The Lumberjack, March 19, 1997.

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Volume 95, Issue 10
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Strict rules explain statistics
By CATHERINE TITTLE
The Lumberjack
An article in the March 16
issue of the Arizona Republic
charged drug busts soared 70
percent at NAU campus.
“I believe the article is mis­leading
in the fact that it fo­cused
on information that was
two to two and a half years
old,” Barnett said. "The basis
of the headline focused
on crime stats from the
years 1994 and 1995 ”
Barnett said although
the article did state the
number of drug arrests
declined significantly in
1996, it failed to include
those statistic which were
available on NAUPD’s
web page.
The number of drug
arrests did increase from
78 in 1994 to 135in 1995,
but dropped to 102 in
1996. The number of il­legal
alcohol consump­tion
arrests also rose in
1995 (from 163 in 1994
to 327 in 1995*) but
dropped to 168 in 1996.
Barnett said there are
See DRUGS, Page 5
Sodexho moves in
By RACHEL VANE
The Lutnbeijack
Marriott Corp. is gone, aTtdsrnew food ser­vice
is moving in.
For the next five years, Sodexho will be the
food service for NAU. Sodexho currently has
dining can tracts at 225 universities in the
United States. They have more than 14, 000
accounts in 62 countries and will begin ser­vice
at NAU May 19.
Sodexho will be changing the University
Union around some, Bill Crane, Sodexho
senior regional vice president, said.
Sabarro will be put where Pizzano’s is now
and Starbucks (Coffee) will be put where Java
jacks is now.
Although, Crane said Starbucks will be big­ger
than Java Jacks, it will be more like a walk-in
area, istead of a walk-up counter.
He also said to the right of the Eatery, there
will be a TastTakes" buffett-style counter with
the salad bar, soup, bread and premade sand­wiches.
‘This will open up the Eatery and make it a
easier to get around in there,” Crane said.
Another change Sodexho is planning is to
put a “cook to order” area in the three cafe­teria
style dining halls on campus.
The decision to change the service, was ul­timately
NAU President Clara M. Lovett’s, but
she was given a recommendation from the
Food Service Committee.
The committee reviewed five proposals
from each oF-the dining services seeking a
contract at NAU, said Sam Wheeler, student
unions and activities director and food ser­vice
committee member.
After reading through the proposals, uni­versities
with Sodexho were chosen to be
visited by members of the Food Service Com­mute.
“We narrowed it down and decided to vis­it
Sodexho schools, "Jeff Sears, food, service
committee chairman, said.
Near the beginning of the semster, three
students went to six campuses. The students
were: Bree Wilkins, former Associated stu­dents
of NAU College of Arts and Sciences
senator; Christina Bandy, Association o f
University Residence Halls national commu-
' nications coordinator; and Sears.
The three students traveled toHarvard
Law School, jleP aul University in Chicago,
University o f Illinios at Chicago, Stonehill
College in Massac hussets, Keene State Col­lege
in New Hampsire and Providence in
Rhode Island, who c u rre n tly use Sodexho.
The students discovered NAU has flexi­ble
meal plans compared to many of those
universities.
See DINING, Page 5
Stereotypes unfold
By KTVA ALTAMLRANO
The Lumberjack
Racial stereotypes and discrimma-tkrsr
are stitt evident in minority’s lives.
Some NAU minority students still
experience racial discrimination and
stereotypes in and out of the class­room
even in today's society.
“People automatically think a cer­tain
way when they see vou,” Aliek
Williams, junior advertising major
said. “1 was pulled over one time by a
campus police officer and the first
thing he asked me was what sport did
I play ... I thought it was very unpn>
fessional of him to ask that,” he said.
Karmen Todd, senior sociology
major said she realizes racial discrim­ination
and stereotypes are always
going to be a part of her life.
According to literature from Plan­ning
and Institutional Research en­rollment
summary, 78 percent of
NAU’s population is white.
The next largest percentage group
is Hispanic with 9 percent
Todd said stereotypes like minori­ties
are getting a free ride or attend­ing
the university only on athletic
scholarships are something
minorities have to deal with.
She also said another common ste­reotype
is one making a distinction
be tween minorities at college and ones
who are not.
“People will say things like minori­ties
that are or>campu$are fine but the
ones that aren’t have the problem,*
Todd said.
She said it’s difficult to deal with
people who think in those ways.
“It’s frustrating because the univer­sity
is a place where you learn to be
enlightened. We have the opportuni­ty
to open our minds but some people
refuse to do that,” Todd said.
She said discrimination is not a prob­lem
that controls her life, but effects
others who are not ready for it.
