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his semester seems to be flying by, or going slowly for some of us. We are at the halfway point of the semester, and it is getting much harder to roll out of bed in the mornings. Take a break from homework and assigned readings and enjoy this week’s issue of The Lumberjack.

With voting right around the corner, the news section covers the NAU Young Democrats early vote rally featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders. The former presidental candidate campaigned for Hillary Clinton and encouraged young voters to head to the polls. We also feature the Proposition 411 as part of our proposition coverage. Every week, news will be discussing different propositions to prepare people for the upcoming election Nov. 8.

For the literature lovers out there, the culture section has an article about the Northern Arizona Book Festival and a story on the Individual World Poetry Slam.

In the feature’s section, there will be another Humans of NAU piece that shows the diversity and interesting stories of students on campus. Take a look at the article and learn more about the people you go to school with.

Woof woof. There are many people around and on campus who have puppies, and they seem to catch our eye when we walk to class, tempting us to pet them.

Getting the puppy bug can be stressful if someone does not have the adequate space or supplies for a new pet. Check out our article in features that discusses all about making the decision to get a pup.

Also related to dogs, the opinion section will have a piece that looks into the ARIEL CIANFARANO pitbull ban in Canada. The section will also have an article covering the recent ASST. FEATURES speech from Senator Sanders.

EDITOR Bummed out because you missed all the homecoming games? Flip to the sports section and catch up on all you missed.

Whether it be politics, local or national, lifestyles, events, students around campus or the simple but complicated decision to get — or not get — a puppy, The Lumberjack has your back. Every Thursday, we publish a new issue of the newspaper, so go out and get yourself a copy!

As always, be sure to check The Lumberjack’s website, jackcentral.org, on event coverage, more stories and multimedia pieces, including our video coverage of Bernie Sanders visit to Flagstaff and Peaks and Valleys, our weekly audio series.

The difference between Clinton and trump is that clinton “wants to brings us together and trump wants to divide us.

— Bernie Sanders, vermont senator and former democratic presidential candidate

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Sen. Bernie Sanders visited northern Arizona for the third time this year. This time, he campaigned for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Sanders was met with a large adoring crowd and one heckler. Sanders advocated for policies like raising minimum wage, making higher education affordable and solving climate change.

Thank you for reading.

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On the cover Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns for Sec. Hillary Clinton in front of hundreds of people at Prochnow Auditorium Oct. 18. Senator Sanders was the only candidate to visit Flagstaff during the 2016 campaign cycle. Halie Chavez | The Lumberjack

Corrections & Clarifications In last week’s edition, we misstated a blood alcohol content as .8 percent instead of .08 percent in the article, “Tequila Sunrise celebrations keep police busy over years.”

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PoliceBeat

Oct. 10 At 8:39 a.m., a student reported hitting a parking sign at Riordan and Riordan Ranch Streets. The investigation is ongoing.

At 3:47 p.m., an NAUPD officer attempted to contact a student on a skateboard at Reilly Hall. The subject went inside the building and the officer was unable to make contact.

At 8:01 p.m., a resident reported a strange odor in their room at The Suites. NAUPD responded and the odor was determined to be cigarettes.

Oct. 11 At 4:13 p.m., an NAU shuttle supervisor called to report a bus was hit by another vehicle. NAUPD responded but the driver of the other vehicle had fled the scene. All leads were exhausted and the case was closed.

At 10:02 p.m., a subject called to report her phone had been stolen at the W.A. Frankie College of Business.

An NAUPD officer responded to assist. The subject later found her phone and the case was closed.

At 11:46 p.m., an NAUPD officer contacted a student in the parking lot near Gabaldon Hall who was acting strangely.

The student was attempting to play a prank on a friend and went back to his room.

Oct. 12 At 5:24 p.m., a student reported harassment at The Suites. An NAUPD officer responded. A case was opened and the investigation is ongoing.

At 9:51 p.m., a staff member reported a suicide attempt at Pine Ridge Village.

FFD, GMT and NAUPD responded. The student had taken multiple pills and was

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transported to Flagstaff Medical Tinsley Hall had assaulted Center. A case was opened and her. NAUPD responded and the investigation is ongoing. found the situation to be “mutual combat.” The only At 10:51 p.m., one crime reported was the subject NAUPD officer was patrolling trespassed on campus. the San Francisco Parking Oct. 15 — Tequila Sunrise Garage and made multiple At 12:40 a.m., an NAUPD contacts.

Two students were cited and released for officer assisted a driver in Lot possession of marijuana and 31 with how to turn on their drug paraphernalia and minor headlights. Everything was fine. in consumption of alcohol.

At 5:23 a.m., NAUPD responded to a disturbance Oct. 13 At 12:03 a.m., a passerby call at Hilltop Townhomes. reported dried blood on the NAUPD contacted the subjects stairwell in the San Francisco who were getting ready to Parking Garage. University go downtown. The subjects Safety Aides and NAUPD were advised to be quieter and responded to the call. It was complied. determined to be fake blood At 1:57 p.m., an NAUPD from a student’s film project. officer reported a child was At 8:43 a.m., a passerby missing near the J. Lawrence reported a suspicious person Walkup Skydome. The child near the Atmospheric Research was located and reunited with Observatory. Two NAUPD his family. officers responded and At 6:21 p.m., staff contacted the subject. It was discovered that the student reported subjects drinking was recording data for a class. in the Skydome. NAUPD responded and discovered the Everything was fine. subjects were non-students and At 10:02 p.m., a student they left the area. reported their roommate At 10:46 p.m., staff having an allergic reaction at Campus Heights. FFD, requested assistance for an GMT and NAUPD responded. intoxicated student at Sechrist The student refused medical Hall. FFD, GMT and NAUPD responded. The student was transport. given a criminal deferral for underage consumption of Oct. 14 At 2:06 a.m., an NAUPD alcohol. officer initiated a traffic stop Oct. 16 near Parking Lot 13. NAUPD At 3:51 a.m., NAUPD arrested the subject for driving under the influence of alcohol, checked a vehicle on the side failure to obey a police officer of the road near the streets of and failure to obey a stop sign. Pine Knoll and Lone Tree. The subjects inside the vehicle were The investigation is ongoing. sleeping and everything was At 9:49 a.m., a passerby okay. reported a student was bleeding At 4:13 a.m., residents at from his head near Beaver and Ellery Streets. FFD, GMT and Hilltop Townhomes reported had NAUPD were dispatched. The an unknown subject student had fallen and was entered their room. The subject left when asked to leave. transported to FMC. NAUPD gave him a ride to an At 1:49 p.m., a student off-campus location. reported a subject inside

NEWS

Trump loses support from McCain and other Republicans

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mong many other Republican Party members, Arizona senator John McCain rescinded his endorsement of presidential nominee Donald Trump Oct. 8.

McCain, who has been under criticism for endorsing Trump despite the nominee’s controversial campaign, announced he will not be supporting his party’s candidate going forward. The Arizona senator is not alone in his apprehension in continuing to support Trump. Many prominent GOP members, senators and members of Congress have also rescinded their endorsements, mainly in light of the recent audio of Trump’s remarks toward women.

