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his week at The Lumberjack our whole issue is geared around the theme of money, and the different effects it has around NAU. One of the biggest things that I don’t think many people realize is exactly how much money each student pays for the Health and Learning Center (HLC).

Every student on campus pays $250 a semester for the HLC, which is not only for the funding of the gym, but for campus health services as well. I think that if everyone knew that then students would use it more often. Sure, lifting weights isn’t for everyone, but the HLC has so much more to offer. Aside from the fully-equipped exercise space and the convenient indoor track, there are several hidden gems within the HLC that I’ve only recently discovered.

For instance, I was unaware until this year that there were racquetball courts in the HLC, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who didn’t know this. Or, the endless number of physical education classes there are that you can sign up for. There isn’t an easier way to earn college credit than to sign up for a yoga class. For the more JASMYN competitive people there’s intramural sports that go on all year, WIMBISH SPORTS EDITOR with some extra fees to participate.

All of these things are available thanks to every student’s semester payment that keeps the HLC going. Since everyone does fund the HLC it only makes sense to get your money’s worth, considering that by the end of the four years you would typically spend at NAU you will have paid $2,000 for the gym. It could even just be getting a smoothie from Essential Blends or eating at The Green Scene on a regular basis; whatever it is don’t let it go to waste, because you’ve already paid for it.

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Police Beat April 6 At 6:31 a.m., two officers reported patrolling the Drury Inn and High Country Conference Center. A subject who had previously been warned about trespassing was contacted and subsequently arrested and booked into Coconino County Detention Facility (CCDF).

At 9:47 a.m., an employee called to report an individual who was feeling disoriented and in need of medical assistance at the University Union. Two officers, Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD) and Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) were dispatched, but the subject refused medical treatment.

At 9:30 p.m., Flagstaff Police Department reported a hit-and-run suspect who was last seen at 1205 S. Milton Rd. Two officers were dispatched, but made no contact.

April 7 At 9:36 a.m., staff at the Health and Learning Center reported an individual in need of medics for a back injury.

One officer, GMT and FFD were dispatched. The subject refused medical transport.

At 10:46 p.m., NAUPD received a report of a subject having difficulty breathing at Reilly Hall. Three officers, FFD and GMT were dispatched and the subject was transported to FMC for further evaluation.

At 9:37 p.m., an officer initiated a stop at lot 62. A citation was issued for failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to provide proof of financial responsibility.

A verbal warning was also issued for failure to provide registration.

BY THALIA ESPAÑA

April 8 At 12:20 a.m., an officer reported possible drug activity in the observatory field. Two officers were dispatched and one subject was deferred for possession of drug paraphernalia.

At 1:45 p.m., staff at Parking Services told an officer of damage done to the San Francisco Parking Garage from someone doing “burnouts” on the top floor. It is an open investigation.

At 9:50 p.m., a resident of South Village Apartments called to report that her roommate’s boyfriend was being belligerent and refusing to leave. Four officers were dispatched, but the subject left before they arrived. The subject was contacted and given a ride to his residence at Gabaldon Hall and was referred for disorderly conduct.

April 9 At 1:23 p.m., an individual called to report a suspicious person walking outside of McDonald Hall.

Two officers were dispatched, and the subject was given a field interview and advised about trespassing on campus.

At 3:47 p.m., an employee of the Social and Behavioral Sciences building called to report smoke coming from a trash can outside the building.

Two officers and FFD were dispatched. The trash was not on fire and the smoke had dissipated. FFD checked the trash can but nothing was found to have been on fire.

April 10 At 12:48 a.m., an officer initiated a traffic stop at Allen Hall while three others assisted.

One student was booked for one count of underage

consumption of alcohol. The driver was booked for extreme driving under the influence (DUI), DUI to the slightest degree and underage DUI. A citation was also issued for a stop sign violation.

At 3:15 p.m., staff at the Blome Building reported a suspicious person sleeping in the bushes near the building.

One officer was dispatched and the subject was found and booked into Coconino County Jail for one count of criminal trespass.

April 11 At 7:58 p.m., staff at the University Union reported finding marijuana.

One officer was dispatched and the marijuana was brought back for safekeeping.

At 8:34 p.m., staff at Taylor Hall reported a student who was threatening suicide.

Two officers were dispatched and Counseling Services was contacted. A safety plan was established with Residence Life at the recommendation of a counselor.

April 12 At 12:33 a.m., a residential advisor for Sechrist Hall called to request medics for an intoxicated female.

Four officers, FFD and GMT responded. A non-student subject was transported to FMC, one was deferred for minor in consumption and another was booked into CCDF for minor in consumption.

At 7:38 p.m., a student in Taylor Hall reported that he had loaned a jacket to a subject and it had not been returned.

One officer was dispatched and the student was referred to the courts to handle the situation civilly.

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From motel living to non-profit housing on Route 66 “With Flagstaff being a university town, as well as being a tourism destination, [that] here Sunnyside meets Route 66 creates a unique housing issue,” Barlow in east Flagstaff, there stands a said. “Most of the city’s rental property has weathered motel, seemingly a become geared towards college students remnant of the bygone era when lodges who are willing and able to pay abovedraped with neon signs dotted the iconic market rents, creating higher rental rates Mother Road. for everyone. This, combined with the large At a glance, the 66 Motel might seem number of minimum wage jobs and/or like any other roadside resting place — a seasonal work, makes it very difficult for our quaint affair catering to the multitude of local blue collar workers to find affordable tourists passing through Flagstaff each day­ housing here in Flag.”

— but to the residents, it means much more In fact, if you were earning Arizona’s than that. minimum wage of $8.05 per hour and What was once a motel for travelers now renting a one-bedroom apartment for $788 represents a different type of stopover, acting per month (the Fair Market Rent for such an as affordable transitional housing for the apartment in Flagstaff) you would have to homeless, thanks to a new local nonprofit. work more than 81 hours per week for your ANEW Living began its operations rent to comprise 30 percent of your income. in Flagstaff earlier this year, leasing the “Without ANEW life, we’d be homeless, entirety of the 66 Motel, 20 rooms in all, and and it’s hard to work when you are homeless,” converting it into affordable, apartment- Abraham said. style living for those who are struggling to Abraham, a Navy veteran and cancer pay for housing. survivor, moved with Darby from Montana, “During my time working for Flagstaff where he was renting a two-bedroom Shelter Services, I was surprised to find apartment for $450, to Flagstaff, where the out there were several people staying at jobs were harder to come by and the rent was the homeless shelter who actually had jobs, twice as high. As a result, Abraham took to sometimes two, but who still could not afford panhandling on the streets of Flagstaff. a place of their own,” said Lori Barlow, the “A woman from Catholic Services came founder and executive director of ANEW by and told me about the programs they Living. were offering, especially for veterans. Now, Transitional living is designed, not as through this place and through Catholic permanent housing, but as a temporary Services, we are going to be able to save pathway for those who have a source of enough money to eventually get our own income but do not earn enough income to place, because we do like this town and we afford traditional housing. don’t want to be forced to leave,” Abraham “You can’t afford rent in this area on said. minimum wage,” said Laury Darby, who has ANEW Living has teamed up with other been living at the ANEW Living community Flagstaff nonprofits like Catholic Charities, since March, along with her long-term Flagstaff Shelter Services and Dorsey Manor partner Bruce Abraham. who refer those most in need and best suited “I’m a server and struggle to earn for its brand of transitional housing. If minimum wage, and other places are asking the applicants are shown to have a reliable $250 a week, and that’s for the worst of source of income and no current substance them,” Darby said. abuse issues, they join the community.

When the median cost of rent exceeds To rent a room with ANEW costs 30 percent of the median income in a residents $600 per month for a one-bedroom community, there exists a clear and present unit and $800 for a full apartment which can housing affordability problem, a fact and accommodate a family. Another advantage precedent long affirmed by the United of ANEW Living is its open acceptance of all States Census Bureau. According to The New family types.

York Times, analysis from last year showed Barlow said ANEW’s housing “is that comparable percentage of income in available for complete family units, married Flagstaff is 37.8 percent, considerably higher couples as well as individuals” whereas “most than a reasonable affordability rate and more other transitional housing facilities are than 10 percent higher than it was in the targeted toward serving either just women year 2000.

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The 66 Motel is being converted into affordable temporary housing by nonprofit ANEW Living. (Photo by CJ Penido)

or just women with children, or just men.”

“I am not aware of any other local transitional facility that can accommodate married couples or families with a father,” Barlow said.

ANEW Living also allows pets, such as Abraham’s dog, a 20-year-old brown Pyrenees.

Indeed, one of ANEW’s greatest imperatives is to foster an honest community environment among the residents and to have the 66 Motel act as more than just a source of lodging.

“Many of our clients at the shelter who had been placed in subsidized type housing through organizations, like Catholic Charities, would end up coming back to the shelter because they missed the social interaction,” Barlow said. “As unhealthy as that may be, they chose the shelter life and the sense of community they had there over permanent housing living in solitude, and I was bothered by this sad and disturbing reality.”

Barlow designated a room to act as the meeting room, otherwise known as the Living Dream Center. Here, tenants can meet up and partake in classes ranging from budgeting and savings to community gardening and cooking on a budget. All this is a part of preparing those recovering from homelessness for a healthy and self-

sufficient lifestyle.

Also, residents are working together to repair the decades-old motel, working to renovate the existing plumbing, electricity, foundation and general aesthetic appearance of the motel. Abraham himself has been helping with painting the restored rooms.

“People are pitching in, and they are trying to upgrade this place,” Abraham said.

“It’s a real community working for itself.”

ANEW Living is not by any means planning to stop its unique housing concept at the 66 Motel. Barlow has confidently named the community ANEW Living No.1, with plans to expand to other motels in Flagstaff and beyond. She sells her vision as a wholly practicable and bankable enterprise, as such communities are a benefit to the property owners, as well as by changing dilapidated and crime-ridden motels into a safe and self-mending facility.

Barlow believes so much in the community that she herself has moved into a room at the facility, living among the other tenants and staying in close contact with each successive wave of residents helping to ensure success and comfort.

“You get to respect yourself here and that goes a long way,” Darby said. “You don’t have to look around and be depressed at your lot in life, you finally have something worth having and a place worth fighting for.”

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university president $348,000 asu president: $900,000

With budget cuts looming, money is getting tighter at state institutions. Here is a breakdown of salaries at NAU.

HIGHEST PAID: Least PAID: business administration ethnic studies $111,714 $51,029

department averages

custodian $22,711

NAUPD OFFICER $49,877

professor $95,685

equal to more than 15 custodians

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Sodexo: Friend or Foe? Operations on NAU campus

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BY AMY OWINGS

t is universally acknowledged that Sodexo Inc., the company that operates food service on college campuses across the country, is a looming presence at NAU. Sodexo controls every food retailer from the HotSpot to Starbucks, as well as seemingly every other facet of Campus Dining. But how true are all those rumors we hear about the food service giant?

Sodexo is one of three companies that manage most of the food service for colleges in the United States, along with Aramark and Compass, according to an article on the website of United Students for a Fair Trade. The company is based in Paris and controls food management in 80 countries around the world. The North American branch alone serves 10 million customers in colleges, hospitals, military bases and other entities.

Sodexo does in fact manage every food vendor on campus, down to places such as the Where’s The Food (WTF) Truck, The Sweet Escape and 1899 Bar and Grill. It also controls catering, concessions and management of the High Country Conference Center, according to director of Campus Services and Activities Thomas Eberly.

The corporation may seem like a monopoly, but Eberly said that Sodexo’s management is the best financial option for the university.

“We decided to group the campus food service contract to be exclusive. That allows us to benefit financially from the agreement, and more so than if we decided to break it up into multiple vendors,” Eberly said.

Sodexo manages aspects of Campus Dining services such as catering, mainly for safety reasons. Eberly explained that the university does not want to pose health risks to students or chance liability issues by allowing outside food products to be brought in for campus events. Food waivers can be issued if a group does desire food outside of Sodexo.

