Jackcentral.com The INSIDE News: Cardinals’ proposal rejected p. 7 OpEd: Bank reform p. 10 Sports: Women’s tennis p. 24 LNORTHERNUMBER ARIZONA UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT J ACKVOICE SINCE 1914 • VOL 100 • ISSUE 11 • APRIL 4, 2013 - APRIL 10, 2013 NAU celebrates POW-WOW BY GEOFFREY KIE

there are 22 Native American tribes in Arizona, and a ma- International Week jority of them are located in the northern Arizona region, but other indigenous people travel far and wide to share Ttheir culture through what is called a pow-wow. Songs and dances have a great significance in what they represent in different Native American culture along with elaborate outfits and instrumental music. Although this is nothing new to Flagstaff, students of NAU had the opportunity to see such festivities for themselves. see POW WOW page 18

Abdullah Alghamdi, a freshman civil engineering major from Saudi Arabia gathers with other international students for a group picture after marching through campus in the Parade of Nations on April 1 to kick off the start of International Week. Alghamdi said he appreciated the opportunity to cary his nation’s flag. (Photo by Sean Ryan)

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tarting April 1, NAU’s Center for International Ed- ing with excitement about the many events happening ucation (CIE) declared a week of celebration for the throughout the week and the chief values the week in- international students of NAU. The weeklong fes- stilled in the student body regarding the multicultural Stival started April 1 and will continue until April 7. The cultural campus students are fortunate enough to have. celebration seeks to not only encourage the understand- “International Week is an annual event that we have ing of world cultures but also encourage the importance on campus to celebrate international diversity and cul- Allenroy Baquin competes in the NAU Contest Pow international students have on NAU and the community. ture that we have on this campus represented by our stu- Wow located in the field house March 31. Allenroy is Dylan Rust, program director for the CIE, was buzz- dents,” Rust said. a Jacarilla Apache from Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by see INTERNATIONAL page 5 Holly Mandarich) Go to Jackcentral.com for daily updates, multimedia packages, extra content and stories before the issue hits the stands.

CommunitySpot PoliceBeat BY GARY COLLINS March 25 cated subject was behav- in to report that the male ing in a “creepy” manner subject had returned to At 3:57 p.m., a fight EventsEvents CalendarCalendar between two females was in the vicinity of the Pro- her room looking for his reported. The incident gram in Intensive Eng- jacket. He also expressed occurred outside the lish building. a desire to apologize for THURSDAY, APRIL 4 International Idol MONDAY, APRIL 8 SAC Family residence on The subject was the night’s disturbance. [7 p.m./ du Bois Center] Huffer Lane. contacted and given a He was removed Passport Day Immigration Awareness It was discovered field interview. The sub- from Sechrist and given [9 a.m./ Center for Intl. NAU Opera Presents Week Film Series upon investigation the ject, who refused to give a reminder not to con- Education] “Mozart’s cosi fan “Crossing Arizona” female combatants were his name, was warned of tact the female resident tutte” [1 p.m./Liberal Arts sisters. One of the sisters the consequences of tres- again. Greek Blood Drive [7:30 p.m./Ardrey Building] was booked into the Co- passing on the campus. [Noon/ Mountain View Memorial Auditorium] conino County Juvenile He was asked to leave At 11:37 p.m., a fe- Hall] Better World Film Detention Facility for and he complied with the male called NAUPD to SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Series “Trashed” domestic violence and officers’ request. reported her boyfriend BSU Fashion Show [7 p.m./Gardner disorderly conduct. The had assaulted her. 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4 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com InTheNews International week celebrates culture and understanding

Craig McArthur, junior construction management major, marches in the Parade of Nations to kick off the celebration of International week. Craig is from Scotland. (Photo by Holly Mandarich)

