The Lumberjack -- Sept. 28, 2017

T H E L U M BE R JACK

SEPT. 28, 2017 – OCT. 4, 2017

MILLENNIAL MADNESS A SPECIAL ISSUE

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From the Editor

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here’s a myriad of claims made about millennials; stereotypes, if you will, that boast knowing more about ourselves than we do. Apparently, we almost killed the wine cork, ruined the fabric softener industry and destroyed tourism with our unquenchable wanderlust.

The almost satisfying, bitterly composed headlines aside, my favorite declaration is how the baby boomers claim we are all desensitized. With our violent video games, heinous horror movies and multitudes of meaningless sex, it’s shocking we care about anything.

Right?

But what if we’ve simply started to use desensitization as a mechanism for survival? We’ve had to come up with ways to acclimate ourselves to a political and social climate where overtly racist and sexist people can run for President of the United States — and win. We’ve had to learn how to survive off of the $14 in our bank accounts until payday despite working 30 hours a week on top of being full-time students. We’ve had to get used to the fact that we’ll be $40,000 in debt EMMA before we’re even through our 20s because a college degree is now an unaffordable HELFRICH requirement rather than a leg-up in a job hunt.

Millennials aren’t desensitized or lacking in compassion. We’re thick-skinned.

COPY CHIEF Graphic video games and gory movies don’t scare us anymore because things far worse than demonic clowns and poltergeists are happening every day. White people who genuinely believe that African-Americans are inferior to them march freely in the streets. Young immigrants are being stripped of the only life they know, to be sent to a country they are completely unfamiliar with. Women continue to have less and less of a say in what happens to their own bodies.

Sexual orientation is continually denied as being an innate part of who a person is.

If millennials were no longer sensitive to these matters, we wouldn’t be trying so hard to change them.

We aren’t desensitized — we’re angry.

Thank you for reading.

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PoliceBeat Sept. 18 At 8:06 a.m., a water flow alarm went off in the Skyview apartments. FFD and NAUPD responded. Contractors later discovered it was a faulty alarm and worked to fix it.

At 8:16 p.m., a staff member near parking lot 31 reported seeing a vehicle hit a parked vehicle and flee the scene. NAUPD responded, and opened an investigation.

Sept. 19 At 12:48 p.m., a staff member reported a non-student aggressively panhandling and bothering students at the Hotel and Restaurant Management building. NAUPD responded, no one was found.

Sept. 20 At 3:29 p.m., a student came into NAUPD headquarters to request assistance for a problem with her parents. NAUPD helped out and everything was fine.

Sept. 21 At 12:01 p.m., a staff member reported being informed by another subject who indicated subjects were outside of Cline Library with weapons. NAUPD responded, but no one was found armed. NAUPD opened an investigation on the case.

At 9:07 p.m., University Safety Aides reported a vehicle driving on the pedway outside the University Fieldhouse.

NAUPD made contact with the vehicle, and it was determined that the driver was retrieving personal property.

The driver was warned not to drive on pedways.

At 11 p.m., a staff member reported the odor of marijuana in Sechrist Hall. NAUPD responded.

One student was arrested and booked into Coconino

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County Detention Facility for while committing a felony. possession of narcotics and A second non-student was narcotic paraphernalia. referred to juvenile courts for underage drinking and use of Sept. 22 marijuana.

At 12:28 a.m., a staff member reported that a At 8:44 p.m., an on-call student had injured their general maintenance manager ankle in Tinsley Hall. FFD, reported a strange odor in a Guardian Medical Transport stairwell of Reilly Hall. A fire and NAUPD responded. The alarm pull station was activated student was taken to the FMC. as a precaution and the building was evacuated. FFD, GMT At 3:40 a.m., a staff and NAUPD responded. No member reported that a gases or substances were found student had lost consciousness by the fire department, and at Reilly Hall. FFD, GMT one student was treated at the and NAUPD responded. The scene for coughing, but refused student was cited for underage medical transport. drinking and taken to the FMC for treatment.

Sept. 24 At 12:19 a.m., a At 11:51 a.m., a parent staff member reported six called requesting a welfare intoxicated students in Taylor check on their child. NAUPD Hall. Two officers responded responded, and the student was and five students were deferred found to be in good health. for underage drinking. One student was cited and released At 11:27 p.m., a staff for underage drinking and member in McConnell Hall providing false information to reported a student had their law enforcement. pillows disturbed while they were away. NAUPD took an At 6:40 a.m., a noninformational report. student reported an alarm at the Applied Research Sept. 23 and Development building.

At 1:39 a.m., a non- NAUPD responded and student was pulled over by discovered the alarm had NAUPD outside the Aquatics been set off by maintenance and Tennis complex. The workers. driver was cited and released for DUI to the slightest degree At 1:05 p.m., a residential and underage DUI. A civil assistant reported a student citation was issued for running in possession of marijuana at a stop sign. The non-student the Ernest Calderon Learning passenger was booked into Community. Two officers Coconino County Sheriff’s responded, and the student Office Jail for minor in was cited and released for consumption. possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

At 1:50 a.m., NAUPD discovered two subjects lying At 11:08 p.m., a student under a van in lot 8. Two reported three subjects officers responded and one rappelling down the side of the non-student, who is a minor, San Francisco Parking Garage. was referred to juvenile courts NAUPD responded and three for possessions of alcohol, students were deferred for marijuana and fireworks. The trespassing. juvenile also had a firearm while under 21 years old and possession of a deadly weapon

NEWS

Fremont Station construction crawls forward Hayley O’Connor

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he situation at Fremont Station has not improved for residents waiting to move into Building One, which is not expected to be finished until mid-October. The parking garage is still under construction, and amenities promised to residents are not yet available. The Wi-Fi stops working on a regular basis, and construction crews have to redirect traffic on either side of the complex.

Residences were originally told they could move in Aug. 23, but only three of the five buildings were ready. Fremont offered to place students in hotels while they waited for their apartments to be completed.

Some students took advantage of the proposal, and others decided to stay with friends. Sophomore biology major Max Voehl chose the latter and found that the inconvenience would save him money.

“As a broke college student, the opportunity to save money is something I want to capitalize on,” said Voehl. “Although it’s stressful staying at a friend’s house, I’ll be saving potentially thousands of dollars through the rent credit they will be providing us. As long as it does not go two months past the original move-in date we were told, I will be happy.”

Some students in hotels were also unhappy with that arrangement.

“This whole situation sucks. Like, I don’t think that Fremont realizes how much stress this is causing us. Honestly, it terrifies me not knowing when I will be able to move into my apartment,” said sophomore business major Patrick Walker.

Other students were able to move in after only two weeks.

Senior exercise science major Kayla Alamdari also decided to stay with a friend. Alamdari said living at Fremont isn’t safe for residents.

“Living in a construction zone should not be allowed,” said Alamdari. “We are forced to walk under welding sparks just to get to our cars. Walking to and from school makes residences feel they are bothersome to the construction crews when really they are making living here harder for us.”

The construction is disruptive to people living in the area.

There have been complaints of jack hammers and saws being used by construction crews in the early hours of the morning.

Travel time has increased because lanes are restricted for crews working. There is a lack of visibility of oncoming traffic from the road, which can make leaving the parking garage challenging for residents. The construction crew has workers directing traffic.

