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Students fight bill

HB2675 would change tuition rules

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BY MARIA DICOSOLA

he Arizona Legislature is gaining support for House Bill 2675, which, if passed, would require most in-state university students to pay $2,000 toward their tuition without need-based assistance unless it is already covered by an outside source, nationally competitive scholarship or athletic recognition.

Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh (R), the main proponent of the bill, explained it in his own terms: “HB 2675 simply requires students who are not on full academic or full athletic scholarships to pay a thousand dollars per year towards their tuition – towards their 9,000 dollar tuition – or for new students, it will be 2,000 dollars per year. And, they can utilize outside scholarships and revenue to accomplish that.”

While athletes are not necessarily attending school on merit-based scholarships, Kavanagh believes they put forth an equal contribution toward the school. “[Athletes are exempt] because they contribute to the university in terms of school spirit, and the case of basketball and football, athletic scholars bring in millions and millions of dollars in revenue. Plus, they have to engage in an awful lot of work – which they call practice, but it’s work.”

While Kavanagh sees the required tuition contribution a necessary tool for university competitiveness, the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) believes it will make college significantly less affordable because a majority of all forms of financial aid are handed out through universities.

“This legislation essentially negates full-ride, need-based scholarships that pay for tuition, even if that money comes from a private source,” ABOR said in a press release. “The vast majority of public and private financial aid, including federal Pell grants, is administered through each university.”

ABOR also said the bill neglects to recognize the other costs students have to pay in addition to tuition, and that in fact the mandatory contribution could prevent degree-seeking students from graduating or even starting a college education.

“The legislation also assumes that students only face costs in the form of tuition. In fact, other costs, such as books, course fees, housing and meals, also add to the price of a higher education,” ABOR said. “All students make sacrifices to attend a state university. The proposed government-mandated $2,000 tuition see BILL page 4

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Life: Opinion: Proposed state Choral show tuition changes, p. 8 p. 13 Sports: Men’s hockey, p. 18 A&E: Madame 2 Sew, p. 20

Issue 3, VOL 99 Feb. 2, 2012 - Feb. 8, 2012

Olympian’s record shatttered

Lopez Lomong’s school record broken by Diego Estrada

BY ALLI JENNEY

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fter a two-week hiatus, the NAU track and field team hosted its second home meet of the season this past weekend for the Mountain T’s Invitational. After this weekend’s results, the Lumberjacks now have 28 athletes qualified for the Big Sky conference championships in 21 various events.

From freshmen to team veterans, records were challenged and personal bests set, leaving the team with high hopes for the remainder of the season.

A major accomplishment was awarded to redshirt junior distance runner Diego Estrada, who broke Olympian Lopez Lomong’s school record for the mile with a remarkable time of 4:04.36. Estrada secured a NCAA altitude converted auto-bid time of 3:55.46, currently the secondbest time in the country. for the rest of the story see TRACK page 19

(Photo courtesy Matt Beaty via NAU Athletics)

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PoliceBeat Jan. 23 At 9:17 a.m., the staff at the Communication building reported several photography items missing from two rooms. The burglary occurred between Dec. 3 and Dec. 9 at an unknown time.

An officer was dispatched, and the investigation is closed with all leads exhausted.

At 5:15 p.m., the staff at the Gammage Building requested a welfare check for an intoxicated subject in Lot 3.

Officers, Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD) and Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) were dispatched.

The subject was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) for extreme intoxication.

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At 11:09 p.m., a pedestrian reported subjects had approached him in a truck on Knoles Drive and asked if he wanted to smoke. When the reporting party refused, the truck left leaving a large amount of exhaust.

An officer was dispatched, but the vehicle was gone upon arrival.

The reporting party was contacted and information was taken.

Flagstaff Candidates Forum [6 p.m. /Radisson]

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Moksha with All Star Horns [8 p.m./Uptown Billiards] Where a Soul May Speak [9 p.m./Riordan Mansion State Park]

Todd Snider [7 p.m. /Orpheum Theater]

Ronnie James Trio [9 p.m./ Mia’s Lounge]

First Friday Artwalk [6 p.m./Downtown Flagstaff]

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Richard Beasley Show Reception [5 p.m. /Beasley Gallery]

Food Not Bombs [12 p.m./ Green Room]

Electric Kingdom [9 p.m./Green Room] Jeremiah and the Red Eyes [9:30 p.m./ Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge]

Cabaret [2 p.m./ Theatrikos] Super Sunday [6 p.m./Green Room] Live Music [7 p.m. /San Felipes Cantina]

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

Tuesday, Feb. 7 NAU Classic Film Series [ 7 p.m./ NAU Cline Library] Two Step Tuesdays [8 p.m./Green Room] FUSD Governing Board Meeting [ 5:30 p.m./FUSD Administrative Meeting Room] Karaoke Night [12 a.m./Monte Vista Cocktail Lounge]

Wednesday, Feb. 8 Ladies ‘80s [8 p.m./ Green Room] Open Mic Night [9 p.m./ Mia’s Lounge]

Jan. 24 At 1:43 p.m., a passerby reported a passed-out individual in the wooded area near McConnell and San Francisco.

An officer was dispatched. The subject was contacted and asked to leave the area. see POLICE page 3

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At 1:45 p.m., a student reported an unknown subject had entered his room in Tinsley Hall using a stolen room key. The incident occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 24.

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

At 9:44 p.m., a subject called from the Blue Phone at Humphreys Street and DuPont Avenue to report being chased by a group of subjects who had assaulted him.

Officers were dispatched.

The subject was intoxicated and located at the Starbucks at the University Union. The subject was given a ride to the Days Inn on West Route 66 where he was field-interviewed. Flagstaff Police Department (FPD) was

assault allegations.

Jan. 25 At 10:33 a.m., a passerby reported a large amount of smoke coming from a garbage can on the south side of Adel Math Building.

An officer and FFD were dispatched. The smoke was coming from smoldering cigarette butts that had been properly disposed of in a designated cigarette disposal container.

No fire was located.

At 9:27 p.m., a Raymond Hall fire alarm was activated.

An officer and FFD were dispatched, but the alarm was discovered to have been falsely activated due to burned food.

Jan. 26

InTheNews At 10:30 a.m., a customer at the Drury Inn reported his backpack stolen from the High County Conference Center.

The theft occurred between Jan. 21 at 3 p.m. and Jan. 23 at 3 p.m.

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

At 1:10 p.m., a Sodexo employee reported the theft of a wallet, cash and a credit card from her vehicle. The theft occurred on Jan. 26 between 10:10 a.m. and 10:50 a.m.

An officer was dispatched.

The investigation is open and

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NAU Greek Life welcomes new sorority, Alpha Phi

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his spring, Greek Life at NAU is welcoming a new sorority to campus. The addition of Alpha Phi will make a total of seven Panhellenic sororities on campus and gives female students another opportunity to join the Greek system.

Shannon Heinritz, a Greek Life graduate assistant who advises the College Panhellenic sororities, said the National Panhellenic Council has a specific process for inviting a new Greek organization to campus. “[The process] is very laid out through the National Panhellenic Conference, which is the umbrella

organization for all 26 Panhellenic organization sororities,” Heinritz said. “We look for an organization that’s going to fit with what we already have. We’re not like the average Greek community; we don’t have houses off campus.”

Heinritz said the first five years of a new chapter are critical to ensure success. All women who join Alpha Phi will be new members and eventually move to Mountain View.

“All of the people who will be joining the sorority will be brandnew,” Heinritz said. “They will have a wing in Mountain View, so that’s where they’ll be living starting fall 2012.”

Women who join Alpha Phi this semester will become deeply

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proposal could mean the difference between a student attending college or not.”

The Arizona Students’ Association (ASA) is also taking an opposition stance toward HB 2675.

Chelsea Byers, a senior political science major and a director for the ASA, said the non-profit, non-partisan organization sees the mandatory contribution approach as too large of a financial obstacle for students to face.

“We believe it greatly will affect students’ ability to afford education,” Byers said. “Especially if there aren’t any really strong funding mechanisms in place to allow students to afford this, it’s going to come out of private loans; it’s going to come out of parents’ pockets.”

Despite their disapproval of the bill, Byers said it currently has 26 sponsors in the capital right now, which, she said, is a fairly large following.