One congressman who no longer supports Trump is Republican Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz.

Chaffetz said in an interview with CNN recently, “I’m out. I can no longer endorse Donald Trump for president.

There’s no possible way I’d vote for Hillary Clinton, but these [statements] are abhorrent.”

The debate for the Arizona senate seat, between incumbent McCain and representative Ann Kirkpatrick, took place Oct. 10, and McCain’s history with his endorsement of Trump was addressed by the debaters.

“If someone wants to say something disparaging of me, I understand that,” said McCain in referance to Trump critizing him for becoming a POW during the Vietnam War. “I don’t understand it when it’s said about other men and

some women who have been imprisoned. I did not like it. I spoke out strongly against it. I spoke out strongly on several other issues where I thought that Mr. Trump was absolutely wrong. I’ve not been shy about it.”

Kirkpatrick responded by saying, “It wasn’t enough when Trump insulted the Khan family, a gold star family who called on John McCain to renounce Trump. It wasn’t enough when Trump made fun of a disabled reporter, and the whole disabled community called on John McCain to denounce Trump. But no, he wouldn’t do that. [Trump] even made fun of veterans suffering from PTSD, no, John McCain wouldn’t renounce him.”

McCain also questioned whether or not congresswoman Kirkpatrick would similarly rescind her endorsement of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton based on Clinton’s statements regarding the email server and statements to the family of a victim of a terrorist attack. Kirkpatrick said she would not be rescinding her endorsement of Clinton.

Fred Solop, a politics and international affairs professor at NAU, said this exodus of support for an official presidential candidate is the first of its kind.

“This is certainly an unusual situation,” said Solop.

“I’m not familiar with a parallel situation in the history of American elections,” Solop thinks Republicans are doing it because it is safe to distance themselves from Trump and not get “painted as a Trump supporter.”

At a Clinton campaign rally in North Carolina, Oct. 11, President Barack Obama gave a reason for how the Republican Party ended up with their current nominee.

“Over the last eight, ten [years] … if you’ve been only about obstruction, if in order to score political points you tell your voter base crazy stuff like I wasn’t born here, or that I’m a Muslim,” said Obama. “And you just repeat it over and over again, and so that your only agenda is negative and you just make up facts, over time what happens is you produce a nominee who’s all about obstruction, insults and who makes up his own facts.”

Solop says he’s not sure how the Republican Party will look post-election, but parties are flexible and some sort of adaption will probably take place.

“Whether Trump takes over the party or the party rejects Trump and rebrands after the election, is an open question,” Solop said.

The professor also noted that despite the craziness of this election cycle, his students are engaged with the race every day, and this election has been a positive in that regard.

John Chapman, Republican sophomore English major and Trump supporter, will be voting for the first time this year. He said the race “seems to be a blow to the party, but I think after the election settles down it won’t be as crazy with all of the drama going on with the candidates.”

Arizona continues to be a swing state as Election Day, Nov. 8, approaches.

Proposition 411 would continue the Flagstaff Mountain Link

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roposition 411 is a proposition put forth by the Flagstaff City Council to extend the life of a transit tax in Flagstaff until 2030.

The tax is .295 percent of the city sales tax and goes toward covering basic transit needs, including keeping the Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transit Authority (NAIPTA) in charge of bus routes. This tax rate has been around since it was first approved in the 2000 election cycle and its continuation means no change in what residents are already paying. However, a no vote would have the Mountain Link bus system discontinued at the end of 2020.

“It’s the same as asking if [Flagstaff Residents] are happy with Mountain Link and want to keep the transit system, and at the same cost,” said Jeff Meilbeck, the current CEO of NAIPTA. According to a survey by NAIPTA released in April 2016, nearly 40 percent of Flagstaff’s population has used the bus in the last year. Their website also says nearly 70 percent of Flagstaff commuters rely on the bus. “[Students] would be able to get around by walking but it would be inconvenient because when it snows, we’re not going to want to walk anywhere,” said Trevor Santellan, a freshman criminal justice major.

There is one main difference between how this proposition was sponsored and how others got on the ballot.

“City council has the authority to put any proposition they want before the voters,” Meilbeck said, adding that it was the council that put Proposition 411 on the ballot. “This is similar to Proposition 406 they did previously, but is different from the Greater Buffalo Park proposition which is citizen driven.”

NAIPTA is in charge of providing information on Proposition 411 to keep voters informed on the topic so they can make an educated decision.

They do this a few different ways. First, information is on the homepage of the NAIPTA Mountain Link website. The website includes basic FAQ’s and statistics. Second, information sessions are scheduled across Flagstaff before the election in order to answer questions in person.

According to NAIPTA’s website, 86 percent of voters support the continuation of the tax in order to keep the Mountain Link system going.

Shaun Temple, a bus driver for NAIPTA, said, “I think [passengers] would miss the bus. Flagstaff would get by because you adapt, but there are people that rely on busses for day-to-day stuff.

Grocery shopping, going to work, it’s stuff like that that’s most of the ridership.”

According to the campaign, in 2016 more than 1.9 million riders have used the bus system. This is up from the election in 2008 where Mountain Link barely had half the number of riders. They are also making nearly five times the trips they were in 2000 when the

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proposition was first introduced.

Currently there are eight routes, and several buses stop as frequently as every 10 minutes. Buses serve several student apartment complexes off campus, and travel throughout Flagstaff.

There is no official opposition to this proposition.

NAIPTA, the transit agency operating Mountain Link, wants the sales tax to continue through 2030 to improve the public transit system. Lena Farber | The Lumberjack

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NEWS

Senator Sanders comes back to Flagstaff in support of Clinton

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lagstaff received another visit from former presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The senator campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in NAU’s Prochnow Auditorium Oct. 18, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Since losing the primary to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sanders has campaigned for the Democratic Party against Republican nominee Donald Trump. Clinton adopted many aspects of Sanders’ goals into her platform, including closing the corporate tax loophole and making higher education more affordable. However, some Sanders supporters are reluctant to vote for her, even after his endorsement.

Before noon, the line for the Sanders rally was around the corner of Prochnow. After attendees filed into the theater, they took their seats, stood along the sides of the auditorium and outside the building, waiting for the speech.

In the front rows, attendees were given Clinton/Kaine signs and were frequently asked to hold up their signs for pictures.

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to NAU students at Prochnow Auditorium Oct. 18. Sanders is visiting Flagstaff to support the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Halie Chavez | The Lumberjack

Employees for the campaign and volunteers from the NAU Young Democrats club checked for non-Clinton or Sanders signs.

The rally began with 9-year-old Tuba City resident Aubrey Begay reciting the pledge of allegiance in Navajo, followed by former mayoral candidate James Hasapis singing the national anthem. A number of speakers began the rally, energizing the crowd with talks about both Sanders and Clinton.

“As a voter, I try to vote with my hopes and not my fears. I have to do both this election,” said Andy Bessler, a project director for NAU’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals. “You can help turn Arizona blue from the top to the bottom of the ballot.”

Typical of Sanders’ rallies, the senator stopped to speak to the crowd outside before entering the auditorium. Sanders took the stage at approximately 2:30 p.m., and was introduced by Simone Green, a senior at NAU. She began her introduction by saying,

after we graduate, some of us will, “walk right off the stage into student debt.”