from INTERNATIONAL page 1 portant to become a well-rounded, learned individual, there is also the practical notion of a developing world economy. The week was filled with events that sought to expand the Sean Milton, International Student/Scholar Adviser for limited, American view of the world and replace it with the NAU, discussed the positive aspects of having foreign ex- idea of a global community. change students on campus. April 1, the first day of the weeklong celebration, started “As most people know, we’re looking at a global with two global education symposiums in the W.A. Franke economy. The more exposure we have as Americans to any College of Business. The Global Learning Symposium was other cultures or countries will be helpful. I personally find one event that aided in global awareness and understand- it interesting, and most NAU students find it interesting to ing. The symposium contained a number of presentations interact with foreign exchange students who might have a by NAU students including exchange students regarding different perspective in class, different perspectives in the pressing international topics. residence Halls, and of anything else that is going on,” Mil- Genghan Lu, or his American name, Harrison, who is ton said. a foreign exchange student, gave a presentation regarding The diverse background that many international stu- China’s Internet policies and the amount of freedom based dents come from sufficiently adds to the already stimulating on their political ideas. classroom discussion because many of the points of view are Lu summarized his research saying, “My research has decisively not American. The international festival that con- tried to decide what is within the Chinese firewall.” cludes the weekday events for International Week is espe- Lu then continued to discuss the Chinese versions cially central because it gives international students a chance of many tech giants in the United States like Google, Face- to display qualities from their home countries or cultures. book, Youtube and many others. The reason this is crucial to “Well, right now we have 35 displays and their coun- understand what types of freedoms are allowed within the try orientated, and the people who display their country or Chinese web is because China can often be restricting when culture are displaying whatever aspects they want to share. implementing Internet policies. The audience of the festival is largely the kids who come in “We connect with each other inside the country but from the afterschool programs from the Flagstaff schools,” not outside,” Lu said. Milton said. This unique insight into the Chinese government from The many who have met, talked with or befriended a national is something made possible by international ex- international students know the benefits to both their total change programs. It is these programs that offer cultural worldview as well as the connectivity that comes with strong Kelello Thamae marches in the Parade of Nations to kick off the exploration either through study abroad programs or being international friendships. International Week reminds stu- celebration of International Week. Thamae is from South Africa able to communicate and learn from those with different dents, from kindergarten to college and beyond, the im- and is in the graduate Teaching English as a Second Language heritages that are crucial to an overall learning experience. portance of thinking beyond borders in a growing global program. (Photo by Holly Mandarich) Yet while the pursuit of cultural understanding is im- world. April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 5 6 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com InTheNews Expansion of Hot Spot and Union makes progress

Kurt Haston, a junior parks and recreation management major, skates past construction outside of the University Union on April 2. In regard to the Fiscal Year 2014 budget increase, NAU designed architectural plans that compliment the growing number of students. The expansion of the Hot Spot and the Union is expected to cost an estimated $5 million and is funded through auxiliary sources. The project layout is designed specifically to add more dining space for students. The expansion is expected to seat up to 750 students, approximately 300 more students than current availability. The plan outlines the construction of a second floor over a portion of the Hot Spot for additional seating. Construction outside the Union began in January; the major renovations and expansion of the Hot Spot will be completed prior to school resuming in August. “We are planning this project so that it will have no impact on the customer of the Hot Spot,” said Agnes Drogi, director of planning, designing and construction. (Photo By Sean Ryan) NAU rejects Cardinals’ proposal BY ABIGAIL O’BRIEN public affairs Tom Bauer. “It is not in the best interest of this summer, but NAU administration expects to regain the university to just do one year. We wanted at least a that money in the future. Arrays of groups and camps multi three-year contract, at least. Doing one year would have already shown interest in spending their summers he Arizona Cardinals had spent their summers just put the university’s plans on hold.” at NAU. in Flagstaff for the past 25 years and are now ex- The Cardinals had several stipulations to renewing “2013 summer will be slim as far as getting groups pected to be relocating to Glendale. On March 25, the contract, including upgrading the NAU athletic fa- and teams here, but I think in the long run, yes, we are TNAU president John Haeger rejected a proposal made by cilites and pushing back the academic school year to ac- going to have a lot of people here,” Bauer said. “We al- the Cardinals. commodate for weather and allow for longer housing in ready have received interest from different types of The proposal included a one-year hosting contract residence halls. camps, and different types of uses for our facilities in for the team’s summer training camp as opposed to the The Cardinals training camp at NAU gave the city 2014. It will bring in people — bring in kids and their previously proposed three-year contract. “The Cardinals of Flagstaff a summer revenue increase, and the camp parents and they spend money. We do think we will be approached us with a one-year deal and we said no; there generated an estimated $10 million for the city. The im- getting some of that money back, maybe not this year but is no longer an offer on the table,” said director of NAU pact of their retirement here may affect local business certainly hoping for next year.”

