The Lumberjack, March 29, 2007.

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SB 1542
awaits
decision
CHRIS COPLAN
T he L umberjack
Arizona Senate Bill
L542 has moved one step
closer to changing how pro­fessors
teach their students.
The bill, which would
prohibit professors from
taking a position on a politi­cal,
social or cultural issue,
was voted on in the Arizona
Senate Government Com­mittee
Feb. 15. Now the bill
will move to the full Senate
committee. NAU communi­cation
professor Tony Park­er
said the bill is dangerous
because it does not clearly
state the boundaries of the
new law.
“(It is) vague because
its language does not, and
cannot, identify in advance
of its enforcement what is to
be prohibited and what is to
be protected under the law,”
Parker said.
The law threatens to
undermine the basic rights
guaranteed by the First and
14th Amendments of the
U.S. Constitution. Parker
said it is overbroad because
it makes actions that should
not be prohibited become il­legal.
+ While the bill is not
on the Senate agenda yet,
the impact of its potential
approval has people already
concerned.
John Wilson, author
of “Patriotic Correctness:
Academic Freedom and Its
Enemies,” said the punish­ments
from the bill are se­vere.
“The punishment for
this law is particularly bad,”
Wilson said. “The attorney
general or a county attor­ney
can file a civil claim for
a $500 fine against any pro­fessor
who violates the law,
even if the university and all
faculty colleagues oppose
the punishment.
See BILLS, page 4
BIG FAT MISTAKE:
TypecMtiiig sorority sets
back Greek image overhaul
INCONVENIENT L it:
to environment dictated
Construction begins on new residence hall
JO N GUSTAFSON
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NAU will construct a
new suite-style residence hall
near the south end of Raymond
Hall, permanently closing the
western end of parking lot 25.
Construction will begin
in the next two weeks.
The new residence hall
will house 376 freshmen and
upperclassmen. It is expected
to open fall 2008 and will cost
an estimated $30 million.
“The goal is to provide
more premiere housing to the
student population,” said Bri­an
Ward, assistant director of
Residence Life. “We intend for
this to be a good service to stu­dents”
The new dormitory is
necessary for NAU to keep up
with a projected increase of
230 students needing on-cam­pus
housing next fall.
See DORMS, page 4
University endowments reach record high
CHRIS COPLAN
T he L umberjack
State endowments for all
three universities have reached
$1 billion.
Endowments, funds do­nated
by alumni for allocation
within a university, reached the
record mark at the end of the
2006 fiscal year. By the end of
2006, NAU had an endowment
of $57 million, while ASU and
UA had $394 and $466 million,
respectively.
Allocation of endow­ments
can be complicated. In
a statement from the National
Association of College and
University Business Officers,
a group that advises universi­ties
on financial matters, an
endowment is a large sum (a
minimum $10,000) in which
the principle is never spent. In­terest
earned from the account
is spent on athletics or new
buildings at alumni request.
The NACUBO stated endow­ments
generate more money
than gifts.
Although NAU only re­ceives
a portion of ASU and
UA endowments due to an en­rollment
of several thousand
students less than ASU and
UA, NAU still finds ways to
invest in the academic careers
of all NAU students. The NAU
Foundation is the office that
handles how the endowment is
spent.
See ENDOWMENTS,
paqe 3
Save the Peaks supporters celebrate the Court of Appeals decision banning snowmaking
CL AY SON BENALLY PERFORMS a hoop dance during a “SaveCd)” the Peaks celebration last Wednesday afternoon at Heritage Square. The
9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently blocked Arizona Snowbowl from using reclaimed water to make snow on the San Francisco Peaks, which are
sacred to 13 tribes.
Credit schemes
plague students
ALEX MUDD
T he Lumberjack
In some ways, the world
has benefited from the rapid
growth of the Internet. How­ever,
this same innovation has
created new tools for thieves.
NAU is not immune to
these new tactics. “Phishing,” in
particular, has become a prob­lem
that NAU is attempting to
address. The term phishing re­fers
to the scammers throwing
out a net of e-mails that they
hope people will get caught in
it, said Paul Stull, vice president
of marketing and spokesper­son
for Arizona Federal Credit
Union. He describes it as an at­tempt
to get individuals to give
up personal information that
can later be used to remove
money, through fraudulent
means from their account.
Stull said in spite of this
generations aptitude for new
technology, young people are
more likely to be the victims of
identity theft through phish­ing.
He said the highest per­centage
of accounts that fall
victim to phishing belongs to
users between the ages of 19­23
and e-mail addresses end­ing
in “ edu."
See CREDIT, paqe 5
Activities Council
helps organizations
LEE HERNANDEZ
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NAU clubs and organiza­tions
have a little-known tool
at their disposal for funding
events on campus. The Student
Activities Council has a hefty
budget for clubs and organiza­tions
to take advantage of.
The council has a budget­ed
amount of money given to
them by the Office of the Presi­dent
at the beginning of each
academic year. STAC is pro­vided
with $250,000 annually,
which is split between various
programs.
Programs include STAC-funded
athletics, which helps
fund the Rec Center so stu­dents
do not have to pay mem
bership fees to work out and to
attend NAU After Hours. Re­maining
STAC funding is for
sponsoring different entertain­ment-
related events proposed
by on-campus clubs, organiza­tions
and offices.
See ACTIVITIES, paqe 4
Rally advocates peace in Iraq
MATT DELONG
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Hundreds of people
marched through down­town
Flagstaff Saturday to
commemorate the fourth
anniversary of the inva­sion
of Iraq and to demand
an end to the continuing
American occupation.
The demonstration
came just one day after the
U.S. House of Representa­tives
passed an emergency
war spending bill that in­cluded
a September 2008
target deadline for the with­drawal
of American forces
from Iraq. President George
W. Bush vowed to veto the
bill if it came to his desk.
Estimates of the crowd
size varied but event orga­nizers
said between 700 and
1,000 people participated
in the march and rally in
Wheeler Park. During the
march, many of the partici­pants
carried signs or beat
drums while chanting anti­war
slogans. Some in the
crowd rolled oil drums em­blazoned
with the “top 10
lies" propagated by the Bush
administration concerning
the war.
At the rally, a host
of speakers addressed the
crowd. These people indud-ed
Flagstaff city council-members
Kara Kelty and A1
White, retired Air Force Col.
Frank Brandt and Leonard
Clark, an Iraq war veteran.
See WAR, paqe 3
Michele Bradley/The Lumberjack
NAU FACULTY MEMBER Marybeth Foushee listens to
speakers at an anti-war rally in Flagstaff Saturday, March
24. Protesters marched through downtown before stopping
in Wheeler Park to listen to speakers advocating an end to
the war in Iraq. Foushee is an administrative assistant in
the women's studies office.
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