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Women’s basketball coach of nine years leaves to deal with family matters

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BY CODY BASHORE

fter nine years and a programrecord 117 victories, NAU women’s basketball coach Laurie Kelly resigned this past week after accepting the head coaching position at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.

Kelly’s departure comes on the heels of a 9-20 record, including a 4-12 record in the Big Sky Conference, which resulted in an eighth-place finish. The results made it five consecutive seasons with sub-.500 records; the Lumberjacks failed to reach the conference tournament for a third straight year.

“I have had such a great time here in my nine years and we have had great runs,” Kelly said. “I met with the team and it was emotional for all of us. I’m going to still be there for all of those players that I recruited. I have a relationship with them that goes beyond the court.”

The decision came as a result of Kelly’s desire to spend more time with her children and give them the chance to live closer to the rest of their family.

“This is a tough gig that takes a lot of hours and lots of time,” Kelly said. “I’ve had a husband that has committed nine years of his life raising my children be-

cause I haven’t been around very much; and now we get to do it a little bit more as partners.”

Kelly said she had been thinking about trying to get back to Minnesota for a while, but some family health issues spurred her to make the move closer to family.

“They are an hour away, they are going to drive over and sit in the stands watching me coach,” Kelly said. “For me, obviously, financially I made a decision to take a lesser school job with less pay and have more of a personal life.”

The move will result in another new face for an NAU Athletics program currently in transition. Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Lisa Campos was hired March 30 to replace outgoing athletic director Jim Fallis. Jack Murphy was hired April 12 to take over as the head men’s basketball coach for Dave Brown, who finished out the season following former head coach Mike Adras’ midDecember resignation. On April 2, Rich Scangarello and Jeff Lewis were hired as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coaches respectively, of the NAU football team. see KELLY page 20

Head coach Laurie Kelly encourages Jenna Galloway during a game in the 2010-2011 season. Kelly spent nine seasons at NAU, amassing 117 victories. (Photo by Jennifer Hilderbrand)

From gas station to restaurant plaza

NO PANTS, NO SHIRTS

Dunkin’ Donuts, Chick-Fil-A and more coming to Flagstaff

NAU Undie Run provides clothes for charity see UNDIE RUN page 15

BY WILLIAM BROWN

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(Photo by Mary Willson)

ith the Sinclair Gasser dinosaur gone but not forgotten, the corner of Riordan Road and Milton Road in Flagstaff is transforming into a variety of eateries.

A team of developers from Phoenix is bringing three separate eating establishments to the corner lot that has been fenced off and silent for months.

The team of developers consists of brother and sister Bert and Miriam Hay-

enga and their partner, Aaron Klusman.

Miriam, who was involved in purchasing the property from the former owners, said plans for building are underway and preliminary work is already being done.

“We bought the property, and I can tell you Chick-Fil-A is going to go where the New Frontiers building was. It’s coming down as we speak; we’re demolishing it,” Hayenga said. “Then we’re building another 6,600 square foot building on the corner where the Sinclair Oil gas station is and I see PROPERTY page 7

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CommunitySpot PoliceBeat April 22 At 12:14 a.m., a subject reported the rear window of his vehicle had been busted out. The damage occurred between April 21 at 11:15 p.m. and 22 at 12:14 a.m.

Officers were dispatched, but the investigation was closed with all leads exhausted.

At 1:26 a.m., Wilson Hall staff reported the odor of marijuana near the northeast stairwell.

Officers were dispatched. One subject was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia and minor with liquor in body. Two other subjects were cited and released for minor with liquor in body. One subject was also cited for trespassing campuswide.

At 10:20 p.m., a Cowden Hall resident reported he had been hit in the head while sitting in his room. The incident occurred around 9 p.m.

Officers were dispatched. The subject declined to pursue charges but a report was taken for information.

April 21 At 12:21 a.m., Allen Hall staff reported the theft of beer from a resident of Campus Heights. The victim went to Allen Hall to contact the suspect.

Officers were dispatched. One subject was arrested and booked into Coconino County Sheriff ’s Office (CCSO) jail for minor with liquor in body and failure to provide a truthful name while being detained.

A second subject was arrested and booked into CCSO jail for minor with liquor in body and for minor in possession of

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alcohol. The theft could not be substantiated.

At 3:50 a.m., officers reported checking on two unconscious subjects who were hanging out of a parked vehicle in front of McConnell Hall.

The two subjects were cited and released for minor with liquor in body.

At 1:43 p.m., Cowden Hall staff reported two subjects in a second floor room had thrown a piece of burning paper out of their window, causing a small patch of damage to the artificial turf in the courtyard. The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. and nothing was burning at the time of the call.

Officers were dispatched and the subjects were deferred for criminal damage.

At 11:25 p.m., a Riordan Ranch resident reported an ongoing problem with a saxophone being played through open windows at the Performing and Fine Arts building.

An officer was dispatched. A professor was contacted, but he refused to close his window or stop playing his saxophone.

April 20 At 12:18 a.m., an officer reported being out with students on the Urban Trail east of San Francisco Street.

One student was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia. A second student was cited and released for possession of marijuana.

April 19 At 6:39 a.m., multiple reports were received about possible gunshots fired

around the area of the du Bois Center.

An officer was dispatched. Several parking lots in the area were checked, but everything appeared to be fine.

At 8:45 a.m., Parking Services staff reported a male subject had entered the building, caused a verbal disturbance and knocked a few items off of the counter.

Officers were dispatched. The subject had left prior to officers’ arrival and the surrounding area was checked with negative contact.

At 10:18 a.m., a student reported a vehicle whose window had been smashed in Lot 36.

An officer was dispatched. The owner was contacted and the investigation is open and pending further information.

At 1:09 p.m., Cline Library staff requested medical attention for a male who was lying on the bathroom floor with blood on his face.

Officers, Flagstaff Fire Department and Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) were dispatched. GMT transported the subject to Flagstaff Medical Center.

At 2:36 p.m., a student reported his bicycle had been stolen from bike racks on the north side of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building.

An officer was dispatched but the investigation was closed with all leads exhausted.

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Events Calendar Calendar Events THURSDAY, APR. 26 Australian Wine Tasting [12 a.m. /Vino Loco]

Left Alone [8 p.m./Orpheum] Dark Puma Music [8 p.m./Raven Cafe]

Anime Club [2:45 p.m. /E. Flagstaff Community Library]

Rewired [9 p.m./The Sultana]

Black Forest Society [9 p.m./Olde Sedona]

BLUME [9 p.m./Mia’s Lounge]

FRIDAY, APR. 27

SUNDAY, APR. 29

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker [7 p.m. /Cinnabar]

Free Food & Music [1 p.m. /Berg’s BBQ]

Comedy Zone [7:30 p.m./Mary D. Fisher Theatre]

Filthy Still [2 p.m./Flagstaff Brewing Co]

Naked Ape Show [8 p.m./Oak Creek Brewing Co.]

Live Music Every Sunday [7 p.m. /San Felipes Cantina]

Dragons [9 p.m./Mia’s Lounge]

MONDAY, APR. 30

SATURDAY, APR. 28

Weekly Wine Tasting [6 p.m./Wine Loft]

KJACK Day [10:30 a.m./Heritage Square]

Monday Night Blues [7 p.m. /Charly’s Pub and Grill]

Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament [7 p.m./Courtyard Marriot] Arizona Underground Film Festival [8 a.m./The Screening Room]

TUESDAY, MAY 1 Iwrestledabearonce [12 a.m./Cinnibar] NAU Film Series [7 p.m./ NAU Cline Library] Drums and Dance Night [8 p.m./Oak Creek Brewing Co.]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 Ladies ‘80s [8 p.m./ Green Room] Open Mic Night [9 p.m./ Mia’s Lounge] Buddhist Meditation [5:45 p.m./Katog Jampel Sungling]

Weekend Picks Weekend Picks Russian Finale Friday@ 7:30 p.m. – Mary D. Fisher Theatre Have a laugh with comedians Steve Krause and Julie Scoggins.

Left Alone Saturday@ 8 p.m. – Orpheum Enjoy a ska punk show with Left Alone, Downplay, Sleepwalker5, The Blissins, Unstable Youth and Lo Cash Ninjas.

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Students Relay For Life

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BY JUSTUS BURKITT

he annual Relay For Life (RFL) at Northern Arizona University kicked off on April 21 with attendance by more than 1,200 people and ultimately raising over $63,000. From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. the following morning, the event dominated the Walkup Skydome and drew participants from throughout the state.

RFL, as described by Co-Head Chair Caitlyn Thede, is a 12-hour event sponsored by the American Cancer Society in order to draw awareness to cancer, celebrate survivors and commemorate those who died of cancer.

“It’s an overnight event fundraiser for the American Cancer Society,” Thede said. “Basically, the idea is that cancer never sleeps, so neither will we.”

According to Thede, the committee aimed to raise $58,000.

Not only did the event surpass this figure, but also raised more than the past two years, both which accumulated more than $56,000.

NAU relay teams also succeeded BOTTOM LEFT: Two participants hug following the Luminaria Ceremony. TOP LEFT: Participants walk the in raising more money than ASU and UA. track in support of cancer research. TOP CENTER: “We increased our fundraisMembers of the NAU Swing Dance Club demonstrate common dance techniques. TOP RIGHT: Following the ing amount by a lot, we increased Luminaria ceremony, participants remember those lost our team numbers by a lot, we into cancer. CENTER RIGHT: Among the many festivicreased our participant number by ties, there was tug of war. Proceeds went to cancer a lot,” Thede said. “On participant research. (Photos by Daniel Daw) satisfaction, we are still actually BOTTOM RIGHT: An overview of relay events. (Photo by surveying people about it, but it Bree Purdy)

sounded like everyone was pretty happy with it. We’ve been making some improvements from the past few years.”

The success of the event was reflected both in the amount fundraised and the reaction of participants. The committee surveys random attendees of the event and, according to Thede, the results have been positive.

“Everyone seemed very happy; everyone we talked with,” Thede said. “Every single team that was there. Nobody had a bad thing to say, so it seemed like it went pretty well.”

Mandy Montgomery, freshman secondary education mathematics major, volunteered on the RFL committee. Overall, Montgomery also felt that the experience was positive.

“This is actually the first Relay For Life I’ve ever attended,” Montgomery said. “They’ve definitely exceeded my expectations far more than I ever could have imagined.”

Many RFL participants have a very personal and emotional stake in the event. The Luminaria ceremony, which involved the lighting of candles and glow sticks in remembrance of those who have died of cancer in addition to supporting those whose struggle is ongoing, gave participants the opportunity to display how cancer see RELAY page 7

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NAU increasing accessibility and disability resources for students on campus

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BY SARA WEBER

s NAU works toward improvement in aspects of carbon neutrality and building structures, the school must also consider the effect these changes have on students.

Although only 2.5 percent of students on campus self-identify as disabled to Disability Resources, Jamie Axelrod, the director of Disability Resources, believes this statistic is not entirely accurate.

“I know that that’s not everybody,” Axelrod said. “There are for sure students on campus who have disabilities who have not come to our office and requested accommodations.”

Depending on their situations, students with disabilities may have some difficulties getting to class or actually participating. Some may need assistance with entering buildings or hearing what a teacher is saying.

“My largest concern is always getting from north to south campus,” said Claire Bergstresser, a freshman criminal justice major who uses a wheelchair due to a mobility impairment. “Sometimes I have to wait 25 minutes or more for a bus because they are too full to let me on or don’t have a lift. Because of this, I must adjust accordingly and plan for this time gap. Also, NAU buses do not run on the weekends, which sometimes cause problems if I from PROPERTY page 1

can confirm that a Dunkin’ Donuts is going there and the other tenant — it’s a 4,400 square foot sit-down restaurant concept — they’re a large national restaurant and they have not given permissions yet to disclose them coming. We’re close, but they want to wait a little bit longer.”

Hayenga said the confidentiality is due to legal issues, though she expects the unnamed company to stick to their commitment.

