The Lumberjack-- May 3, 2018

T H E L U M BE R JACK

MAY 3, 2018 – MAY 30, 2018

GRADUATION A SPECIAL ISSUE

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From the Editor

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’ve grown to consider the end of something a chance for reflection and rebirth rather than a finalization. Graduation is no exception. I’ve dedicated four exhilarating, heartbreaking, heuristic and demanding years of my life to NAU and its journalism program, only to find myself at the tail end of it with no real promise for what is to come once the caps and tassels fall to the Walkup Skydome floor.

From this experience, I have rendered one of the most valuable lessons I will take with me in my future endeavors: It’s not living if all you are living for is the aesthetic. Whatever you do, don’t do it simply because it photographs well. Don’t graduate with an engineering degree solely because it will make you money, all the while bringing you no happiness. Don’t skip an important class to go and grab beers with someone who is only there for you when you aren’t focused on your academics. Don’t pretend like you don’t know class material because everyone else is intimidated by your intelligence.

Other people’s opinions of you will not matter the day you file for retirement, an entire life lived now behind you with or without having been susceptible to the EMMA HELFRICH wicked wishes of those who have everything but the best in mind for you. Mold COPY CHIEF your environment into what you yourself want it to be, not the other way around.

To the graduating class of 2018, I say this: It has been quite the wild ride attending this university alongside you. I have made lifelong friends with some of you, and others have provided me with pivotal opportunities to better myself. In spite of all of that — we made it. I wish you all the best.

To those not yet graduating: It goes by so fast. Don’t waste a single second doing something that doesn’t better you and your experience here.

To my friends and family: I wouldn’t be here without you. People often refer to those who have stood by them on their respective journeys as their “rocks,” but I am lucky enough to have an entire collection of pebbles and boulders that love and support me boundlessly. For that I am eternally grateful.

To my colleagues at The Lumberjack: thank you. For teaching me so much of what I know, for keeping me awake and productive on Mondays and Tuesdays, for letting me eat pineapple on my pizza, for understanding that I needed to work on weekends and for inspiring me with your tenacious passion for journalism and your endless search for the truth. It has been an immense pleasure.

College is absolutely and completely what you make it to be, that I now know for sure. You can only say you have another year of school to reconcile your mistakes for so long. Be passionate, eager, inquisitive, and never settle.

Thank you for reading.

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“We have underfunded schools. That needs changing.

There’s a problem that needs to be fixed.”

- Mitch Askew, Flagstaff high school history teacher, 2018 Flagstaff teachers walk out of their classrooms and hold a rally in downtown Flagstaff with the community in support of the #REDforED movement in support of increasing education funding, April 26. Emily Burks | The Lumberjack

On the cover As the spring 2018 semester comes to a close, NAU will send off another flock of students.

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Corrections & Clarifications Correction on the Nick Acevedos Story The Lumberjack is committed to factual correctness and accuracy. If you find an error in our publication, please email Matthew Strissel at mbs263@nau.edu.

F O ST PoliceBeat E B

Jan. 11 At 8:28 p.m., an RA called to report a subject had gone into a dorm, left the sink on and flooded the room in Sechrist Hall. An NAUPD officer responded and took a report. The case was closed as all leads were exhausted.

Jan. 19 At 9:16 a.m., a staff member called to report stolen medical simulation dolls in the Social and Behavioral Sciences building. An NAUPD officer responded and took a report.

The case was closed after all leads were exhausted.

Jan. 28 At 1:10 a.m., a student reported someone was trying to break into vehicles in the San Francisco Parking Garage. One NAUPD officer responded and made contact with the subject in question. A brief foot chase broke out, the subject was caught and booked into the Coconino County Detention Facility for consuming alcohol as a minor.

Jan. 30 At 11:03 a.m., a staff member at Wilson Hall called NAUPD to report the discovery of open envelopes.

An NAU police aide responded and took a report. There was no other information on the suspicious activity.

Feb. 4 At 2:33 a.m., an RA called to report that a dorm staff member had fainted in McConnell Hall. FFD, GMT and NAUPD responded, but the patient refused medical transport.

Feb. 18 At 12:04 p.m., a staffer reported subjects sliding down the side of the Walkup

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Skydome. An NAUPD officer April 5 responded, but the subjects At 8:46 p.m., a student had already slid away from the called to report people scene. throwing water balloons from a vehicle near the intersection Feb. 20 of San Francisco Street and At 1:04 a.m., FPD Mountain View Drive. reported a non-student went NAUPD responded, but the to FMC with a gunshot wound water-balloon bandits were to the hand that had occurred gone when they arrived. at Mountain View Hall. The injury was from an accidental April 8 discharge. The incident is At 6:40 p.m., an RA under investigation. One in McConnell Hall called student was cited and released to report students who were for possession of marijuana throwing water balloons and drug paraphernalia. out of their window. An NAUPD officer responded, Feb. 21 and no contact was made. It is At 1:15 a.m., an alarm unknown if these are the same in Mountain View Hall went water-balloon bandits from off. When FFD and NAUPD earlier in the week. arrived at the scene, they found the alarm had been caused April 20 by a broken pipe. Multiple At 4:20 p.m., despite the rooms were damaged from the date, there was no criminal ensuing flood. activity reported. NAUPD still suspects that marijuanaMarch 2 related activity may have been At 12:38 p.m., a student occurring at this specific time. reported a non-student shouting religious statements April 23 at the University Union.

At 7:46 a.m., a staff NAUPD responded, but no member called to report three criminal activity was witnessed. subjects sleeping in the High The preacher was allowed to Country Conference Center continue. garage. The area was checked but the subjects were gone March 11 upon arrival.

At 1:24 a.m., a student reported a suspicious person April 26 standing near the intersection At 8:24 p.m., a student of San Francisco Street called to report a student and McConnell Drive. An wearing a wolf costume at the NAUPD officer responded, intersection on Knoles and but the person was just waiting University drives. NAUPD for a taxi. Everything was fine. responded and the student was working on a school project.

April 1 At 11:10 p.m., NAUPD April 27 officers reported seeing a At 2:08 p.m., a staff subject running in the area of member called to report an Hilltop Townhomes. Turns angry snake in the bushes. out, the subject was on their FFD relocated the animal to a way to Pine Ridge Village. The safer environment. officers gave them a ride.

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NEWS

High GPAs do not guarantee jobs for women Chandler coiner

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new study from Ohio State University (OSU) revealed high academic achievement for women in universities is not likely to be earning them any extra callbacks from employers — leading to them still having a tough time finding a career after graduating.

The study, titled “The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring,” looked at the GPA performance of both men and women and how that informs the career-building months that follow graduation.

Natasha Quadlin, a social inequality, education and gender assistant professor at OSU, conducted the study and authored the report.

It indicated while women do benefit from a moderate performance, a high performance actually penalizes them in terms of job interview callbacks, with equally high-performing men getting callbacks versus women at a rate of 2-to1.

“Little research has assessed whether academic performance benefits women outside of schools,” said Quadlin in the report. “That is, we have yet to understand whether academic performance pays off for women once they leave school, or if the time and effort women spend trying to enhance their academic performance simply does not improve their outcomes in other life domains.”

The study was published in the April 2018 edition of the American Sociological Review.

In it, Quadlin pointed out the irony of the results, as the common trend has been higher and higher academic performance for girls and women all throughout grade school, high school and into college. She states in her study that some go as far to call the education system in the United States “feminized” for promoting qualities more common in women than men.

NAU in particular has seen that feminization in its gender breakdown. Female students outnumber male students at a rate of about 1.57-to-1, according to the website College Factual. NAU’s 58.9 percent makeup of women towers over UA’s 51.4 percent and ASU’s 43.3 percent the website reported.