In response to the undesired legislation, the ASA is lobbying in petition of the bill.

“We are actually having a lobbying conference down in Phoenix this weekend at the ASU Downtown campus,” Byers said. “We’re bringing 50 students from NAU and probably 150 more from across the state to have this really intensive lobby training.

Other Arizona politicians, such as Secretary of State Ken Bennett, will be talking to the students at the training to discuss how their voices can be further heard.

“On Monday we will be at the capital with

involved in campus life, Heinritz said. Although being a part of the Greek system is a financial investment and time commitment, the benefits can prove greater than the cost. “[The Greek system] is a great place to be involved; it’s really important for your college career,” Heinritz said. “It’s definitely a time commitment to be involved in a Greek organization. Also, it’s not cheap; it’s another cost to your educational experience. You’re paying for a membership to an organization and it’s a lifelong membership.”

Gigi Saca, an Educational Leadership Consultant for Alpha Phi International, is helping set up the Alpha Phi chapter at NAU.

all of us down there ready to go into these lobby meetings,” Byers said. “There are about 64 legislators who are ready to have these meetings and talks with us. It is going to be a really good opportunity for students to get their voices out and to let legislators know this isn’t the best thing for students.”

Byers said she doesn’t believe students are taking their education for granted and that picking pockets won’t increase students’ desirability to take college seriously.

“I think a lot of this is coming from this false impression . . . people have that students aren’t really investing into their education,” Byers said.

However, Kavanagh begs to differ.

“Last year during the appropriations committee hearings, we discovered that 48 percent of in-state undergraduates at ASU paid no tuition whatsoever,” he said. “And the percentages were similar at U of A and NAU. Because only about five percent of the students are academic scholars and one percent are athletic scholars, it became apparent that the university was giving away free education. And in tough economic times that doesn’t make much sense. This bill allows universities to give away need based scholarships, but it draws the line at 100 percent of tuition.”

ABOR said that not only would this change take a toll on the students, but also the Arizona economy.

“The economic success of our state is dependent on a highly skilled, highly educated workforce,” ABOR said. “In the next five years, 61 percent of all jobs in Arizona will require some post-secondary education. If Arizona is to recover

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She said the sorority focuses on six main values as a whole, and encourages the women to perform them in their daily lives.

“Alpha Phi is based [on] six core values: sisterhood, scholarship, service, loyalty, leadership and character development,” Saca said. “We urge our members to practice these values every day with everyone they come in contact with.”

Female students show interest in Alpha Phi because of these values and the support available to them through college, according to Saca.

“Our members are drawn to Alpha Phi because of the organization’s desire to support our women through college and

and flourish economically, our citizens must have access to a high-quality and affordable university education. Our elected officials should focus their efforts on incentivizing more students to enter and complete a college education, not stifling access to it.”

But among the many reasons Kavanagh is pushing for this bill to pass, one of them is his desire to not burden the taxpayers.

“Number one: It’s not fair to the taxpayers to give students who have not earned scholarships a completely free education,” Kavanagh said. “Secondly, many people, when they pay nothing for something, don’t value it as well as they should.

Many people believe the dismally low graduation rate at all of our state universities, which hover in the 60 percent range, are partially caused by this free tuition attracting students who aren’t that serious and don’t take the studies that seriously, who eventually fail out and lower the school’s graduation rate – which lowers the school’s national rating, which lowers the value of the degree everybody else earns.”

Also, he said the money would not go to the state, but rather stay in the university.

“The university will keep all of the money – none goes back to the state,” Kavanagh said. “And the university, hopefully, will use it to improve academic facilities for all students, and not just those they single out for special aid.”

Amanda Jones, a junior biomedical science major, said she disagrees with the portion of the bill that exempts athletes from paying the mandatory contribution.

throughout their lives,” Saca said.

“Friendships made in Alpha Phi are lifelong and steadfast, and each of our chapters promotes these special connections through the building of sisterhood and constant growth of character.”

Joining a Greek organization can give members a place to flourish, and Saca said she hopes when girls leave Alpha Phi, they leave with good memories and lifelong skills.

“We hope that all members not only take with them the fond memories of Alpha Phi, but also use the skills gained during the four years [in college] as a member for the rest of their lives,” Saca said.

“I feel like college is academics; not necessarily sports. I don’t necessarily think that it should be athletes who are exempt,” Jones said. “Maybe people with a high GPA or something like that would make more sense to [be exempt].”

Byers believes higher education should not be so unobtainable for students. She said simply charging students to attend is enough of a difficulty.

“I think education should be something that everyone should be able to acquire,” Byers said.

As long as we keep putting a price tag on it, that is competition enough because students automatically see that there are challenges facing their own school entrance, and I think there is enough competition in the University setting as it is.”

Despite what Byers believes, Kavanagh said he does not see anything wrong with having a few loans to pay after graduation.

“You’re talking about students who commonly are paying nothing. If you’re already paying over a thousand dollars, then this won’t affect you,” he said. “The only students affected are non-scholars who are paying nothing. How anybody can be financially strained paying nothing is beyond me.

And those that can’t work to earn their thousand dollars can get student loans and pay them off when they graduate.”

Kavanagh said he sees a bright future for this bill.

“I think this bill will pass out of both chambers and reside with the governor because it is eminently fair and asking very little of students who get very much,” Kavanagh said.

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n Jan. 25, servers at ASU that held important information such as passwords and user names were hacked into. Despite this, servers at NAU, which hold similar information, are considered to be as secure as ever.

According to Harper Johnson, director of Information Security and Enterprise Solutions at NAU, the security systems meet the industry standard with layered security which combines multiple measures to protect data. He stressed that even the best system can be hacked into.

“We feel our systems are secure,” Johnson said.

“We have layered security that we’ve implemented and [are] in line with industry standards. With that being said, no system is ultimately secure. If someone wants to try to break into it hard enough, [they will].

The Department of Defense has been hacked into; the IRS has been hacked into. There are methods that people have used to get into systems. For a university, our systems are secure.”

If an incident were to occur on campus, NAU’s emergency management advisory group would step in and determine what would happen. According to Johnson, they have drills to test the current procedures.

“For any incident at NAU that might occur, we have emergency management advisory group on campus,” Johnson said. “Typically what would happen is there would be what is called an incident response team that we call, and that team would make the initial appraisal of what happens and then determine how to move from there. We would turn to our policies and our procedures; we would just start working through them. We practice them several times a year [and] we actually [bring] up our emergency management center and [practice], ‘What would happen if ?’”.

NAU students generally feel comfortable using

the networks around campus. Freshman biology major Andrew Rivera says he has not had issues.

“I haven’t had any problems, so far, just something with the internet connection,” Rivera said.

“That’s about it. Safety wise – I’m good.”

Darshel Landry, a freshman biomedical science major, said his account with ALEKS, a website used to test math skills, was hacked.

“My ALEKS account was hacked, so I had to retake it,” Landrey said. “It happened Monday or Tuesday. There was a bug in the system or something. So they emailed me and they said that someone tried to hack in. It doesn’t make sense. I’m going to have to pay for it again. The only thing I had was probably that.”

All web services at ASU were halted after their systems were compromised. T.J. Short, a sophomore Japanese major at ASU, said the hack only affected his ability to access his online class and ASU’s Blackboard system. He said the problems were quickly fixed.

“Well, when it first happened, I didn’t really mind it [because] it happened Wednesday night,” Short said. “It was more effective in the next two days. The biggest trouble was that I couldn’t access my one online class to do my tests. I also couldn’t check to make [out] what my homework assignments were and when they are due. People were able to sign back in on Friday, which I think is pretty quick.”

Because the investigation is still ongoing, according to Johnson, NAU will not know if they need to change how they handle security, if necessary. “[We do not know] what happened at ASU specifically. They are still under their investigation; we don’t know [if ] there’s anything in addition to what we already do with security that we need to change,” Johnson said. “I feel like we have good security. We have a layered approach to it. So we’re waiting to find out what happened there and then, based on that, we can make a better and more informed decision.”

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Proposed tuition rule would burden NAU students

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s NAU students, many of us made the decision to come here — in some form or fashion — because this university offered a tuition-lock program with some insurance against the state’s political shenanigans in a down economy. Well, some came here to snowboard. That’s cool, too.

