The Lumberjack, March 24, 1982.

              Lumberjack
he community. A student newspaper serving the Northern Arizona University community, Flagstaff. (602)) 552233--4921 . ^
f t a o l f n r r o Struggling to keep his balance, Dave clans, sponsored by the Arizona Caledonian Society, included
\ a a o l l U lU O Gowdy, Prescott senior and president of highland dancing and bagplping competition and a tug of war.
'h e NAU-Flagstaff Scottish Club, prepares to unl«ash a 56 Qowdy’s toss was 17 feet four inches, while the best toss of
pound lead weight at the Arizona Highland Games at Phoenix the day was 31 feet three inches. Photo by Steve Chemek.
College Saturday. Other events at the annual gathering of the _________________________________________________
Readers of The Lumberjack can expect a few photography will have more opportunity for
changes in the twice-weekly publication when hands-on expe'lence before entering the job
they pick up a copy this Friday. market.
They won't be reading a newspaper. "It will be a real practical guide for the
A student's activity guide, The Weekly students." said Jim Ralston, The Lumberjack
Allowance, will be published in place of a Fri- advertising director. Because of extensive
day edition of The Lumberjack for the re- advertising and coupons, students will "be able
mainder of this semester, Ray C. Newton, NAU to look and see what they can do during the
Journalism Department chairperson, said. weekend."
The Weekly Allowance was designed to give The guide, conceived by Ralston last month,
more complete coverage of student clubs and wiH contain as much as 90 percent advertising
organizations ana to provide a greater variety and coupons per issue. This includes classified
of publications for advertisers. It was approved advertlslng^hich will no longer run in Wednes-by
Creative Arts College Dean Charles H. day editions of The Lumberjack.
Aurand and the journalism faculty the week of The Wednesday editions will maintain ap-
March 6. proximately 50 percent advertising and con*
The tabloid-sized (11 x 14 inches) publication tinue to provide the university with campus-wili
feature student-service news such as grant oriented news,
and scholarship Information, Campus Cap-sules
a feature story and photographs, car- The Lumberjack is a self-supporting puWtca-
"With this new concept more students from a Po t i o n s through advertising, which means
broader variety of media skill will have more “ stain at least a 50-50 percent
opportunity for publication Input." Newton said, news-advertising ratio to break even.
This means that students majoring In Jour- The Lumberjack has been an independent
nallsm with an emphasis in advertising and publication for the past six years.
Volume 71. Issue 45 * Wednesday. March 24. 1982
Friday marks changes for Lumberjack
Advertisers may be more attracted lo The
Weekly Allowance because of its size, Ralston
said. The smaller tabloid will enable persons to
purchase smaller amounts of advertising space
and maintain reader visibility.
"Ads will appear tb be bigger because there
will be fewer ads per page and the page-size
will be smaller." Grant Lovallo, assistant adver­tising
director, said. "Ads will get a better
reader response - advertisers will get more
coverage for their money."
The weekly tabloid is a "pilot,” Newton said.
After this semester, The Weekly Allowance will
be reviewed by journalism faculty. If the
Allowance is considered beneficial - if it main­tains
high university readership and Is self-supporting
- it will be published next semester.
"The bottom line is whether they (students in­volved
with the publication) can do well
academically and produce the two papers."
Newton said.
Some of The Lumberjack staffers had ap­proached
Newton "fairly early in the semester"
with concerns about the operation of the
Board approves stadium
for proposed NFL team
TED BARTIMUS
General Assignment Reporter
An Arizona professional football fran­chise
moved closer to reality last week
when Arizona State University received
. authority from the Arizona Board of
Regents to negotiate the leasing of Sun
Devil Stadium for such a venture.
The board took a position, though, of
neither opposing nor supporting a National
Football League franchise in Arizona. The
vote was 7-3 at the board's March 12-13
meeting in Tucson.
Any pro franchise, agreement would re­quire:
compliance with National Collegiate
Athletic Association and Pacific 10 Con­ference
rules, long-term leasing to ensure
compensation to ASU for revenue losses,
board approval for any final agreement,
assurance of continued academic stan­dards
at ASU, and consultation between
ASU and Tempe representatives to
minimize impacts of pro football on Tempe.
These rules were presented to the board
by ASU President J. Russell Nelson.
