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3322Vs ! 300 EAST SALT LAKE C I T i# X THE L u iv it f L K IA C K Northern Arizona University ♦ Flagstaff, Arizona Volume 84, Issue 25 ©COPYRIGHT 1989 Thursday, November 2,1989 Nation’s young adults new high-risk group for AIDS By Karen Weber The Lumberjack Young adults, including college students,are the nation’s newest high-risk gTou p for con trac ting the HIV virus which causes AIDS, and th is n ew trend could be emerging in Flagstaff. Though still prominent in the homosexual and intravenous drug user populations, an increasing num ber of young adults are becoming infected, the Federal Centers for Disease Control reported. More college students also are testing positive with the I IIVvirusat the Coconino County Health Department, said Bee Valvo, AIDS program manager for the county- However, she attributed the increase to more students being tested for the Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. There has not been a change in the number of HIV-infected students diagnosed at Fronske Health Center, though, said center Director Leonard Wright. Federal Centers for Disease Control reported that the infection rate among some teenage groups is higher than for adults. In addition, the virus now is being transmitted through heterosexual intercourse, and an equal number of males and females are affected in the young adult population. . Twenty percent of males and 25 percent of females affected with AIDS are in their 20s, which means they contracted the virusin their teensand early 20s. It takes eight to 10 years before symptoms start to appear. Even in sections of the country where AIDS is rare, the infection rate among 16-year-olds was higher than the national rate and 21-year-olds are infected 2- to-3 times as often as 16-year-olds. The virus is more likely to spread quickly amon^young adults because they lend to have multiple sexual partners and few use condoms, according to the center. Young ad u Its are sex ually active, bu t w h e n th evdo not see many peopLe their age with AIDS they tend to deny that they can get the d isease themselves, the center reported. “Maybe sex is safer in Flagstaff than it is in M iami or New York, but we do know that there are HIV-positive people on campus," Wright said. The threat of AIDS is affecting the behavior of some students, as the dangers of AIDS are being recognized even in Flagstaff. A junior criminal justice major said he tested negative about seven See AIDS, Page 3 W aste in th e cla ssro o m Toxic chemicals create possible health hazard Tammy VilesJThe Lumberjack Dietics major Pia Moore works with one of 20 to 25chemicals used in campus chemistry labs. Many of the chemicals which students work with are flammable. By Adam Rogers and Christopher Woodward The Lumberjack University science classes produce hundreds of barrels of hazardous waste each semester, which are stored in buildings that may violate safety regulations. Though planshave been made to constructabuilding designed to hold hazardous waste, the university continues to allow the materials lo be stored below classes in rooms that are only “marginaly fire safe," said chemistry professor Gerry Caple. The storage facility in the chemistry department is a 20-foot by 20-foot cell adjoined to Room 121 o f the Physical Sciences Building. The room, like the rest of the building, has no sprin-kJersystem to extinguish fires. Administrators confirmed the room is only “reasonably” fireproof, as it is constructed predominately of steel and concrete. Records slate the university generates about 400 gallons, or about 3,000 pounds, of hazardous waste material each semester. And the assistant chairman of the Biology Department said some chemicals may be disposed improperly. “Th is will alarm some people, but most of the liquid waste goes down the drain," said assistant chairman Frederick Funk. Eighty percent of the toxic waste comes from the colleges of chemistry', biology and health professions.. Chemistry laboratory personnel, for example, said they use hazardous chemicals such as mercury, lead and acids in experiments. The university has recognized a need for a separate storage facility whore hazardous waste can be stored until it is moved to disposal sites and incinerators in Phoenix, Caple said. I Iowc\cr, he said the plan has been indefinitely shelved See TOXIC, Page 3 C a m p u s radiation in creases risks By Christopher Woodward The Lumberjack Students and campus researchers may be serving as laboratory test animals in a dangerous game involving radioactivity. Exposure to campus radioactive materials can cause the probability of contracting cancer to rise by 50 percent, said Frederick Funk, assistant chairman of the Biology Departm ent Funk said that biology personnel are concerned because radioactive material, even in small dosages, can destroy human cells. “It is difficult to decide what is safe, because there is no way of knowing how much wlLI harm you,” he said. To lower the risk of undetected exposure, the Arizona Radiation Regulation Agency requires those using “radio-isotopes" to wear monitors to measure radioactivity. The devices record how much radiation the body receives and is the only