What’s not cool is the state House of Representatives introducing legislation that would force Arizona’s university students to pay at least $2,000 of their tuition without state assistance — whether it be in the form of scholarships, waivers or grants.

Introduced in the state House by Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills) is HB 2675, a bill that would turn a large chunk of student tuition into a roadblock. No state university-granted scholarships can be applied to this figure, which means any merit scholarships you earn here at NAU would not be able to be applied to this portion of tuition.

Kavanagh has a simple reason for introducing this bill: he doesn’t think state students are working hard enough for their education. Quoted in The East Valley Tribune, he said this: “Our taxpayers shouldn’t be paying toward free tuition in these difficult times. When students are paying nothing, many don’t take the classes as seriously, and we have also created a perverse incentive for students who may not be academically prepared for universities.”

Be forewarned: That might be the least insane quote we print from Kavanagh defending this nonsense. Here’s the next one: “I don’t see why these [college graduates] who are going to earn so much more [than high school graduates] can’t take out loans for $2,000. It’s a small

fraction of the cost of their education. Graduating with an $8,000 loan is not the end of the world.”

If $2,000 was all college students were expected to pay in tuition, this argument would make sense. For NAU students, this can be only half of their normal tuition rate. For ASU and UA students, the outlook is even more grim.

There are two important groups of students who Kavanagh thinks are worthy of applying their scholarships to the fee. The first is those with, according to the bill, “nationally competitive scholarships” or federal need-based grants. However, the

state government — on behalf of the student, everyone gets their money.

There’s another group that’s also exempt from this proposed rule. Again, Kavanagh said: “Athletic scholars have also earned it because they contribute to school spirit, and those on football and basketball teams also generate a lot of extra revenue.”

Nothing makes us feel more “spirited” about attending a state university than a few more student loans to pay off. With no offense to our student-athletes here, we are beginning to suspect this bill was written without Flagstaff in mind, if you catch our drift.

The bottom line is this: Should this bill succeed, all it will accomplish is pushing Arizona’s college graduates deeper into debt for a sub-par education. That’s for those who actually stay: In many cases, this will push Arizona’s best-and-brightest to consider transferring to other states where the quality of their education begins to match the cost of it. The last thing this state needs heading out of a recession is an exodus of students and graduates not pursuing higher degrees and less people, overall, with college certifications.

For a university system that is so obsessive about retention and graduation rates, one would think making it financially impossible for students to attend college would be the last Editorial cartoon by Brian Regan thing they want to do. actual text of the bill says this: Make no mistake: Any potential action that “This exception shall be limited to no more burdens the future professional workforce of Arithan five percent of the students who enroll for the zona can not be a positive one. first time as undergraduates at each university.”

Kavanagh and others supporting this bill Already a student at NAU? If this legislation should note this now: College students may not passes, don’t think about applying your Pell Grant vote regularly, but we will eventually. You may want or AIMS Scholarship to this portion of your tuition. to consider getting some extra college education in Nothing says “We value education in Arizona,” like order to brush up your resume. Don’t worry: Loans telling a Rhodes Scholar to piss off and pay up. are available to you while you’re job-hunting.

How does this benefit the state? If a third This staff editorial was written by Editor-inparty — the federal government or another body Chief Kevin Bertram on behalf of the staff.

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o, ho, Jan Brewer, holding back on the fine state of Arizona yet again! Only this time it’s personal; this time it involves medical marijuana and the masses will not stand for broken promises involving the sacred herb. 2010, that was the year when the Medical Marijuana Act was voter approved.

Medical marijuana should’ve flourished through the state. 125 non-profit dispensaTOM ries should have been BLANTON opened for the patients to pick up a maximum 2.5 ounces of grass every two weeks.

So, where are they? Where can an “insomniac” and “migraine prone” student simply walk in and hand a good “doctor” 45 clams in return for a cure for the said ailments? That’s how it’s done in California, and the sun’s still shining there . . .

A state judge accused Brewer of acting illegally in holding up the act, which should have fully gone into effect long ago, within 120 days of its passing.

Yet Brewer has still managed to exceed those four months by over a year. She claimed she had the “right to delay enactment of the law while [she] sought a ruling from a different court involving the liability of state workers under federal drug laws.”

Editorial cartoon by Brian Regan

The Arizona Department of Health and Human Services has already approved 18,000 medical marijuana applications, but because Brewer has slithered her way through this past year like a tweaking chameleon, these cardholders have few options in acquiring the medicine the state promised them when approving their cards.

Brewer blocked health officials from even accepting applications after federal prosecutors refused to ensure that state officials handling the applications would be exempt from federal charges. In all her psychosis, at least we can now sleep soundly knowing that Brewer will stop at nothing to ensure the freedom of state workers helping to implement a law she was strongly against from the start.

In an attempt to save wrinkly face, Brewer turned to U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton to assess the possibility of state employees being prosecuted. The judge, however, saw straight through the inane, plastic smile and threw out the case this past month, asserting the fact that there has been no evidence of any public employee ever being federally prosecuted in relation to medical marijuana.

Unless Arizona is the geek in the corner of the playground, and the federal government has been waiting for a chance to beat him up, then why on earth would Brewer assume the Feds

would crack down on the Grand Canyon state? A person can walk down Santa Monica Boulevard with a lit J and feel relatively safe, and Brewer is worried the feds are going to boss around the geek in the corner who can legally walk the streets with loaded pistols. No, no. She’s been buying time, trying to find a way out of legalizing the drug her parents probably warned her against as they showed her Reefer Madness during her formative years.

Brewer has been defying her duties as governor by avoiding the rugged truth: Arizonans want medical/legal marijuana. Health Services Director, Will Humble, believes there could be licensed dispensaries established around the state as soon as summer. Sure, marijuana is still a federal crime, but Arizona has never attempted to completely legalize it.

Just for medical purposes, a feat that many other states have put into effect. If the feds were ever going to crack down on state’s licensing dispensaries, they would’ve nipped it in the bud back in 1996 with California’s Proposition 215. With 16 other states already on the medical marijuana wagon, Brewer’s worry of federal opposition is unjustified and it’s time she puckered her lips and let history take its course. Loose lips sink ships, and by this summer pot smokers should expect the fabled law to finally be implemented as a whole.

t is little surprise to anyone who owns a television: President Obama hasn’t exactly been the most beloved of all U.S. presidents. His approval ratings are rather dismal among the American population, with many believing he won’t get reelected despite his incumbent advantage over the GOP candidates. It has AMANDA been suggested HORNER as a highly strategic move that Obama change running mates for the 2012 election to someone who will capture more attention and respect — as well as really fuel the passion toward the 2012 campaign. The highly-proclaimed and desired vice presidential candidate is none other than Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 2008 runner up in the primaries against Obama, and current Secretary of State.

Since the Obama administration began, Clinton has held a very high and respected position as Secretary of State. Many Democrats feel requesting for Clinton to run with him could give Obama a larger constituency by attracting women voters and independents. Adding Clinton to the bill is the way to do that. In addition, getting rid of current Vice President Joe Biden puts a new face in Obama’s campaign — a much needed change. Biden’s background in foreign affairs still cushions Obama’s lack of experience in that field. That was his reasoning for selecting Vice President Biden, so dropping him from the ticket would do no damage to Obama’s campaign.

Previous Democratic Virginia Gov., Doug Wilder, wrote “[President Obama] should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both

needed change and audacious.”

And he is absolutely right.

Clinton is respected and, most importantly, qualified to run as his Vice President. Hillary Clinton has also been Gallup’s most admired woman 16 times since 1993, more than any other woman. After working together as President and Secretary of State, their partnership has been authenticated, a far cry from his 2008 opponent John McCain, who trashed his own campaign by bringing the under qualified Sarah Palin into the picture.

Vice-presidential switch-ups have been few and far between in American political history.

One that often comes to mind for those well-versed in American history include Franklin D. Roosevelt, who changed his Vice President on the ticket when running to John Garner first, followed

by Henry Wallace and then Harry S. Truman for his fourth election.

Roosevelt prevailed in all of his elections. However, the difference stands that Roosevelt was popular through all his campaigns, whereas the Obama administration is disliked and must take the heat for problems caused by an uncompromising Congress. It still stands as a strategic move, however, with all of the new constituents Obama can then rely on for re-election.