“We’ve had a verbal commitment and we’re working through some of the legal language, but like all things, it’s never done until it’s done,” Hayenga said.

Hayenga also said while she and her partners hope to draw students from NAU, she expects the combination of dining options to draw people from all over the city.

have to get to the Skydome or certain other spots on south campus. Lastly, not all doors have handicap buttons and this sometimes causes issues. I usually find someone who can help me with this particular dilemma.”

Many buildings still do not have elevators, making it entirely inaccessible to some students.

Perhaps the most inconvenient time of the year for Bergstresser is picking a residence hall because most residence halls do not have elevators.

“I get frustrated because there is no elevator in many of the residence halls, limiting me to the first floor. I have to be careful when reapplying for on campus housing because they will not always consider whether a residence hall or room is accessible before placing me in the assigned area.”

Robert Young, a junior sociology major and president of the Disability Student Advisory Board (DSAB), has severe hearing loss and faces the daily task of understanding what his teachers and peers are saying. However, with the help of an infra-red device, provided by Disability Resources, Young can participate in class more easily.

“I once had a teacher who refused to wear a microphone during class,” Young said at the New Directions in Diversity Symposium held on April 30. “Disability Resources told me that was in violation of my rights. Being here was at first a wholly

“We absolutely wanted to attract everybody — and it’s such an influential corner there — we wanted to attract families and students and tourists and tourists and locals and everybody,” Hayenga said. “A line-up of a Dunkin’ and a Chick-FilA and a third concept, I think we’re hitting it out of the park.”

Hayenga could not give a firm date for openings of the new restaurants, but said she expects them to be open by January. “[We plan on opening] sometime between now and the year-end,” Hayenga said. “Same thing with the other restaurant concept. We’ll try to get everything up, buildings up and tenants in between now and the end of the year.”

Hayenga also said while she and her partners are expanding their interests to Flagstaff, they are also expanding in the Phoenix area.

negative experience, but since then faculty have become very supportive.”

In attempts to improve accessibility on campus, NAU is looking into incorporating universal design in its construction processes. Chris Lanterman, the co-chair of the Commission on Disability Access and Design, explained the concept of universal design as incorporating easier and safer access to everyday things.

“There is a substantive difference between ‘accessible’ design and ‘universal’ design,” Lanterman said. “For example, an accessible entry into a building may have a ramp, but it might be an evident afterthought, take the user to an entry other than that which most people use or not be cleared of snow and ice during winter months. Luckily, NAU has taken the universal design approach that all ramps are to be cleared of snow before steps. After all, anyone can use a ramp, but not everyone can use stairs.”

Lanterman went on to say that universal design benefits all students and faculty, regardless of whether or not they have a disability.

“It is also important to note that universal design is not just about people with disabilities,” Lanterman said. “Universal design benefits people of all abilities, backgrounds, experiences, stature, age, et cetera. Consider, for example, automatic faucets,

“We also just opened a bakery where we bake the doughnuts, so we’re baking about 5,000 dozen doughnuts a night and then we take them out to the stores and in some cases they finish them and in some cases we finish them from the bakery.”

Hayenga said while their bakery in Phoenix is operating at full capacity, it is too far from Flagstaff for fresh delivery, so the local location will need to bake its own.

“The Dunkin’ that we’ll have up there, they’ll probably have to do their own, since our bakery is in Chandler it’s too far to deliver every day, so they’ll have to bake them in back, which we think will be real fun,” Hayenga said.

Hayenga said she expects the national chain to make public its commitment to establishing a presence in Flagstaff in the next 30 days.

towel dispensers and soap dispensers in restrooms.

These make their use easier for those with various mobility impairments, but they also benefit the environment by using fewer resources, benefit public health by not requiring everyone to touch the faucets and dispensers and make their use easier for children, older adults, et cetera.”

For different disabilities there are different methods of promoting equal treatment. For those in wheelchairs, it involves easily operated entrances and more elevators or ramps. For Young, the most important aspects of assisting students with disabilities are compassion, communication and a sense of humor.

“Teachers need to be more understanding,” Young said. “They need to look at each student as an individual, have an open mind and a sense of humor.”

Bergstresser admits campus is maneuverable but often leaves room for improvement.

“I would say that overall campus is accessible, but it still has a while to go before I would consider it up to standards such that anyone with a disability could attend here,” Bergstresser said.

For assistance or more information regarding campus accessibility or disability assistance, students may contact Disability Resources or the DSAB.

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has impacted their lives. Hundreds of participants circled the track to show support for those affected including parents, siblings, extended family and friends.

Montgomery, who was involved with a RFL team in addition to holding a position on the committee, described her own personal connection to the issue of cancer awareness before the Luminaria began.

“I have had a few grandparents pass away because of cancer,” Montgomery said. “Right now, my sister is alive because of the development that [the American Cancer Society] have had with cancer. I really don’t think that she would be here if it weren’t for things like this that were going on.”

Rachel Booth, a sophomore international hospitality major and Sechrist Hall’s Relay team leader, described her personal connection to the event.

“Recently, my grandmother, Karen Morrison, was diagnosed with

pancreatic cancer,” Booth said. “So I just want to help people who are just like her not only with health, but also with money too. I wasn’t doing it just for my grandma, I was also doing it for people like her.”

Booth went on to describe the emotion of the event, particularly the Survivor Walk, which celebrates those who have been successful in their struggle with cancer.

“The Survivor Walk was awesome to see because people have the courage to show that they went through a rough time and made it through,” Booth said.

Relay participants said they were very happy with the way the event turned out, including Montgomery, who “cannot wait to become more involved” in the next Relay “throughout the rest of her college experience.”

Booth said she was proud of the way the event turned out.

“It was awesome to see diverse people coming together and raising money for one cause.” Booth said.

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Editorial&Opinion

Arizona declares ovum a moral and rational being

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bortion has long been a critical topic of debate, and for many good reasons. The termination of a developing human being provokes metaphysical, political and ethical questions, and is most often followed by religious or theological responses: objections to the glorification of a fetus’ value cite women’s rights, chiefly those to health and freedom of choice.

Thus, it is not irrational to say both sides of the debate have much to lose by yielding to the demands of the other. Though there exists no scientific evidence for souls, the possibility is equally not discredited and it may solidify fears of religious persons that humans, carriers of divine fragments, are being murdered. On the other hand, persons have a constitutional right to reject religious arguments entirely, for any reason, and women a right to demand professional healthcare and determine the processes of her body. Both sides raise their voices to protect a person’s life and liberty, but disagree significantly on the definition of person.

However, none disagree so ridiculously as Gov. Brewer and Arizona’s lawmakers, who on April 19 passed a bill defining pregnancy to begin “from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman:” Arizonan women will be legally

pregnant before having sex, and a person will exist before conception. America’s government has recently been involved with activities best left to dictionaries; the results have been catastrophic. We live in a society where pizzas are vegetables and ova are persons.

In addition to redefining pregnancy, the new law institutes new disclosure mandates that include requiring the state to have a

website with images of fetuses at various stages of development for women to view, will force women considering abortion because of fetal abnormalities to have counseling and for women having an abortion to have an ultrasound.

Brewer said the bill “strengthens Arizona’s laws protecting the health and safety of women, and recognizes the precious life of the pre-born baby.” How making some pregnancies illegal will pro-

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tect the health of women is questionable, and her understanding of a “pre-born baby” ludicrous.

The implications this new definition of pregnancy gives rise to are almost comical, and borderline ironic: Through their excessive and radical conservatism, Republicans have impregnated innumerable 13 year-olds and made menstruation the most innovative and uniform type of abortion yet. But absurdity has

no place in law and courts, and while it may indulge late-night show hosts and provide us with numerous laughs, women’s rights are no laughing matter.

About a month ago Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, two Australian academics, released an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics in which they discussed “after-birth abortion.”

Their claim was that “killing a newborn would be ethically permissible in all the circumstances abortion would be.” Not surprisingly, the article received severe criticism, and its tremendous absurdity was detrimental to prochoice interests. It is beyond all reasonable doubt that a newborn is not a fetus — the argument that killing babies is equally ethical to abortion resulted in the inverse argument that abortion is as unethical as killing babies.

The direct inverse of such a ridiculous argument is displayed by our Republican officials: if fertility entails pregnancy and our society considers menstruation to be ethically meaningless, the conclusion follows that abortion is not morally different from a period. By elevating pregnancy and persons to absurdity, conservatives have trivialized their own cause.

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U.S. military mishaps threaten foreign relations

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itizens hope government institutions and agencies have access to and are able to provide the best our country can offer, particularly in today’s day and age: a context which demands professionalism and security; on Wednesday the 18, the Secret Service betrayed America’s expectations, endangered the president’s life, and harmed diplomatic relations; following a prostitution scandal, three of the Secret Service agents were kicked out of their positions. Their remarkable night out took place while they were on duty to protect President Obama.

An estimated eleven to twenty-one Secret Service agents had a night filled with NATASHA partying, and it ended with some of them REEVES bringing prostitutes to the hotel in Cartagena, Colombia. Ten military service members were allegedly involved in the scandal, along with approximately twenty prostitutes.

Not only is this incident embarrassing and debauched, it could have led to a breach in security and a national catastrophe. The matter could have gotten a lot worse if the agency’s director or chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee hadn’t acted quickly.

In addition to the risks to the president’s life, this incident also perpetuated the stereotype Latin Americans have of North Americans, and is detrimental to diplomacy, foreign affairs, and our public image. Many Colombian authorities won’t discuss the scandal, and Obama is angry about it.

These agents are hired to protect the president’s life, if they cannot fulfill their responsibilities they should expect termination in the best of cases, and public ridicule in these occasions; having them go off and party with prostitutes is the same as not having them in the same city as Obama: It is exceedingly dangerous.

This scandal has put into question the type of people the Secret Service is hiring and how effective those who have au-

thority over them are in maintaining morale, implementing discipline and providing protection. While, Representative Pete King and agency director, Mark Sullivan acted swiftly, they hold some responsibility for what happened. Their positions demand intense preventive measures and careful scrutiny of the men in charge of our president’s life.

Now, what can be said about other supervisors who did nothing to stop this event from happening, and for the ones who were involved in the scandal? One of these supervisors actually had the nerve to threaten to sue Sullivan for firing them. The agents involved were also asked to take a lie detector test and only one has agreed to do so.

Secret Service had been known for having high employment and regulation standards, just like many other government institutions; however, this issue has shown otherwise.

Secret Service needs to raise their standards for employment and increase their degree of regulation, mainly by keeping track of the current agents, their professional performance, and moral state.

Besides the scandal’s sleazy effect, there have been complaints about these agents using tax payers’ money for the prostitutes’ services. It isn’t clear if the agents dug into the public trust or not. If tax payers’ money was wasted on this scandal, the public has even more rights to be outraged, and is legitimately entitled to demand further retaliation. If the public trust wasn’t touched, this event was still a waste of money that could go toward other useful and legal services.

The Secret Service more than likely lost a lot of respect from the American people and foreigners alike. There needs to be a way that future mistakes won’t occur and that any future “mistakes” won’t simply be covered up and instead avoided.

There is no excuse for these situations happening; it is disrespectful and shady for people of such high-ranking positions to be involved in such low scandals. It is even worse when these people are doing these activities while on duty. The Secret Service needs to recheck some of their employee’s principles.

n April 18, The Los Angeles Times released disturbing photographs of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan, posing with the corpses of suspected Afghan suicide bombers, against the Pentagon’s wishes. The photographs were released on the “condition of anonymity.” The anonymous soldier reportedly told the LA Times AMANDA he released the HORNER photos to prove a point about shortcomings in security on U.S. bases in the Middle East.

These pictures were allegedly taken back in 2010, when the 82nd Airborne Division had a mission — to check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the remains of an Afghan suicide bomber, and gain evidence by taking fingerprints. However, the American soldiers ended up posing for photos with the corpse, grinning and even making an unofficial platoon patch that read “Zombie Hunter.” A few months later, this same platoon posed next to the remains of three insurgents, who, according to Afghan police, had accidently blown themselves up. They even posed with members of the Afghan police force, grinning and holding the legs of one of the remains upside down.

