The Lumberjack -- April 6, 2017

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he sun was just peaking through the blinds when my phone started ringing on the morning of Oct. 9, 2015. I rolled over and looked at my phone. It was 6 a.m. I squinted at the bright light coming from my phone to read to caller ID; it was my dad. I ignored the call and went back to sleep in my dorm-room bed, but before I fell back into my slumber, I sat up with a slight panic. Why was my dad calling so early? Let alone on a Friday? As I started to read the messages, the events that transpired several hours before became clear.

There was a shooting at NAU. That was more than a year ago. That was the night of the fatal shooting next to Mountain View Hall, which killed Colin Brough and wounded Nicholas Prato, Nicholas Piring and Kyle Zientek. It happened a little less than a mile from my dorm room. I was new to NAU, and so was Steven Jones, the shooter. School had been in session for less than two months. The shooting was a shock to the NAU community and the greater Flagstaff area.

Now, 17 months after the shooting, the jury trial has finally begun. The trial is predicted to go into the summer months, and the pretrial publicity this case has received has been a concern for Judge Dan Slayton. The coverage is sure to only increase in the coming months as the trial heats up.

This tragedy presents a delicate situation for not only journalists from The Daily Sun and The Arizona Republic, but especially for those of at The Lumberjack and NAZToday. We are students. We have a special interest in this trial and in the CONOR SWEETMAN events that unfolded.

NEWS There are more than 20,000 students at NAU who are affected by this ASSISTANT EDITOR situation in some way or another. Some knew those involved, others were witnesses to the shooting, and others may not have been directly impacted, but the shockwaves that were sent through campus resonated with almost everyone. I can’t speak for all student journalists who will be covering this trial, but if someone wants to know why I’m there, it is to represent NAU and unbiasedly report the facts; no matter the outcome.

“Nothing good comes from confronting each other ... we [need to] let the legal process go through and handle things in court.”

— burges mccowan, defense attorney for steven jones, 2017

Thank you for reading.

Steven Jones, center, attends the final day of his pretrial hearing at Coconino Country Superior Court March 23. Halie Chavez | The Lumberjack

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On the cover Gabriel Vanross, vocalist and rhythm guitarist for A Band Called Sports, performs at the The KJACK Live Arts Festival at the Orpheum Theater March 30. In addition to his band, Four Cornered Room, Nice Trip, Egg Princess, and DJ Jeremy Cox played at the event.

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Corrections & Clarifications In our March 30 issue, a news article misnamed the Politics and International Affairs Department. In the same article, Ray Michalowski, criminology and criminal justice professor, was given an incorrect title.

In our March 30 issue, Kade Gilliss’ byline and Alanna Secrest’s name in an illustration credit were misspelled.

The Lumberjack is committed to factual correctness and accuracy. If you find an error in our publication, please email Scott Buffon at swb53@nau.edu.

PoliceBeat March 27 At 10:40 a.m., a staff member in the Sciences and Health building reported their headphones stolen. An NAUPD officer responded, but all leads were exhausted, and the case was closed.

March 29 At 2:41 p.m., a staff member in the Centennial building reported the theft of parking permits. An NAUPD officer responded and a student was cited, and released for theft of parking permits.

At 10:13 p.m., a fire alarm went off in the South Village Apartments. An NAUPD officer responded and found burned food caused the alarm.

Everything was fine except the food.

At 3:40 p.m., a subject reported a bicyclist was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Beaver Street and DuPont Avenue. FFD, FPD NAUPD and a GMT ambulance responded to the call. The bicyclist was taken to Flagstaff At 10:29 p.m., a staff Medical Center for treatment. member reported smelling marijuana in Tinsley Hall.

At 3:51 p.m., a passerby NAUPD responded and reported a suspicious subject deferred one student for who possibly had a firearm possession of narcotics and near the intersection of San drug paraphernalia.

The Francisco Street and Franklin investigation is ongoing.

Avenue. NAUPD sent out an NAU Alert text message March 30 and searched the area. The At 12:21 a.m., an NAUPD buildings on North Campus officer made a traffic stop at San were checked, but the subject Francisco Street and Mountain could not be located.

View Road. NAUPD cited and released a subject for minor in At 10:47 p.m., a student in consumption of alcohol.

Hilltop Townhomes reported a subject being loud. NAUPD At 8:18 a.m., staff responded and was given reported a sleeping subject consent to search the residence in the 1899 Bar and Grill in question. Marijuana and restaurant. NAUPD responded other dangerous drugs were but the subject was gone upon found and sent in for testing. arrival. Everything was fine.

March 28 At 3:08 a.m., lab results came back on the drugs recovered at Hilltop Townhomes March 27.

NAUPD officers returned to the residence. A subject was arrested and booked into Coconino County Detention Facility for possession of marijuana, dangerous drugs, drug paraphernalia and trespassing.

March 31 At 1:04 a.m., staff in Wilson Hall reported two students having a verbal argument. NAUPD responded.

One student was arrested for an MIC. The investigation is ongoing.

At 1:11 a.m., staff reported a damaged door in McConnell Hall. NAUPD responded and found no criminal damage but a student was deferred for an At 3:08 a.m., an NAUPD MIC. officer reported a subject assaulted another subject in At 7:37 a.m., a staff Hilltop Townhomes. The member in The Suites reported subject was taken into custody a nearby collision. An NAUPD for assault and intimidation. officer responded and found no injuries. Everything was fine.

Compiled by Joey Postiglione At 10:41 p.m., an NAUPD officer pulled over a subject near Butler Avenue.

The subject received a written warning for not having their headlights on.

April 1 At 3:41 a.m., an NAUPD officer stopped a subject near the NAU Bookstore. The subject was warned for running a stop sign.

At 4:49 a.m., a student reported two subjects in a physical dispute near Knoles and University drives.

NAUPD responded and took one subject into custody for assault, domestic violence and an MIC. At 10:42 p.m., a resident assistant in McKay Village reported seeing alcohol bottles in a resident’s room. NAUPD responded but no contact was made. Hall staff were told to handle the situation.

April 2 At 2:15 a.m., a subject requested a welfare check on a student in Hilltop Townhomes.

NAUPD and FPD responded and found the student in good health. Everything was fine.

At 3:33 a.m., a staff member reported an unconscious student in McConnell Hall. NAUPD, FFD, and one GMT ambulance responded. The student was deferred for an MIC. At 4:45 a.m., a student was stopped by NAUPD at Lone Tree Road and Pine Knoll Drive and was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol.

At 11:54 a.m., a student reported locking herself out of a classroom in the Engineering building. NAUPD responded and provided assistance.

Everything was fine.

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Students protest NAU’s response to racist incidents Adrian Skabelund

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t 11:15 a.m., nearly 35 students began to silently march north from the Du Bois Center toward the University Union. The purpose was to protest NAU administration’s response to a racist incident in which three NAU students posted a picture of themselves wearing black, cosmetic face masks on Snapchat.

During the April 3 march, participants held signs showing racist posts on social media made by NAU students, as well as on Snapchat. Many protesters also put duct tape across their mouths.

The protesters said the tape had no significant meaning, but several of them wrote the word ‘listen’ on the tape.