April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 7 InTheNews 23 Fee vote delayed until next academic year BY MILES SCHNEIDERMAN of whether they voted for it or not.” elect and will assume office next semester. The discussion over the 23 Fee comes days before the lat- Despite Mastrud’s assurances the concert vote reflects AU students will have to wait until at least fall before est ASNAU concert, scheduled to take place on April 12. The student desires, there are many on campus who don’t agree. voting on how the student government spends their process of and selection of the artist has proven to be contro- Luke Contreras, a senior physics major, is graduating in May money. versial. Originally, Kid Cudi had been the top vote-getter in without ever having attended the free concert. NThe 23 Fee, which students pay each semester as a fund- the fall student poll with The Fray coming in second. How- “I’d probably go if they ever brought someone I wanted to ing mechanism for ASNAU, was scheduled to come under ever, since an agreement could not be reached with Kid Cudi, see,” Contreras said. review this month, with a student vote being held on what ASNAU asked students a second time early this year. In the Political science senior Skyler Clary expressed similar exactly the funds are to be used for. However, ASNAU Presi- second poll, Wiz Khalifa received the most votes (1,267). disinterest in the selection. dent Sammy Smart has confirmed a vote will be delayed until “I think if there’s been any controversial aspect of the 23 “I read all the nominees for the last two concerts, and sometime in the next academic year. Fee over the last few years, it’s been the concert,” Fox said. they all sucked,” Clary said. “There was nothing, no one who The allocation of money from the 23 Fee was most recent- “For one, it’s been decided that each year a lot of money will was nominated that I would want to see. As I understand it, ly voted on in spring 2009. In addition to granting funding for be allocated to that budget line, so we can bring in a good per- all of the people who were nominated were really expensive, club events and student organizations, the fee is used to pro- former, a high-name one. The problem with that is, I think the which seems like a kind of senseless waste of my money.” vide scholarships, host events such as tailgates and Equality last three performers . . . have received a considerable amount Contreras and Clary are part of a large segment of the Week and keep the Cline Library open until two a.m. It is also of backlash.” student body that chooses not to vote in the concert selec- used to fund more controversial projects, including the Snow- NAU students vote each year on which artist is brought to tion. According to ASNAU, only 6,451 people participated in Jack Express, which provides students with transportation to campus, selecting from a list of options compiled by ASNAU. the concert vote this year, perhaps a quarter of NAU’s student Snowbowl and the annual ASNAU concert, which has drawn Ke$ha was selected in 2010, and her opening act, rapper Dirt population of more than 24,000. a considerable amount of negative attention in recent years. Nasty, drew protesters who didn’t think his lyrics were ap- This year’s concert features Wiz Khalifa, another rap- The ASNAU executive team believed the time had come propriate for a college setting. Some students saw the perfor- per whose lyrics have been seen as questionable because they to vote on the 23 Fee once more, which is why they initially mance as being so offensive it warranted a complete restruc- include frequent references to recreational drug use. At least pushed for such a vote to take place sometime in April. The turing of the student government system to better represent one of Khalifa’s songs also appears to endorse driving while vote has been delayed so ASNAU can coordinate with other the largest number of people on campus. intoxicated. on-campus institutions to determine new ballot options for Two years later, the All-American Rejects were brought “The concerts that we’ve been having? They’re not ad- students to choose from. The executives hope the vote will to NAU as the students’ second choice and questions arose as vancing the true academic purpose of NAU, nor does it ad- take place early in the fall 2013 semester. to if this had actually been the top selection of the students. vance equality or diversity,” Fox said. “I think with the amount For ASNAU Senator Adam Fox, holding another vote This led not only to complaints about students not getting of money that’s allocated to that line, which this year was four years after the prior one is only one small step. what they wanted, but also a series of hostile online attacks on $140,000, I personally feel that money would have been better “We’re assuming that each year we can approve money the All-American Rejects. served elsewhere.” for the same things, and while that might be the case, I am This past fall, ASNAU chief of staff Makenzie Mastrud, NAU students may or may not agree, but it’s going to be all for the students voting on each year,” Fox said. “It’s their who was responsible for choosing the selection of potential some time before they’re able to formally express their opin- money; it’s coming out of their tuition and fees and if the 23 artists, defended the process as a democratic indication of stu- ion either way. Fee is approved then all students have to pay for it, regardless dent preference. Mastrud is currently the ASNAU president- Spring concert finalized, tickets on sale