One of the soldiers can even be seen giving the camera a thumbs up, while standing over the dead body.

Army spokesman George Wright said, “Such actions fall short of what we expect of our uniformed service members in deployed areas. After the release of these horrific and offensive photographs, the Army launched a criminal investigation. Pentagon spokesman George Little said “These images by no means represent the values or professionalism of the vast majority of US troops serving in Afghanistan today.” While the majority of troops may not have such deep

errors in judgment, it would be misleading to try to claim this is an isolated incident. This scandal is just another addition to the list of solider misconduct that adds unnecessary tension to U.S.–Afghan relations.

In January of this year, a video was posted of U.S. Marines urinating on corpses of dead Taliban memebrs. Then, in February, protests and riots occurred in Afghanistan over the burning of Qurans at a NATO airbase. The Taliban retaliated with a car bombing, killing 6 civilians, a solider, and two airport guards. A Taliban spokesman said, “This attack is revenge against those soldiers who burned our Quran.”

These incidents demonstrate a lack of integrity in soldiers, who are harming foreign relations. There already exists an immense antiWestern sentiment in the Middle East, which, after cases like these, hardly seems unwarranted. These actions devalue life, reduce security of other troops in the region, and further complicate negotiations.

These actions are treason, and should be treated at such. When such behavior occurs, it reflects so poorly on the U.S. globally. Despite the behavior being ‘condemned’ by the U.S. government, and extremely shameful, it does no good to issue apologies.

Lives are risked, and have even been lost, when soldiers act out of accordance with the values preached by the military. Nothing should be done, under any circumstances, to further aggravate relations with Afghanistan. The nation’s respectability falls, and it shows a disturbing lack of discipline from our soldiers. It is easy to understand how the anonymous solider who sent in the photographs to the LA Times would be concerned about lack of security. These behaviors will spark protests and outrage, putting the lives of American and Afghan soldiers at risk, increasing global tension and working backwards in conflict progress.

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Editorial&Opinion

Hispanic voters aim of 2012 campaigns

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nvisible Children, the group behind the KONY 2012 campaign, who had held their universal promotion campaign push on the stoner holiday April 20, have come under a tremendous amount of scrutiny from supporters of gay marriage and liberals, which are, of course, the same group of people. Invisible Children’s first yearly report of 2006 gave a “special thanks” to the “Caster Family FounTOM dation”, while their BLANTON 2007 report didn’t beat around the bush when thanking Terry and Barbara Caster. To those unaware as to who the Casters are, this might sound less media-worthy than Kim Kardashian’s failed attempts at relationships. However, to the trained eye, the Caster family is more than a humble family with a swimming pool and a dog named Bud. The Casters are one of the biggest financial backers of California’s anti-same sex marriage Proposition 8. Holy scandalmole, Batman! As if this weren’t enough to throw more kerosene on the liberal scrutiny of the organization, it came to attention that Philip Anschutz, who supported Colorado’s 1992 anti-gay marriage Amendment 2, also gave $5,218 in 2007 as well.

Now, this shouldn’t put a damper on what the organization stands for, or what they’re trying to accomplish in Darfur, but unfortunately, it has.

Alternet’s B. E. Wilson researched 990 IRS tax forms and yearly reports from Invisible Children and 990s from its major donors, and what he found was more shocking than The Goonies were when they found One-Eyed Willy’s ship. Wilson uncovered deep (yet never secretive) financial ties to evangelicals and major funders of anti-gay organizations. Well, why not? Money’s money, and when the cause is as righteous as the one Invisible Children has been fighting for a little over half a decade, then let the money roll in from any racists, bigots or homophobes that are willing to empty their pockets to help the children of Uganda. As long as Invisible Children utilizes the donations to help rescue the child abductees and see to it that Joseph Kony, if alive, is banished to a small tropical island with nobody but the cast of the new Three Stooges, who have to remain in character, and a down syndrome mule to keep him company . Just because the organization accepts donation from anti-gay groups doesn’t make them an anti-gay organization. ‘ All this homophobic fire comes at the same time that the authenticity of Invisible Children’s cause is actu-

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ally real. There is much speculation as to whether or not Joseph Kony is even still alive. If he is alive, critics are even questioning whether he’d still be in charge of the child abducting rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. If Invisible Children is chasing a phantom, then so are the 100 American troops stationed in Uganda and so is the International Criminal court, which has Kony at the top of their list.

But the criticism of his possible nonexistence is in the background now compared to the ruckus caused by the “anti-gay” affiliations.

The National Christian Foundation (NCF) is the largest, most active founder of the Far Christian Right, and states on its website that they “make certain every dollar that comes to [them] is ultimately distributed according to [their] Christian mission” and that they only fund non-profits that “enable followers of Christ to give wisely to advance His Kingdom.” It’s really quite infantile of the media to scour the ethics of Invisible Children just because the NCF decided to hand over $350,000 in 2007 and $414,000 in 2008 to help fight the oppressor. If Kony is, in fact, still alive, then let the money roll in from whoever wants to give it so the world can see him hung up like a turkey on Thanksgiving.

nderstanding that people with radical ideologies, liberal or conservative, don’t comprise a too significant portion of the constituency, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will need to target and appeal to a wide range of moderates and persons undecided if they wish to be elected to office.

This challenge will prove far more difficult than apROLANDO pealing to either extremes of the politiGARCIA cal spectrum, who need little more than some rallying and to hear catchphrases like “freedom” and “change” from their respective representatives to cast a vote.

Hispanics are characterized for being in the center of the spectrum; their pro-life views, church involvement, family values and strong belief that work is the means to success make them side with conservatives; simultaneously the conservative’s inclination to military intervention abroad, apparent insatiable thirst for money, and aggressive stance against immigration pushes them toward liberal candidates — at least that’s the stereotype that both parties have adopted, and around which campaigns, ads, and different strategies revolve.

There are 6.6 million registered Hispanic voters and candidates must target this ethnic group accurately and effectively to increase their chances of winning. So, how can Democrats and Republicans better target Latinos? By stepping away from the stereotype.

First off, Hispanics or Latinos are not a homogenous group, and often struggle to find things in common with one another. Persons with a different Latin-American national heritage will have drastically different political views: consider the structures of their respective governments, and notice there are as few similarities between their countries as are between the United States and them.

Then are factors of income and status. A privileged and wealthy Hispanic will probably share very similar

views to any other ethnic group with an equivalent status; conversely, the poor and underprivileged will side with the general electoral pattern of persons in their class.

Add to this their generation in this country, and the divide will only expand. On the April 17, Obama released ad campaigns in Spanish; yet, few Hispanics who are not immediate immigrants speak Spanish often, if at all. Also, if they have taken the trouble to learn English to participate more actively with their teachers, employers, neighbors and state and federal representatives, they expect equal treatment. Some may take ads in Spanish as condescending and even offensive — politicians should acknowledge Hispanics’ ability to understand and communicate in English, this acknowledgement is a sign of respect, which is more valuable than “bonding.”

There are also different senses and degrees of entitlement: An immediate immigrant will see everything and anything this nation has to offer as a bonus; often their wages having increased along with their security and standard of living, and not being accustomed to receiving anything from their past governments, legal immigrants will take however little this country offers with gratitude, and expect few if anything.

Later generations, rightfully seeing themselves as citizens with equal rights to any American will have much higher expectations: they may become activists, criticize uneven distribution of power, ethnic stratification, and demand compensation through affirmative action for racism that is ingrained in today’s systems from past discrimination.

As is often the case with overgeneralizations, the current stereotype about Hispanics’ political inclination is ungrounded, and if candidates wish to send an effective message, they must administrate surveys and be more attentive to the Latino population, otherwise, it is best to stop targeting them altogether with ad campaigns, for it is better to not be targeted than to be targeted wrongly.

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Sorority Warfare

Life

A Derby Day charity dance off

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BY MADISON SANTOS

xciting, chaotic, thrilling, intense, exhausting and charitable. All of these words are worthy of describing Derby Days; a week-long philanthropic event run by the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Universities across the nation take part in their own Derby Days every year to raise money for different charities. This year, NAU donated to The Children’s Miracle Network and The Huntsman’s Cancer Institute. From April 15 to April 20, members of NAU sororities partook in various competitions in order to earn derby points and support a good cause.

“I’m looking forward to meeting new people in Greek Life who are trying to raise the most money for their philanthropy,” said freshman biomedical science major Michelle Morales, a member of Pi Beta Phi. Once the derbies began, different events and contests were held on every day of the week, like the Miss Derby Day Pageant, a dodgeball tournament, a movie and skit night, the derby hunt, the derby party and the Sigma Chi kidnapping.

Day three of the event was when the competition seriously heated up, at the Derby Days dance-off. Each sorority was required to create and perform a sevenminute dance. Eight Sigma Chis were matched with each sorority to be their “derby daddies,” and partake in the dances along with them. The competition was judged by a panel of five Sigma Chi alumni and this past year’s Derby Days coordinator, Chad Skostad. The winner was chosen based on creativity, energy and dancing ability.

The du Bois ballroom was jampacked with rowdy audience members and anxious dancers practicing their moves in the aisles. The first to take the stage was Alpha Phi. When their routine was over, freshman visual communication major Madi Nedved said, “I can’t believe we just did that. We practiced for like two months; I am so glad we are done.” Alpha Phi members supporting from the crowd explained they did not participate in the dance because they didn’t have the time it required.

The variety of themes for the dances

ranged from army to Pac-man to Justin Bieber and more. In many performances, the derby daddies expressed their provocative side by stripping down to their boxers and shamelessly strutting their stuff. Alpha Delta Pi showcased acrobatic talents, Chi Omega proved they were capable of stepping and Tri Delta turned the event into a rave when they incorporated glow sticks into their routine.

The amount of effort the girls put into the dances was apparent, as they really did impress and entertain the audience.

“We have been working on them for a really long time,” said freshman journalism major Timpani Woodson, who performed for Tri Delta. According to her, Tri Delta has taken first place in the dance-off for the past three years; they were determined to keep their winning streak going.

After everyone performed, the judges deliberated and the winners were announced. Chi Omega took first place and won 500 points. Second place went to Tri Delta with 300 points, and Gamma Phi Beta placed third with 200 points.

Freshman accounting major Kelsey Sweiczkowski took part in the Chi Omega dance, and expressed tremendous excitement with the rest of her “sisters” when they were announced the winners. “I’m super excited because we worked really hard,” Sweiczkowski said. “We practiced until midnight last night, so I’m really glad we won.”

After all the celebration, the panel of judges expressed their gratitude toward the girls by announcing that their hard work showed they truly care about Derby Days and also showed their love for humanity.

Following the heartfelt message was the Sigma Chi auction, where the sororities fought for the highest bid to win a Sigma Chi active for one night. Senior exercise science major Josh Petchel was auctioned off to Gamma Phi Beta for an astounding $150, which all went toward The Children’s Miracle Network and The Huntsman’s Cancer Institute. “The money is going to a great cause,” Petchel said. “And with how enthusiastic the girls are this year, we are on track to raise over $10,000. As far as me going for $150, they paid way too much.”

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The charitable dance off raised over $10,000 for The Childrens Miracle Network and The Huntman’s Cancer Institute. Chi Omega took first place in the dance competition.

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Life

UNDIE RUN 2012

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BY ALEXANDRA SOTO

his past Friday, NAU hosted a slew of blackout events to celebrate Earth Day. Included was a performance by the Arizona-based band A Change of Pace, a student disc jockey and the much anticipated 2012 Undie Run. The events were designed to reduce on-campus energy usage while providing safe student entertainment. As for the Undie Run in particular, it has become a school tradition after recent successes.

Campuses nationwide sponsor the student function to inspire charitable donations on behalf of younger community members in an original

and stimulating way. Students are encouraged to come fully dressed, and once on the site of the run, donate the clothes they’re wearing or any brought along which will then be collected and distributed to a local charity.

