The Lumberjack - Issue 7, Volume 99

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Opinion: Occupy Wall Street movement, p 8 Life: Hipsters, p 12 A&E: Mountain films p 22

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Sports: Ify Umodu profile, p 21

Issue 7, VOL 99 Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2011

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FPD announces death of Police Chief Brent Cooper BY maria dicosola

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he Flagstaff Police Department and the community are mourning the loss of Chief of Police Brent Cooper, who was found dead on the corner of South 89 Highway and Purple Sage Trail on Sunday afternoon.

According to FPD community relations officer, Sgt. James Jackson, Cooper went on his usual morning run around 10 a.m. Sunday morning. After a few hours passed, a concerned family member called the police. They immediately started an intensive grounds search for Cooper, calling on FPD, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Coconino County Search and Rescue. FPD was informed from a passerby that there was a man on the ground near the Fort Tuthill area.

An FPD Sergeant was the first to arrive at the scene and began to perform rescue aid until a team from Flagstaff Medical Center arrived and continued to care for him. However, just after 3 p.m.

Cooper was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jackson said his death does not only affect the police office, but the entire Flagstaff community. see CHIEF page 7

Occupy T Flagstaff nationwide protests reflected in

BY Alexis Paiz and William Brown

TOP: A protester, who would only be identified as “Anonymous,” wears an altered American flag at the Occupy Flagstaff event. BOTTOM: Protesters march toward banks around Flagstaff on Saturday. Their destinations included Chase Bank and Bank of America. (Photos by Daniel Daw)

his past Thursday, community mem- described the true nature of the protest. bers lined up and down the sidewalk in “We are the 99 percent . . . We are not front of Flagstaff City Hall in support of fighting the wealthy here, but rather the one the Occupy Wall Street percent who control evVisit northernarizonanews.com protests. erything from political for a photo slideshow of the Over a hundred to social to economic protests, as well as an interpeople attended the institutions, who — with view with a former NAU stuevent — Occupy Flagtheir greed and corrupdent who was arrested prostaff — and nearly all tion — had killed our testing in New York were bearing signs with dream, the American slogans such as, “It is dream, and left us with the people whom all the authority belongs” or no choice but to revolt.”

“Wake up, America!”

Many of the protesters in attendance Occupy Flagstaff’s official Facebook page see OCCUPY page 4

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Flagstaff Mountain Film Fest [2 p.m./Orpheum Theater] Cabaret Auditions [6 p.m./Theatrikos]

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Corrections ISSUE 6: The Lumberjack regrets the mistakes made in the preview section on the front page of our last issue.

ISSUE 6: In the photo caption for the article, “Getting the right fit,” photographer Chenoa Shondee’s name was misspelled.

PoliceBeat Oct. 3 At 12:03 a.m., staff from Wilson Hall reported several subjects who appeared to be smoking marijuana outside of Aspen Crossing.

Officers were dispatched. One subject was deferred for possession of drug paraphernalia, and an additional subject was deferred for use of marijuana.

At 2:01 a.m., the staff from Cline Library reported an intoxicated subject passed out due to intoxication in the computer lab.

Officers, Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD) and Guardian Medical Transport (GMT) were dispatched, but FFD and GMT were cancelled once the subject revived himself. The subject was field interviewed and asked not to come to the library drunk or he would risk trespassing charges.

At 10:56 a.m., an intoxicated

By Shari Malone

Performance by Brian DeMarco [7 p.m. /Altitudes Bar & Grill]

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

[8 p.m./Theatrikos]

Sunday Night Karaoke [8 p.m./The Green Room]

Scandinavian Fair [9 a.m./San Francisco De Asis School]

NAU Volleyball: NAU vs.

Idaho State [7:30 p.m./Rolle Activity Center] Pool N Pong Night [8 p.m./Green Room]

Global Rthythms [7 p.m./Ashurst Hall Building 11]

Friday, Oct. 14 Performance by “Two Gentlemen of Verona” [8 p.m./Clifford E. White Theater]

pumpkin walk (saturday@ 6 a.m. — arboretum) ring Get into the season du th wi t a fresh morning spensh. nature’s best squa scandinavian fair— (saturday @ 9 a.m.

San Francisco De Asis School) n’t have to be a do u Yo a viking to like looking at lik o bunch of people wh e. e dressing like they ar

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

[8 p.m./Theatrikos]

At 2:04 p.m., staff with Purchasing reported a passenger side window busted out of one of their department vehicles. The incident occurred on Oct. 3 between 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

An officer was dispatched and the case was closed with leads exhausted.

Performance by Joytis [10 p.m./Flagstaff Brewing Co.]

Performance by Deepa [9 p.m./Mia’s Lounge]

Saturday, Oct. 15

Performance by the Pimps of Joytime [10 p.m./Lumberyard Brewing Co.]

At 3:24 p.m., a student reported their parking permit had been taken from their car while it was parked in parking garage 96A. The incident occurred between Sept. 26 at an see POLICE page 6

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Bicycle Polo [5:30 p.m./NAU sports field]

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subject was reported to be harassing students and bus drivers at the Reilly Hall bus stop.

Officers were dispatched. The subject was arrested and booked on valid warrants out of the Navajo County Sherriff’s Office and Coconino County Sherriff’s Office.

Oct. 5

Monday, Oct. 17

Vocal Jazz Night [8 p.m./Ardrey Memorial Auditorium]

Pumpkin Walk [6 a.m./Arboreteum at flagstaff] ONA Dark Skies Concert [7 p.m./Coconino Center for the Arts]

Sunday, Oct. 16 Farmers’ Market [8 a.m./ City Hall] Kokopelli Ensemble [3 p.m./Ashurst Hall]

Wine Tasting [6 p.m. /Wine Loft] School of Music Horizons Series [7:30 p.m./Ashurst Hall] Karaoke with Ricky Bill [8 p.m./Monte Vista Lounge]

Tuesday, Oct. 18 NAU International Film Series [7 p.m./Liberal Arts Building, Room 136] NAU Film Series [7 p.m./Cline Library] Two-Step Tuesdays [8 p.m./Green Room]

Wednesday, Oct. 19 Native American Film Series [7 p.m./Cline Library Assembly Hall] Ladies ‘80s [8 p.m./Green Room] Open Mic Night [9 p.m./Mia’s Lounge]

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were masked, but even some unmasked protesters refused to divulge their last names. One protester, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the nature of their protest put them at odds with the government.

“We are standing up against the government, and putting your name out there attached to that message can be dangerous,” the protester said.

One protester, who only identified himself by the pseudonym of “Uncle Scam,” is an NAU alum from the class of 2008. His protest sign read, “Ur/Ru the sum total of your debts.” He said his main point of contention is student debt.

“If they can forgive J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs for their transgressions, they can forgive some college graduates in America for some of their transgressions and their debts . . . there’s plenty of money to go around,” the protester said.

“Uncle Scam” also said the protests are rapidly springing up in many cities across the country and in cities in Europe.

“I think it’s great,” “Uncle Scam” said. “We took it from Wall Street to Main Street, and it’s all over now. It’s in Germany. It’s in London. It’s everywhere . . . because most of the people in the world are the 99 percent. We just want to live a decent life. We don’t want to be greedy. We don’t want to be piggish. We want to be happy and healthy and human beings.”

One protester, Jana Comstock, said the economic struggles of Americans are something everyone should be concerned about.

“It relates to everyone,” Comstock said. “It relates to everyone who is struggling right now, who is living off loans, who can’t afford food or rent or their bills . . . everyone can relate. I really hope that it goes until it produces meaningful change for [common] people.”

Comstock said if enough people join together, the protests could really make a difference.

“We are the 99 percent,” Comstock said. “If everyone joins and believes in this cause, then we can send a message to those in power. Just look at what happened in other countries just recently. So, you know, it’s possible. This is the belly of the beast and we have to get in and finally speak out.”

A strong belief of those present was the strength of not having a single person in charge of the protest. Kaylee Schorey, one of the people who helped spread word of the event, said the lack of a central figure was quite deliberate.

“The whole movement itself is supposed to represent a community approach, instead of one person dictating what’s going on in this movement,” Schorey said.

Her brother, Kyle Schorey, said he hoped the protests raised the awareness of the public. “[From] Flagstaff specifically, I think, spreading awareness about [the] Occupy Wall Street movement [is most important],” Schorey said. “They’ve been occupying Wall Street for 19 days now, and there hasn’t been a whole lot of mainstream media coverage. I think just getting the word out and letting people know [is best and] I’d be satisfied with that.”