BY GARY COLLINS “It’s someone their agent requested . . . That’s usu- think it’s going to happen,” Buchta said. ally what happened in past years when we’ve had open- “It’s really up to the artist, the agent and their manage- ers. They [the artist and their agents] are the ones usually ment; if they want to have fans back there,” said ASNAU he ASNAU 23 Fee Spring Concert begins at 7:30 who request the openers,” Buchta said. Tickets, which are Chief of Staff and current President-elect of the Under- p.m., April 12 in the Skydome. Opening for hip- free only to NAU Mountain Campus students, will be- graduate Student Government (USG) Makenzie Mastrud. hop artist Wiz Khalifa is Rockie Fresh. come available on April 7. Students who wish to score a “But we’re working on other incentives that we think will TKid Cudi had been the top vote getter (2,605 votes) floor seat can begin lining up at the Central Ticket Office be just as awesome.” in the fall student poll, with The Fray coming in second. (CTO) in the Union at 10 a.m. on that day. Aside from the Those wishing to attend the concert, but who are not However, since an agreement could not be reached with opportunity to grab one of the 1,500 floor seats for the willing to wait in line on Sunday, can pick up their ticket Kid Cudi, ASNAU asked students to vote again. In this concert, there will be games and prizes for those students during regular business hours during the week by bring- second poll, Wiz Khalifa received the most votes (1,267), willing to line up and wait the 12 hours for the CTO to ing their school ID to the CTO. There is only one ticket with The Fray once again coming in second. Tony Buchta, open. It was hoped one of the prizes would be an opportu- allowed per student. The gate of the Skydome will open ASNAU special events coordinator, explained the opening nity for some lucky students to have a meet and greet with at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 12 and the concert will start at artist, Rockie Fresh, was chosen by Wiz Khalifa and his Wiz Khalifa. That hope is growing slim. 7:30 p.m. agent. “That’s something we’ve been working on, but I don’t

8 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 9 Editorial&Opinion Sexual assault awareness event promotes unity among students STAFF EDITORIAL