With more women than ever studying at universities, Quadlin looked to see if their hard work is paying off.

“Because gender carries its own independent assumptions about job performance, employers may interpret — and reward — men’s and women’s achievement very differently,” Quadlin

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said in the study.

The study recognized the disparity between the already-gendered areas of education and the ease of job attainment.

For instance, men are more likely to enroll in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, which are more likely to lead to guarantee a job. Consequently, Quadlin only compared job outcomes between genders within the same field in her study.

One section of the study looked at resumes within three different fields — English, mathematics and business — to see how gender and GPA had an effect on job callbacks. These fields were selected since English is femaledominate, mathematics is male-dominated and business is sex-neutral. The study profiled 2,106 resumes and their authors.

Only the gender of the applicant, their GPA and field of study were varied. Everything else, from part-time work, internships and cover letter were kept consistent.

When only looking at gender separate from GPA and field of study, men received slightly more callbacks than women. 14 percent of men made it to the next level of their career building,

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while only 11.9 percent of women did. Quadlin called these results not significantly different.

A GPA performance analysis told a different story.

Qualdin found men having a GPA in the C+ to B- range had such a high callback rate that it essentially rendered academic achievement among these men inconsequential. Whether men had a high GPA or a mediocre GPA, they did not experience any major change in their chances of receiving a callback.

Women had a much different experience in receiving callbacks when their GPA was taken into consideration.

There was a tangible increase in their callbacks as their GPA rose until at the highest range, A- and above, there was a steep drop-off.

Once women achieve high academic excellence, it lowered their chances of getting callbacks to the levels of women in the C+ to B- GPA range.

These findings were even more pronounced when focusing on the field of mathematics. Not only was it the only major where higher GPA had an effect on callbacks for men, but men in the A- to A range were three times more likely to receive a callback than women in the same

range.

Twenty-four percent of men received callbacks while only 8 percent of women got them.

“This may be because men who excel in math are viewed as exceedingly competent, whereas men who excel in English or business are not as well regarded,” Quadlin said in her study. “It suggests that high-achieving women were most readily penalized when they reported a major in math.”

High-achieving men in math were the group most likely to receive a callback among all fields, GPA, success and genders. Given that only 24 percent of them received callbacks, that number is still fairly low overall.

Quadlin held an additional survey to further investigate why women were receiving fewer callbacks than their male counterparts.

She used it to determine that they were not because high academic achieving women are looked at as overqualified.

“The more plausible explanations are less complimentary toward women’s achievement,” Quadlin said in the report.

She concluded gendered stereotypes are what is allowing these penalties to exist, and change needs to be made to stop the entry-level job market from punishing women.

Kathleen Ferraro, NAU sociology professor specializing in gender studies, said the study was discouraging to her. With the push for more women in STEM fields, she was disappointed to discover women were being penalized for their performance.

“It would be interesting to see as more and more women enter into these fields, if these prejudices continue on. I would think not,” said Ferraro.

She agreed with Quadlin’s main point, that this issue stems from stereotypes that exist within society.

“Men are hired for their skills and women are hired for their personalities, and the stigma that if a woman is a high achiever, she’s probably a b---h or something. That’s really going to take a whole cultural transformation to eliminate that stereotype,” Ferraro said.

Ferraro reasserted that, despite this study, female students should still strive for academic excellence. She wanted students, no matter what gender, to prioritize doing well in school.

“We’ve come a long way in 30 years,” Ferraro said, “and hopefully your generation can buck these long-standing problems.”

NEWS

Opioid epidemic continues to plague Arizona Valentine Sargent

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n January, Gov. Doug Ducey signed new legislation meant to combat the opioid epidemic. Since then, law enforcement officials have cracked down on opioid trafficking. According to an April 23, 2018, Department of Justice press release, in the first three months of 2018, 300 pounds of heroin, 80 pounds of fentanyl and tens of thousands of fentanyl pills made to look like OxyContin were seized in Arizona.

The law focuses more on treatment and requires the limit of opioid prescriptions to five days, with a maximum of 30 days for patients receiving highly addictive painkillers. There is also a request for $10 million in funding to address the opioid crisis.

A news release about the new law explained what the legislation would provide.

“Funding for treatment improves oversight and enforcement tools and extends life-saving resources to law enforcement, first responders and community partners on the ground,” the news release read.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the late 1990s were a pivotal time that started the use of prescription — and abuse of — opioids. They were recommended to the medical community by pharmaceutical companies, which in turn prescribed opioids at an exceeding rate. At the time, it was not thought to be addictive, but since then, opioid overdoses have drastically increased.

The past few years have seen an eruption of opioid-related deaths across the United States and Arizona.

Flagstaff is no exception.

“Between June 2017 to January 2018, 812 Arizonans died of a suspected opioid overdose and 5,202 Arizonans suffered a suspected overdose on opioids,” according to Ducey’s Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act. However, not everyone is confident this act will be enough to address the epidemic. “[The limit of prescriptions] is a good intention and a start, but compared to what it would cost to effectively address this crisis, [$10 million] is just not going to be enough,” said Roy DuPrez, founder of Back2Basics Outdoor Adventure Recovery.

In Flagstaff, there are eight drug and alcohol treatment centers, but one center takes a different approach to treatment.

Back2Basics opened in 2010 and focuses on long-term treatment, with 6 months of the Back2Basics program. The program requires a stricter schedule for recovery and an optional 6-month residential program to help patients transition to everyday life.

Other programs tend to be more short-term, which can make it difficult for people to truly recover.

“Programs that are 30 days ­­­­­­­­­­— in the business we call that ‘spin-dry’ because it’s enough to get people out of the fog, but certainly not enough to make informed decisions,” said Back2Basics lead outdoor guide Nick Huth.

Mike Moran, a client in the Back2Basics program, said when he went to a rehab facility for the first time, he learned how to inject heroin and where to get heroin for a cheap price, since many people were there for the same reason and the short-term rehab facilities did not promise long-term rehabilitation.

President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public-health emergency Oct. 26, 2017, yet nothing has been done nationally in regards to federal laws. The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, urged for first responders, police officers and the average citizen to use Naloxone, or commonly referred to as its brand name, Narcan. Narcan is used to revive people who overdosed.

More states are taking action, Arizona being one of them, to pass laws in response to the epidemic on a state level. As of April 2018, 28 states have enacted legislature.

“I’m impressed by its availability, and it was actually quite a journey for me to understand why and how it’s become so prevalent,” DuPrez said. “It seems to be more common than not.

It’s in Flagstaff, it’s widespread.”

In at least 39 states there has been an increase in opioid-related hospital visits. Coconino County had a 285 percent increase from 2011 to 2016. In the five-year gap, other counties in Arizona, like Maricopa, have more deaths than Coconino County. Maricopa County had more than 800 deaths reported since June 2017, while Coconino County only had 49 deaths from 2010-2016. In Coconino County specifically, most opioid-related deaths were of lower-class white and non-Hispanic individuals, and nationally the Center for Disease Control reported the same.

Huth said while people can become addicted to prescription pills, there is also the unawareness of what exactly is in the pills as they sit in a patient’s medicine cabinet. A patient may be taking the drug responsibly, yet their child may see the pill bottle and choose to experiment.

DuPrez used an anecdote to explain the severity of the opioid epidemic in relation to cell phones. He said in the early 1990s,

he was able to count the number of people he knew who had a cell phone on one hand, now everyone has a cellphone. The same analogy can be used in relation to knowing people who use heroin.

“Now, [heroin] is in my life, every day, everywhere,” DuPrez said.