The parking garage is not finished yet, and the gates have been hit by cars trying to maneuver the compact space or while

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Top: Construction of the parking garage is still not finished at Fremont Station in Flagstaff Sept. 9. Residents were told they would be able to move in Aug. 23, but one building remains under construction. Right: Sophomore business major Patrick Walker shows his room at the Hilton Garden Inn Sept. 7, where he is living until his apartment at Fremont Station is completed.

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parking near them.

Fremont’s website states “From a 24-hour clubhouse with a fully stocked game room to a resort-style pool, Fremont Station truly has it all.”

This is not the case.

None of these amenities have been built yet. Fremont has provided residents a membership to Anytime Fitness as an alternative to their “state-of-the-art fitness center.”

Communication between management and residences is lacking. Alexa Salazar is currently living in Fremont, but she says her building is not finished.

“My apartment is finished, but the building as a whole is not fully functioning,” said Salazar. “Myself and my roommates have no idea when it will be finished because Fremont stopped communicating with us about the construction.”

A student who wished to remain anonymous said she signed her lease so she could move in by Aug. 1. When she heard rumors construction would not be completed on time she contacted Fremont, but they told her to not believe what she has heard, and it would be ready.

“They were making promises to students about move-in dates before they fully knew when construction would be finished. This has been an incredibly negative experience for me, and I am sad this is how I had to start my senior year.”

She plans to take legal action.

The Wi-Fi, which is provided by Fremont, has had issues

connecting in the buildings. The Wi-Fi has stopped multiple times on Sunday nights, a popular time to complete online assignments that are due Monday or by midnight. This has been another issue for Alamdari.

“My Wi-Fi stopped working, and I could not submit an important assignment. My living situation has affected my school work, and it is difficult to explain this to my professors. I do not think it is fair that my school work is suffering from distractions that I have no control over,” Alamdari said.

In the meantime, residents now wait for construction to be finished. Students living in hotels and with friends anxiously await for the email telling them they will be able to move into their residencies.

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Millennials’ political views on campus Brain Black and Owen Sexton

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n a recent questionnaire conducted by The Lumberjack from 50 NAU students on campus, it was found that millennials, while leaning liberal, don’t identify with political parties. This same questionnaire indicates that a majority, 72 percent, do not support President Donald Trump or the current administration.

Twelve percent said they do support Trump, and 10 percent said they are either neutral toward his administration or somewhat support him.

Only 6 percent of surveyed students voted for Trump, while the vast majority of those who voted cast theirs for Hillary Clinton. 14 percent said they did not vote because they either were not interested, did not support either candidate or never registered to vote.

This shows that a large number of people did not support Clinton either.

This data also suggests that millennials are not interested in who’s running the country. When asked to rate their political activeness on a scale of 1-10, with one being least and 10 being

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most, 64 percent rated themselves at less than a five.

Those 64 percent are less interested than others when it comes to who is running the country.

“Knowing what you’re talking about is critical,” said freshman English major Ree Thompson. “Being informed is what’s important.”

Sixty-four percent of those who rated themselves less than five don’t support Trump.

According to Survey Monkey, when counting millennial votes, Clinton would have won the general election 504 electoral college votes to 23. So how did Trump beat Clinton? According to civicyouth.org, only 50 percent of eligible young people voted.

Another reason is that older generations still outnumber millennials. According to Business Insider, those 18-29 years of age only make up 19 percent of the votes, while those aged 50 and older make up 45 percent of votes. Trump won by 9 percent and 8 percent in the 50-64 and 65+ and older category respectively.

Millennials have to show up in large force to get the change they want.

According to census data, people 55 or older outnumbered

millennials 31,193,662 to 27,413,610. That’s a difference of 3,780,052. According to statisticbrain.com, only 58.5 percent of people aged 18-24 are registered to vote, and only 66.4 percent of people aged 25-34 are registered to vote. In contrast, 76.6 percent of people aged 55-64 are registered, 78.1 percent of people aged 65-74 are registered and 76.6 percent of people 75 or older are registered.

This data shows older generations, who tend to be more conservative than millennials, have a much higher percentage of registered voters. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, 44 percent of baby boomers self-identify as conservative while 28 percent of millennials see themselves as conservative.

According to statisticbrain.org, the number-one reason people are not voting is because they are busy. The second reason people are not voting is “illness or disability.” However, there are mail-in ballots available to those unable to travel to a polling place.

From the questionnaire, 44 percent of students polled identified with the Democratic party, 34 percent said they identified as Independent and 16 percent identified with the Republican party. The remaining 6 percent either didn’t care

enough or identified with a third party.

This is in huge contrast to the general public whereas, of early August of this year, only 28 percent of people identified with the Democratic party, 28 percent of the Republican party and 41 percent of people identified as an Independent, according to the Pew Research Center.

For those millennials who are politically active in either party, there are things they are doing to try to help other millennials who aren’t politically active get more involved.

NAU is home to multiple political clubs, the Northern Arizona University College Republicans and The Young Democrats are two of them. The College Republicans held their first meeting Sept. 21. The Young Democrats said they are growing and, over the past year, have seen growth and more activity.

“The amount of discussion is increasing,” said Sage Taylor freshman political science major and member of the Young Democrats. “Minority rights are a big issue.”

During their meeting, the Young Democrats discussed local political issues including their experiences and involvement in the Sept. 9 anti-hate rally in downtown Flagstaff, and their plans of future rallies.

The main issue surrounding millennials and politics is that many simply have no interest.

Whether they hold the view point of not believing their vote counts or if they think the system is rigged so there’s no point, there are many reasons why millennials choose not to be involved with politics.

When asked why the clubs thought millennials may not have an interest in politics and their political parties, members from both clubs had thoughts to offer.

“Democrats are disillusioned, their message needs to be clarified,” said sophomore criminal justice major Michael Schmitt.

Schmitt is an active member of the College Republicans.

“Young people need to do a better job of getting our voices heard,” Taylor said.

“The ones that want to be in it are in it,” said Shelby Gross, senior public relations major.

“The ones that don’t, aren’t.”

“Fewer want to be involved. Even in political science classes people are afraid to share their opinion even in open discussions,” Gross said. “Politics are a difficult subject for people to talk about.”

Another stereotype millennials face is that they are misinformed when it comes to politics and policy.

“One way millennials could get involved and better informed is don’t just rely on the 140 word tweet of an event,” said Gross. “Watch both Fox and CNN. Read the New York Times and the Drudge Report.”

Taylor also brought up the fact that moderate voices don’t get as much media coverage as the extremist voices do.

“Moderate voices in this country have been silenced,” Taylor said. “[They] need to be heard in a country with a two-party system.”

President Trump’s election, the Young Democrats say, has spurred interest among millennials.

“It helped people pay more attention. People were stunned,” Schmitt said.

While not excited about the results, Gross was content with them saying, “I wasn’t proTrump but anti-Hillary.”

For some Republicans, the issue keeping millennials from becoming involved with the party is image based, and Gross said the President is to blame.

“Trump is doing a poor job of representing Republicans,” said Gross. “He needs to drop health care [reform] and focus on taxes. He needs to go around to the public and sell his ideas on tax reform. He really needs to quit denying that climate change is [real] and do something about the growing racial divide in this country.”

Gross also said that to be more appealing to millennials, the Republican party needs to be more open-minded.

