The Lumberjack -- March 9, 2017

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MARCH 9, 2017 - MARCH 22, 2017

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From the Editor

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We made it — the half-way point of the semester. Rejoice, NAU students!

With spring break on the horizon, the time to have fun, relax and destress is upon us. Spring break is an opportunity for weary college students to take a hiatus from the busy life of school. Some will be traveling south to Mexico with friends, while others may simply go home to relax with family.

I will be doing what I’ve done every year since college has started: sitting in front of my television and watching the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The first four, and then through to round 64.

I won’t be alone in this endeavor. My love for the tournament comes from watching as a child with my dad and older brother. My dad would allow my brother and me to skip school to watch the games with him and take in all the basketball during the week.

I consider myself a basketball junkie. I love watching, playing and writing about any level of basketball, from high school to professional. So naturally, I look forward to watching the first week of March Madness every year once January hits.

In round 64, anything can happen. From the Cinderella run of 2010 when fifth-seeded Butler nearly defeated the top-seeded Duke in the national championship game on a half-court prayer to 2011 when UCONN went from first round of Big East Conference tournament all the way to the NCAA title behind “Cardiac” Kemba Walker.

LANCE The best teams will do what they do, or the underdog will spark an upset. The HARTZLER unpredictability of the tournament is what keeps me coming back year after year.

The reason the first week is my favorite is because of the incredibly high number of games played in one week across the country. There are 34 games played between March 14 and March 19, spanning nine cities across the United States.

Spending my spring break sitting in front a television and watching any game of my choosing is my own beach in Mexico.

While people will be sitting toes in the water, drink in their hand, I’ll be entrenched in my favorite time of the year.

From everyone at The Lumberjack, have a great and safe spring break!

“When you sit down and have a conversation with the community, that’s when you learn, that’s when you grow, that’s when you get more involvement.”

— Mayor Coral Evans, 2017

Thank you for reading.

Mayor Coral Evans discusses economic development issues with citizens at the Indigenous Community Forum at Flagstaff High School March 1.

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On the cover Mackenzie Tanquary, Leslie Fields and Peyton Thompson with the NAU Axecidentals practice in the Performing and Fine Arts Building March 3.

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PoliceBeat Feb. 27 At 3:02 p.m., a student in Wilson Hall reported three televisions had been stolen from his room. An NAUPD officer responded, but the student did not want to press charges.

At 3:15 p.m., an employee in the Communication building reported an employee had mutilated a decorative plant. An NAUPD officer responded, but human resources were handling the situation.

At 3:58 p.m., the Arizona State University police informed NAUPD a missing ASU student was possibly last seen at NAU. This student was later found dead beneath Midgley Bridge in Sedona, according to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.

Feb. 28 At 7:18 a.m., an NAU vehicle collided with a parked car in parking lot 38. An NAUPD officer responded and collected the information of those involved.

At 4:07 p.m., staff in Allen Hall called for assistance opening a desk. NAUPD responded and was able to open the desk.

March 1 At 1 p.m., an NAUPD officer spoke to a class at the Social and Behavioral Sciences building on active shooter scenarios. Twenty-five people attended the presentation.

At 1:41 p.m., two students in Cline Library reported two cell phones, glasses and a laptop had been stolen. NAUPD responded, but all leads were exhausted.

The case was closed.

At 5:51 p.m., a staff member near lot 3 reported their vehicle’s windshield was

damaged by falling ice. An NAUPD officer responded, but the ice had already left the scene. A new windshield will be necessary.

March 2 At 10 a.m., a staff member near McCreary Street reported a student acting suspiciously behind some bushes. NAUPD investigated and discovered the student was working on a school project.

COMPILED BY ADRIAN SKABELUND stolen near Campus Heights Apartments. An NAUPD officer responded. The bike was stolen sometime between November and February. The case was closed.

March 4 At 1:54 a.m., an NAUPD officer stopped a subject on Milton Road. The subject was driving on the wrong side of the street. The driver was tested and was under the influence of alcohol. The driver was cited At 12:29 p.m., a and released. traffic controller reported a student skateboarding while At 11:19 a.m., a staff holding onto a bus outside of member in Mountain McConnell Hall. An NAUPD View Hall reported hearing officer responded to the scene, fireworks. An NAUPD officer but the asphalt surfer had fled went to the scene but found the area and was nowhere to be the noise was caused by a found. military funeral in progress at Citizens Cemetery.

At 5:52 p.m., Parking and Shuttle Services reported At 12:25 p.m., a staff a vehicle was driving on a member reported a track and pedestrian path near the field hammer had accidentally Ernest Calderon Learning struck a parked vehicle in Community.

NAUPD lot 62. An NAUPD officer responded but the vehicle in investigated and attempted to question had left the area. contact the vehicle’s owner.

The investigation is ongoing.

March 3 At 12:10 a.m., a March 5 student in Campus Heights At 5:13 a.m., staff in Reilly Apartments reported a loud Hall reported an intoxicated party. NAUPD responded to student. NAUPD, FFD and the noise complaint but found the GMT ambulance arrived the residence in question on the scene and transported appeared to be empty. the student to FMC. The student was later deferred for At 10:43 a.m., a resident a minor in consumption of assistant in Cowden Hall alcohol. reported room signs had been stolen. An NAUPD At 5:27 p.m., a passerby officer responded, and facility reported a student on a services were contacted for bicycle had crashed near San replacements.

Francisco Street. NAUPD, FFD and GMT came to the At 11:40 a.m., a staff student’s aid. The student was member requested NAUPD transported to FMC. presence while terminating an employee in the At 10:15 p.m., staff in Communication building. Campbell Hall reported an NAUPD fulfilled the request, odor of marijuana. NAUPD standing nearby while the deferred a student for termination occurred. possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

At 3:40 p.m., a student reported their bike had been

NEWS

Trump administration under scrutiny for contact with Russia

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ecently, several of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, advisers and allies were found to have communicated with the Russian government during his 2016 United States presidential campaign. There were several alleged instances of Russian meddling in the election.

During his campaign, and since Trump was elected president, U.S. relations with the Russian Federation have soured over allegations of Russian interference in the election. The U.S. intelligence community has tied Russia to several attempts to influence the outcome of the election, and several media outlets have exposed connections between Trump’s staff and the Russian government.

July 22, emails from the Democratic National Committee were published by the site WikiLeaks. It wasn’t until October the Obama administration released a statement addressing Russian involvement in the leaks.

“We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities,” said a statement by the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Russia has also been linked to hacks of prominent GOP leaders and organizations, including Republican representatives.

Republican National Committee officials have denied their systems were hacked but admit staffers had their accounts hacked.

Evidence also shows Russian government entities financed sites that produced fake news to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

“I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing,” said former President Barack Obama in a December interview with NPR. Russian officials, meanwhile, have denied their government was involved in the hacks.

“Lots of things that’s being blamed on us and our president — they’re false and they’re fake. Think twice before saying that Russians are bad guys,” said Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov during a January BBC interview.

Ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government have come under scrutiny. Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, resigned after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about phone calls Flynn had with a Russian diplomat. Flynn served Trump’s administration for less than a month.

PhotFlynn, along with Trump’s senior aide Jared Kushner, had also met with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., in a meeting at Trump Towers in December. Kushner is President Trump’s son-in-law.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement on issues related to travel and visas at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington, D.C., March 6. Susan Walsh | Associated Press

J.D. Gordon, the national security adviser for the Trump campaign, also admitted to meeting with Kislyak during the Republican National Convention in July 2016. Gordon had successfully pushed for the Republican party platform to include the policy of not aiding the Ukrainian government in their fight against pro-Russian separatists.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was also found to have met with Russian officials on two separate occasions. March 2, Sessions, who was one of Trump’s first supporters in the government, recused himself from any investigations into charges regarding Russian involvement in the election.

By recusing himself, he has excused himself from any cases related to Russia because of a possible conflict of interest. Sessions has been called to step down by many leading Democrats, in part due to his failure to mention his meetings with Kislyak during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate.

So far in his presidency, Trump has not lifted any of the sanctions placed on Russia by the Obama administration during the 2014 crisis in Ukraine, nor has he appeared to give Russia preferential treatment in matters of policy.

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“I just think if we got along with Russia, that’s not a bad thing,” said Trump during his 2016 campaign.

If Russian-U.S. relations were to improve and the two countries were to work closely with one another, it would mark an important shift between the two nations, which have been adversaries since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. However, positive relations may not be what all U.S. citizens want.

Arizona Sen. John McCain has made several comments about the GOP investigating the alleged ties between Trump and Russia. In December, he gave FBI Director James Comey documents alleging “secret contacts” between Trump and Russian officials, according to The Guardian. The documents also alleged the Kremlin had compromising information on the president.

Trump and the Kremlin have denied, and maintain, the allegations of collusion during the election are false.

