The Lumberjack, September 16, 1992.

              T o p P i c k s . . .
N t r m t i
Cam Atrium changes Its
Page 4
Entertainment:
Performing Arts plans fall
concert
F t a t u r t :
A closer look al campus
crime and safety
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MD
Sports:
Football team wins its first
game of the season
Page 13 THE U M B E R JA C K Northern Arizona University • Flagstaff, Arizona
2 6 2 7 E A S T Y A N D E L L D R .
E L P A S O T X 7 9 9 0 3
On to victory
Chris MoodyfThe Lumberjack.
Vincent Ramella, a graduate student and a resident assistant at Tinsley Hall leads his hail males in cheering at the lootbal! game on
Saturday. The Lumberjacks defeated Northeastern University of Boston by a score of 21 to 14-. (see sports for related story)
SEpxoctleilglehnt coen
The Lumberjack and ASNAU have
selected Dr. Don Riggs, a professor in
the v Center for Excellence in Educa­tion
as this week’ s “Spotlight" winner.
“H e i? ail excellent teacher who i* sup-ptfrttte,
tfncouraging and funny. He
goes out o f his way to listen to student
concerns."
See HERITAGE, Page 3 Athletics examined by commission for possible cuts
By Dane Hawley
The Lumberjack
Portions of the in tercollegiate athlet­ics
program may be cut as a result of
campus-wide budgetary limitations.
In August, University President Eu­gene
M. Hughes created the ad hoc
ComouMon on Athletics designed to
analyze and review the intercollegiate
athletics program at NAU regarding
the status q ip and future o f
intercollegiate sports.
The commission consists of 23 mem­--------
w ---- - Ac­uity,
staff, student body and residents
of Flagstaff who were appointed by
nized peer institutions* programs and
— Review o f the Arizona Board of
Regents, Big Sky Conference and
NCAA's mandates, compliance rules
and guidelines.
— Review and brainstorm creative
— Review the coat and benefit of
athletic-related activities (band,
— Review the NAU athletic program 's
benefit to the community and the caro-
I * • \ \
— Review NAU s present level of ath-
I I U H H i l l J U m i f f K H O T S p C C l K
installments, with the precision of changes
sf the commani
will be conducted on Wednesdays, at 4
pan. until 530 pan, in the board room of
Babbitt Academic Center The final draft of
theoanunanon's review and recommends
tors is scheduled to be completed Dec 16.
Abo, the coaxmimon announced that
two public forums will be scheduled —
one to be conducted on campus, poan*
My at Cfcne Library Auditorium, and
tbe other to be conducted in the c o n
The commission members will be
tat the forums to listen, but not
to speak. TomJurich, director o f a thirt­ies;
David Markee, vice president for
student services; Sam McClanahan, pro
“ m the Center for Excellence in
Education, and Kelly Patton-
Woodward, associate director of athlet­ics,
will serve as moderators to answer
technical questions.
Id order to solicit opinions from in­terested
individuals affiliated with the
university, the commission has created
survey questionnaires that willhe mailed
will
present dw etna cf not
— Assess the economic impact of
athletics to the community.
— Compare NAU’s athletic program
and level of support to NAU's rec ob­lations
with regard to inviting the press
to regularly scheduled meetings.
The meetings are stated for bi-weekly
ted
members* anahrsrs at the sessions.
at the first
■ a target number of 400
See ATHLETICS, Page 4
Police investigate
sexual abuse on
south campus
By John Largo
The Lumberjack
A male student is under investigation
for allegedly sexually abusing a female
student Thursday, Aug. 27 In a south
campus residence hall.
NAU police detective Sgt. Robert
Carmichael said the incident is still un­der
police investigation because the vic­tim
is unsure of whether to prosecute
the suspect or to allow the Student Life
office to handle the situation.
According to police records, the vic­tim
and a friend had gone to the south
campus hall to attend a party involving
the consumption o f alcohol. While at
the party the victim and her friend were
invited to the suspects room. After
some time in the room the victim’s
friend left leaving her alone with the
suspecL
The victim said she felt uncomfort­able
alone with the man and tried to
leave the room, but was stopped by him
as he began kissing and licking her neck
and face.
The woman said she tried to refuse
the man’s advances while struggling to
get away. T he man then placed his
hands under the woman's shirt as he
fondled her. The woman then man­aged
to escape his grasp and left the
room, the report said.
Student arrested,
charged with
hindering prosecution
of escaped prisoner
By John Largo
The Lumberjack
A female student was arrested Monday by
Flagstaff police and charged with hindering
prosecution o f an escaped prisoner.
Maria C. Gonzales, IS, Tempe, and her
boyfriend Tro»y Taylor Ross, 25, were both
taken into custody at a Flagstaff motel, after
NAU police were tipped ofFby a roommate of
Gonzales’ who had seen Ross in an Arizona
Republic Silent Witness reporL
According to police records, Ross had es­caped
from the Arizona Department o f Cor­rections
where he was being held under house
arrest on a burglary and theft conviction.