method to determine if a person is exposed to radiation, as the levels of campus radiation are relatively low and do nol produce obvious symptoms. But it can take up to one m onth for results from monitor testing to be returned. ARRA records also state that NAU has been issued citations for out-dated monitoring equipment. Funk, however, downplayed the significance of campus radiation. “Large doses of radiation kill you. Medium doses make you sick, and small doses could increase your risk of cancer,” he said. Tammy VileslThe Lumberjack Some personnel in the Biology Department are voicing concern about radiation on campus. Radioactive materials, such as those pictured above, may be endangering the health of some students and staff. Investigation continues into campus ‘date rape’ By Phil Sampaio The Lumberjack NAU police are investigating areported aquaintance sexual assault that occurred on campus early this week. The assault allegedly took place late in the evening of Oct. 27 or in the early morning hours of Oct. 28. A female student contacted NAUPD last week from Scottsdale and reportedly told a police dispatcher she had been sexually assaulted by a male student on the campus. Police officials said the woman was emotionally distraught when she called at about 2:30 p.m. Attempts to recontact the victim after her original call were unsuccessful until Tuesday evening. The alleged assault was an aquaintance sexual assault, said Lisa Nelson of U niversity News and Publications. It is classified as an assault where the victim kn ows the alleged attacker. Police have questioned the male suspect, who was identified by the victim. NAUPD is continuing their investigation, and further details of the incident were unavailable at presstime. “The information is very limited at this point,” said NAUPD Lt. Manuel Juarez. Butjuarez said the department always will investigate possible assaults, even if little evidence exists. “We arc not going to ignore the call,” Juarez said. “We will pursue the case investigative ly, to see if it’s factual or unfounded." Growing bicycle theft trend victimizes stunned cyclists By Phil Sampaio The Lumberjack It’s a common sight to see students carrying their bicycle seats around campus. And with the current bicycle theft trend, one has to wonder if the seats are all that is left of their bikes. “It’s one of the biggest crimes we have here on campus," said NAU Crime Prevention Officer Chuck Milam.“Twenty-four hours a day, bikes are being stolen.” See related story, Page 3 The department averages five to 10 stolen bicycles a week, and Milam said weekend thefts often are between 10 and 15. Students could decrease the number of thefts if they learned to properly secure bikes and register them with local police departments, he said. Milam said students also need to realize that there is “no such thing asa theft-proof lock." Afterjoe Myers heard a noise outside his bedroom window in Bury Hall this summer, he found out that any bike is a potential target. When he looked outside shortly after 2 a.m., he saw two men by a bicycle rack. “I thought it was kind of strange that these guys were going to ride bikes at two in the morning,* he said. “I got a really bad feeling that! should go outside and check my bicycle," he said. But when Myers wen tou tside to check, his bicycle was gone. Myers became a statistic. But there was a difTerent side to Myer’s story. His bike was recovered three days after the theft. Myers has another bike now. He keeps it in his room. Catching a bike thief is extremely rare, Milam said. “O ur recovery rate is really low, and that’s because we don’thave enough the proper (bicycle) identification to do so," he said. Milam saidd istinguishing theives from students also can be a problem. “If its a certain time of day and students are all around a bike rack, we won’t question a person,” he said. Milam said recovering bicycles is a problem because most of them are taken out of the city. “I think most of our bicycle thiefs arc not students,” he said. “When you catch bike thieves, you’re really lucky.*’ As for most stolen bikes, he said, “1 wonder where they go?" Tom my Johnston also will keep his bicycle in his room. At least he will when he buys a new one. Johnston’s $500 mountain bike was stolen last week near Ardrey Auditorium. “I know I’ll never see it again, and I don’t know if they {police) can do anything about it," he said. ButJohnston said he is not intimidated by the fact that he lost his bicycle “I’ll buyanother bike," he said. "I’lljust keep in my room from now on." Corbin lifts retirement policy By Kelly Kramer The Lumberjack Arizona Attorney General Bob Corbin has removed the mandatory retirement age for state university professors, giving them the right to continue teaching past age 70. As a result of the decision, faculty members can retain tenure until they decide to retire, Corbin said. However, the change will have a minimal effect on NAU, as university faculty always have had the option of teaching past the set retirement age. "Working past 70 hasahvays been allowed as long as wc have board approval," said Marilyn Scumptcwa, Department of Human Resources. Teachers need only submit a written request in order to