There have been calls, especially from Democrats, for a full investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Until the matter of Russian involvement is settled, it would appear as though the Trump administration is under close scrutiny regarding its ties with the Russian government.

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NEWS

NAU SNAIL Club facing closure Kaitlyn Sampson

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gardening organization in which students work in a campus garden, apparently does not follow the university’s beauty standards and is rumored to be discontinued, worrying the members of the club. The closure would substitute tall grass for locally grown fruit and vegetables.

A group of four students out of the 10 active members met for the Students Nurturing Alternatives and Landscaping (SNAIL) Club Feb. 18. The topic of the meeting was centered around the club’s rumored shutdown.

According to the Planning, Design and Construction department of Facility Services, NAU upholds specific beauty standards on campus. The club may not be meeting these standards, and this threatens the continuation of SNAIL. The club is placing much of its efforts into complying with NAU’s strict beautification standards so they are able to keep their garden, along with the club, active for current and future members.

“I think it’s incredibly valuable that this garden is entirely student run,” said graduate assistant Kim Fessenden. “It helps students learn in a deep way and feel connected to the university.

If the club were to close, students would lose this chance to be engaged on such a direct level. I worry about the students sitting in their rooms Saturday mornings without a place to go to connect with other students and the university.”

Formed approximately five years ago, the club is affiliated through a first-year seminar class called Living the Good Life, which focuses on educating students about environmental sustainability and social justice. Containing 25 students, the seminar is a gateway for students to join SNAIL. Students work with the SNAIL Club’s garden as a requirement for the seminar, and those who are interested in gardening join the club even after the class ends. The garden is located on south campus near Facility Services.

“NAU has a landscaping master plan,” said NAU Media Relations Officer Carly Banks. “The site the SNAIL garden is

currently on is marked for natural short grasses. SNAIL club, in an attempt to be in alignment with the vision of the master plan, is attempting to work with the landscape architect and potentially plant tall grasses as a screen around the garden.”

NAU prides itself on being an environmentally-friendly campus. NAU’s official website states the “campus-wide programs and resources encourage the entire university community to get involved with sustainability efforts.”

However, the current beautification standards that may be implemented in place of SNAIL’s garden do not seem to comply with their stance on being green. Even though SNAIL is working on a compromise to place tall grass around the perimeter of the garden, it would still block the view of what the members have worked so hard to create.

The final report of NAU’s official Landscape Master Plan states that its purpose is to “Celebrate the diversity of NAU campus landscapes while creating a unified overall campus that will attract and retain students.”

Although the plan was made in 2015, it is just now be implemented across campus. The justification of replacing the garden is explained in the master plan.

“By planting stands of ornamental grass, native grass meadows, shrub beds and new trees, the design seeks to nestle the buildings into the mountain context,” according to the NAU master plan.

Instead of the greens, berries, vegetables and flowers currently planted in the garden, NAU may intervene and plant tall, ornamental grasses.

“We don’t fit the master plan for the campus beautification standards, so we’re trying to meet those guidelines of the master plan,” said co-president of SNAIL Amanda Harder. “It’s supposed to be tall grass in the area, but right now there are raised beds with big plastic hoops to cover plants during winter, cement blocks and fencing.”

Harder went on to explain her disappointment, saying she was “pretty upset” about the rumors.

“It’s been my happy place for the last year and a half and I know it is for others too,” Harder said. “We’ve put a lot of work into it, so it’s frustrating for someone to come in and try to take away all of our hard work.”

Peggy Pollak, SNAIL Club adviser, focuses on expanding students’ knowledge of gardens and environmental sustainability while providing an outlet for them to get away from the stress of homework and other responsibilities.

Jordan Gilbert, co-president of SNAIL and sophomore nursing major, became involved in the club through the first-year seminar course. When she first learned from Harder that SNAIL Club could be eliminated, her reaction was similar to that of her peers.

“This club means a lot to me,” said Gilbert. “It is a great way to get outside, and it is sort of a stress relief from all the worries and pressures of school. When I heard the club might close because there are ‘too many gardens.’ I was appalled. How can there be too many gardens? Too many contributions back to the environment? NAU is supposed to be the greenest campus in Arizona, yet they want to get rid of a club that directly contributes to what they stand for.”

The club received a grant when they first formed on campus and have been using those funds ever since. But as the funds has dwindled, the club is planning future fundraising events.

“We are a very low-maintenance club that does nothing to disturb the daily workings of the campus,” said Gilbert.

Although nothing official has been released by NAU, the club is taking the rumor extremely seriously and members are continuing their efforts to make their garden fit the campus’ visual standards.

Other student gardens include SSLUG, which stands for Sustainable Living and Urban Gardening, and Shand, named after late NAU biology professor Richard Shand. On the NAU website, the SNAIL club page was unavailable March 7. However, the other two garden website links were accessible.

Judge tables talk on Steven Jones’ medical records Conor Sweetman

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udge Dan Slayton met with the prosecution in court and the defense, who was present via phone, for the trail of Steven Jones March 7 for a case management hearing. The hearing was originally scheduled to hear a motion by the prosecution to have Jones’ medical records while under the care and supervision of the Coconino County Detention Facility, but the motion was not addressed.

According to the court documents filed in late January for the release of the medical records, the prosecution wants to see exactly how injured Jones was when he was arrested after the October 2015 shooting. Jones is claiming self defense in the

shooting, and the state said the medical records are necessary to “meet the defendant’s claims of self-defense, and more specifically, his claims that he suffered more serious injuries than the current evidence suggests.”

The entire hearing lasted about 30 minutes, but Slayton did not hear arguments for the release of medical records. Instead he talked about the media’s involvement in the jury selection process and the amount of pretrial publicity the case has received.

Slayton said there would be at least two, if not three bailiffs present in the courtroom. Additionally, he said the jury would be allowed to leave first from the courtroom during the trial.

“I want to protect the fairness and security of this case,” said Slayton.

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According to the prosecution, there have not been any meetings between the defense and the state regarding a plea deal.

Slayton said the two sides needed to sit down and at least talk about the idea of a settlement outside the courtroom.

Prosecution lawyer Ammon Barker wanted to get to the motion regarding the medical records being released but the judge decided to hold off on the motion until March 23 or 24. Slayton also said that, due to the pretrial publicity, during the trial friends and family of both sides would be asked to leave in order to fit the jury and essential staff in the courtroom.

The jury trial is still on track to start April 4 in the Coconino County Superior Court.

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Incident at Cline Library leads to contested narratives Joey Postiglione Editor’s note: The Lumberjack reposted a video on its Facebook page illustrating an confrontation between students and police at Cline Library Feb. 25. This story is a closer look at that encounter.

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video filmed by a student and posted on Facebook portrayed a confrontation in Cline Library Feb. 25 between two NAU police officers and a group of four NAU students.

In the post by the Queer Activist Collective (QAC) and CounteraQt, these students separately identified as transgender, queer and people of color. These groups identify as a safe-space group for students to report injustices in the NAU community.

Two brothers got into a conflict with the group of four students while the group attempted to study in the library.

Meanwhile, the library staff members faced a common problem — dealing with disruptive individuals. By the end of the incident, NAUPD asked all the students involved to leave the library. The aftermath was frought with tension, partly because both groups of students involved are part of various minority groups.

The Lumberjack reached out to the groups involved for comment. Blake and Alec Martin are twin brothers who were accused of being white suppremacists. They identify as biracial and Latino while also having OCD, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The group of four students declined to comment, citing fear for their safety. In the past, they have received death threats because of their identities. While the two Facebook groups QAC and CounteraQt spoke on the behalf of the four, they were not directly involved in the Feb. 25 incident.

There has also been a rise in national hate crimes since President Donald Trump’s inauguration that have made caused groups representing marginalized communities, such as CounteraQt and the QAC, more vigilant.

In a phone call reporting the group of students to the police obtained by The Lumberjack, senior librarian specialist Bridget Rowan said “the person [that the group of students] are harassing has some mental illness issues. So, um, I don’t know if it seems worse than if they were just bothering someone [without disabilities].”

Throughout the event, Blake Martin, the man who allegedly threatened the group of four students, is referred to by police and library staff as having a mental and social condition.

The Lumberjack discussed this with Blake, who identifies as a Latino man with Autism spectrum disorder. The staff attempted to handle the situation carefully, having discussions among themselves, but that did not stop people from characterizing Blake without confirmation.

Cline Library staff members are not qualified to make a judgment on a student’s mental health.

“We handle [a student wth developmental disorders] the same way we handle any other student,” said Kathleen Schmand, director of development and communication. “We’re not making those judgments … We can express an observation to the police department if we call them, but we wouldn’t handle the situation

any differently.”