Because Obama cannot be elected a third time, he and Clinton would have no competition that would negatively impact working together. According to Bill Keller of the New York Times, “ . . . it would position Clinton as their heir apparent for 2016, assuming she wants to run.” Although she has reported not wanting to run, if a moderate Republican were to become his opponent in the 2012 election, Obama would need to step it up. Asking Clinton to step on board with him is just the right move.

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The sweet song of collaboration

Harmonizing through the NAU choral department Kevin Regan, junior tenor, exercises his “oo’s” as his classmate “ah’s.” (Photos by Mary Willson)

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BY DANI TAMCSIN

he NAU Choral Department is one of the country’s most well-known choir programs.

This program is divided up into several different choirs: University Singers, Men’s Chorale, Women’s Chorale, High Altitudes, Northern Voices and, most renowned, The Shrine of the Ages Choir. These ensembles consist of students with many different majors, backgrounds, ages and interests. The choral program creates an opportunity for these musicians to connect with each other and find common ground through music.

Karen Miskell is a choral education graduate student at NAU. As the director of the University Singers, Karen says she’s witnessed many students find it easier to be themselves among their fellow musicians.

“My favorite moments are when someone new to choir walks in the room quiet, reserved, a little scared and then leaves with the biggest smile, talking to someone they met during rehearsal,” Miskell says. “The transformation of people as they discover choral singing is a beautiful thing to watch. Suddenly they feel that they belong to something, and the music changes their whole demeanor.”

Unlike other universities, students at NAU can audition to be a part of any campus choir, regardless of their major. Some choirs meet once a

week, some three times a week or even more, but while the level of commitment required for each ensemble varies, the importance of relationships between performers does not. Junior elementary education major, Angelo Bergs, has been performing and making friends in the University Singers choir since his freshman year.

“It’s really special to me that I can still be a part of choir without being a music major,” Bergs says.

“I have met some of my best friends through choir, and making music together makes our relationships even stronger.”

At the head of the Choral Department is Edith Copley. Copley came to NAU in 1990 and is now a music professor and choral studies director.

Her esteemed reputation has brought many students, both undergraduate and graduate, to NAU, including Karen Miskell.

“I learned of NAU’s choral department from one of my high school teachers who has had an extremely successful career,” Miskell says. “She told us all that if we planned on becoming choir directors, we had to go to NAU because Dr. Copley is a genius.”

Copley conducts The Shrine of the Ages Choir, which has performed at the state, divisional and national convention of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. NAU choral ensembles under her direction have toured internationally to

Western Europe, Peoples Republic of China, Australia and New Zealand.

“One of my fondest memories was with the Shrine of the Ages Choir in the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, an all-black township in Johannesburg, South Africa,” Copley says. “The students wanted to sing in this historic place where Nelson Mandella and other leaders had met and with great patience brought the terrible reign of Apartheid to an end. It was one of those very special moments when the music took the performers and those who were listening to a new place, where they connected with each other, with history, with another culture, and, in this case, with the pain and the joy of the South African people.”

NAU Sophomore Alex Baskin is a choral education major and a Bass singer in The Shrine or Ages ensemble. He also is being given a life-changing opportunity when The Shrine of the Ages choir will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City this March.

“I cannot believe I get to perform in this choir of my dreams at Carnegie Hall,” Baskin says.

“Some musicians spend their entire lives getting the opportunity to perform there.”

Baskin says that Copley’s tireless efforts have given him and his fellow performers this opportunity and many others.

“The most important thing about NAU’s Choral Department that makes it truly special is its

unquestionable and fearless leader: Copley,” Baskin says. “She is one in a million. She never settles for less than 100 percent from anything she does.”

Copley’s demand for brilliance and faith in her students has created a desire for excellence among them. This common goal brings about a sense of unity in the ensembles. Copley sees this fire in her students and credits them with all the accomplishments of the program.

“Without question, the students are the most important factor in the success of the NAU choral program,” Copley says. “NAU has very talented and dedicated students, who just love to sing.

Their positive energy and their desire to be ‘the best they can be’ produces a positive environment and memorable experiences that are shared in rehearsal and in concert.”

Karen Miskell agrees with Copley. She says the passion students have along with a drive to meet the high standards that Copley sets for them produces the stellar performances that NAU is known for.

“It’s not that people have to be perfect, but the commitment to the program and the motivation to always get better makes the program something that students want to be a part of,” Miskell says.

“Students here are inclusive of anyone that shows a genuine desire to make great music. That ownership creates a family and relationships that will last a lifetime.”

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BY DELAINEY NOE

f you’re able to pinpoint a trend’s origin, then you’re either Bill Cunningham or God. In New York City or Paris, a trend is a ribbon through a few million people, but at NAU, a trend is practically its own entity floating around 17,000 students in the guise of an ambiguous fashion statement.

Leggings. Tights. Leggings and tights.

Born perhaps though miscommunication and lack of knowledge, the new style of wearing leggings or tights as pants have some girls running around showing a little more than others would like to see.

The style gained recognition sometime around the release of 2006 movie Factory Girl about Andy Warhol’s muse, Edie Sedgwick. She was a style icon of the 60s’ and one of America’s first “It” girls.

“No one has ever seen anything quite like this young woman, who wears nothing more than a leotard, opaque tights and a sweater,” says Marie Claire Magazine.

Megan Edgington, a junior early education major, first noticed the legging trend in 2007.

“Tights you can see through, so if a person’s shirt or whatever they are wearing over the tights, like a dress or something, comes up, you can see everything,” Edgington says.

“Leggings are usually a different material that you can’t see through.”

Rules are not set in stone when it comes to fashion, and this is especially true with trends. Fashion is not static, but it is important to know there are unwritten rules to the game.

Sarah Schrader, a senior fashion marketing major, says it is stylish to wear leggings with shorter clothing as long as your behind is covered. However, she doesn’t want to see what jeans or a dress would normally hide.

“Depending what they are wearing them with, I think leggings can be a little bit more appropriate if your butt is covered,” Schrader says. “I think tights can be more professional and fun depending on what you are wearing.”

John Galliano, a Christian Dior designer, says in a 2007 Marie Claire article that Edie Sedgwick’s style is still influencing fashion today.

“Edie danced to her own tune, and I imagine this is what inspired Warhol and Dylan as much as it did me,” Galliano says.

“She created her own identity . . . She may have only have had 15 minutes of fame, but her style and image influenced a whole generation.”

Ashley Dell’Orso, a junior psychology major, says tights are never okay to wear as pants, and should only be worn with dresses and other clothing that covers you completely.

“Certain people that don’t want every area of their body showing shouldn’t wear leggings as pants because they seem to accentuate certain areas,” Dell’Orso says.

In other words, we can’t all be fashion icons. Thefashionpolice.net stated it is a crime to be seen in just tights and doing this makes it seem as though you have forgotten your pants completely. This could be the advice of a conservative mom, and because of this, you can either choose to take it to heart, or not.

There are many websites dedicated to letting people know this trend is not a fashionable one in any way. Many fashion sites are warning people not to get confused and think leggings and tights are not the same thing and to know they should not be treated as such.

It’s possible we all agree leggings are not pants, and tights should be paired with clothing that covers up the rear, but it is impossible to say anyone actually possesses any real authority when it comes to the subject of fashion trends.

There could be two or three people on the same bus wearing black leggings, a big sweater and a Yassir Arafat scarf all unaware of the hipness they’re spreading around campus. Through their glorious existence, a trend has never been a wicked thing.

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Leggings and tights, oh my! This cold weather fashion has taken over the NAU campus (Photos by Mary Willson)

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I The amazing adventures of the dubstep face-making kid

BY NAPUA KALANI

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arnering semi-fame from YouTube was not the plan for freshman Geordi Alm. Hailing from Mesa, Ariz. and majoring in environmental studies, Alm lives in Reilly Hall, where his original video was made in the beginning of November before it went viral.

“My roommate was in the room and then he left for like five minutes and when he came back it was already made and on the Internet, so it happened pretty fast,” Alm explains.

The video is called “Dubstep Face Making (Original) Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox)” which is of Alm making facial expressions in sync with the beats of a dubstep song: Boop-boop-boop-booptss-tss-tss-boom-boom-tss-tss.