“We need to have a unified party, but also be open-minded,” said Gross. “[We need to] be more realistic about understandings of minorities and the economic situation of the lower class.”

This is another political identity of millennials in progress. Millennials tend to be very progressive and typically support LGBTQ rights, Black Lives Matter, immigration reform, rights for religious minorities, equal pay and equal treatment in the workplace.

The fact is that millennials could have a powerful effect on our political system if they were more involved.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Stop trashing millennials!

KAILEY SAENZ

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veryone has seen the news articles out there about how bad millennials are and how they are destroying everything from soap to the American Dream. There are hundreds of articles detailing everything millennials are ruining. To help narrow it down, there are even compilation articles in which you can find links to everything millennials have allegedly ruined.

We all know the typical stereotypes; millennials are entitled, lazy and narcissistic. They supposedly don’t want to work for promotions, can’t hold down a job, have man-buns, wear glasses whether or not they have poor vision and they’re always drinking coffee. Stereotypes are never a good thing and should be eliminated entirely.

What benefit comes from constantly ragging on a group of individuals? Does bullying ever achieve a positive effect? The incessant berating of millennials is harmful, just like any other form of bullying, and it needs to stop.

A survey done by Bensinger, Dupont & Associates asked their employees to rate their level of depression. The generations surveyed included baby boomers, Generation X and millennials. Out of the three, millennials reported the highest rates of depression overall.

Almost one in five millennials reported that they experienced depression.

Depressed millennials scrolling through Facebook stumble across an article saying millennials are ruining romance, the economy, banks, the NFL or literally anything else. It doesn’t feel good nor does it help with depression to see nothing but negative articles about how much the generation sucks. While it may not be a personal attack, articles like these are cyber-bullying an already vulnerable individual.

Simply blaming an entire generation for something going wrong does nothing to solve the issue. Many of these “issues” are often the changing of traditions, which older generations aren’t quite ready to welcome. According to a report by the Urban Institute, millennials get married later in life compared to baby boomers and Generation X. Millennials also don’t get married as often.

Why are people so obsessed with the marriage habits of millennials? What effect does this have on their life besides guaranteeing grandchildren, which is a selfish request? None, yet a plethora of articles and blogs can be found complaining about how millennials are corrupting marriage.

This constant media barrage of negativity toward millennials is not healthy on either side.

Constantly being brought down and constantly bringing someone down is not a healthy way to handle change.

According to the American Psychology Association, millennials are more stressed than any other generation and are the least equipped to handle this stress. Twelve percent of millennials have a diagnosed anxiety disorder, which is more than double the other generations. Could this be from the pressure to avoid destroying everything the way the media suggests? Or could it have something to do with the fact that the millennial unemployment is nearly triple the national average?

Being unemployed certainly increases stress, as without a steady income, it can be difficult to buy food or pay bills. Why are millennials having more trouble finding jobs than any other generation? Could it be because all of the negative media permeates the minds of employers and unconsciously causes them to hold a negative stereotype of a lazy, entitled, narcissistic person?

The perpetuation of negative stereotypes and unnecessary blaming on millennials are most definitely not beneficial. In a generation that is burdened by so much, does the media really need to add more by writing such negative things about millennials all the time?

Instead of trashing millennials, try spreading positivity. Make the world a better place, not a more negative one.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

What is a millennial?

LIA MARTINEZ

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veryone seems to have their own idea of what a millennial is, but what is the actual meaning of the word millennial?

Even being one myself, I wasn’t sure what the age group of a millennial was before researching it.

From talking to baby boomers, Generation Xers and other millennials, I found that this is a common confusion. MerriamWebster describes a millennial as, “a person born in the 1980s or 1990s.” Generational Difference Charts confirmed MerriamWebster’s definition, with the dates of millennial births being 1981-2000.

This means the oldest millennials are 36 years old. My mom is only 37, which barely excludes her from the generation she likes to make fun of so much.

I was texting my mom the other day when she sent me a text with just, “K.” I thought she was mad at me or being rude. But when I explained how my generation views the way she said OK,

she told me, “One more reason we think y’all are crazy.”

After hearing that, I was curious if everyone outside of our generation felt this way. I wondered if everyone saw us as crazy. In an article on vice.com, millennials were nicknamed “the Me, Me, Me generation” by our elders, the baby boomers. This implies we think everything is about us, feeding into the idea that we are all entitled.

As a millennial, I feel that we are misrepresented by other generations. I am a first-generation student. My parents or grandparents, who are of the generations saying that our generation is lazy, haven’t even finished college.

My definition of a millennial is a hard-working person who is trying their best to fix how society portrays and labels others.

We stand up for what we believe in. Even if we sometimes fight injustice the wrong way, we try.

I believe we are a generation raised in a society we realized was wrong and are now working to change it. Even if we have differing opinions, we try to work together for what is undeniably

right. We are on fire when it comes to reform and social justice in the United States.

We are trying our best to use the voice we have to stand up for those who don’t. We are the generation that won’t be controlled by ideas older generations refused to question — ideas we don’t agree with.

For some reason, between genearations, there can be great dislike for one another. I think it has a lot to do with millennials’ commitment to change and other generations’ discomfort with it.

We do have our faults, but that might be because we’re constantly told we’re annoying, and that we’re lazier than other generations. We’re tired of putting up with it.

As a millennial, I feel like everything I do is being watched by earlier generations so they can confirm their stereotypes are correct. I also feel like I’ve already been judged before I even do anything.

They say our generation is awful. But then again, we were raised by baby boomers and Gen Xers.

The children of divorce KARI SCOTT

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une 3, 1999.

My father can’t remember the day he got married, Dec. 23, 1997, but he can rattle off the day my parents’ divorce was finalized without thinking. My parents got divorced for a good reason. My mother’s substance abuse was not healthy or tolerable. My dad single-handedly raised my mother’s son and me. I am lucky to have him in my life.

Throughout my life, my mother’s presence was hardly consistent. She would weave in when she was sober or down on her luck and weave out when she relapsed. I wondered — sometimes I still wonder — why we weren’t good enough for her to stay sober. Why weren’t her children important enough to keep her away from hard drugs?

It’s a question a lot of children of divorce ask themselves: “Why wasn’t I good enough for Mommy/Daddy? Did they leave because of me?”

Millennials are the first generation where having divorced parents was completely common growing up. Older generations think young people are using depression as an excuse for attention.

No, so many in my generation are subject to constant heartache.

There is a void in us that can never be filled; an emptiness that will never be complete. We are a sad generation. Maybe we do crave attention, but maybe that’s because we never really got enough through single parenthood.

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My dad is the best father anyone could ever ask for. He is my best friend, my support system, my cheerleader and my rock star. I am very lucky to have the relationship single-parenthood/onlychildhood has given us. He has always tried his best to give me what I needed.

That being said, I constantly miss my mom.

It’s a shame I cry every time I hear The Zac Brown Band’s “Highway 20 Ride,” especially the line that says, “Your mom and me just couldn’t get along.” Eighteen years have passed since my parents’ divorce — long enough that I hardly remember the custody issues and foster care. Long enough that I try to fool myself into thinking I’m no longer angry or sad. Long enough that I push that part of myself as far back into my soul as I can.

But I hurt.

I’m not the only young person who feels this way. It comes as a surprise to many millennials when they discover their friends were raised by both parents who are still together into adulthood.

