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News FPolice Beat O T BES Aug. 20 At 7:33 p.m., the Northern Arizona University Police Department (NAUPD) received a call citing suspicious activity.

A student called to report being struck by a pool noodle from a speeding car.

The passenger leaned out of the moving car window and hit the student with the Styrofoam play toy as the victim was walking back from Target. The student did not ask for police assistance and only spoke of their concern for other innocent pedestrians.

Sept. 20 At 12:41 a.m., a report was made concerning a woman at the University Union. The female had been yelling at passersby, merely saying hello to anyone who passed her.

Sept. 25 At 10:25 p.m., a curious bystander reported an unknown subject in a gorilla costume attempting to gain access to the roof of the Liberal Arts Building.

Officers were called to the scene, where three subjects were found and a ladder being used to climb up to the roof. It was taken down.

Sept. 27 At 8:46 a.m., a parent of a NAU student reported lack of contact with their child after many unanswered phone calls and requested officers to check in on the student’s on-campus residence. The student was found safe and had been asleep at their residence hall.

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aggressive skunk was reported by the trash cans outside of the du Bois Center. NAUPD officers responded, but the animal was gone upon arrival.

Dec. 4 At 7:28 p.m., Parking Services reported that a vehicle, booted in lot 28A, left the area and took the boot along with it. The theft was estimated to have occurred between 6:40 p.m. and 7:28 p.m. Officers located the subject, who was criminally deferred in response to the theft.

Jan. 21 At 7:06 a.m., an officer from the NAUPD reported coming in contact with a suspicious person near lot 38. The suspicious person turned out to be a bag of trash positioned like a sleeping person.

Feb. 13 At 4:23 p.m., a fire alarm was activated at Mountain View Hall. One NAUPD officer and the Flagstaff Fire Department responded. The alarm was caused by students cooking soap.

At 12:20 p.m., the resident hall director of Tinsley Hall called to report students who created a video tutorial on how to break into a dorm room and posted it online. One officer was dispatched and no crime was observed. The students were identified and found to have violated NAU’s Code of Conduct.

They were referred to Residence Life for further evaluation.

Feb. 20 At 12:28 a.m., an officer

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initiated a traffic stop at lot 32 with assistance from an additional officer. The driver was cited and released for extreme driving under the influence (DUI), DUI above .08, DUI slightest, underage DUI, open container, two stop sign violations, speed, use of private property to avoid traffic control device and driving without a license. The vehicle was towed for the mandatory 30-day impound.

March 22 At 10:59 p.m., an officer checked out a subject at Riordan Road and Route 66. The subject had knocked over a garbage can due to an emotional outburst but was in the act of cleaning it up.

March 25 At 6:20 a.m., staff from 1899 Bar and Grill called to report two subjects 30 to 40 feet up a tree at the Historic North Quad. Two officers were dispatched and educated the subjects on reasons to not watch the sunrise from a tree.

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.

May 3 At 1:37 a.m., a delivery driver reported a possible DUI driver on campus accompanied by six additional passengers.

Members of the vehicle were making obscene gestures.

Seven subjects were cited for minor in consumption and the driver was given additional citation for criminal speed.

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This semester we published our first set of theme issues—covering love, travel and money. We explored infographics as a way of conveying dense data and ran a photo spread about a student who pole dances to cover the cost of her schooling.

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First responders prepare for crude oil transport through Flagstaff

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BY JAMES GINGERICH

n May 1, federal officials passed more strict safety regulations for the transportation of crude oil by railroads.

These new standards came as a result of a twoyear push to address serious safety concerns stemming from a series of high-profile derailments—the most recent of them a large explosion in North Dakota May 6.

Even with these new standards, many safety officials and environmental advocates across the nation are vocal with their warning saying that not nearly enough is being done and the process is simply not moving fast enough.

Flagstaff, a city that rose out of the railroad industry, is at the center of this issue. Now, extremely volatile cargo may begin coming through the heart of the city at some point in the future. Crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota was the ignitor of some of the largest rail disasters of the past couple years.

Shipments of Bakken crude oil are transported to refineries where it is turned into refined oil. The crude oil’s unique properties raise many concerns in terms of how it could and has reacted during railway disasters.

“It is much more comparable to jet fuel than that thick crude that you think of when you think of crude oil,” said Jared Margolis, advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.

“That lighter oil is much more flammable, much more explosive, and because it is so light it can penetrate shorelines and soils much more easily and get into the water table and drinking water supplies relatively quickly.”

Safety officials and firefighters from across northern Arizona met on April 9 at Camp Navajo for a training designed to prepare first responders for the possibility of this Bakken crude oil coming through Arizona along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail line. Emergency management officials brought together responders from the five counties along the I-40 corridor to ensure that they have rail disasters identified as a potential threat, and to ensure that they understand the new hazards that might arise over the next year.

“If oil prices go back up again then we could anticipate that it would begin coming through Arizona,” said Mark Howard from the Arizona Department of Emergency Management. “[Emergency Management] does have to deal with hazardous material on a regular basis but the difference with Bakken is not just in its volatility but in the sheer amount being transported.”

The boom on oil from the Bakken formation began less than a decade ago and grew beyond the industry’s expectations, putting out

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over a million barrels of oil a day at its peak last year. Without a suitable pipeline infrastructure in place to meet the demand of the high output, the oil industry began relying on rail transport, increasing the amount of oil being transported by rail by a factor of forty.

BNSF, the same company whose railroad runs through Flagstaff, has picked up most of the load and has been responsible for the movement of the majority of the Bakken crude oil.

As a part of these new regulations, BNSF will be required to phase out the use of their current tanker cars to transport crude oil and begin using a newer generation by 2020. The new tanker cars have thicker walls to increase heat resistance as well as upgraded pressure valves to help prevent explosion.

However, Margolis, along with many other advocates, insist these cars set to replace the current models in the next five years still fall short of sufficiently ensuring containment during derailments.

“The tank cars have a puncture resistance, or a certain speed at which if they derail they can withstand the derailment and not puncture,” Margolis said. “That puncture resistance in the older tank cars is somewhere between 7 and 9 miles per hour and the new tank cars they are looking to replace the older ones with have a resistance of 12 to 18 miles per hour, but these cars are usually moving at speeds more than twice that.”

Although trains are already slowed down to 35 miles per hour (mph) when coming through Flagstaff, with more than 100 trains passing through Flagstaff daily hauling often in excess of 100 cars, the weight and length of the trains becomes a serious concern, even at slower speeds.

The Department of Transportation identified the excessive size of trains hauling crude oil as a primary factor in the rise of derailments in recent years.

“When you’re looking at a train with 103 cars all carrying 33,000 gallons of crude oil, that poses a much greater threat just due to the sheer size of the trains,” Howard said. “If there is a rail disaster it is the potential for all that flammable cargo being released at once that would present the danger.”

The issue then becomes what qualifies as a safe tanker car. Activists question whether the rail industry is justified in continuing to bring increasingly dangerous cargo through communities like Flagstaff.

“You are moving these things faster than the safety features of these tanks are designed for, so a 35 mph derailment still means cars puncturing, oil spilling and potentially fire and explosions in those densely populated communities they are

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moving through,” Margolis said.

The safety infrastructure in Flagstaff and northern Arizona is progressing in pace with these new dangers ensuring that, although explosive derailments are a serious threat, it is one emergency responders hope they will be prepared to meet. “[Cities] can’t control what the railroads bring or how they choose to transport it,” said Director of Emergency Management for Coconino County Robert Rowley. “What we can

do is try to be as prepared as we can be in the eventuality that something they do bring is a part of a disaster.”

Flagstaff first responders, including the Flagstaff Fire Department, local emergency management personnel and the sheriff’s department met on April 29 for the culmination of an eight-month-long series of emergency drills. The primary purpose of the drills was continued on next page

to test the ability of the various agencies that would respond to a disaster to work together, particularly when jurisdiction becomes an issue.

The quality of training the first responders received will have a direct result on the severity of damage a derailment could cause. Local responders would be the first and most vital element in responding to a disaster, even when the scope is as large as an oil spill or fire.

“There is a misnomer in the media that when there is a big disaster the state or federal government is going to come in and local authorities are going to be subordinate to the feds; that’s not true,” Rowley said. “All disasters are local and if there were a derailment it would be up to the [local agencies] to oversee the disaster.”

Flagstaff is fortunate in that the only emergency responders in the county specifically trained to handle hazardous materials are at the Flagstaff Fire Department. Flagstaff is also home to 65 members of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

Flagstaff CERT’s work is under the direction of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department.

They are part of a larger push by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create communities with residents trained in

responding to disasters. This system could work to address the increasing number of rail disasters that have the potential to occur in more remote sections of the county.

“What we have learned from all these disasters is that unaffiliated people are going to come and help,” said head of Flagstaff CERT Gerry Blair. “So, if we know they are going to respond, why would we not train members of the community in how to do so effectively and properly?”

BNSF officials have stated that they do not have any set plans to transport Bakken through Arizona in the near future. The railroads are required to notify the state of their intent to transport Bakken when that amount exceeds one million gallons, and if that occurs, cities like Flagstaff would be expected to notify residents of the coming hazard.

“When we see cargo like this coming our way, we look at its history and try not to replicate what happened elsewhere,” Rowley said. “We want to make sure that with the eventuality of Bakken coming through here that we are as prepared as possible if something were to happen.”

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Three firefighters from the Flagstaff Fire Department start to water down a car fire on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The car fire is supposed to simulate the result of a large explosion. (Photo by David Carballido-Jeans)

first responders, Flagstaff will be as safe as it can be when Bakken begins moving through our city.

When that happens, it will not be the only type

of hazardous material moving through Flagstaff, but it will certainly be the most dangerous.

On April 20 NAU students and administrators gathered in the Extended Campuses building to participate in a public tuition hearing facilitated by the Arizona Board of Regents.

NAU’s Pledge Program.

The second part of the hearing allowed time for students from each campus to express their opinions on the tuition proposals. The majority of the students who spoke expressed discontent thethestate cuts but supported the moderate during the day, or natural ventilation to refrain from using heating over“If goal budget of the building a low-energy building from the

BY SCOTT BUFFON increases to the universities’beginning, tuition. there’s a lot of things you can do that are cheap or or air conditioning. itting above Flagstaff, nestled between trees, is the home built Active energy require power to“Every use. Examples of active energy ” Francis “It takes an investment of money . . . but ”that year since 2008, 48.3free, percent hassaid. been divested from higher education,

by NAU professor Alan Francis. are things like L.E.D. lights which use less energy than regular lights, investment will decrease the operational energy use of the building The participants hearing were ableoftoitsinteract students and adminissaid light Cesar Aguilar, a to sophomore history political science major and ASNAU His homeofis the not only unique because location, with its solar thermal panels that convert specific waves into heat act year, over year, and over year.