“We know that Sodexo understands rules and regulations for food handling and preparation, and we know that were there an incident, Sodexo has the means and measures in place to investigate, and they also carry a liability,” Eberly said.

NAU holds a contract with Sodexo that must last for no longer than 10 years and can be terminated earlier if needed.

Addendums to adjust the contract are added frequently, sometimes multiple times a year.

“We brought on the WTF truck two years ago I’m guessing, that was added then to Sodexo’s responsibility per the contract,” Eberly said. “So there was an addendum issued that year and it said they had to operate the WTF truck.”

The current contract with Sodexo will hit its 10-year maximum in 2017, at which point the university will take proposals for another food service contract. Sodexo can apply for the contract again but must not be given any priority because of its current position on campus.

The food service contract helps to fund the Enrollment Management and Student Affairs department of the university, which includes things like Student Support Services and Inclusion and Multicultural Services.

“Dining brings in a considerable amount of money to the university, which is then redistributed to departments that are student services,” Eberly said. “In times of financial and budget turmoil . . . auxiliaries are leaned on heavily to help the general university budget situation.”

Meal plan pricing is decided upon by the university, not Sodexo. The university uses food costs and labor costs, among other factors, to decide on individual meal prices and then formulates this number into a total semester cost.

According to Eberly, the per-meal costs for the weekly meals plans during academic year 2015-2016 will be an estimated $9.35 for the 10-meals-a-week plan, $8.41 for the 14-meals plan and $6.79 for the 19-meals plan. Currently, these are simply proposed numbers.

Transfer meals at retailers such as Einstein Bros. Bagels are then determined by what falls under these general costs of a meal.

In addition, if you have ever grabbed a transfer meal and wondered why you couldn’t choose a Coca-Cola product with that meal, it is due to the fact that NAU holds a “pouring rights” contract with Nackard Beverage, which bottles only Pepsi products. This contract is outside of Sodexo.

Pepsi is also the favored brand in much of the Flagstaff area due to the fact that a PepsiCo Inc. plant operates on Railhead Avenue in Flagstaff, thus distributing its products to nearby businesses.

The operating hours of dining locations on campus are similarly determined by the university. Eberly said that student desires are taken into consideration when deciding on operating hours, but financial feasibility and security issues must also be considered. When vendors are open late into the night, sales drop and problems with inebriated students are more likely.

In general, the university’s food operations make efforts to incorporate student suggestions. Biweekly meetings are held in which students discuss everything from expansion ideas to salad dressing, student emails, comments and the napkin notes left in the HotSpot are also taken into consideration.

“I cannot stress enough how much we value student engagement and feedback in every aspect of our operations, especially sustainability,” said Casey Fisher, the director of strategic planning and marketing for Campus Dining.

A student Sodexo worker, who wishes to remain anonymous to avoid jeopardizing her job, said that in general she enjoys working at Sodexo but sometimes feels overworked due to a lack of staff.

“Sodexo is not too bad, they’re very accommodating for schedules but they tend to overwork students,” the student said. “In the beginning of the year we’re fully staffed, but when people quit, they don’t rehire.”

She also felt that campus dining offers a reasonable variety of food but could offer healthier choices for transfer meals.

“I think there’s a lot of healthy choices, but they also have to cater to the college taste, which a lot of times is fast food… so I think there’s choices, but people maybe don’t use them as much as they could,” the student said. “And unfortunately,

All disposable cups display the Pepsi logo on campus. (Photo

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a lot of the transfers that come with the meal plans aren’t always the healthiest choice, and there is an extra charge for a healthier option.”

However, some students on campus are against Sodexo’s operations on campus, including John Meyer, a freshman environmental science major and one of the leaders of an oncampus group called Food Justice for NAU. “Sodexo is one of those umbrella corporations that have their hands in everything and I personally don’t like my food to be treated the same way a medical bedsheet would,” Meyer said.

Meyer recognized that the university uses Sodexo to decrease liability issues and that the company has been accommodating to the university, but he also listed their use of GMOs and issues with workers’ rights as some of the drawbacks of the corporation.

“Sodexo has been known to treat their employees poorly, especially overseas,” Meyer said.

Meyer was not sure what a feasible alternative to Sodexo would be given that the other choices for food service on campus are also large companies.

“I have yet to do much research on the other two companies, Chartwells [a subsidiary of Compass] and Aramark, but I hear they might be just as bad, but I don’t know for sure,” Meyer said.

Meyer is anticipating the impending end of the contract with Sodexo as a time for students to make their voices heard on the type of food they want to see on campus.

“There will be opportunities for students to voice their opinions on what they think the details for the new contract to be,” Meyer said. “The group Food Justice for NAU will be organizing around this next contract renewal to get students aware of the opportunity they have to improve the conditions of our food contract.”

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Panhandling & drug crimes lead Faculty express concern over job security to Better Bucks’ creation

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BY ALLIE WEINTRAUB

efore September 2013, Flagstaff Police Department (FPD) officers dealt with local panhandlers through “enforcement action,” by arresting them or asking them to leave, said Lieutenant Paul Lasiewicki.

That changed when the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the city of Flagstaff on behalf of a 77-year-old woman who was arrested for panhandling to an undercover officer.

The panhandling ban was found unconstitutional — a breach of the First Amendment’s free speech doctrine.

“Only weeks after the law was repealed, we found a panhandler’s dead body dumped behind Little America hotel,” Lasiewicki said. “Turns out, she was posing as man and wife with her boyfriend.

They were both heroin addicts. She overdosed on heroin that she bought with money she obtained through panhandling. People donated thinking that they’re doing a good thing. It actually lead to her self-destruction — her death.”

Lasiewicki described several other instances, including arsonists who started fires on McMillan Mesa last year and a man who died in jail after a meth overdose. All of the cases involved both substance abuse and panhandling to fuel their addictions.

“We have our undercover narcotics agents who actually watch people panhandling, take the money that they receive panhandling, go right across the street to the motel where they’re dealing drugs where our agents are surveilling and use the money that they obtained through panhandling to buy drugs,” Lasiewicki said.

The law’s retraction did not stop people from calling the police about panhandlers, either.

Since September 2013, the FPD fielded 277 panhandling complaints, about 16 per month.

“Our dispatchers did a great job of explaining to people: It’s not against the law anymore,” Lasiewicki said. “It’s their First Amendment right.

They can stand out there all day long and do that all they want. So people stopped calling the police; however, it didn’t stop being a problem. Instead of calling the police, they’d call their city councilman.

They’d call the mayor. They’d call the city manager.

And who would they [government officials] call?

They’d call the police, because there isn’t any other resource in the government to address the issues that cause panhandling.”

In September 2014, the FPD partnered with the Shadows Foundation to propose a solution: Better Bucks. Members of the community can purchase $5 voucher booklets and give them to

panhandlers instead of cash. Better Bucks can be redeemed for food, non-alcoholic beverages, toiletries and clothes at several local businesses, including Freddy’s, Bashas’, Majestic Mobil, Stage Left Deli, Interstate Mobil Mart, Get & Go Chevron and Flagstaff Farmer’s Market. They cannot be redeemed for money orders, tobacco products or alcohol.

Do most panhandlers use the money they make to buy drugs and alcohol? Outside of anecdotal evidence and police reports, that data can be difficult to measure, especially due to panhandling’s transient nature and the ambiguity of collecting data from panhandlers themselves.

In October 2013, the Union Square Business Improvement District hired researchers to survey panhandlers in downtown San Francisco. They found that the typical panhandler is a disabled, middle-aged, non-white single man who makes less than $25 per day. Among the 146 people surveyed, 26 percent were veterans, 62 percent disabled, 82 percent homeless and 94 percent of those surveyed used the donations for food.

Similar panhandling data for Flagstaff is virtually nonexistent.

Regardless, Lasiewicki said Better Bucks was not created as a solution to drug addiction, but for members of the community who want a guilt-free way to give.

Former Flagstaff resident Troy Farah wrote an article for VICE when Better Bucks was launched last September. He calls it “a feel-good non-solution for homelessness and drug addiction.”

“The program seems to be focused on the micro instead of the macro,” Farah said. “No matter what you give someone standing on the side of the road, change or coupons, it’s going to be a shortterm solution.”

So far, $2,500 in Better Bucks has been redeemed by participating merchants, according to Shadows Foundation director Vicki BurtonTaunton.

“We want to get rid of the panhandlers that are just here for cash,” Lasiewicki said. “We want them to go to a community more likely to give them cash. This is a Flagstaff problem. We’re the Flagstaff Police Department. We represent the Flagstaff government. Flagstaff doesn’t want panhandlers here; it’s our obligation to come up with a way to encourage them to go somewhere else.”

The Shadows Foundation is working on a summer marketing campaign, which will include “monthly Better Bucks awareness campaign days,” assistance from community volunteers, a media advertising campaign and public speaking events; all intended to raise awareness about the program.

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BY SCOTT BUFFON

AU has hired 30 more administrators and spent $6 million more on administrator salaries since 2005, according to a study shared at the Contingent Faculty Conference.

This discrepancy outrages the contingent faculty who say that others are not seeing equal benefits.

Temporary employees at the university level are called instructors, lecturers, temporary employees, visiting professors, research professors, contingent faculty, non-tenure track faculty, but not adjunct professors. At many other universities they are called adjunct, but at NAU “adjunct” is a courtesy title. While these titles define a temporary position, many of these workers do not feel their jobs are temporary at all.

One woman, Philippa Winkler, has been working at NAU for 13 years as a temporary employee, and believes she is undervalued.

“I was recruited as a national expert on the status of Iraqi women for a report to the European Parliament,” Winkler said. “I’ve been to the U.N., I’ve started resolutions at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights . . . I feel like, it’s [worth] nothing.”

On April 12, the NAU branch of American Association for University Professors convened the Contingent Faculty Conference in the Social and Behavioral Sciences West building to express their feelings of fear, anxiety and isolation.

Non-tenure track faculty means faculty who work without tenure — their positions are temporary. Many of these faculty members fear retaliation for voicing their outrage and did not want to be quoted or photographed as their jobs could be in jeopardy. The conference allowed them to collectively discuss ways to organize their anxiety into action for change in a safe environment.

“This is the beginning, you have to first share your pain. Then you realize this is not private pain, this is public pain. It’s collective pain. Collectively, we can do something about this,” Winkler said.

The problem of unequal spending at the administration level is not unique to Flagstaff and it is not even unique to Arizona.

There have been many articles about what NAU non-tenure track faculty have called “administrator bloat” in publications like the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the website HigherEdJobs.com. While the exact numbers differ nationally, higher education spending on administrators has been trending upward.

The Wall Street Journal did research into the U. Department of Education and found that “the number of employees hired by colleges and universities to manage or administer people, programs and regulations increased 50 percent faster than the number of instructors between 2001 and 2011.”

All three of Arizona’s major universities had non-tenure track faculty representatives at the NAU conference. Faculty voiced anxiety, ranging from their low wages and job vulnerability to a lack of due process and lack of academic freedom.

These worries mean they believe that if they can be fired, or not renewed, for any reason then they will be constantly in fear of stepping on toes. The lack of clear due process impinges on the faculty’s ability to teach content they believe to be true and impedes the ability to teach it without fear. They refer to this idea of restrained academic exploration as an impediment on their academic freedom. “[The Administration is] basically conceiving of a faculty member as someone you can just slot in, just in time for this class, and then they leave. They’re saying education is not about learning anything,” said director of the Center of Higher Education at University of Arizona Gary Rhoades. “It’s not about carrying on a journey with a bunch of students and faculty. It’s not about challenging ideas. It’s just about slotting people in. That is profoundly dangerous.”

Rhoades traveled to Flagstaff to attend the conference in support of non-tenure track faculty.

