prepared, the facility was clean and directing employees in a regular workday, Sept. 10 took an unexpected turn for the Hot Spot’s supervisor, Val Sutton.

At around 7:15 p.m., a student in the second floor of the Hot Spot dining began choking. It was then that Sutton took quick action. She applied the Heimlich maneuver and saved a student’s life. For saving the student’s life, Sutton was the first to receive a Sodexo Safety Presidential Award at the Hot Spot. The Sodexo Safety President Award is the highest award given from the company, and is only intended for someone who saves a life.

While it was a big deal for some of her co-workers, managers and the student, Sutton remained modest and humble about receiving recognition, saying that she felt it was just another part of her job she needed to get done.

“I don’t feel that it needed an award or recognition,” Sutton said. “It’s something that I was trained to do, it was something in the course of my day of work … I reacted out of instinct and training. My only concern or thought at the time was helping the young man.”

While Sutton enjoys every aspect of life through hobbies such as painting, beadwork, woodworking and gardening every spring, she enjoys doing all she can to do her best in her work, as displayed in her life-saving actions.

Being surrounded by students is an important aspect to Sutton’s work atmosphere. She said that the students at the Hot Spot are like her extended family.

Sutton, along with the managers and her co-workers, try to create a welcoming sense of home for students at The Hot Spot. This all-you-can-eat location not only serves as a place for students to eat, but as a place for students to gather, socialize and even study or do homework.

“I tease with some of them, pick on some of them,” Sutton said of how she jokes around with students. “I joke

around with them or I’ll walk up to them and say, ‘how’s your day going?’ or ‘whassup!’…They keep me young.”

Resident dining manager Sean L. Newman is proud of all The Hot Spot workers. But he points out that Sutton is a stand-out worker within the team.

“I think that most of the people that work here kind of feel like the students are their children, and that we have a responsibility to them — not only to feed them, but to look after them,” Newman said. “[Sutton] is one of the most selfless people I know … She is very dedicated to her profession. She is very attentive and views the students like they were her own children.”

The student who was choking, who prefers to remain anonymous, stated that Sutton was not only welcoming to him, but to other students as well. The student is very thankful for her actions and appreciates what she did. Aware of the award Sutton received, the student believes that she was well deserving of it. “[Sutton is] a one-of-a-kind, generous person.

Everybody always has something good to say about her,” said the student. “I think [the employees at the Hot Spot] are all generally nice people and that everyone should take the time to know them.”

Having studied at both the University of Arizona and University of Michigan, Sutton received an associate’s degree in accounting and restaurant management. Since then, she has always been working hard on what she is most passionate about and continues to bring her positive work ethic wherever she is.

After previously owning her own cafeteria-style restaurant in Phoenix and selling it in 2001, Sutton retired and left to live in Colorado for a while and spent some time traveling. After settling on living in Flagstaff, Sutton bought a home in town, becoming a part of the community for about seven to eight years. She has worked at the Hot Spot for two and a half years.

“My passion is life, but this is a fulfillment in my life to work with food and with people,” Sutton said. “As a worker, I just always try to do my best.”

When present for work at the Hot Spot four days a week, working long hours each day, Sutton is always working to bring a positive attitude to not only her team of employees, but most especially to the students as working around others is something she enjoys.

Val Sutton poses for a portrait inside of the Hot Spot Oct. 10.

(Photo by J. Daniel Hud)

City council may change number of votes needed to consider items

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BY JESS HUFF

lagstaff City Council member Jeff Oravits is working to pass a new ruling that will change the process of adding a discussion topic to a future agenda.

Currently, only three councilmembers must agree that a topic deserves future consideration for it to be placed on to an agenda, but Oravits wants to change that to four councilmembers.

The ruling that an affirmative vote can come from only three of the council’s seven members has been in place since 2013. Jeff Oravits helped pass this motion during his first year on the council in hopes of bringing more topics to council for discussion.

“You learn a lot for about the first year … I spun my wheels for the first six months to a year on council by bringing forward a bunch of these items,” Oravits said in a Nov. 2 meeting for Friends of Flagstaff ’s Future. “I find that there are

more effective ways to push some of these issues.”

After a few years on council, his feelings about this ruling have changed. In hopes of keeping the council meetings on point and efficient, Oravits is working to change the voting requirement to a majority vote.

Oct. 6 the council discussed whether this proposal would be added to the Nov. 17 agenda, and eventually agreed to add it to the agenda.

The issue has become the source of controversy in Flagstaff, especially in groups like Flagstaff Speak Up! and Friends of Flagstaff ’s Future. The webpages of these organizations have shown their discontent with the issue by stating that it silences the minority opinion.

“But once it’s opened up, it can allow discussion to happen. For me that’s the point of the first round being three people because then those few cases where, no there’s not support at first but there may be after,” said Friends of Flagstaff ’s Future representative Jane O’Donnell during their

Nov. 2 meeting.

In recent years, Flagstaff residents have been heavily encouraged to come to meetings, respond to the topics being discussed and work with their representatives. With many issues voters have been vocal, and this issue is not dissimilar.

Some feel that this initiative is a way to keep certain councilmembers from voicing their opinions.

In a recent issue of the Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff resident Steve Robinson wrote the following statement as part of a letter to the editor: “It seems more likely that his proposal to change the rule is a thinly veiled attempt to prevent Vice Mayor [Celia] Barotz and Councilmembers [Coral] Evans and [Eva] Putzova, who share the values of many Flagstaff residents (as evidenced by the vote tallies), from getting items on the agenda.”

Emails, letters and other responses have been seen from many residents. The possible change in the voting requirement will discussed at the Nov. 17 council meeting.

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EDI TORIAL & OPINION

Gender parity in office

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Unloading America’s lethal gun culture

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o those of you who skip around articles, see this and scoff at this stance or do anything to avoid reading and understanding my position: you are the problem with gun culture. Not because I am right and you are wrong, but because you are not giving a fair chance to the opposite side. You are not engaging in a fair conversation.

As a possible owner of a gun, you must understand the real side effects of one.

Some people have not felt what it is like to lose someone they love. My first experience with loss was when my aunt passed away. I would do whatever I could to bring her back to help look over my cousins who are now being raised by my uncle. She was ill and losing her was — while not SCOTT unexpected — by all accounts too soon.

BUFFON My point: one life taken — whether the result News Editor of accident, time, self-defense or murder — is one life too many. Regardless of whether they are a serial murderer or a child, someone out there loves that person and we should do everything we can to save them. That includes restricting access to guns and replacing guns with non-lethal forms of self-defense.

Statistics are emotionally misleading. Every death, as in the Centers for Disease Control statistic above, is of a human being; they are more than just numbers in a report. Each number represents a person that breathed just like you. Every death is someone just like me, just like my aunt, just like your parents and just like friends that we as Lumberjacks have in common.

Every single one of those deaths was a life that was loved and could have been loved further. Go back in time to the morning of Oct. 9 and replace Steven Jones’ gun with pepper-spray or a taser.

You could give Colin Brough back his life. Brough’s future is lost, but we are still here.

It is our job to save ourselves. And the only way to save ourselves is through action. Ignoring this issue will only worsen it. It is not going away.

I hear people say a gun is not inherently dangerous. To this, I agree: a gun is not inherently dangerous. The materials that make a gun are no more dangerous than those that go into a sword, spear

or bomb. Then take these materials and make them into a weapon; they evolve into something else. They evolve into something with a purpose, and the purpose of a weapon is to destroy.

Whether it be a bullseye, beer bottle, soda can, television set, rabbit, deer, bear, human, robber, assaulter or terrorist: that gun’s purpose is destruction. It destroys flesh. It destroys bark.

It destroys earth. And in America, it splinters more hearts and families than in all other industrial nations combined.

A gun will never be free of its purpose until its identity is melted out into the separate materials that make it into what it is.

Brough could have been you or me. Jones could have been you or me. Jones admitted to shooting Brough. They say he did it in self-defense. But what about those great Americans who do not owe their tombstones to a bullet in self-defense?

The list is expansive, all cut short before they were able to contribute their full wealth to our American culture: Abraham Lincoln, Malcom X, Kurt Cobain, John F. Kennedy, Marvin Gaye, Harvey Milk, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G, Selena and Dimebag Darrell. These political and artistic icons have all died from access to a gun.

America’s gun violence is so out of control that we even took a dignified member of the United Kingdom: John Lennon.