lthough spring usually signals pastel clothing and bright hues, the NAU campus may be lacking this vibrancy on April 4. In support of Sexual Assault Awareness month, NAU Health Professions is Ahosting a campus-wide event called My Little Black Dress Does Not Mean Yes. The event encourages people of all genders to wear black attire on campus to raise awareness about sexual assault. As national fervor about rape reaches a fever pitch with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, crucial judicial cases in Steubenville, Ohio and support activism across college campuses, the steps NAU is tak- ing to provide material, support and advocacy information to students demonstrates the university’s commitment to providing a safe and health- ful learning environment. According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network, nearly one in four college students is a sexual assault survivor. Reporting rates Political Cartoon by Brian Regan for sexual assaults through the nation and college campuses remain low at 54 percent, and advocacy events help create a supportive campus envi- ronment for survivors to come forward. As NAU students join advocacy Banking reform in the U.S. failing in big way events such as those happening through April, the support network for he Senate managed to find bipartisan support against co-signer of this current act, David Vitters. Only a snake sexual assault survivors — including women, men and transgenders — in- powerful corporations on March 22— not that this oil salesman suggests one useless tonic over another. This creases. Creating a supportive campus environment is important to foster- agreement will produce any results. The newest draft current move, the Brown-Vitter Act, will not have any Tof the Senate budget resolution will include a proposed halt transformative change. ing productive conversations and eradicating myths about sexual assault and rape. to Federal subsidies for behemoth financial institutions. If the budget resolution manages to emerge from its One such myth My Little Black Dress Does Not Mean Yes targets is This means banks that have been politically privileged for billionth configuration with the act in place, it still must the ignorant belief that if women dress in a sexually provocative manner, their size, deemed “too big to fail,” might soon have to pay pass the Congress as a part of a budget, a harder task than it they were “asking for it.” In a progressive society and especially on college similar interest rates as smaller banks forc- should be these days. Even if the subsidies were to end, the campuses, women should feel comfortable dressing in any manner they ing them to cede an iota of control back to “too big to fail” policy would still be firmly in place and the please without fearing assault. Because rape is about power and not about their diminutive competitors. ten largest banks would still have an unfair stranglehold the actual sex act, these events bring cognizance to these falsities. In an age where megabanks shrug off on their respective market. Moreover, this new act would Through the month of April, members of the Flagstaff and NAU any endeavor at meaningful regulation like not add legal penalties. Just weeks before the Brown-Vitter community will have many more opportunities to increase their knowl- a louse on their mink coat, this latest at- vote, Attorney General Eric Holder testified to the Senate edge on sexual assault, show support and learn how to support survivors. JAMES tempt is as unanimous as it is feeble. Our Judiciary Committee that “some of these institutions have Annual events such as Take Back The Night allow people in the commu- GINGERICH government has gone to great lengths to become too large,” and that this has “an inhibiting impact nity to stand with survivors, and educational programming through Flag- foster an unhealthy relationship with big on [the Justice Department’s] ability” to prosecute criminal staff and NAU provide various other resources. business, and this bond will not dissipate even now that behavior among elite bankers. Essentially, these brokers Events such as this encourage survivors that they are able to come it is unpopular to support policies that favor their friends. engaging in felonious actions cannot be stopped by the forth with their story and find necessary resources. Because rape is such Legislation has already failed to bring culpability, whether man most able to do so. Apparently, these bankers and the a deeply personal attack, many survivors feel uncomfortable sharing their legal or financial, to Wall Street while none of the goals businesses they work for are too important to the economy experiences. As NAU continues to develop an understanding culture, we of the Occupy movement were truly accomplished. Dull, to work within the confines of the law. hope more and more survivors from all circumstances feel confident to broken and shapeless, the fight to bring equality of oppor- After the largest economic collapse since the Great seek support. tunity to our banking market is going nowhere quickly. Depression, this is the best they can offer? The internation- While many campus initiatives are controversial and create division Since the 1980s, our fiscal policy has given obtrusive al movement that was Occupy spawned only these flawed between students, My Little Black Dress Does Not Mean Yes is something advantages to businesses that have already cornered the and frail gestures? The push for an open and responsible all students, no matter their diverse background, should rally around. By market. Our laws, or lack thereof, have ensured banks large banking industry will fail precisely because of legislation challenging patriarchal, sexist and false paradigms on campus, students enough to be deemed “too big to fail” never have to worry like Brown-Vitter. Without these mockeries of response can create a culture of change. about going bankrupt, competing with smaller banks or to create the illusion of momentum perhaps the people For campus resources on sexual assault, students can visit http://nau. behaving responsibly enough so as to not cause another fi- would have stayed in the streets and demanded real prog- edu/Health-Services/Health-Promotions/Violence-Prevention/Sexual- nancial collapse. The unscrupulous trading that resulted set ress. Congress has shown they have the mentality of a drug Assault/. the stage for the financial crisis we are just now beginning addict. They will admit they have a problem and they know to recover from. The Dodd-Frank Act made clear Congress they need help but they will return to the bankroll time and Editor’s note: Copy Chief Maddie Friend wrote this article on behalf of the was a tad bit peeved with the how the current state of the again. Until they kick the habit, the people down on Wall staff. economy had affected their approval ratings. Like the bills Street will have more than enough to go around. that preceded it, Dodd-Frank has done little to wrangle the excesses of Wall Street, a fact readily acknowledged by the 10 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com Editorial&Opinion UCCS gives degrading advice on rape to its students