Blake set in motion the Feb. 25 series of events, which led to the video, by reporting to the library staff earlier that a man, later identified by NAUPD as a 51-year-old Coconino Community College (CCC) student, had approached him in the bathroom.

Blake said the man was under the influence of alcohol and made sexual remarks. Allegedly, this CCC student also threatened to shoot Blake. The library staff then reported the CCC student to the police. A police report confirms the man was was drunk and said several mini-bottles of alcohol were found in the bathroom.

Public Information Officer Chris Andersen and another officer responded to the library to investigate. Blake was curious about his role in the case and went to the front desk and outside to get more information on the investigation.

“A staff member called to report a group of individuals causing a disturbance with another individual.

The group was asked to leave the area and complied.”

-NAU police department’s log, feb. 25 The commotion also prompted a student from the group of four to approach library staff about how the investigation involving the CCC student was handled. According to a letter sent to NAUPD by librarian Heidi Fogelberg, the student from the group of four was inquiring about the library’s code of conduct.

This student also accused Blake, the police and the Cline Library staff of stigmatizing the CCC student for being mentally ill.

Fogelberg claimed in her letter that she repeatedly told the student from the group that library staff could not disclose information about the case. Blake hovered around the desk, and gave input to the student and library staff discussion. According to Fogelberg, Blake “was not in the least bit helpful.”

After, the student spoke with library staff and returned to their group of four. Blake followed, and Fogelberg witnessed Blake speaking with the group briefly.

This interaction is included in the Facebook video post

by CounteraQt and the QAC. The post claims Blake made disparaging remarks to individuals in the group, including asking a foreign exchange student why they were in the United States.

Blake, however, said he asked this question sincerely.

“A few minutes later [after asking where the student is from] I tried to ask politely ‘Why are you here in America?’ ... That’s it.

I wasn’t trying to do it to prejudice them, ” said Blake.

Blake called his brother Alec during this time and was present during Blake’s altercation with the group of four students. During the conflict, Alec called the group of four students “retards.” This was stated in the group’s Facebook post and was also confirmed

by Alec.

“What I said exactly was, ‘I’m here to protect him from the mess you made because you’re all mentally retarded,” said Alec.

Alec later said he regretted the statement, citing the heat of the moment and the group’s treatment of Blake.

“I was enraged by the way they were treating my twin brother,” Alec said.

After engaging with the four students, Blake reported the group to the library staff, citing feeling uncomfortable after the group called him a white supremacist. The Facebook posts confirmed this accusation and added that the group of students called Blake violent for supporting the use of police.

All six students left Cline Library after speaking with police.

A different point of conflict is between the Queer Activist Collective and InteraQt groups and the police department. While these safe-space groups said the students were forcibly removed, NAUPD reported a different story in their daily police log, an activity record kept by the police department.

“A staff member called to report a group of individuals causing a disturbance with another individual,” was written in the Feb. 25 police log. “The group was asked to leave the area and complied.”

The different perceptions of this event hints at a the type of relationship the safe-space groups and NAUPD have.

“NAUPD and many of the LGTBQ community on campus do not have a good relationship,” said QAC in an email. “Cops are often not an option for marginalized groups due to systemic safety reasons. It is our priority to not involve police as any first line of defense or de-escalation. There are plenty of alternatives.

We shared the video in part to highlight the fact that this scenario could have been handed very differently and with little to no escalation from police.”

QAC and CounteraQt feels their relationships with the NAUPD is strained, but this sentiment is not shared by NAUPD. “I have been with NAU for a little over a year. I’m in a community relations position, and I attend LGBQTIA meetings when I can,” said Officer Dillon Jenkins. “I have not had any bad relationships or incidents with the Commission, and in my time I haven’t heard of any instances like that. I feel like our relationship is [going] pretty well.”

There is a history of tension between LGBT communities and police such as the plains clothes, considered undercover to some, police officer who forcibly removed a speaker at The Coming Out Monologues last year.

“The students impacted by the incident on Saturday asked for a public apology and for transparency on the employee and Cline Library policies that impact students entering the library.

The students also asked for a public acknowledgment of the complaints/concerns raised and a plan to address those concerns,” QAC said in the email.

The Lumberjack reached out to Cline Library dean Cynthia Childrey, but she was unable to comment on the ongoing investigation.

“Cline Library is actively working with the Office of Equity and Access, the Dean of Students and other involved parties to investigate the incidents, so we are unable to share more information at this time,” said Childrey.

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Liberal studies equals student debt and high stress ZACH MARTIN

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ducation is a way to exercise all sides of the brain and gain a well-rounded base of knowledge before digging into a specialization. There’s nothing wrong with being well-rounded. I think students today need to gain as much knowledge as possible in order to form their own educated opinions in which they can truly believe.

The sad part is NAU is capitalizing on this opportunity to force unrelated courses on students and get them to pay for knowledge that really isn’t applicable in today’s career fields (unless someone’s major is directly related to the courses in question).

As a transfer student, I was more concerned about what credits did, in fact, transfer, moving from Southern California and settling into work only a month before fall of 2016. Thankfully, my adviser set up my first semester for me and off I went to begin the end of my bachelor’s degree.

Once the Spring 2017 semester rolled around, I was responsible for selecting my classes and I worked out my schedule. It was then I realized there were some classes I didn’t even know were

required, but in fact were and are for every NAU student. Yup, you guessed it: liberal studies.

What exactly are liberal studies? I never really knew until I had to start working the required classes into my schedule, but generally, they are courses focusing on humanities, natural and social sciences and various arts. They exist to supplement general education as well as major courses to make sure all students are getting as well-rounded an education as possible.

Although this is all fine and dandy, I don’t see the point. NAU requires a total of 35 combined units of Foundation and Distribution requirements. These range from basic English and mathematics (understandable, considering most people use writing and basic math on a daily basis) to applied sciences and cultural understanding. I don’t know about anyone else, but I have no idea when I’ll use science enough in my career, or daily life, to need to take seven units worth.

Think about 35 units for a second. A minimum full-time unit count is 12, which means if taking nothing but liberal-studies classes, it would take a student three fulltime semesters to complete the university’s

requirement. As a transfer student paying Western Undergraduate Exchange tuition, that comes out to a little over $22,000 for classes I really don’t need.

I can see that NAU probably sets these requirements to increase the overall performance and general knowledge in its students, which I’m sure every educational institution wants.

Personally, though, I’m not really sure I’m going to use this knowledge working in my desired profession, unless I specifically go into the field of Asian Values and Ethics, for example. How can students be motivated to learn when they know going into classes that the next 50-120 minutes of their time will mean nothing in the long run?

Ultimately, running an educational institution is a business and, in business, there is always a bottom line. I feel the three semesters worth of irrelevant classes is just another way the school is reaping the financial benefits provided by the student body (as if they weren’t getting enough money in the first place). Not only that, but it makes it almost impossible to obtain a degree in a timely fashion.

I transferred with just under the maximum

amount of transferable units allowed, and I still am required to take three more classes to fulfill my liberal-studies credits. I could be graduating a semester earlier than I am now, go to work sooner and start to build the life I want to live.

But no. Instead I have to stay for one more semester and learn about cultures that don’t mean much to me. If I really wanted to learn about them, I’d travel there. Experience is the best education there is, and I’d rather spend the money on that anyways.

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A trans man’s question: Why do you care about where we poop?

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t’s a terrifying week to be transgender.

President Donald Trump’s administration has rescinded former President Barack Obama’s protection for transgender students.

This is just the latest in a long string of decisions about bathroom politics related to transgender people, and it begs the question: Why do people care so much where we poop?

Previously, the Obama administration decided on and formally recognized transgender students’ right to use the bathroom and locker room that most closely aligned with their gender identity. Trump’s administration decided this issue should not be federally decided, and revoked the decision in favor of letting individual states handle it. In some states, this will be fine. In other states, like Texas, where lawmakers are already trying to push through legislation to keep transgender people from using their preferred bathroom, this is not fine.

I’m transgender. I’ve never made any move to disguise that in my writing. Policies like the ones Trump is reversing affect me personally because they’re deciding on how I’m allowed to live huge parts of my life. And the worst part

is, I’ve never understood why people even care.

Why are strangers, including lawmakers I’m never going to meet in my life, so obsessed with where I’m allowed to go to the bathroom?

Policies like the ones Trump is reversing affect me personally because they’re deciding on how I’m allowed to live huge parts of my life.

The common reasoning is that it’s a matter of public safety. People often cite fake stories of men dressing up as women to enter women’s restrooms and spy on or assault the women there. Even ignoring how awful it is to call every transgender person a sexual predator, there are problems with the argument of public safety.

I do understand the concern over public safety. People Magazine compiled a handy list of 15 different cases in which a transgender person sexually assaulted someone, including a Miss Teen USA pageant winner. Wait — no, those weren’t committed by a transgender person.