“I don’t want everyone to think that
I’m having a hard time at NAU because
I ’m n o t But I realize that there are
many people who are having a hard
time because of this,” she said.
RaneIda Case, senior health educa­tion
major, said it’s sometimes hard to
tell between discrimination and prej­udices.
“I think here it’s more like prejudic­es,”
Case said. “You can tell some pro­fessors
and advisors are uncomfortable
talking to Native Americans.’’
Case said she had an experience
where she felt an advisor was uncom­fortable
with her and other Native
Americans.
“I think part of the problem is alack
o f education and exposure,” she said.
“A lot of professors come from back
East andaren't^ised to being
Native Americans.”
Not all students share the same
thoughts on racial discrimination.
“1 must be the luckiest guy because
I have never experienced that on cam­pus,”
Fred Stevens, Jr., senior civil en­gineering
mayor, said.
Stevens said he believes giving peo­ple
respect helps prevent discrimina­tion.
“If I treat people with the same re­spect
that I feel I should be treated
with then I really don’t have a prob­lem,”
Stevens said. That's why I be­lieve
I don’t have a problem because I
I treat all people with respect"
Many minority students said intol­erance
and disrespect are part of the
problem of racial discrimination.
Jmar Summerville, junior advertis­ing
major, said not understanding
each others races and cultures contrib­utes
to the problem.
“I really couldn’t image a world
where that (racial discrimination)
didn’t happen,” she said. "That would
be utopia for me.”
• * = Drug
Violations
--- ' = Illegal
Alcohol
Consumption
--- = Driving
While
Intoxicated
Drug-Related Arrests at NAU
Illegal waste disposal poses problem on NAU campus
University, city conflict on cost of proper waste removal; help requested from students and citizens
By M ICHAEL FRENCH
The Lumberjack
Illegal dumpstes litter the forests around Flagstaff.
The NAU campus is not immune.
Undeveloped NAU property and adjacent parcels
have served as dumping grounds for years.
Rusted cars, old appliances and broken glass are
scattered among pines
Grounds supervisor Jim Kriste said facilities man­agement
is aware of the refuse on south campus.
He said grounds collected refuse from the forest
and concentrated it near the 1-40 overpass at Lone
Tree Road three or four years ago. He said the aban­doned
cars were gathered for disposal. He said he
ha* the understanding that NAU needs vehicle titles
to have the citv remove them.
* Kriste said- the vehicles have no tides because they
were abandoned.
ft's a dilemma, somewhat of a Catch-22," he said.
t vehicles are in the process o f being classified
I so they can be removed, he said
* , CUsm I f f s t ! * coordinator for
rthevehi-thetity’saban-
Sc Green is
Inc., an
community
Pobce Depart
V io la to rs
must be
caught in the
process o f
d um p ing to
be cited. He
said officers
would need
to be posted
at d um p in g
g r o u n d s
around the
clock to catch violators.
Mussel man said violators disregard signs prohibit­ing
dumping
“As we put the signs up they tear them down,” he
said..
Some students are surprised to see dump sites on
or near campus.
Tanju Bayramoglu. junior mechanical engineering
major, said he first saw an old sie near NAU while in
high school. He was looking for a sledding hill on
south caropttswhen he saw garbage peeking through
*1 couldn't believe it was so close to campus. That
was a shock.” he said.
“Vfe thought this wasa great hill, but ih tn w e a w k
was trashed with old slurp gissi and n a tfo ld trash, a
lot of metafcc stuff."
He saw the site again while a freshman at NAU.
“A year later, I got to see it without any snow, and it
was even worse," he
said.
Bavramogiu said the
trash looked like it was
100 years old.
Tou got a feel for
how long trash stays
around,” he said. “It
looked like it would still
be there for another
100 years.”
• Bavramogiu said hav­ing
a dump site so close to campus sets a poor exam­ple
for students.
"We’re supposed to be smarter than that We as the
university community should be setting examples,”
he said.
Cadigan said illegal dumping is a problem in Flag­staff.
“We have a lot of dumping. It’s a considerable prob­lem,”
she said. •
Illegal dumping describes improper disposal of
garbage, on either public or private property.
waste, abandoned cars, appliances and picnic waste
are commonly dumped illegally in the city.
household garbage at recycling ccMen
: bins it also illegal, die
Cadigan said the tipping fees in Flaptafi are low
See TRASH, Page*
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NAUhaato
19%
Information courtesy o f NAUPD
Photo Illustration by/Brian Corley
Scenes tike the one above are rare contrary to popular belief. NAU has experienced a recent drop in drug related crimes.