Young people are more prone to experiment with drugs, making every age susceptible to the epidemic according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

Huth is one example of the millions of people whose addiction started from prescribed opioids. When he was out of high school, he got mononucleosis, and doctors prescribed him Hydrocodone syrup and Percocets with access to refills. After a few months, he said he still felt sick, yet the drugs were gone.

Thinking he still had mono, he started to buy Oxycontin from a dealer with the realization that he was not sick, but experiencing opioid withdrawal.

Some withdrawal symptoms include fatigue, vomiting, nausea and body aches, making the substance feel like a need rather than a want.

“I think it’s important for people to know that this thing spans all borders, boundaries, ethnicities and races,” Huth said.

Ducey believes his law is a major step toward providing awareness of the problem affecting thousands of Arizonans and a move to decrease the use of such highly addictive painkillers.

“I am proud to have signed the most comprehensive and thoughtful package any state has passed to address this crisis to date,” said Ducey in a Jan. 26, 2018, press release.

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Men in the Back2Basics Outdoor Adventure Recovery program hike in Sedona Feb. 16. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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LUMBERJACK grads SAY GOODBYE Anything for some sugar

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y now, most of us have heard of the term “sugar daddy.”

On a college campus, it’s almost common to hear girls talk about how they’re just going to go off and find themselves a sugar daddy on their way to class. Sugar parents are not just limited to daddies, however.

Men and women can also seek sugar mamas to support them financially as well. In order to afford the expensive luxury of survival, sometimes this is the best — or only — option.

Regardless of whether you find a mama or a daddy, the stigma on sugar babies is negative, though it is slowly becoming more PEGGY PACKER accepted by society.

OP-ED EDITOR Here is the thing: There are people out there willing to pay for quality time, attention, affection and so on. There are also people out there willing to give it for the right price. If these two people want to form a mutual agreement to do so, what’s the problem?

Life itself is expensive. People need to make money in any way they can. Being somebody’s sugar baby is a way to do so that doesn’t require the time commitment of a regular 9 to 5 — and let’s be real, as college students we don’t really have time for a 9 to 5 anyway.

Some may argue against the idea of finding a sugar daddy by saying it is prostitution. It is important to note that, by definition, depending on the extent you go to in the relationship, it is. However, these sugar babies are not selling their bodies to make money for other people, but rather to support themselves and be financially stable. Being a sugar baby is a consensual agreement to give a little lovin’ and, in return, get a lot of money.

Some sugar babies do not even engage in sexual activity.

Some sugar daddies and mamas are willing to pay for anything ranging from spending time with the sugar babies, to dates, to pictures. There is a woman out there right now getting paid big bucks to send pictures of her feet, and some people want to knock her hustle.

I say, as long as you’re being safe and cautious and never doing anything you don’t feel comfortable with — go for it.

The beginning stages of finding a sugar parent can be dangerous. After all, you’re meeting up with strangers who are significantly older than you and are looking for relations. So, if you do decide to find someone to funnel money into your pocket, make sure you are being safe. Always meet in a public place, let a friend know where you’re going and who you’re meeting and make sure you really get to know the person before embarking on that journey.

If you follow all the important steps to stay safe in your search for a sugar daddy or sugar mama, there is no problem in choosing “sugar baby” as your day job.

MEGAN TROUTMAN

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ELIZABETH WENDLER

hen I was about 8 years old, I rode my first upsidedown roller coaster, called California Screamin’. I rode it seven times in a row.

It was one of those rides that made my adrenaline pump and made me feel so alive. The course had an element of predictability, but every time it still flipped my world upside-down. I could feel the wind in my hair and I was invincible.

The second time I hit my head, hard. The guy warned me to keep my head back because the ride went from zero to 55 miles per hour in four seconds, but I was too excited and forgot to put my head back. I learned my lesson.

Now, 14 years later, I am about to walk across a stage to receive my four-year college degree in journalism with minors in international communication and graphic design. I will move to Wisconsin to work as a full-time designer for a company overseeing print design production for over 45 publications across the United States.

These past four years have gone from zero to 55 — I moved from Colorado to Arizona, went on a rafting trip with 20 strangers, worked at The Lumberjack for four years, traveled across Europe, fell in love, met so many incredible people and had my first (and certainly not last) glass of wine.

NAU flipped my world upside-down.

When I was 8 years old, riding my first huge roller coaster, I had no idea what life was going to bring. I had no idea what stories I would be able to tell or that I would find my life calling as a journalist.

From year 8 to 22, it’s been a good ride — but the adventure has just begun.

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or my senior goodbye, I’d like to thank the people who helped me get here. Without all of you, I wouldn’t have made it this far.

I dedicate this goodbye to Mrs. Cunningham, who pushed me to write to my best ability with my own previous work as my main competitor.

To Jenny Zhou, who not only gave me a job when I desperately needed one, but who helped me overcome my eating disorder by constantly yelling at me to eat. I was on the fast track to anorexia, so thank you for all the extra crab puffs.

To my first-ever girlfriend, who threw me out of the closet and was the first person to ever break my heart. I didn’t even know I had one before then.

To Dolores Lopez, the actual love of my life. I’d have left this world ages ago if it weren’t for you and your beautiful heart, memes and never-ending support.

To my mother, whose abuse made me into the empathetic person I probably wouldn’t have become if she’d been kind.

And finally, to my sisters. We may never speak again, but I know that our love for each other will live on, even if only in a small place in our hearts.

To those I’ve loved and lost. To those who have hurt me and helped me. To those who have made me the complicated, loving mess of person I am today.

Thank you.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL

MIKAYLA SHOUP

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first discovered a passion for journalism when I left The Lumberjack. I worked in the photo section for one semester and the features section for another, and I decided to take a break from journalism and try something else. After about a month of that, the knot in my gut told me I had made a huge mistake. Feeling desperate to write again, I returned to the features section and was hired as the assistant news editor the next semester.

Working with such an ambitious team of student journalists and mentors has been the greatest experience I’ve had during my time at NAU. I’ve been counting down the days until graduation for months. Now that it’s here, I wish I could backtrack a little. As students, we complain about the seemingly endless mounds of work, the constant stress and being perpetually broke. We tend to get caught up in everything that’s hard about college and can’t wait for it to be over.

But these are the good old days.

Every day I walk across campus and become more and more nostalgic as I’m flooded with memories. I loved college. It’s where I found perspective. Where I met interesting people and passionate professors. Where I built confidence and pursued my dreams. Where I discovered who I am.

But it’s time for me to go.

So don’t be so anxious to get it over with. You’ll miss it when it’s gone.

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DARRION EDWARDS

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ollege is brutal. I am a first-generation student who learned this throughout my time at NAU. From the hectic 15-page assignments to the 100-question exams, college is a monster that feeds off of your stress and anxiety. But during my time at NAU, I have grown more than I could have imagined.

I have gained some of my life-long friends and have experienced the world in a way that no one in my family has had a chance to. I was able to spend a semester across the world in Europe. I was able to spend weekends in California with the girls who lived across the hall during my sophomore year. I was able to work with the best people who I can call my friends during my time at The Lumberjack.

Although college has proven to be problematic at times for my friends and me, it has definitely helped me develop some of my best characteristics.

And even though NAU has allowed me to enroll in some of the best classes offered, I feel like a lot of life lessons were learned outside of a classroom.

I have learned to be open to new ideas and adventures, and my favorite rule in life, “never say no to free food.” To my little brother who is ending his second year in college, my advice is to simply enjoy the little things, oh, and study.

Thank you to everyone who made this college experience the best four years of my life so far.