Broken homes are a normal part of this generation’s lives. We deal with it. We’ve dealt with it for years.

But we hurt.

Again, I credit my dad for the person I am today. He was my one, guiding light in the darkness of my childhood. I also had my mother for several years while she was sober during her third marriage. When that marriage ended, I lost her to drugs again. I also lost my stepfather and his family. My half brother was also torn away from me at that point. I asked myself again, “Why wasn’t it good enough?”

Millennials get so much hate. We’re called brats, get told we want too much attention and that our lives are good, so we shouldn’t be depressed. It’s a stunted view that fails to take our parental relationships into account.

We are the generation with broken souls. We are the generation that will never feel like we are enough.

We are the generation of shared custody.

We are the generation that has lost faith in love because, sometimes, love just isn’t enough.

We are the children of divorce.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

Millennials: The architects of a new world MEGAN MUELLER

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illennials get a bad reputation. Most conversations about millennials drown them in unfair criticism based largely on unsupported claims. Millennials, the stereotypes insist, are lazy, entitled and uncooperative. They lack work ethic, and they lack patience. These lazy, entitled, impatient kids are, without a doubt, going to reshape the world as we know it.

Millennials overwhelmingly care about the well-being of their generation and generations to come. Because of this, they have taken to activism and advocacy in an altering way. According to achieveagency.com, millennials are “quickly normalizing the change-making lifestyle — one in which cause engagement is embedded in their everyday lives and identity — while, at the same time, losing faith in government and other established groups to make a meaningful impact.”

Young people are increasingly dissatisfied with passive acceptance of social injustices simply because that’s “just the way things are.” According to the 2017 Millennial Impact Report, “Millennials’ interest in far-reaching social issues — the greater good — is driving their cause engagement today, even when millennials don’t have a personal connection to or receive direct benefit from the cause they join.” Millennials nationwide and locally are redefining what it means to be an activist and working toward a more satisfactory tomorrow, but not everyone is happy about it.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of activism is, “A doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.”A look at young people in active, political and social roles would show just that — direct action in support of, or opposition to, a controversial issue.

Despite this, many millennials reject the term “activist” because they feel as though they haven’t done enough to earn it.

This feeling of inadequacy comes largely from years of hearing people reiterate the stereotypes about millennials and their undesirable personality traits and failing work ethic.

Millennial advocates for various causes take to the streets in protest of blatant injustice. They aim their financial contributions toward ethical organizations and maintain candid conversations on what needs to be done.

Yet, millennials are often brushed off as entitled kids.

“Activists? A bunch of whiny millennials yelling about how much they want everything to go their way isn’t activism. It’s called being a baby,” read a tweet responding to a march in protest of racism from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Washington, D.C. Ironically, the right to protest was established with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution long before millennials.

Protest is critical to a functioning democratic nation and always has been. Because of dangerously inaccurate conceptions about millennials, asking for total justice and complete equality is suddenly seen as asking too much of a country that has only given small amounts of justice and equality.

In recent years, activism in Flagstaff has been impressive, especially considering the city’s small population of about 71,000.

In November 2016, a run from Flagstaff to North Dakota, organized by teenager Riley Ortega, protested the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. A Women’s March in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington swept through downtown Flagstaff Jan. 21 to protest injustices of the current presidential administration. As recently as September, NAU

students protested the revocation of DACA. Sept. 20, NAU’s Department of Ethnic Studies hosted a lecture on the importance of removing Confederate monuments, including the potential renaming of Arizona’s Jefferson Davis Highway.

This activity in Flagstaff is impossible without the organization and participation of millennials. It is the eagerness, enthusiasm and the passion for enacting change that actually makes a difference.

Millennials have an overwhelming desire to make the world a better place, and it is absolutely essential for the continuation of social and political activism. This isn’t to say active millennials with strong convictions are the epitome of activism, as there is always more that can be done.

Many millennials are activists. They are not inherently entitled or uncooperative. They are millennial activists, with just enough audacity to believe they can, in however small or large a way, make a difference.

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Flagstaff Brewing Company on Route 66 in downtown Flagstaff was founded in 1994 by Jeff Thorsett with the goal of bringing craft beer to Flagstaff. The bar features beers from breweries throughout northern Arizona, Sept. 13. Wyatt Rutt | The Lumberjack

Brewing competitors crack open a cold one Kayla Rutledge

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he craft-beer industry is one of innovation, creativity and spontaneity, and in Flagstaff, the beer business is booming with more than a half dozen breweries. As residents and visitors expand their palates, Flagstaff breweries are creating a delicate balance between serving the classic brews everyone knows as well as creating imaginative and original recipes that could potentially change the craft-brewing movement.

Generally, the brewing process is the same across the board.

Barley is harvested, heated and dried. Then it is sent to brewers to be cracked, malted and prepared to be boiled.

Almost like soaking tea in hot water, the grains are steeped to release sugars that create wort, a sticky liquid that gives the beer its unique and flavorful foundation. As the wort continues to boil, hops and other seasoning are added.

When the mixture cools, the liquid is filtered, combined with yeast and transferred into a fermenting tank. Once the brewer has determined the appropriate fermentation time, the yeast eats the sugars previously produced from the grains and will create carbon dioxide and alcohol. From there, the new brew is bottled, aged

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and later will be sold.

However standard the brewing process may be, the community brewers in Flagstaff have reached peak inventiveness, and they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

Francis Leavy, Mother Road Brewing Company’s head brewer, aims to create new and exciting tastes for beer-loving locals and travelers. He also mixes unique blends to create flavors unlike other breweries in town.

“We have done some blends with our beers. One of our most popular ones is the Texas Tea, and it’s basically three fourths of our Kolsch-style beer, which is a nice crisp, refreshing beer, with one fourth of our lost highway, which is our black IPA,” said Leavy, of the Southside neighborhood brewery.

This revolutionary take on beer has proven to be beneficial for Mother Road Brewing Company and the local beer community.

Such innovation has been pushing the market into a new genre of beer making and tasting.

As the debate between innovation and tradition continues, Jeff Thorsett, president and CEO of Flagstaff Brewing Company downtown, prefers to keep classics on his menu. He still distinguishes his brews from the rest but with the help of

traditions he has learned in his 23 years of owning the bar in downtown Flagstaff.

“Flagstaff has an ever-growing beer culture. When we first started, some of the favorite beers that we served are quite a bit different than what we see as a popular beer here now. I think Flagstaff’s tastes are evolving, becoming more mature in the beer world,” said Thorsett. “[I] kind of got in here at the beginning of the crash of beer back then. Some of the local bars around here were staring to serve craft beer. So, it was just at the beginning, and it seemed like the perfect fit. We [at Flag Brew] are super passionate about making beer, and we just want to make the best thing that we can and be able to be proud of what we’re serving,” Thorsett said.

Although Leavy and Thorsett have polar approaches to beer creation, both find success in the craft industry because of their ability to foresee what their customers are looking for in a brew.

Both owners agree that no matter if a brewer prefers to push boundaries of imagination or perfect the classics that give beer its reputation, the Flagstaff market is ideal because local and travelers alike are willing or searching to experiment and try new things, as opposed to opting for commercial beer.

FEATURES Aside from innovation and tradition contributing to the uniqueness of locally created beer, brewers have also found an intricate balance of collaboration and competition that enhances the authenticity of Flagstaff’s brewing culture.