Eventually, oftentimes, that investment trators from UA through a large-screen broadcast groupsolar panels member.

“Education Arizona don’tofthink ability to houseASU threeand generation of his family, but mostly because as a that waterutilized heater anda regular that convert sunlightin into will gethas paidbecome back overaa joke. certainIperiod time.”it’s the [Arizona] it is completely off the It is a live net-zero energyfrom home,each meaning it three electricity.

To create more of legislature’ an investment, he incorporated room to web chat format togrid. include stream of the main campuses as Board of Regents fault, and I know it’s the state s fault, and it’s definitely generates all the electricity, heat and water its inhabitants use.

Realtor Gabriele Gerlach works for Village Land Shoppe Realty house multiple generations of his family. Currently, he lives in the well as several satellite campuses. something we have to fix.”

Sustainable homes, like this, are Francis’s specialty. While he and has experience selling sustainable housing. She says just living in house with his wife, daughter and parents. It was designed with During theengineering, hearing, the president of each university forth hishome or her 2016the way Many students that spoke atenough the hearing forhave thedinner teaches civil he also teaches sustainable construction.first set an off-the-grid changes you live. space toalso haveexpressed privacy, buttheir closesupport enough to goldproposal. standard of performance in buildings now “You utilize your day — your sunlight — and probably your together. fiscal“The yearreally tuition is net-zero energy. That’s an actual tangible metric,” Francis said. lifestyle. You don’t stay up throughout the night . . . and don’t run Freshman environmental studies and sustainabilities major NAU set forth a proposed tuition amount of $10,358 for entering in-state stu“When you hear a house or a building is green, you know, what does the TV all night,” Gerlach said. “You just learn to be conscientious Emily Haworth believes this type of sustainable thinking is a good dents and Green $23,000 for entering students, percent that mean? is totally intangible. non-resident Oftentimes it’s marketing. ” a 3.7 of your usage.”increase for step in the right direction.

Francis has built a home off the grid before; his first home was weather conditions “It embodies the concept of utilizing resources to maximize both. The information technology fee will also increase by $1The a credit hour, and of northern Arizona, specifically an adobe house completely independent from gas, electric, heat and Flagstaff, sustain a great climate to build a net-zero energy home. responsible use,” Haworth said. “If greenhouses or zero-energy the physician’s assistant graduate program fee will increase by $2,000. water supplies. He raised his daughter there twenty years ago while According to NAU’s Key Facts and University Statistics webpage, houses became more popular, I think that people would see “Because ofathe additional [state budget] cuts we’ve had tothere increase he worked as private pilot. are 288modestly, sunny days in Flagstaff. This provides a consistent that emission changes start with people, not necessarily the big As a pilot, he flew high-priority clients like investor and forasolar panels,but while that amount is still within the range and our students willresource pick up portion a also generating light and heat during businesses.” philanthropist Warren Buffett. He left to return to school and get his the daytime.

Francis believes that it’s going to take a group of what he calls small portion of the overall $17.3 million cut,” said NAU President Rita Cheng. master’s and doctorate degrees in architecture and building science.

“We have enough monsoonal downpour throughout the year “early adopters phase” to really begin moving society forward.

ASU “When has proposed increase forbankruptcy. in-state students but a ”one-year I left, thereno weretuition five major airlines in I was plus therather snowmelt, Gerlach said. “It can be sufficient for a family per “I’m hoping my project will inspire other early adopters to in my early forties, ” Francis said.

“Either I do something else or I’m month without having to haul do the same thing,” Francis said. “The more and more successful surcharge of $320, as well as a 4 percent increase for out-of-state students and an in [water].” gonna be stuck in this really dysfunctional industry for the rest of The initial cost is a major deterrent for some people. Because examples of high-performance buildings that we have in our 11.6 percent increase for undergraduate international students. my life.” there are many different techniques to utilize in building a net-zero community, it starts to build a momentum.”

UA will tuition forthis incoming in-state freshmen by 4.07 percent 10.91 The raise home he built with garnered knowledge uses two types energy home, and it’s hard to determine exactly how much more the Francis hopes that with his background of business, sustainable of energy: passive and active. building would cost. It class is widely accepted that until the technology engineering and net-zero energy home, he can inspire new builders percent for incoming out-of-state freshmen. The rest of the undergraduate Passive energy uses natural resources as a source of energy. becomes cheaper, building a sustainable home will cost more to take part in this early adopter phase. will see their tuition remain the same thanks to a locked-tuition rate similar to

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Gold Axe Award, President’s Prize honors distinguished seniors

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BY AMY OWINGS

n April 16, a group of nearly 50 high-achieving NAU seniors were presented with prestigious university awards: the Gold Axe Award, the President’s Prize and the Distinguished Seniors award.

The most well-known award, the Gold Axe, was given to a group of 43 students for their dedication to academics and involvement in campus and community organizations.

The Gold Axe Awards have been presented to a small group of graduating students every semester for 80 years. During the first year of the awards in 1933, NAU simply gifted golden axe pins to excelling students. Today, although the pins remain the symbol of the award, they symbolize a much greater achievement.

“Being part of that community of that select few soon-tobe alumni is really the most special part of it . . . being a part of that community shows everything I did here was worth it,” said senior art education and ceramics major Erin Gooch. “I’ve been recognized for all of the time that I’ve spent doing all of these different things, and that recognition is really the biggest thing.”

The students who were presented with the Gold Axe Award represent nearly all fields of study, with majors in subjects such as biomedical science, speech sciences technology and Spanish.

They also participate in a notable list of campus and community organizations.

The organizations senior biomedical science major Jodi Calis have participated in gave her connections across campus while helping her discover her interests. During her four years at NAU, Calis has been a cheerleader, orientation leader, resident assistant, Eco-Rep and the nutrition initiative leader for the

Student Health Advocacy Committee, among other things.

These positions have helped her realize her passion for coaching others in the fields of health and nutrition.

“Get involved in things that you’re passionate about, because when you follow your passions that’s really what’s going to reveal where your calling is,” Calis said.

Many of the award recipients have also participated in study abroad programs, which they credit for shaping them into the people they are today and allowing them to expand their view of the world.

Senior Spanish major Kellen Brandel, a Flagstaff native, has traveled to both El Salvador and Spain, and his experiences in these countries fostered his love for languages and other cultures.

“I was able to immerse myself into their culture, and learn about . . . all these differences that we share, while still observing things that make us all the same,” Brandel said.

Five recipients of the Gold Axe Award were also awarded the President’s Prize, which is considered the premier student award presented by the University because the recipients are hand-selected by President Cheng.

“You don’t find out [about the President’s Prize] until you get it at the ceremony, so I had no idea. I wouldn’t have ever expected it would have been me,” said Shannon Erickson, a senior special and elementary education and speech language sciences technology major and one of the recipients of the President’s Prize. “I was really surprised and I cried. I guess I can check crying on a stage in front of hundreds of people off my bucket list.”

The seniors honored with the President’s Prize, along with Erickson, were political science and journalism major Jillian

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Zuniga, criminology and criminal justice and politics philosophy and law major Claire Bergstresser, business management major Glenda Chavez, and hotel and restaurant management major Carina Salvatore.

Another award presented that evening was the Distinguished Seniors award, an award given to one student from each college at NAU. The recipients of this award, who were seniors chosen based on their academic commitment and dedication to their department, were public health major Stephanie Gillooly, art education and ceramics major Erin Gooch, electronic media and film major Paula Jones, special and elementary education major Rebecca Kepner, applied human behavior major Jenna Mann, university studies major Jacqueline Richwine, mathematics major Alyssa Whittemore and accountancy major Danielle Zerr.

The Standard Bearer was an additional award that was presented to graduating seniors. The recipient of the honor is able to carry the banner for his or her college during commencement ceremonies.

The students who were given the title of Standard Bearer include Michelle Webber, for the College of Arts and Letters; Rachel Casey, for the College of Education; Ricardo Peterson, for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences; Angie Salazar, for the College of Health and Human Services; Kaylynne Gray, for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Dylan Downhill for Extended Campuses; Kaila Sparkman, for the W.A. Franke College of Business; and Jacqueline Richwine, for University College.

There will be five commencement ceremonies scattered throughout May 8 and 9.

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The majority of the students who process. Along with that, there are also some your family, friends or country is an important disqualifiers such as any felony, any domestic trait that you should hold and given that this spoke expressed discontent over the state budget cuts but supported the moderate violence, acts designed to overthrow the country has served me well, I’d like to serve it increases to the universities’ tuition. government, failure to pay out child support in return.”

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“Because of the additional [state budget] cuts we’ve had to increase modestly, 13,000 are agents. The rest of the 23,000 It is required that all applicants are 23 to that amount is still within the range and our students will pick up a portion but a employees include intelligence analysts, 37 years old, a U.S. citizen, a graduate with a small portion of the overall $17.3 million cut, ” said NAU linguists, IT specialists, scientists, accountants, four-year collegePresident degree of Rita theirCheng. choice and engineers, tradesmen and others.

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white,” or “egg yolks are white?” While most of the audience were sure that the correct term was “Egg yolks are white,” Zwick then replied by stating that egg yolks are yellow, not white.

Junior political science major Matt Clemens also plans on applying before graduating or even if he has to wait after

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Cheng: 60 positions, new engineering lab cut from budget

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s the 2015 academic year comes to a close, NAU President Rita Cheng addressed her plans to make up for the state budget shortfall as well as her main goals for the university moving forward.

In the public forum held for faculty members and other interested individuals April 30, Cheng discussed exactly how the university intends to cut costs and increase revenue in the wake of the $17.3 million cut that NAU suffered at the hands of the state legislature.

“Even with that $300 [increase in] tuition [for incoming students], we are only going to be able to make up about a quarter of the $17.3 million that we find in our budget challenge,” Cheng said. “Just to give you context, the [$17.3 million cut] equates to 1,700 new full-tuition paying students.”

Cheng and the other university administrators are debating a number of ways to decrease university spending, from small to large changes. The university plans to begin batch purchasing computers rather than purchasing them individually, and will switch to providing data service plans for employees’ cell phones rather than paying for antiquated desk phones.

On the larger side, the university is scratching plans for a new engineering lab, eliminating the research IDEALab and the Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute and reducing campus staff by about 60 positions.