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TOP, BOTTOM: Protesters at Flagstaff City Hall for Occupy Flagstaff.

RIGHT: Jayci Ferrimani holds a prounion sign at Occupy Flagstaff.

InTheNews Occupy Flagstaff protests continue on with weekend march

BY William Brown

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n Saturday, the Occupy Flagstaff demonstrators returned to Flagstaff City Hall to continue their protest movement. In an event that went from noon to 6 p.m., the demonstrators gathered to display signs, chant and march through downtown Flagstaff.

Saturday’s event drew close to the same numbers as Thursday’s, with upwards up a hundred people attending. While there were several repeat demonstrators, new to the group were the large number of NAU students.

Chelsea Eyers, a senior political science major, said she believes students need to be politically active.

“I think it’s really important,” Eyers said.

“We’re out here fighting because it’s the 99 percent of the American population that isn’t represented correctly by our government. Sixty-one percent of students, especially in Arizona, that have unmet financial aid that goes completely overlooked by government in Arizona. It’s important because we are the future, we are the majority in that we’re not just going to stand around and let this happen to us anymore.”

Jenn Hancock, a sophomore international affairs major, said she thinks it is the responsibility of students to take part in events such as Occupy Flagstaff.

“I think it’s our duty as students to be out here fighting for this kind of stuff,” Hancock said.

“I mean, no one else is going to do it for us; so being the future generation, it’s kind of up to us to get us back on track.”

Eyers also said she feels students are financially ignored because the federal government has the wrong priorities.

“I’m pissed that there’s not enough money coming towards us,” Eyers said. “We always talk about matters of homeland security, and preparing for the future and making sure the nation’s secure. I think education is one of the biggest ways we can secure ourselves as a nation, and if we’re not investing in that sense of security, then we’re investing in the wrong places.”

Tim Haynes, an NAU graduate student, said he hopes the movement will change the views of people toward politics.

“Most of all, I’m hoping that it’s really going to affect people’s decision-making when it comes time for the elections: the primaries this year, and the general elections next year,” Haynes said. “I’m really hoping that this movement will affect people’s decisions about what’s important and it will have a really strong impact on their priorities. I, for one, think job creation and focusing on domestic issues within the United States . . . should be the top priority of our federal government — and I don’t feel like it is.”

Jenna Lokken, one of the organizers of the event, said she is optimistic about its impact.

“To me, this is all about togetherness, it’s all about coming together,” Lokken said. “My hope for the future is that we just get bigger and bigger and bigger.”

Jim Anderson, a consultant for non-profit groups in Flagstaff, said he came to the demonstration because he thinks the protesters are right.

“It’s the inequality,” Anderson said. “It’s those very few who have taken everything and left the country in shambles. They’ve stolen people’s homes, they’ve stolen their livelihoods, they’ve stolen their retirement, they’ve stolen children’s and students’ future. And there are not enough guys like me that come out to something like this.

It’s easy for the pundits and the media to look at some of the folks in the crowd and call them names. I’m here to confuse [them] a little bit, but I’m here because I believe in the cause. I’ve always fought injustice, and I’ll never stop fighting injustice.”

Anderson also said one of the problems the country faces is revenue mismanagement.

“It’s not the fact that we’re spending too much; it’s the fact that we won’t get revenue from where it should be coming from,” Anderson said.

“And revenue should be coming from smart sources and from those who have it. You can’t keep squeezing those with nothing and expect them to keep giving everything when those with everything give nothing.”

From Main Street to Wall Street:

A former NAU student who participated and was arrested during Occupy Wall Street protests in the New York City on Oct. 1 speaks about what the movement means to her and her experiences — on NorthernArizonaNews.com Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2011 | The Lumberjack 5

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unknown time and Oct. 3 at 3 p.m.

An officer was dispatched and information was taken.

At 5:38 p.m., a coach with the NAU Quidditch Club reported a club member had threatened his wife.

An officer was dispatched and information was taken.

Oct. 6 At 1:02 p.m., staff at the High County Conference Center reported a subject came into the building during a job fair, threw paint on one of the booths and then ran from the building. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m.

Officers were dispatched.

The subject was gone on PD arrival.

At 1:34 p.m., staff at the ROTC building reported a student had made threatening statements earlier in the day.

The incident occurred on Oct. 6 at about 12:45 p.m.

An officer was dispatched and the case is open and is pending further investigation.

At 2:48 p.m., a subject reported she had given money to a subject in Sechrist Hall who was selling magazine subscriptions. The incident occurred at about noon.

An officer was dispatched. The subject had a subscription form and was advised to contact the company for a refund. The case was unfounded, as it was a civil matter.

At 4:53 p.m., Sechrist Hall staff reported solicitors in the building.

An officer was dispatched.

The subjects were gone on arrival. Hall staff was provided with information and was told to call if the solicitors returned.

At 11:41 p.m., staff at Raymond Hall requested assistance as residents in a room had disabled the smoke detector in the room, and were possibly smoking hookah or marijuana. With the room’s smoke detector disconnected, hall staff was unable to reset the smoke detector panel.

Officers were dispatched.

The residents were smoking hookah and were advised to reactivate the smoke detector.

Hall staff was then able to reset the panel.

Oct. 7 At 5:17 p.m., a parent picking up a resident at McConnell Hall reported his son’s roommate had drug paraphernalia in their room.

An officer was dispatched.

The roommate was contacted, cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia.

At 5:19 p.m., staff at the University Union reported two males possibly soliciting money from students.

Officers were dispatched.

The subjects were gone on arrival.

Oct. 8 At 2:25 a.m., staff from Campus Heights Apartments called to report that two unknown subjects had keyed into a resident’s apartment 40 minutes prior, leaving as soon as they had entered the wrong room.

An officer was dispatched but no crime had occurred.

It appeared the subjects were confused or intoxicated. The lock shop was contacted to rekey the apartment.

At 8:57 a.m., a resident of South Apartment Complex called to report his girlfriend’s sister was at the apartment causing a problem for him.

An officer was dispatched.

The girlfriend’s sister was leaving upon arrival. The reporting party was provided information on getting an injunction against harassment. The residence hall staff was advised of the situation.

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NAU receives $2.5 million grant to study climate change

BY Aurelia Acquati

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AU’s College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences (CEFNS) has recently been awarded $2.5 million grant funds by the National Science Foundation for experiment and research purposes.

This grant will go toward constructing the Southwest Experimental Garden Array, in which scientists will be able to better discern the impacts of climate change on various plant genotypes — and communities — throughout northern Arizona.

Tom Whitham, regents professor in the department of biological sciences, is the lead investigator for this project. He said the construction of this garden array is a great achievement for NAU and will help scientists study how plants are directly affected by our planet’s changing climate.

“By having an array along an

elevational gradient, we can really study how climate change affects the plants that we all depend upon for survival,” Whitham said. “An array, as we have it, is a series of experimental gardens or forests that are spread out from low elevation to high elevation, and as climate change kicks in, what’s currently living at higher elevations is going to be forced to move up to higher and higher elevations, to find the same temperature and moisture.”

The dean of the college, Paul W. Jagodzinski, said receiving this grant is an honor for the students and faculty members on campus.

“This is a very important grant for our college,” Jagodzinski said. “It shows that NAU and our college has significant expertise and reputation in climate science research, in environmental research and ecological research. So, it actually reflects very, very positively on the institution and the people who are here.”

Jagodzinski also said this ex-

periment will be a unique way for students in numerous majors to get involved in different types of research, and work with professional scientists during the project.

“The project not only involves the department of biological sciences, but also electrical engineering, computer science — and also involves someone from the forest services,” Jagodzinski said.

Erin Abbott, a junior biology major, said researching plants — and how they react to different climates — is a great way to go about this experiment.

“Since plants can be so areaspecific, you will either see an evolution in the plants’ genetics, or decline in population,” Abbott said.

The Southwest Experimental Garden Array will be a multi-year experiment, which will aid scientists in further discovering how climate change affects various plants and how they can help fix the problems facing society today.

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“He dedicated the last 33 years of his life serving the community, definitely forging the way for community policing here in the city,” Jackson said. “He is going to be greatly missed, by not only the police department, but by the community.”

Gerry Blair, spokesperson for CCSO, who worked alongside Cooper for over two decades, said the chief had a major impact on law enforcement in the state and federal levels as well.