"It (professional football) would disrupt
the character of the university; it would
physically overwhelm Tempe, and I Hke
Tempe," said Tempe Regent William
Payne. Regents Payne, James McNulty
and Tio Tachias voted against allowing
ASU to negotiate leasing its stadium to a
pro football franchise.
Professional football would compete
with ASU football, thereby "inciting more
concentration (by ASU) on ASU football."
McNulty said.
"I believe it is not in the interest of higher
education or ASU to use the stadium fon
pro football."
Governor,. Bruce Babbitt, who has been
pushing for an Arizona pro football team,
said academic excellence would not be af­fected
by pro football in the ASU stadium
Babbitt, an ex-officlo. regent,'attended Fri­day's
meeting.
"To me it is just dhe more question 6f’
whether this large and expensive facility
could be used for professional football."
Babbitt said.
McNulty said that none of the 28 NFL
teams use collegiate faciKties He voiced
concern at the board not taking a firm
stance on the issue by neither supporting
nor opposing pro football in Arizona. "(The
board) has said no in every conceivable
way without saying no."
See related story, page 7
The board also approved holding one
monthly meeting in 1983 at a location other
than the three universities. The measure
narrowly passed 5-4 with Regents Payne.
William Reilly, Donald Shropshire, and
Esther Capin voting against the measure.
"We should stay In the dignified areas
(for regents meetings), it's easier to do the
job," said Phoenix Regent Reilly.
tne 'dignified' adjective used here." McNul­ty
said that off-campus meetings would
make the board more accessible to the
public.
Ex-officio member Carolyn Warner said
holding an off-campus meeting would
make the board more accessible to the
public, but due to past experience she did
not want the board "to hold any greal ex­pectations."
A legislative report was presented to the
board by executive director Robert Huff
The board unanimously took positions on
the following legislative items:
NAU 1982 summer session
tuition fee will increase
from ‘$30 to $36 per
semester hour
•Opposed HB 2115 raising out-of-state tui­tion.
The measure is stalled in House com­mittee
with little chance of p
ff said.
•Opposed with indication by the board to
conduct its own study into the implications
of HB 2142. The proposal authorizes the
board to issue revenue bonds for new con­struction
not to exceed $ 10 million for the
University of Arizona and ASU. The bill
was amended so NAU would be issued no
revenue bonds. Board disapproval stemm­ed
mostly because the measure would
reduce the probability of legislative ap­propriations
to universities' capital
developments
•Supported HB 2067 appropriating $1 .02
million to N&U for gas-line repairs. The bill
has passed the House and awaits Senate
action.
•Supported HB 2122 loosening residency
requirements for parents whose children
want to attend Arizona universities and col­leges
as residents ..thereby receiving the in­state
tuition levy.
•Opposed SB 1121 which would establish
a commission comprised of different stale
officials including one member from the
board. The commission would administer ,
federal programs and conduct studies with
respect to post secondary educational
resources. Huff said this was a "duplica­tion"
of the board's responsibilities The
proposal is currently in Senate Committee.
•Opposed SB 1256 which would set the
salaries of the board's executive director
and the universities’ presidents. Huff said
this has typically been the board's respon­sibility.
The measure is in Senate Commit­tee.
•Opposed HB 2094 which would reouire
the board to set salaries of former universi­ty
administrators employed as faculty not
to exceed the salary of any faculty member
in the same college
Bisbee Regent McNulty, countering Reit-
See Lumberjack, page 2 iy’s remark, said, "l-would llWe to address
See Regents, page 2
S p o rts
News judgment
The job of a newspaper is to
report events impacting a ma­jority
of its readers. Unless club
activities fit this criteria it may
be termed as interesting, but
not news. See page 4.
Equality exposed
in an attempt to get to the
bare facts about equality, The
Lumberjack intervfewed a
cioset nudist. Does nudity aid
in shedding social stigmas?
See page 4.
Baseball fever hits
In the first of a 'two-part
majoMeague baseball preview,
Jonathan Stern, sports editor,
predicts a hotly-contested pen­nant
race in the National
League. See page 7.
Tempo
Plant parenthood
Have a problem with plants?
NAU senior data processing
student and plant doctor has
the cure for what ails limping
azaleas, dry ferns and depress­ed
aloe vera.See page 6.
