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Volume 86, Issue 7 e c o m i c h t 1991
By Jim R athbum
The Lumberjack
Millionaire land developer J. Fife Symington is Arizona’s new
governor-elect.
Symington edged form er Phoenix mayor Terry G oddard by 4
percentage points Tuesday in the state’s first run-off election.
Symington received 52 percent of the votes to G oddard’s 48 per­c
e n t The difference am ounted to m ore than 40,000 votes.
Early election returns had Goddard ahead by as many as 3 percent­age
points, but NAU student and Symington supporter Gary Greb was
no t worried.
“This is what we expected. We knew that once the Mesa and Sun City
districts started reporting they would pull us aro u n d ,” G reb said. “We
knew it would be all downhill after that, absolutely n o looking back.”
In somewaysthe election paralleled the Novem ber general election
in which G oddard lead through much o f the night before seeing
Symington eventually becom e the front-runner. Symington collected
about 4,000 m ore votes than G oddard in N ovem ber, b ut because of
third party candidate votes, Symington failed to receive m ore than 50
percent o f the votes, as required by Arizona’s constitution.
F if e S y m in g t o n
Personal:
* Age 45; married to Ann Symington;
has five children
♦Chairman of the Board of Symington
Co.
♦Finance chairman of the Arizona
Republican Party (1982-84)
Issues:
•Docs not support gun control
•Supports a paid state MLK holiday
•Supports legalized abortion until fetus
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Greb, who is chairm an of the College Republicans, said his
support of Symington came as the result o f an individual evaluation
of the two candidates.
“It’s no t th a tl d o n ’t like Goddard, it’sjust that I think that had he
won, it would be politics as usual in Arizona," he said.
With Symington as governor, Greb said, .\rizona can look forward
to a stronger economy, lower taxes and an improved national image.
“Symington will bring about a turnaround in image. He will show
that we’re n o t a state o f racist hicks that take bribes,” he said.
Political science student Keely S. Varvel disagreed.
“It’s a sad day for Arizona. I think we will see higher tuition, higher
deficits, higher taxes. The only thing we will see lowered are environ­m
ental standards as Symington sells o u t to big business,” she said.
Varvel, who worked for G oddard’s Coconino County campaign,
said she is worried about the high-profiled businessman’s fiscal policy.
“Symington cam paigned as a successful businessman, but there is
m ore evidence that his business is being run into the ground,” she
said.
Vaivel cited Symington's problem s with his land developm ent
deals, unpaid taxes and his refusal to reveal his financial records.
“He has a personal debt to insurance agencies in the range o f$200
million dollars, and now he is going to be charged with regulating
those agencies," she said.
Varvel said one factor in G oddard’s loss was his lack o f cam paign
funding. Symington spent m ore than twice as much as G oddard, she
said.
G oddard urged cam paign spending reforms during a speech to
supporters shortly before m idnight Tuesday.
G oddard said the election showed th atany candidate who spends
enough can get elected.
Greb said Symington needed to spend more m oney because
Goddard had better nam e recognition. Greb said G oddard’s speech
“was an effort to sling m ud and make excuses, as if it would make a
difference."
“It shows what a loser G oddard really is,” Greb said.
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Thursday, February 28,1991
Symington wins governor’s race
Dave SieinerThe Lumberjack
Junior English maior Brad Jennings of the College Republicans appiauds as election
results are announced. Republican J. Fite Symington won by 4 percentage points.
C o u n t y c o l l e g e
f a c e s u n c e r t a i n
f u n d i n g f a t e
By Ric Griffin
The Lumberjack
The creation of the Coconino
County Community College has
come across barriers th at have
stifled b u t not stopped the newly
appointed board to govern the for­mation
of the college.
In Novem ber’s general election,
voters approved the creation of a
community college.
O ne problem the board is facing
is creating an acceptable budget.
The public is supposed to vote on
the pro p o sed b u d g et May 21;
however, cost for the election is
estimated to be$ 100,000, said Paul
Neuman, president o f the com ­munity
college board and director
o f NAU Television Services.
“Right now the board operates
with no money at all. We d o n ’t
know where the m oney is going to
come from ,” N eum an said. “Every­thing
hinges on the election.”
A community college could alle­viate
some of the pressure with
NAU looking at a possible enroll­m
ent cap, Neuman said.
“Instead of the university having
to turn people away, the students
are able to get the courses at a
community college,"Neuman said.
“This will open up a litde m ore
room for your ju n io r, senior and
graduate courses.”
David Ripley ST he Lumberjack
Demonstrators march on
Members of People for Peace marched from Prochnow Auditorium to Flagstaff City Hall Thursday in a
demonstration against the threat of a ground war in the Gulf. Pro-war supporters also attended the rally,
expressing their support for the expansion of the war. The United States launched the ground warSaiurday, and
Iraq began withdrawing troopsfrom Kuwait Sunday. Kuwait City celebrated liberation Tuesday. S e e ‘War Watch,’
Page 3.