“On a personal level, before I went to work for the sheriff’s office, I worked for the police department for 30 years and I spent about 26 of those years working with Brent Cooper,” Blair said. “He was a professional, he was a dedicated friend and a dedicated police chief, and he was respected and admired by certainly everyone at the sherriff’s office, certainly all of the men and women under his command, but even more on a statewide, and even a federal level, he was known as a real innovator and leader in law enforcement.”

But despite the department’s loss, Blair assured it is not hindering their performance. In fact, he hopes other officers will take Cooper’s death to heart, and remember

the feeling when dealing with other people in similar situations.

“Even though we are grieving and mourning, it’s business as usual because people depend on us,” Blair said. “It’s sad when anyone passes away, and we try to remember as law enforcement officers how we feel when a loved one like Brent Cooper passes away, and . . . we try to maintain that when we’re dealing with loved ones of people who maybe we don’t know them, and we try to put ourselves in their place so that we give them the same empathy.”

Jackson said the department will continue to exemplify Cooper’s values.

“He was proud of the exemplary service that we provided to our community,” Jackson said. “He’s been a stickler on that, and even in his absence we’re going to continue forging on and moving forward with his vision and his insight on what community policing was about.”

Cooper is survived by his wife, daughter, son and other close family members.

“It’s a lot of sadness, but I can tell you we’re celebrating Chief Cooper’s life for what he was, the memories that we have of him,” Jackson said.

Details on the funeral service were not available as of press time.

Global Rhythms

A Celebration of Indian Culture

Southwest Behavioral Sciences

Srinivas Krishnan and Guests October 15th , 7:00 pm at Ashurst

Srinivas Krishnan has collaborated with AR Rahman for over a decade and the most successful project to date is Slumdog Millionaire.

Srini is a world percussionist and founder of the Global Rhythms Ensemble estd in the mid 90s. Srini lives in India and will be performing on percussion and vocals in this show.

He has been invited to perform at the Hollywood Bowl, Duke, Cornell, Berklee College of Music besides other centers around India.

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Editorial&Opinion

Americans finally angry with the right people Staff Editorial

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t first it was easy for the media to dismiss the protestors in New York — their message a muddled mix of anti-capitalistic, leftist rhetoric. But the demonstrators refused to go away, and their cause spread to the streets of Flagstaff.

Most of the country has by now heard some spin on the protests, which is both a blessing and a curse depending on which side of the aisle you tend to twiddle your thumbs on. Republicans condemn the movement, referring to them as a “mob” and “some of the most uninformed people.” Ann Coulter even weighed in and pointed out the “obvious analogy” between the protestors and the rise of the Nazi Party in impoverished Germany.

Democrats, however, aren’t exactly riding the political wave. In the case of Caucus chairman John Larson and others, they are giving support but not condoning the protestors’ methods. So how do you explain the uninterrupted growth of the movement in the form of sister protests around the nation, announcements of support from a dozen Unions and media coverage going from negligence to a full on circus of casually dressed reporters?

As Paul Krugman with the New York Times put it, “…it’s because we are finally mad at the right people.” But not everyone has caught on, and it’s because they haven’t been listening. Let’s reach back in our memory and see what comes up. You might remember a couple of years ago — before Obama

Editorial cartoon by Nykii Ryan

took our pocket change and our tactical assault rifles — weakened federal regulations on banks opened the arena for complex financial schemes which exploited corporate loopholes, defaulting those banks and sending us headlong into an economic crisis. Corporations were in trouble. With our behemoth job creators on the brink of extinction, we bailed the banks out,

and the auto companies and the corporate manufacturers. And during all this we somehow still maintained our love affair with capitalism.

We had no choice, though; we had to kiss the hand that fed, otherwise the free market would have collapsed.

Wealth may indeed trickle down, but being bankrupt flows like a river from the sky. Now instead of balancing our

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budget we’re raising the debt ceiling.

Instead of developing careers for the future we’re trying to throw jobs at the unemployed like crusty bandages.

When Obama proposed to pay for his jobs bill by taxing millionaires, Republicans shot it down without thinking twice. Partisan warfare has completely hindered political progress. The Occupy Wall Street protes-

tors might be unorganized, but if the individuals we elected to fix our problems actually accomplished their jobs, it wouldn’t be up to unqualified citizens to try to do it for them.

The protests spread across the nation for a reason. Occupy Flagstaff happened for a reason. Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party — as painful as using them in the same sentence is — are immutable evidence that the people are not being represented. But instead of listening to the people who are fed up with a corporate-beholden Congress, we sound the socialist alarm and criticize their intelligence.

How much longer can it last?

How much longer can politicians protect their corporate piggy banks and not the American people? When will we control corporate tax accountability as heavily as we do an individual’s ability to marry the person they love?

Sure people struggling with college debt took their loans on voluntarily, but if the taxes we paid subsidized public education a fraction of what they do for our military, our students wouldn’t graduate with a five figure bill. We need to begin investing in human capital.

The Occupy Wall Street protestors may fade into obscurity once our attention deficit takes hold — but what won’t go away is the people who were lied to by politicians. Our national deficit won’t go away, our energy dependence, our unemployment problems and our environmental crises won’t go away unless we begin a dialogue to stop the political obfuscation.

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Buses still problematic despite new routes

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ou know that feeling you get when you wait forever for the bus and once it finally arrives the bus is full? Well, many students this year have faced that same tiring feeling this semester. The bus system is one thing on campus that is always changing.

Students have complained about multiple bus systems and this year the new route has stirred up natasha more unhappy opinions. reeves Anthony Girardi, a junior at NAU, finds the bus system to be ineffective and a disappointment this year.

“I’ve been going to NAU for three years now and not only do I feel that the bus system is unreliable, but each year the bus system has disappointed me even further. The buses take too long to get to the stops causing people to be late for class. Buses also completely pass people waiting at the stops because there are too many people who are packed like sardines on the bus already,” Girardi said.

Last year there was only one bus route and people were just as jampacked as they are now. While last year’s one-route system had people crammed into a bus, there should be no excuse for this year as it is a newly refined system.

“As of recently, because of the bus system, parking lots have been taken out and because of this, I can no longer drive to those places and pick up a friend or drive them back; instead I have to make them walk,” Girardi said.

With the destruction of multiple parking lots, there has been a domino effect on not only driving but parking.

Parking lots are even fuller than they were last year; the parking garage sold out permits close to a month before school started, and the waiting list was nearly full. Those who have experienced the crowded and competitive atmosphere of the parking garages should be able to relate.

The repurposed road that runs by the NAU Bookstore and Gateway Student Success Center is only for buses; this is inconvenient for those who want to park near the Bookstore. It is essential for many students to get to

that area of campus.

Another negative side of the new bus system is that it completely misses one side of campus. The bus no longer stops near Cline Library or other buildings along parts of South Knoles Drive. There are a good nuber of students who take issue with this facet of the new route.

“I think the new bus system is not very efficient because it doesn’t go on the west side of campus,” said junior Max Armstrong.

People get frustrated because they have to congregate in one spot just to get from place to place. Many of the bus stops are restricted to one area; for example, the area with the most bus stops is the new route along north campus. With the construction, a lot of people are being forced into one area which has caused some bus stops to become crowded. Unfortunately, none of these new construction sites are going to be any new bus stops. However, a new parking garage will be built near the bus route; while the parking garage will be useful it still does not completely help this one-route system.

Republicans actively sabotaging the economy

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n Tuesday, Senate Republicans voted to kill President Obama’s jobs bill. Forty-six of the 47 Republican senators joined with two Democrats and aborted the bill, ending another attempt by the president to bolster a sinking economy.

The bill would have included payroll tax cuts for both workers and businesses, jobless aid and aid to local governments like the City of Flagstaff, to avoid John Westover laying off teachers and policemen. This would have been paid for with a 5.6 percent increase in taxes on those making over $1 million, which would raise $450 billion over the course of a decade. This bill, a desperately needed attempt to help the economy, was opposed by Republicans before it even escaped President Obama’s mouth.

So far very few have been will-

ing to say what seems obvious at this point: Republicans are very deliberately sabotaging attempts to help recover the economy. Some columnists, such as Paul Krugman, have alluded to this idea. In September, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appeared on MSNBC and said, “You get the feeling there are some who actually want the economy to fail.”

