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INSIDE
A&E: Interview with Mickey
Hart, p 26
Life: Poetry Slam, p 12
Opinion: Rude politics, p 8
Sports:
Swim and Dive,
p 20
Issue 7, VOL 99 March 1, 2012 - March 7, 2012
MEN’S TRACK SWEEPS FIELD
The NAU track and field team hosted the Big Sky
Conference (BSC) Indoor Championships Feb. 4
and 5 at the Walkup Skydome, securing a total of 12
individual and team medals over the two-day event.
The Lumberjacks finished the final day of the cham-pionship
with six individual titles and a team title. When
the final scores were tallied, the men’s team made a state-ment.
The Lumberjacks shattered the the all-time Big Sky
team scoring record by 31 points. The men claimed first
with a score of 215 points and the women ended their in-door
season in fourth place with 85 points.
All four Lumberjacks competing in the men’s mile
race claimed first through fourth place. Redshirt junior
Diego Estrada crossed the finish line to seal the victory at
4:12.54. Redshirt seniors John Yatsko and Jordan Chipan-gama
along with freshman Chris Ganem congratulated one
another as they finished second (4:14.98), third (4:16.66)
and fourth (4:16.71), respectively.
“It was a team effort. We wanted to go one through
four,” Estrada said. “When I got going, I figured I could
close. First lap, I wanted to put it in the bank.”
see TRACK page 21
BY ALLI JENNEY
LUMBERJACKS TAKE HOME 10 INDIVIDUAL TITLES
The progress of House Bill 2675 left nearly 100 students
who attended the House Appropriations Committee
meeting last week in dismay after learning the commit-tee
approved the bill after a fiery debate.
The bill would require students to pay $2,000 essentially
out of pocket for tuition, in order to limit funds granted by
state universities.
Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills), the primary
sponsor of the bill, said his goal is to encourage students to
have “more skin in the game” when it comes to paying for col-lege.
“There are certain negative consequences to this current
policy,” Kavanagh said. “First, not everyone, but some people,
take things they get for free less seriously. They become less se-rious
students and some believe this contributes to the higher
dropout rate we have at our universities.”
The representative said he believes the college dropout
bill changing tuition
payment rules advances
Bible study courses are one step closer to being an op-tion
for students attending Arizona's high schools.
On Feb. 21, House Bill 2563, introduced by Re-publican
Rep. Terri Proud, was passed through the Arizona
House by a 42-15 vote and will now go to the state Senate.
The bill would allow public high schools to offer an elec-tive
class called “The Bible and its Influence on Western Cul-ture.”
The course offered would teach students the history and
literature of the Old and New Testaments, as well as the Bible's
influence on society, law, art and values.
Zachary Smith, a political science professor, said the bill
is another attempt by the state to micromanage classrooms.
“Never underestimate the veracity of the Arizona legisla-ture
to do something unexpected,” Smith said. “I know teach-ers
in that state are already fed up with the number of man-dates
and restrictions that they have on what they teach and
how they teach.”
Jason BeDuhn, a professor of religious studies at NAU,
said in an email that to have a well-balanced system, there
Legislation would bring Bible
courses into public schools
BY MARK SAUNDERS
BY WILLIAM BROWN
see BILL page 4
see BIBLE page 4
Redshirt seniors John Yatsko (Left), Jordan Chipangama
(Right) and redshirt junior Diego Estrada (Center) pose at
the podium after Saturday’s mile run during the Big Sky
Conference Championships. (photo by Garry Hart)
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