Currently, non-tenure track faculty have a four-level payment system, according to information given at the conference. The first level begins at $910 per credit hour, the second level at $980, the third level is at $1,050 and the fourth level at $1,120. Faculty are paid per credit hour, not by the amount of time they actually spend working in and out of the classroom.

Raises have to be asked for, and are not given automatically.

To attain the level of full-time, an instructor must work 15 credit hours. Someone who works 14 credit hours would get $15,680 per semester.

The job security that non-tenure track faculty members are looking for is not given to them after a certain amount of time. They must wait for tenured positions to open, then apply for the position. There is no direct way for a nontenure track faculty to become tenured.

The non-tenure track faculty are encouraging more temporary employees, tenured faculty and students to involve their perspectives on this ongoing issue.

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Fara Tolno Concert & Wine Tasting

International Festival & Fashion Show

6 pm - Wine Tasting 7 pm - Concert Center for Indigenous Music and Culture 213 S. San Francisco St. Come see this free performance by Fara Tolno, master drummer and dancer from Guinea. Tolno’s arrangement of West African percussion and dance is exhilarating! Also, take part in a wine tasting of international wines! Cost of the wine tasting is $25 per person, $45 per couple.

Come to the DuBois Ballroom for a trip around the world, as NAU’s international students, campus and community organizations present country and culture displays. Get your free ‘CIE passport’ and travel from country to country to see exhibits, arts & crafts, games, and other items and activities of interest. Cultural fashion show with NAU students in traditional cultural fashions to occur on stage at 3:30 pm!

International Idol

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH Capoeira Performance

2:30 - 5 pm 3:30 pm - Fashion Show DuBois Center Ballroom, Bldg. 64

6 PM Native American Cultural Center, Bldg. 14 Enjoy this free concert of Afro-Brazilian music and dance, presented by Capoeira Amizade Flagstaff.

7 - 9:30 pm DuBois Center Ballroom, Bldg. 64 Spectacular internationally themed talent show featuring music, dance, and other cultural performances from NAU students.

Prizes for contestants, all attending eligible for door prizes awarded throughout the evening. All welcome.

FREE ADMISSION! Come early to get the best seat!

For more information visit: nau.edu/cie/international-week

Letter to the Editor

We live in a society that values progress over sustainability. Even the mere appearance of progress has priority over the necessity and integrity of things. There are certain contradictions I see occurring within higher education throughout Arizona’s major universities, and NAU especially. As students, we are paying more money than ever to earn a degree, yet it seems as though we are paying less and less for our education.

The goals and intentions of the university are becoming progressively corrupt.

The university sets goals for progress such as increasing the student body, raising GPA and lowering dropout rates. In theory, these are all appropriate goals for a university; however, the university has resorted to the quickest and most efficient ways of achieving them. The methods implemented have a negative implication on the quality of our education, which is counterproductive when education is NAU’s main purpose. In order to accommodate for the rapidly increasing student body and larger class size, standards are being lowered, making it easier to pass a class, and boosting the average GPA. So, how is this progress?

It seems college institutions are operating with a business-like mentality and this is having negative effects on the product they are selling and what the students actually want — an education. Because learning outcomes are difficult and complex to measure in terms of progress, universities have resorted to displaying their prestige and growth through the tangible and visual amenities such as new buildings, computer labs, and even landscaping.

It is extremely frustrating as a student here at NAU seeing all the developmental growth on campus but feeling like my money is not being allocated toward my education. As a student, I feel I am being left in the dark about where my money is going. It is as if I have bought a car with a really nice paint job on the exterior but a crappy engine inside. The appearance of the car seemed assuring at first glance, but I am now realizing the dealers did not spend enough money on the functional purpose of the car, which is to get me where I need to go. Just like a college degree, I trust the the university will provide me with the knowledge and experience that is necessary for me to get a job and become a functioning member of society. We are paying for empty degrees that are efficiently and expediently handed to us after four years but are left unequipped without gaining an adequate education needed to get a job that will help solve the pressing issues of today and the future.

I think students would benefit if there was a way in which they could give their input on how university money is spent and allocated. We live in a democratic society, so where is the democratic process on these campuses in which we learn?

I feel that the only reason students have not rioted and marched to the Office of Finance and Tuition is because they simply do not know or realize the fact that they are being ripped off. I advise all students to become educated about their education to ensure they are getting their money’s worth here. The importance of this is ever-increasing. When emails from the president of NAU are sent out casually revealing that recent budget cuts are threatening the university’s ability to maintain its promise of stable tuition rates, and affordability, we must question what this means for our education.

Editorial&Opinion

Student interest over faculty profit

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ach year, billions of dollars are spent on textbooks across the country, and bookstores are packed with angry and often impatient customers who want their books immediately with no regard for shipment time or the many other people who precede them in line. Many students spend hundreds, of dollars on books per year. They wait in long lines only to find the book they need is on backorder, and when they finally do get it, they are told by others that the book will never be opened in class. Some books may be rented and some of them bought, but either way, students are often reading from books written by the very professors they are studying from.

CHEYANNE Students pay thousands of dollars MUMPHREY for the course and then find out after Multitalented enrollment that they have to pay another hundred or so in order to buy the professors’ books. Thus, students pay for their professor’s words, their time, their lessons and can be limited by one professor’s perspective.

Now, this could be a bad thing. For example, if you are taking a math course with a professor who has written his or her own textbook for the course, you are limiting your ability to learn other useful methods from other professors. However, most professors are intelligent enough to provide various perspectives within their textbooks and do the proper research.

As far as profit goes, I don’t mind if professors receieve royalty fees, because if they have time to create a textbook then they deserve the necessary credit.

Furthermore, there is a level of respect to be given to professors who sell their research and sometimes newly discovered facts.

Now, there are many professors who use other people’s textbooks for their courses and then there are those who have tons of books to choose from. Dr. Dennis Tanner, a health sciences professor at NAU, is one of those who has 14 books in print and uses five of them. He remembers being in college and explains that,

“I remember how impressed I was when my professors wrote the books.” Tanner feels as though he can establish “a lot more personal interaction with those students” because he has written the course textbooks for them.

Being able to provide ample experience in the course subject and teach and explain it to others gives him the ability to truly help students in not only learning the material, but mastering it. However, everyone has complaints.

Textbooks are so expensive and students are often under the impression that professors who write their own books receive direct profit from the selling of their books. In other words, it could be said that professors are robbing their students of time and money. But what students don’t quite understand is that professors do not profit from the royalties made for requiring books for their students, as explained by Diana White, the store manager at the NAU Bookstore. As a matter of fact, they are often required to donate their royalties to non-profits or community organizations.

“I donate the royalties to the NAU Foundation and have for decades,” Tanner said. “Also to keep costs down for the students, I also make them available on permanent reserve in the library.” Now, not all professors are as generous as Tanner; however, none of them receive a substantial profit and you will find that most try to help students as much as they can. And there is not a lack of ways to help; switching publishing companies, making them available online and offering them in the library for check-out are some of the many ways faculty can continue to support students.

“I am acutely aware of the costs of books and college,” Tanner states, “and do everything I can to keep them down.”

Professors really do have the best interest of students in mind from when they are taking their first steps on campus until their last steps across the stage.

And textbooks written by your professors, although they can be expensive, are just as useful and beneficial as other books.

— Sarah Holditch, freshman, environmental studies

SoundOff

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he Lumberjack encourages an open forum on appropriate public issues and welcomes letters to the editor.

All letters must include the author’s name, majors and/or profession and year at NAU if applicable. The Lumberjack reserves the right to correct accuracy, grammar errors or cut for length.

Deadline for submissions is noon on Monday for publication in that Thursday’s issue. Letters to the Editor can be submitted by E-mail to the Editor-in-Chief at vcp6@nau.edu.

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Editorial&Opinion

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Global currency

he unification of Europe has been substantiated by the formation of the European Union (EU) — a 28-member political and economic body with its own governmental institutions. The unification of Europe has also been furthered by the creation of the euro — a unified currency which is official in 19 out of the 28 countries of the EU. The 19 countries that use the euro are referred to as the eurozone.

It would seem, according to these statistics, that geopolitical bodies and a common currency go together, creating the bricks and mortar that can form a modern super-structure, capable of rendering important decisions for the benefit of its constituents.

TZVI SCHNEE With this in mind, one may wonder at the interest The expressed by Russia, China and even the U.N. in forming Thinker a global currency. According to CBS, the U.N. is seeking to replace national currencies in order to form a Global Reserve Bank. In a September 2009 report, the U.N. proffers that countries could “agree to exchange their own currencies for the new currency, so that the global currency would be backed by a basket of all the members.”

At the G-8 Summit in June of 2009, Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia, called for a global currency “for the sake of the global economy,” reported The New York Times. He even went so far as to distribute coins minted in Belgium to the leaders who were in attendance at the summit, according to Bloomberg News.

What motivates Russia and China in this endeavor is nothing less than the de-dollarization of the U.S. dollar. According to a May 2014 article in The Voice of Russia, Moscow and Beijing have joined forces to bring this about in a manner that will benefit these two economic partners.

Yet, it is of interest to note that the coins bear the words, “United World Currency” on one side, and “Unity in Diversity” on the obverse side. Moreover, according to the website, United Future World Currency (UFWC), the coins have been dubbed “eurodollars,” and are meant to be “a symbolic call for a common currency to unite Europe and the United States.”

Because the euro is meant to help in the unification of Europe, along with the supranational institutions already established within the framework of the EU, one has to wonder whether the unification of Europe and the U.S. could have a purpose beyond the economic goal of a single currency.

According to the UFWC website, the project hopes to symbolize more than economic unity: its aspiration is to transcend social, political, and religious differences.

Pope John Paul II endorsed the project “as a symbol of unity and peace for the world.” According to Reuters, Pope Benedict XVI called for a “world political authority” for the sake of the global economy. This was mentioned within his encyclical, “Charity in Truth,” published on the eve of the G-8 summit in Italy, the same summit at which Medvedev promoted the shiny global coin to world leaders.

On the UFWC website, one can view coins from the Roman Empire. The Pax Romana did not last, as evidenced by the ruins of Roman architectural structures today. One wonders whether economic unity combined with an overarching political authority has the potential to lead to world peace.

Consider a quote attributed to Ghandi, the man in a loincloth who ended the colonial rule of India: “We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.” According to his sentiment, peace in the world would be dependent upon the reservoir of peaceful intentions found within the individual.

It is hard to imagine that peace could be brought about by a global currency. What will they think of next, global credit cards? A cashless society? It’s all plastic when considered from the point-of-view of one’s wallet.

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Juggling plastic food

he greatest magic trick on a college campus is when students put their money somewhere, and poof it is gone. At NAU, money disappears into many places.

However, it disappears most nonsensically into that silly old card that looked much better with mountains on it: the JacksCard. When it comes to food, money is gone as quickly as anywhere else, and it seems as though dining options become more expensive every year while the food continually tastes worse every year. So of course, the transfer-based meal plan is an absolute waste of money, being a trap for freshmen and anyone else who thinks its so-called convenience is really worth what ends up being between $7 and $12 per DALTON horribly unsatisfying six-inch sandwich DAVIDSON (depending on the plan) after calculating The Pokémaster it all out. However, the ridiculousness of transfer meals only steals away from the silliness of dining dollars and Jack’s Debit Express (JDE). With their combined forces, truly nothing can stop those two from wasting students’ time and money.

Personally, I have never purchased a credit card with multiple accounts on it. Such an idea has never made sense to me at all. What sense is there in having both dining dollars and JDE? Why do students need both of them? It makes no sense at all to spend money on the JacksCard to keep up two different accounts just because NAU wants to show that it made a credit card with so many different systems.

It is unreasonable to say the JacksCard overall is a bad concept. As an identification system when attending events, it is fantastic. Not only is it impossible to fake, but it gives authorities exactly the information they need to know about the attendance of such events. Also, the convenience of money being spent immediately or deposited immediately makes it wonderful any time students are in a pinch and without money or just want to know how much money they have left. The new design,

however, looks bad and it should feel bad, but that’s not the main issue.