Sanders was met with cheers from adoring fans. He started his speech with an apology for the mistakes of his generation and a plea for future generations to do better than his.

“This campaign is about you, your future and the future of your families,” said Sanders.

Sanders spoke about many of the talking points he used during his primary run. These included fixing the economy, making higher education affordable, solving climate change, creating effective and humane immigration policy and improving access to healthcare. Throughout it all, he focused on defeating Trump.

Occasionally, Sanders would speak from his own perspective but he frequently spoke on Clinton’s behalf. He pledged for Clinton to overturn the Citizen’s United decision. This was a Surpreme Court decision that dealt with independent campaign donations by nonprofit corporations. As much as he spoke for Clinton, he spoke for himself as an independent citizen and as a senator.

“We’ve got to elect Hillary Clinton as our next president, but that is not enough,” Sanders said. “Because the powers that be will fight every progressive initiative that improves the life of working families.”

One protester interrupted the event. Toward the end of speech while Sanders was talking about police brutality, a man with a Hillary Clinton hat and a Bill Clinton T-shirt, began to shout “Bill Clinton is a rapist” and “Hillary is a liar” before being swiftly ejected by event organizers.

Sanders ended his rally with a call to action and encouraged the audience to both vote for Clinton and change the face of public policy.

“The day after the election roll up your sleeves, get involved in the fight to transform our country, and to make us the nation that you and I know we can become,” Sanders said.

Afterward, Sanders came into the crowd and admiring fans clamored to touch and photograph the former presidential candidate. However, others were upset the Dakota pipeline controversy was not addressed. Many of the audience members wrote #NODAPL on their Clinton and Bernie signs.

“We aren’t surprised the Dakota access pipeline wasn’t brought up,” said Marcie Fowler, a Navajo woman. “There needs to be responsible leadership and taking action with people who are saying enough is enough. They keep saying they are behind us but there needs to be more action.”

The last time the senator was here, he made history. Sanders was the first presidential candidate to visit the Navajo Nation while on the campaign trail. Sanders spoke at Twin Arrows Casino for about an hour on immigration, sexual assault within the indigenous community and the lack of Native American representation in politics March 17.

Less than a week later, March 21, a day before the Arizona primaries, Sanders campaigned in Flagstaff, and spoke at Pepsi Amphitheater at Fort Tuthill County Park. Flagstaff residents and NAU students packed into the crowded area to watch the speech.

“Everybody knows we live in a competitive global economy,” Sanders said at the March 21 rally. “We need the best educated

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workforce in the world. Why in God’s name are we forcing millions of people to pay decades of debt because they chose to do the right thing and get an education?”

Despite the large turnout at the March Flagstaff rally, there was low turnout in the polls. Sanders subsequently ended up losing the Arizona primary to Clinton. The former secretary earned 57 percent of the vote, while Sanders trailed with 41 percent. On the

Senator Sanders speaks to NAU students at Prochnow Auditorium. This is his third visit to northern Arizona this election cycle. Andrew Holt Frazier | The Lumberjack

Republican side, Trump won Arizona with 46 percent of the vote, leading against Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio.

Sanders did win Coconino County with 53 percent of the vote. According to the Arizona Secretary of State, Sanders earned 8,689 votes, while Clinton earned 6,596. This lead may be due to Sanders’ two rallies in Flagstaff close to the election, while Clinton and her husband, Bill, only campaigned in Phoenix and Tucson, respectively. Clinton led in every other Arizona county including Pima and Maricopa.

Until the 2016 election, Arizona was a red state. Since 1948 Arizona has voted for Republican candidates for president with the exception of Bill Clinton in 1996. Although Trump held as many as six rallies in Phoenix since July, several factors could lead

to Arizona voting for Clinton.

Clinton has a lead in the national polls after two debates and several scandals surrounding Trump. After the surfacing of the leaked tape of Trump bragging about groping, kissing and attempting to have sex with women, many powerful Republicans withdrew their support. This included long-time Arizona senator and former Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, despite his former fervent and constant support.

“Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy,” said McCain in a statement after the tape was released.

As McCain and other Republicans withdrew support, the gap between Clinton and Trump has decreased in Arizona. According to Real Clear Politics, in early October, Trump had a 1.5 point lead over Clinton in Arizona. As of Oct. 17, Trump was only leading over Clinton by .7 points.

Despite Sanders losing the Democratic nomination, he is still actively affecting the election, whether it be adding ideas onto Clinton’s platform, pushing her policy to the left or creating transparency in the election system. He hopes to assist Clinton in taking Arizona, or even the entire election, away from Trump.

Sanders left Flagstaff and went to Tucson to continue campaigning Oct. 18 at University of Arizona’s Main Stage at 7 p.m. Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to be in Tempe Oct. 19 for a rally at Arizona State University’s Memorial Union. Michelle Obama is also expected to campaign for Clinton during an early-voting event in Phoenix, Oct. 20.

The crowd holds signs supporting Hillary Clinton’s campaign while listening to Senator Sanders, Oct. 18. Halie Chavez | The Lumberjack

Senator Sanders is surrounded by fans after giving a speech to hundreds at Prochnow Auditorium.

Erin Twarogal| The Lumberjack

EDI TOR IAL & OPINION

The Montreal pit-bull ban: panic politics at its absolute worst ELIZABETH WENDLER

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it bulls were banned in Montreal, Canada. The ill-conceived legislation followed the deadly mauling of Christiane Vadnais, a 55-year old Canadian woman who was attacked in her backyard by a dog owned by Franklin Junior Frontal. The dog, thought to be a pit bull, has since been revealed by the Humane Society to be a boxer.

Just three months after the mauling, which took place June of 2016, the pit bull ban was hastily fashioned up and went into effect Oct. 3, 2016.

Due to much protest of the ban by Montreal citizens as well as Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International, the ban has been suspended. If the bylaw is reenacted, pit bull owners will have to jump through hoops — both legal and financial — just to keep their beloved pets. Pit bulls in shelters would be deemed unadoptable and, therefore, euthanized.

Even more preposterous, the pit bull ban does not seem to fully grasp what is truly the root of the problem here. Here is a hint: It is not the dogs. There is a far more disturbing issue here that supporters of the ban fail to address.

Perhaps a little story will help put things in perspective.

As a kid, I loved dogs. It wasn’t until I was 7 years old on a family trip to Prescott when a kind pair of women with their two young children and canine companion passed us by when all of that changed. My sisters and I begged our father to let us pet the dog, but none more so than I. To say I loved dogs was (at the time) a gross understatement.

My father looked at the rottweiler, protectively guarding the two children in strollers beside him, and deemed it safe. How could a dog

that acts so friendly around toddlers be dangerous? In my excitement, I quickly wrapped my arms around the dog’s neck in a hug and squeezed.

There was a blur of motion, a tearing sensation, and then warmth blooming from the entire right side of my face.

I didn’t realize what happened until my sisters began to scream.

We rushed to the nearest hospital, the mortified family of the rottweiler showing us the way. I distinctly remember one of the women — perhaps the owner of the dog — cradling my bleeding face to her chest, a towel pressed against my wounds, as she rocked me back and forth in the waiting room.

