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crowd attends bed races By LEAH SMITH
The Lurabejjack
F lag staffs th ird an n u al
p arad e and bed race com ­p
e titio n was a tte n d e d Sat­urday
by an estim ated
7*000 peo p le, according to
the Main S tre et Flagstaff
F o u n d a tio n .
Held on Aspen Avenue in
front o f City Hall, th e race
involved p a rticip atio n
from 75 team s o f local
businesses and o rg an iza­tions.
Many o f th e p a rtici­pants
w ere NAU stu d en ts.
Em ployees o f W algreens
drug store claim ed the
overall g ran d prize, an all­expense
paid trip to H a­waii
in April 1998. In H a­waii,
th e five-m em ber
team will re p re se n t Flag­staff
as p a rt o f the 25th
an n u al In te rn a tio n a l Bed
Race co m p etitio n . Wal­greens
won th e grand
prize trip based o n th eir
accum ulation o f po in ts
e arn ed from activities in­cluding
fund raising, bed
decorating and racing.
“W algreens em ploys m ore
than 300 people in Flagstaff,
and it was n e at to m eet co­w
orkers today who I ’d never
even seen b efo re," Toby Mo­ran,
W algreens team mem­b
er, said.
N one o f the team has ever
visited Hawaii.
Along with the grand prize,
th ree tro p h ie s were aw arded
for bed d ecoration. W eather­ford
H o te l/C h a rly ’s was
awarded “best d eco rate d bed
re p re se n tin g a business.”
“Best th em e d e c o ra tio n ” was
given to th e Village Baker.
The Flagstaff Boy Scout Ex­p
lo rer Post, sp o n so red by
Inn Suites, was aw arded
“funkiest d eco ratio n ."
T he g rand prize ru n n e r-u p
was a tie betw een the Flag­staff
Fire D ep artm en t and
Jack-in-the-Box. T he team
sponsored by the Phoenix
Suns won the bed race. Jo e’s Place
restaurant and bar came in second.
The point system, a newly-adopt-
See Races, Page 3
Leah Smith/The Lumberjack
Racing toward the finish line, NAU students represent the Plastic Surgeons of Northern Arizona in Flag­staff’s
third annual Bed Race Competition on Aspen Avenue Saturday afternoon. The team progressed to
the second heat, but lost when they dropped a basketball on the obstacle course.
Special
election
results in
By KIVA ALTAMIRANO
The Lumbeijack
In a special election Tuesday, /
Flagstaff voters approved a bond
for the expansion of the U nited*^
States Geological Survey.
The bond allows the Flagstaff
City Council to give the USGS
$4,700,000 for construction of a
new building.
The cost includes the equipment
used in the building in addition to
any other necessary items for the
governm ent and scientific re­search
done at the USGS.
Candace Owens, from the office
of the recorder, said the land is
leased from the city of Flagstaf f to
the USGS.
Any added construction has to
be approved by the dty.
Voters approved the bond issue
1,345 to 582.
Owens said this would not raise
taxes in any way.
w ins
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Acceptance rate:
Reputation score:
Retention rate:
1996 graduation rate:
Percent of classes under 20 students:
Percent of classes o f 50 or more students :
SAT/ACT 25 to 75 percentile:
Number of students that enrolled that graduated
in the top 10% of tiuJr high school class:
84%
1.8
69%
39%
39%
11%
19-24
What was NALTs Score?
I n f o r m a t i o n
Tapping NAU ranks fourth tier once again
Sechrist fight breaks out, more than 30 involved
Voter apathy
contributes to
state’s woes
By KIVA ALTAMIRANO
“I am very anxious to learn the identi­ties
of those individuals who viscioush in­jured
others," Bran del said.
University President Oara M. Lovett also
commented on the fight-
“There has to be a war to discourage this
kind of behavior," Lovett said. “I ’m really
quite concerned with this."
The fight is still under investigation.
If anyone has information about the
fight they can contact the NAU Police
Department at 523-3611 an d /o r Student
Life at 523-5181.
"The only we can live safeh is if those
who are responsible for assaulting others
are identified and held responsible for
their actions/ Brandel said.
Police would not yet comment.
The Lumberjack
Since the resignation of form er
governor Fife Symington, questions
have b e en raised as to how an o th ­e
r elected Arizona governor has left
office befo re his term has ended.
Symington was charged w ith sev­en
teen c o u n ts of fraud and was
convicted on seven o f those last
Wednesday. .
He resigned from office Friday.
Several NAU students were asked if a
sense of apathy could have been a reason
for having a second governor resigning in
the past 30 years.
“I think Arizonans tend to put a Lot of
faith in who they elect and they've been
let down twice, but I d on’t think that
should be a reason to stop voting/Jenni­fer
Reichelt, ASNAU president, said. I t
just means you need to become more
aware and more informed so you can
make better decisions when you vote."