continue teaching past 70, she said. T hey (faculty requests) have always been approved" Seumptewa said. The dismissal of the mandatory retirement age “recognizes that faculty members are individuals whose teaching talents are not in any way linked with their age,” said Theodore Downing, president of the American Association of University Professors. Students seem to agree. “It doesn’t have to do with age, it has to do with ability/said n ursirvgmajor Pa ula Prince. “1 think there are 20-year-olds that should n ’ t be teaching on this campus." Anthropology major Ben Jam s also said the decision is fine, as long as the teachers are competenL “I’m payi n g enough money for my edu cation and 1 don’t want to be taught by someone who is going to ramble on about what they had for lunch last Tuesday,"Jarvis said. Regents approve employee pay increase By Adam Rogers The Lumbetjrck University employees will receive a merit payincrease of slightly more than onepercent, less than the amount many had hoped for. Ninety-one percent of the employees will receive a 1.25 percent increase, and about one percent, or 15 of the 1,727 employees, were denied a raise due to unsatisfactory performance evaluations. The raises were given to employees ranging from custodians to faculty ad* ministraton who were hired prior to April 1,1989. More than 140 university employees were ineligible because they were hired after this date. Eligibility was based on evaluations by peers and supervisors, with ratings above satisfactory meriting a salary increase. Because of “privacy protection’ the names of those declared to be unsatisfactory cannot be made public. However, two are administrators, four are faculty members and seven include secretaries, custodians and maintainence staff. In addition to the merit payincrease, the regen tsallocated an increase of one quarter of onepercent for “equityand market adjustments.* NAU Vice President for Business Af-fai rs Norm Hintz said the money wil I go into a pool, which will be used to finance additional salary increases as needed. He said some of the money already has gone to finance promotions. While several faculty members, who asked not to be identified, questioned the low amount o f the increase, Hintz said the problem does not lie with the university. He said the Arizona legislature has ultimate responsibility for allocating university funds. Hintz said a budget request for 1991 has been filed, and asks fora 5 percent annual increase during the next three years. The request now has to go to the governor and the state legislature.
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Oral history transcripts | 3322Vs ! 300 EAST SALT LAKE C I T i# X THE L u iv it f L K IA C K Northern Arizona University ♦ Flagstaff, Arizona Volume 84, Issue 25 ©COPYRIGHT 1989 Thursday, November 2,1989 Nation’s young adults new high-risk group for AIDS By Karen Weber The Lumberjack Young adults, including college students,are the nation’s newest high-risk gTou p for con trac ting the HIV virus which causes AIDS, and th is n ew trend could be emerging in Flagstaff. Though still prominent in the homosexual and intravenous drug user populations, an increasing num ber of young adults are becoming infected, the Federal Centers for Disease Control reported. More college students also are testing positive with the I IIVvirusat the Coconino County Health Department, said Bee Valvo, AIDS program manager for the county- However, she attributed the increase to more students being tested for the Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. There has not been a change in the number of HIV-infected students diagnosed at Fronske Health Center, though, said center Director Leonard Wright. Federal Centers for Disease Control reported that the infection rate among some teenage groups is higher than for adults. In addition, the virus now is being transmitted through heterosexual intercourse, and an equal number of males and females are affected in the young adult population. . Twenty percent of males and 25 percent of females affected with AIDS are in their 20s, which means they contracted the virusin their teensand early 20s. It takes eight to 10 years before symptoms start to appear. Even in sections of the country where AIDS is rare, the infection rate among 16-year-olds was higher than the national rate and 21-year-olds are infected 2- to-3 times as often as 16-year-olds. The virus is more likely to spread quickly amon^young adults because they lend to have multiple sexual partners and few use condoms, according to the center. Young ad u Its are sex ually active, bu t w h e n th evdo not see many peopLe their age with AIDS they tend to deny that they can get the d isease themselves, the center reported. “Maybe sex is safer in Flagstaff than it is in M iami or New York, but we do know that there are HIV-positive people on campus," Wright said. The threat of AIDS is affecting the behavior of some students, as the dangers of AIDS are being recognized even in Flagstaff. A junior criminal justice major said he tested negative about seven See AIDS, Page 3 W aste in th e cla ssro o m Toxic chemicals create possible health hazard Tammy VilesJThe Lumberjack Dietics major Pia Moore