Those were committed by the new president

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of the United States. There is no evidence of transgender-inclusive bathroom policies increasing sexual assault charges.

In an interview with ABC News, staff attorney at the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project and a transgender man, Chase Strangio, said, “Over 200 municipalities and 18 states have nondiscrimination laws protecting transgender people’s access to facilities consistent with the gender they live every day.

None of those jurisdictions have [sic] seen a rise in sexual violence or other public safety issues due to nondiscrimination laws. Assaulting another person in a restroom or changing room remains against the law in every single state.”

NPR reports that public restrooms may be more dangerous for transgendered people than cisgendered people — people who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.

In a survey NPR conducted, 70 percent of transgender people reported being harassed or made to feel unsafe in a public restroom. Eight percent reported being physically assaulted.

Transgender people are the ones who feel unsafe going into restrooms with people who hate them. In other news, water is wet, and the sky’s still blue.

The uproar over transgender bathroom policies needs to stop. We deserve protection end of discussion. When I go to the restroom, I have seconds to assess how masculinely I’m dressed, how many people may be in the bathroom, how safe the area I’m in is, whether I could get help if something happened or if the person I found would side with my attackers — the list goes on. I’m tired of it. Let people use the restroom in peace — nothing bad is going to happen to cisgendered people.

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Students are not the housing problem: They are the scapegoats ALIE WILKINS

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t’s no secret that housing in Flagstaff is a problem. The prices are at an all-time high while availability is at an all-time low. And now that many seniors and juniors have gotten the boot off campus, there’s a new level of panic among students to find a place to live. All the while, the people of Flagstaff have taken up arms against the university and the students who are being blamed for these issues. But has it ever occurred to anyone that maybe students aren’t the problem?

First of all, without students, Flagstaff wouldn’t exist. We account for almost one-third of the population of Flagstaff, which makes us more than just the bad guys who have ruined the housing market here — it makes us a huge reason why the local economy is thriving as much as it is. Just because there’s around a fouryear limit on how long we’re going to be here doesn’t make us any less valuable to Flagstaff.

City-council meetings have been nothing short of controlled chaos for the last year as housing developments like the Hub make their way to the final stages of construction. Don’t get

me wrong, I’d be frustrated, too. If I had a family and real adult life here, and all of a sudden a huge high-occupancy student housing development went up in my backyard, I’d be pretty mad. It’s true; we take your parking spots, we’re loud, and now we’re moving in right next door. But has anyone ever stopped to think that maybe we, those terrible students, didn’t ask for this?

We didn’t vote to get kicked off campus, we didn’t ask for rent so expensive we have no choice but to cram eight people into a two bedroom, and we definitely didn’t ask to be made the villain by a town we love just as much as the person who’s lived downtown for 15 years.

We would much rather be living in on-campus housing so we don’t have to take all your parking spots.

We would much rather pay a normal rental rate so we don’t have to turn closets into bedrooms. We would much rather not be hated by the homeowners of Flagstaff. We feel like victims just as much as you do. So that begs the question: Whose fault is it?

You can blame Rita Cheng if you want, but I promise you she’s not sitting around all day accepting everyone who applies because

she thinks it’d be fun to see what happens. She has a boss and they have a boss and that person has a boss and somewhere along the way, that person decided NAU needs to grow by a certain number of people every year. You can blame the developers who bought the land and are building all these new complexes, but at the end of the day, they’re just doing their jobs. You can be mad, but don’t be mad at students because there’s a much bigger picture here no one seems to care about.

Personally, I don’t think this is anyone’s fault. If you chose to live in a college town, you don’t get to act appalled that this college town is

growing just like any other college town would.

On top of this, you picked a college town, which is also a very attractive destination for adults as well. If you’re mad you couldn’t afford to buy a house in town, you can probably blame that retired couple in Phoenix who bought their second home up here because they can afford $200,000 for 1,800 square feet.

Before you blindly assign blame to these pesky undergrads who are just trying to get their degrees and enjoy their college experience, think about the bigger picture. The students didn’t do this to you. The beautiful mountain town you chose to live in did this to you.

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Donald Trump’s chapter in the United States history of blind hatred PETER WRIGHT

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hroughout history, there have been many instances in which historical events repeat themselves; sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the absolute worst. President Donald Trump is revamping a defensive measure to detain and hold immigrants he has deemed the United States public enemy number one. However, these measures only act as a means by which to demonize particular groups as a method of increasing nationalism and patriotism. This is done to gain support from U.S. citizens, ultimately benefiting Trump and those who work for his repressive and hateful administration.

One of Trump’s controversial executive orders called for the construction of additional detention centers to hold immigrants until deportation. Along with this Japanese internment-esque instatement of increased forcible relocation to what is basically a prison, Trump ordered the hiring of thousands of Border Patrol officers. And all while withholding funds from sanctuary cities trying to protect immigrants and immigrant families.

Along with these measures to increase efforts to remove immigrants from the country, Trump has made strong attempts to keep immigrants from coming in, specifically from Muslim-majority countries. Trump is focused on protection for himself through stigmatizing Muslim people as the enemy, while he goes on to destroy all the good values in the U.S. The fact of the matter is that Christians can be just as dangerous as Muslims, and both have niche examples of extremism, which do not at all represent the majority of those practicing their respective religion.

The difference is that Trump’s executive orders frame Muslims as objectively extremist threats and Christians as victims. This is a roundabout way of using scare tactics to assure U.S. Christians his presidency is what will keep them safe, and the best thing to do is support his decisions blindly.

It’s absolutely disheartening to see such a blatantly hateful targeting of a demographic (in this case Muslims) in order to push a conservative agenda. This tactic has been used over and over again throughout U.S. history.

Chinese people were criminalized for opium use

in California when the Californian government decided having free Chinese people was not in the interests of the white population in control.

Nixon- and Reagan-era discourse on the War on Drugs targeted African Americans and Hispanics as drug dealers and enemies of the state, which is still an extremely controversial issue in this country. Now we are seeing Trump do the exact same thing to Muslim people.

The one trend within all of these examples is that there was and is no real substance or accuracy to their claims. These tactics are measures by which the public’s idea of a government official’s conviction towards law and order is increased. As Trump stated, he was the law and order candidate, and he’s holding on tight to this claim in the worst way he can.

When someone in a position of authortiy isn’t informed or competent enough to target an actual issue, they do what Trump’s doing — scapegoat and instill fear — all in order to enact a feeling of necessity to conform to a hateful presidential administration.

It’s important now more than ever to keep a watchful eye on Trump’s actions and what the real reasoning and effects of those actions are.

This is a political climate of censorship and withheld information, and ignorance in the public conscience of what a president is doing will only make it more difficult to resolve the inevitable damage Trump will do to this country.

Stay educated, stay angry and always look for avenues in which you can fight back against an oppressive system from the bottom up.

Take nothing at face value.

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BURNING RUBBER:

RALLYING AROUND 316 MOTORWORKS ZACH MARTIN

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he passion that drives a true car enthusiast is something only other enthusiasts understand. The uninhibited chase for the faster quarter-mile times, lap times, more horsepower and more performance is not a superficial want; it’s a fundamental need and desire.

These are the kinds of people kept up at night because a bolt does not fit, a hose is too long or an engine will not start. It’s the constant drive to finish things properly and with care that sets Arron Stump and his shop 316 Motorworks apart from other motor shops.

Stump, owner of 316 Motorworks in Flagstaff, knows a thing or two about the passion and unconditional love of cars.

Stump’s love goes back to the age of 12, when he asked his mother if he could be home schooled so he could go to work for his uncle in his auto shop. After some thought, Stump’s mother allowed him to be home schooled. At 14, Stump was given a pickup truck with a damaged frame for his first vehicle. He set to work, completely disassembling it: engine, transmission, suspension, body — everything had to go so it could be grafted onto a new frame and driven.

With Stump being a fourth generation mechanic, it’s no surprise that motor oil is in his blood.

“We are talking about your dad. He’s awesome. He’s one of the smartest men I’ve ever met,” said Stump to his mom about his grandfather.

With the success of his family in the auto repair business, Stump was the first to take his knack for fixing cars to the level of excellence and extreme performance he has today. His shop, 316 Motorworks in Flagstaff’s East Side, is not the typical auto repair business.

Front and center at his shop are two clear representations of what Stump’s true passion is: building and racing rally cars.

The type of racing in which Stump has competed is called rally, a sprint from point A to B as fast as possible over varying terrain, including gravel, dirt and tarmac. The drivers don’t race directly against each other but rather against the clock. A co-driver rides shotgun, giving the driver navigation notes that indicate turn angles and points out hazards in the driver’s path.

The driver’s times over several stages of the race are calculated together and the team with fastest time overall wins. There are

316 Motorworks in Flagstaff rebuilds a customized rally car. Andrew Ormonde | The Lumberjack

different classes of cars that govern how much power and type of modifications are allowed to the vehicle to keep the racing fair.