Nathan Friedman, owner and head brewer at Wanderlust Brewery on the east side of Flagstaff, keeps his focus on the books and studies what beers are most beneficial for the company to make. Starting from the ground up, Friedman has expanded his knowledge on what makes a quality craft beer, what the brewery’s strong suits are and what will help their beer stay competitive in such a zealous market.

“I think the city of Flagstaff and the people in it are very supportive of all of the breweries. We’ve all kind of found our own niche or what we do well and what we’re known for. We brew very approachable yet unique Belgian and German-styled beer.

So, you know, when you look at it in those terms, I think there’s always friendly competition … but, I know I can call up any one of [Flagstaff’s] breweries if we’re short on grain or anything,” said Friedman.

Flagstaff is a tight-knit town. As the population grows, however, beer culture and local establishments like Wanderlust may be the glue that keeps community members together.

“At the end of the day, we’re trying to give people an experience.

It’s the beer. It’s the brand. It’s the community involvement. At the end of the day, the thing that gives me motivation is when somebody is enjoying one of our beers, and, you know, says, ‘this is really something unique, and this is something that is highquality, and it’s something that I want to keep coming back for more,’” Friedman said.

Gary Blazevich, head brewer at Lumberyard Brewing Company in the Southside neighborhood, got his start at Beaver Street Brewery also on the Southside neighborhood. He stayed with the company for the better part of eight years and watched the craft beer industry grow and change. Change inherently came with competition, and in response, the Lumberyard felt some initial growing pains. Since, they have become allies with many other brewers in town.

“I think our brewing community up here is just like a brotherhood and a sisterhood. We all get together every year for a collaborative beer for Arizona Beer Week. We all borrow products from each other. We as a brewery here try to put on everybody’s beer ... I think we’ve gotten almost everybody,” said Blazevich.

Featuring beers of other local brewers helps to reach out to more than those who own bars. Senior music performance major Hank Stevens finds the structure of making beer at home. It allows him to express his creativity through a medium that has a perfect equilibrium of form and innovation.

“I think if people wanted to try something new [or] do this process, [they should] go to their local brew shop that’s here in Flagstaff and just ask questions because they really want to help people get into this hobby,” said Stevens.

The brewers willing to push the boundaries of originality, while being mindful of tradition instead of intense competition, have proven to boost the brewing industry in Flagstaff. While there are more new breweries and beers on the horizon for Flagstaff, current craft beer producers are still searching for the next big and trendy flavor and how to put their twist on it.

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Top: Francis Leavy is the head brewer at Mother Road Brewing Company, which has been open for five years, Sept 13.

Nick Humphries | The Lumberjack Bottom: Wanderlust Brewing Company took part in the Arizona Pure Water Brew Challenge, where they created their AZ Pure Tripel beer from filtered wastewater, Sept 13. Wyatt Rutt | The Lumberjack

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Education: weighing cost vs. need Zara Glidden

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alking across the NAU graduation stage cloaked in blue and gold was Penny Nicholas.

Nicholas is one of the many graduates from the class of 1966. Today, Nicholas is a career-long Arizona school teacher. Nicholas recounted fond memories from her college experience. What she does not remember, however, is worrying about financial stability.

“I’d find out how much tuition was each year, let my dad know, and he’d write a check,” said Nicholas. “College wasn’t cost-prohibitive at all. That concept didn’t exist.”

Over the past 50 years, much has changed regarding college dynamics, and many students cannot relate to Nicholas. Today, financial stability can weigh heavy on the shoulders of many students throughout their undergraduate and graduate experiences. Whether they attend a public or private university, tuition costs have increased within the past 20 years and are projected to continue increasing.

Complaining about finances in many settings can be perceived as privileged. For today’s college students, however, financial circumstances have changed from the ‘60s. Subsidized and unsubsidized loans are now part of a standard financial aid package, and college students may agonize about whether to accept them as they experience financial strain in the future.

Conversely, some students may seek out scholarships or work multiple jobs to supplement their financial aid.

Others may accept the idea of being in debt for many years after graduation while others are hopeful their degree will lead to success and financial stability.

This recurring concern of college students has been acknowledged and has become a prominent area of focus for the media in Arizona. Over the past few weeks, The Lumberjack and other Arizona newspapers like the Arizona Daily Sun have run a number of stories on a cost-of-education lawsuit currently being filed against the Arizona Board of Regents.

Initiated by Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the suit is intended to produce answers as to whether the state’s public university price hikes in the past few years and accompanying state funding cuts are appropriate.

According to a 2015 article in The Arizona Republic, these cuts and tuition increases are more dramatic than any other state in the nation despite Arizona’s state constitution stating that public higher education should be kept “as nearly free as possible.”

Situations of this nature poses a potent question: What keeps students in school when so many of them face long-term debt and financial hardship? Are the traditional benefits of college, including a well-rounded education and critical thinking skills, still worth it?

Accompanying the rising cost of education is an ever-increasing demand for education in the professional world. In a 2016 article “Getting a College Degree in Arizona Pays Off,” Russ Wiles of The Arizona Republic wrote that “graduates of Arizona’s public-university system earn about $10,000 a year more on average than all other Arizona workers.”

Traditional liberal arts subjects still persist as part of the higher-education curriculum, but many popular majors serve as job training for specific careers. Junior environmental engineering major Michael Umlor is one student who has payed attention to the shift in the dynamics of education.

Though Umlor doesn’t yet know the exact shape of her future career, she understands that there may not be a way to pursue this field without the training and credentials her degree will provide.

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“There were a lot of factors that led me to make the choice,” said Umlor. “As I made my way through community college, I worked as a professional river guide, and I really loved being outdoors and being the environmental steward that it allowed me to be. So, my brother-in-law who’s a software engineer said, ‘Why don’t you think about environmental engineering?’ A year later, that was my degree.”

According to a study cited in Wiles’ Arizona Republic story, engineering is currently the most lucrative college major in terms of post-graduation earnings. Though Umlor has a deep interest in her subject, she admits that the financial factor played into her choice of major as well.

“I had spoken with advisers, and they had mentioned that it is the easiest degree for graduates with a bachelor’s to get out of school and actually use their degree and have a job,” Umlor said.

Currently, a degree stands between collegeage millennials and most jobs that pay above minimum wage. Despite the staggering price tag, the value of a college degree is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss.

Senior English major Maggie Hutchings is passionate about her subject but less so about her prospective pay grade. Among the least lucrative majors, her degree in English can offer her much personal gain, but may lack financial security.

“When anyone asks, I tell them I’m majoring in unemployment,” said Hutchings. “The closer I get to graduation, the more I worry about the statistics.”

For college students, Illustration By Alanna Secrest the professional world can be rattling at times. Hutchings however, does try and keep her mindset optimistic regarding her future.

“My long-term goal is to be among the top 1 percent of authors. You know, the ones who actually make money for their writing. But short term, I just want to get into publishing any way I can. I have heard that the publishing industry is rather hard to get into. So, the degree is very important for giving me any kind of leg up I can get,” Hutchings said.

With the high costs and stigmas associated with needing a college education, what practical steps can students take to manage expenses during education? College may not be for everyone, and some individuals can discover their niche for success without ever seeking a degree.

There can be a stigma regarding higher education, and it can be perceived as either mandatory or standard for most well-paying jobs.