It took over a hundred stitches to save my ear lobe.

I do not, nor will I ever, blame the dog. In fact, I do not blame the dog’s owners, either. I could blame myself; after all, it was I who spooked the pup in the first place. But that doesn’t seem quite right either. After all I was just a child.

My mother still blames my father to this day. Perhaps, at least to some degree, she is right. My father did not know what would happen that evening, but it might have been avoided if I had been told how to properly approach and pet the dog in the first place.

You see, it is everyone’s responsibility as owners, lovers of animals and government legislators to ensure the proper education, training and care of both animals and ourselves in the presence of animals. We often forget domesticated animals such as dogs, cats, horses and pigs can be dangerous if neglected, abused, untrained or poorly handled.

When dogs feel threatened, they react instantly. It is their nature.

If you hold a cat three seconds too long, you can usually expect to get

scratched. Badly.

Just ask my cat.

But that is my point. Too many owners and lovers of domesticated animals do not know the first thing about how to take care of and caution around them. Dog owners and cat owners in particular seem to think adopting one of these animals is as simple as feeding them every day, giving them water and playing with them.

Well, it’s not.

Every animal is unique and requires different needs. If a dog grows up in a stressful, abusive or hyper-active environment, the dog will exhibit negative traits that will manifest in hyper-vigilance, aggression, over-excitement and nervous behavior. Even a dog that has been raised perfectly with plenty of love, food, training and care will lash out if a person handles them carelessly.

It is our responsibility as human beings to educate ourselves and others about proper animal care and caution. Breed-specific bans like this one hurt more than they help. The question is: How many dogs fitting the description of pit bull must die before legislators and supporters of the ban realize it?

The answer: far too many.

Illustration by Kali Switchenberg

We should do more than pray for Haiti — we should help PEGGY PACKER

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housands of lives were harshly impacted when Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, leaving one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere almost completely destroyed.

Homes are stripped down to their foundations, roads are being blocked by debris and thousands of people are left in a state of panic as they try to recover from the severe damage. Similar to many other global tragedies, the trend has been to “pray for Haiti.” But in this instance, praying is simply not enough.

Local officials stated Hurricane Matthew has caused the death of nearly 1,000 Haitian citizens when it hit the country with 145 mph winds and violent rain. It has proven to be one of the most vicious hurricanes in Haiti since Hurricane Hazel in 1954.

Apart from the casualties, the storm has left a huge part of the Haitian population in desperate need of help. In response, the United Nations has appealed for $120 million in order to aid the survivors who are at risk of starvation and the contraction of cholera, a fatal bacterial disease that is quickly making its way throughout the country.

This disease is commonly spread through contaminated water and can kill in only a few hours. The cholera treatment center in the main hospital in Jérémie went without running water last Monday and was unable to help many of its patients, at least a dozen of whom were children. Authorities are focused on

providing shelters that will house survivors and provide them with clean water, food and medical treatment.

The people of Haiti are in a state of danger. Those who value religion and the power of prayer have made a considerate effort to pray for the people of Haiti. While the prayers of people in the world show sympathy and potentially provide Haitian citizens with the hope they need in a time like this, simply praying is no longer a helpful enough response.

As a poverty-stricken country, Haiti needs more. During this tragic time, Haiti needs money and volunteers. Their remaining medical centers need funding to aid those who have been harmed or have become infected with cholera. Apart from just that, funding is needed to reverse the structural damage and rebuild homes and other basic infrastructures. The southwest of Haiti, which was hit the hardest by Hurricane Matthew, has become much harder to reach due to the collapse of the Petit-Goâve bridge, leaving only the options of air travel or water travel. Both alternatives are significantly more expensive than traveling across the bridge.

While it is not realistic to expect every Flagstaff citizen to travel to Haiti and engage in volunteer work, we can provide help for these citizens through donations, regardless of how small they might be. Instead of merely praying for Haiti, those with the ability need to donate to Haiti as well.

Praying has become a passive response to global tragedies such as this one. It is a common response whenever something

we feel is out of our control happens in another country. We saw this when Paris was violently attacked and #PrayforParis became a common hashtag. The same response was given when Turkey encountered a terrorist attack and #PrayforTurkey began trending.

But what is stopping us from doing more than praying? These prayers do not provide these people with food and water, nor will they replace their homes and lost belongings. The only thing that can help is donations. These things can only be achieved with money. United States citizens are not limited to prayer in situations like these.

We have opportunities to help, to donate and to spread the word.

It may seem like I am attempting to attack religion or the power of prayer. I am in no way doing so. In fact, I admire the power of prayer and the generosity of those who take time to pray for the wellbeing of others. I am hardly insisting prayer is useless.

The millions of prayers being said across the nation provide hope and emotional support for the Haitian survivors, which are two things they are in desperate need of. I am not asking anyone to halt their prayers, but rather, consider helping in other ways if you have the means to do so. Do not stop praying for Haiti, but don’t let that be your only attempt at helping those in need.

Send the donations that will make a difference to the Haitians in need.

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Bernie is right: Vote to support sanity in 2016 election THEODORE JEMMING

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ct. 18, Flagstaff citizens and students flocked to Prochnow Auditorium on north campus to see Senator Bernie Sanders speak in support of the Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine campaign. Throughout his life, Sanders has become a champion of civil rights, fighting economic inequality and creating a better environmental future for the country.

Sanders delivered his consistent political message of equality in all forms — financially, socially and economically for all United States citizens.

As soon as he took the stage, roars came from the packed auditorium and Sanders began by addressing the absolute disgrace that has been Donald Trump’s entire campaign thus far.

He called him “the least qualified candidate in U.S. history,” and warned that “electing Trump would be a disaster.” These statements will reign true if Trump’s racism, sexism and ignorance isn’t taken into account, not to mention his past failures as a businessman and future prospects of nationalistic and economically ludicrous policies.

Sanders did more than disqualify Trump. He urged people to vote for Clinton. He assured the audience she has the best credentials and wants to create a better educational, economic and environmental atmosphere within the country. Sanders urged people to “do everything you can to vote,” and “get involved in the fight to transform this country.”

Three great main points were brought up by Sanders in support of Clinton’s presidency. He insisted she will fight to raise the minimum wage, equalize pay for women and raise paid family and medical leave.

This would be a great step for the country. Raising the minimum wage is important to young people across the country and women deserve equal pay with men in similar career paths. Increasing medical leave will help people become better parents and raise stronger families.

Laughter spread across the room when Sanders brought up Republicans in the Senate and their apparent “amnesia” over where the country was eight years ago before the Obama Administration. He explained by the end of the Bush administration, the U.S. was losing 800,000 jobs a month and there was a $1.4 trillion deficit. Since Obama was elected,

the country has been “much better off.” He praised Obama for his hard work facing great obstructionism in the Senate from Republicans.

Following this, Sanders covered the grotesque levels of wealth and income inequality in the U.S., citing the top one-tenth of the top one percent of U.S. citizens make more money than the lower 90 percent.