KATIE SAWYER

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ince my mom taught me the bunny ears, shoetying rhyme, I’ve been tying my own shoes.

Now, I get up in the morning, tie up my Converse, walk out the door and forget about the simple things I once struggled with.

As 5-year-olds, we tried and failed. We fell off our bikes and got back on. We tangled our laces and probably tripped a lot. But since that first successful bow, we have tied our shoes thousands of times. We practice every day without even realizing it.

Now, worries are bigger than tying shoes or riding a bike. As college students, we push ourselves to thrive under the weight of responsibility and anxiety. Putting on shoes for the 1,000 time goes almost unnoticed, but remembering how long it took to accomplish simple tasks is imperative to understanding the struggles you will have as an adult.

Now, just four years into adulthood, people are expected to have life figured out. I’m just now understanding how to be an adult. I have the rest of my life to struggle and to explore the world. If we were supposed to have our future planned out by now, life would be pretty boring.

Just like learning to tie your shoes, you will fail before you succeed, but the things that you struggle with now will one day be effortless.

In other words, we are just getting started.

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LANCE HARTZLER

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ell, after four years and changing my major three times, I am finally graduating.

Not going to lie, I am surprised I finished in journalism, but I would do it all over again.

In my two years as a journalism major, I have found what I love. I have discovered what I want to do with my life and being totally OK with not making all that much money. No one goes into this field for money — if I was in it for the money, I would have stuck with science.

I have learned through my time covering sports for The Lumberjack and the Arizona Daily Sun that there is more to sports than just numbers and box scores. I get to write about something that some have dedicated their lives to. Something that people care so deeply about, it has been ingrained into their culture, much like those from the Native American reservation and the phenomenon of RezBall.

If it wasn’t for my professors who I have learned so much from here at NAU, whether it be about life or journalism, I would not be where I am now.

So, thank you Rory Faust and Mary Tolan. For teaching me how to better myself as a journalist and a person. You helped me prepare for the challenge and journey of doing this for a career.

Speaking of that, where I will be is still uncertain, but I have had options and about three job offers the past two months.

To be honest, I got 99 problems but a job ain’t one.

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changed my major to journalism because journalists were always my favorite characters in movies and books, and after having written approximately 120 Lumberjack stories in five semesters, has all that much changed?

I’ve certainly written more articles than Tintin who, despite being a reporter, almost never actually seemed to write about his adventures.

Then again, I’ve gotten in far fewer gunfights than the young Belgian.

When it comes to journalism, the paper has taught me everything. I have learned more about zoning code and sat through more city council meetings than is healthy. I have learned I am more idealistic then I ever thought I was, and I learned that good reporting can produce very real, but often unexpected, consequences.

In fact, when it comes to fighting authoritarian institutions, regardless of the outcome, Tintin and I have more in common than one might imagine.

I’ve had a lot of help along the way. There are so many people I have worked with that I should thank, but I am out of room so I’ll only pick two: Jenny Swanson and Mary Tolan, without which I would never have gotten this far.

Ciao ciao, y’all!

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ver the last few weeks while the stress has continued to ramp up, I have managed to find myself feeling the oddest, greatest, most out-of-the-ordinary sense of peace. When I decided at the beginning of my third year of college that I wanted it to be my final year, that sense of peace seemed absolutely unattainable. Throughout the sleepless nights, long days, piles of homework and mental-health maintenance, all I kept telling myself was to continue to search for the light at the end of the tunnel.

After 46 credit hours, the light is just a short week away. It feels pretty surreal that my time in Flagstaff has come to an end — my time in Arizona even more so — but the next chapter is about to begin and I am determined to make it the brightest one yet.

I will be moving to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to work in production for CBS Sports Digital. If this year has taught me anything, it is that there is grace to be found in every situation. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder to find it.

All right, Sunshine State, I’m coming for you.

Adrian Skabelund is the NAU School of Communication 2018 Outstanding Senior.

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OPINION-EDITORIAL chandler coiner

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all 2016 was my first semester with The Lumberjack as a news writer. For better or for worse, I got to share that time with a certain presidential candidate that made few efforts to dance around his distaste for mainstream media — organizations that I grew up with as my inspiration to pursue this profession. Whether President Donald Trump was right or wrong, he motivated me to push harder for the truth and take that extra moment to ensure I got the facts right so I don’t let myself become the “fake news” that came barreling into our culture two years ago, in whatever form it might have actually existed in. For that, you could say I’m thankful to the president, if you’re looking for a positive spin.

But one thing I would like the next line of student journalists to take to heart, is the world is an incredibly interesting place. Even the smallest town can harbor the most amazing secrets and stories — some nefarious, some disdainful and, hopefully, some awe-inspiring. Grab your pen-and-paper pickaxe and start mining for them, because they’re right below your fingertips.

When you’re a journalist, all the questions you’ve ever asked suddenly feel so much more answerable, and being able to answer those questions not just for yourself, but for the world, is a cathartic feeling.

But also, kids, NiMarco’s pizza is better than Fratelli’s.

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The best way to get rid of homework is just to do it.”

A friend once told me that in response to my habitual procrastination, and I think it is a mantra that applies to obstacles even outside of the realm of homework assignments. The only way to check anything off of your evergrowing to-do list is to just get it done. You are the only one responsible for your successes and failures. Retaining personal accountability can make or break a college experience. Without it, you may find yourself accepting a bachelor’s degree for an undergraduate career that you’re not proud of.

Put in the work, be passionate and the rest will fall into place.

College drinking habits in the real world BECA BAPTISTA

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ost college students can relate to the all-too-familiar niches of university life — the late night, caffeinestimulated study sessions at the campus library or the struggle of dragging our tired bodies out of bed for an 8 a.m.

Not to mention, it’s the end of the semester. Assignments are stacking up, deadlines are hurling toward the overwhelmed at lightning-speed and, as it turns out, the human body actually cannot be sustained off caramel macchiatos and chicken-flavored ramen.

Fret not, summer is ready to grace its much-anticipated presence upon NAU, along with the excitement of graduation.

The time to celebrate is here. The days of classroom anxieties are dwindling. The hard part is over, and perhaps the good part as well. No more tailgates, frat-house extravaganzas or black-out drunk escapades. In fact, the once commonplace day-drinking and Tequila Thursdays might as well be considered taboo to all the students graduating this year.

It’s not uncommon to go out on a binge-drinking session for a weekend — or every weekend when it comes to the college life.

It’s how the overstressed and underpaid blow off steam. Cracking open a couple of cold ones with the boys after a week chock full of tests and quizzes sounds well deserved.

But as the school year winds down and NAU says farewell to its upcoming graduates, it is important to know how this behavior

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could affect postgraduate life.

While some phase out of the binge drinking, others are preparing for a struggle normal people call high-functioning alcoholism, a category of alcoholism in which people drink excessively but still continue living a normal life. Research from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) indicates about 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder. For some, this means a world full of alcohol experimentation. For others, it is a symptom of a much larger problem.

It is important to recognize the pending dangers of alcohol consumption during college and it is equally important to note ways to prevent it from bleeding into those post grad years.

Try holding off on the alcohol until it’s legal, which would be the age of 21 in the United States.

While universities hate to admit it, underage drinking does go on, both on and off campus.

A research paper published by Lakeview Health connected the dangers of excessive drinking during the golden years of college and the addiction that can stem from such behavior.

“One of the most common dangers of alcohol abuse among young people,” the study said. “Is that they are far more likely to become addicted.” It can be a pain to watch friends have a good time, whether it be playing a fun game of beer pong or downing

Jell-O shots, but it’s better to be patient in the long haul.