The problem is that dining dollars and JDE are completely incompatible and therefore make each other inconvenient. A freshman on campus is basically incapable of staying away from both or either. Any student living on campus (excluding those in the Suites) is forced to use JDE just to get laundry done. However, JDE is also required to use any vending machine, and it is the only JacksCard option for purchases at the bookstore, the HLC, the Wall Aquatic Center and many other services on campus.

And that would be absolutely fine if dining dollars did not exist. Unfortunately, dining dollars is the only way to conveniently purchase on-campus food for those who hate the transfer plan, and everyone should hate the transfer plan because on-campus food is already overpriced. The dining-dollar plan is another great idea on its own, but it should simply not exist as long as JDE exists. There is no reason for the two to be around together, because it would be so much simpler for students to just purchase all of their on-campus and applicable off-campus items and food with JDE. It would be very nice if JDE worked at Target and Safeway, and even nicer if JDE worked at on-campus dining options to replace dining dollars.

However, it is very nice that dining dollars work at several off-campus restaurants.

Of course, there is a reason that dining dollars exists alongside JDE. It makes it easier for the University to keep track of how much money students are spending on food as opposed to other campus services. However, it would not be that hard to just keep track of how much money each restaurant is receiving from students through JDE instead. So, there is really no excuse for the silly inconvenience that the JDE/dining dollars duplicity causes when the whole purpose of the JacksCard is for student convenience. If convenience is the main attraction to the whole concept, then it needs to be more convenient.

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Editorial&Opinion

Schooling in Europe

Cartoon by Eric Paul Johnson

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uring my time in college, I have heard many adults tell me college is expensive, but worth it. Yes, earning a college degree is valuable, but I have to ask, is it really worth all this money? The collective student debt in the United States topped $1.2 trillion last year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But owning a stake in the national student debt doesn’t have to be a reality for students anymore. The opportunity to attend a university out of the country is more possible than ever right now.

The average cost of tuition in the U.S. at an instate four-year university for the 2014-2015 school year is $18,943, including tuition and fees as well as room and board. According to College Board, average tuition for out-of-state students costs substantially more, $32,762. As of 2010, college graduates left RACHEL school owing an average of $25,250 in student loans.

DEXTER For potential college students, European universities The Initiator may be the light at the end of the tunnel.

The factor that European universities use to draw most of their international students are extremely low tuition rates. While France’s average tuition for an international student is $247, according to the Institute of International Education, most universities in Germany and Norway are tuition-free. Although tuition paid is little to none, students would still have to pay room and board along with other daily expenses, which can cost roughly anywhere from $900 to $1,200 a semester, depending on currency exchange rates, according to Finland’s Centre for International Mobility. But even then, compared to the possible $18,000 that students can pay, attending school in Europe can be an ideal situation.

Luckily for students applying to NAU, there is no application fee, but for other schools, that fee can reach upward of $100. Not only is there a fee, but the application must be filled with exceptional grades and numerable extracurricular activities. For some students, it has become extremely difficult to be accepted into their first choice and sometimes even their second- and third-choice schools.

European universities fare a little better. Over the past few years, schools have tailored their application process to better accommodate international students. Many universities will accept either advanced placement tests or the SAT and SAT subject exams alongside a standardized national application form. Not only is it easier, but students don’t have to face the dog-eat-dog world of the college application process. There is not as much competition for the international students because European universities have recognized that international students represent an untapped demographic of academic talent.

But while the cost differences may be substantial, the actual degree earned may not translate well across borders. Allan Goodman, president and CEO of the Institute of International Education, says “Think about how employers will view a degree from an international institution, especially at the graduate-student level.” Students should be careful about what degree they choose to pursue overseas.

I believe that colleges in the U.S. are vastly overpriced and for some students, universities in Europe are a viable alternative.

Before deciding to receive schooling in Europe, one must look at all of his or her options. Students should definitely consider Europe as an option because of its universities’ prices and accessibility.

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Burgers in Petri Dishes

he current structure of the meat industry is incredibly unsustainable. No matter your personal eating habits, opinions on the ethics of assembly-line slaughterhouse procedures or your current love affair with bacon, you may be interested to find out that lab-grown (in vitro) meat is currently being researched. And that meat just got a whole lot cheaper.

When this technique was first publicly presented as a viable alternative by Mark Post, a researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, the people who tasted it said that it was dry and lacked flavor or juiciness. Not surprising, considering that the in vitro AUSTIN beef did not contain any fat. But the real SHANNON problem was not so much the taste, but the The Scientist price tag. Including all of the research and production, the cost just for that initial patty was somewhere around $300,000. In the few years since we were introduced to this idea, Post and his team have estimated that once the procedure is scaled up, we could see the price of a single beef patty drop to somewhere around $12.

So, what does this mean for the meat industry? If in vitro beef hits the shelves, then we could be seeing a dramatic decrease in conventional animal farming techniques.

Problems of ethics with the treatment of animals will all but disappear, the greenhouse gases produced by the meat industry will drastically be reduced, and the land used for large-scale meat production can be used for other purposes.

It is important to mention that from a single muscle tissue sample, Post says they could grow approximately 10,000 kilos (~22,000 pounds) of meat. All of the nutrients of conventionally-grown beef are still present because each muscle cell is a clone of the original. The environmental and economic implications of that are substantial.

Sadly, in vitro beef technology is still several decades from large-scale viability. The process is still too slow.

Furthermore, the nutrient solution that is currently used to encourage multiplication of the muscle cells is derived from

the blood of cow fetuses collected from slaughterhouses.

This is disconcerting because it appears to counter the goal of developing in vitro meat. Post and his team understand this, of course, and are currently working on an alternative that does not involve animal products.

As important and essential as this process will be in the future, I’m sure that this meat will not be well-received once it hits the shelves. People have already demonstrated a severe skepticism of anything that is not natural and this appears to be a quintessential example of that. Even given that this is an entirely fallacious line of reasoning, people will nonetheless be uneasy about consuming a burger grown in a lab. Many will also be deterred from eating it if Post is not able to perform the same process with fat cells to add flavor and juiciness.

As long as conventionally grown beef is still on market shelves, in vitro meat will have a hard time initially establishing itself unless people really appreciate its benefits.

It will definitely enter the market at a higher price than conventional beef, and I think that will be a large initial deterrent. Money is a huge factor in how people shop for food. Nothing beyond conscious concern for the ethics of the current meat industry will make someone buy more expensive and less flavorful in vitro meat as opposed to conventional meat. But this is only an initial problem, because the cost of sustaining an in vitro meat factory will definitely be less as the technology advances.

Considering the meat industry will not be able to handle increased demand for meat products using conventional methods in the future, in vitro meat production demonstrates an important step forward. It may be bland, expensive and slow right now, but after the procedure is optimized and scaled up, it will supplant conventional beef practices. Current meat production is not sustainable and will undoubtedly be pushed to the luxury end of the market in coming decades. Just like swallowing a large pill, it may be awkward and troublesome at first, but the subsequent effects will be beneficial.

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man Worden is not the average college student, and she is not a common character for her story either. This petite, 19-year-old sophomore has precise makeup, carefully curled hair and a reminder note scrawled on the back of her hand. When this social work major speaks, her voice is low and calm and her hands move gently and slowly. She is intelligent and confident with over a 3.0 GPA and a strong presence despite her small stature. She seems born for the stage. But Worden is not an actress, Worden is an exotic dancer.

Every weekend, Worden finds a ride down to Phoenix to work at Christie’s Cabaret, a strip club in Phoenix near the airport. During the weekend, Worden works constantly and spends the nights with her mom.

Her way into the industry seems straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster. While out with friends to a male strip club, Dick’s Cabaret, she tried her hand at stripping.

“One of the dancers was apparently talking to my friend and he said, ‘look at her, she’s a natural,’” Worden said.

From there, he recommended that she try Christie’s Cabaret if she wanted to begin dancing. Due to the fact it is illegal for anyone under the age of 19 to strip professionally, the 18-year-old Worden waited and figured she had a while to decide.

Almost a year later, she got sick of the lack of hours at her day job at JC Penney. Frustrated, she took her anger to Twitter where she joked about becoming a stripper. One of her friends from high school messaged her and invited her to come to Christie’s. Since that night, she has been working at that club and enjoying every minute.

“Being an entertainer at a cabaret is empowering. It’s the biggest confidence boost I’ve ever had. It’s fun to be sexy and it feels good to be told that you’re attractive by strangers,” Worden said.

The biggest reason behind her career change is money.

Exotic dancers are not paid by the club, they are paid directly from the customer with tips from dances. Although there are some rare nights where Worden will walk out of the club with nothing after spenting six hours there, the usual amount she receives per shift is $500. The most Worden has ever received was from a double shift, where she made a little over $1,000.

“Money is the biggest reason why I do it,” Worden said. “I

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Iman Worden spends about an hour getting ready for her shifts at Christie’s Cabaret. Her favorite part of working at Christie’s is performing on stage entertaining people. Off stage, she can be found cracking jokes with her coworkers.

can support my mom. I also have plenty of money for myself.

Working this job I can save money for school, for traveling and whatever else I need.”

Another reason Worden dances is because she enjoys the lifestyle. She views this kind of dancing as an art form as well as entertainment.

“It’s not just sex ­­— it’s art,” Worden said. “A woman can move sensually and you can enjoy it for more than the fact that she has her tits out. It’s beautiful, it’s just a beautiful act.”

Worden also understands the stigma around dancing but wishes it was different.

“I feel like the occupation I have may have a more negative social stigma just because it’s so hard for society to accept that women can be sexual, too. Women should be just as respected as much as men for having sex appeal and expressing sexuality,” Worden said.

In what can be a money-hungry and dangerous industry, Worden is careful. Her club, Christie’s, has a reputation for being one of the higher-class cabarets around Phoenix, but like any club, it has its dangers.

“I am careful not to get caught up with this lifestyle. I do my homework and I always go to school. And I’m smart, I know what is too good to be true in the dancing world,” Worden said.

Although money has been the biggest reason Worden dances, she is empathetic to those who come to her club to find companionship.

“I’ve always had this personal philosophy that no one should ever be alone. I am happy that I can provide a little

something for my customers,” Worden said. “I wish they didn’t have to come in just to get that feeling that they are looking for, but it’s cool they can find it somewhere in some way.”

Worden does not plan on exotic dancing forever. She anticipates attending graduate school and wants to work in a mental hospital. Her overall career aspirations are to help others.

“I just want to help someone, anyone, it doesn’t matter who they are,” Worden said.

While she is young, Worden wants to continue with exotic dancing at least while “she has the body for it.” She plans one day on stripping in Las Vegas when she is old enough to — the stripping age in Las Vegas is 21.

“Stripping even helps me with social work, it has taught me so much about people and the world around me,” Worden said.

For Worden, exotic dancing has taught her more about her own beauty and sensuality than anything else. She has learned to appreciate her beauty.

“Everything I’ve looked at as a flaw, I’ve learned that nobody notices them or even if they did, they found what I saw as flaws to be more aspects of my own beauty. I’ve never really been confident with the way I look and now I have that confidence.”

She came in to this job for fun and extra money but she ended up learning a lot more about herself in the process. __________________________________________________ Visit JackCentral.org to see Anna Hernandez’s multimedia piece on Worden.

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Before each shift, Worden typically showers, shaves, curls her hair and does her makeup. She admits that picking out an outfit can sometimes be the longest part of her preperation because she is so indecisive.

Worden typically works at Christie’s Cabaret on Fridays and Saturdays. She averages $500 to $1,200 a weekend. The money earned at the gentleman’s club goes to her mother, her savings and her bills.