Gun culture is an aspect American culture, but that does not mean it will be forever. Gun culture does not only appear when a a student, child or young adult dies. It is alive and thriving with every breath the people of Flagstaff, the people of Arizona and the people of America take. It is in every show we watch. It is in every conversation we have, in our mannerisms, dreams and our imaginations.

I mean, how can you say guns are not dangerous when the first rule of using a gun is to never — under any circumstances — point it at someone.

Most people turn their heads when they see something about gun control. If that is you and you decided to jump past all my points and get to the end of it all, then I say welcome back to the conversation. Do not ignore me and chew on this: if you do not think that guns are dangerous then I challenge you to point a loaded one at someone you love.

BY CYNTHIA TERRELL

epresentation 2020 has assigned all 50 states a Gender Parity Score (GPS) as part of its Gender Parity Index (GPI). The GPS measures women’s recent electoral success at the local, state and national level on a scale of zero (no women in major elected office) to 100 (only women hold such offices). The end goal of gender parity in elected office will occur when women and men are equally likely to hold the majority of elected seats in a state.

As of the beginning of 2015, the median GPS is 18.1, up slightly from the 2013 score of 15.8. Furthermore, out of all 50 states, 18 have a gender parity score of 15 or below; this number is down from the 20 states in 2013. New Hampshire earned a score of 57.1 in 2015, becoming the first state to reach our definition of gender parity.

Arizona’s GPS for 2015 is 30.8, placing it fifth in the nation. Although its score has dropped from 33.8 in 2013, it has not dropped in rankings. So while Arizona is doing well relative to the rest of the country, the representation of women in elected office has actually regressed in the past year.

Arizona’s greatest shortcoming is its United States Senate delegation, as it has never elected a woman to the Senate. The state’s U.S. House delegation is only slightly better: three of nine congresspeople are women, and only seven women have been elected to U.S. Congress in Arizona’s history.

Women’s representation in state and local government is key to Arizona’s high ranking in our GPI. Although the current governor is male, Arizona has elected four female governors in its history — more than any other state. Currently, two of the five elected statewide executive offices are held by women, but 21 women have held these positions in the past.

The Arizona State Legislature is a leader in gender parity as well. Of its seats, 36 percent are held by women, making Arizona’s legislature the third best in the nation in terms of women’s representation. While those numbers are good, progress toward gender parity has stagnated.

Women hold the same number of legislative seats that they held 22 years ago in 1993. At the local level, five cities in Arizona with populations over 30,000 currently have female mayors.

To elect its state legislature, Arizona uses two-member districts for the House and single-member districts for the Senate. The impact of having multi-member districts in at least one legislative body is evident in Arizona’s high ranking nationwide.

Electing both houses of Arizona’s State Legislature using multi-member districts and ranked-choice voting will be key to ending the stagnation that has plagued the state legislature’s progress toward gender parity.

Cynthia Terrell is the Project Chair for Represetation 2020.

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The side effects of contouring

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BY EMMA HELFRICH

ne of the latest trends amongst makeup gurus and fanatics alike has been the art of face- and body-contouring. For those not in the loop about cosmetics, contouring is when various types of skin-toned makeup are applied to areas of the face and body in order to accentuate natural highlights and shadows that give a specific area its structure — or in some cases, a lack thereof.

Popular areas for contouring include the hollows of the cheeks and bridge of the nose. Recently, cleavage contouring has taken the spotlight in an effort to make certain features look bigger or smaller.

What started out as a technique for makeup artists working in photo shoots has since turned into something that has become a part of numerous women’s and men’s daily routines. Contouring may seem like nothing more than a few thoughtfully-placed brush strokes, but it is actually quite an intricate technique that takes a lot of practice and can change a face dramatically.

Because of this, several people argue that a man should take a girl swimming before he decides to lock her down to make sure the face she is displaying is not, in fact, reliant on make-up. While this argument is problematic in itself, there are other stigmas to excessive contouring all the same.

The battle between society and self-esteem is everpresent in today’s world. People constantly feel the need to have smaller waists and bigger muscles in order to be accepted by the glamorous populous.

Having smaller noses, higher cheekbones and bigger busts are all what makes contouring makeup magic, but how beneficial can this actually be as men and women alike attempt to become more confident?

Sure, once the highlighter and bronzer have hidden every single insecurity that keeps those who have them awake at night, making it through the day will be easier.

However, once the evening comes to a close and the makeup wipes and facial wash replace the foundation on

self-conscious features, it seems like steps are being taken backward rather than forward.

While makeup is fun and no one should be discriminated against or treated as if they are undeserving of a relationship for wearing it, the benefits it provides should be treated as one step on the way to self-acceptance rather than the finish line. Being comfortable and confident with one’s natural appearance is of the utmost importance when it comes to being happy. Spending hours every morning painting on a new face means nothing if someone is still afraid to go out in public with naked skin.

When contouring becomes a daily thing, the side of themselves that people become most comfortable presenting to the world is the side that is temporary — the side that is not who they really are. People are born with round faces, smaller chests, button noses and big foreheads. All of this is natural and equally as beautiful as the faces produced through contouring.

Labeling the usage of an entire cosmetic technique as distrustful when it comes to the appearance of those who use it is shallow and ignorant. Filling in the hollows of one’s cheeks may be the only thing that gives them credence to take on the day ahead.

Be that as it may, self-acceptance should always remain of utmost importance. Spending hundreds of dollars on products that will only provide temporary satisfaction is not the way to be comfortable in one’s own skin.

At the end of the day, everyone has dark circles under their eyes, the occasional blemish and patchy eyebrows. That is just the way the human body works.

Until society can understand that, there will always be an underlying compulsion to wake up and look like a Kardashian because the magazines and television commercials say so. In spite of that, it is pointless to stress the things that cannot be changed. Everyone has their fair share of flaws, and with that comes the chance to experience the liberating feeling of acceptance.

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BY KRISTEN STUHR

hen I was in high school, a boy was flirting with me. During class one day, he leaned in and asked me if there were any boys I was interested in. I told him no, and he quickly accused me of being a lesbian. I had flushed angrily and told him of course I was not gay.

Because I knew there was a stigma against LGBTQ people, I only accepted that I was attracted to both men and women. I came out to my family as bisexual shortly before starting college. I had no idea that after arriving at NAU, the fear I felt about my sexuality would completely vanish.

Most college campuses have the reputation of being extremely queerfriendly, and NAU seems to be no exception. NAU offers many services for various LGBTQ people including meetings at People Respecting Individuals and Sexual Minorities (PRISM) ­— a support group for people who are of minority sexual, gender, or racial identities.

To me, NAU seems like a really accepting place. However, my view on the topic is limited. Because of this, I tried asking LGBTQ people I knew about their experiences with homophobia and whether they had experienced anything similar at NAU. It may seem surprising to most that people who identify as bisexual, pansexual or another orientation that does not have attraction for only men or women are sometimes ostracized from the LGBTQ community.

People with this sexuality will often receive rude comments from people both straight and gay. According to a survey performed by The Williams Institute, bisexual people make up the largest single population within the LGBTQ community.

Even so, “bisexuals experience high rates of being ignored, discriminated against, demonized or rendered invisible by both the heterosexual world and the lesbian and gay communities,” stated a report by the San Francisco Rights Commission on Bisexual Invisibility.

According to the SFRC, this erasure has impacted the health of bisexual people as the bisexual are much more likely to seriously consider suicide than their gay and lesbian allies.

I have personally noticed that I am more likely to be harassed for being bisexual by other LGBTQ members than straight people. NAU could definitely improve the lives of the bisexual community and work to demolish bi-erasure, which is the tendency to ignore, remove, falsify or re-explain evidence of bisexuality in history, academia and media, by providing more information on what the sexual spectrum is and providing more services aimed at people who are attracted to more than one gender.

Graduate student Krys Cruz says that for the most part, NAU is good at being inclusive. However, as a transgendered man, he deals with the issue of being misgendered. Misgendering someone is when you refer to that person with the wrong pronouns.

“It’s not really a good feeling when someone you’ve already come out to misgenders you,” said Cruz.

While the members of PRISM are really good at respecting people’s chosen pronouns, people outside the community have a harder time using specific pronouns, especially gender neutral pronouns such as they/them.

I think of myself as being good with using proper pronouns for people.

I often spew out words only to come to a screeching halt right before saying a pronoun to keep myself from using the wrong one. People outside the LGBTQ are less likely to understand the idea of using certain pronouns because they do not come across the concept often.