works with one of 20 to 25chemicals used in campus chemistry labs. Many of the chemicals which students work with are flammable. By Adam Rogers and Christopher Woodward The Lumberjack University science classes produce hundreds of barrels of hazardous waste each semester, which are stored in buildings that may violate safety regulations. Though planshave been made to constructabuilding designed to hold hazardous waste, the university continues to allow the materials lo be stored below classes in rooms that are only “marginaly fire safe," said chemistry professor Gerry Caple. The storage facility in the chemistry department is a 20-foot by 20-foot cell adjoined to Room 121 o f the Physical Sciences Building. The room, like the rest of the building, has no sprin-kJersystem to extinguish fires. Administrators confirmed the room is only “reasonably” fireproof, as it is constructed predominately of steel and concrete. Records slate the university generates about 400 gallons, or about 3,000 pounds, of hazardous waste material each semester. And the assistant chairman of the Biology Department said some chemicals may be disposed improperly. “Th is will alarm some people, but most of the liquid waste goes down the drain," said assistant chairman Frederick Funk. Eighty percent of the toxic waste comes from the colleges of chemistry', biology and health professions.. Chemistry laboratory personnel, for example, said they use hazardous chemicals such as mercury, lead and acids in experiments. The university has recognized a need for a separate storage facility whore hazardous waste can be stored until it is moved to disposal sites and incinerators in Phoenix, Caple said. I Iowc\cr, he said the plan has been indefinitely shelved See TOXIC, Page 3 C a m p u s radiation in creases risks By Christopher Woodward The Lumberjack Students and campus researchers may be serving as laboratory test animals in a dangerous game involving radioactivity. Exposure to campus radioactive materials can cause the probability of contracting cancer to rise by 50 percent, said Frederick Funk, assistant chairman of the Biology Departm ent Funk said that biology personnel are concerned because radioactive material, even in small dosages, can destroy human cells. “It is difficult to decide what is safe, because there is no way of knowing how much wlLI harm you,” he said. To lower the risk of undetected exposure, the Arizona Radiation Regulation Agency requires those using “radio-isotopes" to wear monitors to measure radioactivity. The devices record how much radiation the body receives and is the only method to determine if a person is exposed to radiation, as the levels of campus radiation are relatively low and do nol produce obvious symptoms. But it can take up to one m onth for results from monitor testing to be returned. ARRA records also state that NAU has been issued citations for out-dated monitoring equipment. Funk, however, downplayed the significance of campus radiation. “Large doses of radiation kill you. Medium doses make you sick, and small doses could increase your risk of cancer,” he said. Tammy VileslThe Lumberjack Some personnel in the Biology Department are voicing concern about radiation on campus. Radioactive materials, such as those pictured above, may be endangering the health of some students and staff. Investigation continues into campus ‘date rape’ By Phil Sampaio The Lumberjack NAU police are investigating areported aquaintance sexual assault that occurred on campus early this week. The assault allegedly took place late in the evening of Oct. 27 or in the early morning hours of Oct. 28. A female student contacted NAUPD last week from Scottsdale and reportedly told a police dispatcher she had been sexually assaulted by a male student on the campus. Police officials said the woman was emotionally distraught when she called at about 2:30 p.m. Attempts to recontact the victim after her original call were unsuccessful until Tuesday evening. The alleged assault was an aquaintance sexual assault, said Lisa Nelson of U niversity News and Publications. It is classified as an assault where the victim kn ows the alleged attacker. Police have questioned the male suspect, who was identified by the victim. NAUPD is continuing their investigation, and further details of the incident were unavailable at presstime. “The information is very limited at this point,” said NAUPD Lt. Manuel Juarez. Butjuarez said the department always will investigate possible assaults, even if little evidence exists. “We arc not going to ignore the call,” Juarez said. “We will pursue the case investigative ly, to see if it’s factual or unfounded." Growing bicycle theft trend victimizes stunned cyclists By Phil Sampaio The Lumberjack It’s a common sight to see students carrying their bicycle seats around campus. And with the current bicycle theft trend, one has to wonder if the seats are all that is left of their bikes. “It’s one of the biggest crimes we have here on campus," said NAU Crime Prevention Officer Chuck Milam.