Senior business management major Janiece Jenkins, one of the event coordinators, said students reached out to the administration about the incident but felt they were not taken seriously. The concerned students were told the situation had been taken care of and not to worry, Jenkins said. She did not believe the administration.

“For them to tell us it’s been handled yet these [students] are still riding around — we see them at the pool having fun, we see them on their bikes riding to class — like nothing happened even though we’re affected,” said Jenkins. “We’re walking around hurt, scared, not knowing what’s going to happen next.”

For Jenkins, this problem is easily solved. If students faced clear consequences after making bigoted actions, it would put minority students at ease while deterring others from making such remarks.

“We just want to know. Where’s the transparency?” Jenkins said. “They want to sweep it under the rug like it didn’t happen.

But it did.”

According to NAU spokesperson Kimberly Ott, the university is aware and has addressed the incident but cannot always share details of outcomes due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. FERPA is a federal law that protects a student’s privacy relative to their education throughout their university career.

“We have looked into it. [The office of ] Equity and Access are aware of this [and have] investigated it,” said Ott. Ott said she couldn’t comment further due to FERPA laws.

But for many students, this response simply is not adequate.

Jenkins said this protest was a request to the administration for clear and concise consequences for when racism happens on campus.

This protest comes in the wake of a recent campus forum where NAU President Rita Cheng said she did not support safe spaces, a statement which prompted student protests.

During the President’s Campus Forum March 29, Cheng was asked about the incident involving blackface masks but only said the incidents had been looked into and addressed by the dean of student in the Office of Student Life. Cheng also said students should try to better understand differences of opinion, and they should also use the resources available on campus.

Sophomore journalism major Kiara Brown was one of the students who took part in the protest and said Cheng’s comments did nothing to comfort her.

“It makes students [think], ‘Why are we going here if

Top Left: Students protest the administration’s response to racist posts on social media April 3 at the University Amphitheater.

Top Right: An NAU student stands with others in silent protest.

Bottom Left: NAU senior Janiece Jenkins leads protesters through the University Union. Bottom Right: Jenkins protests the administration outside the Du Bois Center.

Andrew Holt Frazier | The Lumberjack

they obviously don’t care about us?’” said Brown. “I think [the administration] just don’t really care about the retention of the black students or any students of color for that matter. Because when things like this keep happening, [the administration] is not doing anything about it.”

A few students met with members of Student Life after the march. A meeting between the concerned students and the Equity and Access Office is also planned.

“We asked Student Life to look more into reforming campus policy. Students who were involved and leading the protests are making sure Student Life is held accountable,” Brown said.

Brown said Student Life told the group that students in blackface are protected by freedom of speech.

“It’s different because it’s hate speech, and our safe-working environment was violated,” Brown said.

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Cheng responded to a student’s question about safe spaces at the forum.

“As a university professor, I’m not sure I have any support at all for safe spaces,” said Cheng. “I think that you as a student have to develop the skills to be successful in this world and that we just need to provide you with the opportunity for discourse, debate, dialogue and academic inquires. And I’m not sure that that is correlated with the notion of safe spaces.”

Brown said she and other protesters have contacted the students who wore blackface, with hopes of receiving an apology.

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Disagreement over usage of “mankind” garners national attention Joey Postiglione

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ifty-six thousand social media shares. More than 800 aggressive emails. Approximately 30 angry voicemails.

This was the result of an NAU student believing a class policy infringed on her freedom of speech in an English class.

The cause: a one-point deduction.

English professor Anne Scott, an NAU President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow, docked English major Cailin Jeffers one point out of 50 points for not using gender-neutral language in an assignment.

Freshman English major Jeffers used the term “mankind” instead of “humankind” to test the professor’s gender-neutral language policy. Scott’s policy aligns with both the Modern Language Association guidelines and NAU’s Writing Style Guide.

Included in NAU’s style guide, the term “mankind,” is considered biased language.

“To avoid sexism, use the correct gender or use language that incorporates both sexes,” according to the NAU style guide.

The student shared her complaint with the media. The story then went viral and was covered by national news outlets.

Jeffers spoke to a Campus Reform correspondent to discuss class policy.

The website, Campus Reform, which refers to itself as “America’s leading site for college news,” published an article about the incident March 28. Copies of Jeffers’ English assignment and class emails from Scott were included in the article.

Jeffers received a 39 out of 50 points on her overall assignment due to grammatical and analytical errors, according to documents included in the Campus Reform article.

Scott said all students in her Literature and Human Condition class can revise their papers for additional points.

Jeffers met with Scott about the assignment and gave her recommendations on how to improve the paper for a better grade, according to Jeffers. She agreed with all of Scott’s suggestions except for the removal of “mankind.” “[Scott] told me that ‘mankind’ does not refer to all people, only males. I refuted, stating that it does refer to all people. She proceeded to tell me that I was wrong, ‘mankind’ is sexist, and I should make the effort to look beyond my preset positions and ideologies,” said Jeffers in an interview with The Lumberjack.

Jeffers said her freedom of speech was violated, Scott said she was following Modern Language Association format.

“I would be negligent, as a professor who is running a class about the human condition and the assumptions we make about being ‘human,’ if I did not also raise this issue of gendered language and ask my students to respect the need for genderneutral language,” Scott wrote in an email to her class that was published on Campus Reform.

News outlets such as The Washington Times and The Daily Caller have picked up the story, and the original article from Campus Reform has been shared more than 56,000 times as of April 4. The conservative public figure Milo Yiannopoulos also blogged about the incident on his website.

The article published on Campus Reform was written by Shanna Nelson, an Arizona correspondent for the website Nelson also wrote the “NAU profs label Trump a ‘neo-fascist,’ ‘rapist in chief ’” article Feb. 17 about various NAU faculty.

After the publication of Nelson’s second NAU article, Scott using “mankind.” Scott told Jeffers she could appeal her grade began receiving the threatening messages, some including threats to the English Department chair, but otherwise she would not of rape and violence. change the grade, unless she rewrote the assignment, Jeffers said.

“Within 24 hours of the article being released, I received Jeffers said she was told the rest of the English Department approximately 75-90 emails, many of them expressing hatred, agreed with not using “mankind” in papers, so she did not think contempt, violence and misogyny. I received at least 20 voicemails they would listen. of a similar nature, the article was shared over 12,000 times,” Jeffers decided to speak to Campus Reform instead, a choice Scott said in an interview with The Lumberjack.

Scott does not agree with.

One hostile email called Scott a “self-loathing, man hating “This student chose an incendiary, right-wing online sorry excuse of a teacher.” ‘news’ outlet to vent her disagreement with me. I was advised Another email read, “You’re an insult to mankind! You by the chair of the English Department not to respond to any offended by this? Yes? Then GO F--K YOURSELF, YOU UGLY of their correspondents’ requests for information,” Scott told The SKANK!” Lumberjack.

Scott said many of the emails and phones calls mentioned A former student of Scott describes her as a professor with President Donald Trump. high expectations but also as fair and very clear on class policies.