Umlor believes that if more people would actively seek out scholarships, both inside and outside their chosen schools, they may be pleasantly surprised.

Umlor is a recipient of an All-Arizona Transfer Team scholarship, which is an academic waiver providing two years of paying in-state tuition. There is no automatic consideration for scholarships like the All-Arizona Transfer Team scholarship. Students must inquire and apply for scholarships themselves.

“It’s hard to say what decision I would have made now. I can’t say whether I would have [attended school] or not. But, having the scholarship made finishing college a reality for me,” Umlor said. “Initially, you just want to try something out, but if you have to take out loans, then you spend the next 10 years paying back those loans. Otherwise, you’re the black sheep of society.”

Umlor’s solution to minimizing college expenses is just one millennial’s approach to alleviate the financial strain of trying to receive a higher education. Though college students today may never see the day college is inexpensive, like 1966 graduate Nicholas’ experience, individuals from the millennial generation continue to pursue educational goals one loan or scholarship at a time.

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One hundred years ago, if you looked at someone playing football or other sports outside, that probably would have been considered the dumb move because older generations always have this idea that you should be doing something useful and make better use of your time. For the most part, I don’t think social media is a waste of time. You can get a lot of good information from social media.”

I think people have always had things handed to them. It’s not, like, a unique thing. I would say there are a lot of spoiled kids these days that have everything sort of given to them. But, there’s always been that in society. There are more spoiled people that have things handed to them now than there was in the past.”

I think to some extent, [millennials] can also take the responsibility for a negative reputation because of the way we behave on social media. The world has changed since social media. From Snapchat to Facebook, we’re always sharing what we do. It’s not the best use of our time, but, at the same time, this is what the world has turned into.

I think the work ethic [of millennials] is certainly different than other generations [with] this new technology and new ability to do what you want. There are a lot more distractions now than there have ever been and, so, people get caught up in doing that as opposed to doing their work. Social media, and the internet in general, are the biggest distractions.

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Millennials do and don’t have a bad reputation depending on who you’re talking to. Obviously, some people are going to be raised differently than others. But, in all honesty, I think our generation is pretty hard-working and striving for goals.

[Millennials have a reputation] because the change of generation happened so suddenly, and the older generations didn’t know how to respond. I feel like they’re taking it out on us for such a big change in the way the world is. We’re privileged, but we’re not entitled.”

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Tats out for millennials Stories by Aliyah Humphrey | Photographs by Libby Cummings

Hailee Sattley Painting Junior Sattley is here for all of the haters against tattoos.

“I feel like a lot of people are stuck in the mindset of either their original beliefs or what their parents believe,” said Sattely. “Tattoos are associated with shady people and gangs, it’s a really old mind set.”

With art being her focus, Sattely said she will never run out of ideas for new ink.

“I’ve designed most of my own tattoos,” Sattely said. “I am apprenticing at a local tattoo shop in Heritage Square.”

Sattely’s vibrant tattoos often bring her attention on an everyday basis.

“People will just come up to me and grab my hands and ask what my tattoos mean,” Sattely said. “They don’t really mean anything.

I just like them and how they look.”

Claire Herron Studio Arts Sophomore Herron has made it her goal to redefine the image for women with tattoos.

“The tattoo industry is male dominated when it comes to artists and clients. Women with tattoos have been associated with being promiscuous and is often slut-shamed,” said Herron.

Coming from a strict household in England, Herron said, “My parents aren’t big fans of my tattoos at all. My family makes fun of me for them. They think I’m just a rebellious teenager.”

Yet Herron wants her family to know that the tattoos are here to stay.

“My tattoos are about my personal identity,” Herron said. “I feel like they wouldn’t have a place in my professional life.”

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Thomas Connery Ceramics Senior Connery comes from a family where tattoos are tradition.

“Tattoos are in my family,” said Connery.

“My grandpa was in the Navy, and he is covered in tattoos from top to bottom. My first tattoo was the three sparrows I have on my ribs. I got it as a birthday present from my mom. Everyone in my family has a bird tattoo.”

Connery explained that choosing the first tattoo tends to be the hardest.

“As my mom says, ‘It takes five years to figure out your first tattoo and five minutes to get your next one,’” Connery said.

With ceramics being his focus, Connery doesn’t see tattoos having a negative effect on his future career.

“I don’t think my tattoos put me in any placement of a certain job or career path,” Connery said.

Michael Lyles Sociology Senior Lyles has made it clear that he will not let his tattoos affect his future.

“I don’t think that my tattoos will influence my future career,” said Lyles. “Not only because I think tattoos are becoming more widely accepted. I also think my tattoos are positioned in places they can be easily hidden.”

Since coming to college, Lyles has reinvented himself through his tattoos.

“I come from a super religious household,” Lyles said. “Tattoos are kind of looked down upon.

But I’ve been going on my own little process trying to find myself and do my own thing.”

Lyles is not worried about facing his family at home with his tattoos.

“It is going to start conversations in my family that need to be had,” Lyles said.

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Local farmers spice up Tuesdays Nevin McReynolds

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uesday Sept. 19, Criollo Latin Kitchen welcomed a larger crowd than usual — local foodies came to taste the new and locally grown dishes Criollo was offering. This dish was made possible by their partnership with three Flagstaff food organizations aiming to support local growers.

Flagstaff Foodlink, Good Food Finder AZ and Flagstaff CSA & Local Market partnered to create a new way to give back to Flagstaff growers through Eat Local Tuesdays from Sept. 5 through Oct. 17. The Eat Local Tuesdays event showcases new and unique dishes at restaurants located around Flagstaff created using locally grown ingredients.

For each of the seven events, 10 percent of all restaurant revenue from the night will go to support Flagstaff Foodlink’s Grower Grant program, a fund for Flagstaff-area growers to expand and enhance their operations to make local food more abundant and available.

The past week’s Eat Local Tuesdays took place at Criollo, and the Ridgeview Farms Chicken Breast was the dish prepared.

The purpose of Eat Local Tuesdays is not only to raise money for local food growers but also to highlight the variety of foods being grown in the Flagstaff region. Growers in the Flagstaff area can attest to how hard it is to grow year round due to seasonal weather. Raising awareness of the people who work to cultivate and harvest food in Flagstaff will allow them to grow their business and gain support for more locally grown food. Participation in the event, from restaurants and their patrons, serves to strengthen the community and promote local farming.

Restaurant participation in Eat Local Tuesdays is voluntary and based on registration from restaurant management. The restaurants that participate in the event identify with Flagstaff Foodlink’s mission to support local growers and their produce. Criollo is no exception.

“We participate in Eat Local Tuesdays because local, organic, sustainable is our business model,” said Stephen Smith, general manager of Criollo Latin Kitchen. “We try and use local ingredients in our menu all of the time, not just for Eat Local Tuesdays.”

Although locally grown food was the selling point behind the special Ridgeview Farms Chicken Breast dish, it is a major component in nearly every item Criollo serves.

“We participate because it is one of our missions to support local sourced food. We have a close

relationship with many farms in the Flagstaff area and throughout Arizona,” said Criollo executive chef Michael Dilfillipantonio. “They provide us with incredible produce, meat and other food products that we can trace their origins — how the product is cared for and [we] use products that are sustainable.”

Beyond the sustainability, it seems like a pretty tasty alternative.

“The special that we featured last night was a hit,” Smith said.