ABOVE: Worden really enjoys performing and entertaining. She says that even when she isn’t making money, she’s still having fun on stage, cracking jokes with coworkers and getting a really good workout.

RIGHT: Worden, a sophomore at NAU, has been officially working at Christie’s Cabaret since the beginning of July. She plans on working at the Phoenix location for a while, as long as the work is consistent.

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The expense of the American dream

BY ANDREA LUQUE KARAM

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hile living the American dream seems glorified in all aspects, people may not realize that it comes with a price tag.

Though the international student population of NAU does not have a large percentage, its impact is present on campus in more than one way. NAU’s 2013-2014 Fact Book reported that international students represent 4 percent of the campus population, which is about 1,100 to 1,200 students, depending on the term.

“If you are convinced that coming to the United States means pursuing your dreams, then strive for it, save up some money and contact financial aid here on campus,” said sophomore electronic media and film major from Mexico, Abril Trejo-Zatin.

Unfortunately, things are not always that easy when dealing with money issues. For some foreign students coming to the U.S., it is a dream come true to come here, but as any other dream, it not only takes courage but also a good financial support.

“The two basic statuses for international students are F1 or J1, and neither of these can work off campus,” said Sean Milton, assistant director of International Student Service. “If an international student really needs to work off campus out of our regularizations, there is another application to get the permission; it is very uncommon and, in fact, we don’t have any student in that situation because the application itself costs $380.”

When these financial problems arise for a domestic student, the easy solution comes in the form of a student loan, but again, this is more difficult for an international student.

“In most cases, they don’t have a social security number, a credit history, nor a family member that lives in the U.S. to co-sign for them, which are things that would be normal for any American,” Milton said.

An exception regarding all these rules is that there must be a real emergency.

“There are cases of countries that are in war and students that are from those countries stop having access to their bank accounts,” Milton said. “In some cases, they cannot even go back home, and that is where we can give some special support.”

Other examples of negative financial situations involve governmental problems.

For instance, from last year to today, Brazil’s

currency decreased by 40 percent in regard to its exchange rate to the U.S. dollar. For some students, this may ruin their financial stability.

Other conditions that international students face is the maximum hours they are allowed to work, which is 20 hours of work per week on campus for academic terms, or 40 hours per week during breaks. The real problem is most of the positions on campus are for student wage or Federal Work Study, which international students cannot apply for.

Not everything is negative for an international student, and scholarships are the most viable option to some students.

International students have access to most scholarships. The only rule is that it cannot be one granted by the U.S. government.

However, NAU Foundation and departmental scholarships are available, as well as out-of-state tuition waivers that the Center for International Education awards to international students who do not have any kind of financial support.

Unfortunately, scholarships are not always enough to solve financial problems.

“Sometimes, even if there is scholarship, it can only reduce the out-of-state portion.

We still have to pay for in-state, class fees, international insurance and other expenses,” said junior piano performance major Suzanne Lim. Some other opportunities available are Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curriculum Practical Training (CPT). CPT is open for students who are required to have an internship in their academic programs, and if they get a good opportunity off campus, they can apply for this program.

On the other hand, OPT is a total of one year of work in the U.S., which is more commonly done after graduation. For this program, there is no limit of hours and in some cases, students do such a good job that the employer may sponsor them to apply for a working visa.

However, international students may sometimes consider these opportunities are insufficient.

“I personally would like to have the opportunity to work outside of campus without doing OPT, but the fact that they even have this program is a great resource for international students. I just wish it would last a little bit longer,” Trejo-Zatin said.

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International students are constantly challenged with varying trials of acclimating to American life. Also, dealing with finances is a trial that almost all international students

have to face at one point or another.

Electronic media and film sophomore Abril Trejo-Zatin is an international student. She is working at the Center for International Education office. (Photo by Thuy-Tran)

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Grams and grades

achieving a “higher” education

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BY JACOB HALL

he economy is a complicated concept. To understand it requires intensive education and a mastery of various complex theories and concepts. The same holds true when attempting to understand the layered nuances that define the pervasive drug economy in and throughout Flagstaff. To understand this concept, The Lumberjack enlisted the help of an aspiring chemist and biology student who possesses experiential knowledge on the subject of these recreational, and sometimes medicinal, chemicals.

Duke, whose real name The Lumberjack has decided to keep anonymous, is an NAU student who has been involved with drugs for the past six years of his life. His early experiences with drugs started with marijuana, but have advanced to realms of psychedelics and other various stimulants. Duke’s interest in drugs stem from his innate interest in experimentation.

“All throughout my life, science has been what drives my mind. I think the pursuit of knowledge is just so rad, and that is what made me pursue a higher education in general,” Duke said.

When Duke arrived at NAU, he did not know a single soul and found himself networking from the moment he arrived.

“The first thing you do is you got to make friends,” Duke said.

“You start at the bottom of the chain, and you make your way up from there.”

Duke started out as a mere consumer in Flagstaff’s drug economy, but soon became a distributer his freshman year.

“I figured I could buy a few grams at a time, and sell half of it, while smoking the other half. I was fine with breaking even, but in order to do that, I had to always be aware of what other dealers were setting their prices at,” Duke said.

According to Duke, the key to staying competitive with other dealers is to constantly pay attention to selection and price of

his competition. In his early days, Duke acted as a distributer between a supplier and his consumers. As a distributer, Duke would rotate between about four suppliers, constantly haggling comparative prices with each individual supplier.

“I am a haggler. I am notoriously frugal,” Duke said. “You always have to pretend that you can get it cheaper somewhere else.

Sometimes you can, sometimes you can’t.”

There are various ways in which marijuana enters the hands of the suppliers who supply distributors such as Duke. Some suppliers grow their own individual cannabis plants and extract the marijuana themselves, while the more conventional approach is to purchase medical marijuana, and then sell that marijuana independently at an increased price.

This medical marijuana more often than not comes from California, where the prices are significantly cheaper than that of Arizona.

While selling marijuana for about $10 a gram, Duke roughly made upward of $30 in profit from every visit to his supplier. This was merely the tip of the iceberg for Duke, as his true passion lies behind ionic bonds and chemical experimentation.

Out of the many varying drugs that Duke has experimented with, his personal favorite is clear — Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

“I remember the first time I tripped, I went up to my room and started playing League of Legends,” Duke said. “I remember looking at the screen and I realized that I didn’t want to fight anyone. I looked at the screen, then I looked outside my window, and looked back at the screen, and then I realized that I really wanted to just be outside enjoying Flagstaff.”

This first experimentation led to many others, and Duke became increasingly interested in purchasing LSD in a large quantity.

As opposed to a drug like marijuana, acquiring LSD is not as simply done through networking.

“For hard drugs in general,

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you just have to be more active to get what you want,” Duke said. “You really have to be proactive to find a connection, because it’s just more taboo in a lot of circles.”

The heart of the drug economy lies within online black markets, such as Darknet or Agora.

Duke mainly uses these websites to acquire varying amounts of illegal substances.

“Darknet is the online black market,” Duke said. “It’s just like eBay or Amazon, but encrypted, and far more secretive.”

In order to access these websites without suspicion from organizations like the Drug Enforcement Administration, Duke uses proxies that allow him to browse the web anonymously and send encrypted messages to vendors from across the globe.

While taking a browse through Agora, one can find forgeries, weapons, jewelry and most illegal substances that anyone could ever imagine.

“When you are using these websites, you really have to do your research. Trust the vendor that you are buying from, or else you will get scammed,” Duke said.

Duke’s favorite items to purchase through these illegal markets are sheets of LSD. A sheet of LSD costs Duke about $300, and this sheet contains 100 tabs of the chemical.

The standard price that Duke sells each tab for is roughly $10, allowing Duke to achieve a profit of nearly $700 per sheet sold.

For Duke, though, it’s not all about the money.

“It makes me happy to sell things that make people happy.

It makes me happy, so it’s rad to see other people have similar experiences,” Duke said.

As a student, Duke hopes to one day be able to synthesize his own LSD. “That is the end goal, as far as me being an inspiring chemistry student, the LSD synthesis is the grand synthesis, and some day I think I’ll be able to,” Duke said.

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BY KYNDALL ARNOLD

inancial obligations are a significant aspect of college that all students have to deal with. Members of NAU Fraternity and Sorority Life can testify to being fiscally accountable both as students and chapter members.

Joining a chapter comes with a financial responsibility. NAU sorority and fraternity dues range from $150 to $795 per semester based on the chapter’s requirements.

Usually, a student’s new member semester is the most expensive because of initiation fees and the purchase of a badge.

Membership dues fund sisterhood and brotherhood events, insurance, house or parlor fees for the upkeep of the chapter rooms, national organization fees, badge fees, initiation expenses and personal membership manuals.

Greek chapters at ASU and UA tend to be more expensive, due to having chapter houses. NAU Fraternity and Sorority Life does not have the luxury of having chapter houses; however, members inhabit an allGreek-dorm, which cuts house maintenance fees out of their dues.

Chi Omega, Alpha Phi and The Kappa Alpha Order are three chapters that are represented at each in-state university.

NAU Alpha Phi has moderate dues, according to chapter president junior strategic communications major Jillian Jackson. At $456 per semester, Alpha Phi’s dues fall somewhere in between those of the rest of the sororities on campus.

“Our dues cover the events we plan as well as every budget for each director,” Jackson said. “We use the money to put on social events, sponsor our philanthropy events, and reach out to people on campus that need our help. We don’t really have expenses outside of our dues that pertain to the chapter, except for our merchandise. Each month girls are given the option to purchase Alpha Phi merchandise through the chapter.”

Chapter dues for ASU Alpha Phi are $1,040 for the first semester of membership and $778 each following semester, while chapter dues for the UA Alpha Phi are based on a weekly meal plan, the least expensive option being $1,818.

For roughly $340 per semester, the women of Chi Omega are given the chance to experience socials with Greek life and

other campus organizations, attend formals and have the opportunity to experience philanthropy events and attend various other functions.

Junior public health major Kelly Ingram is the current president of the Chi Omega sorority. She believes that NAU chapters stand apart from those at ASU and UA due to the tight-knit Greek community and somewhat unconventional Greek system.

“In my opinion, paying dues for being in a Greek organization allows you to have opportunities that would not be presented otherwise,” Ingram said. “In my three years as a member of Chi Omega, I have been able to help grant three wishes to Make-aWish children, have attended a leadership conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and have made incredible friends, among other things. To me, you cannot put a price tag on experiences.”

Chapter dues for the ASU Chi Omega are $739 for the first semester of membership and $539 each following semester, while the most inexpensive option of chapter dues for the UA Chi Omega is $1,770.

Financially, the NAU Kappa Alpha Order is doing well, according to the chapter’s current president, junior electrical engineering major Brock Pellerin. Semester dues are currently set at $320, but Kappa Alpha is looking to raise them in the near future.

“Our new executive board have putting a strong focus on philanthropy and fundraising which has been paying off,” Pellerin said.

“Our dues are a little lower than they need to be, so we are working on a couple options for the chapter to vote on. Our dues cover brotherhoods, national insurance, teams for other chapter’s philanthropy, alumni events, intramurals, Interfraternity Council dues and other miscellaneous things.”

Chapter dues for the ASU Kappa Alpha were not available, but the cheapest option for chapter dues for the UA Kappa Alpha is $1,075.

Most chapters offer payment plans for members. Members do not have to pay dues after graduation, but will continue to reap the benefits of lifelong membership such as involvement with an alumni chapter, publications from national organizations, networking with fellow brothers or sisters from across the world and lifelong friendships with collegiate brothers and sisters.

Experiencing art in Aarhus

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arhus, the second largest city in Denmark after Copenhagen, is home to ARoS Museum for Modern Art. I’m a bit of an art enthusiast, so naturally, ARoS was at the top of my must-visit

This weekend, I was lucky enough to visit Aarhus (only about an hour and a half away from home) with a friend. This art museum is impossible to miss — the huge, red brick building is topped with a circular walkway that is paneled with rainbow glass. DanishIcelandic artist Olafur Eliasson completed the distinctive installation in 2011. You can catch glimpses of the walkway from almost all

corners of the city, which lends to Aarhus’s cool, artistic atmosphere.