These figures are insane and he made a great point about the U.S. having the highest childhood poverty rate despite a recent tenfold increase in billionaires.

Clinton wants to hire teachers, raise the minimum wage and better the overall climate of intellect and wealth in the U.S. Perhaps the moment most relevant to students in Sanders’ speech was when he brought up Clinton’s plan to allow them to refinance their loans at the lowest rates, and give children in families that make less than $125,000 a year free public college in-state tuition.

This is revolutionary, and should be considered at the polls because a vote has more impact than it might seem for the future of millions of U.S. citizens — especially young people and parents today.

One final, important point was made about climate change and its certain existence and urgency.

If the government does not take the environment seriously, it will become desecrated by businesses without regulation. As Sanders pointed out, the fossil fuel industry must begin to realize that short-term profits are less important than the long-term health of society and future generations.

“The only way we can transform this country is when people stand up and say, ‘enough is enough,’” said Sanders.

His message is clear: If people want change they must engage in the political world. More young people are going to be following the same ideas Sanders and Clinton promote today, so I hope this will lead to a more politically active society in the U.S. and the world.

Erin Twarogal | The Lumberjack

Mike Pence proves dangerous to the LGBT community ALEX RAND

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ike Pence, governor of Indiana and Republican vice president hopeful, wanted to take money from HIV and AIDS support and funnel it into conversion therapy funding.

Read that sentence, then read it again. That isn’t a heavy-handed allegory out of a sciencefiction novel, that was a real part of Pence’s platform when he ran for governor of Indiana.

I’m tired I have to read headlines as ridiculously horrifying as this. I’m tired my right to live as someone in the LGBT community is a controversial topic. I’m tired I have to listen to anyone debate whether or not someone with views like this is seen as fit to help run a nation.

When Pence was running for governor in 2000, his own website said he wanted to “Ensure that federal dollars were no longer being given to organizations that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus.” The organizations in question included Planned Parenthood. The “celebration and encouragement” Pence refers to is their offering of HIV testing.

Arguments in support of Pence at this point might include, “Well, this was so long ago, I’m sure his beliefs have changed now,” or “Well, it’s not like this would have caused anything bad,

even if he had been able to act on it.” But his beliefs haven’t changed, and approving a state amendment that defunded Planned Parenthood caused the worst HIV outbreak in Indiana history.

Before becoming governor he served in U.S. Congress from 2002 to 2012, and while in office helped to defund Planned Parenthood on a national level. He moved up from there to being the governor of Indiana in 2013, and because someone had gone and defunded Planned Parenthood, there wasn’t enough money for him to keep it open. Scott County had 24,000 residents, each one of them relying on that Planned Parenthood center as the only place in the county that provided HIV testing.

Pence closed it, and to the surprise of nobody, HIV cases soared. There were almost 200 new cases of HIV by the time the outbreak ended, according to The Huffington Post.

Someone capable of doing this isn’t fit to lead anything, yet it somehow still manages to get worse from there. Pence’s 2000 campaign website also stated, “Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.” Someone could argue this is meant in an innocent way, but anyone in the LGBT community could tell you it’s obvious this is referring to conversion therapy.

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Conversion therapy, sometimes called reparative therapy, is therapy in which members of the LGBT community are “converted” into being straight and cisgender. Study after study has proved it doesn’t work; it’s traumatizing and cruel, and it does nothing but scare LGBT kids into acting differently for the approval of others.

Pence supports this, and wanted to support it with money that should have been funding Planned Parenthood.

At this point, scrambling arguments defending Pence might fight to ensure the politician is anything but homophobic. If supporting conversion therapy wasn’t enough proof, other policies on his old website were also blatantly homophobic.

Among those proposed policies, he also stated LGBT people are not a minority that should be protected under anti-discrimination acts. He was in support of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell because “Homosexuality is incompatible with military service because the presence of homosexuals in the ranks weakens unit cohesion.” He was also against legalizing gay marriage.

All of this together paints a disturbing picture of what is to come for the LGBT community should Donald Trump and Pence be elected in November. Trump has his own track record of being against the LGBT community.

Combine with Pence’s record and my question is no longer whether or not they will do something to harm us, it is how badly are they going to do so?

I don’t want to have to care this much about the election. Voting is supposed to be a privilege, but the election this year seems to carry an ominous message for the LGBT community: Vote, or else. I don’t want one of the candidates to be an or else. The first election I’ll ever participate in isn’t a matter of choosing the best candidate, it’s a matter of choosing a candidate who doesn’t actively hate me.

Everyone lucky enough to vote this year needs to bear in mind, a vote for Trump isn’t just a vote for Trump, it’s also a vote for Pence, and a vote for every homophobic, dangerous belief he holds. The LGBT community can’t afford to put someone like him in office.

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WHAT TO EXPECT IF YOU ARE EXPECTING (A DOG) ALIE WILKINS

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lagstaff is great for a lot of reasons: the beautiful weather, the friendly people, its classic college town atmosphere and most importantly — the dogs.

They are everywhere, and they all want to be petted. Our four-legged friends are a household necessity in this mountain town, and campus is not an exception to this furry fever.

We have all been there. You see the fluffiest little puppy you have ever seen and you are ready to take it home right then and there. Because even though your dog can not take your finals for you, go to work for you or get rid of all your responsibilities, at least your small-pawed little friend will be there when you get home.

Michelle Ryan, executive director of the Coconino Humane Association, says impulse adoptions are most common among college students. It is also what she wants to avoid.

“The best owners are the ones that make an informed decision. You need to really examine your lifestyle before you adopt. If you’re taking 17 credits, you’re in a sorority and you’re involved in sports, a puppy probably isn’t going to be good for you,” said Ryan.

Ashleigh Knuth and Cheyla Borror are both junior hotel and restaurant management majors and have been puppy owners for six months.

“We went to the humane [association] to volunteer with a group from our work and we saw this little black puppy in one of the kennels and we just fell in love,” said Knuth.

After many phone calls to their parents, a lot of discussion with their friends and many pro-con lists, the two adopted Koda (previously named Brandywine), a black lab heeler mix.

“It was more money than we anticipated spending because

Junior hotel and restaurant management majors Cheyla Borror and Ashleigh Knuth sit with their adopted lab heeler mix, Koda.

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we heard the $125 puppy cost and we thought that was so cheap, but then we had to buy her bed and her toys and her food and all the other little things that you never think about,” Knuth said.

The Humane Association charges $125 for puppies, $100 for dogs between 1 and 5 years old and then the prices drop on a sliding scale the older the dog is. This fee includes their first round of shots, the spay or neutering procedure, a microchip and 30 days of free pet insurance. Borror and Knuth estimate they spend around $45 a month on Koda with food costs and the pet rent that their apartment charges.

It is a big commitment, one that can often feel overwhelming for the two full-time students.

“It can be hard when we want to go on weekend trips with our friends because we can’t leave [Koda] alone,” Knuth said. “The other day we both worked an event and we had to get a puppysitter because we were gone for more than three hours.”

There is no screening process or home visits done by the Humane Association when people are looking to adopt.

“Bottom line is that adoptions are good and the shelter is bad,” Ryan said. “Nationally, shelters are really trying to move away from a system of weeding people out of being able to adopt.”