On his personal channel, RIPFatWrecked08, Alm has recieved well over 800,000 views. This number does not include the views racked up on numerous other channels that have posted Alm’s video, with one alone reaching up to 50,000 views and another with over 350,000 views.

Contrary to the inherently rude information posted under almost every YouTube video in existence, Alm does in fact have friends. Andrew Larson, also a freshman, was the reason for the video

being posted in the first place.

“Whenever I would listen to [dubstep] I would always do those faces, and I guess it didn’t really occur to me to like put it on a video, but Andrew was like, ‘Yeah dude, you’ll get so many views’ and I guess I just did.”

Alm also recalls a math test being another source of motivation.

“I came back from school where I took a test and didn’t do so well, so I guess I was kind of pissed at that and remembered Andrew saying, ‘Just make a video.’”

However, Alm’s first reaction to his newfound online fame was skepticism. “At first I kind of didn’t want . . . people who knew me comment[ing] on the video, posting my name everywhere and stuff.

But it didn’t turn out to be that big of a deal,” Alm says.

He gets very positive responses from his dubstep video, even receiving a little recognition by a professor in class.

“I get a lot of positive feedback from it,” Alm says. “I get a lot of handshakes.”

Even the reaction from his parents wasn’t expected.

“I showed it to my parents and I think it was a good reaction . . . they thought I was really weird after that.”

Being one for comedy, Alm has

another YouTube channel he shares with his friends called SedonaKnights. Together, he and his friends post random acted and impromptu skits for viewers to enjoy.

“I like making videos,” Alm says. “I make them when something comes up or if I’m really feeling like making [one].

When I force a video it doesn’t really turn out too good.”

Videos are watchable for free on Youtube, but after a certain amount of views, the website’s Partner Program allows the creator to begin generating revenue through advertisements.

By allowing advertisements to be displayed before viewing a video or making it available through rental streaming, many popular and frequent users can make money through this program.

“I looked into it a while ago and they said that you can’t use copyrighted music to be a part of it, but I wasn’t too interested in it really. I just wanted to do it for fun rather than make money off of it.”

Alm still doesn’t fully understand how his video got so many views in such a short amount of time.

“I don’t think I could do it again,” Alm says. “It was pretty spur of the moment. I had no idea that it would get to like 800,000 views.”

BY DEREK SCHROEDER

’ve been loading new music on my itunes like non-perishable food in a fallout shelter because I know the new Dr. Dog has the potential to destroy my appetite for it in the discernible future. Lately too, I’ve been having more and more conversations with friends—fellow music lovers who are on the prowl for music that hasn’t grown stale like that furry potato in the annals of your refrigerator you’re half tempted to name. Don’t worry, gratuitous namedropping is not what I have in mind. I’m much more interesting in waxing philosophical on the perpetual quest for new artists, songs and albums I find myself and those around me in.

So what is it that drives us to seek new music? I want to avoid the imagery of the junkie seeking a new drug, but there is just nothing that parallels that feeling of connecting with a new song or artist, like what I can only imagine smoking marijuana would be like.

Music is a universal form of expression, more so even than language. According to the Neurological Institute, “Every human culture has some form of music in which listeners perceive a regular beat, and in every culture, people move in synchrony with the beat of music.” That means that just as every culture formulates their own language and social structures they have also a thematic or defining “beat”. The study goes on to point out the frustration in a subculture when that popular “beat” is associated with a hormonal train wreck like Justin Beiber and offers little insight into the justification.

This has been my experience with music since I started paying more attention to it than I should. I began to notice patterns in my different groups of friends in what they listen to and how they listen to it. I have friends who will take a musical suggestion from me and listen to it until it feels as if the walls of their room are engraved with every note and lyric on a particular album, while others will constantly compete with new bands, sounds, and genres.

If there is one thing that I have learned through the world of music is that it is a drug best shared with friends. The most important times in my life are those that are set in my memory within a musical context: a cold summer night breeze through a cracked window and Ryan Adams caressing the space between, a heartbreak remediated by the incredible wisdom of The Avett Brothers and a pint of Ben Jerry’s or an a capella tribute to Afroman. If not for those around us, the music that taps our toes and moves our hips becomes stifled. Without the heart, there is nothing to break and mend.

Lately my mind has been in a constant struggle between solidarity and acceptance, new and old, comfortable and confusing.

This is the music that has helped me stay sane and the friends I have shared these beats with I will never forget: Tame Impala Innerspeaker, Sleepy Sun Embrace, Radical Face The Family Tree, Jonathon Wilson Desert Raven, The Antlers Burst Apart, and Ten Years After Shhh…

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

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SportsReport High school teammates reunite in Flagstaff

BY CODY BASHORE

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hree years ago, Lumberjack sophomores Amanda Frost and Trinidee Trice teamed together on the girls’ basketball team at John W. North High School in Riverside, Calif. Frost, in her senior year, was wrapping up her high school career and Trice, in her junior year, was finishing a two-year stint at JW North.

“I would say we [were] pretty good together,” Frost said about their high school days. “We had fun; we were a good team.”

Reunited as Lumberjacks this fall, Frost and Trice took distinctly different paths to wind up in Flagstaff.

Trice entered her second year at NAU having played in all 29 games this past year, including 11 starts. She averaged 16 minutes a game, scoring 5.2 points and grabbing 3.1 rebounds on average in her freshman year.

Trice’s path to Flagstaff began after her junior year of high school, when she transferred to Bishop Alemany in Mission Hill, Calif. for her senior year.

Trice’s movement during high school can be attributed to her mother, Bethel Trice.

Bethel was the coach at JW North during her daughter’s sophomore year and Frost’s junior year.

She also coached Trinidee at Norte Vista High School in Riverside before they both moved over to JW North a year later.

“She was coaching at another school so I went to that one,” Trice said. “[I was] just following her around everywhere, pretty much.”

Despite all the movement, Trice said she enjoyed her time playing for her mother. “[They are] only looking out for our best interest,” she said in regards to parents potentially pushing their children harder when coaching them.

Frost, on the other hand, is a newcomer to the Lumberjack squad. She originally com-

mitted to Hampton University in Hampton, Va. for the 2009-10 season, but left after one semester due to scholarship issues. Frost then transferred to Fullerton College that spring, but decided to hold off on playing.

“I thought that it would just be a waste of a year,” Frost said. “There were only a couple more games left, so I just ended up practicing with them and then the next year I actually played for Fullerton.”

In her one year of play at Fullerton, Frost averaged 18 points and three steals a game for the Hornets and was named to the All-Orange Empire first team and the All-California Community College Athletic Association first team in what was her freshman year of college basketball.

Following her successful freshman year,

Frost began searching for a spot on a Division I roster, but her Fullerton coaches had other plans.

“I planned to play one year at Fullerton and then planned to transfer,” Frost said. “But my Fullerton coach wanted me to stay there. I even told my coach when I went there my first year I just wanted to be here one year; one and done.”

With some of the coaching staff unwilling to lose Frost after only one year, she was forced to do some work of her own.

“I had to get myself to a school, because my coaches weren’t really trying to help me,” Frost said. “They wanted me to stay.”

Sophomore shooting guard Amanda Frost leads the team with 35 3-pointers in 21 games this season. Sophomore power forward Trinidee Trice is averaging six points and four rebounds per game. (Photo by Sarah Hamilton)

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That’s where her friendship with Trice came into play. Without her, chances are Frost, who was also considering Delaware State prior to her commitment to NAU, would not have wound up a Lumberjack.

Trice was primarily recruited off of her American Athletic Union (AAU) team, West Coast Premier, during her senior year after Frost had already moved on.

“When I recruited Trinidee, I didn’t know who Amanda was,” said head coach Laurie Kelly. “We were looking for a player late last year and Trinidee says, ‘I have a friend that would like to leave [junior college]’ that was a qualifier. So we contacted her and we got film on her.

“Our recruitment with Amanda really did start through Trinidee,” Kelly said.

Trice said she encouraged Frost to consider NAU for the next step of her basketball career.

“It was basically [between] Delaware St. and NAU,” Frost said. “Me and Trinidee were really super close and then at the same time I thought, ‘This is right here; right around the corner from home. It’s not too far.”

In addition to the proximity to her home, Frost liked the idea of having a familiar face on campus.

“I mean, one of my best friends is going here, so why not,” she added.