The building is a work of art itself.

On the first floor of the museum, we found Janet Cardiff’s gleefully nightmarish installations. One, called “The Storm Room”, beckoned viewers into an empty room except for a couple buckets that collected leaking water from the ceiling. A complex draining system allowed for improvised rain to splatter against the windows. The viewer is transported to an eerily abandoned home while a storm rages on outside.

Another one of Cardiff’s installations, titled “The Carnie,” invites the viewer to press a button, seen only by a singular bulb in a completely dark room. After pressing the button, a decrepit TAYLOR carousel in the center of the room lights up HAYNES and spins while terrifying music (coupled with the screeching laughter of children), blares from hidden speakers.

Cardiff’s art left me hungry for more of her work, despite being appropriately unsettled.

After leaving the labyrinth that led to Janet Cardiff’s hellish installations, we came upon Ron Mueck’s “Boy.” When one searches ARoS on Google Images, this is usually the first piece that appears.

And rightfully so — Boy is nothing less than awe-inspiring. At 4.5 meters (nearly 15 feet) in height, Mueck’s hyper-real sculpture of

As second semester rapidly comes to an end, securing a living situation for next year increasingly climbs the list of top priorities. With NAU’s biggest freshmen class yet, many upperclassmen are finding that there is no longer any space for them to live on campus.

On another note, many freshmen face a challenge when deciding their living situation for next year, because many of them are still not familiar enough with NAU to truly know

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a crouching, huge boy is complete with hair, massive toenails and eyeballs. In the presence of Boy, I felt like an insect that the boy was examining on a hot summer day.

My favorite installation at ARoS, also created by Eliasson, is called “Your Atmospheric Colour Atlas.” The concept is simple — a mist-filled room lit by changing, colored lights. However, as I entered this particular installation, I found myself disoriented and strangely at peace. It was as if I had stepped into a beautiful, pink cloud. My friend was immediately obscured and the other visitors were reduced to dark, hazy silhouettes. It was as if I was completely alone and left to float through minty, blue, pink and crimson clouds.

What I loved most about ARoS was how the viewer is not only looking at art, but interacting with it. At this museum, art isn’t untouchable, placed on a pedestal or meant to be admired from a distance. Rather, we were invited to push the button on Cardiff’s “Carnie,” feel insignificant below Mueck’s Boy and wander through Eliasson’s colored mist or glass-rainbow panorama.

Being at ARoS was, in some ways, a small metaphor for my time in Denmark. It would be a completely different experience if I was too scared to experience what this country had to offer, just like it would have been different if I hadn’t chosen to press a button or disappear into the mist-filled room.

It’s all about embracing the unknown; it’s about packing your bags and getting on that train.

what living space would best benefit them. These two factors make choosing where to live a difficult, time-consuming decision. In order to aid those who are still struggling on deciding where to live, The Lumberjack staff has compiled a list that illustrates which place provides the biggest bang for your buck based on price, amenities and location.

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BY RICHIE TRUNZO

here are many reasons why NAU coaches do not get paid as much as many other head coaches, but the most prominent reason is revenue, as well as size of school.

Other athletic programs generate more revenue than NAU, and use the extra money for renovations of athletic facilities, program improvements and also to increase salaries.

For NAU, despite the small size of the school, the top3 coaches are still earning a respectable amount of money.

Compared to the highest-paid coaches in the nation though, it seems like nothing.

SUE DARLING: $155,000

Sue Darling has been the head coach of the NAU women’s basketball team since 2012, and has 29 years of experience in coaching women’s basketball.

The NAU women’s basketball team’s most recent season has been its best under Darling’s tenure. The team finished with a record of 13-7 and finished at .500 in conference with a record of 9-9.

The highest-paid NCAA women’s basketball coach is Geno Auriemma, who is now making just over $2 million as the head coach for UConn’s women’s basketball program. Darling’s salary is much more comparable to Auriemma than that of other sports, mainly because women’s basketball doesn’t bring in that much money across the nation.

JEROME SOUERS: $185,000

Jerome Souers, the head coach of NAU’s football team, is the second-highest-paid coach at NAU. Surprisingly enough, Souers makes less than Jack Murphy, but has no doubt led a successful football program.

Over his 17-year tenure at NAU, Souers has had success with 11 winning seasons. Souers’ best season came in 2003, when he led the Lumberjacks to their first Big Sky Conference title since 1978, and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA FCS playoffs. In the same year, Souers was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson award, which is given to the top coach in FCS football. Most recently, Souers finished the 2014 season at 7-5.

In 2014, Souers signed a new four-year contract that raised his salary to $185,000 and provided up to $57,000 in bonuses.

Souers’ salary is nothing in comparison to Alabama’s head coach Nick Saban’s $7.3-million annual salary. Saban has been the head coach of Alabama since 2007, and in that time has led the Crimson Tide to three National Championships.

Saban’s multi-million dollar salary is well-deserved, but the fact that it is over 20 times more than Souers’, who also coaches a DI team, is interesting. The one thing that does set Saban apart is his resume is that he has coached both in college football with Michigan State, LSU and Alabama, and in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins.

JACK MURPHY: $185,400

NAU’s highest-paid coach is Jack Murphy, the head coach

of the men’s basketball team. Murphy became the head coach in 2012, and since then, has proven to have an impact on the success of the program. Since Murphy has been the head coach, the Lumberjacks have significantly improved. In his first two seasons, the Lumberjacks ended with records of 11-21 in 2013 and 15-17 in 2014, while finishing second in the Big Sky Conference in 2014.

This season showed the majority of the improvement, as the Lumberjacks finished with a record of 23-15, made it to the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament and the finals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Although Murphy has not been here long, he has had great experience at the University of Memphis, and with the Denver Nuggets.

Despite the recent success of the Lumberjacks, there is a huge pay gap between Murphy and the highest-paid college men’s basketball coach. Kentucky head coach John Calipari makes $6.3 million per year, and leads one of the top programs in the nation.

There is only one other coach in the $6-million range, Duke’s head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Obviously, NAU is nowhere near the level of a Kentucky or a Duke, but in his three-year tenure here, Murphy has shown that he deserves every penny of his salary.

Overall, the salaries of NAU’s coaches seems like a lot, but when measured against some of the top programs in the nation, it shows just how important head coaches are at the collegiate level.

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NCAA Scholarships: earned or given

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BY CHEYANNE MUMPHREY

ithin the NCAA, there are approximately 170,000 Division I (DI) student-athletes who make up more than 6,000 teams across the United States. Only 65 of 350 universities have the power to make laws regarding the entire DI entity. The Power Five, include the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-12 and the Southeastern Conference. They make up the new governance system initiated by the NCAA last year.

At the beginning of the year, the five conferences acted under the new system for the first time, and made decisions that give their student-athletes more benefits and support without consulting the other 285 schools. One of them was the multiyear scholarship rule.

This new regulation allows student-athletes to receive scholarships for the duration of their collegiate careers; however, not all schools will be able to afford such a sum of money.

According to NAU President Rita Cheng, who sat on the NCAA DI board and was part of the steering committee for the new governance model, NAU’s “funding for athletics comes from central campus funds, which are state appropriation and tuition dollars,” and the athletic department “receives money from the NCAA and from ticket sales. We also have great sponsors and supporters who provide scholarship dollars from their donations.”

A total of $5 million is budgeted each year for athletic scholarships, which includes room and board, tuition and books; athletes on partial scholarships are also funded by the same budget.

“Without the NCAA, we wouldn’t have the sports we have,” said senior associate athletic director Tanya Vogel. “We have been functioning on this one-year scholarship renewable system for 30 to 40 years, maybe longer, and yet for the most part everyone gets a four-year scholarship. That is because even though we are on these one-year renewables, the NCAA made it really difficult for you to take away a scholarship.”

Universities across the U.S. work in the best interest of their athletes, and students as a whole.

“NAU has a deep commitment to students,” President Cheng said. “We always think very deeply before we eliminate a scholarship, and it usually is due to a student transference or a student who may have a discipline issue.”

Vogel, who has been in the athletic industry for over 18 years, agrees. “[Most schools] spend a lot more money on [their] athletes than is drawn in revenue,” Vogel said. “Compared to the five to 20 schools who are actually generating more money than they are spending. Even in the Big Five, the money they are making is going back into their athletes, coaches’ salaries, facilities, travel, equipment, apparel, tutors and support staff.”

“Student-athletes in the major conferences have a different experience,” Cheng said. “There are stresses to student-athletes that are specific to student-athletes.”

This doesn’t mean all athletes who attend schools in the bigger conferences receive more money, “I don’t think it needs to be fair across the board,” said assistant strength and conditioning coach Ryan Cotter. “You need to earn your scholarship year to year. It’s college athletics; it’s competitive. You’ve got to show up.”

There are certain benefits to athletic scholarships.

“The fact that a student comes in and has the opportunity to compete for their college and earn a degree, to me that’s invaluable. There’s not a scholarship limit that you can put on that,” Vogel said.

NAU basketball player, senior guard Aaseem Dixon, believes athletes in college should get paid.

“Most of our time is devoted to our sport,” Dixon said. “We clock in and clock out like a real job.”

The problem, or rather “where we start to lose focus is when you think that you are getting paid a scholarship to play a sport. Once we go down that road, it changes the model completely,” Vogel explains.

For now, the NCAA has allowed multiyear scholarships, but only if the school can afford them.

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Commentary: Pay-for-play not realistic

Should student-athletes be compensated for their athletic ability, sacrificing their amateur status

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BY JACQUIE LEMARR

here is a fine line between the terms student and the student-athlete. At NAU, we pride ourselves in representing both titles. We, as athletes, bring pride to our school. Students watch us battle against other universities, and then brag to their friends at rival schools about how our football team is better than theirs.

While most of the student population is able to go out and get jobs to pay for the spring break trip, we stay to practice and train. For the athletes at NAU, there are no days off, there are no other jobs; representing our school is our one and only fulltime job.

I do think that the NCAA and the universities should pay athletes for their services. The debate is not whether the athletes in question deserve to be paid, because they should be. Their dedication to this school through their time and success this year has gone beyond any demands NAU has ever made of them. We have no time for another job; we barely have time for school.

We absolutely deserve to see the fruits of our labor. When a team wins a Big Sky Championship, a portion of that money

is distributed back to the university and the athletes see none of those earnings. Instead, they watch it get diced up into pieces and spread throughout the programs of the athletic department.

We deserve to be paid for our effort and the revenue brought to the school. We do deserve to be paid so that you can continue to be proud to go to a Big Sky-championship school.

The question being debated is this: how do universities find a way to establish financial equality between sports? How would a university decide who gets what, given that not every sport is equal in number, size or revenue potential? But should athletes’ talent and funds be jeopardized because their gift happens to be on a court and not a field?

Athletes should not be paid if the universities will not pay them equally, end of story. There should not be the opportunity to make a profit if some athletes will be paid more than others.

So, at the end of the day, our university does not have the funds to pay every athlete the same amount.

According to the NCAA, each sport is only allotted 20 hours per week of practice and competition. This does not include travel time, time in the training room or time in team meetings. How can you put a price on the amount of effort each

athlete puts into each hour? How can it possibly be made fair that some athletes make more than others because of the sport they choose to play? Some sports generate large revenue while others are either revenue neutral or even lose money.

Athletes may never be able to see a dime of their hard work, because of the system’s inability to find a way to distribute funds equally because the reality is, there are none. No equal allocation exists. There is no way to measure the work of football against tennis or against cross country.