After working with the Subaru World Rally Championship team and banking several championships as a privateer in his personal Subaru WRX STI, Stump is now focused on the business of running 316 Motorsports as well as two additional shops in town.

Aside from his regular workflow, Stump is working on two project cars. One is an early Subaru Impreza Rally car for a customer. The other is another personal car of his, which he plans on building for time trial, racing on the track. In addition, Stump is working on a showcase vehicle to present at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) car show, the biggest specialty car show in the United States.

Although Stump is 27 years old, he has a lot of experience in racing cars and fixing them up. Stump is not hesitant to point out parts of automotive culture that have strayed from its true essence.

“There are a lot of guys today that are enthusiasts but they aren’t really doing it,” Stump said.

Stump considers cars to be an art form, and that is something which sets him apart from many people in the industry. The respect from those around him and the knowledge of the complex process of constructing a proper car, gives Stump the knowledge that seems to be going away in the motor industry.

One of his most aspiring pupils in the shop is Vincent “Vinnie” Barret, 17-year-old Coconino High School student.

Barret doesn’t just do oil changes and rotate tires. Other than Stump, he’s the shop’s main fabricator. Barret is a self-taught fabricator with the skills of a seasoned veteran. His first big

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project was his own first car, a 1993 Ford Ranger.

“I didn’t have the money to buy a [lift] kit for it or anything, so I just started teaching myself how to do stuff,” said Barret. A lift kit raises the body of the car for higher clearance.

Although Barret works on many different tasks on a daily basis, Stump turns to Barret for the most vital fabrication work, including the roll or safety cage that will keep a person safe in the event of a crash.

“This step allows me to view my idea in a floating 3D virtual reality. I can make things appear to be very life like, and observe how the whole body will look.”

-Owen O’Malley Sophomore engineering student This eclectic group of guys got into the business due to Stump.

Donald Wikmink has been working at 316 for about a month now. After tossing pizzas at Fratelli Pizza for three years, he’s putting his mechanical engineering knowledge to use by doing anything from simple oil changes to pulling engines.

“I’ve literally been doing anything Vinnie doesn’t do,” said Wikmink with a laugh.

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Students are not the housing problem: They are the scapegoats me wrong, I’d be frustrated, too. If I had a family she thinks it’d be fun to see what happens. She growing just like any other college town would. and real adult life here, and all of a sudden a huge has a boss and they have a boss and that person On top of this, you picked a college town, which t’s no secret that housing in Flagstaff is a high-occupancy student housing development has a boss and somewhere along the way, that is also a very attractive destination for adults as problem. The prices are at an all-time high went up in my backyard, I’d be pretty mad. It’s person decided NAU needs to grow by a certain well. If you’re mad you couldn’t afford to buy while availability is at an all-time low. And true; we take your parking spots, we’re loud, and number of people every year. You can blame a house in town, you can probably blame that now that many seniors and juniors have gotten now we’re moving in right next door. But has the developers who bought the land and are retired couple in Phoenix who bought their the boot off campus, there’s a new level of panic anyone ever stopped to think that maybe we, building all these new complexes, but at the end second home up here because they can afford of the day, they’re just doing their jobs. You can $200,000 for 1,800 square feet. among students to find a place to live. All the those terrible students, didn’t ask for this?

We didn’t vote to get kicked off campus, be mad, but don’t be mad at students because Before you blindly assign blame to these while, the people of Flagstaff have taken up arms against the university and the students who are we didn’t ask for rent so expensive we have no there’s a much bigger picture here no one seems pesky undergrads who are just trying to get their degrees and enjoy their college experience, think being blamed for these issues. But has it ever choice but to cram eight people into a two to care about.

Personally, I don’t think this is anyone’s about the bigger picture. The students didn’t do occurred to anyone that maybe students aren’t bedroom, and we definitely didn’t ask to be made the villain by a town we love just as much fault. If you chose to live in a college town, you this to you. The beautiful mountain town you the problem?

First of all, without students, Flagstaff as the person who’s lived downtown for 15 years. don’t get to act appalled that this college town is chose to live in did this to you. accuse them of being a communist. Edward R. Murrow and MIKAYLA SHOUP wouldn’t exist. We account for almost one-third We would much rather be living in on-campus Fred W. Friendly, however, did not let their fear cloud their of the population of Flagstaff, which makes us housing so we don’t have to take all your parking rom Barbie’s birthday, to the amendment of Franklin judgement. more than just the bad guys who have ruined spots.

Friendly and Murrow were the creators of See It Now, We would much rather payD. aRoosevelt’s normal First New Deal, March 9 holds events the housing market here — it makes us a huge a news series broadcast by the CBS. The show discussed haveinto influenced the world. closets reason why the local economy is thriving as rental rate so we don’t have to turnthat many controversial topics, one of the most influential being 1842 — Gold is discovered in California not be9,hated much as it is. Just because there’s around a four- bedrooms. We would much ratherMarch first like documented finding of gold in California “A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy,” which was the We feel year limit on how long we’re going to be here by the homeowners of Flagstaff. The wasSointhat Placerita Canyon at Rancho San Francisco, which is last of a series of episodes about the senator. This episode victims just as much as you do. begs the doesn’t make us any less valuable to Flagstaff.

City-council meetings have been nothing question: Whose fault is it? about 35 miles north of present-day Los Angeles. The gold exposed McCarthy by showing recordings of McCarthy was discovered

by Francisco Lopez, who was out searching interrogating witnesses and making speeches. Murrow, the You can blame Rita Cheng if you want, short of controlled chaos for the last year as for stray horses. housing developments like the Hub make their but I promise you she’s not sitting around allWhile letting his horses drink out of a show’s host, eventually lost his job in the TV industry, but creek, Lopez dug up some wild onions and discovered gold. his work did play a part in bringing down McCarthy and applies because way to the final stages of construction. Don’t get day accepting everyone who illustration by michael mix Lopez continued on to find several other streams with gold. the communism scare.

March 9, 1959 — The Barbie doll makes its debut While this discovery attracted little attention, it wasn’t The first Barbie doll made her debut at the American long before people became interested in California gold. It was six years later, when James W. Marshall discovered gold International Toy Fair in New York City. Barbie was designed in Coloma, Calif., that the California Gold Rush started, by Ruth Handler, who named the doll after her daughter Barbara. Handler wanted to make a doll with the body of a which lasted seven years.

Along with these measures to increase in California when the Californian government This is a political climate of censorship and PETER WRIGHT March 9, 1933 — Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First woman, which at the time was unique since most dolls were not in efforts to remove immigrants from the country, decided having free Chinese people wasbaby dolls.withheld Handler’sinformation, husband was and Elliotignorance Handler, in onethe of New Deal passes to keep the interests of the white population in control. public conscience of what a president is doing hroughout history, there have been many Trump has made strong attempts The Great Depression took place in the 1930s. It the co-founders of Mattel, Inc., an American multinational Nixon- and Reagan-era discourse on the will only make it more difficult to resolve the specifically from instances in which historical events repeat immigrants from coming in,started with the United States stock market crash in 1929 toy company.

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Now we are seeing Trump to destroy all the good values in the U.S. The oppressive system from the bottom up. measure to detain and hold immigrants he has Stump recruited the help of Owen O’Malley, sophomore engineering major. and had her hair fixed in a topknot ponytail. There were their banks would also close. of engine. the matter is that Christians can be just do the exact same thing to Muslim people.

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Along with this Japanese will look,” said O’Malley. launched for the last time Feb. 24, 2011 and made its episode, “A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy” enact It’s absolutely disheartening to see such scapegoat and instill fear — all in order to internment-esque instatement of increased In a world where credentials overshadow real experience and leadership There was a great fear of communism in the U.S. final landing at the Kennedy Space Center March 9, 2011. a feeling of necessity to conform to a hateful a blatantly hateful targeting of a demographic forcible relocation to what is basically a prison, separates from the workforce, it’s hard to find a place like 316 Motorworks. during the 1950s because of the Cold War. This fear of Discovery went on research missions as well as missions for case Muslims) order to push a presidential administration.

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HUMANS OF NAU

WILL INKRET | PHOTOS BY ANDREW ORMONDE hrough the lens similar to the blog Humans of New York, inspirational stories and interesting facts are revealed by NAU students and community members. By sharing insight into their personal stories and experiences with midterms, people of Flagstaff and NAU reflect on how to combat stress. With hectic responsibilities, they talk about how to deal with test anxiety, preparing for midterms and coping with physical and emotional stress.