NAU’s events began with a slow start, with only a few dozen students attending the concert and DJ pep rally, but once 9 p.m. rolled around, hundreds of barely covered students had formed their own dance party on the Wall Aquatic Field. Piles of cardboard boxes lined the field’s sidewalk, see UNDIE page 18

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Life

Losing my Coachella virginity Y A STORY BY DANI TAMCSIN

ou can watch the Coachella performances on YouTube, where some stream live.

You can look at pictures and videos on Facebook and all over the Internet. But there’s one thing you can’t really understand until you’ve experienced it, and that is Carpoolchella.

Car camping at Coachella, which is a huge music festival held once a year in Coachella Valley, is like living in your own, imaginary country for a weekend. There are no laws at the car camping site. There is no citizenship, no property lines, no racism, no homophobia and no fear. Everyone is free to be who they are and act as they please.

The first night, you unpack your car and set up camp. You scope out your neighbors; the overall situation. Once everyone’s tents and easyups are in place, you roam. It’s time to explore this new place. You go from tent to tent and soon people are passing out beers and blasting music

from car stereos. People end up migrating toward the best music with the most alcohol, and soon there are parties popping up at every lot.

Within the first five hours at Coachella, you’re wondering if it could possibly get any better.

And it does. Aside from the insanely talented musicians, the surprisingly good food and the incredible structures set up at Coachella, the feeling you get when you walk onto the venue grounds is unlike any other. Someone screams “COACHELLA” and all of a sudden hundreds of people around you are screaming with them.

People are taking pictures with whoever has the best body paint or the sickest outfit. And that’s all before you get to the first stage.

Normally spraying or dumping gallons of water on complete strangers would be considered rude, but seeing as it’s about 102 degrees, being kind enough to share your ice cold or even lukewarm water was a pleasant community service. Some people took advantage of the heat, offering full body sprays in exchange for a look at

a girl’s “goods.” For the most part, though, everyone just wanted to share the love, whether it was water, food, sunscreen or celebratory materials for 4/20.

You could find someone from virtually any country within your row of cars. Our neighbors were video game creators from Mexico City, and across the way were engineers from Estonia.

During M83, everyone in front of me was about 6’2”. I tapped the shoulder of a guy in front of me and asked if he would put me on his shoulders.

In an Australian accent he yelled “Sure thing, love! Hop on up!” Making friends at Coachella was that easy. Sharing an extra glow stick or passing a cigarette could forge a life-long friendship, or at least it felt that way for the next few days.

It’s no secret people try to enhance their experience at Coachella with drugs. Everyone could tell when someone was on a different level and no one judged. People even took care of strangers who couldn’t find their cars, their

friends or their footing. My friends and I helped a girl who was way too preoccupied with how green her hand looked. We kept trying to tell her it was body paint but when she started to cry and spit on her hand, we helped her find her campsite.

As far as sleeping, you could pretty much drop anywhere; meaning that wherever the last party of the night was, or wherever your closest friend happened to be, or maybe wherever you were when you couldn’t walk anymore — that’s where you would sleep. The mornings were rough, however, because as soon as the sun came up, it was impossible to continue sleeping. It was 102-104 degrees every day, and the heat didn’t wait for you.

If you wanted to shower, you had a few options. You could wake up before sunrise so you could be first in line, or you could get in line at about 8:30 and wait for one or two hours, or see COACH page 18

ABOVE LEFT: Car campers were up and about early every morning due to the nagging heat. ABOVE RIGHT: Coachella has both international and hometown appeal, attracting this large group of San Franciscans. BOTTOM: It would take about half an hour to walk from some camping spots to the festival entrance. (Photos by Dani Tamcsin)

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Life

Moving Out

Bridging the

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irector James Cameron’s film Titanic sailed across the Pacific Ocean and met quite a few problems in China’s film market. Titanic was first released in China in March 1998; this old version was complete without any shots missing. However, Titanic 3D was released in China in April 2012 and lost two scences: one when is Jack painting Rose only wearing “the heart of the ocean” and the other when Jack and Rose have sex in a car. This censorship is authorized by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (CSARFT), whose censorship didn’t begin until June 1998. Therefore, Titanic 3D got censored and those two important romance scenes disappeared.

In fact, even though CSARFT didn’t announce why they cut those two shots, the Chinese people knew clearly those two scenes are too sexual and would not be released in public in order to avoid negative influences on teenagers. At this time, a Chinese man on the Internet felt so disappointed, he tried to stand in the government’s shoes. He figured out that the Chinese government may be afraid audiences might want to touch Kate Winslet in the Jack painting Rose scene because of 3D’s real effects. This Chinese man, thinking this was the real reason, wrote it online. Unimaginably, an ordinary Chinese person said something which wasn’t 100 percent true, but became an authority in a short time.

It actually made headlines in one Canadian newspaper. The article said, “Film censors in China have edited a scene in Titanic 3D which shows Kate Winslet’s breasts over fears cinemagoers ‘may reach out their hands for a touch.’ Officials at CSARFT said, ‘Considering the vivid 3D effects, we fear that viewers may reach out their hands for a touch and thus interrupt other p e o p l e’s

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viewing. To avoid potential conflicts between viewers and out of consideration of building a harmonious ethical social environment, we’ve decided to cut off the nudity scenes.’”

Cameron was invited as a guest on The Colbert Report, an American satirical late night television program on Comedy Central. He explained Titanic’s situation in China: “They were afraid that Chinese men would actually reach out toward the screen; that would interfere with the enjoyment of people sitting next to them. This is a concern. But we made $20 million in two days, so I’m going with their edits.”

Even to that Chinese man’s surprise, this fake and unofficial reason created by him was transmitted abroad in such a short time via web media. He apologized in public and confessed, “This is the first time I saw my stuff translated into English and published in many authorized newspapers abroad.” However, his apology cannot save the current condition of people outside China “reaching-out hands” and “interference with the enjoyment of people” are the real reasons the government edited Titanic. Although the censorship of Titanic became a drama in China, the power of media escalated that buzz. A piece of fake news was turned into truth in a short time and, without the government’s confirmation, it spread abroad, being published in official American newspapers.

When my friends in China asked me my feelings watching a complete Titanic in 3D, I said it was great because the two missing shots revealed Jack and Rose’s developed relationship and intimate emotion, which were such necessary visuals in the film. Although my friends in China missed these two important components, they could still find them on the Internet.

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BY JACKSON RICHARDSON

he end of the school year is rapidly approaching and it’s time for students to move out of the dorms. Crunch time is here, and it’s also a critical time to consider what to keep and what to throw away. From trash cans overflowing to the ceiling, and clothes on every inch of the floor, all the other odd artifacts compiled through college adventure must go — if they can be found. Anthony Lowy, a freshmen electronic media and film major, expresses his thoughts about move-out day and the pros and cons that come with living with a stranger.

“I’m honestly not looking forward to move-out day at all,” Lowy says. “It looks like the Tasmanian devil took a couple laps around this place. The trash hasn’t been taken out in a couple weeks, there are clothes everywhere and I just ended up with a lot of random stuff.

I have to say living with my roommate was a great experience because we became good friends, but we both weren’t dedicated to keeping up with the room. I mean, it kind of smells like French fries and beef, but it’s only a few more weeks of the goblin lifestyle. I plan on getting rid of a lot of stuff I don’t really need to help with a smooth move experience.”

Having a roommate can be risky endeavor for some people. They may not come to like each other, which can create a bad experience.

Other students have formed great friendships through this experience and feel that college was more enjoyable meeting a new friend.

Dorm life can be exciting and risky, but has its benefits, too.

“When I first started last fall, I didn’t know what to expect about my first roommate,” says Milan Trujillo, a freshmen psychology major.

“We started off on a good note then things progressively went down hill. He turned out to be a disrespectful person and it made for a bad experience in my first semester. We were having issues so he moved out and in the spring and I got a new roommate.

I was really skeptical about [him] because of my previous roommate, but he turned out to be an awesome guy and he’s one of my closest friends now. He’s also a really tidy person and our room is in good shape for move-out day.”

A friendship can last a lifetime and college is the place that makes it possible. However, the time is coming to separate these bonds for summer fun. But with so many forms, mass confusion and the chaos of moveout day may interfere. Parents and students will flood the halls with bags and boxes all trying to move through the dim fluorescent lit hallways of the dorms. Things may get tricky with thousands of students on campus doing the same thing. Micah Segura, a public health major, talks about the hassles of moving out.

“Moving in first semester was a fun yet frustrating experience,” Segura says. “I was surprised the first day I got here at just how many people were moving in. There must have been over a hundred [people] in my dorm and maneuvering through it was a nightmare. Parents and students [were] going back and forth in the hallways all day and I was getting anxious. I’m not really looking forward to moving out because I’m sure the experience of moving in will repeat itself; it’s also one of those days where a lot of people are gassy and you never know who is smelling up the hall.”

In just a few weeks, thousands of organized and disorganized students will be shipping out. With only a little time left to get things in order, students should consider what’s important and what can go.

Often after all the students have disappeared, the dumpsters become a goldmine for those who delve into the trash treasure world.

“Last semester, a lot of people moved out of my dorm,” says Zach Henderson, an advertising major. “I’ll admit I got a little curious one day when I walked by the dumpsters and saw a lot of stuff thrown out. I actually found a pair of speakers and they aren’t that bad. I use them for my computer and it’s worked out great. I also found, and it might sound gross, but a really nice fruit bowl. It’s a big bowl with nice designs on it and it can probably hold twelve pieces of fruit. They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I hope to find some more this semester.”

You can dive on in and dive right out if you’re daring enough to find trashed treasures. You can also take with you a great friendship that is sure to last. Count on move out day to be quite eventful and hectic.

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along with the ASNAU representatives who kept the event organized.

The run gave many students an excuse to sport their best, and most unexpected, accessories. Sights included cowboy hats, motorcycle helmets, cow masks, American flag capes and even a few puppies running with their owners in the crowd. Leopard print was a regular sight on bras, as well as on the thongs of multiple male runners.

The occurrence gathered strange looks from police officers surrounding the event, leading to one officer very clearly saying, “Just something wrong with a grown man wearing a thong. It’s school spirit, I guess?” while laughing to another officer.

Sawyer Cook, a freshman majoring in hotel and restaurant management, and Joshua Deal, a freshman chemistry major, gathered with a group of friends to experience their first bare-skinned dash from the Health and Learning Center to Gabaldon Hall and back. The pair donated numerous articles of clothing to honor the true purpose of the event. Deal, left in a pair of boxer briefs and running shoes after stripping down says, “Yeah, I’m stoked. It’s going to fun!”

The pair jumped around and jogged in place to

keep warm before the run.

Another new face was junior Brittany Baguell, an exercise science major. “I’ve never done it before, but I’ve wanted to since my freshman year,” Baguell says. She seemed at ease, and attributed it to the hundreds of other bare bodies surrounding her. She says it isn’t as awkward as some would think, because the crowd and the energy took away any of the insecurity associated with disrobing. The number of people participating “helps, because you know how self-conscious people can be,” Baguell says. “It makes it easier.”

Baguell already knows what her plans for next semester. “I’m already planning on participating next year, too.”

Cody Szymanski, a sophomore marketing student, came to the Undie Run with one experience already under his belt. “This is my second year. The last one was good enough for me to come back.” His comfort level was noticeable, considering his boxer briefs were paired with a few pieces of everyday attire like a baseball cap, Backpack and a pair of Vans.

Szymanski’s friends and fellow Undie Runners also exuded this at-home confidence in their skivvies when they didn’t give a second thought to running onto the field. Maybe their enthusiasm came from contributing to the donation piles, or excitement for the rest of the night.

“I donated my most prized possession, my African dress,” Symanski says. “It was authentic.”

This was followed by a series of chanting, bouncing around and the group yelling “We’re gonna party!” while dancing to blaring rap music.

Once the running path was clearly marked and the word to take off was granted, students began sprinting, screaming and even grabbing clothed spectators sitting on benches to join in.