“I hope you keep expressing your radical views because this “I think that it is being blown out of perspective. A student will only solidify the need for a president like Trump,” one email was asked, in a class about the human condition, to use a more said. appropriate term in a paper,” said senior biomedical science major Due to the explicit nature of many of the Kendrick Daly. “The expectation was communicated without a emails and voicemails to Scott, The point loss, and then when the student kept mankind in her Lumberjack did not include those paper, there was a penalty assessed based on a clear in this story. Scott said expectation. I do think that the term mankind NAU currently has is representative of the idea that the no policy student was trying to convey, but the to deal expectation from Dr. Scott was with this clear and was not followed.” kind of Despite this event harassment. and the flood of hateful When Jeffers responses, learned of Scott’s S c o t t gender-neutral language said she rule, she was not sure if Scott intends was being serious. to continue “Included with this rule were teaching with the several examples of what was and was not highest integrity okay to use. In one of these examples, [Scott] she possesses. stated that we could not use the word ‘mankind.’

Scott is the first NAU Instead, we should use ‘humankind.’ I thought this professor to be added to the Professor was absurd,” Jeffers said to Campus Reform.

Illustration by Alanna Secrest Watchlist, a website that compiles lists In an email to Jeffers included in the article, Scott of college professors who “discriminate said “humankind” was within the spirit of the class to against conservative students,” according to their website. The use gender-neutral pronouns.

“The words we use matter very much, or else teachers would watchlist’s goal is “to expose and document college professors who not be making an issue of this at all, and the MLA would not discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist be making recommendations for gender-neutral language at the propaganda in the classroom.”

“I hold no contempt toward Dr. Scott but rather toward the national level,” Scott wrote in the email.

Jeffers appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight March 31, a institution enforcing this and the policy itself,” Jeffers told The Lumberjack. nightly political show on Fox News, to discuss the incident.

As a result of the publication of multiple Campus Reform Jeffers told Carlson she felt penalized for her ideas.

“I turned in a paper, I had used the word mankind and articles, national media attention and subsequent harassment, apparently that wasn’t to her liking. Apparently that is sexist and Scott and other NAU faculty fear for their safety.

NAU President Rita Cheng has received harassment not gender-neutral language and I should be punished for that,” through email and phone calls regarding this incident, said NAU Jeffers said on the show.

Jeffers said in an interview with The Lumberjack that she spokesperson Kimberly Ott. The English Department called NAUPD soon after receiving planned on explaining that her issue was with the policy and the institution that enforces it and not with Scott personally, but the threatening messages. The issue of faculty members being threatened by online postings reaches far beyond NAU, according interview ended sooner than she expected.

Scott only docked Jeffers one point on her assignment for to various media reports from across the nation.

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NEWS

Political Update: Travel expenses peaking for Trump and First family Kayla Rutledge

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resident Donald Trump has spent nearly half of his weekends since taking office at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.

Trump owns the Palm Beach club, and Florida residents are concerned about how their money is being spent. More and more taxpayer dollars are being used for security for First Lady Melania Trump and their son Barron as they continue living in New York City’s Trump Tower and their travel expenses. Trump’s sons have taken numerous overseas trips since Inauguration Day with Secret Service agents in tow, according to The Washington Post.

According to a Politico analysis, Trump’s Florida trips cost about $3 million each — and he’s already visited five times since Jan. 20.

Secret Service has requested an additional $60 million in funding for next year to protect the first family. Approximately $26.8 million would be directed toward securing Trump Tower, and $33 million would be spent on travel costs incurred by the president and vice president for official and unofficial trips.

While Secret Service cannot release a full review of where the funds are typically allocated, the agency’s reports for the 2017 fiscal year showed a request totaling $734 million for the protection budget, which includes Trump’s travel expenses.

In comparison, Obama’s eight-year total for travel expenses was just under $97 million, according to Judicial Watch.

Beyond the traveling costs of his family, Trump has racked up quite the bill himself with his travels to the Florida club and from hosting foreign dignitaries.

Trump purchased Mar-a-Lago in 1985, which he has referred to as his “southern White House” since taking office. Trump’s winter holiday to Palm Beach was $548,000 for the county to pay. Since then, Trump’s visits have cost the county roughly $570,000 for security alone, stacked with overtime pay of about $60,000 per day at the club.

Dave Kerner, county commissioner for the third district of Palm Beach, said to Time magazine that the federal government has denied his request to reimburse the county with federal funds. Kerner has since directed his attention for reimbursement to the Mar-a-Lago Club.

“I just want to see that their taxpayer dollars are being used for what they’re for,” said Kerner.

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) responded to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, New Mexico

Sen. Tom Udall and Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings March 28 after they requested a review and examination of Trump’s costs relating to his various trips to the Florida club.

The GAO agreed to the request and announced it will review what measures have been used to protect classified information and secure communication while the president is absent from the White House and what security measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of the president.

The intent of the review is to ensure Mara-Lago’s security is adequate after concerns were raised when Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the club. Anyone with $200,000 to spare can purchase a membership at the club and have access to areas where the president might conduct business. In February, the two leaders publicly discussed North Korea’s missile test in the presence of restaurant staff and guests.

Three days before the request for a financial review was passed, new legislation concerning Trump’s meetings was introduced to the House and the Senate.

The bill, called “Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act,” or the MAR-A-LAGO Act, would require Trump to release the logged names of anyone who visits the White House or any other location where the president or vice president conduct official business. The information would be available to the public and refreshed on a database every 90 days.

The White House has not yet made a comment about the bill proposal as of April 4.

Top: Military personnel watch as President Donald Trump prepares to depart at Andrews Air Force Base on Air Force One in Maryland. Andrew Harnik | The Associated Press Bottom: Mar-A-Lago, pictured here November 2016 in Palm Beach, Fla., is Trump’s home away from home. Carolyn Kaster | The Associated Press

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When did 21st birthdays become so scary?

Alie Wilkins

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t’s not breaking news that the culture in the United States seems to revolve around drinking. We’ll take any excuse to drink here. St. Patrick’s Day? We’re getting drunk.

Cinco de Mayo (not even a U.S. holiday)? Block parties for everyone. Halloween? Absolutely.

From the moment we turn 21 (maybe even a couple years before that), we started using any excuse we can find to drink. So I guess it’s not surprising that we take the act of turning 21 very seriously. If you were about to turn the legal drinking age in another country, you’d maybe have a party, go out with friends, have a few drinks, maybe a few more than a few drinks. But if you turn 21 here in the states, you’re expected to binge drink like your life depends on it.

It’s called a “power hour,” and it has several different meanings. A power hour is a drinking game where you drink a shot of beer every minute for 60 minutes, the equivalent of five beers in an hour. It’s the time of day when the sun is setting or rising (apparently the energy is the best for meditating during these times), and for the purposes of this discussion, a power hour is also considered when someone takes 21 shots during the first hour of their birthday — and it’s insane.

I’m truly not sure it’s physically possible to

consume that much alcohol in 60 minutes, and if it is, I am sure whoever did it should proceed immediately to the nearest hospital to get their stomach pumped. To put this in perspective, the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) in the U.S. is 0.08 percent. The average person, according to bloodalcoholcalculator.org, passes out at around 0.15 percent, and if you calculate the BAC for a 130 pound female who consumed 10 shots (that’s the highest amount you can choose on the calculator) in one hour, you end up with a 0.335 percent. Mind you, a BAC of 0.35 is considered lethal.