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“The old university I used to go to was Chapman University, and we had this event every year in the middle of finals week or midterm week. It was an undie run, and one night one of the times I went out and was just, like, out super late. I never got a chance to study, and I had a science exam the next day. I ended up going without having studied. I really just like had to relax and try to remember everything I learned in class. I managed to pass it, but that was, like, my biggest horror story because that’s the most stressful thing, waking up and feeling like you’re not going to be able to pass.”

“I had a horrible semester one year. My grandmother passed away, and it took its toll on me. I stopped going to classes for a while, and I ended up walking in on my midterm being passed out, and I hadn’t gone to class for the last month. That was my horror story.

I walked out, teared up and just called my mom.”

“It was definitely more stressful near the beginning of my college career. I just tried to set aside as much time as I could for them as much as it sucked. Cut out most of my socializing for at least a week or so to give me a nice, little buffer to just focus on school. It kind of just helps me get in the mindset of what’s going to be on the midterm, and it reduces the distractions, and then my mind just starts to formulate around what’s on the midterms.”

Rick Cunningham Los Angeles | Computer science “There were occasions where I thought I would do bad on a midterm that I thought I would do good on. Or I would do good on a midterm that I thought I would do bad on. So, I mean it’s kind of ‘Wow, I know this stuff and I wasn’t expecting it,’ or ‘I don’t this stuff and I thought I knew it.’ So yeah, that’s my horror story.”

Alishiba Balouch Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Finance “I just meditate a lot during exam time. I just sit for five minutes and tell myself ‘I know this, I know all of this.’ When I’m taking an exam I get really anxious, so I just sit for five minutes. I leave my pencil, I’m like ‘Listen, you know this,’ and then it just comes back to me eventually. But yeah, that’s what I do. I talk to myself.”

Natalie Cox Sedona, Ariz. | Exercise science

“For finals week, actually, I think I stressed myself out so much for my one test …

I dreamt I studied in my sleep. It was terrible I woke up and I felt exhausted because I was still studying.”

“I like to run. So if I’m really really stressed out, I’ll go to the gym or I’ll go on the trail. That’s how I deal with it. And then, as terrible as it sounds, you know just bottle it up and get through the day, and then after that you can go home, sleep, watch some Netflix.

It’s a good day as soon as I can watch Netflix.”

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Taylor Bystrom: The brain behind Hockey Heads Matthew Kruelle

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hen Taylor Bystrom was 17, he fell in love with the first sport he tried after transitioning from female to male:

hockey.

Now, Bystrom is a senior art major with an emphasis in painting. He paints vibrant, flat pictures with bold lines and a politically charged message: All people deserve equal treatment.

“Too many people fought and died for America for these rights to even be questioned,” said Bystrom.

Inspired by hockey and his personal life, Bystrom has focused much of his effort into his current project, “Hockey Heads.” He handpaints variations of the head of a hockey player onto anything he can get his hands on, from canvas to blankets and, most notably, hockey jerseys.

The head symbolizes solidarity with all people of all backgrounds, but especially transgender people.

Bystrom has two loves, Frankenstein and hockey. He has tattoos inspired by the former all over his body and images of the latter all over his clothes. Currently, he is painting a piece featuring classic Frankenstein neck bolts and the hockey heads with vibrant greens and oranges.

“I sign all of my work with ‘F Taylor,’ which means Frankentaylor,” Bystrom said.

Bystrom has created an 8-foot Frankenstein figure that often stands behind him amid jerseys, canvases and sculptures as he paints.

Bystrom aspires to partner with the National Hockey League (NHL) to create a jersey featuring the head for a charity campaign within the organization.

“I would have 20 percent of all proceeds go towards transgender homeless youth because I really needed that when I was growing up,” Bystrom said.

Though he has not had contact with the NHL yet, Bystrom is gaining traction and visibility in the art world.

No great artist thrives without critique and Bystrom gets his from his friend Emma Rutigliano, junior art major with a painting emphasis.

“It’s nice to always have someone to give you feedback, especially in the art realm,” said Rutigliano.

Bystrom’s vivid personality often attracts attention. He is warm and open but rarely stops moving and loves to talk without pause.

Bystrom has made a strong impression on studio art professor and his mentor, Franklin

Taylor Bystrom is working on a campaign to promote anti-bullying in the NHL. He creates themed jersey designs in his studio at the School of Art in the Performing and Fine Arts Building. Shannon Swain |The Lumberjack

Willis. “[Bystrom] is always trying to be very particular in that all his paintings have political and social statements,” said Willis.

Willis also runs the Flagstaff Modern and Contemporary art gallery downtown, which has featured four of Bystrom’s pieces.

The two share a friendly and joking relationship, with Willis often pushing for more out of Bystrom than Bystrom expects from himself, like graduate school. Even though their debates can get heated, the two never forget what brought them both there: the art.

“I’m inspired by Franklin because Franklin is a hustler and knows how to beat the game,”

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Bystrom said.

Bystrom would eventually like to become a part of the art scene in Los Angeles or even venture to Europe.

“You have to have a game plan and start to get there,” Willis said.

Bystrom began painting almost seven years ago while cleaning brushes at a paint and wine studio.

“I learned by watching other people paint,” Bystrom said.

He worked his way up from washing brushes to teaching at a studio, then decided to get his degree in art.

He takes heavy influence from Roy

Lichtenstein, a 1960s era pop artist. Lichtenstein utilized vibrant colors and bold dark lines, similar to Bystrom, to make his paintings stand out.

“I make art that is friendly and colorful,” Bystrom said. “Making it pop and fun on the eyes is really important to me.”

Bystrom does not want his paintings to be devolved into just pretty pictures. Rather he hopes their political message will resound with many.

“Art is weird. It’s bittersweet,” Rutigliano said.

Bystrom plays hockey recreationally, though he does not claim to be any good.

CULTUR E “It’s the last gladiator sport,” he said.

The NHL recently began the Hockey is for Everyone program, which supports people of all races, genders, sexual orientations and backgrounds in hockey. Bystrom hopes Hockey Heads can become part of this.

“It’s standing in solidarity across the board and saying these are human rights, these are civil rights, these are mandatory,” Bystrom said.

Bystrom does not leave his activism with just art. He also speaks to classes at NAU spreading tolerance for the transgender communities as well as other LGBT communities. “[Bystrom] is very open and easy to talk to, especially with subjects that are intimidating,” Rutigliano said.

Bystrom’s talks further emphasize his goal for inclusion in society.

“If you can meet somebody face to face ,it’s much more impactful because people are afraid of what they don’t understand,” Bystrom said.

Bystrom turned the adversity he faced in life and his personal struggle into inspiration, activism and art.

“I think being 100 percent authentically you is the most patriotic act,” Bystrom said.

Top: Taylor Bystrom paints a hockey player wearing a tutu to show hockey is for everyone Feb 22. Bottom Left: The artist paints patches for hockey jerseys as part of his anti-bullying campaign.

Bottom Right: Bystrom puts finishing touches on a painting of Frankenstein on a hockey jersey covered in “T”s to promote transgender awareness. Shannon Swain | The Lumberjack

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Gretta and Kyle Miller, founders of Tow’rs, play music from their recently released album Grey Fidelity at the popular music venue the Green Room March 2. Shannon Cowan |The Lumberjack

Music with a purpose: local band Tow’rs over the rest MaryAnn Witt

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retta and Kyle Miller were NAU undergraduate students when they fell in love, and along with new love, a new band emerged on the Flagstaff music scene.

Tow’rs has since been an active presence in music in the Northern-Arizona mountain town.

The band’s debut, self-titled album Tow’rs was released in 2014. This is when the band started to gain a fanbase, but fame was not the primary thing on the Millers’ mind.

“We like doing a lot of charity events,” said Kyle, the male lead vocalist.

Tow’rs has become a vital part of the Flagstaff community even beyond the contribution of their music. From their involvement in the religious NAU Young Life to playing shows at homeless shelters, philanthropy is a major part of the band’s schedule.

“We try not to spread ourselves too thin because we can be taken away for chunks of time for tour and all that, but when we can, we love to jump into the community and see where there [are] needs,” said Gretta, the lead female vocalist and wife of Kyle Miller. The two married in 2012.

Aside from the impact Tow’rs makes through charity work, their music impacts the lives of their fans on a daily basis.

Although the band consists of Flagstaff locals, they have acquired a national fan base.

“Tow’rs music is peaceful and speaks to my soul. It is the type of music that I can turn on in whatever mood I’m in,” said Kaeli Rogers, a fan who lives in Wichita, Kan. Tow’rs sound is mostly indie-folk but has rock ‘n’ roll roots tied in, giving the band the power to attract a diverse crowd. It is hard to place them into one genre of music, but that is

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what Kyle loves about their unique style.

“Genre is, to me, something so subjective.

The language of it is limiting,” Kyle said.

The beginnings of the band included a singer-songwriter sound in the first album that evolved into a more rock meets indie style in the second release, The Great Minimum. The variety of elements from different genres create an everevolving sound.