Frost’s NCAA career began when the Lumberjacks traveled to the University of Colorado in early November. Frost scored 18 points and snatched three steals while hitting 5-of-11 from three in the loss to the Buffaloes.

For the season so far, Trice is averaging six points and four rebounds in 17.8 minutes per game. Frost, in her first season of Division I basketball, is averaging 8.4 points and 1.4 steals in 19.7 minutes a game.

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NAU falls to No. 1 ASU, snapping four-game win streak

TOP LEFT: Senior defender Rob Brown takes a breather during the Ice Jacks’ loss to ASU. BOTTOM LEFT and TOP RIGHT: Freshman defenseman Carter Achilles tosses his mitts and fights with an ASU player. TOP: The Ice Jacks celebrate after scoring on ASU in Friday’s game. RIGHT: Junior forward Rocky DeAngelo (11) and sophomore defender Liam Ayoub (13) stay ready and open for a pass. (Photos by Daniel Daw)

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BY MATT ESAENA

SU versus NAU. To students that attend either of these universities, nothing more needs to be said to know how intense the ASU-NAU rivalry can be in hockey. Both school’s hockey clubs etched another chapter in the endless rivalry novel, as the Division II, No. 8 Ice Jacks were swept by their No. 1 in-state foes. Friday night, ASU dropped NAU 6–1 and then completed the sweep with a 4–3 victory over the Ice Jacks Saturday.

NAU hosted ASU in front of a soldout Jay Lively Ice Arena both nights in their final home games of the season.

Saturday was a tale of two teams. The Ice Jacks let in four goals in the last 10 minutes of the opening period, going into the first intermission down 4–1. Not a single fan left the game early due to the sight of the scoreboard, but instead fans stayed to support their hockey club and tried to rally them for a comeback. After a scoreless second period, due mostly to the stellar play of sophomore goalie James Korte, the Ice Jacks were greeted by the sold-out crowd with a “Let’s go NAU” chant as they

entered the ice for the start of the third pe- win for ASU. riod.

“We came out real strong in the third,” The fans may be due some credit for said head coach Keith Johansen. “Our boys the new life the Ice Jacks showed in the fi- never quit, but ASU is a good team. You nal period of the game. NAU had 18 shots don’t get to No. 1 without being good.” in the third period and scored two goals After the emotional game, Braund to tease the fans with a comeback. Senior took a few minutes to reflect on his final captain forward Tucker Braund scored a home game. one-timer goal “It was an aweon a power-play some weekend It was a hell of a battle. I’m (in his last home to be a part of,” going to miss playing in front Braund said. “Too game as an Ice of our fans Jack) and junior bad we didn’t win, forward Rocky but it was a hell of — Tucker Braund DeAngelo also a battle. I’m going put the puck past to miss playing in ASU goalie, Clay front of our fans.”

Taylor.

In the first game of the series, ASU With just over 30 seconds remaining in took advantage of NAU’s 32 penalty minthe game and still down one, the Ice Jacks utes as they buried three power-play goals. drew two penalties to go on a 6-on-3 ad- While trailing 3–0 late in the second pevantage, after pulling their goaltender. In riod, junior forward Jon Isbell scored a the last half minute, NAU recorded seven goal to ignite the fans and pull his team shots, including a blistering slap shot tak- back in the game. ASU scored three third en by sophomore forward Greg Park that period goals on NAU to seal the 6–1 win seemed to have tied the game, but Taylor and clinch first place for the season, dewas able to glove the puck down with six- spite there being four games left on the tenths of a second remaining to seal a 4–3 schedule.

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In the final three minutes of play, sophomore defenseman Carter Achilles decided enough was enough. He dropped his mitts with an ASU player and the crowd was electrified as the two enforcers exchanged punches at center ice.

After the game, the NAU coaching staff received some bad news: Freshman forward Vinny Eck broke his wrist in three places and will most likely be shut down for the season. Eck was in the midst of putting together a high-scoring rookie campaign with 12 goals and 13 assists.

After two tough losses to their arch nemesis, next weekend NAU will venture to Utah to take on the No. 2 ranked Utah State Aggies before heading to Las Vegas to finish their regular season. As long as the Ice Jacks remain within the top 10 teams for their conference, they will qualify for the regional playoff tournament, a goal set at the beginning of the season that seems to be all but set in stone. “[They were] tough losses,” said senior defenseman assistant captain Rob Brown.

“But I think the boys reacted well to the losses and we have energy and excitement for next weekend.”

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season together as Lumberjacks, the pair played together for Kids WORLDWYD/PHB, a collegiate summer league team from Chino Hills, Calif. They won the 2011 Nike Say No Classic Women’s College Summer League title in August.

“It’s UCLA players, USC players [and] pretty much all the top schools around there in Los Angeles,” Frost said of the league’s level of competition.

The opportunity to challenge themselves against the league’s premier talent wouldn’t go to waste.

“We actually played against the USC women’s basketball team and beat them for the championship,” Trice said.

That extra time together during the summer helped the two get used to playing together again.

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The support from the stands was a sight to see. Coach Heins was excited with the amount of people who were able to witness this in action.

“During [the race] I just felt relaxed.

That first quarter mile gave me the confidence,” Estrada said. “I’ve always been told I don’t have the speed. People told me that too much that I believed it, but I think that’s a lie. I’m starting to realize I have the speed.”

Freshman standout Deante Kemper’s mentality before each meet and jump is to think of anything but his event in order to avoid meet-day jitters. His mind must have been far from the invitational as he secured a new personal record by four inches, jumping 7-2.25 feet.

“What was really going through my mind was, ‘Am I really about to do this?’

And then after, I saw the bar stayed up, just a rushing feeling. I wish my mom was here. So I got to try and do it again for her,” Kemper said.

Kemper achieved his goal to qualify for the conference championships and now looks forward to make it through conference championships and onto nationals as a freshman.

“At this time, [his mark is] tied for 12th in the country,” Heins said. “He’s a guy we really believe in and that he can get to do some special things over the course of his collegiate career.”

Fellow freshman teammates Chris Ganem and Caroline Hogardh swept the men and women’s 800-meter race with times of 1:55.15 and 2:14.19, respectively. Hogardh

know that’s what she does and that’s what she did in the championship game to help us pull that off,” Trice said. “I guess it was really preparation for just coming here and wanting to do the same thing.”

Frost is confident the time together gives her a better understanding than others on Trice’s style of play.

“I usually know what she is going to do.

If she is going to pull up [for a shot] I know when she is going to shoot or pass,” said Frost.

“I am pretty positive that I know what she is going to do when she is going to do it.

“I think playing that long together; that’s what made me realize everything.”

Frost and Trice’s relationship stretches beyond the game.

“You definitely can see their goofiness and the fact that they get along really well,” Kelly said. “When there is giggling and things going on, the two of them are together.” was followed by red-shirt junior Agnes Laurent in the race with a time of 2:16.03.

According to Heins, “Ganem went out and probably ran tied with the fastest he’s ever run, and it’s only the second meet of his indoor career.” Heins said Hogardh and Laurent ran perfectly for their opening race, participating for the first time this track season, and picked up Big Sky qualifiers.

“I should probably have gone a little faster because I didn’t get tired. I guess it was a solid first race.” Hogardh said.

Other notable marks from the women’s team include red-shirt junior Kortnee Burton’s win in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:26.41 and freshman Alexis Clay’s mark of 5.28 meters in the long jump open. Redshirt seniors Pascal Tang and Karl Gehrke threw 19.19 meters and 16.95 meters to earn first and second in the weight throw, respectively. The meet finished with another win for the Lumberjacks as the men’s A squad 4x400 meter relay team of red-shirt senior Dennis Givens, red-shirt junior Arnaud Froidmont, junior Miles Di Sabella and sophomore Adel al Nasser ran a time of 3:12.23.

“Coaches have been really excited about this year, but I think the athletes [and] the team . . . are starting to see it,” Heins said.

“And now to see the marks going up, we had a great opening weekend which we’ve only been training together for four days. And now you get two solid weeks of training, and come out and even improve on those marks.

This team is really pretty solid up front.”

Next weekend the Lumberjacks will host their third home meet, the NAU Open, on Feb. 4 in the Walkup Skydome.