And this is supposed to be fun?

Chances are, if you ask anyone who’s about to turn 21 if they’re e xc i t ed , they’ll tell you they’re terrified. How did we get to a point where it’s normal to be scared of your birthday? To be fair, I know plenty of people

who would never give into the peer pressure of a power hour and people who would never imagine trying to facilitate giving someone 21 shots in an hour.

However, I also know people who love a good power hour. They’ll buy you shots like they’re made of money because it’s fun to help you celebrate your 21st birthday.

I’ve heard the defense that 21 “bar” shots aren’t as bad as “regular” shots because while a “regular” shot is just 1.5 ounces of hard liquor in a shot glass, a “bar” shot is diluted by fruity juices. I have a couple things to say to that argument.

One, just because you take a shot that also has juice in it doesn’t mean you’re not consuming the same amount of alcohol, it just Illustration by Alanna Secrest means it tastes better. Two, not

all “bar” shots are diluted, just ask anyone who’s ever taken the Four Horsemen shot which is literally named after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and is comprised of only Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Jameson and Jonnie Walker.

What is it about the drinking culture in this country that makes us think the idea of a power hour is normal? Or fun for that matter? I think it’s because our drinking age is so much higher than that of other countries.

When our long, drawn-out 21 years are finally over, we’re ready to go. Not to mention this momentous birthday falls (for most of us) during college, which is arguably the time in our life when we’re surrounded by the most drinking.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of turning 21 and having all your friends there to buy you shots when you first step into the bar, and I have been to and participated in many a power hour. They can be fun and a great memory (sometimes) if you do it correctly. Meaning that you have friends there to look out for you, cut you off when you’ve had too much and take care of you when you get home. The saying goes, “You only turn 21 once,” but maybe we should start making sure that “only turning 21 once” means that you are also around to celebrate the rest of your birthdays.

improvements don’t fit into the comfort zones of the older people and, therefore, it automatically makes them a target for hate and judgement.

It’s a tale as old as time. The Baby Boomers hate on Generation X who hate Millennials who are slowly beginning to hate on Generation Z. It is a never-ending trend.

People constantly use this made-up idea of a generation to make generalizations about the people who are younger, and by their logic, less than them. My advice to them? Stop being so bitter.

“Millennials feel so entitled to everything.”

“Millennials don’t know how to think for themselves.” “Back in my day...blah blah blah.”

These phrases are all too played out and a lot of the time untrue.

Here’s the truth: We know that older people didn’t use phones in their childhood as often as we do now. That’s not because we’re overly reliant on our phones and you guys were just magically uninterested in technology. It’s because your phones had significantly fewer

functions than ours do now. If you could have pulled out your phone and watched a movie every time you got bored, you would have.

Don’t even try to deny it.

If you had the opportunity to live with your parents into your 20s to avoid going into extreme debt because of the economic recession the generation that preceded you caused, you would have. There is no doubt about it.

Choosing debt over help from your parents and financial stability is a decision nobody would have made, yet you criticize Millennials for it.

The point is, if you had the same opportunities that you consistently ridicule us for, you would have utilized in them the same way we do. Then the generation before you would be calling you spoiled little crybabies, too. And I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t be so happy about it.

In all honesty, none of the common complaints about Millennials are strictly a Millennial problem. Yes, there are some people who are too dependent on technology. Yes,

some people are egotistical and self-absorbed.

Yes, some people don’t know how to effectively handle failure.

But these are not problems specific to a certain age group. These are problems that apply to multiple people from every age group. There are 15-year-olds who fit this description, and there are 70-year-olds who fit this description.

It’s not just Millennials.

Even if it was a problem specific to Millennials, how did we get this way? If you’re truly angry at the generation that came after you, maybe you should consider the fact that you played a part in raising them. These are your kids and grandchildren.

We are the people you helped mold.

The new generation you despise so much is a product of you. Consider that next time you hypocritically go on Facebook to complain about Millennials.

Sincerely, the spoiled, entitled Millennial who does nothing but complain.

Why we need to get rid of the term ‘generation’ Peggy Packer

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hroughout your entire lifetime, you’ve probably heard people older than you complaining about your generation, especially if you’re a Millennial. The problem with these complaints is not only that they are annoying beyond belief, but the idea that generations are even real and scientific in the first place.

The commonly held idea of a “generation” does not exist. They are social constructs stating that all people within a certain age range act the same way which is blatantly untrue. Generations are just ways to group individuals in order to fit them into some stereotype. I don’t appreciate being characterized as “some Millennial.”

Personally, I prefer the term “person.”

The reason certain generations are even criticized in the first place is because people generally don’t feel comfortable with change. New generations often mean new technology, new core values and more innovative ways of doing things. These new

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Those who built the system Letters to the Editor cannot be oppressed by it Response to ‘Freedom of speech: The Alex Rand

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s we approach summer, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and Facebook feeds are alight with the sound of heterophobia in action. That’s right, it’s LGBTQ pride parade season.

With the ever-increasing momentum of the LGBTQ pride movement, a new group has arisen, demanding equal treatment in the face of a cruelly unjust system that is stacked against them: straight people. “Straight pride” is a movement based on the idea that straight people are now being treated unfairly and should rise up. Supporters of straight pride believe that heterophobia exists, and that straight people face the same — or maybe worse — oppression than LGBTQ people do.

Obviously, this is a load of crap. Still, every time I mention how excited I am for anything LGBTQ related, I hear the same questions: Why isn’t there a straight-pride parade, month, etc.? Why must straight people be oppressed in this way?

Well, I’m here to bring good news. It’s easy for anyone to have a straight-pride parade.

All they have to do is look out their window on any given day. There’s the parade. Every month that isn’t June is straight-pride month.

When straight people are seen as the default, they’re constantly visible. There’s no need for a parade to remind people they exist. Believe me, LGBTQ people have to deal with straight people every single day. We’re overwhelmingly aware they exist.

Straight people are not, and have never been, oppressed for being straight. It doesn’t happen. Much in the same way racism towards white people doesn’t actually exist. The people who built the system cannot be oppressed by the system.

When straight people have been in power for so long, they want to see any loss as oppression.

They want to call every single slip from complete power a tragedy.

Here’s an awful truth I hardly ever see acknowledged by straight people: LGBTQ Pride Month has a very real reason for being in June.

The Library of Congress says, “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan.”

In the ‘60s, it was common practice for police to raid gay bars such as the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall Inn’s official website does a good job of explaining why: “It was illegal to serve gay people alcohol or for gays to dance with one another.” This eventually sparked riots at the Stonewall Inn where LGBTQ people had to make it as clear as possible: Our love is not illegal.

If any straight person can show me a single instance of laws directly targeting straight people in a harmful way, I’ll freely admit that heterophobia exists. I’ll join the straight-pride movement as an avid supporter. Until then, though, the straightpride movement mainly consists of conservative news outlets like downtrend.com posting whiny opinion articles claiming things like, “When the LGBTQ community demands equality, what they really mean is they want an elevated status. Rather than being treated like everyone else they want to be a protected class of people with special rules.”