A very energized participant ran backwards for at least one hundred feet with a blow horn yelling “Come on, everyone is doing it!”

As expected, some enthusiasm dwindled as the run came to a close and the day’s adventures caught up with a few unfortunate students. One student, heavily breathing on his sprint back to the HLC gasped, “With the alcohol, oh man, too much alcohol.” Another yelled to a friend, “Just one question, where should I throw up?”

The majority of runners however, cheered and snapped photos at the finish line. The Undie Run remains a tradition sparking the interest, creativity and excitement in school-sponsored events. The Undie Run’s well-organized donation system led to hundreds of reusable clothing items being given to the Flagstaff community.

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you could wait until noon when everyone was already in the park and the shows had already started, or pay 10 bucks for a VIP shower. Once you were finally in the stalls for a general shower, you got seven minutes to scrub down and enjoy the cold water before you had to go back out into the heat. About 20 minutes later, we were just as sweaty, dirty and smelly. But man, those seven minutes are worth it. Going to the bathroom, on the other hand, was a much less enjoyable experience. The port-a-potties were hot, dark and the smell was overwhelming. Most people held it as long as they could, then held their breath and made the experience as quick as possible.

Apart from the hygiene — or lack thereof — every minute of Coachella was incredible.

Everyone was there to hear great music, meet amazing people from all over the world and have the time of their lives. I know Coachella was a life-changing experience for me. I felt safe and accepted for who I was by everyone around me.

No one cared what they looked like, who they were camping next to or dancing with. It made me wonder why that type of harmony isn’t possible everywhere. For now, I know I can find that sense of belonging once a year in Coachella Valley, and I plan on doing so for years to come.

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SportsReport

NAU alum brings Super Bowl experience to football program

LEFT: Jeff Lewis talks to a player during spring practice. RIGHT: Lewis gathers the wide receivers after practice to talk about the days’ activities. (Photos by Garry Hart)

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BY TRAVIS GUY

AU football has a long tradition of producing NFL-level coaches and talent.

Andy Reid and Mike Shanahan, current head coaches of the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins, respectively, and players like Jeff Lewis and Travis Brown, who have been part of Super Bowl-winning teams, are just few examples.

NAU was fortunate enough to have Lewis, a 1996 graduate, return to his alma mater and become the new wide receivers’ coach.

“Coaches on your staff that have a lineage and a tie to the tradition of Northern Arizona University have been important,” head coach Jerome Souers said. “Jeff Lewis brings not just great tradition, but great skills and ability. He’s a tremendous teacher; he’s a great motivator and when you look at the way he interacts with his student athletes, you know that he’s a gifted coach. I feel very fortunate to have him back.

Anybody that can bring two Super Bowls into a setting brings a lot, so we’re really pleased to have him.”

Lewis is a big hire for NAU, not only because of his college production (Lewis currently sits in the top five of seven different NAU

career records), but also for his pro experience.

“It was amazing,” Lewis said about his time with the Denver Broncos. “For two years, you’re just spoiled. Two back-to-back years, [you] end up being the best in the world, you know, it was amazing. It was an amazing feeling, great memories and I’ll never forget it.”

While a quarterback at NAU, Lewis set multiple records, including an 18-completion game against Cal State Northridge in 1995, which resulted in a 94.7 completion percentage for the game, the lowest season and career interception rate (0.9 and 1.8 percent, respectively), seven 300-yard-plus games and the most all-purpose yards in a season with 3,395. “[He was] not just a great competitor, he was a great leader. He led by example,” Souers said. “He was a passionate player, a fighter, from the first down to the end of the game.

That guy, having competed against him, or coached against him, [I] really saw his talents.

So he brings that kind of energy to the table, where the guys play for him and they play hard for him. That passion, that fury, that competitiveness, [and] that extra special chemistry he brings to the table.”

Following his career as a Lumberjack, the NAU alum was drafted as the No. 100 overall

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pick in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Broncos.

“That was a special day, obviously, for anybody that grows up with dreams of playing at the highest level,” Lewis said. “That was just a day that I ended up getting drafted, but it was cause of my teammates here [at NAU]. They gave me the opportunity, and my coaches here, they gave me the opportunity. I was just proud to be from northern Arizona and represent us in the NFL.” Lewis, playing under former NAU assistant coach and then-Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan, was part of a team that won backto-back Super Bowls. Lewis also played for the Carolina Panthers, and has his jerseys from both teams hanging in his office.

“Being a young quarterback and getting drafted by Mike Shanahan was a honor,” Lewis said. “It was a privilege and an honor because he is a quarterback guy. And he takes pride in always drafting good quarterbacks, so I was very honored that he chose me. When I got out there he said, ‘Hey Jeff, I used to coach at NAU.’” While with the Broncos, Lewis had a chance to play alongside one of the best quarterbacks in the game in Hall-of-Famer John see LEWIS page 26

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“There are a lot of great changes at NAU and I will always be a fan,” Kelly said. “I think Coach Murphy is going to do a great job and bring a lot of energy to the program. I am sad I won’t be here to see that.”

However, Kelly said the changes within the department had nothing to do with decision.

“I wasn’t looking for leverage to get more money; I wasn’t looking for leverage to get more years on my contract,” Kelly said. “If they gave me more money and said, ‘We’re going to give you three more years,’ I still would be going to Minnesota.”

Prior to her coaching career, Kelly completed a storied playing career at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.)

While at St. Thomas, which plays in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) with Gustavus, Kelly was awarded the National Player of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

The departure to Gustavus, an NCAA Division III school, returns Kelly to her home state and a conference she is familiar with. “[Mike Durbin], the coach at St. Bens (College of Saint Benedict), is the coach from when I played there,” Kelly said. “It’s the league I played in; it’s where my whole career started. My whole college experience started in the MIAC.” Kelly still holds many MIAC records, including career points scored (1804), scoring average (22.4), field goals made (717), field goal percentage (62.5%) and rebounds (837).

Gustavus’ previous head coach, Mickey Haller, resigned on March 12 citing personal and family reasons.

Haller had led her team to a program record 226 wins over a 12-year span. Gustavus finished this past season with a 20-7 record, including 17-5 in conference, for a second place finish in the MIAC. The Lumberjacks lost seniors Caty Huntington and Katie Pratt from this past season’s team. Among the returners is Amy Patton, who is currently 240 points shy of the school’s record, and Amanda Frost, who tied for tenth in school history with 45 3-pointers made in her first season as a Lumberjack.

Campos said the search for Kelly’s replacement would begin immediately.

“I’m an NAU fan. I’m so excited for what they could do next year and I feel confident in the players that I have left here,” Kelly said. “When I left Binghamton to come to NAU, my assistant coach got the job, [and] that team finished second in the league and he was coach of the year. I knew I left that program in a very good position and I believe I’ve done the same thing here at NAU.”

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Redshirt senior Jordan Chipangama broke the Zambian National Record in the 1,500-meter race with a time of 3:44.14 at the Mt. SAC Relays. Chipangama is the second Zambian native to set a record in Walnut, Calif., with the first being set in 1995 on the 10,000-meter. (Photo by Matt Sewell via NAU Athletics)

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BY ALLI JENNEY

he NAU track and field team split up again this past weekend, competing in the Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) Relays and the Beach Invitational.

Redshirt senior Jordan Chipangama became the first Zambian to break a national record since 1995, but came in second overall on Mt. SAC’s track, finishing in 3:44.14 in the 1,500-meter race.

In addition to Chipangama’s feat, freshman phenom Deante Kemper advanced to the second place all–time spot at NAU for outdoor high jump.

“For [Chipangama] to break the national record, but still have a lot more to go, I think was pretty exciting for him,” said director of cross country and track and field Eric Heins. “After coming off of knee surgery two years ago, and to finish up his last semester of eligibility and to leave NAU with a new national record was great for him.”

It was at the 54th annual Mt. SAC Relays at Hilmer Stadium in Walnut, Calif. on April 19 and 20 that Chipangama broke the record. The Beach Invitational was hosted

by California State University Long Beach (CSU Long Beach) at Cerritos College’s Falcon Stadium in Cerritos, Calif. on April 21.

“First of all, I felt very humbled to have broken the national record. It made me proud of myself and looking back to the time when I was injured, I think it has been something to boost my journey and focus because I guess I never felt I could come back and do what I did,” Chipangama said. “Last weekend was something different

and from this point on I think I’m going to face into every race with a different perception and attack them in a way I’m comfortable doing.”

Kemper continued to prove his athletic dominance this season at Mt. SAC, winning the men’s open high jump division at 7 feet, 1.75 inches.

Freshman distance runner Caroline Hogardh and redshirt senior Haley Lawrence competed in the women’s 1,500-meter race recording times of 4:24.47 and 4:34.88, respectively. In the men’s 1,500-meter, redshirt senior John Yatsko finished with a time of 3:48.68.

“I feel really happy about the 1,500, since it was a [personal record] by like nine seconds, and I felt really good that day,” Hogardh said. “Overall, I’m happy because I’ve been practicing more for the 1,500.”

In his second time competing in the men’s steeplechase race, freshman Caleb Hoover, the lone Lumberjack in the event, ran a personal best time of 9:04.40.

For the women’s invitational division 10,000-meter race, redshirt junior Rochelle Kanuho and senior Kortnee Burton completed the meet with a personal best mark of 34:42.36 and a Big Sky Conference (BSC) qualifier mark of 35:50.50, respectively. In the men’s Olympic development division for the same race, sophomore Bahlbi Gebreyohanns qualified for the Big Sky tournament with a time of 30:39.95 and freshman Alejandro Montano qualified as well in the men’s open with 30:58.

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pair of streaks were snapped as the NAU women’s tennis team fell to the University of Montana Grizzlies in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament in Sacramento, Calif.

The Lumberjacks downed the Grizzlies in 11 straight matches before Saturday’s loss, which prevents the Lumberjacks from participating in their seventh straight Big Sky championship match. The Grizzlies won 4-2.

“We came out playing well and I wouldn’t say we fell apart by any means,” said director of tennis Kim Bruno. “We played good tennis. We knew it was going to be a battle going into this. ” NAU kicked off the day on the right foot, taking the doubles point from Montana 2-1.

The No. 3 combo of juniors Alice Pacaut and Nicole Perez lost 8-4, but juniors Ghizelene Doballah and Malia Wahinepio evened the score with an 8-4 victory at the No. 1.

The freshman pairing of Han-

nah Stone and Johanna Vang earned an 8-3 victory to put the Lumberjacks ahead 1-0. The pairing finished the season with a team-high 13 doubles victories, and gave Stone a total of 14 doubles wins this season.

The Lumberjacks maintained an early 2-1 lead. Perez quickly fell 6-2, 6-1 in her match at the No. 5 spot, but Wahinepio pushed the Lumberjacks ahead with a straight set 6-4, 6-3 win.

However, Montana rattled off three wins to clinch the win. First, Doballah dropped the No. 1 match 6-4, 6-3. Then Stone and Pacaut lost their matches in a third set at the No. 2 and 5 spots respectively. Pacaut won her first set 6-2, but lost the second and third with scores of 6-3 and 6-4.

Stone lost her match 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the match for the Grizzlies. With the result of the team match official, Vang’s match would wind up unfinished.

Wahinepio moved her into a three-way tie with Pacaut and Vang, who all finished with 11 singles wins.

“I don’t think the girls want this feeling again,” Bruno said. “We’re going to be better next year, there’s no question about it.”

Freshman breakout duo a welcome sight for future of women’s tennis

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ne of the most pleasant surprises of the spring came from one of NAU’s most successful programs, as the women’s tennis team saw the pair of freshmen Johana Vang and Hannah Stone breakout to become the team’s strongest doubles pairing and each hold a top four singles position.

“Honestly, I didn’t realize it would be that much of a standout.

I think they surpassed my expectations for sure,” said director of tennis Kim Bruno. “Their skills I knew would be there, but they re-

ally adapted well. They really embraced being a Lumberjack. They love wearing their NAU jerseys and it shows on court.”