The only way is to look on paper at how much revenue each sport generates, and should that be the deciding factor to determine the effort of each sport? How can you begin to measure how much each athlete in question should receive, by calories burned or bones broken? Is it determined by the strength of weight one can lift or maybe by the amount of training room visits one can show from it? The reason athletes will never be paid is because universities may never have enough funds to pay everyone equally for their hard work, regardless of sport and success record. And if you play for a Title IX school, equality seems to govern everything.

University budget cuts could affect NAU Athletics

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n the next fiscal year, NAU will take a $17 million hit, once again at the hands of the Arizona government, and it looks like a good portion of this amount could be taken from the athletics program.

Sports have always had a profound impact on the popularity, success and impact a university can have on its community. If this is true, then why are HAYDEN KNUDSEN NAU’s sports programs taking some of the biggest budget cuts? Sure, the focus of any university is academics; it’s understandable. However, NAU’s sports programs have made leaps and bounds in terms of program development, while its academics continue to thrive.

Take, for example, its multiple track and field championships, or the packed Skydome that the men’s basketball team played in front of March 31 for the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament semifinals. NAU Athletics is making tremendous strides and the students are taking notice. So, where can we look to see these funds taken from?

“I think it doesn’t affect our student-athletes, but we’ll look at areas like game-day management,” said Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos. “Can we maybe not have as many promotional items for our fans? Or are there things that we can scale back on in terms of our fan experience? That being said, we still want to create a great game-day atmosphere COMMENTARY

and experience for our fan base.”

Unfortunately, in this situation, NAU can’t have its cake and eat it too. There’s a marriage between the fan experience and the popularity and success of a university, and this decision on where the budget cuts should come from could have a huge effect on the college’s future as a whole.

NAU needs to find a way to support its developing sports programs. The thing people love the most about college athletics is the game-day experience. It’s the exuberant student-sections, it’s the marching band roaring after a huge touchdown, it’s the fan experience that builds a big school.

NAU athletics have gone all-in in the past few years, and as a result they’re starting to see huge payouts. The athletic programs are starting to accumulate an air of success around them, and this is not the time for the administration office to step in and fold the winning hand.

“We have such a tremendous leader in Dr. [Rita] Cheng,” Campos said. “Despite this huge challenge that’s been presented to her, it has been trickled down from her to the vice presidents that this will not hold us down. We will continue in the best interest of our future.”

A $17-million budget cut can be lethal to a university’s growth, but NAU can make it through these cuts by making the same commitment to the fan base as it’s made to the studentathletes.

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Sports

Men’s tennis drops to 5-4 in conference Lumberjacks on a four-game losing streak

BY RICHIE TRUNZO

In one of the most pivotal games of the season, the NAU men’s tennis team fell just short in its match against current Big Sky Conference (BSC) leader Weber State. NAU came back from an early 3–1 deficit to finish the match just shy of winning, resulting in a 4–3 loss.

This is the Lumberjacks’ fourth straight loss, and their first loss at home this season. Now 5-4 in the BSC, the Lumberjacks have a few must-win matches in the near future.

The Wildcats found opportunities to earn points early in the match, starting with doubles play. Three consecutive 6–3 victories in doubles play gave the Wildcats a one-point advantage going into singles play.

Momentum from its doubles sweep helped Weber State through the early portion of singles play. The Wildcats increased the deficit to two after sophomore Alex Locci suffered a 6–4, 7–5 loss at the No. 2 position. NAU quickly responded with a victory, as senior Jordan Gobatie won his singles match 6–4, 6–1 at the No. 1 position. Despite the victory, Weber State put pressure on NAU, as it created a matchpoint scenario at 3–1 with another singles victory.

“The doubles point was pretty critical, but we played tough and were right there at the end,” said NAU head coach Ki Kroll.

The Lumberjacks dug deep to stay in the match. Freshman Felix Shumann and senior Kester Black provided crucial wins for the Lumberjacks at the No. 5 and 4 spots, respectively. The late victories tied the score at three, and left the result of the match to the final singles game.

Freshman Adi Zilberstein played a tough match against Weber State junior Sanjay Goswami at the No. 6 position. Goswami took the first set, while Zilberstein responded with a 6–4 win in the second set.

The match came down to the third set, where Zilberstein eventually lost 7–5, which finished the match 4–3.

“Duringthe third set I changed all of my tactics in the middle of the game,” Zilberstein said. “It affected my play and I lost the match 4–3.”

This loss will hurt the Lumberjacks as they move into the two final matches of the season. Now at 5-4, the Lumberjacks need to win at least one of their next two matches to stay above .500 in the BSC. “It’s going to be a tough two weeks,” Kroll said. “We are going to do our best and hopefully have good results. It’s going to be a tough test for us.”

Scheduled to play Southern Utah April 18 and Portland State April 19, NAU will have to utilize this week to overcome its current four-game TOP: Freshman Adi Zilberstein gets ready to return the ball over the net Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the losing streak. Luckily, those games will be at home where NAU has only Continental Country Club. NAU suffered their fourth consecutive loss, losing 4–3 to Weber State. lost one match this season.

BOTTOM: Senior Jordan Gobatie reacts quickly to send the ball over the net Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Continental Country Club. (Photos by Cory Walters)

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STEM makes its way into the world of ar t

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BY MARISSA WHITE

cience, technology, engineering and math are better known by the acronym STEM. Usually, these academic disciplines are thought of as highly technical with little room for creativity; however, STEM City Arts was held to provide a new look at art and how it’s created.

The exhibition held its opening reception April 11 at the Coconino Center for the Arts, giving the public a chance to come see unique art and even meet some of the artists behind the paintbrushes.

Curator Erin Joyce inherited the concept for the exhibition from a previous curator who developed a similar idea.

“Their initial vision for their exhibition was to have the art relate to the subject matter of the STEM fields,” Joyce said. “I sort of streamlined what that is and decided to use art that was created through the use of science, technology, engineering and math. The subject matter is not necessarily STEM-related, but the artist used those ideas in the artwork’s production.”

Some of the artworks and artists were previously selected prior to Joyce’s participation in the exhibition, and others were invited by her based on their artworks’ ability to blend well with the theme of the show. The artists whose work was featured in this exhibition were primarily from Flagstaff, but a few were from various cities around the country and even around the world.

Local artist Shawn Skabelund had some of his unique artwork featured in this exhibition. His artwork, titled Overburden, depicted a crow flying over a vertically split tree and was one of the many 3D instillations present in the exhibition.

“Overburden explores the effects of mountaintop removal mining on the landscape, the communities and cultures of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia,” Skabelund said. “I decided that not many people know about mountaintop removal mining here in Arizona and wanted to share and educate what is being done in the Appalachia, because we are connected to it.”

Many of the works consisted of film

projects and projected images, giving the setting of the gallery a lively and modern appeal. It was the first time this kind of exhibition has been held at the Coconino Center for the Arts. The idea of this STEM-themed show was widely accepted and the gallery filled with excited people searching for a new way to experience STEM. Many of the artists participating are known for creating several different kinds of art, ranging from printmaking, instillations, drawing and more. The respected artists, prior to being invited to participate in the show, created much of the artwork. Artist Julie Libersat from Dallas, Texas, made an appearance in the exhibition with her piece titled “Hurricane House.” The piece was created roughly a year before this show and the theme and design of it fit very nicely with the overarching theme of the STEM exhibition.

Throughout the exhibit, it was evident that several of the installations held deeper meanings and personal connections to the artists. Libersat’s piece, “Hurricane House,” told the true story of her grandmother’s house being one of the hundreds of houses damaged by Hurricane Rita in 2005. Scale models of the house as well as drawings of the floor plans were presented in order to recreate the “storm state” the house endured.

“With ‘Hurricane House,’ I am interested in the collective recollection of a meaningful space and how the memory of the space informs and changes the actual dimensions of the mental space,” Libersat said. “I rebuilt the house from its inhabitant’s memory of it, just as my grandfather constructed the actual house, and subsequent additions were built my father and uncle ­— combining the floor plans and mirroring the history of the home’s construction while revealing the ways that memory is reconfigured, shared and intangible.”

STEM City Arts is a unique and intuitive exhibit to be enjoyed by those of all ages and interests. Science, technology, engineering and math have always been incorporated into daily life and now they are all the more relevant with a more creative twist.

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TOP: Artist Shawn Skabelund presented his piece, Overburn, at the STEM City Opening Reception Saturday, April 11, 2015. Skabelund used a style of mixed media Installation to hover his piece in the exhibit. BOTTOM: An attendee observes artist Julie Libersat’s artwork at the Coconino Center for the Arts. (Photos by Bryanna Shantal Smythe)

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LEFT: Fans of Sol Drop dance at a house show organized by TUFNAU. RIGHT: Kathryn Meyers sings to a crowded audience Thursday, April 9, 2015. (Photos by J. Daniel Hud)

Financing house shows, funding TUFNAU

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BY MARISSA WHITE

ouse parties promoting artistic expression are a staple of the college art scene. Many have occurred this year, but some might wonder who exactly is putting on these

shows.

The Underground Foundation (TUFNAU) has been bringing musical talents, parties and events to NAU’s campus the past two semesters for a small fee. While the organization is growing rapidly in popularity, the club was actually brought to campus by sophomore elementary education and early childhood development major Jacob Goodenough, the club’s president. Goodenough was inspired to creat TUF at NAU after experiencing it from an ASU perspective.

As a student-led group, TUFNAU relies on the NAU community for support so they can keep playing regular shows.

This organization prides itself on bringing quality entertainment to its students at the low price of $5, which was set at the start and has remained stable ever since. However, those wishing to become members, which includes admittance to all shows throughout the semester as well as a T-shirt, can do so for $30.

By charging for the cost of admission for each show or a membership for each semester, TUFNAU generates an income it uses to keep up with the maintenance of putting on shows and supporting local artists.

TUFNAU primarily uses its income for PA system rentals, which can cost anywhere from $80 to $100 each time it gives a show. It also provides firewood for select shows, various lights

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and decorations, sound equipment and house compensations, meaning it pays each house it hosts a show at $20 for utilities. It also provides members with TUFNAU t-shirts.

In order to cut costs per show, members of TUFNAU are hoping to buy a PA of their own, which could cost around a $1,000.

Additionally, TUFNAU is committed to paying all of its performers for every show.

“Every event we’ve thrown, excluding our first three events to raise club funds, we’ve paid all artists performing,” said treasurer of TUFNAU Oliver Adams. “Because at the end of the day, that’s what TUFNAU is about – supporting local artists.”

With the Orpheum right around the corner and concerts available on campus, this Flagstaff club has some competition.

However, when it comes to getting fans to choose their events over others, TUFNAU is confident that the quality of its shows will always keep fans coming back for more.

“People are content with paying a fairly priced $5 to see a great show with a bunch of friends and good music,” Adams said.

“I’ve also found that another incentive people have to paying that admissions fee is in the spirit of supporting the artist playing that night.”

Recently, TUFNAU collaborated with NAU’s own School of Music at Firecreek Coffee for a jazz combo concert. As a general performance event, a $5 admission price was charged and a crowd of around 60 people attended.

TUFNAU was notified of the potential collaboration through Tim Bomburg-Roth, saxophonist for the School of

Music and representative for on-campus events for TUFNAU. Three different jazz groups consisting of six members each performed throughout the night.

Not only does TUFNAU support local artists, it also supports NAU’s Performing Arts programs. At the end of the night, 25 percent of all profits went to the club, but the other 75 percent of profits went to the School of Music. On behalf of the School of Music, this split was arranged ahead of time and went directly into the NAU Foundation.

“The NAU Foundation is an account which is used to cover everything from purchasing music, paying fees for guest artists, members or performers,” said director of the jazz studies program Christopher Finet. “It also helps in paying for trips to various schools and other venues around the state.”

Despite only having been established at NAU for two semesters, TUFNAU has big aspirations. Hoping to grow in number of members, as well as in supporters and followers, the club wants to help as many people experience the unique atmosphere of a house show as possible.

