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N O R T H E R N A R I Z O N A U N I V E R S I T Y iumber jack The Independent Student Voice . a z-r* lacks keep crowd Astrobiology and - on the edge of their astronomy club % . \ seats. reach for the stars. . i A W ' « l • Page 9 r * • Page 11 Issue 5, Volume 97 Feb. 14, 2006 - Feb. 20. 2008 www.lackCentral.com Vagina Monolouges prepares lo open tonight. ' • Page 13 Flu hits NAU ROBERT OTSUBO The Lumberjack An influenza epidemic ravaged its way throughout campus this winter season; a year which has seen 6,924 cases of influenza nationwide. “It is big this year,” said Dr. Timothy Fleming of Fronske Health Center. Fleming said Influenza A and B, or the flu, is a specific respiratory-virus not many students are familiar with. Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, cough, sore throat, runny nose and body pains. “It is highly contagious,” Fleming said. “Especially in dorm situations where hundreds of people share close quarters.” Fleming said over the past two to three weeks, Fronske has been seeing about 40 to 60 patients a day with influenza. “This probably represents a small portion of the total cases on campus," Fleming said. “Most people do not seek medical care if they are aware that there is an influenza epidemic since they know that there isn’t any specific treatment ” Influenza is especially bad during the winter season, thus garnering the title “Flu Season.” Fleming said the flu strikes hard and hastily multiplies during winter when people tend to remain indoors for the majority of the time due to cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions. k Tory Nakamura, a freshman history major, said earlier this semester he suffered from fevers, headaches, sore throats and chest congestions. “The thing is I never get sick back home,” Nakamura said. However, when Nakamura moved to Flagstaff from Hawaii, he started experiencing strange symptoms. “One night I was hallucinating and sweating profusely, then the next day I was fine,” Nakamura said. Nakamura attributes the outbreak of the flu to Flagstaff's cold weather. See FLU, Page 3 Kneeling students take a stand against torture an d war Blake Batten/The Lumberjack M EM B ER S OF THE NAU Peace and Justice Club stage an anti-war and torture demonstration in the Union. Participants were clad in black hoods like those worn by detainees at U.S. detention centers such as Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Club president Russell Crawford distributed flyers about the costs of the war to students while club members knelt quietly with signs displaying casualty and financial figures from the war. Tour de Fat reaches end of winding trail KATIE CLARK T he L u m b e r j a c k New Belgium Brewings cycling circus Tour de Fat, which travels to 12 cities in the West and Southwest, will not be returning to Flagstaff this fall. New Belgium Brewing announced it will cancel the yearly event, which brings bikes, environmental awareness and weekend festivities to Wheeler Park. In a press statement, New Belgium Brewing said “It is with sincere regret that after eight amazing years, we have decided not to bring the Tour de Fat back to Flagstaff in 2008.” Due to its ever-increasing popularity, the event this year found Wheeler Park too small and crowds waited for hours to enter. ■ “I waited for a long time.” said Tanner Magish, a senior forestry major. “1 ended up just not going; it also looked really crowded.” According to the New Belgium Brewing Company’s Web site, this past season the number of riders in the tours bike parade increased by 112 percent from last year and 266 percent from 2005. “As more and more folks discover Tour de Fat, sadly not all of them have come for the purpose of moving the bicycle to the forefront of transportation," New Belgium wrote in a statement. “Instead they have focused on pushing revelry to new heights” According to a Jan. 31 Arizona Daily Sun article, people brought their own alcohol and some attendees who were removed for disorderly conduct scaled the Tour s fence to re-enter. Wheeler Park is no longer an option for the festivals venue due to its inadequate size in accordance with the number of Tour attendees. Some people are confused as to why the event does not simply change venues. “Why can t they just do it at Thorpe < Park) or somewhere else?'” Magish said. Tour de Fat is responsible for encourging more eco-friendly behavior. Not only through promoting bicycle use but through recycling the majority of trash from every stop. The Tour also uses solar-powered stage and travels from city to city by BlOO biodiesel fuel. “1 will miss the Tour,” said Ashley Puller, a junior Spanish major. “1 think it is very important to pro m o te a m ore ecoconscience world.” The event is held to raise money for both the Flagstaff Biking Organization (FBO) and the Northern Arizona Pride Association (NAPA). Last year, it raised a total of $57,000 for both groups. NAPA was founded in 1996 in order to educate and increase acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Flagstaff. ^ According to the NAPA Web site, “Throughout the years there have been many organizations and efforts to make Flagstaff and northern Arizona more tolerant and educated. However, many in northern Arizona and Flagstaff still face bigotry, discrimination and violence” FBO, founded in 2002 to p r o m o t e a B i k e to W ork w e « k , now in almost its seventh Bike to Work week, the organization is thriving. The organization also runs bike events at local high schools and elementary schools. Also, they are responsible for expanding trails and have given away more than 200 bicycles. Their ultimate goal is to make Flagstaff “the most bike-friendly city in America.” Unfortunately, Tour de Fat represented almost 50 percent of FBOs income. According to FBOs Web site, “The good news is that the good folks at New