Most recently, a fundraising e-mail from the president’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, came out and said: “Their strategy, s to suffocate the economy for the sake of what they think will be a political victory . . . They’re doing everything in their power to make sure nothing gets done.”

With the deliberate suffocating of Obama’s jobs bill piled on to the other events of the past year, this theory is almost impossible to refute. There has been at least one Republican in Congress who has openly said he will do whatever it takes to prevent Obama

from being re-elected.

President Obama has been presented with a very rare opportunity to go justifiably on the offensive. The evidence is overwhelming, and he ought to come out and say it. Republicans in Congress are actively working against the American public. President Obama has literally nothing to lose; the Republicans have made it abundantly clear that they are unwilling, in any context, to work with him on anything, and he should emphasize this when he can.

Several years ago in this very publication, I, a staunch advocate of Ron Paul, proposed that the Republican party needed to adapt if it were to survive. But hey have not. They have pretended to back the Tea Party while holding on desperately to their destructive idelogies. And their time has finally come. Even a cursory examination of the Republican Party’s actions shows how irresponsible and desperate for political capital they have become.

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ur parents always taught us not to believe everything we hear — especially on the internet. Privately run political blogs are often quick to bring thoughts of crazy, un-educated extremists ranting about politics and economics that they know nothing about. Often acting as their own researchers and editors, private bloggers are not under any obligation to stay unbiased. The only lines they must stay in are those that will not get them charged with libel. But when you take a step back, these limited guidelines can actually be seen as an advantage to these vigilant people if used carefully. Often major issues go underreported by popular media sources from either side of the political spectrum. Knowing there are people who want the public to understand what is really going on in our society, especially politically, is empowering to Amanda the public. horner Political blogs written by ordinary citizens who feel they have something to say may not be such a bad thing, really.

Media censorship is much less involved with private blogs. Though credibility is a much bigger factor to consider than it would be in simply reading the New York Times, fact-checking is a viable solution.

This is not to say all people who blog about politics are insightful.

Nevertheless, gaining new perspectives from people who are not paid journalists is not a bad idea, assuming you find the right blog. Many different sources and opinions are what keep Americans lively in politics — something we should try to encourage. From newspapers to politifact.com to personal blogs, being well-read in each of these sources can keep us really informed and active.

One example is overlawyered.com, a man who is “chronicling the high price of our legal system” by documenting cases of litigation that he feels degrade the legal system. This acknowledgement of failures in personal responsibility and lack of legal integrity in many cases are fascinating and relevant to how our legal and political systems are functioning today. You can also find links to the sources directly on the site. Websites like these are not uncommon, but many are not popular, and can be difficult to find. Quite a few public figures haveblogs, and even those without direct political involvement still have an extensive education in fields like journalism or political science.

Julian Sanchez, “a Washington D.C based writer who discusses the intersections of privacy, technology and politics,” is a great example of this. Blogs also allow more analysis and depth in writing because they have fewer restraints on content length. It sounds tedious, but keeping minds politically engaged is something Americans should strive to do.

At the very least, getting one’s own voice out is important.

Whether anybody takes you seriously should not be the main concern. Self-expression is imperative, especially if it is something you are passionate about. Nobody has to, or should, take everything they read on the internet so seriously. But let us give credit where credit is due, and see that many people can have something to say we can take into consideration. We should evaluate each person’s political ideal individually — not make sweeping assumptions that everyone on the internet is simply babbling or uneducated. Doing so can cause us to miss valuable perspectives.

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A counterculture of mainstreamers

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BY emily litvack

eriously, what is the hipster movement? Let’s face it, it most

definitely is not a “counterculture” as it is commonly defined. In fact, hipsterism, ironically enough, is really quite mainstream.

The social phenomenon of hipsters is rooted in the 1940s jazz scene, when a “hipster” was slang for an African American who embraced the lifestyle of a jazz musician. By the late 1950s, hipsters had evolved into Caucasians looking to disassociate themselves from popular white culture in favor of jazz, poetry, drugs and relaxed sexual codes. Hipsters from the 1940s and ’50s were defined by an air of elitism and superlative knowledge, not unlike the neo-hipsters of later decades.

The early hipsters worked against the grain with little effort, making it a far less superficial movement than today’s. Being a true hipster did not, for example, depend greatly on your ensemble.

Then came a dry spell for the hipster.

From the 1960s to the mid-1990s, there was see HIPSTER page 14

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not really a hipster scene to be spoken of. There were the hippies of the mid to late ’60s and various subcultures, of course, but none that operated within the hipster framework.

The hipster then reemerged from obscurity in 1999.

Zeynep Arsel, an assistant professor of marketing at Concordia University in Montreal, refers to herself as a “hipsterologist.” Arsel believes hipsterism was brought back into American culture by conventional middle-class consumers “insecure about their place in the world” and the threat of indie consumerism.

The new hispter still flaunted exclusivity and a pretentious attitude, but he was different in many ways. He had developed a distinct and infamous sense of irony. In an article published in Yale Daily News, a graduate of the university said, “The true mark of hipsterdom is . . . treating everything with the same tongue-in-cheek attitude.” The new hipster was also jaded and apathetic. A new counterculture of anticonsumerism was born. They were known also as “indie” (as in independent), alternative and bohemian.

Their personal ideologies, however, would quickly interfere with their need for paychecks. Herein lies some fantastic irony.

Indeed, the indie kids became the victims of their own beloved irony when sociologist Richard Lloyd documented his observations from an area of Chicago where many hipsters resided. You see, these wannabe artists worked day jobs in bars and coffee shops and at art galleries and dot-com companies, so in fact it was these anti-consumerists who pumped new blood into America’s capitalistic economy.

By the early 2000s, the hipster culture was flourishing in cities such as Seattle, San Francisco and parts of New York City. The definition of the contemporary hipster was expanding tenfold.

In Seattle, for example, the birth of grunge music that continued on throughout the 1990s allowed youth in the city a chance to reveal some superior knowledge. They followed in the grand tradition of the hipster­which is reliant on musical obscurity. But, alas, grunge’s appeal would later widen and it would become the mainstream choice for American kids. Yeah, ever heard of Nirvana? How about Pearl Jam? Thought so.

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Later in the early 2000s, these youth had gleaned knowledge of the issue of global warming and sustainability, quickly adding the label of “green” to their lifestyle. Of course, this was key in permanently changing the face of hipster politics.

They adopted veganism, biking as a mode of transportation and the use of reusable/biodegradable products. Also, they now shared a uniform fashion sense, interest in indie music and film and an aesthetic lifestyle that emulates the working class. Critics of contemporary hipsters claim their interest in working class symbols is solely for the sake of aesthetics, leaving them “drained of meaning.” In an Adbusters article titled “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization,” social commentator Douglas Haddow said, “We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a selfobsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality.” Perhaps while hipsters are casually sipping on Pabst Blue Ribbon and smoking cigarettes in the confines of some urban bar that is equal parts seedy and trendy, the working class citizens of 18th century America are rolling in their graves. Perhaps according to the critics of hipster culture, their admiration for vinyl records and pastoral settings are merely a façade, meant to make the youth seem more multilayered than they are.

If we look at this movement critically (and I mean very critically), it seems to be just a bunch of middle-class suburban kids searching for a culture to cling to, a place in life.

Maybe this woefully ironic mainstream “subculture” was born out of a mass existential crisis . . . or boredom. You know, just some food for thought.

At any rate, these expansions on what it meant to be a hipster made them increasingly easy to target in terms of marketing. For a bunch of hipsters who claim anti-consumerism in their invisible doctrine, one would think they might be a more difficult target.

For example, in a research paper written for the international journal Tobacco Control, health professional Stanton A. Glantz writes that the American cigarette company, Camel, was “marketing hipster aesthetics to sell cigarettes.” He says, “Since 1995, [Camel has] developed its marketing campaigns to better suit the lifestyle, image identity and attitudes of hip trendsetters (so-called ‘hipsters’), and Camel's brand identity actively shifted to more closely convey the hipster persona.

Camel emphasized in-venue events such as promotional music tours to link the brand and smoking to activities and symbols appealing to hipsters and their emulating masses.”

Yet again, it seems, hipster anti-consumerist sentiments will have to take a backseat to trends, which is why many say there is such widespread disdain for hipsters in American society.

The CEO of American Apparel said in August of 2010 that he did not want the brand to be associated with hipsterism and that the word “hipster” was “over.” One must question, of course, if this statement was meant to ward off the widespread disgust for hipsters and the clothing associated with them. Evidently, hipsterism and its place in America had evolved since its birth in the 1940s.