Eat Local Tuesdays has so far proven to be a successful way of supporting local farms and brings something new to the table at these local eateries.

“It did bring in a few more people than we typically would see on a Tuesday night here at Criollo, with many people interested in what we were offering,” Dilfillipantonio said.

These restaurants owe the success of this event to McKenzie Jones, Flagstaff Foodlink’s board president, who attended Eat Local Tuesdays at Criollo last week.

Jones described the event as “a celebration of our local Flagstaff food system,” explaining that the goal was “to highlight our Flagstaff farms, while also raising money to fund the Grower Grant Program to help Flagstaff farms expand their operations.”

Later, Jones said Eat Local Tuesdays is important for the food system.

“We are working towards our mission to overcome challenges related to food insecurity and local food sustainability, as well as cultivate local food relationships and access,” Jones said in an email.

Jones, who is also manager the City of Flagstaff’s food policy programs, was pleased with the success of the Eat Local Tuesdays.

A look into Criollo last Tuesday Sept. 19 was a glimpse into a community supporting their local markets and being aware of locally grown food and the food system. With the success of Eat Local Tuesdays so far, the hope is to raise more money to support local growers and to give the community a taste of what Flagstaff has to offer.

“It’s good to see the community getting together and supporting local businesses and farms,” Smith said.

A full list of restaurants participating in Eat Local Tuesdays, as well as official statements about the weekly events, can be found on Flagstaff Foodlinks’ website. The Sept. 26 event was located at Shift.

Left: Jeff Meilander runs Flagstaff EcoRanch, a nonprofit farm that provides produce for local businesses, Sept. 24. Shannon Swain | The Lumberjack Right: Farm-to-table specials are displayed at the front of Criollo Latin Kitchen downtown during Eat Local Tuesdays Sept. 19.

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Less is more: Take away the pads

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he big hit has been glorified in football. It’s been considered an integral part of the game, and I’m sure some are worried that, if it was taken away, football just wouldn’t be the same.

Well, I think all of that is a load of garbage.

In order to decrease the risk of concussions in athletes, football needs to strip down the pads and get back to fundamentals in tackling. The result will be a safer, faster, better version of the game that has a chance to flourish and change.

The NFL is stuck in an archaic way of thinking, causing professional athletes to take a level of physical abuse that is proving to be deadly if sustained over long periods of time. Every year, we learn more about PETER KERSTING the dangerous nature of concussions, and the number of severe cases in football players is staggering.

NAZ TODAY ANCHOR Even so, the NFL has been infamously stubborn about their stance about concussions, only recently admitting to the existence of the nightmarish problem, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

The Concussion Legacy Foundation defines CTE as, “A degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma.” In recent years, we have found how serious CTE can be to an athlete’s health. The New York Times published a story in July about the testing of 111 NFL brains scanned for CTE. All but one of the athletes’ brains had the degenerative disease.

The NFL is on notice when it comes to CTE, and they need to be careful how CTE is dealt with the situation. The glorification of the hard hit needs to stop. The equipment used by athletes should change as well.

The problem is systemic in nature, and it’s not just on the professional level. Football needs to undergo a drastic change if we expect people to still play the sport. The NFL will need take a much more proactive approach to ensure players’ safety.

It begins with the culture and fundamentals of the game. Coaches need to teach young athletes how to wrap an opponent up, hit the guy centered and lead with the shoulder not the head. It seems simple, but the fundamentals of tackling don’t seem to be stressed enough. If athletes aren’t tackling properly, officials need to penalize them more harshly.

Padding is another thing that warrants modification. Football players take a lot of abuse with their heads, whether it be at the line of scrimmage or from an errant tackle. The hard helmet in use today allows them to do so, but not without permanent damage. Football should return to a soft-padded helmet.

Removing the hard helmets will act much like changing your car from solid steel to poly-carbon plastic. Sure, it will crumple under force, but that’s the point. Players will become more hesitant to lead with the head and have more incentive to tackle properly.

Football is long overdue for a remodel. Getting rid of the pads and cleaning up the hitting could make the game faster, safer and more fun to watch. Defensive alignment, strategies and play style will need to change as a result, but it’s about time we tried something. More of the same and football may end up a thing of the past.

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Walk-on dreams Lance Hartzler and Ashley reiser

Long time coming he goal for most walk-on collegiate athletes is to someday earn a scholarship and prove to the team and coaches all the hard work was worth it. For NAU men’s basketball senior guard Kye de Laveaga, that goal has been achieved.

De Laveaga received a call from head coach Jack Murphy in July telling him the news that he had been waiting to hear.

Murphy gave de Laveaga a scholarship.

“It was one of those things I’ve always dreamed about,” said de Laveaga. “Coming out of high school, I wasn’t highly recruited, and my only choice was being a walk-on. But that just shows all the hard work I’ve put in and sacrificed and the long nights. I’m super proud of myself and am thankful for the opportunity.”

De Laveaga came into NAU as an undersized shooting guard, but the left-handed shooter has become a consistent starter in the backcourt for Murphy’s squad.

Having started 18 of 27 the games he played in last season, de Laveaga is one of the best shooters on the team. He finished the season second on the team in 3-point field goal percentage at 39. When he came in as a freshman, de Laveaga didn’t receive much playing time. In his sophomore season he appeared in 18 games. De Laveaga has developed into more than just a shooter and has become one of the more consistent options on the defensive end.

“He’s done a lot of work in the weight room, he’s gotten stronger,” said Murphy. “It’s a testament to him, and, defensively, he’s become one of our more reliable guys knowing our system and what we want to do, just got to give Kye all the credit in the world.”

Murphy also said giving de Laveaga the scholarship has been something that he and the coaching staff wanted to do for a while. The staff wanted to show how much they appreciate de Laveaga and wanted to give him a reward for the work he has put in with the program the past three years.

“He’s started for us. He’s played valuable minutes for us in the past,” Murphy said. “That doesn’t always determine those aspects, but it’s just great to be recognized for your hard work and athletic ability.”

Once the call came, it was time to tell his family. The first person to hear the news was his brother, Tate de Laveaga, who has played basketball with Kye for nearly all their lives.

Kye said Tate picked him up and told him how much Kye deserved the scholarship.

The next person to learn was de Laveaga’s mom, who was

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Senior exercise science major Kye de Laveaga is entering his fourth year as a NAU men’s basketball guard Sept. 23.

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sleeping in the next room and received a surprising wake-up call.

“My mom was actually sleeping in the next room and we bust open the door saying ‘Mom, mom Kye got a scholarship,’ and she started crying,” Kye de Laveaga said.

Once back in Flagstaff, de Laveaga said his teammates came up to him to congratulate him and let him know how proud they were. Despite being on scholarship, de Laveaga plans to still work hard and contribute to the team as he always has.

De Laveaga said he earned the scholarship following his performance last year as a walk-on starter who contributed heavily to the team. Not wanting to become complacent, de Laveaga plans to continue to improve his game entering his final year of college.

“I want to be better than I was last year. I want to improve,” de Laveaga said. “All because I got a scholarship doesn’t mean I stop working. I just need to keep working hard and prove people wrong.”

De Laveaga thanked the coaching staff for guiding him to reach this goal and wants to make good of the scholarship by playing at his best to help the team next season. With the scholarship, all that’s left to do is finish his senior year.