Belgium Brewing Company have promised not to abandon FBO by offering us grants and event support, however, we still need funding ideas.” AZ Democrats discuss youth vote A LEX M U PP Thi Lumberjack NAU hosted the Young Democrats of Arizona on Feb. 9 for their annual convention; its first convention on the Mountain Campus in recent years. The presidential primaries have motivated many young Democrats to participate and YDA leadership suggests this will be a continuing trend. “Even though its all the way up in Flagstaff and some people had to drive four or five hours to get here, we had a lot of people coming out and that shows you how dedicated they are at being involved as a young Democrats,” said Cole Hickman, a political science senior at ASU and the president of YDA. YDA leadership sees this as just one sign of the growing dedication many young people have for the Democratic party today, especially compared to the campaigns two decades See VOTE, Page 4 Lumberjack I TALKS with members o1 the Environmental Caucus at the Young Democrats of Arizona convention in Cline Library on Saturday. Aid advice dispersed ROBERT OTSUBO The L u m b e r j a c k On Sunday, the Arizona Commission for Post Secondary Education held College Goal Sunday in order to help individuals interested in attending college with the costs attached. The 12th annual event was held at Coconino Community College’s Lone Tree and Page/Lake Powell campus, where volunteers from CCC and NAU aided incoming college students with the FAFSA process. “FAFSA is not the easiest thing to fill out,” said Bob Voytek, director of the office of student financial assistance at CCC. “That is what this is for. Filling out a FAFSA indicates what’s available for students” Michelle Castillo, director of financial aid at NAU, said the event was a collaboration between NAU and CCC “Thirty other sites around the state host similar events,” Voytek said. “Students are doing the right thing by applying for their FAFSA early” Administrators at College Goal Sunday stressed that filling out a FAFSA is the first step toward qualifying for financial assistance from both federal and state sources. Voytek said there is a lot of free money available for students, especially for need-based individuals. Aside from loans, there are certain financial aid packages that do not require students to return the money used to pay tuition; these include the Pell Grant, Academic Competitiveness Grant, SEOG, LEAP and SLEEP. “There may be other institutional grants out there depending on the institutions," Castillo said. Voytek said Arizona has a new grant this year for students who graduate a year early from high school. The grant, which is sponsored by the Arizona Commission, is provided the recipient performs well at the collegiate level. If the student’s performance level drops, the grant becomes a loan which must be repaid. Castillo said College See AID, Pa*e 3
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Oral history transcripts | N O R T H E R N A R I Z O N A U N I V E R S I T Y iumber jack The Independent Student Voice . a z-r* lacks keep crowd Astrobiology and - on the edge of their astronomy club % . \ seats. reach for the stars. . i A W ' « l • Page 9 r * • Page 11 Issue 5, Volume 97 Feb. 14, 2006 - Feb. 20. 2008 www.lackCentral.com Vagina Monolouges prepares lo open tonight. ' • Page 13 Flu hits NAU ROBERT OTSUBO The Lumberjack An influenza epidemic ravaged its way throughout campus this winter season; a year which has seen 6,924 cases of influenza nationwide. “It is big this year,” said Dr. Timothy Fleming of Fronske Health Center. Fleming said Influenza A and B, or the flu, is a specific respiratory-virus not many students are familiar with. Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, cough, sore throat, runny nose and body pains. “It is highly contagious,” Fleming said. “Especially in dorm situations where hundreds of people share close quarters.” Fleming said over the past two to three weeks, Fronske has been seeing about 40 to 60 patients a day with influenza. “This probably represents a small portion of the total cases on campus," Fleming said. “Most people do not seek medical care if they are aware that there is an influenza epidemic since they know that there isn’t any specific treatment ” Influenza is especially bad during the winter season, thus garnering the title “Flu Season.” Fleming said the flu strikes hard and hastily multiplies during winter when people tend to remain indoors for the majority of the time due to cold temperatures and harsh weather conditions. k Tory Nakamura, a freshman history major, said earlier this semester he suffered from fevers, headaches, sore throats and chest congestions. “The thing is I never get sick back home,” Nakamura said. However, when Nakamura moved to Flagstaff from Hawaii, he started experiencing strange symptoms. “One night I was hallucinating and sweating profusely, then the next day I was fine,” Nakamura said. Nakamura attributes the outbreak of the flu to Flagstaff's cold weather. See FLU, Page 3 Kneeling students take a stand against torture an d war Blake Batten/The Lumberjack M EM B ER S OF THE NAU Peace and Justice Club stage an anti-war and torture demonstration in the Union. Participants were clad in black hoods like those worn by detainees at U.S. detention centers such as Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Club president Russell Crawford distributed flyers about the costs of the war to students while club members knelt quietly with signs displaying casualty and financial figures from the war. Tour de Fat reaches end of winding trail KATIE CLARK T he L u m b e r j a c k New Belgium Brewings cycling circus Tour de Fat, which travels to 12 cities in the West and Southwest, will not be returning to Flagstaff this fall. New Belgium Brewing announced it will cancel the yearly event, which brings