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VOICE SINCE 1914 • VOL 99 • ISSUE 8 • OCT. 18, 2012 - OCT. 24, 2012
Cycling successfully defends Mountain Southwest title
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BY TATUM ROACHIN
he NAU cycling team once again dominated the Mountain Southwest Conference tournament, defending its title from the previous year. The club out-shined schools such as UA and University of New Mexico (UNM) to win by over 1,000 points. NAU participates in three different racing events: mountain, cyclo-cross and road. The fall is mountain bike season, and so far NAU has stayed at the top of the scoreboard. Leading the team to success was Alex Winkler, a junior environmental engineering major. Winkler became the president of the club at the beginning of the semester, and has about four years of experience mountain biking. When Winkler first joined the club as a freshman, the team fin-
ished in last place, behind UA and UNM. In the past two years, NAU has turned the program around, winning back-to-back conference titles. Winkler has also made a serious effort to try and promote the club this year by posting flyers through residence halls and the bigger buildings around campus. “We always welcome to new members,” Winkler said. “It’s a good way to get connected if you’re a mountain biker and don’t have anyone to help you out with the mountain bike scene in Flagstaff.” The club receives some funding, but does have to raise money for expenses not covered on its own. Sponsorships pay for some of the expense, and fundraisers help also. see CYCLING page 19
NAU cyclist Cody Kukulski sports his country’s colors on Sunday’s ride. (Photo by Matt Valley)
Student safety a priority for Tequila Sunrise planners
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BY GARY COLLINS
o NAU and the surrounding Flagstaff community, the Homecoming tradition of Tequila Sunrise is either a bane or a blessing. Owners of the bars participating in Tequila Sunrise look forward each year to the large revenue day, while NAU administration, such as President John Haeger, stated at the Oct. 12 city council meeting, wish to put an end to the notorious tradition. Tequila Sunrise got its start in the ‘70s
at the Latin Corner, a bar located on the corner of San Francisco Street and Butler Avenue. Steve Saville, downtown manager for the City of Flagstaff, joined in the revelry as an NAU student. “It was a female that owned it,” Saville said. “She used to put a chain link fence around [the bar] and would put out five 50-gallon drums and lit a fire in it and would walk around and sell shots of Tequila for 50 cents. That’s how it started.” From those humble beginnings grew a tradition which has become, along with
the rest of Homecoming, the second-highest day of revenue for the downtown community each year. The Flagstaff Police Department (FPD), NAU representatives, the Arizona Liquor Control Board, Northern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault (NACASA) and five of the eight bar owners or managers participating in Tequila Sunrise met on Oct. 12 to discuss strategies to promote safety for the annual event. Saville presided over the meeting. “The main reason we’re doing this
here; we’re trying to figure out a way that makes [the] least impact, to keep it as safe as possible,” Saville said. “Safety has become a huge issue. My goal for all of the bars at this point is how we protect this economic activity so it is not put into a position where we lose this activity.” Part of the plan to lessen the negative impact of Tequila Sunrise is the rerouting of the Homecoming Parade. It will no longer pass through the neighborhoods see SUNRISE page 4
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