“We’re working very diligently to minimize the reductions in force. Yet we have identified permanent reductions from across the campus of about 60 positions. Fifty of those are currently vacant. When staff positions are vacated, we’re now asking is there a different way to do the work and not fill the positions,” Cheng said.

With this reduction in staff, increases in class sizes will be visible in the upcoming semester.

“There’s no way around it,” Cheng said.

“Academic workloads are going to increase.

Even so, our student-to-faculty ratios are extremely competitive, and we’d like to keep them that way.”

Divisions across campus will shoulder relatively equal cuts. The Academic Affairs division will receive a 4.5 percent cut, while divisions such as the President’s Office, Athletics, Information Technology Services, and others will receive an 8 to 10 percent cut.

One surefire way to increase revenue is to increase student enrollment, which President Cheng plans to do by sharpening the

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university’s marketing strategies and reaching out to students in areas that are not commonly considered.

“We’re going to look very carefully at the Texas market, because a lot of students have expressed an interest in NAU coming from Texas, and it’s a huge state. We’re also sharpening our marketing and recruitment materials just to refresh, so that the students in California and throughout the Western states think twice,” Cheng said after the forum.

Cheng also hopes to bring in alumni or interested students for non-credit hour programs and seminars, and is also considering the possibilities for summer, during which the university maintains operations and much of the staff stays on campus.

“It could range from more summer class offerings. It could be camps, executive business programs for older adults. We could be thinking about year-round programs in some programs that it’s hard to graduate [from] in four years because of all of the responsibilities,” Cheng said in regards to possible summer revenue sources.

As student enrollment increases, Cheng also has plans to increase campus housing in order to keep up with the growing population.

“We’re planning another student housing unit on campus, and we are responding to developers who are interested in building near campus,” Cheng said.

For the future on-campus housing unit, the university will partner with American Campus Communities, the developers of The Suites and Hilltop Housing, because it doesn’t require an outlay of the university’s resources.

“I think building apartment-style housing will allow us to accommodate upperclassmen, and where upperclassmen are now using some of the more traditional rooms, they can free them up for freshmen,” Cheng said.

The president also has plans to increase sustainable initiatives on campus. A solar panel array on the roof of the San Francisco parking garage has been approved, and she wants to change behaviors on campus around water usage and transportation. Despite these initiatives, it’s collectively agreed that the 2020 Carbon Neutrality goal set by President Haeger during his time at NAU is no longer feasible.

“My understanding is that most of the people who are engaged in the conversations across campus understand that the 2020 goal is likely not realistic and that we’re not going to meet it. So I hope that next fall we have conversations about what’s a reasonable goal, which should be something that pushes us, but isn’t too far out into the future,” Cheng said. “Just

President Cheng held a forum in Prochnow Auditorium on Friday, April 30, 2015. She discussed upcoming changes for NAU. (Photo by CJ Penido)

throwing a goal out there without an analysis about what it takes is not really fair to anybody.”

The president also stated her plans to bring in top researchers to campus, which in turn could bring in external research funding

and grants. She also wants to attract students to campus using not only NAU academic programs but also its athletic programs, which she views as a connection between NAU and the community.

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Grinding my Gold Axe

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ow that I am about to graduate, I have a lot of great things to say about my experience at NAU. This is a wonderful school, and I generally don’t have a bad thing to say about it. But everything has flaws, and NAU isn’t immune to that.

However, my problem with NAU isn’t a structural one, nor does it have anything to do with the new construction or growing class sizes. My biggest qualm with the school at this point is the Gold Axe Award — not the award itself, but who the selection committee decides to give the award to.

The Gold Axe is a prestigious award given to the graduating seniors across campus who are the gold standards of their programs, basically the students who are the cream of the crop at NAU, the best of the best. But therein lies the problem.

VINCENT After getting an email announcing the winners of the PEÑA Gold Axe a few weeks ago, I was utterly surprised by the Head Honcho people from the journalism program who were selected.

But before I go on, I should tell you I applied for the award myself, and as you can probably tell by this point, did not get it. (I should also note that I am only complaining about those selected in the journalism program.)

To be honest, I didn’t expect to get the award, as I figured one of the more qualified, outstanding senior journalism students would get it. Upon looking at who won however, I was surprised to not see any of the people I thought might get it from our department. Instead, I saw two journalism majors who are not by any means the most outstanding members of our program. Granted, the requirements are not just based on academic performance and involvement within one’s major, but that should be a prerequisite.

The NAU website says the award recognizes seniors who make “outstanding contributions to the university in the areas of academic performance, service, leadership and participation in activities.”

And I don’t know how extensive the selection process is, but I have a hard time believing the selection committee did their due diligence in picking the winners. For starters, I barely see either of them in the Student Media Center, and the fact that they were chosen over all of the incredibly talented people here blows my mind, especially knowing who applied and didn’t get it.

What’s even worse is that one of them was caught plagiarizing this semester while writing an album review for The Lumberjack.

It’s disappointing that this student is what the Gold Axe selection committee considers an outstanding student, and representative of the best on campus.

This must be how Tom Brady felt during the 2000 NFL Draft, when five other, much worse, quarterbacks were drafted before him and he ended up being arguably the best in league history.

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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 and 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 mitchell_forbes@nau.edu.

The coming coup against ASNAU

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he student government of NAU is run by a few shady characters who have led our student government on the path to a despotic kleptocracy.

ASNAU is supposedly the student government of NAU, but is really the Greek-life student government considering that’s where its members come from and that’s where the money goes. When The Lumberjack tried to look closer at their spending habits, an ASNAU official refered to the reporter in a Facebook post as “on a witch hunt” and told the school’s elected officials not to comment about anything saying, “we don’t want to provide him with anything to make us look bad.” The money KEVIN from the 23 fee is taxed from every student MORROW each semester and forecast to total over Opposition $800,000 annually.

Editor That is a lot of money and it shouldn’t be surprising that some of it might make ASNAU look bad.

There is a certain matter concerning $3,000 in stock photos and clipart ASNAU bought this year with our money, despite having a graphic design staff. I would love to have a job where I got paid to sit around and buy other people’s artistic work.

There was also a vote last year where the ASNAU senate eliminated the need for student body approval of election code changes. This was shortly followed by a vote to increase the number of signatures required to send a vote to the students in the face of a controversial petition from the Student Health Advocacy Committee (SHAC). Though, in this case, I must fully support those brave senators who stood up to SHAC who were trying to brutally oppress the poor smokers of NAU. And let us also not forget when former president

Makenzie Mastrud thought she could veto a senate bill that had failed to pass and by doing so, approved it. Either she failed Introduction to Politics or took one too many classes on totalitarianism.

Now ASNAU has gone one step further.

On April 15, the students of NAU received an unsigned email informing them of a special election to change the ASNAU Constitution. The change adds two new senators, both of which will be hand-picked stooges of ASNAU president-elect Ali Buchta. The vote was announced to students less than twelve hours before its close.

This is nothing short of a despotic power grab by the ASNAU executives, who have again violated their own governing laws. The ASNAU Constitution requires that two weeks’ notice be given for all special elections or referendums. I’m no math major, but 11 hours and some change is definitely less than two weeks. ASNAU failed to notify the student body just as it fails to represent the student body. I call on the ASNAU executives to give us two weeks’ notice — and their resignations.

Minutes for ASNAU meetings had not been made available since last November until after an email inquiry on April 28. Nine senators voted in favor of the constitutional change, three against.

The ASNAU Constitution provides the means to remove ASNAU officials through the recall process — the same way Arnold Schwarzenegger became The Governator.

However, our elected student officials have not shown much respect for the democratic process, so more drastic measures may be necessary if accountability is to occur.

The end of ASNAU’s mission statements says, “Because of the Student, We exist.” Maybe the students should end, or at least question, ASNAU’s existence. Vive la revolution!

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Lumberjack seniors say goodbye to NAU

Our nine graduating seniors look back on their time at The Lumberjack before moving on to new adventures Vincent Peña

Editor-in-Chief

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eing part of The Lumberjack has been the best part of my experience here at NAU. When I came here as freshman, other students told me working for the paper wouldn’t be worth it because, as they put it, “it’s a crappy paper.”

Boy, were they wrong.

This paper has some of the most talented and intelligent people at NAU on staff, and the sheer amount of time and effort spent putting together the paper every week speaks to the dedication of the staff.

It’s been fun covering all sorts of sports here, especially NCAA Division I sports, something I might not have had the opportunity to do until later in my career at schools like ASU or UA. Working for the paper has been an incredible experience, one in which I’ve grown as a journalist and a person. I started as a writer in the sports section, and eventually held a wide range of positions, from assistant sports editor to a member of the web management team. This semester I served as the editor-in-chief, and strived to make The Lumberjack the true voice of the student body at NAU. I’d like to thank a few people for being incredible influences for me throughout my career here at the paper, most notably Rory Faust and Peter Friederici, who have served as the faculty advisors over the last four years. They’ve been phenomenal mentors, and I couldn’t begin to describe how much they’ve contributed to the journalist I’ve turned into. I’d also like to give a shout out to my former sports editors, Cody Bashore and Alli Jenney, who were just a joy to work with, and definitely taught me a lot.

Vincent will be interning for The Salt Lake Tribune over the summer, and then pursuing a Masters in Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the fall.

Evan Jon Paniagua

Photo Editor

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y experience at The Lumberjack has been a memorable one. I have learned many different skills in photojournalism, writing and leadership. I started working for The Lumberjack in the fall of 2013 as a regular photographer, mainly shooting sports. For the 2014 spring semester, I was Assistant Photo Editor. I became the Photo Editor for the 2014 summer, fall and 2015 spring semesters. During this time, I have made many friends I would consider very close to me. The Lumberjack and NAU have helped me prepare for my next chapter in life.

Evan’s plan after college is to move back home to Los Angeles, find a job that he can raise a family on, marry his girlfriend and have children.

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Alexis Montaño News Editor

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y time at The Lumberjack has helped me transform into the person I had always imagined myself becoming. I have helped share stories from community events and Flagstaff elections to same-sex marriage and international tragedies involving the Islamic State. The experience I have gained here at The Lumberjack has not only improved my leadership skills, but has also taught me the significance of being a piece of the whole. Working with my fellow staff members in the Student Media Center has been such a fulfilling experience and I am forever grateful for the people I have met and the memories we have made here at The Lumberjack. I can only hope that after I graduate and work on controversial issues involving human and social matters, I will continue to meet people with open minds and kind hearts.

Alexis plans to move back to Pheonix after graduation and take a year off before graduate school.