I can’t even argue with half of that quote.

When LGBTQ people are being killed simply for being LGBTQ, we would love to be a protected class of people. Please, protect us.

Even if the people supporting it mean well, the straight-pride movement needs to die out. I feel comfortable speaking for the rest of the LGBTQ community when I say that we understand how proud you are not to be gay.

We’ve understood that our whole lives.

When straight people are seen as the default, they’re constantly visible. There’s no need for a parade to remind people they exist. Believe me, LGBTQ people have to deal with straight people every single day. We’re overwhelmingly aware they exist.

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would just like to clarify some things. Dr. [Luis] Fernandez admitted last week to never meeting me before, but later in the article says he wanted to ask me about doxxing. How would he have known? I left the room and was approached by a woman who asked all these questions about me, and when I asked her anything, she wouldn’t respond. I got nervous and walked back in to find her and ask her why she needed so much info. When I came in I heard Fernandez speaking to the room about me. I do not work for TPUSA. I never ‘doxxed’ anyone in my life. And I am not ‘alt-right’ as they made it seem. All over the doors in [the Raul Castro building] there are posters that say ‘Punch someone on the alt-right today!” You really don’t think you put a target on my back?! I am so sorry for Dr. Lori [Poloni-Staudingner] who was misconstrued in saying certain things, but now you know what these professors did to me. I only gave that video because the slander said about me at the event. Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument. And by far, don’t bully students based on false rumors.

Melissa Miller, TPUSA Campus Coordinator

Stand Up for Flagstaff opposes the Hub

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ou’re right – students aren’t the problem with the Hub development.

We agree with your March 14 editorial — students are not the problem: The presence of NAU and of students in Flagstaff help make it the place we all love. We also agree that pointing fingers for the problems we are currently seeing in Flagstaff isn’t helpful.

Our non-profit organization, Stand Up for Flagstaff, continues to actively oppose the Hub. We think the city made a mistake when it approved the Hub for Mikes Pike, towering over the much smaller homes and businesses in the neighborhood, maximizing traffic and providing inadequate parking. That’s why we’re appealing the decision in superior court on April 21— not to assign blame, but to correct the problem and keep it from happening again.

We agree that insufficient and unaffordable housing for students — and for working people and families — is a big problem in Flagstaff. We don’t think the solution is to place enormous, private, luxury dormitories in congested, historic parts of town. Such private dormitories in other university communities have displaced viable, historic neighborhoods, and that could happen in Flagstaff. There are other more appropriate places in town for huge dorms, places that could be improved by their presence if well designed.

Many students don’t want to live in dormitories at all, whether on campus or off campus; they want to live in real Flagstaff neighborhoods. For those students, there aren’t yet enough houses, guest houses, duplexes and triplexes — student housing that does fit into neighborhoods.

Students are our neighbors. If there’s a problem — like noise, parking or trash — neighbors talk to each other to solve it. But when 500 or 600 students live in a private gated community next door and a problem affects the neighborhood, neighbors may see no alternative to calling the cops. A neighborhood that has to call the cops is a neighborhood that first deteriorates, then disappears.

Flagstaff loves students and students love Flagstaff. We welcome students into the conversation about how we can protect and preserve neighborhoods where everyone lives.

Marie Jones, Stand Up for Flagstaff

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hrough the lens similar to the blog Humans of New York, NAU students and community members share interesting stories and facts about their extracurricular activities. NAU students maintain a healthy lifestyle by finding a balance between academic responsibilities and leisure activities like joining Greek Life and participating in diverse clubs around campus like the Swing Jacks Dance Club and Chabad at NAU club.

Ryan Tsingine

Kyle Russell

Window Rock, Ariz. | Environmental

Chicago | Biomedical science

science “I am part of a CUPI pod, community university public inquiry for Grand Canyon Trust, so that’s a thing with NAU. It’s like a recent thing. Right now we’re just studying the effects of when the Navajo Generating Station closes, so we’re studying the social, economic and environmental [impact] that is going to have.”

Gabrielle Weiser Tustin, Calif.| Speech pathology

“This is Chabad at NAU club. It’s a Jewish organization. As board members, it’s our job to try to find new Jews and try to get them involved in this community. We do Shabbat [a day of rest] dinners every Friday, and we have events.

It’s kind of like a place just to have people come together who share the same religion.”

Kelly Castleman

“I love [FIJI] because I was in the founding group of it. I was one of the founding fathers, like in the main class, the alpha class and all that. It was just really cool coming out here and being from the Southside of Chicago. I was thinking, ‘Why did I come all the way out here? Why did I do this?’ Then just finding this group and finding, like, a group of guys I was compatible with, it was just really cool.”

Alexandra Walker Phoenix | Undeclared

“[I like] being outdoors; that’s why I came up here. And I read a lot.

Again, I go outdoors more like hiking and visiting all of the beautiful places that Arizona has to offer. I like the beauty of the outdoors.”

Mission Viejo, Calif. | Mathematics “When I was in high school, I did a lot of dance. But then when I came up here, I didn’t really have much else to do that with. So then my friends were like ‘Hey, do you want to come to Swing Jacks with us?’ It was really fun. We’ll go through lessons everyday, so even people who just start are able to progress really quickly, and it’s just a really fun thing. I’ve met a whole lot of new friends with it, which is really great.”

Check out jackcentral.org for full stories

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Korey Krotzer Seattle | Economics

“I run, swim, bike. I’m not a triathlete, but that’s why I’m in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona — just to take advantage of the altitude and train on some awesome trails.”

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Run, buddy, run: to a new home Mikayla Shoup

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unners wearing reflective neon vests run along Route 66, but they are not alone. Running at their side are dogs wearing “adopt me” vests, accompanied with wagging tails and toothy smiles.

These runners are out volunteering with Running Buddy, a program organized by Second Chance Center for Animals and Run Flagstaff to get dogs out of the shelter, if only for the evening.

Running Buddy takes place every week Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Run Flagstaff. Volunteers are paired up with a dog and then either run or walk on the bike path that goes along Route 66.

The program gets the dogs out exercising and interacting with people and other dogs. It also gets the dogs into the public and increases their chance of finding their “forever home.”

“When our dogs come back from this they’re calmer, they eat their food, they sleep at night, the next day they’re more relaxed. They’re socialized better,” said Stephen Szostek, Second Chance animal care coordinator.

Second Chance has seen an increase in adoptions since they started the program in the fall of 2016.

“We are at 15 adoptions, just from the program. Just from, ‘Hey, I happened to see that dog out there’, or ‘I had a friend who ran your dog’ and so we’ve had a lot of that kind of thing,” Szostek said.

The concept of Running Buddy actually started with NAU’s ROTC members who run with the shelter dogs Thursday mornings. These runners are more confident in their handling with the animals, and they run farther — about three miles. Szostek sometimes brings the dogs who are considered trouble cases, who are not the best with other dogs.

Through the Running Buddy program, these dogs have a chance to become more comfortable with other dogs and people.

“That’s not to say that they’re best friends with dogs, but they’re growing. They’re bonding with their running buddies, their partners, and I can say that I’m actually seeing a lot more social dogs,” Szostek said. “They’re learning how to be around other dogs, trains, cars, people, and they look up at their handler and they’re like, ‘I’m not scared, I’ll just keep running with you.’ So that to me as a trainer is phenomenal.”