Also, responsible, after-college adult drinkers shy away from being drunk to the point of vomiting or blacking out. It was almost seen as a rite of passage during the last four years, especially since it was OK to brag about.

Many people enjoy hearing about a crazy night out with buddies or, at the very least, could relate to the stories. It might be important to learn a little bit of self-control, anyway. Realize people will associate these university traditions with alcoholism following graduation.

Absolutely no one is demanding that drunkenness be tabled for all eternity as soon as college ends. Just be sure to harbor the ability to gauge that drunkenness. If the group is wilding out, getting sloppy drunk illustration by kaitlin gould and dancing on tables, by all means, have fun.

However, if everyone is calmly sipping on a martini, socializing and not getting utterly wasted — it’s probably best to follow suit.

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After 37 years of service, NAU ombudsman says farewell Hayley O’Connor

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AU Ombudsman Eugene Richard Moan is retiring after 37 of service. Working to help resolve faculty disputes, Moan has lended a helping hand and listening ear to many.

This position allows faculty members to come to him when they are having a conflict at work or in their personal life. Anything discussed with him is confidential and can be anonymous.

He is able to arrange facilitated meetings where someone can discuss their issues with another faculty member. Moan acts as a mediator and helps them work through their problem in a safe environment.

“I actually came to NAU as a graduate student in 1976 and I got my master’s and my doctorate here at NAU in counseling psychology and educational psychology with an emphasis in counseling, and I left here and went to Ohio, where I worked in public mental health for a few years and I became licensed as a psychologist,” said Moan.

Moan moved to Ohio for a number of years to gain more experience, but he returned back to Flagstaff and worked for NAU, where he was once a graduate student.

“In 1981, an opportunity came up for me to apply for a position back here at NAU, and I ended up being hired in the counseling center as a staff psychologist, providing counseling to students, so I did that for almost nine years and then I became assistant director of counseling,” Moan said.

Moan explained it is uncommon for a university to hire someone who got their master’s degree there, but he loved Flagstaff and NAU so much he decided to take a chance and still apply. He was hired for the position and started in 1990.

Moan has also had other positions during his time at NAU. He was associate dean of the College of Education and has worked for the Provost office for the past five years and the interim chair of the education psychology department.

“I taught graduate courses almost exclusively in counseling and psychology, including theories of counseling, family counseling, ethics and for eight years I was on the Board of Psychologist Examiners, so I have a really good background in ethics. I don’t mean to brag, but I was the Co-Teacher of the Year in the college of education and last year or the year before, I received the President’s Award for service to the university,” Moan said

NAU Ombudsman Eugene Moan is retiring from NAU next month after almost four decades of service, April 28. Yuanchen Bao | The Lumberjack

Ramona Mellott, dean of the College of Education, has worked with Moan for most of his career at NAU. “Dr. Gene Moan and I have worked together for the last 27 years. In fact, he was the chair of the search committee that hired me when I first came to NAU in 1991,” said Mellot. “Over this long period of time we spent together, he became more than just a colleague for me. He became a friend and even a mentor to me and countless other colleagues and students at NAU. Gene is one in a million and has had a tremendous impact on the lives of students, faculty and all of us at NAU over 41 years he has spent at NAU.” Mellot also recognized the many positions Moan has held at NAU. “He has held many roles, including student, psychologist, faculty, advisor, associate dean, department chair and ombudsman. He has also had an impact on the psychology profession in Arizona, and was honored with a lifetime service award by the Arizona Psychological Association,” Mellot said.

Along with his other positions, Moan practices psychology on his own. Moan does private-practice counseling in Flagstaff. He is also a member of several board of directors for

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Catholic organizations. Moan is a dedicated volunteer for St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, as it is part of his service requirement for the university.

Katie Farner, assistant to the dean in the College of Education, often interacts with Moan in the College of Education building, where both off their offices are located. Farner manages the dean’s schedule and adjusting her calender to make time for people to see her. She is in charge of dean events and scholarships.

“Initially, my interactions with Gene began because he was the associate chair for educational psychology, so when I initially started out, I [was] in charge of putting together a leadership meeting, so all of the department chairs of the departments come together and have a meeting, which is always headed by the dean, and Gene was always there,” said Farner. “It’s so easy to get in over your head with all of this, because it’s just so overwhelming and there are a lot of people who can demand pieces of your time, but Gene was never one of those people.”

Farner sees Moan almost every day in the college of education building.

“He is the kind, friendly face, the type of person who makes you feel like you can handle what you’re working on. He is someone who I

always like to be around, and considering his pedigree he still treated me as an actual person who was just trying to figure out their job the best they can,” Farner said.

Moan’s jobs means he has to work with a variety of faculty members and interact with them in different types of situations.

“Whenever [Moan] walks by, you can tell he is a calm person, and I think he is truly the epitome of what it means to be a Flagstaff resident, where anyone can feel relaxed with him,” Farner said.

Moan’s retirement comes after a long career of helping students and faculty members work through any issues they have encountered during their time at NAU. “He is one of the ones where it will be a huge loss to see him leaving the university because of his retirement,” Farner said. “He has been such an amazing contributor to what this college stands for, and you can really tell that he is here for the students and not to add another notch to his resume. He was here for the right reasons and it’s really a bummer to see him leaving.”

Moan received the Arron and Mathilda Cantor Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Arizona Psychological Association in 2016, the Profession Mentor Award from the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in 2015 and the Leadership in Service Award in 2014 from Arizona State University Center for Allied Behavioral Health Policy. This was a state-wide award given at the Center’s Annual Conference July 17, 2014 in Prescott, Arizona. Moan served as board chair for the 1996-1997 term of the Arizona State Board of Psychologist Examiners. He was given a plaque in recognition of distinguished service during his term as chair.

His contribution to the community include serving as a search committee member and substance abuse program supervisor for Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in April 2014, board of directors and president of the board of directors for the Guidance Center from 2004 to 2012, the Board of Directors for the Northland Family Help Center from 1999 to 2005. He was also on the advisory board of St. Mary’s Catholic School from 1984 to 1999 and he was acting president from 1986 to 1991.

Throughout the years, Eugene Moan has contributed much of his time to the academic progress and culture of the university. As expressed by many colleagues, he will be missed.

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Humans of NAU As NAU seniors complete their final credits and put a cap on their capstones ­— graduation is just around the corner.

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Honestly, I didn’t really want to go to NAU, and then I came up here and toured around and just fell in love with it. I loved the mountains and the mountain-town vibe and the community we have here.”

“I will remember the people the most. I’ve had so many people come and go in my life, and they’ve all been amazing.”

“There is nothing like Flagstaff in the summer with the wildflowers blooming and just the weather and the monsoons and the clouds that roll in.”

“I am myself now, and I was not myself the first day of NAU. I remember walking down this [pedway], actually, my first day of NAU and feeling so self-conscious and feeling like everyone was looking at me and everyone knew I was just this freshman. I was so overwhelmed. I was trying to fit a mold of what I thought I was supposed to be here. And now, walking down this same [pedway], I feel 100 percent myself. NAU has been amazing for just making me who I am today.”

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I chose NAU because I’ve lived in the greater Phoenix area my whole life, so it’s a nice change of scenery and a good distance away from home. It’s far enough away, but not too far that I couldn’t go back home for weekends if I wanted to.”

“Both the friends I have made, and also when I worked as [an] RA, my residents and coworkers have all had a big impact on me.”

“I’d like to work in print design. Whether that’s making packaging and labels for food products, which is something I’m interested in, or posters and flyers for business. Something along those lines.”

“I would say I am a lot more confident. I believe in my abilities as a designer. I’m more comfortable talking to people, less shy, that kind of thing, and I have more of a direction for my life.”