Tim Guthrie

Lead Designer

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’ve been doing page design for the Life section for a couple of years now, and although it has been difficult at times with my other school work and job, I’ve always made it a point to get in and do what I am needed to do. I am grateful for what I have been able to take away from the experience. Building strong relationships with my peers is one of the more important things I am taking away. The students who help put together this weekly publication are some of the most talented, friendly and intelligent people I’ve met and I am glad to have gotten the time I have had with them. Besides the friendships, I have also gotten to trial run a part of the design industry I am interested in while learning some of the design software efficiently through my career.

Both have been great in helping me decide what my next steps in life will be, and although I cannot be sure of what that will be, I am hoping it will be in the field of publication design.

Thank you, Lumberjack, for allowing me to be a part of it all.

Tim will be staying in Flagstaff after graduation.

Editorial&Opinion Ashley Karzin A&E Designer

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orking at The Lumberjack for the past two years has been a wonderful experience.

Not only did I get to use and improve my skills as a graphic designer, but I made some great friends as well. Being part of the newspaper made me feel more connected with the School of Communication and the university itself, which is something I would not trade for the world. I am going to miss being part of this great team of people. Thank you to The Lumberjack for making me feel confident in my layout skills and for giving me the opportunity to be creative in my designs.

After college, Ashley plans to move back to California and pursue her dream of working in the creative field.

Alyssa Jeske

Associate Photo Editor

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y experience at The Lumberjack newspaper was a very crazy one to say at least. I’ve done stories from shooting the Phoenix Suns, to the Harlem Globetrotters, to meeting soccer player Mia Hamm.

All have been rewarding experiences for me. The best experience in my two years here is the people who worked at The Lumberjack. From all the Tuesday nights of editing to the paper to the long, boring Wednesday night meetings of nonsense, my fellow peers made it worth it. I’m happy to have made such great friends from there and I know I’ll still talk to some of you, such as Zakki, Cody, taco-sister Jasmyn, occasionally old man Evan and many more. It was worth the ride with you all. I will remember all the great memories of the paper and how great of a place NAU was to be at for the last four years.

Alyssa is moving to Boise, Idaho to do advertising and photography.

Andrew Keene

Infographic Reporter

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started at The Lumberjack pretty late in my college career. It’s great here, though. Everyone is enthusiastic about trying cool new things and generally trying to put out a good paper. I almost wish I could stay . . . or not.

Six years in college is enough. The thing is, I don’t know what I’ll do after school. Most likely, I’ll try to keep pursuing a writing career in some capacity. I’ve been focusing on trying to graduate for so long, I haven’t had time to make other plans. For now, I’m too exhausted from finishing my capstone project to think too hard about it.

Andrew Keene plans to sleep after graduation.

Kevin Morrow

Opinion and Editorial Editor

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ere at The Lumberjack, I was given the wonderful opportunity to express my opinions in the OpEd section after being coerced to work for the paper by my soulmate and former EIC Bree Purdy—and I am very grateful she did. I expressed opinions on everything from American energy policy to calling out the scams that are for-profit colleges. I also had the task of reporting on NAU and Lumberjack alumna Kayla Mueller, who died earlier this semester. I found out about her situation several weeks before it became public and with some help undertook a long process and the responsibility of keeping her identity secret. For a while there I lived in two time zones as I spent my early morning hours calling around the Middle East talking to people who knew Kayla. I even spoke to some Assad stooges at the Syrian Ministry of Information.

I took a week off of school to be a real journalist and realized I never want to do that again.

I only regret being unable to debate the fact of Pluto’s indisputable recognition as the ninth of nine planets.

Kevin Morrow will be attending ASU Law School in the fall on a full tuition scholarship.

Bree Purdy

Former Editor-in-Chief

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ver the past four years, every editorial piece and Letter from the Editor I wrote for this paper began with “here at The Lumberjack.”

But, in all actuality, you could say so many aspects of my collegiate career and my life began “here at The Lumberjack.”

I began writing for the news section my second day at NAU and quickly pushed my way through the ranks. By my third semester on staff, I was the Managing Editor. A year later, I was Editor-in-Chief. For those seven semesters and two summers, my life revolved around the paper.

At times, it was absolutely infuriating between the sleepless Tuesday production nights and early Wednesday mornings of exporting, but it’s still an experience I wouldn’t trade for anything. Because of The Lumberjack, I’m graduating from college debt-free and employed full-time. Hell, I even met my fiancée during the brief period he worked for the paper. I would not be where I am today if I had not walked in to the Student Media Center on my second day of college. So thank you NAU for allowing me to have the honor of being “here at The Lumberjack.”

Bree is a marketing coordinator for a local civil engineering firm. She’ll be remaining in Flagstaff after graduation so she can climb mountains and get married in August.

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usic pumped through the veins of each runner as they opened up packets of powdered color to dust each other with vibrant pinks, blues, greens, yellows and purples.

With white shirts and sunglasses, each runner weaved their way through the crowds to the start of the run.

On May 2, Flagstaff hosted the annual Color Vibe 5k at Findlay Honda. The day started with loud music, dancing and tossing around packets of powdered colors. As the run started, each kilometer of the race was marked with a gate to run under as volunteers showered runners with a fresh layer of color.

“It was really high energy,” said freshman ceramic art major Holly Roccaforte. “I like how they started with the dance party and then ended with the dance party because then it made me want to run when I got there.”

As a first-time Color Vibe runner, Roccaforte was not sure what to expect from the event.

“At first I thought it was a little too early for this because I was really tired when I got there,” Roccaforte said. “But it was really fun, I would definitely recommend it.”

After running the 5k course, a route weaving up and down roads around Findlay Honda, Roccaforte enjoyed the Color Vibe dance party, where runners participate in multiple-color throws to the beat of the music.

“When the beat dropped, everyone would just throw as much color as possible,” Roccaforte said. “There was a certain point where I inhaled so much of it I couldn’t breathe.”

Color Vibe race coordinator Nate Sorensen was excited to see the event unfold. Sorensen has been working with the Color Vibe Company for three years. Each year the Color Vibe hosts about 100 events and Sorensen coordinates around 25 with his team of staff members and volunteers.

“We just go from city to city to put on this race,” Sorensen said. “Flagstaff in general is very close-knit and it seems like a lot of people just know each other which makes it fun.”

Sorensen studied journalism in college with an emphasis in public relations. He started working for Color Vibe as an intern but the job became his career. As for Flagstaff specifically, Sorensen is responsible for contacting charity, police, the county, state and everyone that he must obtain a permit from in order to precede with the event.

“There’s been a lot of moving pieces today; sponsors just want to be involved,” Sorensen said.

“So it was cool to see that all come together.”

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Originating in Utah in 2012, the Color Vibe race has since then grown to an international company. Races have been organized across the globe including places in Australia, different parts of Asia, Europe and South America. The Color Vibe 5k came to Flagstaff in 2013 and has been an annual event on the first weekend of May. “One of the behind-the-scenes aspects of this race is that we actually have control of the production of the color,” Sorensen said.

As Color Vibe coordinator, Sorensen oversees the production of the color powder. Each year they decide to stick to the same types of vibrant colors.

“The color is made in Utah and we’ve been able to perfect the recipe over the past few years,” Sorensen said. “So you’ll notice when you go home today that it’s not going to stain. It’s designed to stick so it looks cool and you have fun, but then when you get home you don’t have a blue face for church or a business meeting or something the next week.”

When the Color Vibe Company first began, the color locked into fabric and stained the skin.

While it was still a fun event, runners would fashion various color skin tones for the following days after the race.

“I looked like a Smurf,” Roccaforte said. “At the end they started throwing boxes of color and the only thing they had left was blue. It was in my nose piercing, in my ears, it was insane but so

The Flagstaff Color Run, hosted by Color Vibe 5k, took place Saturday, May 2, 2015.

The Color Vibe 5k encourages participants to bring family, wear costumes and worry more about having fun than their final time. (Photo by Anna Hernandez)

much fun.”

Other color run companies use a different recipe of powered color that does stain skin and clothes.

“That’s one thing we take pride in, is that we have very vibrant colors that do not stain,” Sorensen said.

As for advertising, the Color Vibe Company allows social media to pass on the word.

“Our biggest form of advertising is actually

The community of Flagstaff came together to participate in the Color Vibe 5k at Findlay Honda. The color blasted on participants is produced from food-grade quality cornstarch made in the U.S. (Photo by Anna Hernandez)

just Facebook and word of mouth,” Sorensen said. “Somebody will post on Facebook, ‘Hey, I’m doing the Color Vibe 5k, who’s doing it with me?’ and they tag their friends, so that’s the best way to advertise on our end.”

Roccaforte heard about the Color Vibe through an advertisement on Facebook and signed up for the run with a friend a couple months in advance.

Junior secondary education and Spanish major Caitlyn Ward also found out about the event through a friend.

“I am obviously most excited for the color,” Ward said. “The after party is always fun where everyone throws the color and everyone dances around.”

While Roccaforte was participating for the first time in a Color Vibe event, this was not Ward’s first time at a color run.

“I did a Color Vibe 5k in Tucson a while ago but this is the first one I’ve done in Flagstaff,” Ward said. “The environment is similar for every race, it’s so much fun.”

Most 5k races involve first-place prizes and intense competition. While the Color Vibe invites runners to run their best, racing is not the ultimate goal of the event.

“It’s not a normal 5k where you try to run to get in shape, it’s more of an ‘OK, let’s just chuck color at each other but have fun with it,’” Roccaforte said. “It was really fun when you go through the little gates of people like throwing color at you.”

With a high-energy environment and clouds of swirling color, the Flagstaff Color Vibe 5k held another successful run.

An honorable event for honorable artists

BY ANDREA LUQUE KARAM

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ecause We Remember Them” was a very touching event that showed art’s presence during World War II and the Holocaust May 2 in Ardrey Auditorium.

The concert’s program director, Deborah Raymond, recognized that this year is the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust. So, with many of NAU’s School of Music faculty, they put together the idea of the concert.

“I hope that as many people heard of this concert because I don’t think there will be another event like this on campus,” Raymond said.

The program included dancers, actors and engaged musicians that honored the transcending participation of composers that lived during this war.

“A whole concert about this can seem a little depressing in a way, but it did happen and affected a lot of people,” said principal lecturer of piano Rita Borden. “It is good to recognize how artists transcended creating beautiful music because maybe that’s how so many musicians survived in such a terrible setting.”

Not only was the music dramatic and moving, but so were the words. The set, I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Ellwood Derr, for example, compiled poems written by children during the Holocaust.