Second Chance was founded in 2004 by Dick and Jean Wilson. The Wilsons’ mission statement, to care for the community and its animals, is enforced by the executive director of Second Chance.

Fay runs with a volunteer and is currently up for adoption at Second Chance Center for Animals.

Andrew Ormonde | The Lumberjack

Yankee, who is up for adoption, licks Stephen Szostek, the animal care coordinator at Second Chance Center for Animals. Andrew Ormonde | The Lumberjack

“The Wilsons gave so much to Flagstaff to create the community we all love. We believe the community, in turn, will continue their work to save the lives of homeless pets,” said Second Chance executive director Sean Hawkins on their website.

When Second Chance approached Run Flagstaff with the idea, it was not hard to convince the owner of Run Flagstaff to participate in Running Buddy.

“Immediately we were like, ‘When can we start? How can we get this going?’ because it’s something that we wanted before. We wanted to happen, and now we have a partner,’” said Run Flagstaff owner Sarah Sherry.

Volunteers do not have to be runners to participate in Running Buddy. People sometimes walk or jog with the dogs. The runners usually go about a mile, but it is more about getting the dogs out than about distance.

Sherry said runners are often looking to run for charity or for a cause. Running Buddy gives people the opportunity to run for a cause without committing to something like a 5K. “Giving people something on a daily basis, something to look forward to, I feel good about doing that,” Sherry said.

Second Chance’s mission is to rescue the rescues. It is a no-kill shelter, so when other shelters are full, and are in a position in which they have to start euthanizing animals, they call Second Chance. According to the American Humane website, 56 percent of dogs and 71 percent of cats are euthanized when they enter a shelter.

Second Chance brings at-risk animals to their shelter where they do basic training and hopefully get adopted. It is during this time of assessing the dogs when Second Chance employees decide if they are a good fit for Running Buddy. Some dogs are more interested in snuggling than running.

The Running Buddy program is not only good for the dogs, but it is rewarding to the volunteers as well.

“I have two really big dogs at home, and I miss them a lot. So this’ll help,” said forestry major Liz Boier, as she pets her running buddy Jess. “I have depression and anxiety, so this helps me by getting out and playing with a dog.”

Szostek has noticed an increase in volunteers at the shelter since starting Running Buddy.

Second Chance volunteers help with cleaning, feeding and walking animals.

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Tebow is one of the adoptable animals at Second Chance Center for Animals.

Andrew Ormonde | The Lumberjack

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Other volunteer opportunities include fostering puppies and kittens and upkeep of the enrichment garden where they grow vegetables and herbs for pets to keep them mentally stimulated.

“I’m just obsessed with animals, and I’m really into fitness. I think it’s just a fun way to be involved.

My philosophy is very similar to the rescue where it’s, like, you know, I want these guys to have great homes, and if I can do anything to facilitate that, I want to,” said volunteer Matthew Hintzman.

Hintzman runs with Running Buddy and also regularly volunteers at Second Chance.

“Second Chance’s big focus is making these adoptable animals. So we try and do a lot of interactions with taking them for walks and talking to them. We hang out, pet them, you know, make them used to being around people,” Hintzman said.

The support for Running Buddy has been so substantial that Second Chance is considering having another night of running as well as starting other programs like a Trail Buddies program.

Second Chance hosts a variety of events including an upcoming Paws and Claws Circus on April 22 and their annual adoption event, Pets in the Pines, on June 25. All of Second Chance’s events can be found on their website.

Second Chance is dedicated to both rescuing animals and helping them find their happily ever after.

“The idea is we just want to get our dogs out and socialize and find their homes. And however we can do that, we’re going to do that,” Szostek said.

lagstaff is a dimly lit city, and the lack of street lights can make one paranoid on a walk home at night.

Whether it is walking home from work late in the evening, riding a bike home from class or just getting around on campus, after the sun goes down, it is sometimes frightening to take that journey alone in a Dark Sky City, which restricts light pollution in town. Now there is help.

Safe Trek is an application that allows users who are walking from one destination to the next to choose a friend from their contact list to track them while they make their way. The app asks the friend permission to either accept the request or have the user choose another friend to track them as well as receive updates throughout that person’s travel home.

Safe Trek notifies the friend when its user’s pace increases, when its user begins running or when the software indicates a problem. Safe Trek sends notifications to the friend’s phone and even suggests calling the user if they do not reach their end destination in the estimated or projected time period.

The app is accessible to anyone with a smartphone and is available, free of purchase.

Although the app is used to keep friends safe, some are skeptical.

“During times of certain stress when your blood pressure goes up, your [fight or flight] motor skills go down … It’s harder to manipulate your phone button. Having your phone out is a layer that I don’t know a lot of students may do,” said Marc Burdiss, Director of Office of Emergency Management and Preparedness Marc Burdiss.

Another solution is the Emergency Blue Light Phones that are strategically placed across campus and illuminate a blue light. The phones are intended for students to use in the event they feel unsafe, suspect they are being followed or feel they are in danger. Sometimes students use the emergency phone just because they feel uncomfortable traveling alone.

The phones allow students to contact NAUPD directly. Each phone is located inside of a yellow box that reads, “Emergency.”

When someone opens the box and presses the red button inside, it is just like calling 911.

There are phones directly in front of each dorm hall on campus as well as in front of, or several feet from, the main buildings on campus.

“I’m not opposed to [Safe Trek]. I see it all as layers of redundancy,” Burdiss said.

Burdiss said having those blue lights on and being aware of

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them, as well as the ability to run over to one in a time of need can be helpful.

When a phone call is made using this system, not only does NAUPD get the call, but the system also can detect the location of the call. A call to 911 from a cell phone, however, does not do that.

“If you are pushing them and running at the same time, it gives a direction of travel of dispatch to relay to the officers,” Burdiss said.

Burdiss also said 10 more Emergency Blue Light Phones are being installed on campus. Every fall, students are invited to participate in an annual Lighting and Safety Walk.

“We choose a night without a moon — we choose the darkest possible conditions we can do — and we send groups of students out all over campus looking for those areas … areas that need lighting, areas that need blue phones,” Burdiss said.

Some students don’t even know about Safe Trek or the Blue Emergency Phones.

“I have never used the blue phones, but I have friends who have. They use Safe Trek now after I told them about it and agree that they feel much safer because they have someone being aware of their location the entire walk home and it’s easily available to call for help instead of having to reach one of the blue lights,” said sophomore speech pathology major Courtney Griffin.

Very few students claimed they have ever used the Blue Emergency Blue Light Phones; many say that they just call or text their friends.

“My friends and I share our locations with each other through Find My Friends,” said sophomore speech pathology major Miya Newman.

Find My Friends is an app that comes with any Apple product software. The app allows you to share your location with anyone in your contact list if they give you permission.

“If one of my friends isn’t responding or I haven’t heard from them in a while after they’ve left class or work, I can check their location — specifically what street they are on and if they are still moving,” Newman said.

Griffin owns an iPhone that came with Find My Friends, but she still prefers Safe Trek.