Still, by late 2009, it had reached unforeseen heights of popularity, posing a problem for its penchant for exclusivity.

Places where hipsters shopped, blogs they wrote and read, bars and coffee shops they drank at, clubs where they socialized: It all became well-known and enjoyed by non-hipsters.

The coveted exclusivity of hipsterism was in jeopardy. Skinny jeans are the quintessential example of this. Skin-tight pants are not new to fashion. According to an article in New York Magazine, they entered vogue in 1956, when they were “adapted from a bohemian demimonde of dancers and artists.” They “[signified] a lean, artistic minimalism when worn by doe-eyed ingenues like Audrey Hepburn.” Since then, they have “squeezed in and out of fashion.” By around 2006, hipsters claimed skinny jeans as their archetypal form of pants and, in later years, aspiring hipsters across the nation took on the trend. Now skinny jeans are a staple in mainstream fashion.

Mainstreaming has muddled the future of hipsterism.

Because being avant-garde is so important, hipsters must ask, “What now? What’s the point of calling this a ‘counterculture’ when everyone takes part?” Douglas Haddow believes in the movements ability to survive, calling the movement a constantly “mutating” entity. In contrast to their indie-bohemian creed, Los Angeles Times music writer August Brown, foresees a more “primitive” aesthetic where American idols like Ke$ha take the lead. (Fingers crossed that he’s wrong). Perhaps the movement will actually embrace its newfound popularity.

Clearly, hipsters have been and continue to be a vital piece of American culture. And, yes, I said culture, not subculture.

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I was lapped by Lance Armstrong

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One Lumberjack’s spontaneous quest to finish a triathlon

ou know when you suddenly get that feeling inside telling you to do something more with your life? Yeah. That happened to me mid-June when I was sitting around Flagstaff, bored. Finally something in me said, “I want to do a triathlon!” So it was settled.

I was going to spend the rest of my summer in beautiful Flagstaff training for a triathlon.

The race I chose to do was called the Urban Dirt Sprint Triathlon. It consisted of a 750 meter swim, 12 mile mountain bike ride, and 3 mile run. Not only did the distances seem maria dicosola manageable, but the selling point for me was the slip n’ slide finish. Although the event didn’t advertise it until the day of the race, there were

several pro racers at the event, including Lance Armstrong.

Although I set my mind on this tri, I had yet to even own a mountain bike, and never even bothered to swim more than a few laps in the pool. Once I had a bike, I went riding on the urban trail system as well as Schultz Pass. Although mountain biking was certainly harder for me than road biking, I slowly got over my fear of falling off cliffs or running into trees.

So, once I started to get the whole biking thing rolling, I figured I should probably start swimming. When I first tried to swim, it took me nearly 45 minutes to do the 750 meter swim — something that I was planning to cut down to 25 minutes — which is still not that great of a time.

I have attempted to do distance running many times throughout high school, but it is just not my thing. I couldn’t stand hearing myself breath heavily, and the moment I felt like I was exerting myself too much, I just stopped, let out a few swear words, pretended to “stretch” on the side of the road so as to not look like a failure to the passing by cars and continued on my way.

I started to map runs online and force myself

to finish them, no matter how much I walked.

However, I have to admit, I still could not run the full 3 miles by the day of the race.

So I continued working out fairly regularly throughout the rest of the summer, as I had plenty of time to do so. And when I didn’t feel like working out, my boyfriend would force me to — promising me chocolate if I went on my run (food is a good motivator for me).

When I got to Tempe Town Lake, I had about an hour to set up, warm up, stretch and be nervous. The first leg, the swim, went much better than I expected. I placed 29th for females on the swim at 19 minutes.

After getting out of the water it was time for the bike. My transition, which was in the sand, took FOREVER. Note: bring a bucket of water to rinse your feet off if your transition is in the sand.

Despite a few setbacks, I eventually made it on my bike and was ready to hit the trail. Remember when I said I hadn’t ridden in over a month? Well that was a horrible idea. Getting on the loose gravel instantly made me regret my decision to stay off the bike. I knew right then this would be a rough ride. Not only had I never

raced mountain before, but the pros there were not going to stop for anything. You either get out of their way, or get trampled. Within the first minute of the race I was nearly run over by Mr. Armstrong.

Once the horror of the bike was done, I was really tempted not to do the run. However, I promised myself I would finish, so I made sure I did just that. As I left for my run, my legs instantly felt the fatigue from the bike. Not only that, but a majority of the track was steep, narrow and rocky. I probably only ran half of the trail, but I didn’t care. I just wanted to finish. Right when I was ready to just give up, I hear “half a mile to go!”

Longest. half mile. of my life. Cussing nonstop, using a combination of walking, jogging and skipping due to boredom, I gradually made it to where the finish line was visible. That’s when I see my supportive boyfriend and sister who begin to run with me. And at last, I crossed the finish line.

As cheesy as it sounds, finishing the race felt amazing. All of the pain and misery completely left my body as I hit the slip n’ slide.

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Life

By Angela Mccoy & Desirae smith

Editor’s Note: This column is written in conjunction with NAU’s Student Education Team (SET). SET is a highly trained student organzation that promotes healthy sexuality and healthy relationships.

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ello, fond readers, and welcome to another edition of the Naked Truth. As always, I’m Angela, the hipster director of the Student Education Team (SET) and with me, like usual, is Desirae, our sassy administrative aide. With Love Your Body Week rapidly approaching, we thought we’d turn our attention towards the beautiful members of this community. So, find a friend and settle in for this week’s question: “My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. He always compliments me and is very good to me. My problem is that I feel funny undressing in front of him and I can’t wear sexy nighties in front of him. I have very low self-esteem. When I look in the mirror, I see fat. I want to be able to wear sexy things for my boyfriend and feel good about myself. What can I do?”

-Self-Conscious Coed I can tell you right now you have nothing to worry about. Everyone is beautiful inside and out and I know you’re right there with them. You were created by whatever you believe created you and you are perfect because of that.

To help boost your dwindling confidence, the first thing is to remember that self-assurance comes from within. If you believe you’re beautiful, you’ll exude beauty. Write yourself little notes everyday about believing in yourself and that you’re perfect. You can even write them on your mirror if you feel like it. Don’t be afraid to indulge in the little things: get that pedicure with your friends or eat that piece of pie you’ve been craving. One piece of pie isn’t going to make you gain 100 pounds. Just keep from eating the whole pie.

Also, it is obvious your boyfriend adores you. If he loves you enough to continuously com-

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pliment you, maybe it’s time you repaid the favor and believe him, and your friends and family. You wouldn’t lie to them about how they look, so why would they lie to you? Honesty comes with caring.

Now I know the next part is hard, and I’ll be honest, I struggle with it too, but you have to learn to accept compliments. Take them in and believe them, even if it is just a stranger on the bus that likes your boots. Trust us, life isn’t that superficial — the compliments you receive from strangers actually are genuine. That being said, don’t shy away from complimenting people who you think also dress well.

Speaking of having style, we at SET hear a lot about sexy skivvies and we want to clear some things up. Don’t wear them just for your bunk mate — do it for yourself as well. Wear something you are comfortable and confident in because that makes it sexy. If you put on a corset and thigh-highs and instantly curl into yourself, it’s not going to turn any heads. But if you put on one of his t-shirts and strut in with your head held high — hello sexy. You don’t have to be a Victoria’s Secret model to have the confidence of one.

The last piece of advice we can extend your way is to just relax. People really aren’t scrutinizing you as much as you think they are. Everyone is going to look at you, everyone is going to make a split-second judgment about you, and then everyone is going to forget it right after. If you don’t believe me, think about how many people you saw today and how many of them actually stood out. It’s okay to relax and just be you. By being comfortable with yourself you’ll start turning more heads — in a positive way — in no time.

Remember ladies and gentlemen, everyone faces self-confidence issues at some point in their lives. Most deal with them their whole lives. The thing to remember is to just be yourself because you are perfect the way you are. You’re built the way you’re built for a reason. Own it.

That’s all we have for you this week, readers.

Keep sending us your questions (set.nau@gmail. com) and we’ll make you small-town famous, anonymously of course. Until next time, love yourself because if you don’t, who will?