“Wait until you hear our new record. You will be super confused as to what type of music we are,” Kyle said jokingly.

Tow’rs third album, Grey Fidelity, is set to drop on iTunes March 10, and Tow’rs has planned a tour to bring this new music to those both near and far.

“This [album] is a sweet finding of ourselves,” Gretta said. “The first album was a little more simple, a little more singersongwriter. Our second album is trying to take

a little more rock-n-roll, and I think this one is finding itself somewhere in the middle.”

The release show of Grey Fidelity was held March 3 at the Green Room. It was the first time Tow’rs shared their new material with what they call their Flagstaff family. This is just the beginning for the band, and they have high hopes for what the future may hold. “[Tow’rs] is ever evolving, and that’s the beauty of it,” Gretta said.

This third album is a testament to Tow’rs vow to never become stagnant. It is a personal album with stories of the band’s hardships and personal trials.

“When we were most empty, we found fullness. When it was darkest, we found light.

When it was silent, we found a voice,” Kyle said. “That is this whole record of these weird situations and how we found hope in them. We just want it to reach people wherever they are.”

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No axecident these Jacks hit the high note Maria Angulo

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any people have heard of the a cappella group Pentatonix who are now Grammy winners, or perhaps have seen the movie Pitch Perfect. But many might forget that a cappella is a real thing and has become increasingly popular within the last few years.

The competition seen on screen in Pitch Perfect with different college groups competing is real. The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) is a competition for all colleges divided by quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

Four vocal groups will be competing at the ICCA semifinals. Two of the groups this year are from NAU, the Axecidentals and the Highlanders.

Last year’s ICCA competition was the first time the Axecidentals had made it so far since the group was established. Officially founded in the fall of 2013, members joined what was then the only a cappella group on campus, Elevation.

The group has been a part of NAU for nine years.

NAU currently has four a cappella groups; the Axecidentals, Highlanders, Elevation and the newest group Unaccompanied.

Senior choral education major Celine Durney has been with the Axecidentals since their conception and became the music director after two years. Durney has been the music director both years the Axecidentals have advanced to the semifinals.

“It’s really cool that we get to advance again to semifinals, but it’s also very neat for [the Highlanders] to advance as well,” said Durney.

The Axecidentals consists of 15 women, and many members of the group have past experience as choir members from high school or a background in musical theater. Most of the members are music majors, but it is not a requirement. The group performs mostly contemporary pop, but music choice does vary.

Katie Burt , who is a junior strategic communication major with an emphaisis in merchandising and a minor in music, has been a part of the group for three years and is now the vice president.

“ICCA is such an exciting and thrilling experience,” said Burt. “Being able to do

what you love for other people to enjoy is unforgettable.”

Sophomore voice major Jill Jones has been a member of the Axecidentals since she arrived at NAU. “I listened to a lot of a cappella when I was younger. People making music with their mouths — that is cool,” said Jones.

The group placed first at a competition in Scottsdale, Ariz., this February, making this their second attempt in the semifinals.

“When they called us first place in the quarterfinal, we were, like, ‘What? What, us?’”

Jones said.

Jones had been part of choir in high school and she knew she wanted to be a part of it in college as well, as she enjoyed the environment.

She knew the Axecidentals was something she wanted to be a part of.

The members of the group consider each other more than colleagues.

“We are united as sisters, friends and singers, the unification we have as human beings,” Durney said.

The group performs at university events like graduation and fundraising dinners, but

they have also performed outside the school.

They were the opening act of Vocalocity, an a cappella group that tours the country.

“It’s crazy how we go around and people go ‘You are the Axes. We know you.’ It’s very cool,” Jones said.

The original members who have remained in the group, will be leaving as they graduate this year.

“It’s in the hand of the girls that made Axecidentals what it is,” Durney said.

By placing second in the semifinals, the Axecidentals will get the chance to compete as a wildcard team. The wildcard round is a digital round that involves the qualifying group sending in a video of their set.

“For the Axecidentals, it’s not about winning,” Burt said. “It’s about being proud of the performance we give and making the crowd feel the same emotions we have towards our music.”

The Axecidentals will be leaving for Los Angeles March 10 to compete in the semifinals.

They hope to advance to the ICCA finals in New York City in April.

Left: Celine Durney sings a solo March 3. Right: The Axecidentals, one of the four NAU a capella groups, practice in the Performing and Fine Arts building for the ICCA semifinals March 3.

Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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Get up and get down with CrossFit Hannah Noelle Cook

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fter stumbling on his final box jump, slamming his shin against the edge of the wooden box with only two seconds on the clock, Aj Wiler of Ponderosa CrossFit collapsed on the floor. Wiler’s first workout of the competition, his first time competing in the Open, was left uncompleted.

“I was one rep away from finishing,” said Wiler, a freshman exercise science major. “[I] really wanted to finish the workout. That’s why I completed it twice — to try and reach that goal.”

The Open, a worldwide competition, is designed by CrossFit Headquarters. Spanning five weeks from Feb. 23 to March 27, HQ releases a video of each workout Thursday evenings, and competitors are then allowed to complete the workout as many times as they’d like before scores are due Mondays at 5 p.m.

PST. Athletes must complete the workout under the watchful eye of a trained judge.

When athletes don’t execute a movement in the workout as described by CrossFit Headquarters in the video, their judge gives them a ‘no rep,’ and the athlete must redo that movement before continuing in the workout.

Fewer than 50 percent of male competitors and 30 percent of female competitors worldwide completed 17.1 (see sidebar) as prescribed after many athletes were unable to finish the workout before time ran out.

After failing to complete 17.1, Wiler, a first-time competitor, had hoped he could redo the workout later in the weekend to complete his final rep and complete the workout. However, he was unsuccessful in his second attempt and kept his initial score.

Like the overwhelming majority of men competing in the Open, Wiler is in the Rx’d division, meaning he’ll complete each workout exactly as specified by CrossFit Headquarters rather than modifying the workout. Women competitors are more likely to scale their workouts than male competitors. Competing Rx’d required of athletes hoping for a chance to compete in Regionals from May 19 to June 4.

Not all Open competitors have their sights set on making Regionals, however. Only 20 athletes are selected from each region, and Flagstaff’s region has more than 8,000 competitors and includes CrossFitters from Arizona, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.

“I decided to compete in the Open because

I have progressed a lot as a CrossFit athlete. Not nearly enough to go to the Games, but I thought it would be a fun and see where I am amongst all the other CrossFit athletes,” said junior biomedical sciences major Delainey Ducey of CrossFit Flagstaff. This is Ducey’s first CrossFit competition.

Ducey, competing in the Rx’d division, said she’s using the Open as an opportunity to test her limits when faced with the pressure of competing. She’s hopeful her performance in the Open will surprise even herself, proving she’s stronger both mentally and physically than she previously believed.

Individual motivation drives each athlete to compete in the Open. Some CrossFitters just want to be involved in the community, some compete for the thrill, some are looking to challenge themselves while others still use competitions like the Open as a way to gauge their performance, building up to other local competitions and future Opens.

“I’m trying to see exactly where I’m at competitively and where I need to be — see where my weaknesses are,” said sophomore fitness and wellness major Samantha Burkhart.

Burkhart hopes she can make Regionals within the next two years. She said she’s generally pleased with her performance thus far in the first two workouts. Though she was too sore to retest 17.1, Burkhart repeated the 17.2 workout to improve her score and complete more muscle ups.

“This is kind of just to see where my weaknesses are — where I’m at — and a lot of practice for the Open when it’s really going to matter,” Burkhart said. “It’s been interesting trying to figure out how to do the workouts twice. I think my goal [for the Open] is to learn about myself and how I compete,” Burkhart said.

In the days preceding the announcement of that week’s workout, Dave Castro of CrossFit Headquarters, the man who creates each workout, gives athletes cryptic hints about upcoming workouts. Before the first workout of the Open, Castro posted a photo of the cover of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, likely signally to athletes how their backs would feel after completing the workout. Workout 17.2 came with two hints: koi and a statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Castro has yet to reveal the meaning behind this year’s hints, leaving athletes to speculate even after completing the workout.

Though the first hint for 17.3 has yet to be

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Aj Wiler begins his first set of walking lunges at CrossFit Can-Do in Cottonwood, Ariz. March 3.

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published, Burkhart suspects the workout will involve heavy lifting because the previous two workouts have been more cardio intensive.

“The big thing about the Open is that it’s a mental game,” Burkhart said. “So if you get wrecked mentally by one workout, and you’re not happy with how you placed or you didn’t

do as well as you thought you would and you let that get to you, you’re going to really put yourself in a bad, bad place for the rest of the Open.”

The next workout will be released March 9. Athletes will have until March 13 to submit their final scores.