“Just looking at the cover of the score and seeing that the authors of the poems were children that didn’t survive is unbelievable,” Borden said.

Raymond assured that all the effort put into this concert was to recognize all these artists and to honor the people who went through this nightmare. Even the image used in the event’s poster is a drawing a child created during the war.

Director of opera theater at NAU Nando Schellen told childhood stories between the performances because he was living in Europe as a child when the Holocaust took place.

“I was five and a half years old and my dad told me words that I have never forgotten — ‘I think the war has begun,’” Schellen said.

Schellen explained how his family had to move back to Amsterdam because the way of living was a little better there, and even though they were not Jewish, they suffered the separation of many Jewish friends.

Once in Amsterdam, the Germans were picking up men from all houses. Due to his age, Schellen was not in danger, but his 17-year-old brother was.

“When they finally came they wanted to know where the 17-year-old man was and my dad explained that he had ran away and that we had no idea where he was,” Schellen said. “The Germans searched the house in detail, but they couldn’t find my brother; they were heavily armed and each time

they looked at me they could have killed me, after all I was eight years old and I knew exactly where my brother was hiding.”

The audience was also honored with the presence of the co-founder and director of the Martin-Springer Institute, Doris Martin, who gave testimony of her survival through the Holocaust.

“When I was taken to the concentration camp I was 14 years old and I was the youngest one. One complete family survived,” Martin said. “That was my family of seven people; we all survived the Holocaust and came back together.”

Tragedy like the one lived in the Holocaust is unbeatable and unforgettable, but what is really unbelievable is that one man was strong enough to kill six million people. To show the audience the fear that people felt every morning while listening to the radio, Schellen shared a recording of the strong and shaking voice of Adolf Hitler.

At the end of the concert, the audience recognized the effort of all the artists with a standing ovation that sealed this event of remembrance.

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Dancers perform at the Remembering the Holocaust Performance Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Ardrey Auditorium. The concert had 10 events ranging from poetry to opera. (Photo by J. Daniel Hud)

Dancers pose during an opera song for the Remembering the Holocaust Concert. The concert included Nando Schellen’s retelling of his childhood during World War II. (Photo by J. Daniel Hud)

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Andy Biesemeyer Impacted by Japanese Culture

Andy Biesemeyer takes a photo of the horizon from the top of Mt. Fuji. (Photo courtesy of Andy Biesemeyer)

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BY SAMANTHA SCHNEIDER

enior photography major Andy Biesemeyer’s future after graduation is quite different than the rest of his graduating class. Biesemeyer plans on moving to Japan after graduation because he will be finishing up his schooling there.

He is a photography major with a Japanese and Asian studies minor. The reasoning behind why he chose his major and minor result from a trip he took in 2011. A random opportunity presented itself and Andy was able to visit Japan.

“I got my passport and as soon as I got that, I was on a plane and off to Tokyo,” Biesemeyer said.“It was the best experience I’ve ever had. I winged the whole trip, nothing was planned.”

He met up with one friend there, but on his adventure he did not see much of him. Before he went, he had very little interest in Japan but his friend whom he had not seen in years wanted him to visit. Through Biesemeyer’s spontaneity, he ended up in Japan not knowing a word of Japanese. As he began to become more and more interested in Japanese culture, Andy decided to declare Japanese as his minor.

“After having been on that trip, I really fell in love with the culture. They are an incredible culture,” Biesemeyer said.

American citizens are open to a variety of different traditions because the United States is a melting pot of cultures. However, Japan differs from that.

“They are so rooted in their traditions,” Biesemeyer said. “They are such cool people; they are just so deep.”

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After graduation, Biesemeyer will be heading to Fukuoka, Japan where he will study more Japanese. He will finish his Asian studies minor in Fukuoka and he will finish his photo degree this semester.

“I added that dual minor and it extended my stay a little bit,” Biesemeyer said. “I will be finishing that while I’m there.”

The semesters in Japan are longer than the semesters at NAU. Andy has decided that he would walk for his family because he would miss his own graduation. At first, he plans to live in Japan for a year; however, he thinks that once he lives there he will probably stay for at least five years.

Through his photography experience Andy has captured a wide variety of photos. He decided to experiment with his photos and came up with an illusionist-style photo.

He had one of his friends stand holding a light bulb and he made the light bulb look like it was on.

During his time in Japan he hopes to try and shoot fashion and studio photography, considering Japan is known for their crazy fashion. One of the incidents that made Andy fall in love with the culture was a couple he met while hiking Mt. Fuji. He mentioned that people take a bus to the most popular stations of the mountain. The bus ride is roughly $60 each way. Once it drops people off, they begin to hike and then they catch their bus on the way out.

However, since Andy and his friend got lost they came to the realization that they would not make their bus. A couple that they met along the way gave them the directions they needed to get back and offered to pay for their bus ride back considering they knew they were travelling and their

Senior photography major Andy Biesemeyer poses in one of his self portraits. (Photo courtesy of Andy Biesemeyer)

funds were limited. The couple then gave them directions on which bus station to go to and how to catch the bus.

While waiting for the bus, the couple caught up to them and bought them some food and they gave them an envelope.

“They left us with this envelope and they said don’t open it until you guys are on your way to Tokyo,” Biesemeyer said. “It was the money to pay for our trip back to Tokyo.”

This couple was one of the reasons that Andy decided to return to Japan. The kindness that he experienced there is the reason he wants to return. During his year in Japan he will finish the classes he needs to fulfill his requirements and the rest of his time will be designated to explorations and self-improvement.

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the undie run

BY KATIE SAWYER

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veryone stood around chatting awkwardly, waiting for the first brave people to strip off their clothes and stand in their underwear. One by one, NAU students took off their clothes and donated them, and with each student, the atmosphere became more exciting. The countdown began and at the whistle, students began to sprint across campus in their undies.

This is the annual Undie Run, where students come together to donate their clothes to charity, while raising awareness of those who cannot afford their own. This is the fifth year the Undie Run has been established on campus, and the Sunshine Rescue Mission was chosen as the charity to donate to.

Sunshine Rescue Mission is an organization that has provided food and shelter to homeless men, women and children in Flagstaff for over 57 years. It currently houses 150 to 200 men, women and children every night and feeds 200 to 250 every day of the week.

Michael Chavez, a disciple at the Sunshine Mission Center, spoke about his personal troubles that the mission center helped him overcome. After spending 14 years in prison, he turned his life around with their help and now works to help people in his same situation.

“We want to help the less fortunate who cannot afford their own clothes or food. We want to help them as much as we can,” Chavez said.

These charities put on several events, but the Undie Run is a unique and different way for students to get involved and donate, while still having fun.

“Our school needs the events to come together and enjoy activities even though we’re all different majors from different places,” said freshman biology major Karleen Yuen. “Everyone came together just to have a good time, and it had a really overall nice energy.”

After their run, students enjoyed a dance party and also refreshments courtesy of ASNAU, but the highlight of the night was the amount of clothes donated.

“This year was really successful, we were absolutely astonished at the turnout and the willingness to give from the student body,” Chavez said. “We know the students are a lot more willing to give than the general public. They see firsthand what these events do for the less fortunate.”

Students who donated felt that their clothes were being put toward helping people, and were able to have fun doing it.

“It’s for a good cause, and because there’s so many people you don’t really have to feel self conscious about yourself,” said freshman public health major Taylor Moore. “It’s important to raise awareness for people who need clothing and don’t have everything we have.”

The Undie Run does not only take place at NAU. The trend has carried across the United States to many college campuses as a way to give back to local communities and engage college students, with an excuse to run in their underwear. It also comes at a time when students are stressed during their final few weeks in school, giving them an opportunity to let loose.

Though the charity does change every year, the Undie Run is something that ASNAU plans to continue in the future, with hopefully an even better turnout in future years.

NAU students strip down after donating their outer layers to charity at the University Union Friday, May 1, 2015.

ASNAU threw a dance party for the participants following the run. (Photo by Garrett Harper)

NAU ROTC showing up to participate in the NAU Undie Run. Students showed support for both the charity and the loss of their friend Josh Isaac . (Photo by Garrett Harper)

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A Whole Experience in Denmark

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our wholeness is intact,” my friend told me, between breaths, as we marched up the massive hill that lead to our apartments.

We joked that our place of residence was at the top of one of the only hills in Denmark, a country that is almost entirely flat. But during the time that I lived at Bakkegardsvej, I began to become strangely fond of the walk or bike up that hill. It made me feel like I had accomplished something.

But back to what I realized as we walked: my TAYLOR wholeness is being intact.

HAYNES I think that our society repeatedly tells us, “You need this to complete yourself. You’re lacking something.” Whether it is clothing or makeup or the latest tech gadget, or even something like marriage or children or a college degree, we are taught that we are incomplete without these things and experiences.

The fact is: I’m already a whole person.

And it has taken me going across the Atlantic to live on my own and have a lot of time by myself to realize this. I am so glad my friend reminded me of my wholeness as we walked up the hill, under the spring evening sky that seemed abnormally light.

By whole, I mean completeness. I’m still growing and learning and developing, but it doesn’t mean that I’m missing some part that will eventually fall into place. It’s reassuring — that realization that even without vast successes or recognition, I am

still appreciative of my own existence. I’m not lacking.

Several times I’ve doubted myself and doubted my ability. I’ve lost almost all motivation to continue embarking on this path that seemed unnecessarily hard at times. I could have stayed in the States and kept things familiar and simple. But part of being whole is experiencing this anxiety and doubt. I’ve realized that it is okay to have negative feelings as long as they are dealt with in a healthy way.

I chose to go to Denmark because I wanted a challenge. I don’t think I left under the impression I was going to do some “soul-searching” or to “find myself.”

Most of the time, I don’t have patience for sentimentality. But while I’ve been here, I have discovered my own confidence; I’ve discovered a true, robust sense of self.

I don’t know if I would have had the same discoveries if I hadn’t been scared or nervous at times. Those times are just as valuable as the times that I’m contentedly exploring a new city. I’ve realized that, yes, external factors will contribute to my happiness, but that constant sense of completeness is entirely internal.

What’s the most important thing to remember about this wholeness is that it doesn’t change. When I come back to Flagstaff, I will still be whole. In ten years, I will still be a whole person. Things and people will come into my life and leave, but it still won’t change.

It’s almost that I already knew it, but it just took her saying it out loud, putting that feeling into language, for me to take it, and myself, seriously.