“Twenty-four hours a day, bikes are being stolen.” See related story, Page 3 The department averages five to 10 stolen bicycles a week, and Milam said weekend thefts often are between 10 and 15. Students could decrease the number of thefts if they learned to properly secure bikes and register them with local police departments, he said. Milam said students also need to realize that there is “no such thing asa theft-proof lock." Afterjoe Myers heard a noise outside his bedroom window in Bury Hall this summer, he found out that any bike is a potential target. When he looked outside shortly after 2 a.m., he saw two men by a bicycle rack. “I thought it was kind of strange that these guys were going to ride bikes at two in the morning,* he said. “I got a really bad feeling that! should go outside and check my bicycle," he said. But when Myers wen tou tside to check, his bicycle was gone. Myers became a statistic. But there was a difTerent side to Myer’s story. His bike was recovered three days after the theft. Myers has another bike now. He keeps it in his room. Catching a bike thief is extremely rare, Milam said. “O ur recovery rate is really low, and that’s because we don’thave enough the proper (bicycle) identification to do so," he said. Milam saidd istinguishing theives from students also can be a problem. “If its a certain time of day and students are all around a bike rack, we won’t question a person,” he said. Milam said recovering bicycles is a problem because most of them are taken out of the city. “I think most of our bicycle thiefs arc not students,” he said. “When you catch bike thieves, you’re really lucky.*’ As for most stolen bikes, he said, “1 wonder where they go?" Tom my Johnston also will keep his bicycle in his room. At least he will when he buys a new one. Johnston’s $500 mountain bike was stolen last week near Ardrey Auditorium. “I know I’ll never see it again, and I don’t know if they {police) can do anything about it," he said. ButJohnston said he is not intimidated by the fact that he lost his bicycle “I’ll buyanother bike," he said. "I’lljust keep in my room from now on." Corbin lifts retirement policy By Kelly Kramer The Lumberjack Arizona Attorney General Bob Corbin has removed the mandatory retirement age for state university professors, giving them the right to continue teaching past age 70. As a result of the decision, faculty members can retain tenure until they decide to retire, Corbin said. However, the change will have a minimal effect on NAU, as university faculty always have had the option of teaching past the set retirement age. "Working past 70 hasahvays been allowed as long as wc have board approval," said Marilyn Scumptcwa, Department of Human Resources. Teachers need only submit a written request in order to continue teaching past 70, she said. T hey (faculty requests) have always been approved" Seumptewa said. The dismissal of the mandatory retirement age “recognizes that faculty members are individuals whose teaching talents are not in any way linked with their age,” said Theodore Downing, president of the American Association of University Professors. Students seem to agree. “It doesn’t have to do with age, it has to do with ability/said n ursirvgmajor Pa ula Prince. “1 think there are 20-year-olds that should n ’ t be teaching on this campus." Anthropology major Ben Jam s also said the decision is fine, as long as the teachers are competenL “I’m payi n g enough money for my edu cation and 1 don’t want to be taught by someone who is going to ramble on about what they had for lunch last Tuesday,"Jarvis said. Regents approve employee pay increase By Adam Rogers The Lumbetjrck University employees will receive a merit payincrease of slightly more than onepercent, less than the amount many had hoped for. Ninety-one percent of the employees will receive a 1.25 percent increase, and about one percent, or 15 of the 1,727 employees, were denied a raise due to unsatisfactory performance evaluations. The raises were given to employees ranging from custodians to faculty ad* ministraton who were hired prior to April 1,1989. More than 140 university employees were ineligible because they were hired after this date. Eligibility was based on evaluations by peers and supervisors, with ratings above satisfactory meriting a salary increase. Because of “privacy protection’ the names of those declared to be unsatisfactory cannot be made public. However, two are administrators, four are faculty members and seven include secretaries, custodians and maintainence staff. In addition to the merit payincrease, the regen tsallocated an increase of one quarter of onepercent for “equityand market adjustments.* NAU Vice President for Business Af-fai rs Norm Hintz said the money wil I go into a pool, which will be used to finance additional salary increases as needed. He said some of the money already has gone to finance promotions. While several faculty members, who asked not to be identified, questioned the low amount o f the increase, Hintz said the problem does not lie with the university. He said the Arizona legislature has ultimate responsibility for allocating university funds. Hintz said a budget request for 1991 has been filed, and asks fora 5 percent annual increase during the next three years. The request now has to go to the governor and the state legislature. |
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