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Kurach makes big splash Peter Kersting History was made March 7 as sophomore diver Tanya Kurach made a big splash in the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. Kurach became the second athlete in program history to qualify for the NCAA national championships and the first ever to qualify for the one-meter springboard.

Kurach will be heading to Indianapolis, Ind., after placing seventh in Tuesday’s diving meet in the Aquatic and Tennis Complex.

The NCAA national championships take place March 15-18. Kurach will compete on March 16.

She was in ninth place with a score of 275.80 after preliminaries. Needing to place in the top 11 to automatically qualify for nationals, Kurach moved up two spots in the rankings after a two-round score of 565.90.

The last diver to make it to the NCAA was Valerie Carter, who placed 17th overall at the 1986 NCAA Championships on the threemeter springboard.

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Top: Senior psychology major Chris Cade of Ponderosa CrossFit pauses briefly between muscle-ups to talk to judge Avery Austin of CrossFit Can-Do March 3. Bottom: Freshman exercise science majors Aj Wiler (left) and Cole Waaramaa (center) of Ponderosa CrossFit check the clock as Waaramaa takes a break between muscle-ups March 3. Hannah Noelle Cook | The Lumberjack

The Lumberjacks opened the Big Sky Conference men’s basketball tournament’s first round with a loss to Portland State University (PSU) March 7 in Reno, Nev. Senior forward Ako Kaluna’s 18 points, senior forward Jordyn Martin’s 16 points and 16 rebounds led the Jacks in their 80-67 loss. Much like the women’s team, they could not knock off PSU in the opening round.

Despite leading the game in free throw percentage (71.4 percent) and total rebounds offensively and defensively, 39 to 28, the Lumberjacks had trouble protecting the ball with 19 total turnovers to Portland State’s nine.

“We gave it all our effort and we gave it all we had,” said Kaluna. “Our mindset was points in the paint and rebounding and I felt like we all executed that plan.”

Three pointers were not the name of the game for either team with the Lumberjacks leading the game with four shots made beyond the arch. NAU’s bench was outscored by Portland State’s bench 39-19. PSU was led by junior guard Deontae North’s 25 points.

“I’m not sure the half court defense is what hurt us as much as our turnovers leading to their run-outs and layups,” said NAU head coach Jack Murphy. “I was really proud at how our guys battled … you see the maturation of two young guards in Marcus DeBerry and JoJo Anderson.”

With the end of the basketball season for the Lumberjacks, they will be losing important veteran players in Martin and Kaluna. Kaluna is in the 1,000-career point club with 1,173, placing him at 19th all-time, and Martin sits fourth place all-time in career rebounds with 808.

“I’m just proud to be a part of this team and I’m going to miss everyone,” said Martin.

NAU finished the season with a 9-23 6-13 record, which is four wins improved over last season’s 5-25 3-15 record.

The Jacks look to the future backed by a roster of experienced, yet youthful, players such as sophomore guard Marcus Deberry and freshman guard JoJo Anderson, who aim to bring new found success to the program in 2017-2018.

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Hockey family builds Flagstaff rink and legacy ANTHONY BERTRAN

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o the Johansons, hockey is more than a game with sticks and pucks. Hockey is the center of their family.

For current IceJacks head coach Travis Johanson, hockey has been the way of life ever since he was young. As a child, hockey became a lifestyle for Travis and his sister Allison Walsh. Whether it was playing, watching or going to games, that was their way of life.

“It’s all I’ve known since I started when I was 4 or 5 years old,” said Travis. “[We had] practices here in this building when I was young. It used to be an open-ice rink, with chain-link fences and it was open on each end. It’d be freezing and we’d be here at 5 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings.”

Originally from Chicago, Johanson’s father Keith “The Swede” Johanson has been a member of the Flagstaff community for the past 48 years. The improvements Jay Lively Ice Arena has seen over the years, particularly its locker rooms, are thanks to Keith, who owns a local contracting company. The ice rink is located adjacent to Buffalo Park.

“The City of Flagstaff supplied all the materials, bought all the materials,” said Keith. “And the private sector of parents and other contractors, we did all the work. We donated all the labor on it. We put this additional — all these five locker rooms in that weren’t here prior to that. We used to dress out in the front. Some of the kids would dress right out there in front of everybody. We didn’t have any locker rooms to speak of. The community and a lot of hockey parents put their time and money into expanding these locker rooms.”

The time and money Keith has invested in Flagstaff’s youth hockey is an extension of his investment in his children’s passion for the sport. Travis and Allison grew up as Chicago Blackhawks fans, but living in Flagstaff they began to pull for the Phoenix Coyotes as well, although the Blackhawks will forever be their favorite team.

Allison said when she and Travis were younger, their parents had season tickets to the Coyote games. Even if it was a school night, Keith and his wife, Leslie, would rally the kids and go to the games. The children would do their homework in the car and be up in time for school the next day. Keith did his best to expose Travis and Allison to multiple sports so they could choose their favorite.

Hockey stuck for both.

Keith coached his children for much of their childhoods.

He often had Travis and Allison play against each other, taking turns putting on the goalie pads and practicing shooting on goal.

Much of the work ethic and discipline associated with their early morning grind on the ice was thanks to the dedication of their father.

When they were old enough, Keith encouraged his children to play up a division in order to challenge themselves further. By the age of 14, Travis was playing in a more competitive league in Phoenix. He would travel with his father back-and-forth after school 3-4 days a week. A year later, Travis decided to go north to Wilcox, Saskatchewan in Canada where he would play the next

few years.

Allison had a similar experience. In eighth grade, she went to Minnesota to play hockey for Shattuck St. Mary, a private school renowned for their hockey program.

“We definitely worked real hard,” said Allison. “When I left, I was in eighth grade and that’s when the real hard and crazy workout schedule came in. I was playing 60-70 games a year. My first two classes of the day were hockey classes, then I had another seven classes, following after that was a team workout.”

“Everyone that goes there was the best on their prior team,” Allison said. “You have a very high talent of everyone that goes there. No one really stood out more than another.”

Allison went to Shattuck St. Mary through her senior year in high school where she played alongside some well-known names in the NHL including Sidney Crosby, the Canadian-born hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jonathan Toews, captain and center of the Chicago Blackhawks and Kyle Okposo and Drew Stafford, right wingers for the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins respectively.

After graduating from Bhoomige State University in Minnesota, Allison returned home to Flagstaff where she helped coach the high school hockey team alongside her father and brother. They coached together for two years before Keith went to coach the NAU hockey team, and Travis coached the high school team one more year together.

Travis and Allison are grateful to their father, who was always there to share his love and knowledge of the game, whether it was for a team or just practicing outside.

“He’s coached me for as long as I can remember,” said Travis.

“When I first started, he got into it. He doesn’t have a big hockey background except for playing pawn-hockey back in Chicago when he was a kid.”

As Travis and Allison expressed their love for the game more and more, their father gravitated more heavily towards the game as well, learning all the rules and encouraging them to pursue the sport, even traveling with Travis when he went to Canada so he could help coach him.

Keith formed Arizona’s first high-school hockey team with a bunch of Travis’ friends who had played together since they were nine-years-old. The team was a combination of three high schools: Flagstaff, Coconino, and Singua, named The Flagstaff Mountain Stars. The Mountain Stars finished with a 36-1 record their first season, winning the state championship.

Travis said his godfather, Paul Ray, was the one who made him interested in the sport of hockey because he was a huge hockey fan who came from a hockey background.

Keith left his mark on the campus of Shattuck St. Mary, building a second sheet of ice for the school’s rink with his son’s help. They also donated all of their equipment to the team and helped reshape the ice rink for no charge.

His playing years behind him, Travis coached alongside his father for several years before taking over the head-coaching role for NAU’s Division-II IceJacks. Coaching under his father, Travis said he learned a whole other perspective of the game.

“It was a lot of fun coaching with him,” Travis said. “Now

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that I’m head coach, he’s more of a motivator to the players and I stick more to the X’s and O’s with the team. I try to simplify things and can relate a little better with the younger guys now, but it was great coaching with him and learning his ways. I learned how to carry myself on and off the ice and how to be as good of a person I can. He’s a great guy with the biggest heart. He’d give anyone the shirt off his back”.

Much like his children, the IceJacks players can’t say enough about Keith’s character and infectious energy.

“They’re both great coaches,” said freshman defender Miles Lengyel of playing under Travis and his father. “They make sure all of us get equal playing time as long as we don’t suck. They’re like fathers to us. It would mean a lot to us to go out and win Nationals for them and come back with a ring. That’s all we’re thinking about.”

Both Leslie and Keith have an impact that is bigger than hockey. Keith’s love for his family, passion for the game and jovial personality are contagious, as is apparent in their children and the hockey community of Flagstaff.

Local legend Keith “The Swede” Johanson has contributed to the Flagstaff hockey community for 48 years.

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