SportsReport

FINDERS KEEPERS

Turnovers doom Lumberjacks against Eagles

Sophomore running back Zach Bauman eludes an Eastern Washington defender. (Photo by Sarah Hamilton)

BY Brett Murdock

(Photo by Jessie Kellerman)

NAU dives into season

BY Jon Novak

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wimmers in blue and gold caps walk single file along the pool in the Wall Aquatic Center to the starting point, before diving at the buzzer to race their teammates. Relaxed but engaged, the NAU swim and dive team treated their annual Blue vs. Gold meet on Oct. 7 as intensely as a regular match.

“I just went into it with a positive attitude and trusted my training,” said junior Kristy Ardavanis of the blue team, who won both the one and three-meter see SWIM & DIVE page 21

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he NAU football team had two weeks to prepare to face the defending champions. But things did not go as anticipated; the Lumberjacks lost their third game of the year, falling 36–28 to the reigning Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) champion, the Eastern Washington Eagles (EWU) .

“We had too many turnovers and missed opportunities,” said head coach Jerome Souers. “We’ll pick up our boots, brush ourselves off and get back to work.”

EWU struck first in a back-and-forth first half with a 27-yard field goal, but NAU responded with a 35-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Cary Grossart to junior receiver Khalil Paden.

The Lumberjacks tacked on a touchdown run from sophomore running back Zach Bauman, making the score 14–3. EWU quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell closed the gap to four on one of his three touchdown tosses. Following another Mitchell touchdown, Grossart found fullback Jake Hess for a one-yard score to give the Jacks the lead. EWU added a field goal in the half’s closing seconds to make the score 21–20.

Offensively, the Jacks appeared to be in sync with Grossart, completing 31 of his 38 pass attempts for 355 yards and a couple of touchdowns. His top target was Paden, who grabbed nine receptions for 105 yards and a score. Bauman carried the ball 23 times for 123 yards and a touchdown, surpassing the 2,000 all-purpose yard mark.

However, NAU gave up the football

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five times, three of them fumbles and one from a Grossart interception. Freshman cornerback Randy Hale Jr. also muffed a punt return to give the Eagles a good field position in the fourth quarter. Three of the turnovers came in a crucial second half.

“We had too many little mistakes,” Paden said. “The toughest losses are the ones where you feel like you beat yourself and I feel like we beat ourselves today.”

Despite the turnovers, the offense still had a chance to force overtime with just under 40 seconds left. After completions to sophomore receiver Ify Umodu and freshman tight end Dejzon Walker, Grossart was sacked on the game’s final play.

The Eagles struck first in the fourth quarter when Mitchell ran in from nine see FOOTBALL page 21

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Seniors propel soccer to sixth in BSC

BY Raymond Reid

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ith Big Sky Soccer Championship aspirations hanging in the balance, NAU soccer entered the weekend determined to improve its record and Big Sky ranking.

NAU entered this weekend sitting at seventh place in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) rankings and fresh off a conference loss to Northern Colorado 2–0.

“We’ve got to look at every game and take each one, one at a time,” said head coach Andre Luciano about the remaining Big Sky games needed to make the postseason.

The Lumberjacks ended the weekend against Weber State (WSU)with a 1–1 tie. The Wildcats were outplayed by the Lumberjacks through the first half, being out-shot 10–2 Senior forward Jenna Samora led the way with four attempts on the goal, but nothing was getting past the goalie.

In the 59th minute, WSU midfielder Emily Freshman passed to forward Sarah Mager, who put the ball in the back of the net to break the stalemate and give the Wildcats the 1–0 lead.

The Lumberjacks were held off offensively for most of the second half.

In the 75th minute, freshman defender Diane Buzzard passed to senior midfielder Sam Monahan and Monahan dribbled the ball through traffic, into the goalie box and found the back of the net for the sixth time this season.

The game-tying goal was the only shot attempt by the Lumberjacks in the second half.

This game marked the seventh overtime game for the Jacks, setting a new school record The Lumberjacks played two overtimes against the Wildcats, with a close call being all that kept the score from going in the Wildcats favor. Sophomore goalie Lauren Weaver came out of the goalie box to deflect a deep pass in the first overtime and the ball made its way behind Weaver and rolled out of bounds, just right of the net, keeping the tie intact.

“I tried to stay composed,” Weaver

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ABOVE: Freshman forward Jordan Post slide tackles a Weber State player. ABOVE LEFT: Sophomore forward Elinor Priest goes up for a header against a Weber State defender. BELOW LEFT: Senior forward Katie Tribbey receives a pass during the Lumberjacks 1–1 tie against the Wildcats. (Photos by Hailey Golich)

said. “Obviously I was a little scared, but I felt like my defender had it covered behind me and I was right there.”

Weaver has been a beacon of consistency since capturing the starting goalie spot earlier in the season, recording 62 saves in the net.

“It’s made me more comfortable,” Weaver said. “I know that everyone trusts me [that is] in front of me and that’s really what matters.”

On Oct. 7, the Lumberjacks took on the Idaho State Bengals. The match was dominated by the play of the Lumberjacks’ seniors. Most notably, senior forward Chelsea Bednarz’s ruthless and aggressive play all over the field set the tone for the Jacks.

“I think it’s a good intimidation factor,” Bednarz said. “I’ll run through you at any cause or for any reason, but it helps a lot to get in their head and look into their eyes and say ‘I’m coming at you all game long.’”

The Bengals felt that tone through the entire game. The first score came off a pass from forward Rachel Strawn to midfielder Ashley Jones in the 16th minute to give the Bengals the early

lead. That score would hold until the second half when Bednarz crossed the ball into the center of the field and Samora scored the tying goal in the 61st minute.

The Lumberjacks quickly saw the momentum disappear when the pair of Strawn and Jones struck again for the Bengals in the 64th minute to regain the lead. Less than 30 seconds later, senior midfielder Noel Guevara scored her first career goal off an assist by Monahan, who moved within four assists of the career record at NAU. The ball was initially deflected by the goalie but the shot went off her hand and into the net to tie the game at two apiece.

The resilience of the Lumberjacks continued to be on display through the half when sophomore midfielder Jennifer Beaudoin centered the ball to Monahan in the 83rd minute, and put the finishing touches on the NAU comeback, setting the score at 3–2, which gave the Jacks their second victory of the season.

Soccer travels to Saramento State on Oct. 14 to face the Hornets and then move on to Portland State on Oct. 16.

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fter placing in the top-20 in two meets this season, junior Tim Freriks has an optimistic mindset for the rest of the year. Freriks sat down with The Lumberjack to discuss goals, a typical practice day, mileage and his mentors.

The Lumberjack: You’re a runner on the cross-country team ­— what’s a typical practice like for the team?

Tim Freriks: This season, my mileage has been a lot higher, so I’m running like a 100 miles a week. We’ll get to practice, and we will run through some drills and some form stuff. We will go for a run, usually [during] the week we have two hard workouts and the rest of the days are mileage. I’ll go for a 12-mile run or like a five-mile run in the morning to get my mileage in.

LJ: Is it required of you to run that many miles a week?

TF: No, everyone does different stuff. I was more of a strength runner in high school; endurance is kind of my thing, and so coach and I are building on that. There’s a handful of us running that much, but a lot of the other guys are in between.

LJ: You’re majoring in exercise science, what do you plan on doing with that?

TF: I’m not sure, but I am considering coaching at the NCAA level, maybe going into the Physician’s Assistant field. But like I said, I’m not sure; I kind of need to make up my mind as I am trying to go to grad school.

LJ: What was the experience like, making two NCAA appearances?

TF: Oh, it was great. At Nationals last year, the intensity on the starting line [is something] you can’t find anywhere else . . . the mental and physical toughness you have to have to make it through the race, it is a really cool, unique experience.

LJ: What’s your mentality been like the past few weeks?

TF: Basically the mentality is to train [and] train hard. It’s not so much focused on the race; it’s the meets at the end of the season that matter.

To do well in those meets, you can’t be tapering off for each meet early in the season. Just getting

a solid block of training in, running those miles I was talking about earlier and setting myself up for the rest of the season.

LJ: Do you have any personal goals for yourself for the season?

TF: The huge goal is to become an AllAmerican. It’s a huge goal. Top 40 in NCAAs, I was about a hundred spots off for that . . . I think some of my workouts and some of the things shown in training just show I could be right on the cusp for that 40th finish. It would take a really good day to really grind through that race, but that’s the goal. Other than that, score as many points for my team and try and get us on the podium.

LJ: You considered UP [University of Portland] and ASU, but ultimately you chose here.