NAU and PRISM could work to improve this in the near future by educating students about the transgender, genderfluid and genderqueer communities. If more people were educated on gender identity and pronouns, maybe people like Krys Cruz would not have to be misgendered.

For the most part, NAU has been able to provide a safe space for minorities. However, it still has a long way to go to raise the status of people who have been ostracized even within their own communities.

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Bookmans Entertainment Exchange uses Twitter to promote local businesses

BY CHARLOTTE EVANS

How to avoid complacency while studying abroad

BY CARRIE BINDSCHADLER

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iving in Prague has taught me that I do not always love living in a city. In fact, I often find myself missing mountains and fresh air so much that I simply do not want to go outside and see a tram rushing by or hear the screech of the train from the nearby train station.

I absolutely hate that it gets dark at 5 p.m.

At a certain point, people forget to take stock of their surroundings and truly appreciate where they live. We start to simply walk down streets without thinking about the fact that these streets were created hundreds of years ago and generations of boots have trod across them.

We don’t stop to look up at the red roofs or the statues decorating the sides of buildings. We forget how lucky we are to be living in Prague or even to be living in Flagstaff, home to some of the most beautiful natural sites in the world.

We just live and don’t think about how lucky we are or how special the place we live in is.

I fall victim to this sense of being every once in a while, but in Prague, especially because I will only be here for a short time, I cannot allow myself to fall into this kind of complacency. I cannot allow myself to fall out of love with life in Prague even though I know I do not truly belong in a city.

Prague is probably the best city that I could be living in because it has an abundance of green spaces and fabulous views. Prague is also a surprisingly hilly city. Whenever I feel myself beginning to get even remotely exhausted of city life, I go in search of an excellent view of the city. There’s nothing like a birds-eye view of the urban city to give perspective and appreciation.

Sometimes you need to step back a little and take in the bigger picture of things. I’ve

spent the last two months searching for the very best view Prague has to offer and have come to realize that surprisingly enough, the best view of Prague can be found at the Prague Zoo. The Prague Zoo is rated as one of the four best zoos in the world. If you ever get the chance to visit it, you’ll understand why. The animals are all extremely well taken care of and the exhibits are spacious and clean.

The giraffes have an absolutely gigantic house full of food that allows guests to peer into windows to watch the giraffes eat and drink.

They also have a giant pasture to roam about if they so choose. I obviously haven’t been to every zoo in America, but I have never seen such large exhibits for animals in a zoo before.

The Prague Zoo also has a chair lift that you can ride in order to get from the highest level of the zoo to the lower levels. When you are sitting on the very top of the chair lift, you can look out and see the entire city below spread out before you. You see red roofs, dotted with parks and various patches of greenery.

It’s absolutely magnificent. There is nothing I like quite more than gazing out at the Prague skyline and picking out my favorite buildings: the turquoise and gold dome of the National Theater, the black towers and the Prague Castle.

I love that it’s so easy to go to places such as the zoo, where the noise fades out a little and I can pretend I am in Africa. Then I turn the corner to look out onto the entire city stretching across the horizon.

My eyes glance across the huge expanse of the Vltava River, sparkling in the sunlight or moonlight. It is nearly impossible not to love this place.

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ocial media has its ups and downs, but when it comes to connecting the community, sometimes a little help from the Internet allows for easier involvement.

Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Flagstaff knows just how to use social media for the betterment of all community members involved.

Between Nov. 2 and Nov. 6 the entertainment store put on “Bookmans Shop Local Give Local Twitter Treasure Hunt” which featured five local businesses, one each day of the week. Bookman’s hid a single prize basket at each location for winning participants to claim.

The treasure hunt consisted of several clues that were tweeted throughout each day on Bookmans’ Twitter account. The clues were relevant to the featured business of the day.

The first person to figure it out and reach the business had to state “I love local” to receive a basket full of donated items from various other local businesses in Flagstaff. Participants to follow received a smaller reward such as a discount at the shop/business.

“It’s a cross-promotion event where we are able to advertise and market for the neighborhood,” said Bookmans' event liaison Caity Evans. “The idea is that even though you’re going to one business for the hunt you’ll be introduced to many other businesses through the basket.”

The local businesses that donated to the baskets are Cab Comics, Monte Vista Hotel, Purl in the Pines, Pizzicletta, Historic Brewing Company, Mother Road Brewery, Aspen Deli, Flagstaff Community Market, Flagstaff Sports Exchange, Mountain Sports and The Bookmans Flag Cafe.

The participating businesses in the actual treasure hunt began with Rendezvous Nov. 2 followed by Purl in the Pines Nov. 3, Cab Comics Nov. 4, Pizzicletta Nov. 5 and finally Historic Barrel and Bottle House finishing out the hunt Nov. 6.

“Treasure hunts are fun, I think a lot of people enjoy these kinds of challenges and

the rewards that might come with them,” said owner of Pizzicletta Caleb Schiff. “I enjoyed it from the aspect of supporting local businesses; small businesses are really important to our town.”

The treasure hunt was first held a few months ago at the Bookmans location in Phoenix but has picked up traction and is now a statewide occasion. In the next three weeks, each of the six Bookmans’ locations throughout Arizona will host its own treasure hunt; the Flagstaff location happened to be the first.

Twitter was a very useful way of getting the short messages out quickly and allowing more people to get involved. Because social media is easily accessed by most young individuals, Evans hoped the treasure hunt would be a way for more students to get involved in the community.

“I think is beneficial to students who are not from Flagstaff and don’t know some of the great local stores around Flagstaff,” Evans said. “Rather than going to eat at a chain restaurant, go to some awesome place downtown like Pizzicletta.”

Local First Arizona was a huge part of pulling the event together. They are a non-profit organization that works with local businesses to strengthen and build communities.

“It is my job to support independently owned businesses. When local businesses succeed, the entire community thrives,” said northern Arizona director of Local First Arizona Cara Corbin. “Partnering with Bookmans on the Twitter treasure hunt is just one way we highlight locally owned businesses.”

Attention was definitely drawn to every business involved and allowed for business to be spread throughout the community by getting local residents involved and spreading the word. Twitter was one of the key components that made this possible.

According to Corbin, the event went well overall and with a few refinements, they hope to make it even better the next time they put on this event.

LIFE

Branding the Southwest: A glance at the man who changed the food industry and revolutionized the Southwest

Renee Schenk and Naomi Morrison attended the reception following the “Branding the Southwest” lecture and exhibit Nov. 4. The food at the reception was created using Fred Harvey’s recipes. (Photo by Paul Holdhusen)

BY MARISSA WHITE

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Dr. Wanda Costen is the new director of NAU’s Hotel Restaurant Mangement program. She addressed the audience as part of the “Branding the Southwest” lecture and exhibit. (Photo by Paul Holdhusen)

or many people across the country, Fred Harvey has been a household name for decades. For others, the Fred Harvey lecture, which took place Nov. 4 kicking off a new exhibit at Cline Library, was the first time they heard about this man, a revolutionary in the restaurant business.

The evening’s events were split into two parts. The first part was a lecture and presentation given by guest speakers Stephen Fried, Allen Affeldt, Wanda Costen and Allen Naielle in Cline library’s assembly hall. From those who knew nothing about Fred Harvey prior to the event, to veteran “Fredheads” as Stephen Fried called them, the lecture offered a variety of information for everyone attending.

“Like many people, I came to know about Fred Harvey at the Grand Canyon in 1993 and have been learning about him ever since,” Fried said.

Fred Harvey opened the first quality eating establishments along a railroad. This establishment would later grow due to its extreme popularity into The Fred Harvey Company.

According to the exhibit, “the Fred Harvey company developed a brand of tourism that popularized the Southwest and left a continuing legacy in many locations.”

After the lecture and Q&A session, attendees were invited upstairs for the opening of the “Fred Harvey: Branding the Southwest” exhibit, as well as a reception. The exhibit featured various photographs of Harvey Houses throughout the country, maps of locations, authentic dining sets, reproductions of Harvey Girl outfits and other pieces. There were also drinks and hors d’oeuvres served, some of them made from recipes from actual Harvey Houses.

“Fred Harvey created the first fast food place that served the first

travel food. It was the first company to create this idea of tourism besides just transporting box cars, and people along train tracks. It really turned the Southwest into a destination,” said Cline Library’s archivist Sean Evans.

Evans picked the idea behind this exhibit from the increased interest and popularity in Fred Harvey materials from the archival collections. Over 300 checkouts in the last eight years led him to believe that this would be a popular exhibit. The reception brought in dozens of people of all ages to check out the unique and historical art.