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Aside from providing affordable designs and custom alterations, Madame 2 Sew also carries a wide variety of owner Jenn Jones’s clothing and jewelry designs. (Photo by Rose Clements)

Madame 2 Sew offers Southside fashion

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apped out in the streets of Southside are many restaurants, coffee houses and abundant bike shops. Yet, in the wealth of neighborhood favorites lies a hidden red suite along Phoenix Avenue, showcasing unique designs for the Flagstaff fashionista.

Gently tucked between Beaver and South Leroux Streets lies Madame 2 Sew. Owner, designer and entrepreneur Jenn Jones provides an outlet for fashion-forward Flagstaff residents by providing affordable designs and custom alterations.

“We are the only fashion retailer in Southside, as far as clothing boutiques go,” said employee Sharlene Gavelan. “The way the shop is set up, we’re a little bit different than anything else in Flagstaff. We get a lot of comments that we are like a shop tucked

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Jones grew up in Flagstaff, attending various schools in the community, including the Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy. After studying costume design and construction at UA, Jones headed back up north and began a line of soft fabric bags sold at The Basement Marketplace.

With inspiration to expand her craft, Jones took a leap and opened Madame 2 Sew this past April.

“I just like playing with words,” Jones said about the shop’s name, which was derived from the wax museum Madame Tussauds. “With the costumes and things, we [have] become our own museum here.”

The two-level suite is decked out with dresses and accessories. The alterations room sits to the left of the entrance, where you can see Jones and her

small staff working through rows of colorful yarn spools and sewing machines.

“I think we need a reality show; just take ‘Ace of Cakes’ and make them all seamstresses,” Jones said.

Madame 2 Sew houses a collection of Jones’s personal designs of clothing and jewelry, as well as refurbished secondhand finds, which she personally picks. Friends for 12 years, Jones and Gavelan go on thrift store hunts looking for pieces they can mend with a little love and a sewing machine.

Merchandise offered at Madame 2 Sew is varied, from secondhand clothes to jewelry such as the necklaces shown in the above photograph.

“I do the little stuff, like hooks and eyes and buttons,” Gavelan said. “No machines for me.”

Jones makes each piece unique so a customer see Madame 2 Sew page 21

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ll across town, Flagstaff is populated by copious amounts of art galleries. Photographers, painters and sculpturers alike create unique pieces of work for community members and students to view in one location.

One of these galleries is housed on the second floor of the Performing and Fine Arts building on campus. The Beasley Art Gallery is a place for graduating NAU art students to host their own exhibits and show off their artwork from the year. The gallery will be hosting the Richard Beasley Retrospective on Jan. 31 with a catered reception to follow on Feb. 3.

Richard Beasley, otherwise known as “Beas”, was an NAU professor from 1968 until 1992. He taught many courses, such as design, painting, printmaking, drawing and calligraphy. After his sudden death in 1992, the Beasley family dedicated the gallery to NAU in his name. It opened in May 1993 and now, 20 years after Beasley’s passing, this gallery is commemorating his work.

“Richard Beasley was extremely prolific in his art making,” said Christopher Taylor. “In this show there are works on paper, paintings, ceramics, textile and more.”

Taylor serves as the coordinator and only staff member of the Beasley Art Gallery, and has helped many of his students to prepare their work for the gallery.

The Richard Beasley Retrospective Gallery will not only broaden viewers’ artistic horizons, but also their historical appreciation for his art.

“People should come and see this work because it has a historical feel to it as well as creative,” Taylor said. “The works range from the ’60s to a piece in the early ’90s.”

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TODD SNIDER WANTS TO MAKE A MESS The Nashville-based artist talks new album, show

BY DEREK SCHROEDER

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t is 10 a.m. in the morning in Nashville, Tenn. and Todd Snider can’t find his telephone. As perhaps the most charismatic folk singer to come out of Beaverton, Ore., Snider is known for his sardonic prose and ridiculously entertaining live shows — but not his organization. One missed connection and awkward voicemail later and a calm, familiar southern-hippie drawl comes through the phone.

“Sorry man, I was looking for the phone and I just couldn’t find it,” Snider apologizes.

I am in no place to complain. With the highly anticipated Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables due out March 6 and a string of tour dates on the way, (including the Orpheum Theater on Feb. 3) Todd is a busy man. As an artist, Snider is in his prime, quickly gaining traction with a younger generation of listeners, while retaining his early fan base. The 44-year-old singer-songwriter is comfortable in his home town, eager to chat about his contagious tunes — new and old — and what it’s like to be in the mind of a peace-loving, pot-smoking, lazy-ass hippie.

His website describes the new album as “ . . . a world where begging turns to mugging, where investment turns to ruin, where babies grow into felons, where honesty is blunt trauma,” but for the traveling folk singer, it’s nothing more than words set to a rhythm. The album’s highlights include “New York Banker”, “Brenda” and “West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown,” a cover of the Jimmy Buffett classic, who signed Snider to his first record contract.

Snider and producer Eric McConnell (East Nashville Skyline, The Devil You Know) wanted to “make a mess” on Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables. In an effort to capture the sloppy authenticity of his favorite albums, Snider approached the recording process with those imperfections in mind.

“In the ‘80s, records started being perfect, and they still are,” Snider said. “You know, like, when you hear Green Day on the radio — the song never speeds up or slows down, and the guitars are always in tune and every note the band plays is in pitch. Then one day we were like ‘You know what?’ Those records we like, it’s because there’s a guitar out of tune or because the song slows down in the bridge — you’re not supposed to slow down in the bridge, but that’s the s--t we like about Neil Young, and the Stones and Bob Dylan. So now we do it that way.”

Snider hints at that on his latest two releases — with aggressive finger-picking and stripped down country-folk accessibility, Peace Queer and The Excitement Plan are true indicators of reverse maturation, and the new album marks a natural progression in that direction.

“I wanted to take what we had been doing before and do something different with it,” Snider said in regards to his new-

Local designer Jenn Jones is the owner and operator of Madame 2 Sew, one of the few fashion retail shops in Southside.

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est release. “We had fun — we just kind partied. I didn’t want to give them direction. I told them, ‘I want you to have three glasses of wine and just show off. Don’t work on it to the point where it clearly sounds like we know it. We can work it all out in the morning.’”

This approach to the recording and songwriting process didn’t come naturally to the Nashville based singer-songwriter — evident in the squeaky clean sound of Songs for a Daily Planet and Happy to Be Here.

“The first three records I made, they were recorded in perfect time and perfect tune,” Snider said. “I told my producer at the time, I wanted to sound like Bob Dylan and he must have thought I meant Traveling Wilburys, so we overdubbed like three guitars. Then, when I did East Nashville Skyline, I went over to Eric [McConnell’s] house and he helped me to see that they were all in tune like a Sheryl Crow record.”

While Snider’s studio albums can’t hide an obvious learning curve, his songwriting stands alone with equal parts tongue-in-cheek storytelling and barefoot prophet modesty.

With his finger close to the pulse of social and political issues, Snider often offers his own cathartic diagnosis. Songs like “New York Banker”, “Conservative Christian” and “Happy New Year” are ideological ballads for a generation of hippiefolk troubadours, but Snider is the first to write off the Woody Guthrie comparisons.

“I just don’t want to be one of those folk singers who gets caught up in the idea that I know something,” Snider said. “I see politics more as exploitive in that I use it to whatever degree I have to be a folk singer. It’s not a very noble thing, but I never claimed to be noble. I’m just a traveling singer. I’m just one of the guys.”

Snider will be playing at the Orpheum Theatre Feb. 3 with Aly Jay and Chuck Cheesman.

will never find one item just like the next.

“If one dress pattern is made twice they will always be different. A size small will be orange, and the blue will be a large. We try to keep it all one of a kind, especially the dresses,” Jones said.

Priced between $20 and $150, every purchase also includes custom alterations. Collectively, Jones teaches Flagstaff “what it is like to have fitted clothes.” “[Because] we are an alterations shop we get all kinds of customers: students, bridal parties, lawyers. It’s a pretty eclectic crowd,” Gavelan said.

Through it all, the clientele is one of Jones’s favorite things about moving back up to Flagstaff.

“It’s everything really, but my regulars are my few favorite people on earth. It’s all about that personal and professional relationship,” Jones said.