“Now, I can say I’m a [Division I] scholarship athlete,” de Laveaga said. “I play against the best of the best. I can’t thank them enough.”

The fifth-year reward After a regular day at a summer practice in September, women’s basketball head coach Loree Payne huddled the women together and talked through the overall practice of the

team as she normally does. Payne talked about what the women did well and what they need to improve on for the upcoming season. Then, the unexpected happened. Payne announced to the team that she will be awarding senior guard Chelena Betoney a scholarship.

Upon receiving her scholarship, Betoney thanked her coaches and her teammates.

“I was just really in shock,” said Betoney. “I didn’t know what to say I was, and am, very blessed and grateful to have been granted a scholarship my senior year.”

Payne said the decision to give Betoney a scholarship was obvious because they still had one to give.

“With having one scholarship to give this year, and it being her last year, it worked out really well to be able to have her on the team,” said Payne. “[It was] a pretty amazing moment for the entire program.”

Before receiving her scholarship, Betoney contacted Payne to let her know she had one year left of athletic eligibility.

Betoney, taking her chance with a new head coach, asked if she would be able to walk on this year. Payne gave Betoney a chance and spent some time working with her and getting to know her, not only as a player but as a person.

“She just completely impressed me from day one,” Payne said. “She is a great academic student and a really great person.”

Before Payne told Betoney she would be receiving the scholarship, she told the team and said the entire team was ecstatic because of how much time many of the members had spent with Betoney over the past few years and how much she has contributed to the team.

Betoney said her coaches at NAU have all been supportive of her and — even with the new coaching staff — she feels like a valued member. Betoney said she can’t wait for this upcoming season and that receiving the scholarship only makes her last year better.

“The coaches have been really great. I enjoy their positivity and constructive criticism,” Betoney said. “They will often pull me to the side and give me their feedback on my play, which I appreciate because I am always looking for ways to improve.”

After receiving the scholarship at practice, the first person Betoney told was her dad who then told the rest of Betoney’s family. Chelena Betoney’s aunt, Missy Betoney, a former NAU women’s basketball player, called her after hearing the news and expressed to Betoney how proud she was of her.

“She was congratulating me and telling me how happy she was that I received a scholarship,” Chelena Betoney said.

Betoney’s cousin, sophomore guard Desirae Gonzalez, also plays on the women’s basketball team as a transfer from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Betoney said she will continue working hard and giving back to the coaching staff as much as she can. Betoney said repeatedly that she is blessed to have been chosen to receive a scholarship, and it was a dream come true for her.

Throughout her career, she ran crosscountry and played basketball, but never imagined receiving an athletic scholarship.

“My parents always told me to strive for an academic scholarship, rather than an athletic scholarship,” Betoney said.

As a senior, Betoney is a natural leader for the Lumberjacks. There are a limited amount of upperclassmen on the women’s team, so Betoney’s wisdom and experience could be Senior civil engineering major Chelena Betoney plays at valuable to the youth of the 2017- guard for the women’s basketball team Sept. 20.

Ryan Vanderpool | The Lumberjack 2018 women’s basketball roster.

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Hockey is coming back to campus Kade Gilliss

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he IceJacks hockey team is planning to move back on campus with the construction of a new ice rink in the University Field House. Completion of the project is anticipated for October 2018.

The hockey program started in Flagstaff fall of 1971 and has been located, moved and relocated to the Jay Lively Activity Center over the years. 1977 through 1985, NAU housed the IceJacks in the Walkup Skydome that featured games with close to 10,000 people in attendance. A variety of issues led to NAU letting go of its NCAA Division-I program following the 1985 season.

After a four-year-long lull, the IceJacks reawakened in Jay Lively for the 1991-1992 season. The team produced success at a consistent rate with multiple top 10 national rankings in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). From 2005-2008, the IceJacks appeared in two ACHA National Championship matches, developing enough notoriety for the team to create a Division II team along with the Division III group. Unfortunately, the team’s quick development of being a legitimate powerhouse would soon come crumbling down before them. Literally.

The infamous blizzard of January 2010 hit Flagstaff with 54.2 inches of snow in just a week, the second most snowfall for the city since 1967. The four-decade-old roof of the Jay Lively Activity Center collapsed under the intense pressure, taking away the IceJacks’ facility for nine months.

Thanks to an outpour of donations from alumni and the public, the team was able to rebuild the rink and reopen in October 2010. The team is closing in on a new home exactly eight years later. “[This] means everything to us,” said director of hockey operations AJ Fairchild. “We’re at ACHA Division II and III, and it will enable me to recruit better players so we could go to Division I and II in the ACHA … you know not too many schools have a [Division] I and II team.”

Construction in the Field House was in progress during the summer of 2017, where there is currently a layout of the rink, a new layer of concrete after old cement was dug up and even a couple hockey goals pushed to the side. Construction has since stalled with the fall semester well underway. It is currently unclear when construction will begin again.

Fairchild is still confident in the arena’s completion within the next 13 months, but there has been conflicting takes from the university’s point of view.

“An ice rink in the Field House is only a concept at this time,” said NAU spokesperson Kimberly Ott in an email.

“Until it moves beyond a concept with a completed design, cost estimates, and funding, it is not in consideration. We do not have an estimated time frame.”

To already have a layout of the ice rink in place in the Field House, it’s hard for some to imagine that this is still a concept,

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Photo illustration by Lightvox studio | courtesy of Nau Hockey

and not just for formality sake until an official release from NAU. Though, it still leaves a bit of uncertainty for the IceJacks who see this transition as all but complete.

The team has raised the desired funds, collecting over $100,000 through contributions from the IceJacks alumni and other parties including the Arizona Coyotes.

“I guess we have to wait for the announcement before we can 100 percent say that it’s going to be done,” Fairchild said.

“They asked the hockey club to raise a certain amount of money, and I think we have it all there … We’re going to be able to have everything they want for the rink.”

NAU’s original offer included the hockey program having to raise upward of $500,000, but the price dropped steeply after negotiations between the university and TC Eberly, director of campus services and activities.

Eberly is unable to comment on the project until an official announcement from the university is made but continues day-today operations on the ice rink.

Fairchild expects the announcement to come in a month or two but believes there is still a low probability that this falls through.

This past February, the ASU hockey program came up short on a deal with the Phoenix Coyotes toward a shared ice rink and is currently exploring other options with the university. ASU moved

up to Division I NCAA in the 2016-2017 season and is looking for a venue that better accommodates the team’s prestige. ASU’s current location seats less than 800 people at the Oceanside Ice Arena, while the failed collaboration with the Coyotes would have seated 4,000 fans. They hope to have a new home for the hockey team by the 2019-2020 season.

For a team like the Sun Devils to have struggles with a similar project, it’s reasonable that the Division II and Division III ACHA IceJacks are not guaranteed a Field House ice rink. However, this concept that has been in the works for over a decade could be a missed opportunity for both the IceJacks and NAU. Fairchild views the IceJacks as just one of the many beneficiaries of the possible new ice rink. He believes it would open more on-campus activities and events that could revamp college life with involvement from Greek Life events, and open ice times throughout the day for students.

The space has been primarily used as a desolated basketball gym that received minimal maintenance on its dusty wooden floors. Accompanying the basketball court, is only a handful of recreational activities taking place in the large indoor arena.

NAU has been heavily invested in on-campus innovation through multiple construction projects in recent years, in addition to this project.

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