So what happens if that spur-of-the-moment decision to get a puppy backfires? Can you bring the dog back? Ryan says “returns” are much less common than people think and they are almost always because the owners didn’t take a chance to get to know the dog before they adopted it.

“People will love how beautiful a dog looks and they’ll love the idea of the dog but when you watch them interact, there’s nothing there,” Ryan said.

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The best owners are the ones “ that make an informed decision ...

If you’re taking 17 credits, you’re in a sorority and you’re involved in sports, a puppy probably isn’t going to be good for you.

— Michelle Ryan,

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coconino humane Association executive director Ryan is also working on changing the way people think about returns.

“What we’re trying to change is the negative stigma. Having a dog be returned after four months means at least that dog didn’t get euthanized because we didn’t have enough room, and it gives us an opportunity to learn more about that dog and find a better home for it next time,” Ryan said.

The number of animals living at the Humane Association is highest at the end of May because school ends and students do not know what to do with their dogs for the summer. But May is also peak puppy and kitten season, so Ryan says it is hard to say what the definitive cause of the rise in numbers is.

Overall, Ryan stresses that you should always take your time with the decision to adopt and reminds students that, “You’re responsible for the life of that animal for that animal’s whole life.”

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hrough the lens similar to the blog Humans of New York, NAU students and Flagstaff locals reveal inspirational stories and interesting facts about what makes them human. Every student has their own ideas of love, happiness, fear and interesting experiences. Like a puzzle, those differences all fit together into a much more beautiful picture than we would have on our own.

Oliver Adams California | business management “[My biggest fear is] the inevitability of the climate change that we’re going to face in this life. And the implications of that afterward.

People are just going to be struggling and fighting more because of it.”

Samantha Stephens Utah | music “[Happiness is] dancing. Lindy Hop, anything dancing. Hearing music that is just right and where they get everything correct and everything’s in tune.

But even where it’s not always correct, you can feel it. It either makes you want to dance or it makes you want to cry.”

Brenna Duke North Carolina | biology academic advisor “[Happiness is] being at home with my husband and my dogs, and traveling and seeing people I love.”

Archie Carreon Arizona | education in counseling “I am horribly afraid of babies. They’re fragile; they have a little self-destruct button on the top of their head. It terrifies me, it really does.”

Amber Beasley California | sociology and criminal justice “I farted in front of my whole student body class my senior year. I was student body president, and I farted in front of everybody on the loudspeaker.

I walked off with pride, though.”

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Arizona-based authors steal the spotlight at book festival ABIGAIL BIEKER

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it and humor kept a lively crowd engaged as authors shared stories from their recent work for the Northern Arizona Book Festival. Laughter echoed off the walls at the Coconino Center for the Arts throughout the evening of Oct. 13, as writers Nicole Walker, William Trowbridge, Erin Stalcup and Diana Gabaldon presented on stage.

The Book Festival celebrated its 21st year.

During the week, community members were able to attend a number of workshops and events at local spots Uptown Pubhouse, Firecreek Coffee, the Orpheum, the public library and the Barefoot Cowgirl bookstore.

“We had a pretty full show, I’m pretty happy with the outcome. The tickets were almost all sold out,” said Elizabeth Vogler, the secretary for the Book Festival’s board of directors.

After Vogler described the new exhibits at the Coconino Center for the Arts, the lights were dimmed and the show began.

Nicole Walker read from her book Sustainability: A Love Story at the event. Canning Peaches for the Apocalypse is Walker’s most recent work. During Walker’s storytelling, she brought up difficult questions and misconceptions regarding sustainability. Her previous work has covered everything from culture in the Southwest, to essays, to poetry. Her name is well known in literary circles, and she has participated in the book festival multiple times.

“This year was particularly awesome because we brought together local, student, regional and national writers,” said Walker. “Panels and presentations were personable and informal. I feel like we did a great job expanding the writing community and including new members to that community with whom we can celebrate the written and spoken word.”

Following Trowbridge and Walker was Erin Stalcup and Diana Gabaldon, both of whom also read from their recent work. Gabaldon, who is originally from Flagstaff and one of the bestknown NAU alumna, read from her novel Go Tell

the Bees that I am Gone, the ninth installment in her Outlander series.

According to a review of the series published

by Salon, “At the very least, the Outlander series represents the smartest historical sci-fi adventureromance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” Erin Stalcup, an English lecturer at NAU, has written several books under the fiction genre, and is an editor for the online journal, Waxwing. She read from her most recent book And Yet It Moves.

“This year’s book fest intensified my gratitude for this community, all the brilliant writers who support each other, and who make Flagstaff such a great place to live,” said Stalcup. “Writers from Tucson and indigenous writers from all over the Southwest were all here. And I got to hear them read, and buy their books, and get their autographs, and be reminded that we’re all in this together and there is so much excellent writing being crafted in this region.”

Readers were limited to two books per signing by the authors and were welcome to visit the open galleries as they waited to talk with the

authors. Another year of the festival successfully invited the community of Flagstaff to engage with some well-known writers.

Diana Gabaldon reads from her latest work at Coconino Center for the Arts, Oct. 13. Her book series, Outlander, has been widely read by fans of science fiction.

Gabriel Granillo | The Lumberjack

A labor of love: The plight and fight of independent bookstores DOMINIQUE DIERKS

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he smell of paper, the sound of pages being turned — what avid reader does not love spending hours in their favorite bookstore, browsing aisles in search for a new story to consume? Books have the power to draw us in, expand our minds, educate us and move us. Most of all, books help us forget ourselves for a moment and be immersed in someone else’s ideas and stories.

Today, books are more accessible than ever.

With the touch of a finger you can read a book on your Kindle, with the click of a mouse it will be in your mailbox by tomorrow and you can find a Barnes and Noble in almost every city.

But what about the small, independent bookstores?

Statistics from the Open Education Database show the number of independent bookstores nation wide dropped from 2,400 to 1,900 between 2002 and 2011. Many were forced out of business because of competition from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

In 2015, Amazon had a market share of 42 percent in paperback books, revealing independent bookstores, a traditional seller of paperbacks, are becoming increasingly rare.

Independent bookstores in Flagstaff also

struggle to compete with big companies. Nancy Nelson opened Barefoot Cowgirl Books on San Francisco Street almost a year ago. Nelson missed McGaugh’s Newsstand — a bookstore that went out of business in 2003 — and loved books, so she decided to open Barefoot Cowgirl Books.

Running an independent bookstore is not always easy, as Nelson shared.

“I think some folks have kind of a romanticized notion of booksellers and bookstores, and that is great, but there is also reality,” said Nelson.

For the past two months, the Coconino Center for the Arts has hosted an exhibit titled “The Last Bookstores” by Flagstaff-based artist Bryan David Griffith. Griffith’s exhibit debuted in 2015 at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston and will be on display in the Coconino Center for the Arts until Oct. 28. “‘The Last Bookstores documents America’s remaining independent bookstores and the people behind their survival and potential comeback,” said Griffith on his homepage.

The exhibit features photographs of selected bookstores accompanied by quotes from someone associated with each business.

“The last 10 years have been a huge shakeup.