The quick development was a welcome sign for the women’s tennis program that has recorded double digit wins in its past seven seasons and prior to this season, had reached the Big Sky Conference championship match the past six years.

But following the graduation of four seniors, the Lumberjacks featured a team of five juniors and the two freshmen. see DUO page 25

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Spring brings new offense

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hen Rich Scangarello was hired as the new NAU offensive coordinator in mid-March, the Sacramento State alum knew he was inheriting some talent and experience, allowing for a smooth transition.

So far, so good, for the new coach, as his offense has performed well during the spring session and Scangarello believes the team is ready for the fall to arrive.

“Its been a great spring,” Scangarello said.

“We have been able to install most of our offense and get a good understanding of it. More importantly, I’ve been able to evaluate the strengths of each individual. Plus, we’ve come out pretty much unscathed, which is always important.”

Most of the offense remains the same in terms of positions and systems, but there is one new wrinkle that Scangarello has made. Senior receiver Austin Shanks, who sat out all of this past season with a hamstring issue and received a medical redshirt, has been put in the backfield.

“Unfortunately, Zach [Bauman] got hurt early in spring,” Scangarello said. “Austin stepped up and it was very revealing in a positive way. I had no idea what he was capable of as a runner.

By giving him that experience, I was able to see what he can do and now we’ll be able to showcase that talent.”

Shanks knew he would be able to fit into that role early on, basing that off previous experience.

“I feel like I’m a natural runner,” Shanks said. “That’s where I played in high school and it feels good to be back there.”

However, he does not care where he is lined up, just as long as it’s wherever he is “going to get the ball.”

Shanks’ fellow runningback, Bauman, has been keen on the competition level leading into this weekend’s spring game.

“Competition has been real high,” Bauman said. “We’ve had a couple scrimmages. Defense has got the offense and offense has got the defense at points. Everyday, we come out here and just try and compete.”

Now the attention turns to this Saturday’s “Blue and White” spring game, which is a chance for the players to get some work in a game-type atmosphere in front of fans.

“We’re just excited to be in a game environment,” Bauman said. “We’ve been going at each other for so long, it’ll be great to put on for the fans and see what we’ve got for next season.”

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Sophomore wide receiver Ify Umodu leaps above the coverage to make a catch during a spring practice. Umodu finshed the 2011 season with 50 receptions for 667 yards and four touchdowns. (Photo by Hailey Golich)

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Freshman defender Emily Roth attempts to steal the ball from UA’s sophomore forward Jazmin Ponce at soccer’s spring exihibition finale on Saturday, April 21, at Lumberjack Stadium. The Jacks lost 3–1. (Photo by Hailey Golich)

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BY RAYMOND REID

he NAU women’s soccer team concluded their spring schedule with a 3-1 loss to the University of Arizona this past Saturday. The spring season produced some key developments among players and has given head coach Andre Luciano much to build on heading into the fall.

“The key to the spring is to identify the players who can get the job done immediately,” Luciano said.

“We identified a handful of kids that are going to be able to be impact players for us next season . . . I’m excited about the players who are returning.”

Headlining the returners this spring are sophomore forward Elinor Priest, senior defender Georgia Foltz, sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Weaver, freshman forward Sarah Tarver, sophomore defender Jessica Kettelkamp and freshman defender Diane Buzzard.

Priest led the Lumberjacks in goals this spring with three. Tarver and Kettelkamp both notched one as well.

“What’s going to be really key for me is to stay focused all summer long,” Priest said. “We have a lot of freshmen coming in who are going to be a huge part of our offense next season.”

On the defensive end, Buzzard has led the youth movement in the back four.

“Andre told us at the end of the season, ‘You four are our rock. You have to be our rock for next season or this team is going to struggle,’” Buzzard said. “Honestly, we have to set the tone next year for these newcomers coming in.”

The incoming recruiting class for the Jacks has a heavy dose of offense; eight of the ten future freshman are from the offensive side of the field. The group has amassed a total of 259 goals in their high school careers. The leader in the scoring category is forward Torey Braly, who scored 117 goals in her career. Coach Luciano is bringing in five players from the nearby state of Nevada: midfielder Alexia Gonzalez, forward Cassidy McLean, forward Sarah Pate, forward Haley Wingender and goalkeeper Natalie Gilbertson.

Also in the recruiting class is a native of Flagstaff, forward/midfielder Demi Schmeider, who attended Coconino High School.

With a total of four goals returning from this past season, the offensive-minded recruiting looks to fill a void left by graduating seniors Jenna Samora, Chelsea Bednarz and Sam Monahan.

“The second thing about spring is that it allows us to evaluate what we need to do and what kind of system we want to run based on the players we have coming in next year,” Luciano said. “I’m excited about what we can do.”

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Golf finishes third in Big Sky Championships

Junior Stephanie Kim attempts a shot at the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Kim finished in eighth with 219 strokes, three over par. (Photo by Steve Shaff via NAU Athletics)

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he NAU women’s golf team finished its season in third place in Chandler for the Big Sky Conference Tournament, shooting 896 over three days, 32 over par and 16 strokes behind first place University of Northern Colorado.

Junior lefty Kaitlen Parsons was the top finisher for the Jacks, landing in seventh place with 218 strokes, two over, with right-handed junior Stephanie Kim ending one-stroke behind Parsons in eighth by shooting a 219 through the from TRACK page 21

freshman Darriel Banks crossed the line at 24.33 on the women’s side, while redshirt senior Dennis Givens and junior Miles Di Sabella finished with times of 21.32 and 21.44, respectively. In the women’s 400-meter race, senior Rashida McKinnon ran 55.59 and on the men’s side sophomore Adel al Nasser took a Big Sky season–best time of 47.31.

The throwers backed up the rest of their fellow Lumberjacks with redshirt senior Pascal Tang placing first in the men’s open division of the hammer throw with a distance of 201–4 meters. In the men’s discus, redshirt senior Karl Gehrke threw a personal best of 172–0.25 meters.

At the Beach Invite, throwers redshirt senior Nicole Elliot and junior Kasandra Vegas tossed for best marks of 184–8.5 and 163 meters, respectively.

Senior jumper Josh DeKonty claimed a personal best and the title in the men’s long jump with a leap of 24–7.25 meters.

tournament.

“We played well,” said head coach Brad Bedortha via NAU Athletics. “The scores were lower than they have been in the past. We competed well. I am proud of them, especially how young we are to play in the final grouping and feel the pressure to play in that environment.”

Freshman Laura Jabczenski tied for 15th after three rounds with a 227. The final two golfers for NAU, freshmen Susana Mejia and Melissa Olson landed tied for 23rd and 33rd, respectively. Check NorthernArizonaNews.com for the full write-up.

The distance squad continued to shine this past weekend with junior Agnes Laurent garnering BSC qualifying and season best marks in the women’s 800 and 1,500 meters runs at 2:13.24 and 4:35.81, respectively. Just ahead of Laurent in the 800-meter race was Hogardh, with a time of 2:12.83. Lawrence and sophomore Carissa Gwerder followed them at 2:14.20 and 2:16.55, respectively.

“When we look at the Big Sky rankings after this weekend, the exciting thing is I think we’ve got three freshmen in the 5K; we’ve got the top freshman in the steeplechase and the top freshman in the 1,500.

It’s really exciting to see the improvement and to see how young they are,” Heins said on the women’s season thus far.

In the women’s 1,500-meter run, freshman Shayla Freeman earned her career-first BSC qualifier with 4:39.24 while her twin sister Kayla Freeman matched as well in the women’s 5,000 meters race with 17:45.11.

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The duo quickly became fixtures in the lineup and flashed the potential to be stars in the near future.

“It was really unexpected, actually. I kind of measured myself somewhere top 4, but nowhere near top 2,” said Stone, who played in the No. 2 spot for 21 of her 22 singles appearances. “That was a good surprise.”

Stone wasn’t alone in surpassing the expectations she had set for herself coming into the season, as Vang too felt she had eclipsed her own preseason predictions.

“I expected to be in the lineup, but I never expected to play this well,” Vang said.

“I feel like I’ve grown as a player. I’ve grown enormously actually.”

Stone and Vang compiled a 13-6 doubles record this season, playing primarily at the No. 2 position in the lineup, the most successful women’s pairing during the spring season. Stone finished her freshman campaign with a team-high 14 doubles wins and Vang wrapped up her initial college season with 11 singles wins. She finished in a three-way tie for the team lead.

The freshman partnership was set to debut during the fall season, but a canceled tournament at Cal State Northridge put the plans on hold until this spring.

“We were pretty bummed about that.

We had one really good practice playing doubles together, and so we were like, ‘Oh, maybe this will work,’” Stone said. “Then spring we started out practicing like that and it was kind of just like a done deal after our first two matches.”

Vang said initially they did not believe they would play well together, but quickly that was proven false, as the two playing styles meshed together on the court.

“Hannah is really good from the baseline and I like my serve and volley. So, we just complement each other,” Vang said.

“I’m able to build on my serve and she can go in with her volley and her baseline game.”

More important than their stylistic fit is their off-court relationship.

The pair came to NAU from drastically different places. Stone resides in Temecula, Calif. and Vang arrived from Sollentuna, Sweden. But in a short time the two developed a ‘close friendship’ off-court.

“We’re really good friends off the court and we know each other well.” Vang said. “What we have off the court, we just bring it into the court.”

That familiarity with each other has clearly contributed to the success the duo

has seen in their on-court performance.

“They have so much chemistry; they play so well together. They just motivate each other at the right times. They play as a team and that’s hard to do sometimes,” Bruno said. “I mean, they are best friends on and off the court, so it’s been fun.”

While Stone and Vang are each talented singles players, Bruno highlighted the fact that two good individual players don’t always make a perfect pairing.

“Tennis is such an individual sport, sometimes you want to win the points by yourself and you see two singles players out there,” Bruno said. “But they really play doubles together, which makes it really enjoyable.”

With all seven members of this past season’s team returning next year, the two will continue to develop a strong rapport, while having the luxury of remaining in similar roles to this year.

But with the five juniors set to graduate next spring, Stone and Vang will be left with a whole new Lumberjack team for their junior years. While there is a whole season before then and now, the duo and their coach can’t help but think about it.

“We were talking about it; it’s going to be weird seeing everyone leave but us,” Vang said. “It’ll be different.”

For the players, a whole new set of teammates posses one set of challenges.

But for a coach, the logistics of rebuilding a team are a whole different issue.

“I think about it every day, my recruiting is so annoying. Every two years I lose my whole team,” Bruno said. “You really do have the same team for two years . . . In terms of that I think it’s nice, but it’s kind of frustrating to basically lose your whole team. It’s interesting recruiting how its set up for me.”

In two years the Lumberjacks will have a drastically different look. But based on this season’s results, they have a doubles pairing to count on.

“I think we can do big things with the partnership to be honest, based on the success we have had this early in our careers,” Vang said. “I feel like we have grown so much just during this semester, so who knows what could happen.”

The development of their doubles play is not the only focus they have, as each will have a wealth of singles experience at the top of the lineup.

“Our freshman doubles pairing, I think it will be cool to carry that throughout the next three years,” Stone said. “And already playing that No. 2 spot, obviously I’m hoping to step up to that No. 1 spot.”

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New wide receivers coach and NAU alum Jeff Lewis stands next to his two Super Bowl jerseys from his time with the Denver Broncos. Lewis returns to NAU after 16 years. (Photo by Sarah Hamilton)

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Elway, as well as multiple MVP winner and Pro-Bowl running back Terrell Davis.

“It was an absolute joy showing up every day and being in that locker room. We had the closest team I’ve ever been on,” Lewis said. “Everybody got along; we were a close group; we were family and that’s why we had so much success, because we were so close and we just enjoyed each other’s company. It was a thrill to go to work every day.”