The exhibit has been in development for more than a year; however, the designer of the exhibit, intern Ofelia Zepeda, only had ten weeks to design and ultimately create the feeling of authenticity behind the exhibit.

Because the exhibit is fairly large in size, there are art pieces of all mediums. The 2D objects selected were donated by Allan Naille, former CEO of Fred Harvey/AMFAC Inc. The 3D objects are on loan from Old Trails Museum and La Posada, which are both located in Winslow, Ariz.

“The piece which makes the biggest statement is the Fred Harvey portrait on display at the beginning of the exhibit,” Zepeda said. “When the company was in operation, it was mandated that a portrait of Fred Harvey be prominently displayed to show that Fred Harvey was there to keep an eye on things. He was the company personified.”

Fred Harvey was a catalyst in the business of roadside restaurants and truly revolutionized Southwest tourism. For those interested in how he changed the food industry into what it is today, the exhibit is in the Special Collections and Archives room in Cline. As a staple of the southwest, it is a one-of-a-kind exhibit.

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NAU embraces TNR techniques in dealing with feral cats on campus

BY JESS HUFF

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AU has embraced a new practice in dealing with the feral cats on campus by ridding itself of mass extermination techniques and incorporating the tactics of the new group: NAU Feral Cats Alliance.

Feral cats in Flagstaff have become an increasing issue, so several residents decided to start their own Trap-NeuterReturn/Release (TNR) groups. Following their lead, a group on NAU’s campus has created their own TNR group, naming themselves the NAU Feral Cats Alliance.

Feral cats are cats that have been born in the wild and have had little to no human contact. Many of the problems associated with having feral cats around occur because of their birth rates, which despite their naturally high mortality rate still manage to cause overpopulation.

Cases of overpopulation have shown negative impacts like a loss in biodiversity for smaller animals and the extinction of two different kinds of birds. In addition, feral cats are known for carrying diseases that can be transmitted between themselves, small animals and potentially humans.

The idea is that, once they are able to identify a group of feral cats, TNR groups will feed them and will set up traps in attempt to capture as many as possible. From this point on,

the cats that are caught will be transported to a foster home until a veterinarian can spay/neuter them.

Many companies and organizations have specific days during the week when they will discount prices for feral cats to get spayed/neutered and given shots. If there are any other medical issues it will be dealt with from there. Many organizations will not release the cat until they have done everything they can to insure a healthier and longer life.

What this means for NAU is a better way of life for many cats that roam NAU’s campus like students. Being fed and immunized will help solve many of the diseases that are spread. Also, being spayed/neutered will help control the population in a way that does not require extermination.

Furthermore, being given a new chance of survival may show the benefits of having them around.

“We’re not going to erase the instincts of the cats, but feeding them does help,” said NAU Feral Cats Alliance advisor Ryan Farrar.

In a few cases, there is even potential for adoption.

This is seen in cases where cats may have become feral due to neglect by previous owners or are kittens. These cats are known as friendly kitties. Their behavior before and during the TNR procedure dictates what will happen, and it’s not likely to release friendly cats back to the wild.

The NAU Feral Cats Alliance began this past year after a few advisors from the College of Arts and Letters had been feeding the cats just around their building. This group has blossomed this semester as fellow cat dudes and cat ladies decided to help with the movement.

As a new group their funding is minimal, but there are high hopes for more to come in with fundraising events and help from ASNAU. “Right now, all we are working off of is donation money,” said president of the organization Danielle Richards.

“We’re looking at buying some traps right now because we are borrowing one at the moment.”

The NAU Feral Cats Alliance is hoping to make connections with other TNR groups who are willing to work together to solve some overpopulation problems and help as many cats in the area as possible.

“We hope to help unify the other groups in the city,” said the organization’s advisor Aileen Farrar.

While feral cats have been known to cause problems, the argument that they are now a natural predator of smaller pests and have a right to live in current ecosystems brings up the question of how to find better solutions and maybe even save a few lives. The NAU Feral Cats Alliance hopes to bring forth these solutions in the near future.

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Kickstart at Kickstand

BY KARI SCOTT

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offee seems to be an essential in a college student’s life: it serves as a morning kick of caffeine, a late-night lifeline when studying, a social activity and even as a job in this case.

Senior psychology major Aimee Backus is currently a barista at Kickstand Kafe, a local coffee shop nestled into a corner in downtown Flagstaff on Humphreys Street. Between the location, coffee and clientele, the shop has a very local feel to it.

Backus started working at Kickstand Kafe during the summer, after being a regular customer for years. While living downtown her freshman year, Backus would go to the coffee shop often and got to know the employees. This habit continued for years. Being a frequent customer in the past made the transition into being a barista even easier for Backus.

Backus had worked at one coffee stand before working at Kickstand and did not enjoy the work environment. She prefers working at the small coffee shop much more.

“This is just the perfect kind of job for school,” Backus said. “Not super high stressful, you do not get off too late, but some of the morning shifts are a little early.”

Kickstand Kafe has a distinct Flagstaff vibe to it. Being tucked away from the campus, the coffee shop does not see many NAU students. It is mostly older Flagstaff locals who come in. There are groups such as chess and knitting clubs. Some people come in just to study or read.

High school students often go to Kickstand Kafe as well.

“When I was in high school there was a coffee shop that my friends and I would hang out at,” Backus said. “So it is kind of cool to see the kids now all hanging out and drinking Italian soda.”

Some of the customers come in so often they have their own specific mug for their drink. Backus likes talking to people who have lived in Flagstaff for a long time and hearing about how the community has changed. One of her favorite regulars is a man named Dick who likes to share stories about Flagstaff ’s past.

The shop has a bit of a community within itself, but is also extremely community-oriented with Flagstaff. The Kickstand Kafe provides coffee for small community events, such as fun runs. The café also displays local artwork on First Fridays.

Kickstand Kafe has a roastery in Williams — truly a small, local business.

Backus balances being a barista with being a student at NAU. She is a psychology major with a minor in healthy lifestyle coaching, due to graduate in the spring.

Backus went through a number of different majors before deciding on psychology. The other majors did not catch her interest the way she wanted. With a past interest in psychology and reading psychology books to pass time, switching to psychology seemed to be the best choice.

“Mostly I feel like I picked my major to help me as a person,” Backus said.

The healthy lifestyle coaching minor was chosen as a good complement to psychology — a healthy mind and body.

For a while, Backus was not attending school. In that time, she was working at Café Daily Fare, a local restaurant that serves locally grown and prepared food. This is when Backus really discovered and developed a passion for the local lifestyle.

A resident since 2009, Backus has seen the city of Flagstaff change a

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lot in the time she has lived here. She is not a huge fan of the development of the city. Coming from the Phoenix-Tempe area, Backus liked the smalltown feel that Flagstaff had. She hopes even with the big food chains and other developments that people will still choose local businesses.

Even with strong feelings toward keeping things local, Backus has no ill feelings and bad blood with chain coffee shops. She actually really likes Einstein Bros. coffee and thinks Starbucks is a good company that treats its employees well.

The fellow local coffee shops located downtown are considered Kickstand’s rivals more than the chains.

Though she is a barista, Backus is not much of a coffee enthusiast. Her passions lie elsewhere.

“I love beer,” Backus said.

Hops on Birch is one of Backus’s favorite bars. She enjoys being downtown and the general atmosphere there. Backus also loves the outdoors and secluded nature of Flagstaff.

“I love that I can drive five minutes in any direction and be in the middle of the woods,” Backus said.

After graduating in the spring, Backus hopes to find an internship in human resources at the Grand Canyon. Backus loves being involved with and talking to people, so she feels working in human resources would be a good career choice for herself.

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Backus’s Five Favorite Drinks: Marley: White chocolate and hazelnut with almond milk. More like a dessert than coffee. She loves the way it smells when she is making it.

Bonfire Mocha: Tastes like a toasted marshmallow. Seasonal specialty. Unique and fun drink.

Elite: A Cubano shot with raw sugar in the espresso shot. Sweet and specific. Challenging to make.

Lattes: Backus likes to experiment and practice with foam art. Lattes are easiest for that. Until a to-go lid is put on the drink and the artwork cannot be seen.

Fixie: Rooibos tea and steamed soy milk with honey and cinnamon. Lady Fixie variation with raspberry flavoring in it.