Jones is confident students will really enjoy her designs, especially because she offers unique and personalized alterations.

“We have stuff that is one-of-akind and that you probably won’t find again,” Jones said. “I try to buy stuff that is off the beaten path. Also, with pretty much anything in the shop, if you want to add anything like lace or have the hem brought up, we will do it for you. So you will have a guaranteed fit, which I think is important to NAU students.”

Jones is proud of how far the shop has come, but looking toward

the future, she is beaming with the thought of the great changes ahead.

“We have expanded our retail,” Jones said. “Before, we just had a downstairs and we had a selection of local one-of-a-kind dresses with a few imports here and there. Now, instead of only having dresses like last year, we have tops, skirts, shorts, handbags [and] new jewelry.

“We are very label savvy,” Jones said. “And we try to offer that here for the ladies who come here for school and miss all the fancy stuff back home.”

Madame 2 Sew also brands themselves as being a brand-conscious retail store. Jones will now be offering consignment on gently used pieces.

“If someone wants to bring in their dresses to see if they can get their money back on them, we will definitely look at it,” Jones said. “If it has a designer label on it or if they have cute tops and bottoms that are in really good shape, that’s something we are moving forward with this year.

Who knows, maybe someone lost a few pounds and now their Juicy Couture pants don’t fit them anymore.

Well, we will look at them.”

This coming April, Madame 2 Sew will be celebrating their one year anniversary.

“We are having a huge birthday celebration the first Friday in April,” Jones said. Her plans include throwing a huge bash, full of good food, good clothes and a cake so extravagant “Betsy Johnson will be calling asking for her cake back.”

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Artist: Cloud Nothings Album: Attack on Memory Genre: Pop / Surf Rock

Directed by Joe Carnahan. Starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney and Frank Grillo. Running time: 117 minutes. Rated R.

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t is funny: We humans have a pretty sweet deal as the “rulers” of this planet, what with our advanced technology and weaponry. Take that all away and all we have to save ourselves from the wolves (literal and metaphorical) are our wits. This is what I think The Grey is trying to portray the most, and it does a pretty good job at it. As much as I enjoyed this film, I cannot help but hate some of the decisions it made.

In this new action thriller, a group of oil rig workers in Alaska fall victim to a horrible plane crash as they try to return home in unfavorable weather. Lucky for the six survivors, their “bodyguard” from the local wildlife, John Ottway (Liam Neeson), manages to make it out unscathed and must work to keep everybody alive. It does not take long, however, before a pack of vicious wolves sets their glowing yellow eyes on them, and so the film follows these poor souls as they desperately try to make it to safety.

This set-up is not exactly new to the big screen (in fact, one of the characters makes a reference to the film Alive!); but it is still one that could put viewers at the edge of their seats. The Grey starts off well, at least

where Ottway’s character development is concerned, and the situation these people find themselves in seems brutally real. It is quickly established there are no rules as to who will live and who will die. Some might find this a good thing and that it shows a realistic world. I could agree with this, but at the same time I felt irritated as a viewer to constantly have hope dangled in front of me, only to have it pulled away again and again.

There is only so much I can take before I just stop caring about what happens. It also does not help that its message seems to be about the strength of the human spirit, only for it to be crushed constantly.

Liam Neeson does an excellent job as the grizzled, experienced survivalist; so much so, I thought he stole the show regardless of his one or two corny moments.

Though the other characters start off onedimensional, and several kick the bucket before they are fleshed out, it does get to the point where you are pulling for these guys to make it through alongside of Neeson’s character. Even Diaz (Frank Grillo), who I felt could stand to keep his whiny mouth shut for the rest of the movie, ended up a fairly likable guy. Still, I would have liked to see

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

BY ALLISON WEINTRAUB

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xtremely Loud and Incredibly Close, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel, reminisces on the events surrounding 9/11 from the perspective of a 9-year-old boy. Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) was only 7 years old when his father died in the World Trade Center. His father, Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) was attending a meeting on the 105th floor of the North Tower. The movie’s beginning centers around flashbacks of Oskar and his father participating in a scavenger hunt. Oskar is given the task of finding random objects around New York City.

A couple of years after 9/11 — which Oskar calls the “worst day”— Oskar goes into his father’s closet for the first time since he died. He finds a blue vase on the top shelf and it crashes to the floor, revealing a small orange envelope labeled ‘Black’ with a key inside. In an attempt to hang on to whatever memories he has left of his father, Oskar explores New York determined to find who or what the key belongs to.

The film overall was an enthralling and heartwarming story about perseverance, grief, hope and what it means to truly miss someone. While the movie took a little while to gain momentum, as it progressed, I found myself hoping it would not end.

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more of these characters before their plane crash.

Aside from one or two cheap-looking effects shots (how hard is it to make a tree look real?), The Grey is shot very well. It is clear from the get-go these guys are in the middle of the wild thanks to the wide shots of blank, snowy fields and dense pineforests. The wolves are also given a very intimidating presence as the film’s antagonists, appearing both animal and supernatural at times. These creatures are also given some of the most spine chilling moments of the movie, like the scene when the characters look up at a nearby hill as the wolves howl, only to see their icy breath coming out of the darkness. This film is very gory and is quite worthy of its R rating.

The Grey is admittedly an entertaining and well put together movie, but I personally had some serious hang-ups with some of the choices that were made. For viewers who find something interesting in a deathly struggle with nature, or just enjoy seeing blood and guts, this film is worth the price of admission. Those who prefer more optimistic movies, however, might want to skip this one.

My favorite character was ‘the renter’ (Max von Sydow), who ends up being a central part of the story. The renter does not speak through the entire movie. By his actions alone, von Sydow captivated me and brought me further into the story. Horn also did an excellent job in his portrayal of the quirky and somewhat neurotic main character, Oskar. The narrative dialogue of Oskar proved to be pivotal in the film’s progression as well as Oskar’s own grieving process.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close offers a different perspective of 9/11— a day that changed America and its citizens forever. I highly recommend seeing it.

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BY MYKEL VERNON-SEMBACH

iding the lo-fi, surf rock wave that hit the U.S. last year, Cloud Nothings has held their own among popular names such as Wavves, Best Coast and Beach Fossils. With their fourth album due at the end of the month, Cloud Nothings has been nothing short of fresh and new.

Their pop-beach days are over and their sound has taken on a cold, winter chill just in time for school, echoing a toxicity and radiation not yet seen from the band.

While the album embodies consistency and predictability, carrying an essence of their former sound, it immediately illustrates its destruction of the simplistic security of pop. The sudden transformation has made Attack On Memory a buildungsroman of their discography; the matured daring growth can be clearly identified through the band’s flexed and foggy drowse of filth pop. Where their self-titled album was the enticing catch, Attack On Memory is what solidifies their talent as skilled musicians.

Driven by strong, distorted guitars, Cloud Nothings channels lead singer Dylan Baldi’s childhood soundtrack headed by grunge idols Fugazi and Nirvana.

If their sophomore self-titled release was the positive “come what may” to the distant future, Attack On Memory is their plummeting realization that their lives have already begun.

The album starter, “No Future/No Past”, slowly ascends; a gentle, ghostly introduction into an album that rattles any previous assumptions in the listener’s mind, beats it to a pulp and throws it out the window by the end of the song.

Tracks like “Fall In” and “Stay Useless” are reminiscent of their previous work, relying on catchy, lyrical phrases, riffs and power chords. Yet, “Separation” and “Wasted Days” are grungy and asymmetrical, giving them a disgust and disdain that keep the audience listening for the traces of beauty that hide in their weighty instrumentals.

In lieu of reaching for a unified album, Attack On Memory struggles to maintain a solid single to exemplify the sound as a single image. Songs that can hold their own still linger on the past memories of previous albums and new songs lack a foundation when removed from the album. Cloud Nothings has taken a confident leap-of-faith into a risky gamble. Those who know and love them will continue to do so, and those who don’t might miss out.

Regardless, this daring word-of-mouth only stokes the flames beneath it, putting Cloud Nothings beyond the shoreline of surf rockers into a frightening, thrilling unknown for both the band and their following.

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Grilling Stations Horseshoes Spacious Patios/Balconies Co-Signers Accepted

1830 S. Milton Ave. Flagstaff, AZ 86001 - Phone: (877) 865-8378