“I think living here amongst people who are generally different-minded than me has helped me grow a lot. I think that’s one of the biggest areas that NAU has prepared me for the real world is challenging myself and growing in that way.”

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I transferred here from a school in Washington, and so it was kind of based off anything that was not that school, basically.

I’m from Utah, so I wanted to choose a school that was a lot like the University of Utah and [NAU] is surprisingly a lot like it.”

“There’s resources that you can use that people don’t know about or don’t want to use that can prepare you [for the real world]. I’ve actually used those, and I do feel prepared because of it. There is the career center and you can go to them for anything.

They’ll help you with resumes and just sitting down talking.

They’ll literally help you with everything, and no one ever thinks of them. So it’s, like, I feel prepared because I thought of them.”

“In six days after I graduate I will be here, I work at Country Host so that’s still going to be happening. In six months, I think I’ll be down in Phoenix. I hope to be getting something down there doing advertising. And then six years? Oh god, I don’t know. I think I’ll probably be in business school getting a Ph.D. in advertising.”

Stories by Jerod Didway | Photos by Taylor Hamilton

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Sanctuary city movement gains support Gabriella Johnson

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n recent years, the future for immigrants in the United States has become uncertain. The sanctuary city movement has grown in strength and numbers over the past few years with the goal of easing this anxiety.

As more cities endorse policies that protect its citizens from deportation, Flagstaff community members have introduced a resolution to Flagstaff City Council hoping they will support local families.

While the movement to make all cities a sanctuary for immigrants is growing, the term “sanctuary” has many definitions.

Cities that take part in the sanctuary movement pledge to limit their cooperation with immigration officials as much as possible, while still recognizing the law.

Flagstaff community organizer Mara Pfeffer has her own definition.

“I know that there are sanctuary cities all over the world, but sanctuary city is defined differently,” said Pfeffer. “In the U.S. right now, usually sanctuary city refers to a city that has a law that protects immigrants from federal immigration enforcement in some way or refuses to allocate city funds towards enforcement of federal immigration law.”

Two Flagstaff organizations, Keep Flagstaff Together and Repeal Coalition Arizona, are working on related immigration issues. The members of Keep Flagstaff Together, a local organization offering free legal aid to those facing deportation, hope to pass a resolution, which would be an agreement between the public and city officials on the values within the resolution.

The goal for immigration-justice organizers is to later pass a sanctuary city ordinance, called Frankie’s Law, created by Repeal Coalition Arizona. Repeal Coalition Arizona is a group dedicated to reversing anti-immigration laws in Arizona.

At a City Council meeting April 26, the Flagstaff community met to determine how much support there is to put the resolution on the agenda for the May 1 meeting. Also at the meeting, Frankie’s Law, was mentioned to keep larger goals in the minds of City Council members.

This kind of sanctuary movement is not a recent happening.

The movement began in the southwest during the 1980s.

“It started in the `80s in response to a growing number of refugees from Central America who were fleeing state-sanctioned violence in their home countries,” Pfeffer said.

Frankie’s Law is named after Frankie Madrid. Madrid was a longterm Flagstaff resident and was very involved in the community. After he was deported from Flagstaff in August 2017, he took his own life. Frankie’s Law is meant to prevent something similar from happening again.

Frankie Madrid’s sister, Dulce Nereyda, was at the Flagstaff City Council meeting to talk about the importance of this movement and her brother’s legacy.

“My brother was a beloved member of this community. He lived here since he was 2 months old. Family was everything to my brother,” said Nereyda. “My brother committed suicide ... because he wanted to come home. He wanted to be with his family. I will never have my brother back. We need to make sure

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that there will never be another Frankie.”

One of the participants in the ordinance is Frankie Beesley, a full-time field organizer with Puente Arizona, a human rights organization.

“Frankie’s Law, from Repeal, is an ordinance. It has more teeth. It is legally binding. [It is to] make the protection for all community members, no matter their documentation status. The resolution is the first step,” said Beesley.

A sanctuary city law might prevent the citizenship status of an individual from being used when determining qualification for city services. This practice was put in place in Arizona after SB1070 passed in 2010. A sanctuary city law may also prevent the police from demanding the citizenship status of suspected immigrants or involving United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Coconino County Sheriff Jim Driscoll’s policies include endorsing holdrequests from ICE. The resolution will not necessarily make Sheriff Driscoll’s anti-immigration platforms illegal, but the ordinance would.

Frankie’s Law is meant to take the resolution a step further, in order to hold the city legally accountable.

“What we are trying to do as a community is [to say] no more hold requests from ICE, no more transfers into ICE custody,” Beesley said. “We are trying to sever the relationship between local and county police and city agencies with the federal immigration customs and enforcement.”

Keep Flagstaff Together organizers hope Frankie’s Law would add Flagstaff to the list of communities along the U.S.-Mexico border that are concerned about immigrant rights.

Faculty adviser for No Mas Muertes Bob Neustadt said that, despite there being no current legal obligation for Flagstaff law enforcement to work with ICE, they will follow orders.

No Mas Muertes, also known as No More Deaths, is an organization that helps prevent deaths of immigrants traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border. Neustadt is also an active volunteer for Keep Flagstaff Together.

“What Driscoll’s office is doing is holding these people longer than they need to be [based on local laws], and then ICE comes in and picks them up and takes them to a detention center

and then they get deported,” Beesley said.

Flagstaff immigration justice supporters are also advocating against what they identify as a double-punishment system.

“If you are a citizen of the United States, you get a bail or you do your time,” Beesley said. “Undocumented people are having a second punishment system on them from immigration and customs enforcements. Not only are they being arrested or have to pay a fine and then ICE can come in, and that [second] punishment is potential deportation.”

While undocumented community members can apply for bail if arrested, gathering enough money in time can be challenging.

Identifying sanctuary cities is difficult because, in some cases, agreements are informal and include regional language and policies. For example, ojjpac. org identified Mesa, Arizona, as a sanctuary city based on its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

This policy meant that law enforcement can’t ask about citizenship status without criminal cause, and those talking to police don’t have to offer the information. However, Flagstaff immigration justice organizers believe Arizona Illustration By Colton Starley does not currently have any sanctuary cities.

“Every state along the U.S.-Mexico border has at least one or two [sanctuary cities], except for Arizona now,” Pfeffer said.

Although some immigrant rights organizers support immigration justice, they believe the use of the word “sanctuary” can be harmful.

“I agree with all the tenets of the sanctuary movement, but Keep Flagstaff Together is strategically not using the term ‘sanctuary’ because the Trump administration and other rightwing ideologies react so negatively to that term,” said Neustadt.

“To me, sanctuary is a very specific action: when an undocumented person goes into a church and decides not to leave that church in order to avoid deportation. To my knowledge, there are no churches in Flagstaff that are currently offering sanctuary.”

Neustadt said having the proper policies in place is vital to protect vulnerable groups of people. The sanctuary-city designation is less significant.

“For Keep Flagstaff Together, the important thing is to implement policies that protect the rights and experiences of the immigrant community,” Neustadt said. “From our perspective,

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The movement to make cities more immigrant-friendly has gained momentum since President Donald Trump’s election.

In Flagstaff, the sanctuary movement began with the Flagstaff Community Coalition.

Beesley said the Flagstaff Community Coalition was formed to understand the different threats to various community members and how human rights organizations can work to combat those threats.

“Things were happening nationally and we needed to come together as a community to do community defense and get a

gauge of what is happening,” Beesley said.