In s id e
News
Broadcasting Production
Professor William Rugg spent
two years in Kuwait creating
videos to be used to teach Ku­waiti
officials abou t the Patriot
missile. p«g*j
Commentary
Getting along with your col­lege
roommate in ‘A Word in
Edgewise.’ Page 4.
Feature
NAU students help with
Special Olympics. Page 7.
Entertainment
Flagstaff Symphony Or­chestra
wiU present the fourth
of five “Great Glasses" concerts
March 6. The performance will
feature pianist Elizabeth Pas­tor.
Sports
The NAU track teams get
set to defend their titles this
weekend. P ^ n 11.
Robert FippingerfThe Lumberjack
Lumberjack guard Steve Williams puts in a
layupwhile being guarded by BSUforward
Dan Jones. NAU lost its final two home
games c4 the season Sea Pag* 11.
By Erika T hure
The Lumbetjack
Students who conserve water, gas
and electricity on campus could
learn in the long run that what
goes around comes around.
Sharon Marmaduke, director of
the University Budget Office, said
utility bills for the Office o f Resi­dence
Life are separate from util­ity
bills for the rest of the un iversi ty.
But if NAU could save money in
either area, it could eventually
benefit the students, she said.
Future raises in on-cam pus rent
could be lessened if Residence Life
saved som e of the $1.8 million al­located
for utility bills, said Glenn
Hoge, business m anager for Resi­dence
Life.
“O ur budget is based on the rent
we collect- If utilities were to goup,
we would have to ask for a greater
increase in rent," he said.
Students benefit from energy
saved throughout cam pus because
m oney allocated for utilities th at is
not used can go to oth er areas.
All parts of the university except
Residence Life receive udiity fund­ing
from the state. Last fiscal year,
NAU saved $549,966 on utilities
from the state-allocated am o u n t o f
$5,948,000.
Off-campus behavior
subject to regulation
By Ric Griffin
The Lumberjack
Arizona university’ students and
employees now can be punished
twice for com m itting one crime.
A change in Student C ode of
C onduct m ade by the Arizona
Board of Regents in 1990 allows
the university to regulate the con­duct
of m embers of the university
community on and off campus.
This means crimes committed off
campus can result in punishm ent
by both Flagstaff officials and NAU
adm inistrators.
The Student Services Commit­tee
o f Associated Students of NAU
isurgingNAU students to dem and
changes in the adm inistration’s
Code of Conduct.
The com m ittee is concerned
abouttwo specific clauses. The first
clause states th at “off-campus con­duct
may also be subject to disci­pline."
A nother statem ent in the
code defines “university com m u­nity”
as “all university employees
and students.”
“The possibility o f abuse is just
trem endous ... regardless of the
university’s intentions,” said Mike
Chamness, vice president o f Stu­dent
Services. “1 think th at it's
double jeopardy. ”
Universitv administration does
Save energy, save money
not agree, said Tony Ross, NAU’s
dean of students.
“This is n o t a criminal process,
this is an administrative process,”
Ross said.
In. tWe rwst, when a majoi^feLony
occurred off campus ii restricted
the adm inistration ’s ability to take
any action, Ross said. The change
in the code was made so that spe­cific
crimes — such as m urder, as­sault,
rape and large-scale drug
dealing — could be dealt with, Ross
said.
Even if individuals were arrested
and put in jail, they still could get
o u t on bail and be back at school
the next day, Ross said. H e said he
thinks the adm"mbtration needs the
ability to suspend or expel students
for ofT-cainpus crimes.
“Realistically we know it (abuse)
is probably not going to h appen.”
Chamness said.
However, Cham ness said the
potential for abuse is enough of a
reason for students to fight for revi­sions
in the code that will clarify
exactly what crimes university ad­m
inistrators will deal with.
ASNAU’s Student Services Com­m
ittee is creating a Student Bill of
Rights that will help individuals
understand their rights as studen ts,
Chamness said.
Patsy Reed, vice president for
Academic Affairs, said students can
help with the university budget
crunch by conserving energy.
“If there is som ething students
could help with, they’d probably
rather save on electricity and end
Stretching the dollar
NAU BUDGET
a serin ef report*
up with a nice piece of equipm ent
in the biology lab,” Reed said.
O ne group on campus, the En­ergy
Conservation Task Force, is
working on cutting utility costs.
The group's mission statem ent
states its purpose is to investigate
energy conservation and to recom ­m
end actions, said Susan Thomas,
coordinator of the task force.
T he task force, composed o f stu­dents,
faculty and staff, is drafting
a five-year energy m anagem ent
plan.
O ne issue this plan will address is
Gov. Rose M offord’s executive or­der
last m onth th at all state build­ings
and facilities reduce overall
See BUDGET, Page 2
David RipleyThe Lumberjack
Black History Month celebration
Denise Parker, 8, (left) Rachelfe Neal. 3, (canter) and Tr$ Hatcher, 12,
sing in the “Pride, Heritage & Progress’ gospel singing program at the
Springhill Missionary Baptist Church Feb. 22.