“The feeling of having someone there with me when I’m walking alone and having my friends get updates of where I am and when I make it home is what I like best about the app,”Griffin said.

Sharing your location through Find My Friends or iMessage does not notify anyone if something seems wrong with a friend’s journey or if they stop completely.

Most students would agree the journey to class, work, home or anywhere else while it’s dark, and specifically here in Flagstaff, can be nerve-wracking.

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A century of cinema and sound

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ights, moving pictures and humming amplifiers. The Orpheum Theater has been at it for 100 years.

Originally opened in 1917 as a movie house by John Weatherford, according to an Orpheum Theater press release, the theater has seen a lifetime of evolution. In its first incarnation, the technology of the downtown cinema house was new and innovative, it was a destination for entertainment.

After experiencing a dark period and eventual closure before the millennium, current owner Chris Scully and others reopened and reinvented the theater in 2002.

Scully has an entertainment thread running through his family with his brother owning a movie theater in Brooklyn and a son delving into Flagstaff’s world of music as part of the band Quinn and the Confluence.

Since the reopening of the Orpheum, it has become a

destination for live music and other events. The reinvention of an already established business posed some of the same challenges that opening a completely new one would.

“We had to learn as we went along and gain the trust of the community,” said Scully.

The community has became a vital part of the Orpheum and the events hosted at the venue.

“We try to make it so we’re really open and connected to the community,” said general manager Susan Walter.

The theater strives to stay connected to the community, including the university, in many ways. The Orpheum serves as the host for NAU’s student radio station’s, KJACK, Live Arts Festival every year.

Monthly community movie nights and many events featuring bands from the local music scene.

“Even though we’re a small city, we have a huge music community,” Walter said.

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An obvious advantage to the Orpheum is its size, as it is one of the largest music venues in the area, with the Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill being the other large venue. As a result, regional and national acts often appear at the Orpheum while on tour before hitting the valley.

Noteable acts for the centennial year have included: Ace Frehley of KISS, Robbie Krieger of The Doors, Rebelution, Tech Nine and the Meat Puppets.

There have been negative comments regarding the venue before including less-than-desireable sound system and uncomfortable seating. Originally constructed in 1911, the building has seen considerable wear and tear as well. The historical aspect of the building does not hold back way for change.

“We are in the midst of some major renovation as we speak,” said Scully.

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sound system, change in seating and an updated projector and screen.

Updating the projector and screen is a part of bringing the original cinemahouse feel. Cinema-centered events include local film festivals and classic film screenings with Brews and Views events multiple times a week. Adding this nostalgic element adds versatility and accessibility to the venue’s event.

“The Orpheum works best for everybody when we stay diverse, when we provide a nearly-something-foreveryone calender,” Scully said.

There is more to the mix than just movie and music. Walter also said private events are popular, including wedding receptions that want to have a bit of rock ‘n’ roll edge to them.

Though the centennial year as a whole is a milestone for the venue, August is the most substantial month for the Orpheum. The reopening in 2002 occurred in August, and the Orpheum will be hosting a block party August 1012. In true Orpheum fashion, the block party will include more than just music, including a car show.

“It will be a whole weekend of activity,” Walter said.

There is no need to wait until August, or stop after, to expect something special from the Orpheum.

“Continuing through 2017, The Orpheum Theater will be hosting diverse signature events leading up to their 100th Anniversary Party in August, and through to December,” according to the same press release.

The block party is another way for the theater to be an active part of the community as well as another way to celebrate the history of the establishment.

“In this day and age, we don’t see a lot of 100th stuff. We’re invested to keep it going, keep evolving it,” said Walter.

In its 100 years, and even in the 15 years since the reopen, the Orpheum has gone through substantial changes.

Improvement is a constant goal.

“Year after year, we want things to get better,” Scully said.

The goal for change can only go so far if it is only internal, though.

“We would not exist, at all, if people did not come to events,” said Scully.

Flagstaff’s newest sound Maria Angulo

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fter meeting on their first day of middle school, Jill Wegner, Quinn Scully and Tre Hibbert have accomplished something that many musicians only dream of. As Quinn and the Confluence, the three are releasing their first album, Time and Wishful Thinking, and have come a long way since their beginnings.

All three members currently attend NAU. Each member knows how to play multiple instruments. Hibbert learned to play the guitar at a young age and would later learn how to play the drums because guitar has become common amongst musicians. Scully, son of Orpheum owner Chris Scully, learned how to play the drums first, then the bass, then guitar. Wegner has been a singer her whole life but has recently learned how to play the bass also.

When they were in middle school, they had an imaginary band and used to pretend to play songs

by The Beatles. When the band became a reality, the band was short of a singer, so Scully decided he was going to sing, and that was when he began writing.

High school talent shows and other musical activities provided ways for the three to play together.

Hibbert and Wegner left Flagstaff with other pursuits in mind but have since returned. Now, a year later, they have finished recording their first album and are launching it April 8.

After a year of writing, Quinn and the Confluence went into the studio to record their first album. This was done in 48 hours throughout one week during NAU’s winter break.

“It feels really cool to have an album,” said Wegner. “It’s something we’ve all been thinking about for a while, and to finally have a full album feels like a great accomplishment.”

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Local band Quinn and the Confluence opens for headliners The Senators at the Orpheum Theater Feb. 24.

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The band is heavily influenced by the sounds of Flagstaff, but if they had to label their sound, it would be indie rock.

Time and Wishful Thinking features songs written in different times in the band’s life. When finally put together, the songs fit to create the album about love, time, life and hope. Scully is the band’s primary songwriter, but one song on the release was written by Hibbert.

The songs on the album are acoustic with Scully’s vocals and his guitar. David Strackany helped them with the recording as a technical engineer.

“Specifically, for this album, the songs are written by me,” said Scully.

In the age of crowd-funded projects, the band self-funded the album with money saved from previous musical endeavours.

“We want it to show we can do it on our own,” Scully said. “We are not just a band that is funded by our friends and families.”

The band has big plans for the future. One of these plans include a Southwest tour in August.

The friendship between the members is a bond that has helped them through the struggles of being musicians following their dreams.

“I love these boys like no other,” Wegner said.

The band has also received support from outside of the group

as well.

“I feel like the Oscars ... this has to be what it feels like with all this emotion,” Hibbert said.

The album release party will be April 8 at Firecreek Coffee Company.

It will be a dual album release with local musician Jay Meyer.

“If you’ve been to a show, you helped us do this album. If you like our Facebook page, if you walk by and smile when we’re playing in a bar — that means something,” Scully said. “It wasn’t just the three of us,.

And if it was only the three of us, it would have sucked, and we couldn’t have done it without all of the help.”

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Top: Quinn Scully is the lead singer and primary songwriter for Quinn and the Confluence.

Bottom: Jill Wegner, Tre Hibbert and Quinn Scully have been friends since childhood.

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Left: The NAU Paintball Club gears up for practice in the woods March 26. Right: Matt Brunskill, psychology graduate student and club president, enjoys a day of woodsball with the club.

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If you can’t handle the welts, get out of the woods Adrianna Candelaria

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he NAU Paintball Club definitely knows how to make a splash — or splatter, one should say.