“Our goals for the future are to become a conduit for Flagstaff musicians and artists to the scene in northern Arizona,” said secretary of TUFNAU Brendan J. Bohannon. “On the whole, I would say the first year for the organization has been a huge success. The goal is to not be complacent and to keep growing.”

With eyes set on the future, TUFNAU hopes to keep bringing events to the campus and community of NAU, while sharing the importance of supporting local artists and performers at a college-kid-friendly cost.

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The business and finances of music festivals

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BY GRACE FENLASON

hrough a cloud of marijuana smoke and puddles of spilled beer, a crowd of sweaty patrons mash together to form a thick forest. The crowd huddles together with no personal space. People either stand starry-eyed or dance limply, still keeping their eyes fixed to the bright stage. Every couple of minutes hands rise and iPhones glow trying to take pictures, that are quickly posted to Instagram and Twitter. The music plays so loud it’s deafening and almost intelligible. This is the world of music festivals.

Music festivals have been both a negative and positive influence for the music scene since their revitalization.

Stationery music festivals have grown more and more popular over the years and have increased in quantity and magnitude.

The three biggest music festivals bring in a considerable amount of money and patrons. According to Billboard Boxscore, in 2012, Coachella, a six-day festival, made $47.3 million and brought in 78,500 people daily. Lollapalooza, a three-day festival, made $22.5 million and brought in 100,000 people, and Bonnaroo, a four-day festival, made $30 million and brought in 80,000 people.

“Most of the attraction of it is that this might be the only time you see that band,” said junior sociology major Francesca Gonzales. “For instance, last year, Coachella and Austin City Limits had Outkast together again for the last time. So, this was the last time I was ever going to see them.”

Smaller festivals like McDowell Mountain Music Festival (MMMF) held in Phoenix every spring bring in significantly less money, but operate the same way.

“The amount of money brought in has been an average, over the past 13 years, of $50,000,” said public relations manager for MMMF Nate Largay.

In this capacity, it can be hard for smaller festivals to bring in large bands.

“We’re in a situation of David and Goliath, where the larger festival is run by very big music corporations,” said MMMF’s creator Jon Largay in a 2012 LA Weekly article. “We’re very excited with the bands that elected to play this year, to a point where we’re maybe a little lucky from that standpoint. Maybe our relationships with the agents are good and maybe they understand why we’re doing it.”

A huge way that these festivals big and small make money is through sponsorships. For the sponsors, these serve as huge marketing opportunities, as they appeal to a younger, valuable market. Some of Coachella’s biggest sponsors appeal to younger markets such as Heineken, H&M, Spotify and Sephora.

Although it has statewide appeal, MMMF is sponsored locally. For instance, this year’s charities were Phoenix Children’s Hospital and UMOM New Day Centers, which both focus on homeless families and youth.

A more obvious way these festivals make money is partially from steep prices. In 2015, Coachella charged $375 for a weekend general admission pass. VIP admission was as high as $899, car parking and camping prices fluxuate from $30 to $85, and it will cost $2,350 to $4,500 for tickets and a two- to four-person tent. These tickets also sell out quickly.

“I go to almost every music festival in the Southwest,” Gonzales said. “I try to go to Coachella every year and that can

be pretty costly. I think one year I spent up to $1,000 on just festivals alone.”

Smaller festivals have less competition in ticket prices.

MMMF has a $125 general admission ticket price for a threeday event, which is a third of Coachella’s. Also, the tickets do not sell out as fast and can still be bought at the gate during the festival.

Music festivals also save money through the use of volunteers. Most of the major festivals offer opportunities to volunteer. For instance, Bonnaroo has an extensive application process as a network to keep volunteers coming back.

This is also true with smaller music festivals such as MMMF. “We really get our manpower and support from bulking up on volunteers early in the year with the intention of having them work a large majority of on-site logistics,” Largay said.

This phenomenon can also be seen in film festivals. Since the rise of larger film expos and festivals such as Cannes, Sundance and Toronto, small ones have popped up over the last couple decades, including the Sedona International Film Festival. While this has not affected movie sales like music festivals have, they have local and international appeal.

This type of a small festival also uses sponsorships and volunteers to earn and save money. Sedona International Film Festival is sponsored by Flagstaff Medical Center, Arizona State University, BMO Harris Bank and multiple other organizations.

According to Steve Carr, Sedona International Film Festival’s public relations specialist, it also employs about 35 people and uses more than 200 volunteers.

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Art for the sake of the artist

BY CHARLOTTE EVANS

W

hen starting a career, one of the first questions and concerns that pops into one’s mind is, “what kind of money will I be making?” While it is important to always follow passions and chase dreams, it can sometimes be hard to do when trying to make a living as well.

Some people may find they can incorporate their dreams into their jobs, but other times it turns into more of a balancing act between work and play. After all, time is money, right?

Flagstaff has long been a big supporter of the arts in the local community, which is good news for the people trying to sell their works of art. The city is home to a large number of talented artists and features various galleries and exhibitions in which paintings, photographs and various crafts can be admired and purchased.

“There are nonprofit organizations, like the Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff, that strive to encourage and promote the artistic growth and professional development of both emerging and established local artists,” said local artist Nancy Panlener, also known as “Mannequin Lady.” “In addition, there are also galleries that showcase local art, this is why I believe Flagstaff is very supportive of the artistic community.”

The Artists’ Coalition has been a huge supporter of artists and their endeavors. The nonprofit benefits artists not only by helping promote their art but also by teaching artists how to develop their artistic skills and careers.

Many local artists find it hard to survive off simply selling their pieces alone.

“Most artists that are members of our community have another job, or two, or three; it really depends on how far you are going with your art,” said executive director of the Artists’ Coalition Mike Frankel. “We have people that do it once a year and have a regular job, and we have people that do it once a month, or once a week or everyday but still have to supplement their income.”

Frankel does a great deal of work in the community by promoting events that feature the work of local artists, such as the 13th Annual Recycled Art Exhibition coming May 2015 at the Hozhoni Art Gallery and getting grants to help with the operating costs of the organization.

“We are always looking to trim costs and still give people the best experience possible,” Frankel said. “We don’t want anything we do for the events to impact the quality of the events for the public.”

On top of working regular jobs, artists must find the time to put together pieces, which can mean hours and hours of hard work and dedication. The next step after a work is completed is figuring whether to sell or keep their work.

“I think the biggest problem that a lot of artists have is letting go of their work unless you’re producing a large quantity of work like jewelry, glass or ceramic artists,” Frankel said. “It is a dichotomy between wanting to hold on to it and still wanting to sell it and make a little money.”

The Artists’ Coalition has been particularly helpful with this aspect of artists’ lives. They provide the assistance needed to help them succeed in their professional careers.

“With the help of the Artists’ Coalition of Flagstaff, I was able to understand the pricing process,” Panlener said. “The price should include obvious factors such as materials and time spent, but also include the uniquely creative idea.”

Setting prices can be highly difficult because an artist must decide between selling for the emotional value they have placed on their work and factoring in market values.

“I try to keep my prices at a level where the typical working person in Flagstaff can afford them,” said local beaded jewelry artist Cinde Dalhover. “Unless you’re a very well-known artist, you won’t get paid much for your time. I figure the approximate cost of my materials, double it and add whatever I feel the market will bear for my time. With a recent piece, I figured I was paid less than $3/hour.”

Hours and hours of hard work and determination is the life of an artist — they spend days, weeks and months working on individual pieces and when it comes to selling their work, a lot of details come into play.

“Setting my prices has been a combination of input from my peers that are artists and the market rate, but ultimately it’s the amount of hours I put in and I gauge from there,” sai artist Karl Jim. “Art has been a bit more complex emotionally for me than the pricing for design services.”

Being an artist is not as easy as one would think. Sure, there is pleasure in the creative process, but sometimes the challenges take a lot of strength to overcome.

“The whole idea of the starving artist is too quaint now. If you really are dedicated to your work, you balance things,” Frankel said.

Art is all about taking a challenge and making something out of it.

“Some of my biggest struggles I had was passing on projects that were not valued by an organization or individual,” Jim said. “There have been times that the financial struggle has been real and the opportunity to sell below ‘market or self worth’; it’s more about quality than quantity.”

Like everything else in life, an artist’s work is never done.

How success varies from one artist to the other

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BY ANDREA GARCIA

hen thinking about the Flagstaff community, one word comes to mind — creativity. Head downtown and artists and galleries will surround you.

These galleries help showcase local artists, many of whom depend on these galleries to generate income.

Becoming a successful artist has its difficulties. To sell art, the artist must attract an audience with work of a unique quality that belongs to that artist alone.

The word artist on its own typically means a person who is skilled in creating art. For the word to transform into a career, a person must make a profit off of the art they produce.

To begin making a profit, artists must get their work into the view of the public, typically through galleries. The Artists’ Gallery and the Museum of Northern Arizona both showcase artists, helping them to gain public recognition.

Local watercolor artist Marsha Owen is highly inspired by Flagstaff and the community and chooses to showcase her art at The Artists’ Gallery.

“The Artists’ Gallery puts me in direct contact with our community,” Owen said. “I enjoy painting local places that folks here can relate to, like Lake Mary, Hart Prairie and Mount Elden, for example.”

For Owen, art was not the first career she pursued. She had a career in advertising design for about 20 years, but then decided to get into the art field.

“I had always loved pastel and watercolor illustrations, so I decided to try watercolor as it seemed more convenient to set up and put away with small children around the house then,” Owen said. “I had a knack for it and showed paintings at group shows and was encouraged by a few sales. I eventually created a home studio and got into a gallery.”

In order to make art a viable career, Owen maintains a regular painting schedule and has a website showcasing and selling her work. She also enters annual art competitions.

Now that she is enjoying being showcased in galleries around Flagstaff, Owen feels she has reached success.

“I’m happy when I meet folks and they say they know me because of my paintings, that’s a form of success,” Owen said. “In the world of competitive watercolor painting, success could mean being exhibited in several galleries, being asked to jury major competitions, teach national workshops and winning big prizes in distant competitions, all of which take a tremendous

amount of time and energy, often to the detriment of painting time and exploration. I’m pretty happy with where I’m at now, but of course there is always room for growth.”

The Flagstaff art community is a very tightknit group — artists support one another and come together to celebrate their work in events like The Viola Awards.

This year, artist Tina Mion tied with artist Ulrike Arnold for the Excellence in Visual Arts award. Mion is a local artist who primarily uses pastels and oils. Her works have been used in university classes relating to death and dying and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Mion describes success as “having failures along the way and taking risks.” Mion reached success when she became passionate with her art.

She has traveled the world gaining inspiration and experiences to incorporate in to her work.

“Making the decision to go into the arts is diving into a pile of difficulties,” Mion said. “But it is worth it. Success to me means being happy with my work. I do not feel success with a piece until I am happy with it.”

It is interesting how the word success can mean so many different things to different artists.

Some artists may define success as feeling content with their work; some artists may define success as making a profit off of their work; and other artists may define success as owning their own gallery or studio to teach courses. Whatever it may be, it takes hard work and dedication to reach any one of those forms of success.

Owner and leader of Creative Spirits Studio Tammy Wilhelm has been involved with the arts since she was a child — she is self-taught and never took any formal classes.

“I grew up very rural,” Wilhelm said. “Art was my entertainment.”

Creative Spirits is a painting studio that invites the public to attend and have a lesson taught by Wilhelm herself while enjoying an alcoholic beverage.

Wilhelm teaches about 20 people at a time, all learning the same painting and receiving the same instruction, yet the paintings all turn out slightly different, as they incorporate the individuality of each individual painter. Success for Wilhelm came when she felt the pleasure of helping others with their paintings.

“I love teaching my classes,” Wilhelm said.

“Success, to me, is seeing others succeed and they have a great time doing it. I get so many people telling me they went and bought canvases and paint after attending one of my classes because they enjoyed it so much. That is success, and it is what makes me successful.”

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