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honor ing our v e t e r a n s

To commemorate Veteran’s Day, The Lumberjack teamed up with Laura Camden’s advanced photojournalism class to produce profiles on local veterans. Visit bit.ly/ljveteterans to see multimedia packages and more.

t he mi l i ta ry m e di c story and photos by nikki charnstrom

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t’s 2008. They are exiting a town in Afghanistan through a dry wash [referred to as a “wadi”] and nearby there is a kalat [an adobe-type house built with a surrounding 10-foot wall]. Here each person’s home is their own castle. The platoon is now being shot at. The medic, William “DOC” Golliher, is in the last vehicle.

An RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) hits the vehicle and blows off the antenna. Another comes and bounces off the hood. Another hits the front. They are aiming for Golliher’s vehicle. The enemy is trying to kill him.

He exits the vehicle and ducks behind a kalat wall, pops up and begins to shoot toward the direction of the RPGs. Two targets come into sight.

He shoots at target number one, who falls down.

Target number two starts to pick up something but is shot before he can act. The targets are a child and his mother Golliher treated earlier. Now they’re attempting to kill him. It is a situation he would find himself in at times as a medic in the military.

“I just did what I had to do. The real heroes never come home,” says the 38-year-old veteran.

Beginning his military career right after high school in 1995, Golliher followed in his family’s long history of service. He entered the Marine Corps in ’97 and took a temporary break in ’99 to be an EMT. He joined the Arizona National Guard that same year and in 2001 was promoted to sergeant. For the next three years, he served as a medical instructor for the U.S. Western Command.

He helped provide nine states with the ability to learn the new medical doctrine until he was transferred to Alpha Company 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (BSTB) in 2004. He served in both Afghanistan and Iraq up until his retirement in 2010. Golliher was promoted to staff sergeant post-retirement.

“I’m a lifer,” Golliher says.

As the number one medic in his division, Golliher was passionate about saving lives.

“If I get to you and you have a pulse you’re coming home alive,” Golliher remembers telling to the others. In a two-month time period he saved approximately 2,500 individuals.

“I saved a lot of lives and I’m happy about that,” he says.

When the time came to tend to someone in the middle of a war zone, he had to be able to pick up the wounded, throw them over his shoulder and run while wearing 80 pounds of equipment.

“I looked like Arnold. Now I’m a little skinny guy,” Golliher says.

After combat, Golliher experienced ringing in his ears. “Combat is very very loud. You wouldn’t be able to hear for days after,” he says.

He described his relationship with the other guys at the time closer than family.

“There you lived with each other. You slept in the same rooms. You were around each other 24/7. You didn’t care about yourself, you cared about everyone else. You take care of each other,” he recalls.

Together, Golliher says they lived in holes for weeks or months on end during patrols. There they were unable to take a shower or eat hot food for 30 days. “You were more concerned about water than you were about anything else anyway,” he explains.

According to Golliher, the only time a medic receives the name “DOC” is when his men believe he is a brother and a part of the platoon.

“More so, that they believe in you that no matter what you will be there to save their life. And they trust you over anyone else,” he says, “that’s when you finally earn ‘DOC’”.

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Dillon Benjamin makes the ACHA DII Select Team Senior defenseman Dillon Benjamin gains possession of the puck against Colorado State Nov. 5 at the Jay Lively Activity Center. Benjamin has had six assists in 14 games this season. (Photo by Kelsey McHugh)

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Senior defenseman Dillon Benjamin holds the back line during the Lumberjacks’ Nov. 6 match against ASU at the Jay Lively Activity Center. The Jacks defeated the Sun Devils 5–4 in overtime. (Photo by Alan Viramontes)

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BY BILLY WELCH

illon Benjamin, known by friends and teammates as D.J., has an important role on the Division II (DII) IceJacks hockey team. Not only does he protect his goaltender from shots and opposing players, but he’s also an assistant captain for the team.

Benjamin is a natural-born leader, providing a voice in the locker room and an example on the ice. His teammates and coaches aren’t the only ones that have taken notice either.

In December, Benjamin will represent NAU on the ACHA DII Select Team that will compete in Europe in a National AllStar Tournament. The Select Team will be competing in Germany, Norway and the Czech Republic Dec. 26-Jan. 6.

“I’m excited about it, just humbled that I would even be selected for it,” Benjamin said. “I feel really lucky to be able to be a part of it and have the opportunity to check out Europe for the first time.”

The team is comprised of players from ACHA teams in the United States and Canada. Twenty three players are selected out of all of the Division II hockey teams in both countries.

“A lot of the scouting for the team went on last year at Nationals,” Benjamin said. “After submitting an application to be a part of the team I was notified that I was selected.”

Benjamin had a great mentor to help motivate him over the years. A former coach by the name of Harry Mahood helped him to think differently about hockey and left the biggest impact on him as a player and as a person.

Benjamin played for Mahood on the Phoenix Polar Bears of the Western States Hockey League. Mahood has a rich knowledge of hockey and has had involvement in many leagues, including in the National Hockey League as Director of Amateur Hockey for the Phoenix Coyotes.

“He taught me a lot of lessons in hockey that also relate to life,” Benjamin said. “One of the lessons he taught me was to have a passion for winning. If you desire to win, you’re going to put in more effort and come out on top. He just always taught me to strive for excellence even when I’m not feeling up to it.”

Benjamin is currently in his fourth season as a member of the IceJacks. He has played all four seasons with the DII team. He had a career year this past season in which he tallied four goals and

18 assists for 22 points in 27 games played. He currently has six assists this season in what has been a tough start for the IceJacks at just 4-9-1 in 14 games.

“There is no better way to describe him than he’s just a leader,” said senior forward Benoit Cousineau-Cote. “He motivates us, gets us focused and gets us ready for games. He does anything he needs to do to help us succeed.”

Cousineau-Cote has played for the IceJacks for five seasons and has spent the last three campaigns with the DII team as Benjamin’s teammate.

“What impresses me is his defensive ability,” said head coach Travis Johanson. “He always makes the right play and makes it look effortless. He’s a smooth skating, smart defenseman that can chip in on offense too. He’s been a leader since he’s been here.”

Benjamin is looking forward to the tournament and hopes to soak it in and enjoy a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He is looking forward to representing NAU and hopes being selected to the team will help put the IceJacks on the map. He will next take the ice for NAU Nov. 13 when the IceJacks host Loyola Marymount University.

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LEFT: Junior guard Kris Yanku shoots the ball over a California Baptist player Nov. 6 at the Rolle Activity Center. Yanku led the Lumberjacks with 17 points Friday night. CENTER: Freshman guard Mike Green takes the ball to the basket. The Lumberjacks fell to the Lancers 89–70. RIGHT: Freshman guard Junior Searcy jumps over California Baptist defense to make a shot. Searcy led the freshmen with 14 points. (Photos by Michael Patacsil)

Freshmen display potential in first college game

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BY ZACH ASHTON

ans of the NAU men’s basketball team got their first look at the team for the 2015-16 season Nov. 6 as the Lumberjacks faced off against the California Baptist Lancers in an exhibition game at the Rolle Activity Center. The Lumberjacks lost against California Baptist 89–70.

The Lancers' offense was on fire from the three-point line all game. After making seven three-pointers on only 15 attempts in the first half, they made eight more three-pointers in the second half.

The Lancers finished the game going 15-of-37 from threepoint, totaling more than half of their 29 field goals in the game.

“We just have to get better with our close outs,” said junior guard Kris Yanku. “We have a lot of new people learning our defensive principles and stuff like that. I think that will go away as the season progresses because we have a lot of learning to do.

It’s pretty much an entire new team.”

Yanku led the Lumberjacks with 17 points, three rebounds and four assists. Senior guard Gelaun Wheelwright led the Lancers with 20 points, four rebounds and one assist.

Two freshmen, forward Stanley Steven and guard Torry Johnson, were in the starting lineup for the Jacks. Johnson finished the game with 12 points, three rebounds and four steals, while leading the Jacks with 33 minutes.

“Johnson might have been our best player,” said head coach Jack Murphy. “His defense was great, he gave effort the entire time. [He] played 33 minutes and never got tired, he [also] got to the foul line 11 times. He needs to knock more of those down, but he was outstanding. Sometimes I forget he is a freshman.”

After both teams were even at 8-all early in the first half, California Baptist went on a 15-4 run to grab a 23–12 lead. NAU then stormed back, going on a 17-9 run to make the score 32–29.

The Jacks and the Lancers were competing for the momentum heading into the locker room as the half wound down.