Reichelt said she doesn’t like to think
the general population is apathetic to­wards
politics, she said she believes peo­ple
just don't believe their vote makes a
difference.
Scott Bates, junior graphic design ma­jor,
said he believes his vote doesn ’t count.
“I fee! that politics is something that
doesn’t really effect me directly,” Bates,
said. “3 think we’re too bag of a society, by-the
time it trickles down to us it doesn ^
really make a differe n c e /
Reichelt said this kind of attitude needs
to change. f
T d hate to say that students Or the pop­ulation
in general is apathetic-, I think a
lot of times people don’t think that their
one vote counts, so they’re not apt to get
off the couch and come vote. But I think
even more important than voting is being
informed, especially with local issues,"
Reichelt said.
See Symington, Page 2
SA daetxm
at its best.
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• Campus Crime Report t
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tradition
continues
By THERESA MCGEE
The Lumbeijack
A 61-year-old NAU tradition continued
this past weekend.
T his y ear’s H om ecom ing celeb ra­tions
have been d e d ic ate d to Jo e
and D ianne L ingerfelt.
T he “tap p in g " w hich is a trad i­tion
datin g back to 1936 took place
Sunday evening.
Each year a person (this year
there are two) is chosen to be hon­ored
as H om ecom ing ded icatee.
■“It sta rte d with C hain Gang, they
were th e sole g ro u p th at selected
the d e d icate e. Now it has been ex­ten
d ed to o th e r stu d e n t groups,*'
said Brian H arp, p resid en t o f Chain
G ang.
D ianne started w orking, at NAU
in August, 1984. She accep ted a
secretary po sitio n w ith th e Associ­ated
S tu d en ts o f NAU in 1985 and
has w orked in the office ever since.
H er c u rre n t title is O ffice Special-f
ist Senior.
T feel very priveledged to have met and
to have been able to work with this wom­an.
She’s remarkable and her dedication
and compassion to the students and the
campus are incredible/ ASNAU President
Jennifer Reichelt said.
In addition to her involvement in sever­al
other organizations, Dianne is in her
By SAMANTHA DOYLE
Amy EUis/Tke Lumberjack
Chain Gang surprises Joe and Dianne Lin­gerfelt
Sunday evening with the honor of
being this year’s Homecoming dedicatees.
second year as advisor to the New Student
Organization.
Joe began teaching mathematics at NAU
in 3970. He recendy retired from NAU
after 27 years as a full professor.’joe served
as faculty senate chair in 1991-93.
T h e ir devotion, commitment and ded­ications
is what the award is all about,”
Associate Dean Art Farmer said.
The couple, was greeted at the door
of Assistant Dean Cyndi Anderson's house
where they thought they'were just attending
a poduck.
Both said they had no due they were cho­sen
as this year’s Homecoming dedicatees.
The Lumbeijack
The results are in ! On ce again U.S. News
and WoH Report ranked NAU in the fourth
tier of the 288 best universities and col­leges
in the nation.
JEach the -instim-dons
by reputation, retention, predicted
graduation, actual graduation rate, how
large classes are, ACT/SAT scores, selec­tivity,
how much alumni get paid and how
many high school students in the top 10%
of their graduating class chose a college.
Executive director for the office of the
president and director of public affairs,
Jeanette Baker said even though NAU is
in the fourth tier, people need to remem­ber
that it is the fourth tier of the nations
best colleges.
There are over 3,000 colleges in the
nation and the ones on the list represent
only 10% of those institutions.
University President Clara M. Lovette
said only 1400 institutions even get con­sidered
for ranking and being among the
By The Lumberjack Staff
NAU police officers broke up a fight in­volving
more than thirty students and non­students
early Friday m orning outside
Sechrist Residence Hall.
The incident was reported to hav e start­ed
at a local bar and then en d ed at
Sechrist O ne student was reported as be­ing
hurt from a thrown rock.
Rick Brandel, Dean of Students, said as
of Wednesday morning, he has aware of
three students who received physical in­juries.
"Me‘re still trying to son out who was
there,* Brandel said.
Noarrests have yet been made regard­ing
the fight because it still has not been
deter mined who caused the injuries.
288 means that we are very strong.
Who is the number one university in the
nation? Harvard University and Princeton
University tied for first place.
“ I think the ranking places a lot of
weight on selectivity and how wealthy
schools a r e / Baker said. NAU is a not very
selective because we are a public institu­tion
and we are not particularly wealthy
either, so those are some main reasons why
we are in the last tier, Baker said.
Harvard has an acceptance rate of 11 %
and Princeton is 12% while NAU is at 84%
acceptance rate according to U.S. News.
Baker said she thinks that it would be
helpful to rank public and private schools
separately. “If you look at the first tier their
are very few public universities on that
tier/ Baker said.
Lovette has a sim ilar opinion and
said, “We are in the fourth tier be­cause
we d o n ’t have the resources
that private colleges or the b e tte r
endow ed public universities have."
See Ranking, Page 3