bikes, environmental awareness and weekend festivities to Wheeler Park. In a press statement, New Belgium Brewing said “It is with sincere regret that after eight amazing years, we have decided not to bring the Tour de Fat back to Flagstaff in 2008.” Due to its ever-increasing popularity, the event this year found Wheeler Park too small and crowds waited for hours to enter. ■ “I waited for a long time.” said Tanner Magish, a senior forestry major. “1 ended up just not going; it also looked really crowded.” According to the New Belgium Brewing Company’s Web site, this past season the number of riders in the tours bike parade increased by 112 percent from last year and 266 percent from 2005. “As more and more folks discover Tour de Fat, sadly not all of them have come for the purpose of moving the bicycle to the forefront of transportation," New Belgium wrote in a statement. “Instead they have focused on pushing revelry to new heights” According to a Jan. 31 Arizona Daily Sun article, people brought their own alcohol and some attendees who were removed for disorderly conduct scaled the Tour s fence to re-enter. Wheeler Park is no longer an option for the festivals venue due to its inadequate size in accordance with the number of Tour attendees. Some people are confused as to why the event does not simply change venues. “Why can t they just do it at Thorpe < Park) or somewhere else?'” Magish said. Tour de Fat is responsible for encourging more eco-friendly behavior. Not only through promoting bicycle use but through recycling the majority of trash from every stop. The Tour also uses solar-powered stage and travels from city to city by BlOO biodiesel fuel. “1 will miss the Tour,” said Ashley Puller, a junior Spanish major. “1 think it is very important to pro m o te a m ore ecoconscience world.” The event is held to raise money for both the Flagstaff Biking Organization (FBO) and the Northern Arizona Pride Association (NAPA). Last year, it raised a total of $57,000 for both groups. NAPA was founded in 1996 in order to educate and increase acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Flagstaff. ^ According to the NAPA Web site, “Throughout the years there have been many organizations and efforts to make Flagstaff and northern Arizona more tolerant and educated. However, many in northern Arizona and Flagstaff still face bigotry, discrimination and violence” FBO, founded in 2002 to p r o m o t e a B i k e to W ork w e « k , now in almost its seventh Bike to Work week, the organization is thriving. The organization also runs bike events at local high schools and elementary schools. Also, they are responsible for expanding trails and have given away more than 200 bicycles. Their ultimate goal is to make Flagstaff “the most bike-friendly city in America.” Unfortunately, Tour de Fat represented almost 50 percent of FBOs income. According to FBOs Web site, “The good news is that the good folks at New Belgium Brewing Company have promised not to abandon FBO by offering us grants and event support, however, we still need funding ideas.” AZ Democrats discuss youth vote A LEX M U PP Thi Lumberjack NAU hosted the Young Democrats of Arizona on Feb. 9 for their annual convention; its first convention on the Mountain Campus in recent years. The presidential primaries have motivated many young Democrats to participate and YDA leadership suggests this will be a continuing trend. “Even though its all the way up in Flagstaff and some people had to drive four or five hours to get here, we had a lot of people coming out and that shows you how dedicated they are at being involved as a young Democrats,” said Cole Hickman, a political science senior at ASU and the president of YDA. YDA leadership sees this as just one sign of the growing dedication many young people have for the Democratic party today, especially compared to the campaigns two decades See VOTE, Page 4 Lumberjack I TALKS with members o1 the Environmental Caucus at the Young Democrats of Arizona convention in Cline Library on Saturday. Aid advice dispersed ROBERT OTSUBO The L u m b e r j a c k On Sunday, the Arizona Commission for Post Secondary Education held College Goal Sunday in order to help individuals interested in attending college with the costs attached. The 12th annual event was held at Coconino Community College’s Lone Tree and Page/Lake Powell campus, where volunteers from CCC and NAU aided incoming college students with the FAFSA process. “FAFSA is not the easiest thing to fill out,” said Bob Voytek, director of the office of student financial assistance at CCC. “That is what this is for. Filling out a FAFSA indicates what’s available for students” Michelle Castillo, director of financial aid at NAU, said the event was a collaboration between NAU and CCC “Thirty other sites around the state host similar events,” Voytek said. “Students are doing the right thing by applying for their FAFSA early” Administrators at College Goal Sunday stressed that filling out a FAFSA is the first step toward qualifying for financial assistance from both federal and state sources. Voytek said there is a lot of free money available for students, especially for need-based individuals. Aside from loans, there are certain financial aid packages that do not require students to return the money used to pay tuition; these include the Pell Grant, Academic Competitiveness Grant, SEOG, LEAP and SLEEP. “There may be other institutional grants out there depending on the institutions," Castillo said. Voytek said Arizona has a new grant this year for students who graduate a year early from high school. The grant, which is sponsored by the Arizona Commission, is provided the recipient performs well at the collegiate level. If the student’s performance level drops, the grant becomes a loan which must be repaid. Castillo said College See AID, Pa*e 3 |
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