California Baptist made two threes within the last couple minutes to grab a 46–37 lead heading into the second half. While shooting 7-of-15 from the three-point line during the first half, the Lancers had three players with eight or more points, but not one of them reached double digits.

The Lancers continued their dominance from the threepoint line in the second, making five coming out of halftime to grab a 67–53 lead. The Lumberjacks' offense could not get it going, as the Lancers went on a 15-8 run to lead 82–61 late in the second half. The Jacks scored nine points as the last few minutes ticked off the clock.

The Lumberjacks will play their first regular season matchup at Washington State Nov. 13.

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The NAU women’s soccer team start their game Sept. 6 against Oakland with a cheer at Lumberjack Stadium. The Jacks won the game 2–1 and finished the season with a 7-4 home record and an overall record of 9-8-2. (Photo by Paige Stier)

One goal short of returning to Big Sky Championships

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BY MATTHEW KIEWIET

he Lumberjacks had their postseason hopes dashed by just a single point in the Big Sky Conference standings as the 2015 season came to a close in a double-overtime tie at Southern Utah. The Jacks were edged out by Sacramento State and the University of Montana. Both teams finished with worse overall records than NAU, but were slightly better in conference play.

After winning the conference tournament this past season and voted to be the preseason favorite to win the Big Sky in a coaches’ poll. Head coach Andre Luciano was very disappointed with the subpar finish to the season.

“I felt like we had the talent to return to the conference tournament,” Luciano said. “We just didn’t take care of business when we needed to.”

The Jacks had several heartbreaking losses against their Big Sky adversaries, finishing the season with a 1-4 record in overtime games against conference opponents.

Conference play is structured so that each team only faces

each other once during the regular season, which makes it difficult to recover from a mid-season slump such as the one the Lumberjacks found themselves in during this season. The Jacks started the year with a 2-4 record.

“I think it’s a real disadvantage,” said senior forward Haley Wingender. “Soccer is such a game of luck or chance. You could lose on one silly goal in overtime, but be the better team. I think if we had the opportunity to play each team again, the results would be different.”

NAU had four seniors receive All-Big Sky honors. Wingender was named to the All-Big Sky first team. Midfielders Cierra Gamble and Emily Waddel, and defender Torey Braly received All-Big Sky honorable mentions. Wingender, who finished her senior season with a team-leading 12 goals and five assists, was also named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District first team for District 8. Wingender will be graduating with a degree in biomedical, and says that soccer is a possibility in her future.

Luciano expects most of his underclassmen to return next

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season, including sophomore forward Adrian Nixt, who was tied for second on the team in goals with four. Nixt said that the disappointment of the 2015 season will be a driving motivation for next year’s squad. Also, with Wingender gone, there will be a void to fill offensively.

“My biggest goal [next season] will be to be the biggest impact player that I can be,” Nixt said. “We’re losing one of our forward powerhouses, so we have a lot to fulfill.”

In most games, Nixt split time with junior forward Lindsay Doyle, who also had four goals on the season. Luciano believes Doyle got back into rhythm as a player this past season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Meghan Dickmann also saw substantial minutes, playing in 10 games and starting six. Luciano was encouraged with her play between the posts.

“I felt like she proved herself to be a legitimate starter for this team,” Luciano said.

The Lumberjacks finished with an overall record of 9-82. They did an excellent job protecting their home field with a record of 7-4, but struggled on the road, going 1-4-2.

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Lumberjacks upset Eastern Washington on their turf

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Sophomore running back Corbin Jountti breaks through the Weber State defense Oct. 24 at the Walkup Skydome. Jountti scored three touchdowns in NAU’s 52–30 victory over Eastern Washington.(Photo by Michael Patacsil)

BY HAYDEN KNUDSEN

he NAU football team put on a dominant performance Nov. 7 against the Eastern Washington Eagles at Roos Field. The Lumberjacks found themselves up 24 points early in the fourth quarter in a game they were underdogs coming into.

The Jacks defeated the Eagles 52–30 and have now beat the Eagles in their last two matchups. Eastern Washington had 438 total yards of offense while NAU only had 384.

However, NAU possessed the ball for 10 more minutes than the Eagles while winning the turnover battle three to one.

"There were a lot of plays that went our way today," said head coach Jerome Souers. "I thought our guys battled their tails off for four quarters and played to the best of their ability. Those are the things you have to do to win a big game like this."

Sophomore running back Corbin Jountti carried the ball 11 times for 51 yards and three touchdowns. Senior running back Casey Jahn finished the night with 19 carries for 52 yards and two touchdowns.

The Lumberjacks jumped out to an early lead, with Jahn scoring the first two touchdowns of the game to give the Jacks a 14–0 lead.

Junior quarterback Jordan West got the Eagles on the scoreboard before the half ended with a 7-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Cooper Kupp.

The Jacks came out of halftime and scored on their first possession of the second half. Cookus threw a 1-yard

touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Emmanuel Butler to give the Lumberjacks a 21–7 lead.

After another toucdown pass from West cut the lead down to seven, Senior kicker Ryan Hawkins capped off a 13-play drive for the Jacks with a 21-yard field goal as the third quarter wound down.

With the Eagles down 24–14 heading into the fourth quarter, West tried to bring the Eagles back to within one possession of the lead with his arm. Senior cornerback Marcus Alford made West pay for trying to do so.

Alford picked off West and returned the ball 70 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to put the Lumberjacks up 31–14. From that point on, the Jacks started to milk the clock and give Jountti goal-line opportunities.

"I was taking the snaps, but our [offensive]-line and running backs made some great plays and kept it on the entire game," Cookus said. "Our defense also came up big tonight and scored some points."

Jountti scored the first of his three fourth-quarter touchdowns less than two minutes after Alford’s pick-six, running the ball into the end zone from two yards out to give the Jacks a 38–14 lead.

The Lumberjacks will kick off their final home game of the regular season Nov. 14 against Sacramento State in the Walkup Skydome.

Lumberjacks one step closer to hosting Big Sky Championships after winning 12th straight

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BY CHRISTOPHER VIVEROS AND CATELYN PRESTON

he NAU volleyball team continues to rack up win after win as they try to clinch a Big Sky Conference regular season title and the right to host the Big Sky Championships. The Jacks played against Eastern Washington Nov. 5 and Southern Utah Nov. 7 and proved they are a great team no matter where they play.

The Thunderbirds were no match for the Lumberjacks, losing in four sets (23–25, 25–16, 25–22, 26–24). Senior outside hitter Janae Vander Ploeg led the Lumberjacks offense with 20 kills while junior opposite hitter Chennin Benson connected with 17 kills for the Thunderbirds.

The first set went back and forth with both teams exchanging blows. Fourteen lead changes occurred throughout the set. The Thunderbirds got the better of the Lumberjacks, taking advantage of four service errors and recording three blocks while taking the first set.

The second set was a different tale, as the Lumberjacks were on top of their defensive game. The Jacks held the Thunderbirds to a miserable -.070 hitting percentage, causing 13 hitting errors. After the Lumberjacks got out to a 17–7 start and never looked back. The Jacks recorded six team blocks on their way to tying the matchup at one set a piece.

After the Thunderbirds got out to a 13–9 lead in the third set, the Lumberjacks won five-straight points with the help of kills from junior setter Jensen Barton and junior outside hitter Lauren Jacobsen. The Jacks never trailed again in the set as

they went up 2-1. NAU’s offense hit a game-high .306 hitting percentage in the set, recording 15 kills in the process.

“I’m just proud that we could grind this out” said head coach Ken Murphy. “Southern Utah was making it tough for us and we just really kept our composure and found ways to score points. It says something about this team’s character.”

The Thunderbirds recorded 17 kills in the fourth set with Benson and sophomore outside hitter Remo Gaogao connecting for five each.

However, Vander Ploeg responded for the Lumberjacks with eight kills in the set, including a clutch kill that gave the Lumberjacks a 25–24 lead. Gaogao recorded a hitting error to give the Jacks their 12th straight victory.

“The team fought hard today, and it was a tough match against Southern Utah,” Vander Ploeg said. “I don’t think it really mattered who put the ball down today. Everyone contributed today.”

The Jacks also defeated the Eagles on their turf Nov. 5 in straight sets (25–22, 25–20, 25–21). Senior outside hitter Janae Vander Ploeg led the Lumberjacks with 17 kills, and for the Eagles, senior middle Alexis Wesley led them with nine kills.