Associated Students of NAU*elections will be
Wednesday. March 31 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Polling
places will be University Union, the bookstore.
College of Business Administration, South
Union and High Rise Dormitory. University Din­ing
is set as a tentative polling place.
Dormitory fees: 1,300 students delinquent on housing payments
"We may be dealing with all delinquent residents much
PATRICIA GUTHRIE
Senior Reporter
NAU dormitory residents delinquent In rent payment will
not be permitted to sigrvup for Fall 1982 housing
assignments, said Director of Residence Ufe Michael L.
Oannells.
Dannells said overdue rent for the current semester
amounts to $216,450. About 1,300 students, one-quarter
of the hall's residents, are delinquent in rent payment.
"If students owe us money when they come in to sign up
In the next two weeks, we will simply not accept their ap­plications."
Dannnells said.
Those students who have paid their rent since the March
10 due date must have a receipt in hand to prove payment
to sign-up.
Any students encountering financial hardship must con­tact
Larry Van Sickle In the Housing Office before the sign­up
dates to arrange for a payment plan.
Besides those residents who have not paid their Spring
rent, there are still those who have not paid their Fall 1981
rent, Dannells said.
"We may be dealing with these students in a serious
fashion," he explained. "I'll have to admit we have not
done a good job notifying residents about rent due date
payments but next year we will do a better job.
more seriously than we have in the past."
Evicting non-paying residents from the dormitories is
one measure Residence Ufe Is considering for next year,
Dannells said.
“ I think our office has an obligation to educate students
on responsible management." Dannells sakT'We owe it to
our students to hold them responsible for their financial
obligations.
"We will be putting this philosophy into action next year
and taking a much more serious approach on delinquent
payments. As it is now, some students think their housing
bill is something that can be ignored."
Housing applications for Fall I982 are available at
residence halls and at the Housing Office, Room 203 In the
Aministration Building.
The applications will be accepted from current students
at the North Activity Center. March 29-Aprll 6. from 2 p.m.
to 10 p.m. each day.
The Housing Office has changed its past sign-up pro­cedure
policies, allowing students to sign-up in the after
noon and evening rather than in the morning.
In the past, students have waited In line all night to be the
first on hand at 8 a.m. to sign-up for the dormitory and
room of their choice.
For the sign-up. students must have a completed ap­plication
form, student Identification card, $75 rent deposit
payable In cash, check or money order, and have their
past rent paid
The Housing Office will have people available to work
out short-term loans for those residents classified by
financial-eid requirements as full-need students who can­not
afford the $75 deposit.
The following dates are for current students to sign up
for Fall 1982 housing assignments:
• March 29-30 for students wishing to return to the same
room and same hall.
• March 31-April 1 for students wishing to return to their
same hall but to a different room.
• April 5-6 for residents wishing to change residence
halls for the fall and for those students who do not present­ly
have campus housing.
Dannells explained the following residents will be permit­ted
to sign up early on April 1 after 7 p.m. for a change of
residence halls;
• Former Cottage City residents, currently living on cam­pus.
who were forced to relocate to another residence hall
• Hanley Hall residents not eligible to reside in Hanley
Hall next fall when it becomes an honor's hall requiring a
3.0 grade point average.
Students meeting one or more of the following criteria
will be able to-sign up for a limited number of South Ouad
apartments on a 12 month basis.
• 25 years of age or older
• A registered graduate student
• An international student over 21 years of age
The Residence Ufe office will utilize 11 South Quad
apartments on the south end of the complex on a trial basis
tor these students. Dannells said.
The apartments will house 2 or 3 residents each depen­ding
on the demand. Rent will be $1,150 per student an­nually
for a three person apartment or $1,725 per student
annually for a two person apartment. Dannells explained.
The residents will be required to sign a 12 month con-"
tract and must register for at least 5 credit hours at one
summer session. Dannells said.
"The Residence Ufe Advisory committee chose the 25
years or older age group because we feel that age picks up
the kind of student we are trying to serve." Dannells ex­plained
The Association for Women's Active Return to Educa­tion
and Dean of Graduate Students Henry Hooper sug­gested
Residence Life set aside a facility designed to meet
the needs of graduate students and older returning
students.