After his professional career was over in 2000, Lewis went on to coach. He ended up in the Big East Conference at the University of Louisville. The Cardinals were being coached by another former NAU coach in Steve Kragthorpe, who was the quarterback’s coach then and the offensive coordinator during Lewis’ time as a Jack, and the bond they formed while at NAU is still present today. “[Louisville’s] head coach, Steve Kragthorpe [drew me to Louisville]. He was my quarterback coach here 20 years ago at NAU,” Lewis said. “He’s pretty much the closest thing I have to a dad, and it just goes to show you 20 years later; I call him 20 times a week.”

Lewis spent three seasons at Louisville before going to Prescott to help coach the Prescott High School football team. With all of his experience and knowledge, Lewis tells his players that he is a normal guy

who, because of his team and NAU (the only college that recruited him out of high school), was able to go on and be a part of something special. That is one of the reasons he hangs his jerseys in his office for the players to see.

“When he first came in, we had a meeting and he told us that if he could do it, any of us could do it,” said redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jeremy Dang.

“He’s been there and seen it all. So, everything that comes from him we respect; we really grasp because he knows it all and he’s seen it all.”

Coach Souers, having coached against Lewis during his time in Montana, knows how beneficial it is for the team to have Lewis there.

“I think anybody that sees somebody succeed and make it in the NFL, you realize that’s a good talent, that’s a great competitor,” Souers said.

Lewis is happy to be back at his alma mater and is ready to help develop the football team into what he sees it can be.

“It’s exciting. To be back at the school that pretty much gave me my only opportunity to play college football. To be here and, hopefully, helping these players put together a championship season and a championship team, and hopefully help some of the guys elevate to the NFL.” Lewis will get a chance to see the wide receivers in action on Saturday, April 28 at the NAU spring football game.

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ollowing a season where they helped lead NAU to a second place finish at the WAC Swim and Dive Championships in February, swimmers Chalene Dirks-Ryan, a senior, and sophomore Emma Lowther, competed for their home Interview by Photo by countries of Canada and New ZeaRaymond Reid Raymond Reid land, respectively, at the Olympic EL: It would probably be the Beijing trials. Dirks-Ryan and Lowther recently sat down with The Lumberjack to talk Olympics with Michael Phelps in the 100 fly, when it looks like he got beat and he wasn’t goabout their experience.

The Lumberjack: Canada and New Zea- ing to get all of his golds and he out-touched. land; what was the experience like swimming I got goose bumps because he had done someat the Olympic trials, as opposed to an NAU thing so incredible.

LJ: Are there any foods you eat pre or meet? How surreal was it?

Chalene Dirks-Ryan (CDR): You look post-race?

CDR: I eat a banana. My banana and my around and there’s so many people; the atmosphere’s different; it’s so serious. Here [at water bottle and I’m good to go.

EL: Before I race I have three Naturals NAU] you have a larger group and its closerlollies, they’re these lollies back way, what do knit.

Emma Lowther (EL): The intensity of you call them, candy? (Laughing) I’m sorry.

Olympic trials is so high that it’s like a once I’ve been home for too long. It’s this candy in four year meet. We’re serious here, but we from back home I used to race on when I was are more focused on the team and having fun. younger. Afterward, I would have half of a graCDR: You win as a team here, you lose as nola bar.

LJ: How did the support from everyone a team here. At the trials it’s just you.

LJ: You are teammates here, but race for here at NAU help you ease your mind and fotwo different countries. Was there any games- cus?

CDR: It gives you a confidence, the conmanship between the two of you?

CDR: We were in two different countries, fidence that people believe in you. That they so we weren’t racing in the same place. But we believe you worked so hard that you really desupported each other and our goal was to have serve to be doing what you’re doing.

EL: The first or second day I raced it didn’t fun and be proud of whatever we did.

EL: We were both going through the same go as well as I hoped it would go. I thought I thing, so we understood. The whole team was let everyone down, but it was the opposite, it supportive. I would check my email and Face- meant a lot. It made me positive at a time I book and I’d have messages from the team and would have been negative otherwise.

LJ: Do you have plans to go to the 2016 coaches.

LJ: If you had to pick one Olympic mo- trials?

CDR: I would love to go. Just being in that ment that stands out for you, what would it be?

CDR: There were so many moments. atmosphere is so amazing; it’s a once in a lifeThere was a girl named Brittany McClain, her time opportunity. I’d love to go, but it’s just a sister swims as well. Her sister came in fifth to matter of four more years, putting in the work.

EL: At this stage it’s definitely a goal of make the 4x200 relay, and the next night she made it. She ran up to her and pulled her out mine. But, I mean so many things can happen, of the water, and hugged her and they were right now, it’s what I’m working towards. We’ll see how it goes. both crying. I got teary-eyed.

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                                     12/31/12     

The Incredible Hulk

Iron Man

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Iron Man 2

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Thor 3D

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Captain America 3D

Midnight Premiere of 3D The Avengers

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HarkinsTheatres com/avengers

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BY DEREK SCHROEDER

arren Spicer is over it. The lead singer/guitarist for Plants and Animals has a new album called The End of That in which he waxes philosophical on everything from just “wanted to do cool stuff and be equals” to “post card illusions.” But the dashing Canadian isn’t as depressed as he seems — with good reason. Plants and Animals are breaking out in the States on the heels of great songwriting and capable instrumentalism.

Lumberjack (LJ): Tell me about the new album. I know the recording process was pretty methodical.

Warren Spicer (WS): Yeah we took more [time] than we did on the one before it. We spent last winter working on songs in our rehearsal space and recording a lot of demos. On the other record we kind of just jumped in the studio and started making songs out of thin air. I sang most of the songs live in the studio this time, too, which is something we haven’t really done. Usually we record something and then write the lyrics afterward or work it out later.

LJ: It shows too. The End of That is the most lyrically developed album you have released.

WS: Yeah I guess that’s something that I’ve been wanting to do for awhile. I wanted to write stuff that really mattered and that was really audible, you know what I mean? I think also it was a reaction to a lot of music that I listen to where the lyrics are sort of buried in this wall of reverb and they don’t really stand out in any way. It’s a kind of seduction — it’s more about the sound of the words than the words themselves. It sucks you in but you can’t know what people are saying or if they care about what they’re saying. I wanted to make the words right up front and very clear.

LJ: Your website says that on The End of That you have, “never sung before like this before.” Is that what you were getting at?

WS: Well, kind of. My singing career has only been three records and I feel like my vocals have been quite a bit different on each one, in a way. It has a lot to do with the lyrical content too and the fact that I sang most of those songs live in the studio which is something I’ve never done.

It’s a little more me, you know. On this record it feels more like who I am and I’m not trying to pretend to sound like I’m trying to fit into a song.

LJ: You really hit on the concept of The End of That through the album. What does it mean to you?

WS: I think it really means trying to not repeat mistakes. The End of That is like the end of Plants and Animals is (From left to right): making the same mistakes over and over in life— Warren Spicer, Nicolas Basque and Matthew Woodley mainly having to do with communication, con(Photo courtesy Caroline Desilets) cealing your emotions or doubts or insecurities

Warren Spicer from Plants and Animals

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just to keep everything happy and hum-drum. I think the concept of ‘the end of that’ is the end of sacrificing a better life for a safer or more content one.

LJ: I’m sure that’s pretty autobiographical.

WS: [Nervous laugh]A little bit, yeah.

LJ: Do you want to explain your relationship with the bass guitar?

WS: [Laughs] Yeah, Plants and Animals is a trio — so we’re two guitars and a drummer. We used to play a lot more instrumental, post-rock music ten years ago so we didn’t really need a bass player. That’s just that style. But as we started to develop into more rock, pop-sounding stuff we started recording with bass. On the records, I would play it because I love playing bass.

Then as we would tour we would just try to create the biggest sound we could to fill up the low end. We had big amps and tons of pedals, but it just wasn’t the same. It was an interesting process but we came to the realization that the bass is not only for low-end bass frequencies but it’s a completely different musical feel and style of playing.

We have been touring with our new bass player and it’s been kinda scary adding another player to a trio because we’ve been playing for years and years and years together. I think we found the right guy, though. As soon as we started jamming everything kind of came together.

LJ: Who’s your new bass player?

WS: His name is Eric. He’s a good friend of ours from the Montreal music scene. Since jamming with him, we’ve been playing the most consistently good shows since we’ve been a band just because it’s so much more consistent and it allows us more freedom in a lot of ways. Now that there’s a bass holding down certain aspects of the song me and Nic [Basque] can do a lot of things on guitar that we’ve wanted to do but never could.

LJ: You said earlier you started out as an instrumental group. Why did you decide to make that transition?

WS: That was ten years ago and we had all been in the university studying sound art and music and electro-acoustics. I wasn’t playing much guitar or writing many songs but I was writing musical compositions. So the first thing we did was more “art music” and it came out of being in that educational environment. We were making art more than we were making songs.

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A Change of Pace plays a set during this past weekend’s Eco-Concert. (Photos by Kaylen Snow)

ECO-CONCERT

SHEDS LIGHT ON GOING GREEN

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BY JULIE ANDERSON

his past weekend’s BlackOut NAU hosted a number of events and activities including a Eco-Concert that featured Arizona rock bands A Change of Pace and The Cold Desert. The entire event was brought to life by ASNAU Unity Week, the Student Environmental Caucus and the Weatherization and Community Building Action Team (WACBAT). The event was intended to create awareness for students to think green, unplug all electronics for the day and have fun at the same time.

The concert was a small, more intimate event than expected, headlined by Peoria hardcore rock band A Change of Pace and opened by indie rock band and Phoenix

natives The Cold Desert. The two are “buddy bands,” as described by The Cold Desert’s lead singer and guitarist Matt Klassen. Klassen says that he and the band believe in eco-friendly practices, and offers humorous explanation of their reasoning.

“Sometimes being eco-friendly is a drain on the wallet, but sometimes it makes good sense for four poor boys,” Klassen said. “We save on gas money and carbon dioxide by driving very small, effeminate cars. We are also notorious recyclers, and we buy local whenever we can to keep that carbon footprint small.”

Being an environmentally friendly band while on the road touring also proves to be a struggle

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for The Cold Desert.

“It is insanely hard to be kind to the earth on the road,” Klassen said. “Just getting from place to place bleeds the funds, so most of the time a band is forced into older gas-guzzling vans. When we are on the road, we do what we can to conserve fuel by driving like senior citizens.”

The Cold Desert also has some unconventional methods for saving the environment, from packing gear to unconventional eating habits.

“We Tetris the hell out of our gear and our human passengers to keep us compact,” Klassen said. “We drink tap water.

We end up eating the off-brand Doritos or even paper. That’s right. Paper.”

The Eco-Concert not only brought light to ecological causes, but to new music for some as well. Jennifer Haag, a sophomore elementary education major, said she enjoyed the musical experience “It was fun listening to a type of music that I don’t normally listen to,” Haag said.

“It was definitely different.”

Students attending the concert had strong opinions on eco-problems as well.

Cody Szymanski, a sophomore marketing major, offered up his opinion on the environmental problems the world is facing.

“There’s just a lot of greenery out there and it’s just terrible to see all the people take the wrong measures to treat it and take advantage of it,” Szymanski said.

As for his advice on how students can help, Szymanski’s answer is simple.

“Recycle. Recycle glass and plastics,” Symanski said. “What it comes down to is the reusables; it’s all about the reusables.”

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BY EMMA CHANGOSE

JACK, NAU’s student radio station, is hosting KJACK Day this Saturday, April 28. The event, intended to promote and support local musicians, will showcase some of Flagstaff’s popular music groups like Them Savages and We Were There.

“Being a small-town college radio station, one of KJACK’s goals is to promote Arizona’s music scene,” said Mykel Vernon-Sembach, the news director for KJACK. “One of the best ways we can present Arizona’s talent is through KJACK Day.” The event will host 10 bands through the day, and will also offer free food and beverages to concert-goers. There will also be activities for people to participate in, such as face painting and a contest where you can throw pies at the faces of KJACK’s managers, all for a donation to go to the bands.

“We’re expecting a b ig crowd,” Vernon-Sembach said.

“And with our great lineup, it’s sure to be full of energy.”

The event will take place downtown at Heritage Square.