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LEFT: The NAU swimming and diving team wins the female team of the year award at the Louie’s on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. This was the second year in a row they won the WAC Championship. RIGHT: Louie the Lumberjack escorts women’s basketball head coach Sue Darling and women’s tennis head coach Kim Bruno into the Louie’s Awards. (Photos by Robert Tyler Walker)

NAU hosts second annual Louie’s Awards A

BY JACQUIE LEMARR

thletes were able to hang up their cleats and dress up on April 29 for the annual Louie’s Athletic Awards show at Prochnow Auditorium. The NAU ESPY’s spinoff was a hit for a second year in a row. Coaches and players were rewarded for all their hard work, both on and off the field. The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was responsible for not only running the awards show, but was also credited with the entire idea a year ago.

“It was a cohesive effort between all of SAAC,” said senior SAAC president Laura Jabczenski. “We came up with the idea last year, and it is a great way to honor all the athletes and their hard work. The administration has been a huge help with making this event possible and I am very glad that we are able to form a legacy with this awesome event.”

The head women’s golf coach, Brad Bedortha, interviewed Kris Yanku and football’s best as they walked down the blue carpet.

However, beneath all the glamour and flashing lights of the cameras, last night offered a chance for athletes to show what skills they possess in classrooms and the community.

The awards ceremony showed everyone a side of these athletes many people seem to overlook.

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Many athletic and non-athletic awards were handed out and athletes from every sport received some hardware.

Women’s tennis took home the Sharp Axe Award for the second year in a row, given to the team with the best cumulative GPA. Newcomer of the Year was given to swim and dive’s Alina Staffeldt for her outstanding accomplishments in the WAC while breaking school records.

Cassidy McLean, from women’s soccer, won the Jack That Gives Back Award for her completion of over 40 hours of community service. Dejzon Walker took home the males’ side of the award with an impressive 60 hours of community service.

The True Blue Award, recognizing the most spirited student-athlete, was given to SAAC’s very own, Jabczenski, for her amazing achievements. Coach of the Year was given to Eric Heins for the second year in a row for coaching track and field and cross country. Andy Johns received the female Coach of the Year for Swim and Dive and their victory in the WAC championships.

Women’s tennis won the Lumberjack Cup for a second year in a row for their work in attendance, participation, community service and overall GPA. And the Moment of the Year Award was given to Len Spring for his block that led to the gamewinning layup for men’s basketball in the NIT quarterfinal matchup against Kent State.

Along with athletic and academic awards, teams also submitted videos recapping their year. The videos ranged from championship highlights to funny skits.

“I loved the idea of a team video,” said women’s golf freshman Kaitlyn Saum. “It gave us a chance to show off our different personalities and team dynamics. It was a great way to give the other athletic teams a snapshot of our year and practices.”

The committee ended the night by introducing a new award for the best team video. It is no surprise football received the overall vote. Their locker room dance spinoff was a 180-degree turnaround from their highlight plays video they created last year. This year, the team gave us a chance to see a fun side of them.

Overall, the awards show was a huge success and continued the progress of another great marketing aspect for the university and athletic program. Once again, the SAAC have outdone themselves and given the athlete population another chance to take the jerseys off and show everyone their hard work and accomplishments. With the announcement of numerous Big Sky Conference Championships, for teams like women’s golf, track and field, cross-country and soccer, it is clear that NAU athletics has painted a target on their back.

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(Photo by Nick Humphries)

BY RICHIE TRUNZO

ver the past few seasons, the NAU men’s tennis team has risen from the bottom of the Big Sky Conference (BSC) to one of the top contenders. There are many factors that have played into this resurgence the team has experienced. Head coach Ki Kroll was an influential piece, helping turn the team around with his experience and vision. But the team also brought in new talent, like senior Jordan Gobatie.

Gobatie is a political science major from Riverside, California. Prior to attending NAU, he attended Riverside Community College (RCC) and transferred to NAU at the beginning of his junior year. During his time with the men’s tennis team, he has been a leader and made a large impact on the success of the team.

“It was the most incredible collegiate experience I could have hoped for,” Gobatie said.

Throughout his time at RCC, Gobatie earned JUCO Athlete of the Year honors, placed fifth in the JUCO division for doubles, placed fifth in the state of California JUCO region and helped his team win the Orange Empire Conference championship in the 2011–2012 season.

Gobatie’s stellar resume provided insight into what he could accomplish at the Division 1 level, and the NAU men’s tennis team greatly benefited from his assistance.

When Gobatie transferred from RCC to NAU, the NAU men’s tennis team was not where it is today. In the 2012-2013 season, prior to Gobatie’s enrollment, the NAU men’s tennis team suffered a disappointing season, going 1–9 in the BSC and 5–19 overall. Instead of viewing this as a reason to look to other universities, Gobatie viewed it as a challenge and an opportunity.

“Transferring from a junior college, you hear a lot of stories about the Division 1 level,” Gobatie said. “I never would have anticipated it to be this competitive. Everybody has a solid team.”

Gobatie made immediate contributions in his first season as a Lumberjack. Gobatie went 12–9 overall in singles play, winning his final four singles matches of the season. He also went 13–6 in doubles play, and ended the season with an eight-game winning streak. He also received a BSC honorable mention during his junior year.

In that same season, Gobatie helped the Lumberjacks advance to the semifinals of the BSC tournament. It was one of the Lumberjacks’ best performances in years, and an improvement from the previous season, when they finished 10th in the BSC. It was clear early on Gobatie would be a premiere contributor, as he started at the No. 1 position for the majority of this past season.

Gobatie proved he was a force to be reckoned with his first year as a Lumberjack, but he still had room to improve and exceeded expectations in his second year on the team.

“Last year I think I put up a solid performance,” Gobatie said. “But, this year, I came out firing and probably put together my best collegiate season ever.”

During this past season, Gobatie went 12–9 overall in singles play once again, but dominated in the BSC, finishing with an 8–2 record in the conference. Along with his winning play on the court, Gobatie was also a leader on the team as one of two remaining seniors.

Additionally, Gobatie was a key contributor in the Lumberjacks’ recent playoff run, with the Lumberjacks advancing all the way to the BSC championship match. But they failed to take home the conference crown, falling to Idaho 4–2. Because of his accomplishments in the season and conference playoffs, Gobatie earned a spot on the BSC All–Conference First Team.

“I put it all out there for my school and my team,” said Gobatie. “Hopefully, my results can speak for themselves.”

Although this is Gobatie’s final season with the NAU men’s tennis team, he plans to continue playing tennis after he gets out of college.

“Tennis is one of those sports that you can play for the rest of your life, no matter what age,” Gobatie said. “I still have that competitive edge. Whether I try to make some sort of career out of tennis, only time will tell.”

In his time with NAU, Gobatie provided the necessary leadership to help advance the men’s tennis team from one of the worst teams in the BSC to one of the best. With the help of coach Kroll and his teammates, Gobatie assisted in creating a winning culture in the NAU men’s tennis program that will hopefully result in more winning seasons.

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Senior standout goes pro (Photo by Zac Velarde)

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BY LAURENT DIESTE

enior Matt McElroy has been an asset for the NAU track and field team for four years now. After transferring from Oklahoma State before his sophomore year in 2011, McElroy has helped NAU win six Big Sky Conference (BSC) titles for indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and cross-country.

This past season alone, he won three Big Sky individual titles in the 3,000- and 5,000–meter runs at the indoor championships and another one in the 10,000–meter run at the outdoor championships. But after he graduates, McElroy wants to focus on triathlons as a professional.

“The running world has a really high competitive level with different countries especially African countries like Kenya and Ethiopia,” McElory said. “There’s a lot more competition, and making it to the Olympics is out of my reach in terms of running.

But in triathlon, there is definitely an opportunity for me to compete at an Olympic level with the best in the world.”

Last summer, McElroy decided to skip indoor track season in order to get the opportunity to go pro as a triathlete after doing part of his training in Colorado Springs at the United States Olympic Training Center with some of the best triathletes in the nation.

Ranked 9th overall at the Tritonman Triathalon last January with a clock time of 56 minutes, 47 seconds, McElroy earned his pro card and was selected to be a part of the Triathlon Squad, a San Diegobased professional team that will pay for housing, travel and gear.

“I did my first draft legal triathlon when I was fifteen and managed to get second place overall,” McElroy said. “From that moment, doing triathlon has always been on my mind and it

definitely changed my way of how I view running training.”

Starting long-distance running at a very young age, McElroy is used to running many miles per week and sustaining injuries.

“Before I came to NAU, I was at Oklahoma State and I struggled with injuries after injuries,” McElory said. “Basically what happened is I was running way too much (80 to 100 miles a week) and my body was not able to maintain this.”

As one of the best runners at NAU during his sophomore year, McElroy was pushing himself hard to run many miles a week, and ended up with another stress fracture at the end of the year.

During his junior year, he finally convinced himself that he was done running that much and started swimming and training like triathletes do.

“I kind of looked at my body as a really fragile and delicate structure and I think that compared to other runners who can handle that mileage per week, I never could figure out,” McElroy said. “I began to lower my mileage, do more intensity work and my running actually improved. At that moment, I figured out that training, post training and swimming was something that I really enjoyed.”

While a high-mileage runner would work out 10 hours a week, McElroy trains between 15 to 20 hours with no days off.

When asked about his goals for the future, McElroy sees his career with much detachment.

“My coach and I have a direction, and it might take a while for me to develop my swim and end up competing at the highest level that I want to be competing at,” McElroy said. “So, it might take a year until I get to finish in the top five of the Pan American

Cup. Also, ITU (the qualifying series for the Olympics) in this next year might not be an option for me yet, but I do look forward to competing at some non-draft races.”

By the time his swim gets better, McElroy is also planning on pursuing a pro running career.

“Being a professional runner and professional triathlete are both in the cards,” McElroy said. “If you look at my 10k time that I ran three weeks ago at Stanford Invitational (28 minutes, 36 seconds), this should hopefully qualify me for the U.S. National 10K to then qualify for the World Championships. It’s going to be hard to balance both, but next year I’m going to have plenty of time to do so. I will move away from running and focus on triathlon only once I get that swim, but for now the focus is going to be to balance two disciplines.”

However, all of this is pushed off until this summer. McElroy must run the 10,000–meter run first at the Big Sky Conference Championships to achieve his goal of defending his title. He will compete in the 5,000–meter run as well, but his biggest goal is to make it to the National Championships and get another All American title — meaning he has to rank in the top seven nationally.

“I want to help the team to get another conference win and just enjoy it,” McElroy said. “It’s my last year of really competing in a team so yeah, let’s end this properly with a bang and commit to this.”