Matt Brunskill, pyschology graduate student and club president, Taylor Strange, junior criminal justice major and club member, and Robert Chavez, sophomore applied computer science and criminal justice double major and club secretary, took off their masks to talk about their world.

Because paintball is a sport that often requires travel, the club tries to ensure as many players can participate as possible. Part of that is arranging transportation and making sure everything is ready for the day.

“We all meet up on campus, carpool either out to the woods or down to the Valley, get all our gear set up and then start playing,” said Chavez. “We pretty much stay out until we feel done for the day or we run out of paint.”

Wherever the location, once the team has arrived the next step is deciding what to play.

In paintball, there are three different types of competition: woodsball, rec-ball and speedball.

The whole team agreed that speedball is the most competitive and the most fast paced of the three because it is played in a tournament style.

Rounds of speedball typically only last a few minutes at a time and are played at high intensities due to the point system implemented. The field is typically smaller than woodsball feilds, but both

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sides are built symmetrically with inflated bunkers or shelters for competitors to use for cover.

Rec-ball, on the other hand, can be as laid back or intense as the players would like. It is often compared to woodsball because it is very similar. Woodsball is the style the NAU club plays the most.

Woodsball is all about the thrill of outdoor adventure. Sneaking and darting around homemade bunkers and trees is what makes this version of the game so exciting for the club.

Woodsball can be very diverse from game to game. Players can come up with virtually any idea for a game and make it a reality. Brunskill said the team previously spent their Easter holiday Easter egg hunting in the woods while simultaneously hunting each other.

But even this group of aggressive players knows that it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

“Safety is a key thing about paintball,” said Strange.

This sport may be all about taking out the opponent, but the team is very cautious with their weapons while the match is not in session. Everyone on the team holds each other accountable to wear the proper gear, such as face masks, especially while matches are being played because of the concern of pain that comes with paintball.

“One question we always get asked is, ‘Does it hurt?’” Brunskill said. “People always want to come out and play but they don’t want to get hurt.”

Brunskill said there are times he doesn’t even realize he has been hit at all; a teammate will have to point it out to him because he is just so caught up in the game. continued on page 22

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SPORT S continued from page 20 “Once you get that adrenaline pumping, everything else just kind of melts away,” Brunskill said.

The team is welcoming to all skill levels, and although the pain may seem intimidating for beginners, the pain is not as bad as it seems.

A few students who were new to the sport went out with the team March 26 and played a couple matches with the team members who helped them with the equipment and taught them the ins and outs of the game.

“An average day for us out here is tons of fun,” Strange said. “A lot of bruises and a lot of memories.”

The club not only strives to have a good time but also to be competitive. They push each other to improve as well as embrace each other’s strengths. And while they don’t compete in regional or national championships right now, they hope to compete more in the future.

“We’ve played [speedball] before, but we’re really trying to build the team up in the next coming years,” said Chavez. “We are very interested in playing more competitively.”

Whether it’s improving accuracy or staying alive in the match for longer than they did before, the NAU Paintball Club thrives on the challenge.

“The biggest thing that keeps us motivated is doing better than you did before,” Chavez said.

Paintball brings out emotions and senses players never knew they had, along with a new focus coupled with the intense play.

The club team is a passionate group of players who love the game. They try to get out and play as often as they possibly can. Brunskill and Chavez agree with each other that paintball has given them great times to go along with the people they meet.

“It’s really hard to get out there and have a bad day playing paintball,” Brunskill said.

Chavez agreed with his teammate but said there’s even more behind it.

“It’s not just playing the game,” Chavez said. “It’s the people you meet. You make lifelong friends.”

Top left: Taylor Strange, club member and junior criminal justice major, hangs out during a day of paintball March 26. Top right: Freshman psychology major Akira Ran Ishtar aims down the barrel of her paintball gun. Bottom left: Wyatt Goddard, club member and sophomore mechanical engineering major, preps for a round of paintball with the NAU Paintball Club. Bottom right: Taylor Strange looks down his sight from behind cover at NAU Paintball Club practice. Maxim Mascolo | The Lumberjack

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Student athlete by Day TYLER DAY

Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of columns

by NAU runner Tyler Day about his experience as a student-athlete.

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he alarm on my phone goes off. I roll over thinking it’s just a sound in my head, but sadly I’m wrong. I don’t realize it’s the alarm until I hear it go off again.

Swinging my arm around in the dark, I tried find my phone as I lie in my cozy bed.

The time read 5:00 a.m. I barely had six hours of sleep due to another late night of studying and the homework grind.

This is a typical Monday morning of an NAU cross country and track athlete.

After scraping my body out of bed, I stumble into the kitchen and try not to spill the

cereal everywhere while I pour my breakfast into a porcelain bowl.

After breakfast it’s time to get ready for weights at 6:30 a.m. in the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome.

My running clothes, papers, lunch and laptop blur in front of me as I stow them away in my backpack. My roommate, a fellow NAU runner, climbs into the car with me so we can zip down Route 66 to the Skydome parking lot.

We hurry down to the football field to meet with our weight coach. Looking around at the rest of team, we look like a bunch of walking zombies.

But in order to be the best, you have to train like the best.

After what feels like an eternity of embarrassing myself doing squats and dumbbell presses, the team quickly switch gears from pumping iron to clocking miles as we always do for our first run of the day.

A variety of topics come up during the men’s squad’s run. We talk about politics — that usually ends up being a sore subject — classes, other sports, track, or if Sprouts cookies have hints of drugs that makes them so addicting.

Yes. That really has been discussed.

After our first run, which is usually around five or six miles, it’s time to switch roles from athlete back to student, by far the most difficult part of the day.

As a sophomore, I’m still taking intro courses for my journalism major and business minor. Usually that consists of lectures that seem to last decades.

The struggle to stay awake and pay attention is an uphill battle. Most of the time classes are back-to-back-to-back, and they’re not always a stone’s throw away.

A runner’s look is far from on fleek. Most of us are dressed in sweats and flip-flops with our hair looking like God knows what.

After enduring educational torture, I’ll go to the locker room and get ready for my second run of the day. This run usually consists of around eight to 10 miles before I come back to the track for hurdle and speed drills.

After the runs, drills and a classic coach pep talk, my roommate and I make our journey back to the homestead where I tend to whip up some mac-n-cheese, read what’s cool on the block via social media and get prepared for homework.

The homework part tends to last me about three hours.

After the last paper has been typed, the last word read and the last bullet point jotted down in my notes, it’s time to hit the sack just to get up and do this crazy, controlled mess all over again.

I’ve heard horror stories of students taking not one, but two jobs just to keep up with book fees and rent. I’ve also heard of students who have dropped out due to family issues rather than academic issues.

I am not here to stand on a metaphorical soap box and cry out that my school life is way tougher than everyone else’s.

College is part of many individuals’ life stories. How people deal with hectic schedules can say a ton about that person.

My advice to anyone feeling helpless due to their crazy schedule: Keep driving and keep working hard. Even though it can feel like your life is crumbling before your eyes, all the hard work that you put in now can propel you into the future, presenting you with more possibilities for success and even greater chance to make your mark on the world.

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