Flagstaff community members decided it would be helpful to get involved in the sanctuary city movement, which is not always just for immigration justice. Community organizers are also trying to identify how immigration justice is connected to indigenous rights and police discrimination against people of color.

“Many undocumented people are indigenous people from Mexico and Central America. It’s very ironic, this whole question of who has the right to be here,” Neustadt said. “The people passing these laws on who has a right to be here are not indigenous people.”

Pfeffer thinks it is important to not only protect the immigrants in American society, but to protect the rights of those likely to face double punishment, threats and abuse.

“People who have been doing decolonial, feminist, antiracist work have been advocating for sanctuary to mean not just that we protect good immigrants from the system, but that we challenge the criminalization of immigrants and people of color in this country,” Pfeffer said.

The sanctuary-city movement is building momentum in the U.S and in Flagstaff and confronts the abundance of issues faced by immigrants and the disadvantaged.

Continuing the NAU legacy Kendra Hastings

Editor’s note: Kendra Hastings reflects on her personal experience and family history at NAU.

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AU has been a part of my family since 1974, when my grandmother first stepped foot on campus as a student.

Since then, many of my aunts and uncles have graduated from NAU, and now my cousins, my siblings and I follow in my family’s footsteps.

Throughout the years, NAU’s campus has drastically changed its look due to widespread expansion and renovation. My mother, Joannie Hastings, first attended NAU in 1987 before leaving to marry and start a family. She returned in 1992, then accompanied by her children, ages 8, 6 and 3 years old, as well as her new baby. Despite the challenge of attending school while also being a full-time mom, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health education.

“The campus has grown so much. They continue to buy and build new buildings and the campus looks a lot different from when I was attending,” said Joannie Hastings. “There’s a lot more housing, parking and many old buildings have been updated or are not there anymore.”

My mother chose NAU because her mother had attended NAU in the 1970s. My grandmother, Rachel Manuelito, decided to attend NAU because many of her colleagues had influenced and encouraged her to look into the summer program that NAU offered.

“The summer program was ideal for students with families, for I was able to take my children along with me,” said my grandmother. “During that time, students with families were awarded with extra expenses as well. Housing and meals were provided, including activities for the children.”

These family programs are what helped my mother and grandmother pursue higher education and provide a legacy for their family.

My brother, Lias Hastings, also attended NAU and graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He will return in fall 2018 to get his master’s degree.

Even my brother noticed drastic changes during his time at NAU. My brother explained there are a large number of new

Kendra Hastings and her mother Joannie Hastings sit together on campus, April 27. Rye So | The Lumberjack

buildings added to campus in recent years. He also said that NAU housing has exploded due to the recent increase in number of students attending NAU. My sister, Mikala Hastings, will attend NAU this fall to finish her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.

The reason she decided to earn her degree at NAU was because it was affordable and close to family.

“Flagstaff is my home and NAU just seemed fitting because as a family, we’re very close,” said my sister. “It’s nice to be able to have the family close by because then if I need anything, [they] are in the same town.”

For generations, NAU has provided the necessary help to further my family’s education, including mine. I chose NAU because it has been a part of my family for years and continues to be a great option because of its community foundation and endless educational opportunities.

Aside from a growing campus, a major change I have noticed

at NAU is the increasing number of majors and minors. The current selection far exceeds the opportunities my grandmother had when she attended NAU. There are now several paths a student can choose, including a wide variety of clubs and organizations that provide more outreach opportunities for the community.

Attending NAU today is a different experience compared to previous decades, but it still proves to be the right choice for me and my family. For my family, this is an ideal university to attend because students are able to receive studies comparable to other large-scale universities and with a lower student-to-teacher ratio.

Over the years, NAU has been a major part of my family.

After expanding our education within the tight-knit Flagstaff community, NAU has strengthened our family bond. With so many NAU alumni represented in my family, we always have a reason to come back to NAU.

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Left: William Auberle, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at NAU, is scheduled to speak at NAU’s 2018 Spring Commencement, April 24. Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack Middle Left: Lynn Valbuena, Chairwoman of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, is scheduled to speak at NAU’s 2018 Spring Commencement. Photo courtesy of Melissa Dunstan Middle Right: Joshua Meibos, physical education teacher at David Crockett Elementary, is scheduled to speak at NAU’s 2018 Spring Commencement. Photo courtesy of Joshua Meibos Right: William Lowell Putnam IV, sole trustee of Lowell Observatory, is also scheduled to speak at the commencement ceremony. Photo courtesy of William Lowell Putnam IV

Honorary doctorates recognized Sebastian A. Moore

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uring graduation, four guest speakers will receive honorary doctorate awards.

An honorary doctorate is an academic degree awarded by a university in recognition of an individual’s achievements. The person receiving the award does not need any previous affiliations with the university.

Physical education grade-school teacher Joshua Meibos, NAU Professor Emeritus William “Bill” Auberle, Lowell Observatory Sole Trustee William Lowell Putnam IV and Lynn Valbuena, Chairwoman of San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, will be the recipients of the award.

Meibos graduated in 2004 from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts in communication. Six years later, he graduated from ASU with a master’s in physical education.

Now 39 years old, he is working as a physical education teacher at David Crockett Elementary School in Phoenix.

Meibos is excited to be presented with an honorary doctorate award and recognized by the NAU staff for facilitating student success.

“The honor of receiving such an award is indescribable,” said Meibos in an email. “Never in my life would I have thought an achievement such as this would play out.”

Meibos spoke at the TARIAT — short for, “There’s a Reason I’m a Teacher” — conference in April 2018, at NAU. “I was impressed with everyone from President [Rita] Cheng to the undergrad

showing me around campus. Kudos to [NAU] for their tireless dedication toward educat[ing] our future educators,” Meibos said.

Meibos hopes his commencement speech will move students’ emotions and inspire selfreflection.

Auberle is a retired NAU dean of engineering, serving from 2006 to 2007, and a longtime engineering professor. With his business partner, former NAU civil engineering professor Charles Schlinger, Auberle owns an engineering business in Flagstaff that selectively employs qualified students as well as other community members.

Originally from West Virginia, Auberle attended West Virginia University and received his master’s degree for engineering in 1967. He has lived in Flagstaff since 1990.

Graduation means two things to Auberle.

“First, a significant accomplishment that demonstrates the intellectual capacity to succeed in a chosen profession,” said Auberle. “Secondly, the launching of either going on to graduate school or to a professional life for the first time.

Most graduates don’t have a lot of experience in the working world except for what students do to get by.”

Auberle received a call from Cheng in March 2018, with the offer to speak before the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences.

In his speech, he said he would acknowledge the amount of dedication required to graduate from college and recognize those who helped the graduates accomplish their goals.

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important faculty here at NAU, with whom they have formed some kind of bond,” Auberle said.

“Faculty care about their graduates, and they don’t quit caring at graduation. Just because you shake hands, give hugs and walk out the door, the faculty still care.”

Putnam graduated from American International College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. He has lived in New Hampshire since his retirement from Lowell Observatory in 2016 but still regularly visits Flagstaff.

Putnam described graduation as a comingof-age ceremony.

“For the public at large, it represents a certain formality at a level of education,” said Putnam in a phone interview. “For the individual, it is a recognition of achievement.”

Putnam did not want to spoil his speech beforehand, but he has hopes for what students will take from it.

“Hopefully to give them something they will value and be sufficiently entertaining before they go celebrate their hard-won diplomas,” Putnam said. “I hope [graduates] are appreciative and say thank you to all the people that have helped them to where they are now.”

Valbuena attended Skadron College in San Bernardino, California. Currently, Valbuena is entering her third consecutive year as chairwoman.