Festivities start at 11:00 a.m. and will go till 7:00 p.m. The event is free.

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(Photos by Rose Clements)

Tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash Face Off

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BY KATHLEEN KOMOS

t was a cool Flagstaff evening at the Green Room bar in downtown Flagstaff. The lights were dim and the audience sipped their various beverages with anticipation.

Dark figures with perfectly shaped round hair strolled across the dance floor and took the stage. Suddenly, the chords of “All My Loving” rang out through the audience. Thirty minutes later, Abbey Road tribute band sauntered off the stage, only to be followed by the soulful rock tunes of the strutting, bluesy crooner Mick Jagger imitator and the rest of the Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones tribute band. The Beatles Vs. Stones battle of the bands had begun.

The tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash took the stage, playing alternating sets and singing famous tunes from both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones song catalogs, including “Satisfaction,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Under My Thumb,” and “Day Tripper.” The evening culminated in an encore performance by both bands singing a mashup of “Imagine” and “Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Abbey Road changed costumes through the course of the show, wearing traditional suits, the colorful outfits from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and ending with jeans, peace signs and long hair.

As the harder rock band of the two, the Rolling Stones wore lots of leather and tight pants. Keith Richards’ lookalike came out for the band’s second set in an outfit that can only be described as pants made from a very colorful sofa.

The crowd may have been past their teenage years, but that didn’t stop them from doing the “Twist and Shout” to recapture their youth.

Young Hutchison, who impersonated lead guitarist Richards from the Rolling Stones, reflected on the massive cultural impact of the music. “[The audience] is very into the music. This is the soundtrack of their lives,” Hutchison said. “This is the music from their upbringing. These are the songs they proposed to their wives to; this song was playing when their son was born; it’s pretty heavy stuff.”

Although audience members were slow to get on the dance floor, the music warmed them up and more and more people stood up to dance and belt out their favorite songs. Holly Jaleski, a bar patron and Beatles fan, said she enjoyed the concert immensely.

“The show was great and it was a lot of fun to listen to,” Jaleski said. “I love to dance.”

Axel Clark, acting as the quirky drummer Ringo Starr, felt the smaller audience was not a problem.

“I like this crowd. I like when I see them having fun,” Clark said. “I would rather have a small, excited crowd than a large, bored one.”

While the concert was meant as a battle of the bands, the crowd was fairly evenly divided in fan support.

Hutchison has been in situations like this before and described how some of the performances turned out.

“There are some concerts where the response for The Beatles is better.

It is almost palpable,” Hutchison said.

“There are some nights when we blow their doors off. Sometimes it’s a draw.

This crowd [was] harder to judge, but it [felt] even. This concert [was] the mash up, as it’s called today, that should have happened, but didn’t. It’s magic laying one song on the other.”

Members of both bands love what they do. Gary Roach, who plays renowned drummer Charlie Watz, feels he is living a dream.

“When we were growing up we saw The Beatles and The Stones, and we wanted their hair and their clothes and wanted to be them, to walk and talk like them,” Roach said. “Now we get to pretend to be who we wanted to be when we grew up. We are just silly boys. That’s all we are. Most of us surf so we are really just surfers pretending to be rock stars. Hey, that’s the next thing, surfing rock stars.”

Hutchinson agrees with this sentiment.

“We get paid to play rock star.

This is what people dream about getting paid to do,” Hutchison said.

While Abbey Road played their next set, Jumping Jack Flash sat back stage relaxing, joking with one another and reminiscing. Because they pretend to be famous rock stars, sometimes their fans lose themselves in the moment. Occasionally, they have even had undergarments thrown at them. Hutchison remembers a time when a brazier was tossed on stage as well as a woman’s underwear.

“It was a pair of large panties,” Hutchison said. “Big mama ones.

We’ve been in therapy on and off ever since.”

The performers put a lot of effort into their characters to make the concert look authentic. Jesse Wilder, who plays mustached guitar player George Harrison, finds that Beatles’ fans are very particular, especially when it comes to costumes.

“I love having to order everything from England for my costume,” Wilder said sarcastically. “Somebody’s going to make fun of you if you don’t get it right.”

Hutchison describes it as letting go of yourself to allow the band member you are impersonating take your place.

“You must be in character all the time,” Hutchison said. “If you make faces while you play the guitar, but

your character doesn’t, then you can’t make faces while you play the guitar.”

Both bands recognize the importance of their performances. Todd Loweth, whose character is the colorfully dancing Mick Jagger, has found that this year is particularly pertinent.

“It is the 50th anniversary of both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones,” Loweth said. “Honestly, it’s a resurgence of music that teenagers would have no clue about otherwise.

“Paint it Black” is, I think, the only Rolling Stones song on Guitar Hero.

The younger people recognize it as a song they know. Let’s face it. These two bands together are timeless. They are the best combination of song writing.”

Hutchison believes the process has a magical feel about it.

“I noticed that even though we are not The Rolling Stones, I watch people buy into the phenomenon of suspended belief,” Hutchison said.

“Whether it is luck or skill or magical formula, the music makes people still care. They are still arguing about who is better. There are whole blogs about it. It just has to be this magic formula.”

Wilmot finds it is the music that brings people together.

“This is the most iconic music in the world,” Wilmot said. “Even if people don’t know it’s The Beatles’ music, they still know the songs.”

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SoundCheck

Think Like A Man

Artist: Jack White Album: Blunderbuss Genre: Jack White

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BY DEREK SCHROEDER

ack White is a starchy pair of briefs. At first he doesn’t seem right, but not exactly wrong either. He’s a little uncomfortable and you’re not sure whether you like where he’s trying to go. But in the end, you readjust yourself, give it another shot and find yourself surprised at how much he can support you. This is exactly the Blunderduss experience.

If you need a gauge, White’s first solo endeavor is nothing that you haven’t already heard nor is it his best work, but it is better than The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs.

That puts it right about in the median.But Jack White’s appeal has never been how impressive his music or guitar playing is — because truly they aren’t.

His appeal is simply that he has the perfect touch of weird to make the institutions of blues and rock feel like a scratchy new undergarment that slowly breaks in the more you use it.

With that in mind I’ve already listened to Blunderbuss a dozen times — and I’m still trying to figure it out. Do I like the gospel baking vocals on White’s rework of “I’m Shakin’”? I know that riff is going to stick with me for longer than I care for it to. What about the single “Sixteen Saltines”?

Can I ever listen to the hook without cringing? “I eat sixteen saltines then I lick my finger”? Please Jack the only person you’re turning on is your sister. And then there’s — so far — my favorite track on the album “Hip Eponymous Poor Boy” The climbing melody, feel-great mandolin struts and piano kisses make this three minutes right here worth the price of admission alone.

White is probably the best smart-ass lyricist in contemporary rock (not folk, though) and his stride continues on Blunderbuss. Where Icky thump was strongest bantering about causes and effects or blabbering gibberish, Blunderbuss places White on the sarcasm express.

What I like most about Blunderbuss is Jack’s subtle and ever present attention to detail. Far be it from him to ever record the same record twice, his solo affair is no exception.

On “Sixteen Saltines” he quips an homage to his new found freedom: “And I’m solo rollin’. I’m one side off the boat/Looking out, throwing up, a lifesaver down my throat.”

Such is life.

While all his albums are more or less constrained within White’s eccentric fingerprint, the subtle maturation of song selection on Blunderbuss makes it one of his most consistent albums to date. And it doesn’t even have skid marks yet.

Best Tracks: “I’m Shakin” & “Love Interrupton” 34 The Lumberjack | NorthernArizonaNews.com

Directed by Tim Story.

Starring: Chris Brown, Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union.

Running time: 122 minutes.

Rated PG-13.

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BY JAYSON BURNS

t’s Friday night; it’s date night, but what is there to go see? Some stupid comedy? No, she probably wouldn’t go for that. How about some sappy romance? Nah, odds are he wouldn’t go for that. Then what about a romantic comedy?

Sure! But which one? How about a movie that takes the plot and characters from four different romantic comedies? Then look no further than Think Like a Man, which despite being a little too crammed, comes out as a decent film.

Based on the book Act Like a Woman, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey, the movie follows four couples, three of which are just getting their start. Once Steve Harvey’s (who plays himself) book is released and he starts advising women on how to treat men to their benefit, an all-out war begins between the sexes. Candace (Regina Hall), for example, is a single mother who wants her man to put her and her son as his number one priority. Her boyfriend Michael (Terrence J), however, is extremely (and somewhat frighteningly) close to his mother, so she must secretly turn to Harvey’s playbook in order to make the relationship work. This situation is more or

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BY CARA BUCHANAN

e didn’t know her name; he didn’t know her story; all he knew was that she was the lucky one. Starring Taylor Schilling as Beth Green and Zac Efron as marine Logan Thibault, The Lucky One failed to surpass the quality and intrigue of its two-minute trailer.

The story begins with Logan deployed in his third Iraqi tour. In the midst of the opaque desert, he finds a picture of a beautiful blonde. To him, she was a mysterious guardian angel who kept him alive when all obstacles pointed the other direction. Feeling a connection to this woman, Logan goes on a search to give thanks to his angel and ends up in

less the same as the other three, but once the men get their hands on their own copy of the book, the playing field becomes even.

Watching Think Like a Man really did seem like I was watching four romantic comedies rolled into one. Even though all four of the men are buddies, their relationships rarely interact, with the small exception of Michael and Dominic (Michael Ealy), whose respective girlfriends are close to each other. The only thing really tying them together was the book, but that wasn’t enough to keep the film from jumping around between three or four dates at a time. To be fair, though, there was enough personality in each of the characters to allow some investment from the audience.

I’ll be perfectly honest (it is my job, anyway), the main reason I went to see Think Like a Man is so I can watch Kevin Hart be his hilarious and wiry little self.

He achieved this with flying colors, even though I don’t think his voice is quite suitable for the role of narrator. He provided a sizable chunk of the film’s humor; the entire theater was in uproarious laughter as he “gave it everything” while miserably failing to take a basketball from a man twice his size. Everyone else did fine,

Michael Ealy and Meagan Good as Mya sticking out in particular, but there were one or two weak links. Some of the actors, like Terrence J and Romany Malco as Zeke were okay, but there were several times where their performances just felt like they were performances. Steve Harvey’s Big Brother-like presence noticeably faded away near the end, but he did his role well, as what was basically the middleman between the audience and the contents of his book.

Once again, there was several times where I noticed an actor’s lines weren’t quite in sync with the movement of their mouths. Having made a few of my own short films, I fully understand how hard it can be to match audio with a separate image, but I just wish someone would catch these errors before the film’s release and fix them. The film was also a bit on the long side, but considering there were four different plots it still moved at a favorable pace. The script was as predictable as one would expect, but it was serviceable.

Think Like a Man was a satisfying romantic comedy. It had its problems, but it also had quite a few laughs and more “awwwws” from the female viewers than The Vow.

The Lucky One North Carolina, welcomed by the blonde and her family. Logan struggles to find the words of his presence and instead keeps his intention a secret while melting into the Green’s family dynamics.

Of course, a film wouldn’t be based on a Nicholas Sparks novel if it didn’t have romance and drama. The absolutely adorable Taylor Schilling gave her character Beth a quality performance through the film. When she laughed, she glowed. However, Beth was about the only thing believable. I understand Logan was a veteran marine, lost and finding his way, but that didn’t mean he needs to look confused all the time.

The trailer was hot, steamy and romantic; all the things Efron’s chiseled

physique contributes perfectly to. The love scenes were still on-point, but during one of the most dramatic sequences, I wasn’t clenching my fists hoping for a happy ending. It’s not that I didn’t believe in the situation, it’s that I didn’t believe in the characters’ relationship.

My favorite part of the film was actually the cinematography. Golden sunsets and red autumn leaves fill the screen with a beautiful vision of the South.

All in all, The Lucky One takes you through a mature script of love and death, and what to do when the past twists the future. For believers of fate, The Lucky One becomes a novel adaptation worthy of some time on the silver screen.

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