What made you choose NAU? TF: I am from a small town — Cottonwood, Ariz. — and just coming here wasn’t like any other school in Arizona. Basically [the offer at] University of Portland was there, but I kind of knew in the back of my mind that I wanted to stay in state. Just the appeal of the high altitude up here and the resource we have of training, the endless trails we have here in Flagstaff and the way the training program is structured played to my strengths and how it is more [a] strength-based program played in my favor. I figured I don’t need to go very far to get that. Coming to NAU, it was what I wanted to do.

LJ: From an athlete’s standpoint, there have been a lot of teammates, mentors and coaches that have influenced you as a player. Out of all of them in the past or present, who has influenced you the most in your career, or as a person?

TF: There are two big ones. One of which was my high school coach. He really influenced the mentality that I have now, working hard and grinding through it. And also Jason Peterson; he’s a graduate assistant coach for us now. His mentality and work ethic is like second to none. He was running 110 miles a week, he ate right, slept well, [and was a] straight-A student in mechanical engineering, so it was a template I wanted to follow. He did it right and it paid off, so I want to do the same thing.

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very Saturday a hulking figure can be seen at the wide receiver position. As he stands, his large size is quickly thrown into focus. At the snap of the ball he explodes from his stance, powering forward and then arching fluidly towards the center of the field. He turns his head and the ball hits him square on the chest — like clockwork. At the play’s conclusion he flashes a smile and returns to the huddle and repeats the process.

He is Ify Umodu, NAU football’s sophomore wide receiver, and he is quickly establishing himself as one of the most formidable and dynamic play makers in the Big Sky Conference (BSC).

So far this season, Umodu has amassed a team leading 422 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He is currently averaging 14.6 yards per catch and 84.4 yards per game.

Growing up, Umodu was constantly inspired by his older brothers Tobin and Kebin, who went on to play at the collegiate level for UCLA and the Air Force Academy, respectively.

Standing at the imposing height of 6 feet, three inches, and sporting a 215-pound frame, Umodu is a difficult player for defensive backs to effectively cover. With opposing cornerbacks often standing no taller than 5 feet, eleven inches, Umodu’s inherent physical stature and jumping ability give him a strong athletic advantage on the field.

“He plays like he is 6’6,”” said wide reciever coach Francis St. Paul. “He loves to play basketball and obviously he can jump, so with his height and those long arms and that jumping ability, it makes him 6’6” - 6’7”. It’s easier for the quarterback to get the ball to him because if it is close to him, he is going to bring it down.”

Starting junior quarterback Cary Grossart said he enjoys the experience of throwing to such a large target.

“He is not only 6’3”, but he is a great athlete,” Grossart said.

“He has big huge hands, he is a weapon. He runs great routes and God, he is fast. He has all the weapons you need to be a great receiver.”

Through direct communication, Umodu and Grossart have managed to establish a solid passing rapport with each other.

“It’s great when you can actually, during practice, talk to a QB about things to fix and things to get better on so you guys both get on the same page when it comes down to the game,” Umodu said.

“Working on the same level every time, [by] game time it comes together.”

When asked about his primary inspiration in life, Umodu did not hesitate in answering.

“My mom. Ever since I was a kid she would always talk about things she would want and things that she needed and stuff,” Umodu said. “Ever since I was a kid I was just thinking to myself ‘I have to do whatever I can to make sure all her dreams come true.’ I don’t even care about my dreams, but if her dreams come true, and her dreams are the same as my dreams, so by thinking like that it makes it so much easier for me, ‘cause I don’t even have to think about me, I just have to think about her.”

Umodu will only continue to grow as a player and a person over the next several years. Every Saturday, he takes to the field with his mother’s dreams mounted firmly on his shoulder pads.

yards out. NAU countered with a 22yard touchdown scamper from Bauman.

EWU stretched the lead to eight with a field goal before NAU’s final drive.

“I don’t think we made any [plays] compared to the ratio of the number of plays that they made,” Souers said. “That’s a good football team we played.”

The Jacks travel to Montana State next week to face a team that has been ranked in the FCS Top 25 the whole season. NAU has defeated MSU in the last two meetings, including one against a ranked Bobcats squad. from SWIM & DIVE page 17

diving competition. “I knew what I could do and just let go and let it happen. I feel like I’ve become more confident in my diving, so I know what I can do and what I have to do to do my best.”

Senior Chalene Dirks-Ryan and sophomore Emma Lowther led the blue team to a 60–44 victory against the gold squad. Lowther claimed the 200 freestyle, and is preparing to do the same thing against Idaho on Nov. 5.

“I never expect to win because you never know what’s going to happen,” Lowther said. “I can’t wait to race Idaho. I can’t wait to race some [different] people, I think we have a good chance at winning.”

Lowther, against her friend sophomore Rachel Palmer in the 200 butterfly, won by a tenth of a second.

“Rachel and I know each other so well and we know how we race, so it’s really fun,” Lowther said. “We enjoy racing each other, we’re alike competitors, so I enjoyed that race probably the most.

It was exciting. I feel like we’re in a really good place, and when I look back on last year I feel excited and confident about where the team is and where we can be by the conference meet.”

Head swim coach Andy Johns agrees the team is in a good place for how early it is in the season, but knows they have yet to reach their full potential.

“Overall I thought we had pretty good races today,” Johns said. “The best thing for me is that our returners are ahead of where they were last year at this time and our newcomers are getting some great experience. We’ve got some work to do but its good that we still have four weeks until our first dual meet.”

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choing through the streets of Flagstaff, open mic nights are host to flat notes, big dreams, acoustic guitars and slice of life lyrics. As the semester progresses, many students look for creative outlets to release stress in the form of musical escapism.

Charly’s, on the first floor of the Weatherford Hotel, features an intimate environment with a low stage area for those afraid of being the center of attention. Audience members listen to songs that vary from folk to alternative cabaret. Charly’s has featured open mic since the early ’90s and currently hosts it every Tuesday at 9 p.m..

Courtney Chappell, who studied classical guitar at NAU, has played at Charly’s open mic for several years. She said the event is a place for all ranges of performers to flop in a friendly environment.

“Open mic is totally for everybody,” Chappell said. “The more people that are going to go up there and mess up the merrier. That’s kind of the point.”

Mia’s Lounge, which hosts open mics south of the tracks Wednesdays at 9:20 p.m., displays a different atmosphere than Charly’s.

Jefferson Washington, a junior, said he prefers Mia’s busier nature.

“It’s a nice atmosphere [and] a little bit crowded,” Washington said. “I like the crowd.

People listening definitely helps.”

Washington has performed at Flagstaff open mics since the beginning of the semester in an attempt to get noticed and book shows. He said open mics help aspiring musicians get practice and overcome stage fright.

Campus Coffee Bean, Bookmans, The Greenroom, and Tacos Locos periodically host open mics.

An image from Marathon Boy, a film that will be showing at the film festival. (Photo courtesy of Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival)

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ver the past eight years, the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival (FMFF) has offered the community a wide array of documentary films ranging from features to shorts. Now in its ninth year, the FMFF is showcasing both local and national award winning documentaries.

From Oct. 12-16, sixty films will be screening at different venues around town, including the Orpheum Theater, Sundara and the NAU Liberal Arts building.

The purpose of the festival is not only to provide entertainment, but also to educate and inspire the community to participate and act upon cur-

rent controversial matters. Through the weekend there will be panel discussions covering some of the films’ themes of environmental consciousness, women’s issues, the Middle East and indigenous rights.

Several of the films’ producers will also be making an appearance during their screenings to field questions and discuss their documentaries’ subject matters.

Pediatrician Dr. Ron Tuckman, the executive director of the FMFF, has been on the festival’s board since 2006 and said he is eager to keep the festival’s spirit and passion for film alive and growing in Flagstaff.

“The whole idea is to challenge people and educate them and hopefully inspire them to come

away from the film . . . maybe want[ing] to implement something in their own life or some change in the world that would be kind and good for the soul and the Earth,” Tuckman said.

All through the year, Tuckman and his co-director, physician Dr. John Tveten, along with other festival officials, travel to different film festivals around the United States to network and research new films that would be fitting for the FMFF. When they are scouting for films, Tuckman said he and Tveten look for inspirational topics that will fit the “typical” Flagstaff resident’s interests.

“What brings most people to Flagstaff is the outdoors,” Tuckman said. “There are environmental aspects as well as outdoor action sports films which are what people are interested in seeing. We

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Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo. Running time: 127 minutes. Rated PG-13.