The team will look to break NAU’s consecutive win streak record and clinch a Big Sky Conference regular season title Junior setter Jensen Barton sets up the kill for freshman middle against Sacramento State Nov. 12th at the Rolle Activity Center. Emma Grimsrud Nov. 7 against Southern Utah at the Rolle Activity Center. The Lumberjacks defeated the Thunderbirds 3-1 to win the match. (Photo by Paul Holdhusen)

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Fantastic fall finale

BY DARRION EDWARDS

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he soothing sounds of wind instruments and powerful bass notes will complement the sounds of the trees blowing in the wind and brisk weather that autumn offers this time of year.

The end of the semester is closing and the stress of preparing for finals and deadlines of assignments can be forgotten with the help of NAU’s symphonic band and marching band. The two bands will be performing their final performance of the semester in the Fall Finale Nov. 18.

Performances will include original works for NAU symphonic band, including John Mackey’s new “Ringmaster’s March.”

Associate director of both the NAU symphonic band and the Lumberjack marching band Elliott Tackitt believes that the Fall Finale will be an opportunity for the students in band to showcase their abilities.

“This is an opportunity to put the music students at the focal point instead of the sporting events, and celebrate all their accomplishments,” Tackit said.

As the one and only performance for the NAU symphonic band, students hope to demonstrate their musical abilities and hard work from the semester.

“My favorite part of being in the performance is being able to make music for everybody,” said senior music education major Benjamin Lynch. “Music has been an outlet for me to express myself for the past 10 years.”

The Lumberjack marching band is comprised of students who perform for both bands. This concert is an opportunity for the band members to be the headline instead of just a performance for sporting events.

“I believe we have some of the hardest-working students on campus in the School of Music,” Tackitt said. “Our students are expected to practice between two to four hours a day in addition to their homework in addition to their non-music class responsibilities.”

According to Tackitt, the Fall Finale will not only express the hard work that the music students have put into the performance since early September, but it will also serve as a guide to what the students will need to improve on for future performances.

“I think it’s the best we’ve been and time to show NAU what we’ve accomplished,” said fifth year arts and music major Thomas Watterson. “It’s an opportunity to get the full experience of the Lumberjack marching band and not be limited to what we do in football games.”

The Fall Finale will certainly be an accomplishment for the band members who have been working on the performance since the beginning of the semester. The NAU symphonic band will be presenting shorter, spirited arrangements along with original pieces of work. The Lumberjack marching band will be performing pieces that have highlighted from the 2015 season.

Although the performance will be a demonstration of how hard the two bands have worked this year, some believe it will also be a demonstration for what the bands will need to focus on in the future.

“I’m looking forward to hearing students in concert to be successful and as I’m hearing that, I’m also thinking of the next concert,” Tackitt said. “What are we capable of? Doing what I can to improve any deficiencies in the concert that I’ve observed. Our job as educators is to keep teaching and keep helping our students to grow.”

Both the NAU symphonic band and Lumberjack marching band have a huge impact on the NAU community. The Lumberjack marching band not only performs at football games, but is the most visible ensemble throughout the year, according to Tackitt. This includes five home football games every year and other home athletic events.

“We have some of the absolute hardest workers at NAU who are not paid for their time,” Tackitt said. “They are just as prepared for their time and dedicated as the student-athletes are.”

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When worlds of art collide

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BY MAKENNA LEPOWSKY

rtists and designers set up stations ready to vend and showcase some of their finest works of art.

Corners are filled with designs from handmade leather goods and paintings to intricate beaded and exceptional jewelry.

The Flagstaff Artist Coalition Holiday Marketplace, usually a single-day event, took place for two days for the very first time. Held at The Elks Lodge of Flagstaff, Nov. 7 - 8, the coalition was an artist’s farmers market of beautiful handmade crafts.

Leather works of art that caught the eyes of many were designs by Carol McFadden. McFadden was not always the leather crafter she is now — as a child she had a passion for sewing.

“My mother was a sewer,” McFadden said. “I learned from her and I quickly loved it.”

McFadden’s interest in handmade designs flourished from that point. She developed an interest in quilting which grew into her main hobby. It was not until she ran into a predicament that she picked up handmade leather crafting.

“When I ran out of wall space to hang my quilts, I knew it was time to find a new hobby,” McFadden said.

McFadden’s leather crafts are a reflection of herself.

Her crafts are stylistic with elements of intricate details that exemplify her exceptional design ability. Works of leather feature different stains of rich, warm and vibrant colors, while still preserving the authenticity of the leather.

McFadden’s designs include leather hand bags, bracelets and necklaces with pendants of rare Murano glass. On a trip to Italy, Mcfadden and her husband purchased an abundance of this rare glass. The necklaces she sells are a treasure, containing the last of her Murano glass.

Extending the leather trend was Arizona native Cathy R. Jolma. Raised on a ranch in Tucson, Jolma incorporates her roots into her works of art.

Coming from a family of artists, creativity runs in her veins. Jolma works with silver, copper, leather and

Pottery on display during the Artist Coalition of Flagstaff Holiday Artist Marketplace at Flagstaff’s Elk Lodge Nov. 8. The event featured 25 artists from around Flagstaff.

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natural stones, while integrating multiple media into her fine art.

Historic and western elements are the theme of many of her artworks. A silver belt buckle designed by Jolma contains the image of a 100-year-old painting of the San Francisco Peaks. It was painted by an unknown Flagstaff artist, and Jolma incorporated the distinctly recognizable painting into her un-replicable belt buckle.

Artworks by Jolma are personal and relatable.

Elements of design resonate with many Arizona natives.

Jolma incorporated real barbwire into another one of her silver belt buckle designs.

“The history of Arizona has a lot to do with barbwire.” Jolma Said.

This unique asset is a reflection of her western upbringing and ranch roots.

With a steam punk and nerdy approach to design, jewelrymaker Anna Good was one of the youngest crafts makers to be present at the coalition. With a style in found object art, Good displayed unique artworks.

A design with much interest was a necklace made from the framing of an old wristwatch and its disassembled pieces.

“I take apart old watches and make them into something beautiful again,” Good said.

With a knack for restoring antique quality trinkets into something with worth, Good also has a love for the Harry Potter series. Good involves many themes and symbolic images from the series into her jewelry.

Generally finding most of her elements for her jewelry through garage and estates sales, Good does have a background in graphic design and photography. Many of her crafts contain images she has created or found.

Attracting not only the people of Flagstaff but Sedona as well, The Elks Lodge filled with people as the day progressed. Left and right were eager faces and excited eyes, scoping to get their hands on the limited and oneof-a-kind hand crafts and fine arts.

As visitors of the event grew pleased with new purchases, the stations of artist grew bare. An artist’s sense of accomplishment was achieved through the making and pleasuring sales of their treasured works of art.

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COFFEE T ELEPHONE ELIZABETH Rating: 2/5 Café Americano, $2.75 Maybe getting my tongue burnt was a blessing in disguise, because this drink wasn’t something that was pleasant to taste. It was so one-dimensional and bitter that not even cream and sugar would have helped, if they had sugar available. Which they didn’t. I started to like it about halfway through, but this drink wasn’t enough for me.

Second Stop: Campus Coffee Bean

KATIE Rating: 2.5/5 Caramel Macchiato, $3.75 The taste of the coffee was bitter and a little burnt, but it came with a good amount of caramel in the cup. The ratio between the espresso and milk was perfect, but it had a lot of ice.

The environment of the shop was cutesy but still had that corporate feel that’s hard to shake when it comes to chain restaurants.

KATIE Rating: 2/5 Caramel Macchiato, $4.05 The coffee was overall pretty weak and tasted as though I was drinking milk with a splash of coffee, not a trace of caramel.

The environment had a local feel, with beautiful murals on the walls and a stage set up for live performances. However, my order was wrong the first time so the barista was angry and rude when I asked for my correct drink.

ELIZABETH Rating: 3/5 Café Americano, $3.27 A lighter roast that came off as a bit watery. Had some nice richness to it, however, and was more receptive to cream and sugar, letting the undertones shine through. The relaxed environment made me feel as warm as the coffee did and I was very tempted to stay and fully enjoy the cup.

Third Stop: Macy’s

First Stop: Starbucks

A cup of coffee is just around every corner here in Flagstaff, but the best cup of coffee is a treasure to be searched for. This team set out to find the very best cup of coffee, going on the recommendation of the employees from one spot to the next.

Did they succeed?

KATIE Rating: 2/5 Macy’s Special, $3.49 Macy’s special was described as a hot chocolate with espresso and whipped cream. However it tasted nothing like hot chocolate, and the mocha that Troy received would be better described as a hot chocolate than mine. The presentation was flawless and the coffee shop itself had a very pleasant, cozy feel.