The Big Conference Championships will take place in Cheney, Wash. May 14-16. And the U.S. National 10k will take place in Eugene, Oregon June 31.

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Sports

My time here at NAU: a farewell to sports I

t feels a bit weird, writing my very last sports column. Well, at least for The Lumberjack.

When I first got here as a freshman, it’s safe to say NAU’s sports teams were not very good, save for maybe one exception.

Nobody really cared about the sports. I found that out at my first football game, when we did the Running of the Freshmen. Or more appropriately, the Runnings of the Freshmen, because at halftime those same people were running out of the Skydome.

And probably for good reason: our football team was pretty mediocre.

But over the past four years, our sports teams have become a point of pride for our school.

While I’ve been here, almost all of our teams have won at least a share of a conference title, or have competed in national postseason VINCENT tournaments. Women’s basketball, track and PEÑA field, cross country, golf, football and swim and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF dive have all won Big Sky or WAC conference championships, while the men’s basketball team recently put the program on the map by making it to the final of the CollegeInsider. com Postseason Tournament.

Men’s basketball even beat ASU on a buzzer-beater in 2012, and it’s no coincidence they haven’t scheduled a game against us since.

I went from covering NAU football games and being bored out of my mind to watching them upset the second-best team

in the country, Eastern Washington, in one of the most exciting games I’ve ever seen.

As a matter of fact, I think I can say that about a lot of games now, especially after the recent playoff run by the men’s basketball team, which was just flat out incredible to witness.

During my freshman year, telling people I went to NAU was usually followed by a blank stare and something like “Oh okay… wait what does that stand for?”

Now when I tell people where I go to school, people know what I’m talking about, and that, I think, can be attributed in large part to our success in athletics on a national level. As much as many people who aren’t interested in sports like to complain about why people care so much about them, you can’t deny their importance on a societal level, especially for a school like NAU. Like it or not, people choose certain schools over others based solely on their athletic programs. I mean, who wouldn’t want to go to a school where their athletic programs are on national TV, or perennially compete for championships. I know I would. Hell, while applying to colleges as a senior in high school, the only school I applied to that didn’t have an elite major-sports team was NAU. I’m glad to say I don’t necessarily think that’s the case anymore.

I’m not going to go comparing our football team to Alabama or Ohio State, but it is something to be proud of, especially seeing as within the last week, several former players have signed freeagent contracts for NFL teams like the Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons, most notably quarterback Chase Cartwright and tight end Beau Gardner.

While here, I’ve been able to cover many different teams and events, ranging from club sports like rugby and lacrosse to the Division I football and men’s basketball teams. I’ve had opportunities I didn’t think I’d get to have before writing for the paper, such as using the School of Communication car to drive down to Tucson to cover the NAU-UA game and sitting in the press box next to ESPN, Associated Press, and Arizona Republic reporters. What made it even more special was that my sports editor and I were the only student reporters who received credentials for the game — not even the UA students were covering the game.

I’ve gotten the opportunity to watch the Phoenix Suns practice at the Rolle Activity Center, and even got to do an interview with coach Jeff Hornacek and former Suns players like Channing Frye and Goran Dragic. I covered the only home playoff game the football team has had in a long time, once again bumping shoulders with real journalists from major publications.

I’ve written well over 50 gamers, columns, notebooks and sidebars about football, men’s and women’s basketball, swim and dive, men’s and women’s rugby, baseball, lacrosse and soccer.

As clichéd as it sounds, it’s truly been an honor and a privilege to get the opportunity to be a sports reporter here at The Lumberjack. I never thought I’d enjoy covering NAU sports as much as I did. It’s been a fun ride, and I hope our sports teams only continue to be as successful as they have been, because they’ve definitely been fun to cover.

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Swedish tennis star celebrates successful college career

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BY JACQUIE LEMARR

tanding at six feet tall, Johanna Vang has an air of confidence about her that does not come from her height. She is bright, talkative and more than welcoming to any student on campus. The bubbly brunette carries herself like a true Lumberjack athlete, a tennis racket in one hand and her backpack in the other.

She has taken the time to not only master the game of tennis, but also embed herself within a community and culture unfamiliar to her four years ago. The Sweden-born women’s tennis player boasts an impressive resume in not only athletics, but in the classroom as well.

Vang truly embodies the title of “studentathlete” here at NAU. Her accomplishments in Flagstaff have been nothing short of noteworthy and have impacted not only student athletes, but the community as well. A look at her past shows Vang has always possessed the makings of a prototypical student-athlete.

Hailing from Sollentuna, Sweden, Vang has had an impressive career from the start. She attended Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium and played on two different club teams: Djursholms TK for one year and Sollentuna TK for eight years.

She also played in the Swedish Elite Series for Djursholms TK and was the under-21 doubles runner up in the Swedish Championship.

As a freshman at NAU, she was an honorable mention on the Big Sky Conference and was ranked No. 4 record-wise in the conference. As she continued her career here in Flagstaff, she would only improve on these accomplishments.

She received a second honorable mention her sophomore year and moved up to the No. 2 record holder in the Big Sky that year.

Vang made the All-Big Sky women’s tennis team her junior year and won the Big Sky AllAcademic Selection the last two years. Last year, she had the most wins on the team in singles overall during conference play and was also Big Sky Player of the Week in March.

As a junior, she had the fifth best winning percentage in the Big Sky and held the second most wins in the conference. She also held the most wins on the team during doubles play. For her senior season, she finished with a 6-5 singles record against conference opponents, but only finished with a 9-12 singles record overall.

Vang has not only been a valuable asset to the tennis team, but to the community as well.

She has been a two-time recipient of the Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award, an honor given to

student athletes with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Recently, she also received the Golden Axe Award and was one of only two student athletes to receive the honor. Each semester, NAU recognizes seniors who have made outstanding contributions in academic performance, service, leadership and participation in the local community. This is a prestigious honor not only for her, but also the international community as well.

“Receiving the Golden Eagle award was one of my greatest accomplishments here,” Vang said. “It was such an honor to be acknowledged for all the hard work I have put into academics, as well as tennis over the past four years.”

She also helped her team win the Lumberjack Cup this last year, an award given to the athletic team with the most overall points in the areas of game attendance, academics, community service and athletic performance.

She has proven that no matter where you come from, it is always possible to get involved in a new culture and work with people from all over the world.

Along with excelling in her studies, Vang is also a valuable contributing member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. This year’s SAAC president Laura Jabczenski says that Vang is someone who can always be trusted to commit and follow through.

“I have never met someone who is more excited to be involved in a community. Johanna’s passion for getting involved with the athletic program has really made a difference on the committee,” Jabczenski said. “I know that whatever I need, whenever I need it, she is always the first person to raise her hand and volunteer.”

The athletic program and her teammates have loved Vang’s ability to adapt and step up as a leader. Vang’s teammate, Emelia Box, reminisces on how Vang has made her own transition much easier with her reliability and welcoming nature.

“Johanna is the sort of person that is always there for you if you need her, as a teammate and as a friend. She has been a great team captain.

She always handles each situation for herself, or the team, with maturity and reliability. I can always get a good laugh out of her and joke around, everything is always so easy,” Box said.

Humble as ever, Vang’s best memories come from traveling with the team and helping out in the community. She values her friendships the most out of her time here at NAU. “I am so grateful to be a part of such a great athletics program,” Vang said. “It is incredible

to see how much support the athletes give each other. I have loved every minute of my time here, and I value the friendships and lessons I learned more than anything. I will never forget this amazing team, and the fact that together as a team, we were successful.”

NAU may never see another international

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student athlete as compassionate, involved and successful as Vang has been in her four years here at NAU. The program will miss her warm smile, her perky personality and her neverending ability to give and never take. She is one of the best tennis players Flagstaff has seen in a long time and will be missed.

(Photos by Zac Velarde)

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Arts&Entertainment

Dancers unite at Flagstaff Performing Arts Festival

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BY MARISSA WHITE

or five years, artists, dancers and filmmakers have come together to create a festival celebrating the world of fine arts. This festival is known as Flagstaff Performance Art and Film Festival.

Each year, coordinators Gina Darlington, who is also the co-director of the show, and Jayne Lee invite local groups, visiting companies and guest artists to come to Flagstaff to share their work with each other.

Local, regional and international dances are presented and performed in front of cameras.

This year, the festival took place May 1-2 in the Clifford E. White Theatre, although it has not always taken place there before.

Each year, the venue changes throughout the community depending on funding and grants, and availability of the Clifford E. White Theatre.

As for putting on the event, Canyon Movement Company and Human Nature Dance Theatre were responsible for cosponsoring the event. These active non-profit dance companies have been present in Flagstaff for over 20 years and have worked with each other occasionally throughout that time. Their goal was to unite members of the community to celebrate the art of dance.

“We are a modern dance ensemble dedicated to sharing our passion and excitement with a growing audience. We do this by creating and presenting the art of

dance through performance, education and community and collaborative projects,” said Canyon Movement Company in its mission statement.

Planning for each festival begins at the end of the previous year’s festival, after coordinators and other personnel involved talk about what ideas might work for the upcoming year. Grants are written to help produce the upcoming festival as well as coordinating performances and the selection of performers, all taking place within one year.

“Because we live and work in the community, we are always building relationships with fellow artists and collaborators,” Darlington said. “Based on many factors, many of those groups and people participate in the festival.”

With any festival, there has to be money to finance it and this year, ArtTank funded the event. ArtTank is a program from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the state arts agency funded by the State of Arizona.

After a competitive process, the grant was rewarded to Darlington and Lee for this festival in January. However, the grant given to this festival was a one-time grant and funded only a portion of the festival — the Young Choreographers’ Showcase.

While the grant does not cover everything, the rest of the costs for this festival are covered through suggested donations. These donations go toward everything from production expenses including the theater rental and

all related costs at NAU, the crew, lighting director, marketing and other related costs.

With dance being such a broad category, this festival attracts a wide variety of performers. In the past, dancers have performed in categories including youth dance, modern dance, hip-hop, jazz and even specialized dances such as aerial.

Some performers present at this festival included dancers from the Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy [FALA], a public charter middle and high school which focuses on their performing and visual arts program.

FALA choreographer Robert Corbin helped prepare dancers for this event.

“As a member of the dance community, I do this to share what I know with other members of the dance world in Flagstaff, and to bring us all together through a partnership and sense of unity,” Corbin said. “As a mentor to a young choreographer in the show, our goal is to inspire the next generation to create and become the next bearer of our art form.”

Choreographed works were selected by Corbin for the festival. Throughout the year, students at FALA were given opportunities to present their works, although there was an opportunity for them to audition their piece for this festival.