We’re a close-knit industry despite the fact that we’re competitors, and to see stores go out of

business is hard — it is really hard,” said Catherine Weller in a quote on display at the exhibit. She is the co-owner of Weller Book Works in Salt Lake City.

Betsy Burton, owner of The King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City who is also featured in the exhibit, contributed a quote with her concerns about a potential future when people only buy from online book-sellers.

“Consider the long-term consequence of a world controlled by Amazon. What would your community look like without independent businesses? Who would sit on your neighborhood boards and donate to local charities? When you spend online, none of it stays at home,” said Burton. “But books transcend economics. A world where one company controls the manufacture and distribution of books — of ideas, in other words — doesn’t bear thinking about.”

In addition to working hard seven days a week, Nelson also struggles to protect the quality of the books.

“The hardest part of running the store is the folks of all ages who come in and damage the books — tear the covers, bend the covers until they are curled, break the spines, drag them on the floor, get food or other things on them and then put them back on the shelf,” Nelson said.

Apart from being disrespectful, the damage to the books also costs Nelson money. Like other independent business owners, she is working to present the best selection of books possible at her store.

“I also have some folks who come in, find a book they are interested in, then order it on Amazon while they are standing in the store, which I think is very rude,” Nelson said.

Despite the hardships, Nelson is passionate about books and reading. She spends hours carefully selecting books her regular customers and new customers will enjoy.

“My goal is to have a great combination: a carefully curated collection of books people have heard of, and books they have not heard of and discover here,” Nelson said.

Even during times when readers are seeking the cheapest option possible, there are still people of all ages who value local businesses and the effort independent bookstore owners put into their collection of books.

“The most rewarding part is seeing kids … get really excited about a book they want, or a series of books they love and the new one is here,” Nelson said. “Sometimes they don’t want to let go of it even long enough for me to ring it up on the cash register.”

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Empathy promoting change Slam poets compete in Flagstaff ISAAC DUDLEY

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he lobby of Prochnow Auditorium was full the evening of Oct. 15. When the doors opened, attendees in the lobby let out an excited cheer and rushed to find their seats. The much-anticipated Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) finals had finally begun.

Poets from all backgrounds and places brought their best work to the stage for an impressive presentation of the spoken word.

Ed Mabrey, from Dayton, Ohio, won the slam.

With a combination of precise word choice, rhythm and engaging body movements, Mabrey scored well each round, but stole the show in the final round with a perfect score and a standing ovation. Mabrey exhibited his skills by coming up with a stunning free-verse poem on the spot, in which he congratulated his peers while simultaneously offering pointed commentary on the social climate, both domestic and foreign.

Mabrey’s first poetry experience was at an open mic in 2000.

“I was heartbroken, so I figured I’d perform a crappy breakup poem and move on,” said Mabrey. “I made a blubbering idiot of myself.”

Before his poetry success, Mabrey participated in speech contests which honed his ability to connect with the audience. After beginning to write and perform, Mabrey’s mother told him it was nothing new.

“After I started performing, my mother let me know that, for me, writing was nothing special. She said I had been writing since I was young,” Mabrey said.

Now a four-time champion, social awareness is at the heart of Mabrey’s work.

The first round of the IWPS final featured 14 poets who had qualified for the finals, covering complex topics of identity, race and suicide. Acknowledging not everyone in the audience had dealt directly with these issues, Mabrey said the topics are chosen to create empathy.

“You have to write where your lens is open wide enough so that more people than just the individual can feel it. When you’re talking

about racism, open it up so that people can be like ‘I’ve never dealt with that, but I know that feeling,’” Mabrey said. “It’s about small changes, notch by notch. You can express your ideas by ranting, but ranting creates tolerance, poetry creates empathy … Empathy promotes change.”

Poetry slams offer a marketplace for the sharing of ideas, experiences and feelings. The artists who performed during the event used that marketplace to discuss and challenge current understandings about race, identity and violence, among other topics. These discussions can have a powerful impact on the community as well as the individual.

Jeanne Freeland, a retired attorney and poetry lover who was at the poetry slam, shared a similar sentiment to Mabrey’s. “[Poetry] opens our hearts and our minds to each other. You don’t usually see people open up this way,” said Freeland.

After his final performance Mabrey began to cry, embracing other poets.

“You can perform with assholes who are great writers and great people who are poor writers, but performing with great writers who have great hearts is the greatest feeling you can have,” Mabrey said.

Audience members were affected by the event and the opportunity for discussion and expression it provided. Jack Meyer, a junior environmental studies and sustainability major, was in the audience and described the effect the slam had on him personally.

“I have different issues pressing on my mind now that usually aren’t,” said Meyer.

“The benefit of all the different backgrounds is that we get to hear about issues that are underrepresented in the area.”

Though listeners may have not been conscious of some of these issues before the event, many left with a new perspective. The performances of Mabrey and other poets left a impression on audience members.

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TOP: Poet Ed Mabrey performs in the second round of the Individual World Poetry Slam finals Oct. 15 in Prochnow Auditorium. Mabrey took home the gold with a final-round perfect score.

BOTTOM: Members of the audience score each poem out of 10 at the IWPS finals.

Michael Patacsil | The Lumberjack

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Reaching a new peak with Flagstaff’s first tattoo expo KARI SCOTT

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he body can be different things for different people — a temple, a tool or even a canvas. Body art, tattoos and piercings can serve as forms of self-expression or art appreciation. Body art can also create a bond between people, creating a community of its own.

The Peaks Expo at the Hotel Monte Vista will serve as Flagstaff ’s first tattoo convention Oct. 22-23 from noon to 10 p.m. Due to the health-code restrictions on body art in Coconino County, there has not been an event quite like this before. The management team

Cameron Chase, owner of the new Mirror Gallery tattoo shop, shows off his body art at his yet-to-open parlor.

Keely Damara | The Lumberjack

at Hotel Monte Vista has been planning the Peaks Expo since receiving approval from the Health Department in July.

“Our venue was just perfect for what we wanted to do,” said Jennifer Vargas, marketing manager for Hotel Monte Vista. “It has turned into a more convention, Artwalk-esque gathering.”

The idea for a tattoo convention at the hotel first came about when James Craven, owner of the Hotel Monte Vista, attended a tattoo festival in Prescott, Ariz.

Hotel Monte Vista has a history with the body art industry. The Tat-fu Tattoo shop was once located in the first floor of the Monte Vista. This expo has a unique flair and utilizes the venue’s hotel rooms to the fullest — the tattoo artists’ booths will be set up third and fourth floor room, which have been cleared of hotel furniture. Those attending the event can weave through the rooms to scope out and choose which artist they would like to be tattooed by or whose art they like best.

Local tattoo artist Cameron Chase and the tattoo artist known as Sug have also been leading characters in organizing the event.

Chase has taken on the challenge of opening his own tattoo shop while organizing the event. The up-and-coming shop, Mirror Gallery, is also the main sponsor for the Peaks Expo. He gained an interest in body art the day after he turned 18 years old, when he got his first tattoo. Chase has been a part of the tattoo community in Flagstaff for a long time, having apprenticed at Tat-Fu while pursuing a degree in business from NAU. After graduating in 2006, he decided to stay in the tattooing industry.