Gonzales and Ross had apparently met at a
summer camp in Prescott and had been
seeing each other o ff and on since, accord­ing
to the room mate.
With the information from the roommate,
NAU police were able to broadcast a descrip­tion
o f Ross’ vehicle, which was stolen from
Prescott, leading to his capture and arrest
Ross is a suspect in a burglary that occur red
Sunday night atW. L, Gore and Associates on
North Fourth Street
\folume 87, Issue 18 c copyright 1992 Wednesday, September 16,1992 Flagstaff experiences housing pinch By Lukas Veluah
and Tiffany Palmer
The Lumberjack
Overbooked residence halls and a lack of off-campus
housing have caused a number o f students problems
with finding housing.
"I think FlagstafThas major problems with housing.
There is not enough housing for all o f the people. I
heard that there is about a 4 percent vacancy rate in
Flagstaff. The apartments that are available are outra­geously
over-priced. There is just no way you can get a
place on your own unless you have got a lot of money,"
said Derek West, junior marketing major.
Kerry McCracken o f Flagstaff s McCracken Reality con­firmed
the 4 to 5 percent vacancy rate in Flagstaff.
West has been living out of the back of his pick-up
truck since the beginning o f the semester. He and many
other students have been waiting to move into the
Alpine Ridge apartments behind Mountain View Hall
since Aug. 15, but due to repairs, renovations, city
regulations and insurance inspections they will have to
wait until Sept. 25 to move in, according to the
apartment's Co-Manager Lee Echols.
.Although Echols said that the original opening dale was
Aug. 15, West and Joe Berardi, ajunior premed major, said
they were told the original opening dale was Aug. 1.
“Alpine Ridge said we would be able to move in August
1 and since then they have continually moved it up
further and further. The last I heard the move-in date
was bumped up to SepL 24," West said.
Berardi is also awaiting the opening o f Alpine Ridge.
Berardi has been living in Kachina Village with his
brother for the past month. "It is such an inconvenience
driving to school every day," Berardi said. “It is just one
more distraction from school," he said.
Berardi was also told the apartmen ts would be fin ished
by Aug. 1. He said the owner then moved it up to Aug. 15,
SepL 15andnow SepL 24. “1 don’t know what I’m going
to do if they delay it past that," he said.
Berardi plans to move in Sept. 25, but said the owner
wants to charge him $22 a day until O ct 1 when his first
month ’ s rent is due. “I think we should be compensated
for at least a half month’s rent," he said.
Accord i ng to Echols, SepL 23 ope n ing looks like when
the apartment will open.
I t looks like everything is going to work this time. HUD
(Housing and Urban Development) is inspecting us on the
23rd, and assoon as HUD says, we’re set toopen, "Echols said.
In a town where rental space is in such high demand,
it is important for students to be aware o f their legal
rental rights.
“What we always do to ensure there’s no problem is to
do a clear written lease, prior to anybody taking posses­sion.
We’ll state the date they’ re supposed to move in,"
McCracken said.
“If you have everything in writing, you are well protec ted
by the law,” she said.
“If don’t have it in writing, it turns into one guy's word
against another," McCracken said.
Berardi said he considered legal action but doesn’t
think he has a chance. ‘T h ere were no leases signed or
money exchanged,” Berardi said.
“1 wouldn’t think so in that situation,” said Keith A.
Hammond, attorney with the Flagstaff Law Office. I f it
is not being opened for reasons beyond the their
[management’s] control, and no leases were signed yet,
there’s really not much you can do," he said.
Any student who is going to be renting should read up
on the slate laws concerning the issue, McCracken and
Hammond said.
“Read the landlord-tenant act — it’s a state law that
See HOUSING, Page 3
Heritage week
educates campus
about Native
American culture
By John Largo The Lumberjack
Educating people about Native Ameri­can
culture will be stressed during the
American Indian Heritage Week at NAU
scheduled Sept. 21-25.
Michelle Swan, president o f NAU ’s Na­tive
Americans United, said the purpose o f
In dian Heritage Week is getting the univer­sity
and the community involved in interac­tions
with Native Americans. “There are
many misconceptions and negative stereo­typing
abou t Native Americans," Swan said.
“This i? our chance to educate others not
exposed to Native American ways."
The week will kkkoff at 7 p.m. Monday
with a graduate-undergraduated reception
at the Woodlands PlazaHoteland ts open to
all students. Swan said the purpose of the
reception is to get acquainted with NAU
faculty, staff and other students. “Our Na­tive
American graduate students will be
there to encourage undergraduate students
to continue on in their education and
achieve their goals," she said.
On Tuesday, presentations will be made
by two nationally recognized Indian lead­ers
and a NAU Indian professor. Yavapai
Apache Chairman Theodore Smith and
Sam Juan Piaute President Evelynn James
will speak on the importance o f education
and the significance o f positive role mod­els.
Devon Mihesuah, Choctaw, assistant
professor o f history at NAU, will focus on
American Indians as monitors o f their
own education and the need for more
Indian history and literature in educa-