Pieces presented by FALA included solo performances by two of their graduating students as well as a section of choreography called Morning Song, a new piece of work for their spring show.

“This year I chose to show a part of the choreography I have been working on from the FALA’s spring concert,” Corbin said.

“This performance is a great opportunity for our dancers to gain experience working with a different tech crew and stage than they are used too.”

The dancers prepared for their performance of Morning Song through daily practice in class, toning their bodies and rehearsals, and constant repetition, which helped improve the movement and artistry of the piece.

“As an artist there is still work to be done,” Corbin said. “But building relationships and strong ties in the town and sharing the art of dance with the community of Flagstaff is always the greatest motivation to keep doing what we’re doing.”

As a festival in its fifth year running, it has seen many aspects that work and many aspects that do not work. Changes are made on a yearly basis that reflect the needs of the community and the dancers.

With dreams of many more festivals to come, Darlington is optimistic about the future of this annual celebration of dance.

“We hope to continue to offer the opportunity for dancers to perform in a festival setting, in a beautiful theater and in a supportive atmosphere. We want the festival to reflect the passions and desires of our supporters and performers.”

LEFT: Katrina Nelson dancing to “I’m Only Human” at the Flagstaff Performance Art and Film Festival Friday, May 1, 2015 in the Clifford E. White Theatre. MIDDLE: Ella Moore and Violet Souders dancing to “Mirror Image.” RIGHT: Velocity Dance Company bowing after dancing to “Stay.” Velocity Dance Company’s mission is to provide a friendly, safe environment for young dancers. (Photos by Sunday Miller)

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Arts&Entertainment Creativity blossoms at Flagstaff’s 13th Annual Recycled Art Exhibition

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BY CHARLOTTE EVANS

ver since the Duchamp effect catalyzed and spread its way throughout the world of art, artists have been given an open door to a new world of creativity that allows them to have the power to decide what exactly art is.

On May 2, the 13th annual Recycled Art Exhibition had its opening reception at the Hozhoni Art Gallery.

The exhibition featured a variety of art forms including local artists all over Flagstaff, nearby Native reservations and as of this year, Yavapai County.

“The Recycled Art Show began 13 years ago as a very small show in City Hall with maybe 10 pieces and it has grown ever since,” said executive director of the Artists’ Coalition Mike Frankel.

According to Frankel, this is the second year the show has been hosted at the Hozhoni gallery, which has brought more attention to the facility. The Hozhoni Foundation does a great job in working with disabled artists.

The art on display in the exhibition ranges from fashion inspiration to outdoor decor to statuettes made from a hodgepodge of everyday materials such as instruments, bottle caps, old posters, clock pieces and more.

The range in style and size is incredibly broad, but the exhibit as a whole is so well put together that it creats a harmony between all of the different pieces.

“I’ve been building things my whole life and I’ve mostly done metal assemblages,” said artist Ben Cragie, who won three awards for his entries. “All of my materials are found objects. I tend to find pieces of metal and see something I can make with them. I seldom work off of an idea and then try to build it.

Every piece that was on display was highly imaginative and creative. Just about every person and admirer there could not help but stop every once in a while to

stare in wonderment at the piece they were looking at.

Artist and founder of the Flagstaff Feminist Art Project Rhonda Thomas-Urdang, created a work that was framed as though it was a fine-art painting but was actually a type of collage created from vintage photographs, paper dolls and Egyptian money titled “Ramesses II Herstory.”

The grand prize winner of the exhibition was a piece that functioned as a kaleidoscope, but looked like a mechanical piece that belonged on a ship or inside a car. The artist of the work, John Rogers, titled the piece “The Fossil” because its body was made from a car jack that was dug up from the bottom of the Verde River.

“All of my work is interactive so you don’t just sit there and look at it,” Rogers said.

Nearly every artist in attendance mentioned that their art was meant to put a smile on people’s faces or at least to make them think that was going on throughout the exhibit.

Artists in the show came from different backgrounds and levels of experience.

“I’ve been creating art for about 10 years and this was my first time in the art show,” said artist Elisa Wiedman.

Wiedman’s piece was a bird with a body crafted from a watermelon rind that Wiedman had tossed into the forest and left to dry out.

She had actually forgotten about the rind until she stumbled upon what she thought was a paper bag — it was nearly unrecognizable.

“Recycled art is amazing, it takes a lot of ingenuity and it makes you look at things from multiple perspectives,” Wiedman said.

The exhibition will be on display until May 30 at the Hozhoni Art Gallery from Monday through TOP: Picasso Guitars line the wall on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Hozhoni Art Gallery. This piece is Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. currently being shown at the 13th Annual City of Flagstaff Recycled Art Exhibition. BOTTOM: The awards for the art shown ahead of time. The recipients will not receive their awards until after the Recycled Art Exhibition. (Photos by Cory Walters)

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Arts&Entertainment

The Northern Arizona Student Film Festival A night of talent, movies, and morere

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BY MARISSA WHITE

tudents, faculty and movie lovers gathered at the Orpheum Theater for a night of film May 3. The movies shown, however, were not movies one might expect to see in theaters. Instead these were student-made, -directed and -produced films.

The Northern Arizona Student Film Festival is an annual event hosted by UTV62, the on-campus and student-run television station. The station gives students the opportunity to showcase and receive recognition for films they have produced during the past school year.

Throughout the night, 17 films were shown, displaying a range of interests captured within these films. A mixture of fiction films, documentaries and even some experimental films were shown, all of which ranged anywhere between two and 15 minutes long.

Junior creative media and film major Morgan Turner participated in this festival with the hopes of telling a rather personal story. She wanted to shed some light on the reality of chronic illnesses and spent a lot of time in hospitals with family members and friends.

“What I want people to take away from this documentary is that those suffering from chronic illness need support and

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understanding, and that it is very difficult to get doctors and nurses to take people my age seriously,” Turner said. “The discrimination and oversight from medical professionals on young adults is potentially life-threatening.”

While this documentary was serious, some films took on a more fictional side and expressed the creator’s dreams and hobbies. Senior electronic media and film major Harrison May produced a short fictional film titled Schwarz Weiss, depicting the transition of a German soldier on the Eastern Front in WWII. “The concept of the film came from my nerdy side, my deep dark secret hobby and passion to learn history,” May said.

“I also love to travel to go see these historical places, which has brought me all over the world on some fun adventures.

Eventually, I ended up moving to Germany for a few years, learning their culture and language, which is what inspired me to make a film from their perspective.”

Each film was a unique piece of its own. Some were made entirely by one student, and others had a crew of roughly 50 students working on one film alone. It was estimated that nearly 150 students participated in the making and preparation of this festival.

“Preparing for this festival takes a lot of work,” said senior electronic media and film major Paula Jones. “In particular, it

has required a lot of dedication from our wonderful judges and we’re incredibly thankful to them. The toughest thing about preparing for the festival is that so much has to happen in the two weeks from when we receive the films to when the event takes place, and there’s only so much we can do to prepare earlier in the semester.”

In order to participate in this festival, students were required to meet a small list of criteria. Films had to be made by students during this school year and then a committee screened them to make sure they were a good representation of NAU. Afterwards, films are passed on to a committee of about 10 judges and judged accordingly based on the film itself.

At the end of the night, the committee of judges gave awards for outstanding cinematography, editing, sound design, production design, directing and screenplay. These, along with the Grand Jury Prizes, were determined by judges. Audience members were also given the opportunity to vote for a best fiction, nonfiction, lead actor and best supporting actor in the film of their choice.

Through a night of films, ideas and imagination, the Northern Arizona Student Film Festival gave the students of NAU the perfect creative outlet for those interested in movies and film.

LEFT: People line up to enter the Orpheum Theater for the NAU Student Film Festival Sunday, May 3, 2015.

RIGHT: Audience members get situated before the first film begins. Seventeen films were screened at the event. (Photos by Nick Humphries)

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Arts&Entertainment TOP GRADUATION SONGS

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BY TIM NUTTING

ac Brown Band is definitely a band that I have heard of, but I never took the time to listen to any of their music before.

I always imagined the band sounding like a watered-down version of Radiohead, or just another obscure country band only hipsters know, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was wrong.

Zac Brown Band’s new album Jekyll + Hyde is the band’s fourth album, and it is proving to be a fine and thoughtful album in the spring season.

“Homegrown” is the best song on the album. It sounds pleasant, easygoing and rich with soothing melodies. It also sounds like a typical country song — singing about friends and all of the good times that you share with your buddies. Contrary to these typical songs, this one at least does a good job in sounding sincere.

“Loving You Easy” sounds like a classic title of a love song coming off as cute and romantic.

In the song, lead singer Zac Brown puts his heart and soul in to the tune and it sounds a bit tacky, but sweet at the same time.

“Heavy Is the Head” is actually heavy and hard to listen to, yet it sounds powerful at the same time. This song sounds like it came from a grunge or hard-rock band, not necessarily a country band. Although this is a weird spin, I like the take on it, so it gets a high mark from me.

“Tomorrow Never Comes” sounds very uplifting and happy and is even a feel good song, which is nice to see. I almost hear the banjo in this song, which is an interesting idea because in my opinion it takes courage to play the banjo in mainstream music.

Overall, this band would not crack my top 20 list of all-time favorite bands, but I guess in the country scene, maybe. One to keep in mind is that the band has its own little niche, which is wonderful to see. Low-key bands that happen to live like that tend to do well like that in my opinion.

I do not know the current status of their fan base and style of music, but there must be a market out for them and there are people who like their music.

As for now, the band is set to embark on their Jekyll + Hyde tour beginning in May promoting their new album.

1. “We Are Young”

by Fun.

7. “It’s Time”

by Imagine Dragons

2. “Graduation”

by Vitamin C

8. “Cry (Just a Little)”

by Bingo Players

3. “Send Me On My Way”

by Rusted Root

9. “I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrandts

4. “Here’s to the Night”

by Eve 6

10. “Rather Be”

by Clean Bandit

5. “Good Riddance”

by Green Day

11. “Unwritten”

by Natasha Beddingfield

6. “Forever Young”

by Bob Dylan

12. “The Anthem”

by Good Charlotte

Spafford brings electric vibe to the Orpheum Theater

LEFT: Spafford rocks out Friday, May, 1, 2015 at the Orpheum Theater. Prescott, Ariz. is the hometown of the band. RIGHT: Jordan Fairless of Spafford sings lead vocals and rocks out while playing the bass. Electro Funk Therapy is the genre of music that the band chooses to play. (Photos by Christina Flores)

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