“It’s an excellent opportunity to encourage graduates to never stop learning and educating themselves while reaffirming their identity,” said Valbuena in an email. “As my mother and

grandmother would always say, ‘Never forget who you are and where you came from. Treat people the way you would want them to treat you with respect.’ You’ve learned a lot about the world, now it’s time for the world to learn about you.”

Valbuena has been a part of tribal politics for over 40 years. She started her career in 1974 as the San Manuel housing commissioner, overseeing housing programs on the San Manuel Reservation. She has held the positions of vice chairwoman and secretary-treasurer for San Manuel’s Business Committee, and was previously a trustee for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

“I hope students are ignited with a clear vision of who they want to be and the direction they aspire to go. Their vision begins with passion, and with passion comes dedication and commitment,” Valbuena said. “The world needs their counsel and guidance more than at any time in our history; this is a wonderful time to be alive.”

The commencement ceremony for the College of Education and Arts and Letters is scheduled to take place on Friday, May 11 at 11 a.m., followed by the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences at 4 p.m. The College of Business and Health and Human Services is scheduled to take place Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m., followed by the College of Social and Behavioral Science and NAU Online, NAU Yavapai and NAU Yuma campuses at 3 p.m.

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I’ll play the game

or the last four semesters, I have been trudging through a swamp of classes I couldn’t care less about.

My clear intention has been to perform better during my sports-talk radio show than I would in those meaningless classes. But, hey, I get it. I chose an obscure profession. I’ll “play the game” through college because, ultimately, it provides a platform and connections I wouldn’t find anywhere else.

Imagine, though, that there was another way.

Just think, as your teacher paces back and forth, lecturing you about the importance of APA formatting, all MATTHEW while knowing that you possess a skill JARECKI set several companies are willing to pay HOST OF “THE JERK” you millions of dollars for right now.

ON KJACK What I just described is the dayto-day experience of a top-rated college athlete. They have the skills that allow them to be freed of the choking grips of PowerPoint presentations, soulless essays and suffocating deadlines. Yet, America’s two most popular sports leagues, the NFL and the NBA, have implemented rules to keep collegiate athletes in school.

I won’t go on an angst-ridden tangent about why college athletics is slavery, why the NCAA is an evil institution or why college coaches shouldn’t be paid as much as they are. I don’t believe any of those things.

Everyone seems to forget college athletes get their tuition paid for. Um, excuse me, every writer at Deadspin, but the NCAA provides half a year’s worth of content for you to write about. As for coaching salaries? Folks, this is America — we have something called supply and demand. If Nick Saban, Alabama football head coach, can recruit his way to five national championships, and it provides countless dollars and branding opportunities for my school, of course I’ll pay him whatever will keep him around.

No, this is a simple plea — if a collegiate athlete wants to try his hand at going pro, let them go, whenever they want. What will ensue will be a natural selection process.

The first 10 or so years, naive athletes will overvalue themselves and leave early. They’ll lose NCAA eligibility, flame out in the pros and take out loans to go back to school like the rest of America. But, like LaVar Ball and Bitcoin, the market will correct itself in time.

After trial and error, parents and coaches will advise college athletes to stay in school when they need more development, and when they don’t, good ­— they’re free to earn millions.

The NCAA shouldn’t fear losing star players, and the public shouldn’t fear a college athlete’s decision-making.

People are smart, people are adaptable, and eventually, even given the choice to leave early, college athletes will learn when to leave and when to stick around.

Clockwise from top left: NAU seniors Kenna McDavis, Hunter Burton, Paige Gilchrist, Brooke Andersen, Olivia Lucero and Felix Schumann are just some of the NAU athletes graduating in May 2018. Photo Staff |The Lumberjack

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Life Lessons, Not sports lessons Cara Heise

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ith graduation right around the corner, it is a time to reflect on life lessons learned in college. These aren’t lessons learned by attending parties or pulling allnighters, though, they are lessons and skills learned from sports.

Teamwork, working with people one doesn’t particularly favor and time management, to name a few.

“Well, I’ve learned a lot over the past four years, way more than I ever thought I would,” said senior soccer player Riley Porter. “I think some of the biggest skills I’ve learned are time management. I mean, being a student athlete, you really have to know how to manage your time because it’s constantly go, go, go and you don’t get breaks.”

Dedication and commitment are two big things learned from playing sports. When an athlete joins a team, he or she stays on the team and finishes the season and will continue to play for more than a year. Showing dedication and commitment shows that when times get tough, the person will stick it out.

“Being committed and dedicated to your sport and school, and with that commitment, knowing how to be resilient and knowing how to bounce back,” Porter said. “Things don’t always go your way because it’s not always rainbows and sunshine.”

“I think mentally and emotionally I’m kind of ready for a new chapter in my life.”

-RYAN PORTER, SENIOR SOCCER PLAYER Student athletes learn a variety of skills on and off the field.

Most of the time, the skills are not noticed until after the athlete has finished playing their respective sport and is out in the world putting those skills to use.

“You hear when you come in how hard of a job it is to be a student athlete and how employers really like student athletes because of the stuff that we learn,” Porter said. “You don’t realize that until you’re at the point that I’m at. I’m a senior and I’ve been in the workforce a little bit, and I’m ready to graduate. I’m realizing I learned more life lessons than soccer lessons the last four years, and to me that’s crazy to say because so much of my four years have been spent on the soccer field.”

Porter has a full-time internship at the Children’s Health Center at the Flagstaff Medical Center. As a social-work major, she works with kids who have complex medical disabilities.

Even though Porter played soccer all four years, her time competing is done. Although she still wants to play for fun on a coed team, or coach.

“I would love to continue playing soccer, but I think this is a sport I’ve grown up all my life playing,” Porter said. “It’s definitely been a hard transition letting it go over the semester, but at the same time I think mentally and emotionally I’m kind of ready for

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a new chapter in my life. I think the big thing for me right now is learning how to incorporate soccer in my life without actually competitively playing it.”

While Porter is done with her eligibility, senior soccer player Chantal Deroos is not. She redshirted her freshman year. Deroos is a biomedical science major and has a minor in chemistry.

“I still have one year of eligibility left, and I am planning on going to grad school. So, depending on where I go, I might play one more year at a different school,” said Deroos.

The athletic department at NAU says that they strive to ensure athletes are prepared for life after graduation.

On the NAU athletics website, there is a section for student-athletes regarding career development. There are links for career fairs, small business resources, career resource guide and a stepby-step professional development guide. In addition to those are online lessons for career strategies. Topics included are creating a resume, writing a cover letter, interviewing skills, managing careers and building transferable skills.

“The athletic department has provided a lot of resources in helping me achieve my best during school because I am going to grad school,” Deroos said. “They also helped me be able to take the GRE [Graduate Record Examinations] and have prepared me for future interviews.”

The NCAA tracks the graduation rate of student athletes. The rate is currently 87 percent based on graduating classes from 2014 to 2017.

NCAA President Mark Emmert called the high graduation rate of student athletes “a significant achievement,” according to a November 2017 article in the Los Angeles Times. “Our student athletes and member schools should be proud of the work they are doing.”

Time management, dedication and commitment, resilience, teamwork and open criticism are just some skills athletes learn. Because a student athlete has to handle school, practices, games and sometimes work, they have practice of what it is like in the workforce.

“You give your whole life to playing your sport and doing school,” Porter said. “I definitely think it’s helped me prepare to go into the workforce — knowing what I need to do to not just be average, and to put yourself above everyone else and create your own opportunities. That’s very comforting knowing as someone who doesn’t know what I want to do or where I want to work, but know that I’m going to be OK because of the lessons that I’ve learned here at NAU as a student athlete.”

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