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espite being at the top of the list of gimmicky action films, Real Steel contains plenty of redeeming qualities that make it worth watching. The constant mindless entertainment is well supported by beautiful cinematography and shot composition. While there isn’t much to be said about the “rock-em, sockem” concept itself, there is noticeable effort in the production of the film that makes it surprisingly impressive.

Real Steel is set in the year 2020, where robots have replaced professional boxers and the World Robot Boxing (WRB) league is everyone’s favorite form of entertainment. A pair of specially made robots, designed to fight and take hits, are thrown into a ring while they are controlled by remotes from outside of the fight.

Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a low life that drinks too much, takes harmful risks, squanders for money and runs away from his problems.

After abandoning his 11-year-old son Max (Dakota Goyo), and later a battle for custody, Charlie recieves temporary custody and brings his son into his life of gambling and loan sharks.

While rumaging through a junkyard the two stumble upon a sparring robot they name Atom, who is designed to take hits but not dish them out. Max convinces Charlie to adopt the bot and train it to compete. As the victories pile up, their fame increases and they eventually make it to the WRB league, where Atom eventually competes in the fight of all fights.

Through their struggles to train and fight Atom, the father and son gain the close bond that should have been there from the begining.

Real Steel is entertaining because of its predictability and the additional cliché events emphasize the anticipated plot. Watching the film is in no way boring; it has more going for it than what might be assumed. The actors are utilized to the best of their abilities and the chemistry between them

is just as commendable. It is apparent that each person involved enjoyed being part of Real Steel. Addtionally, there was a good effort put into making it look the way any fighting robot movie should look: a complete wreck of steel and sparks and loose wires.

It’s gritty and harsh. When the film isn’t focusing on the fighting, the cinematography is breathtaking; playing with pretty reflections and silhouettes, the shots add to the emotion in this rollercoaster film.

The entertainment value that Real Steel provides is definitely worth mentioning but it is not surprising that there are several downsides. There are certain unnecessary subplots that are sure to be forgotten and the ending manages to be a letdown. This sort of film that thrives off of the clichéd plot points would have been more successful with a cliché ending. Otherwise Real Steel is the perfect film to watch if you aren’t looking for any life changing epiphanies and maybe a chuckle of enjoyment on the way out.

QuickFlick What’s Your Number?

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hat’s Your Number? tells the classic tale of a woman whose high number of partners worries her, so she goes searching for love with her previous beaus alongside her stalker neighbor.

Well, it may not be completely traditional, but quirky and “different” enough to be categorized as a typical romantic comedy.

Very much in the vein of this year’s earlier successful “rom-coms,” What’s Your Number? starts with Ally (Anna Faris), an unemployed, single woman unhappy with the fact that

her younger sister is getting married before her. While at the bachelorette party, a game reveals that Ally has the highest number of sexual partners, even placing her above the national average. She believes that her true love lies within the 20 men she has already dated, and hires her creepy/womanizing neighbor Colin (Chris Evans) to find them. Once they are found, hilarity ensues in a series of hilarious and heartfelt events.

Overall, the movie was much better than I expected. However, it really is just average; there is nothing particularly special and nothing overtly offensive about it. Flashbacks through-

out the film keep the otherwise lackluster storyline fresh. My only wish is that the flashback scenes were longer, to give Ally’s ex-relationships more depth. Another great addition is the myriad of stars in supporting roles and cameos. Andy Samberg, Joel McHale and Aziz Ansari are to name a few. It would have been great to see them have more screen time.

While truly amusing, What’s Your Number? falls in the realm of those average cutesy romance comedies that seem to come out standard-issue every year. The movie is fun and a great pick for those in the chick-flick mood, but I’d still save it for Netflix.

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n her new album, Metals, Canadian pop artist Feist has once again dazed her fans with an assortment of jazzy and acoustical rhythms that will keep ringing in your ears throughout the day.

Feist had her taste of fame in 2007 after she debuted her second album, The Reminder, with the hit “1,2,3,4.” Metals is her fourth studio album and faithfully keeps to her indie bohemian musical identity.

The songs are mild and smooth with occasional drum action, especially in her first track “The Bad in Each Other,” which begins with a jarring assortment of startling yet rhythmic drum beats.

Metals’s most notable song, “How Come You Never Go There,” contains nice acoustic melodies that make for great background music at any massage parlor or yoga studio. The profound lines “How come you never go there, how come I’m so alone there” are repeated fervently throughout the song. The vocals are polished to perfection and engulf the lyrics in a wave of heartfelt emotion. “Caught a Long Wind” is a beautiful composition that combines Feist’s alto voice with scintillating background acoustic guitar and fading violins.

I would recommend Metals for a lazy, rainy afternoon, or even a long peaceful drive somewhere. She has definitely outdone herself once again, expanding her musical range and keeping her fans appeased.

Best Tracks: “How Come You Never Go There”

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ccording to McMahon, the new Jack’s Mannequin album People and Things showcases how “love is not the stuff on greeting cards, but a trench war worth fighting; a world of tenuous connections drifting in and out of relevance.”

As a long time follower of McMahon, I was nothing short of excited for the latest release, and People and Things did not fall short of a single expectation with its perfect mixture of lyrical, piano-dependent and guitar-charged songs. Through the song “Hey Hey Hey (We’re All Going to Die),” McMahon screams with such passion in his voice, you want to throw your arms in the air and sing those eight words along with him.

In “Amelia Jean,” the piano perfectly accompanies McMahon’s voice as he repeats “Oh Amelia, I can feel you when the wind dies down.” The ultimate combination of McMahon’s distinctive, cracking and soul-filled voice with piano melodies that can make you dance, cry or want to start taking lessons is a constant through the album.

Best Tracks: “My Racing Thoughts” and “Amelia Jean”

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are protecting our environment but we also want to use our environment and be a part of it and see what we can do to be a part of nature in ways [that are] more than just looking . . . we like to show a lot of the films about how people are incorporating the outdoors with passion but also overcoming personal obstacles.”

Notable films include Marathon Boy, the story of a 4-year-old boy who was rescued from the slums of India and trained to become a marathon runner. Another big name entry is Happy, a film examining the keys to happiness around the globe.

Kurt Lancaster, communications professor at NAU, is one of the members of the Board of Directors for this year’s event. Lancaster said his love for movies is what got him interested in the festival’s premise to link the youth with filmmaking education.

“I teach students and filmmakers that they are going to be wanted in this universe and that they have something unique to offer the world,” Lancaster said. “If people follow their hearts they can give something unique to the world and create stories that deal with their own personal experiences and passions. Not all of these films are great films, but the attempt to get there with your heart is what matters.”

The festival has been keen on educating and promoting opportunities to students who are interested in filmmaking.

“We have the Student Filmmaker Program in which we bring 12 students through a whole nine-month program where they learn how to make films,” Tuckman said. “Last year we had three students and their film is showing in the festival this year. The program is all free and that’s the greatest thing.”

The Student Filmmaker Program has been a growing educational program in which NAU professors, local filmmakers, and students volunteer to teach film topics on both pre-production and post-production to participants.

“We need it [film] like we need literature and art,” Lancaster said. “These independent projects that come from people’s passions and their hearts are the kind of movies that speak directly to connection, to something that is real, rather than something that is processed through Hollywood.”

FFMF is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization. Tuckman said the proceeds are donated to Flagstaff International Relief Effort, Flagstaff Biking Organization and an out-of-town agency that promotes uniting incarcerated women with their children while in prison.

“The whole idea behind this thing is to bring film to the community and the only thing we ask is that the community helps support it,” Tuckman said. “Other money goes toward the emerging filmmaker program for the students and into next year’s festival.”

In addition to panel discussions and filmmaker receptions, on Saturday night there will be a special event called “Extreme Night” which will be the screening of several outdoor action films for $5 admission. “Extreme Night” begins at 11 p.m. and goes until 1 a.m. at the Orpheum Theater.

This year, FMFF has decreased entry fees to make showings more accessible to students. Session tickets are $7 and student VIP passes are $30, and include all admissions to any of the weekend’s festivities. General public VIP passes are $80 and session tickets are $10. For information regarding the complete film itinerary, visit www. flagstaffmountainfilms.org.

An image of grinning and elated children from the documentary Happy, which journeys across five continents discovering the peoples’ meanings of happiness. (Photo courtesy of Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival)

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