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Life: Sports: Tennis, p 22 Handshakes, p Opinion: AZ electronic bill, p 8 16 A&E: Boudoir photography, p 25
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Issue 11, VOL 99 April 5, 2012 - April 11, 2012
NAU hires Campos
Former UTEP dean fills renamed athletic director position
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ily through telephone communications. But we also know that there’s a need to upgrade the legislative process for the use of newer technologies. The problem is deciding how do we get there: continue to protect people about harassment laws, protect people about the use of telephoning as a way of harassing people and still make them applicable to modern technologies without quashing, quelling or suppressing free speech.” Williams said one group that voiced its concern over the substance of the bill was the Media Coalition, an association dedicated to defending the First Amendment. David Horowitz, the executive director of the Media Coalition, said the main concern of his group was that the law was unconstitutional. “We believed that section 1A, the first part [of the bill], is substantially overbroad and would criminalize a great deal of speech that is protected by the First Amendment,” Horowitz said.
he NAU athletic department has hired Lisa Campos as their new Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, replacing the departing Jim Fallis. Campos comes from the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), where she spent nine years as the senior athletics (Photo courtesy of NAU) administrator and two years as assistant dean of students. She also earned her doctorate in educational leadership and administration from the university in 2009. While at UTEP, she oversaw over 14 sports and compliance operations within its athletic department, while also gaining experience participating in an NCAA leadership program in 2009. Campos’ initial interest in the opening allowed her the opportunity to gather information about NAU. “When I first started looking at this position, I did extensive research on NAU and what it valued and how it aligned with my values,” Campos said. “I didn’t ever want to take a job where I didn’t feel like I couldn’t be successful. I feel like I can really can help the folks here be successful.” The process that took Campos from El Paso to Flagstaff occurred fairly quickly and efficiently, as her interest soon spilled into a mutual respect between Campos and the committee assigned to fill the position. “I was contacted by [the search committee] and asked to submit materials,” Campos said. “From then, when I was invited for an interview in Phoenix, it went pretty quickly from there. I interviewed with a great group and then met with President Haeger and within a day, I had been offered the position. It has been a whirlwind week but its been pretty ex-
see INTERNET page 6
see HIRE page 18
Batter up! Lumberjack club baseball defeats ASU in their first game of the season see page 19
(Photo by Sarah Hamilton)
Remembering Electronic harassment bill slowed Joel Olson
NAU reflects on late professor’s lessons, teaching and political see page 4 activism
(Photo courtesy of NAU)
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BY WILLIAM BROWN
bill sent back to the Arizona House of Representatives from the Senate regarding electronic harassment will take longer than expected to reach Governor Jan Brewer’s desk. Rep. Vic Williams (R-Northwest Pima County) said the bill, HB 2549, has been slowed in response to public opinion. “It’s slowing down,” Williams said. “We’re listening to the concerns of the public who are concerned that the bill is too broad in its dialogue and will quash free speech.” Williams also said he personally intends to address the concerns of the public. “I want to listen to their concerns,” Williams said. “We want to make sure that we provide adequate protection that currently has been under this legislation which has been in place for about 46 years which has to do with harassment, primar-
BY BRETT MURDOCK
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