Being part of the convention is a feat for Mirror Gallery and Chase. Body art and the community are an integral part of Chase’s career, and he believes the stigma associated with body art is lessening.

“I think it has become extremely more popular nowadays and it has become almost a rite of passage for young people,” said Chase.

“It has turned into a pretty lucrative business that doesn’t have the same connotation it once had. It is more a part of everyday life for a lot of people — seeing tattoos and having tattoos — whereas before, it was different. So it is just a bigger industry now, it is much bigger and the artwork is much better.”

Mirror Gallery will not be participating in the live tattooing, but will be acting more as one of the vendors, selling art prints and merchandise.

The expo is designed to entertain a wider audience than just those with tattoos with several other activities being offered. There will be a piercer present, a barber, local bands playing in the lounge, a belly dancer and pinup contests.

“It’s not just about tattoos, it kind of a community thing. It’s just kind of a cool, fun thing for people to do whether you want to tattooed or not,” Chase said.

The expo will feature more than 100 individual tattoo artists. One of the notable booth at the expo will be the reunion of RataTattoo, the first tattoo shop ever in Flagstaff.

Tat-fu Tattoo and Body Piercing is the only current local shop that will be participating in the expo. Other artists will be coming from all around the country. Monte Vista manager Alex Kulig supports the idea of having known artists from around the country are coming to Flagstaff for the expo.

“The point is having a place where people can come and have different options than what

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they would have here,” said Kulig.

The ideal situation would be for a fan who has been actively following a tattoo artist to be able to get tattooed by that artist at the convention. The artists at the Peaks Expo were chosen by Chase and Sug. A full list of the artists featured at the event can be found at the event website, thepeaksexpo.com.

At the end of each day multiple awards will be give to tattoo artists, these awards will be for achievements like “best black and white tattoo,” “best color tattoo” and “best traditional tattoo.” The awards were hand-made with found wood and woodburned by a local artist.

Monte Vista manager Lindsay Kelsey is an

integral part in the award-giving process.

“It’s great to give someone an award to someone got something they do all the time and the awards are really beautiful,” said Kelsey.

This is the first year the event is being held, and those involved have high expectations for it and hope to make the Peaks Expo an annual event, making it bigger and better each year.

“I think that this year’s festival is going to be amazing, but I think next year’s is hopefully over the top,” Kulig said.

At its core, the Peaks Expo will be a celebration of body art and the community to be enjoyed by many.

Cameron Chase helped organize the first annual Peaks Expo. “A lot of people don’t get it,” said Chase about the name Mirror Gallery. “You are the artwork, what you see in the mirror is the artwork.” Keely Damara | The Lumberjack

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Playoffs?!

Football wins second straight

MATTHEW KIEWIET

KADE GILLISS

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hope I do not regret writing this — for as a life-long Dodger fan, I have watched them turn me into a liar each time I have tooted their horn — but now more than ever, I am confident in their postseason hopes. ESPN analyst Alex Cora made a great point during SportsCenter Sunday evening.

“In the playoffs it can come down to things like scouting reports,” said Cora.

There is no better team to create and execute a scouting report that is needed to defeat the best team in baseball than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Director of baseball operations Andrew Freeman and the Dodgers have focused their entire organization around statistical analysis and analytics.

So how valuable is Dave Roberts as a manager? Why hire someone who has been a part of baseball’s most historic comeback, after trailing the New York Yankees three games to zero?

The main argument against analytic-driven managing is the fact that humans are playing, and therefore no amount of data can accurately predict exactly what will happen. Humans feel added pressure in certain situations and it can affect their performance. The question becomes, how do you train your players to ignore the pressure and just play? Roberts appears to have the answer: trust.

Major League Baseball’s lengthy season is able to create an enormous data sample from which to draw and create accurate statistical analysis, and Roberts knows this.

The fact that Roberts is able to ignore his human instincts does not make him a robot; it makes him the best coach in the league.

He is able to make split-second decisions on the fly that are currently considered unheard of — decisions like bringing in “closer” Kenley Jansen in the seventh inning of game five of the NLDS — because he is 100 percent bought into the system and trusts the process. While this decision is, deservedly so, deemed as one of the grittiest managerial moves to date, it is also completely logical. It was such an easy decision for Roberts because it did not require any thought. A run in the seventh inning is worth the same amount as a run in the first, second, third and so on. These maneuvers, along with the confidence that he instills within his players, are what make him great. ~ THINK BLUE ~

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orthern Arizona’s defense came up big in their Homecoming victory over Idaho State, dominating 52–7 Oct. 15 at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome.

The defense did not miss a beat from last week’s three takeaway performance, as the Jacks forced four turnovers against the Bengals. Senior defensive linemen Siupeli Anau and junior Clarence Smith led the persistent attack as both combined for five sacks and a forced fumble.

Any momentum Idaho State had on offense was quickly ripped away as NAU forced two turnovers on touchdown-threatening drives.

“To come out today and play with the energy that we had was great,” said head coach Jerome Souers. “The actual matchups that took place today was not reflected in the score. Idaho State interrupted our running game and we were forced to make changes. The team stepped up as a whole. We made plays and scored points to win the game.”

Senior quarterback Blake Kemp seems to have found a connection with junior receiver Emmanuel Butler, who hauled in two touchdowns and 88 yards. The defense has forced seven takeaways the past two weeks and have consistently pressured opposing quarterbacks.

NAU moves to 3–4 after back-to-back wins and looks to build on this momentum after a shaky beginning to the season.

TOP: Junior defensive end Clarence Smith tackles Idaho quarterback Tanner Gueller and strips the ball, forcing a fumble, giving sophomore defensive lineman Kelepi Fifita the opportunity to recover it and run for a touchdown. LEFT: Junior wide receiver Hunter Burton catches a 47-yard touchdown from sophomore quarterback Hunter Correll. RIGHT: Senior wide receiver Emmanuel Butler makes an amazing catch down the sideline that put NAU in position to score its first touchdown of the game. Victoria Kaschl | The Lumberjack

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Jacks give Eastern Washington first Big Sky loss, keep pace in standings Big Sky standings Idaho Eastern Washington Sacramento State Idaho State Montana Northern Arizona Weber State Portland State Northern Colorado Southern Utah North Dakota

Conference record 5–1–1 4–1–2 4–2–2 4–3 3–2–2 3–2–2 3–4–1 3–4–1 3–4 1–5–1 1–6

Points 16 14 14 12 11 11 10 10 9 4 3

“We knew we had to win today in order to keep our season alive. It was a tough loss against them last year, so we knew we wanted to come out on the other side today. Everyone was prepared, and we were able to get it all done together.”

- Junior forward Adrian Nixt

TOP: NAU celebrates their win after the game against Eastern Washington at Max Spilsbury Field Oct. 16. LEFT: Freshman forward Shelbie O’Connor fights to maintain possession of the ball.

RIGHT: Junior forward Adrian Nixt (19) and junior defender Riley Moest (3) celebrate after a goal scored by Nixt during their victory over Eastern Washington. Andrew Holt Frazier | The Lumberjack

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