ELIZABETH Rating: 2.5/5 Continental Long Cup, $1.60 First sip was just as bitter as Starbucks, but after adding cream and sugars it began to have depth and richness. The place was densely packed and most of the drink spilled by the time we found our seats. The coffee didn’t seem worth the hassle, and the least they could do is provide a saucer.

TROY Rating: 2.5/5 Peppermint Mocha Latte, $4.95 From the first sip it was clear that Starbucks would not be topping the charts. The burnt and bitter taste of beans was the first flavor that hit. The only touch of mint or mocha in the drink was an aftertaste that could barely even linger into the second sip.

TROY Rating: 4/5 Café Mocha with Peppermint Syrup, $4.99 A refreshing change, Campus Coffee Bean’s coffee was far from being over-roasted. It was sweet and warm without being too hot to drink right away. While it did lack the sharp flavor of the peppermint expected, it could make for an even better drink with an extra pump of syrup.

TROY Rating: 2.5/5 Café Mocha, $3.39 After spilling a fair amount of an overfilled mug, getting through the crowded venue seemed almost impossible. Everything was overdone, including the sugar and coco powder. It left a dusty taste and gave an unpleasant crunch to a drink that already tasted more like watered-down hot chocolate than coffee.

COFFEE PREFERENCES Katie Sawyer: I like my coffee rich in taste but not bitter or burnt. Not a ton of ice, with plenty of cream and sugar.

Elizabeth Bazan: I want the same amount of richness in my coffee as in dark chocolate. I don’t want to taste cream and sugar when I add it, I want it to neutralize the bitterness and accentuate the natural sweetness and earthy undertones. I don’t want to feel like I have to hide the taste of the coffee.

Troy Siers: I love coffee with sweetness to it — something that hardly tastes like coffee, but keeps enough of the bitterness to balance out the flavors and avoid making it too sweet.

Peppermint mochas can usually do that — the sharpness of the mint with the sweetness of the mocha is a perfect match without drowning each other out.

While Campus Coffee Bean stood out among the rest, it is clear that the search is far from over, and this team will be at it again. Maybe next time, however, the inevitable crash could be reconciled with a pastry.

Quick tip: know your limits when it comes to caffeine.

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Trouble in Tahiti

BY CHRISTINA LEWIS

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he spotlight is on, the characters are in their places and the music is ready to be played for our NAU Opera’s first performance of the infamous production called “Trouble in Tahiti.”

Composed by well-known Leonard Bernstein, who is responsible for other famous productions such as “West Side Story,” “Trouble in Tahiti” is a one-act opera taking place in the 1950s about an unhappily married couple named Dinah and Sam. The stage will be set for NAU Opera students to present two back-to-back presentations of Leonard Bernstein’s one-act opera called “Trouble in Tahiti,” Nov. 22. There will be two showings of this production, one in the early afternoon at 3 p.m. as well as an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. located at Prochnow Auditorium. “Trouble in Tahiti” is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and free to all NAU students with ID. “Trouble in Tahiti” is about a man named Sam who is self-absorbed and confident; he has trouble with being faithful in his relationship and keeping his eyes only on his wife Dinah. Dinah is a depressed housewife who is consistently trying to bring the relationship back to where it started and hold it together.

NAU will be presenting this version of the opera as well as another version taking place in the present day. In the version taking place in the present day, the roles have slightly changed — you find Sam is an overcommitted husband who is protective and trying to hold the relationship together, whereas Dinah is a woman of “today’s age” who is self-motivated, overachieving and independent.

“People should come see “Trouble in Tahiti” because it provides a lot of music that doesn’t get heard,” said senior vocal performance major Zach Martin, who plays present-day Sam. “It includes awesome operatic music with a creative take on staging. The show lets you see two different characters coming out of the same music.”

Students of the NAU Opera Theater have been working vigorously for this show since September in order to perfect it to the best of their abilities. Not only is this a big day for the actors, but also for NAU Opera Director Eric Gibson — this will be his first production shown at NAU. With rhythmic music, comical scenes and emotional interactions throughout the show, it is apparent that “Trouble in Tahiti” will be appealing to all ages. Going through a love story of a man and woman, you see the way men and women interact differently. The opera will leave an open window for you to decide whether you think the foundation of relationships has changed over the years or if they have remained the same.

“Trouble in Tahiti portrays relationships in the 1950s to current relationships to show how much things haven’t really changed over time. It gives a raw portrayal of relationships,” said senior vocal performance major Jacqueline Alcocer, who plays 1950s Dinah.

What is unique about this production is that there will be two different casts. They have put together a cast for the ’50s couple as well as a present-day couple to fully represent the dynamics in generations and time

Senior vocal performance major Sedona Libero is serenaded by her co-star, senior vocal performance major Zachary Maitin, during rehersals, Nov. 6. “Trouble in Tahiti” takes place in both 1953 and in the present day of 2015, showing the struggles with marraige are timeless. (Photo

by Raven Larson)

gaps. There is a significant difference in the character personalities through the change of time.

“You get to see the culture of the 1950s, which wasn’t too long ago if you think about it, that was when most of our parents were born. You get to explore the relationships 60 years ago in comparison to now,” said senior vocal performance major Sedona Libero, who plays present-day Dinah. “There are beautiful moments in the music with a rhythmic drive. I love how the melody changes between the couples when they’re close and when they’re distant.”

This production provides you with magnificent music and vocals and the ability to see how society has changed through the years.

“People can relate on an individual level. In our society, there is so much publicity set on relationships and the show lets you see different dynamics of the different generations,” said graduate vocal performance student Sergio Manzo, who plays 1950s Sam. With hard work and long hours of memorizing lines, perfecting notes and making adjustments to character placements, it is undeniably certain that Trouble in Tahiti will leave an impact on not only the students involved, but the audience as well.

Jordan Sonnenblick: laugh away the tears

BY ELIZABETH BAZAN

A

fter wading through book after book filled with Bella Swan and Christian Grey characters accentuated with half-baked plots, a book lover is just dying to feel something, if anything at all.

Whether the search is for a heart-wrenching tale of love, a tearinducing tragedy or an abdominal-toning comedy, the best way to break out of the same-story funk is to combine genres.

Jordan Sonnenblick, an American author, is a master at imbuing the terribly touching with the hysterically humorous. Born in Missouri in 1969, he was always good at creative and comedic writing until his high school English teacher told him to “head for the deep water” and find impactful topics to write about.

Sonnenblick writes for kids who have grown up too fast, and for those who need to be reminded that difficult times don’t make them children any less. His books have inspired many to laugh in between somber tears and to begin their own writing careers. While touching

on difficult, scary and even sad topics, he still manages to crack a smile and help his audience realize that it is true that you can see stars in darkness.

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie: Steven Alper was like any 13-yearold — good grades, a talent for drums and a crush on a beautiful girl.

But when his family discovers that his younger brother Jeffrey has leukemia, everyone is affected. The family is strained, tensions are high and nothing can remain stagnant in the face of mortality.

Steven’s own life has shifted focus to the point where he sacrifices things that are most important to him. He has to decide if he blames his brother or if he is just scared for him. Although the times are tough, Steven learns that the most important things in life are the most important people to you. Instead of worrying about everything, he should focus on the things he can change.

Notes from the Midnight Driver: Alex Gregory blames his parents for his bad behavior, but a judge won’t buy it. After raiding the liquor cabinet and stealing his mom’s car keys, he is sentenced to 100 hours

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of community service at his local nursing home. There he meets the ornery and terrifying Solomon Lewis, an old Jewish man with an unknown past and a talent for making any orderly cry.

Through life lessons and a shared love of jazz guitar, the two somehow become close through shared knowledge. Both learn a new facet of bravery from the other, even when true tragedy strikes. Alex learns more about himself, finally realizing that what happens to you doesn’t reflect who you are, but what you do in response does.

After Ever After: Steven Alper’s story is over, but Jeffrey’s is far from it. After his cancer goes into remission, he is faced with not only the trials of adolescence, but the fear of his own mortality as well.

With eighth-grade graduation coming up, he hatches a plan with his best friend Tad, whom he met in the hospital, to beat the odds, pass their exams and walk across the stage. While they both overcome the physical challenges that cancer has left them with, Jeffrey learns the same lesson his brother did — sometimes you have to focus on who you really care about and that will bring the most satisfaction.

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