omen have a tough life. Worrying about whether the new red lipstick you bought makes your teeth look yellow or stressing over which bodycon skirt to wear Friday night can Wreally vex you. Humor and first-world problems aside, many women sincerely worry about their safety. The thought of getting attacked may not be one a female wants to think about, but it’s the reality she has to face. Some may think they know the dangers of an attack from watch- ing episodes of Law & Order: SVU, but it’s important for women to continue to learn ways of protecting themselves. It’s offensive to say the least to hear the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) recently urged their female students to urinate and vomit on themselves when being attacked as a form NAPUA of defense. KALANI According to a survey done by the U.S. Bureau of Justice, about 89,000 rapes are annually reported in the U.S. According to a survey done by the National College Health Risk Behavior, one in four women in college today will be a survivor Political Cartoon by Brian Regan of rape. On Feb. 18, UCCS’ Department of Public Safety updated their website advisory, recommending attack safety advice. A list of 10 quick Prison reform and immigration reform go hand in hand tips was uploaded, in which number seven reads: “Vomiting or urinat- ing may also convince the attacker to leave you alone.” Yes, because, for he prison system in the U.S. for the past 40 years has seen an competition — could improve prisons. starters, all women everywhere are innately talented at vomiting and increasing trend and embrace of privatization, and it’s about The incarceration rate is embarrassingly high in the U.S. com- urinating on command. This suggestion is disgusting and undermines time the states get over it. While not out of sync with general pared to other countries. American prisons hold nearly one-quarter the threat women encounter in an attack. Putting aside the offensive Ttrends towards privatization in the capitalism-free market oriented of the world’s prison population according to the New York Times. nature of this comment and assessing the actual advice, it’s hard to U.S., this increased privatization of our prison system has led to Released inmates have a very high probability of ending up back be- believe bodily fluids will stop an attack by a mentally unstable person much discussion about the possibility of corrupt prison and judicial hind bars as well: nearly four in 10 prisoners released find their way who initially and fervently intended to cause harm. By giving the ad- practices that favor putting more people behind bars at the expense back within three years. Prison conditions are not notably better or vice to vomit and urinate themselves in dim hopes of deviating their of a more common sense approach that doesn’t safer these days, and all of this while we’re spending increasingly attacker, UCCS is offending not only their student female population make profit a priority. more on the system (up to more than $52 billion a year by 2011, but also females everywhere. This past week, New Hampshire took steps to according to USA Today). Aside from the most lewd offer of advice, the list also tells women reverse this trend by making it illegal for the state’s For every prisoner in a private prison, someone is making to “tell your attacker that you have a disease or are menstruating.” Chew executive branch to privatize their state prison sys- money from them (in California, it can cost up to $50,000 a year this over while I go research different sexually transmitted diseases to tem. Approaches such as this should be adopted to care for and keep someone locked up). The nature of man is to store in the in-case-I-am-raped part of my brain. Advising women to CLARK across the board. Prison privatization isn’t a prob- cling to cash cows, so it should be expected those profitting from try and convince a rapist they have a disease is kind of like advising MINDOCK lem where some lucky suits are making a quick this would cling to those ideas. children to try and convince a pedophile they’re really mature for their buck with little consequence, but rather a huge In October 2010, amid the outrage over Arizona’s SB1070, NPR age. The chance a rapist, who intends to physically and sexually assault parasite to our progress as a country that bleeds into other impor- came out with an interesting connection between Arizona’s immi- a woman, will back off because of a sexual disease or menstruating tant issues we are struggling with — like immigration reform. gration policy and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), a cycle is highly doubtful — and thinking it’s not is offensive. Privatization of anything goes hand in hand with profits. The large prison corporation. The reporters found, by combing through Another tip offered in this list urges women to “be realistic about corporations that come to own the prison systems in our country campaign finance documents, that CCA lobbyists had been quietly your ability to protect yourself,” which basically sounds a lot like, “Don’t look to make the most money in the cheapest possible way. This working to support legislation that would make it easier to incarcer- try your hardest to protect your right to safety; if the dude is bigger or emphasis on prison profits has led to an increase in petty crime and ate more people, and therefore make more money. SB1070, as you stronger than you, you’re probably really screwed.” Nowhere in this list small drug arrests and incarcerations. The more individuals locked will recall, is such a bill. According to the report, Sen. Russell Pearce does it provide women with tips on ways to subdue or hinder a physi- up for small crimes, the more the owners of private prisons profit. met with a clandestine and influential group that included some 50 cally larger attacker. Nowhere in this list does it provide steps on how This is especially clear in states where three strikes rules and manda- members of CCA before bringing SB1070 to the senate floor. to prevent being in a situation where an attack could occur. These are tory minimum sentencing are strong. In a lengthy exposé on the This connection is alarming. It shows the real possibility of realistic actions all women can pick up — they just need to chance to three strikes laws in California, Rolling Stone reported there is cur- private prisons shaping the political spectrum in ways seemingly learn. Uploading pathetic security advice to a university’s safety website rently a man serving a life sentence in a California prison after com- not related to incarceration, like immigration reform. The prison- is a shame and UCCS should be embarrassed. mitting his third crime of stealing a pair of plain white socks. industrial complex is a powerful one, and one that seemingly helped The university has since released an apology and took down the The initial argument in favor of prison privatization was not to paint Arizona to the rest of the states the way the U.S. seems to be tips that were supposedly published in 2006 as a “last resort” form of necessarily greedy. Rather, prisons were seen as obvious new and painted in Europe (at least to a wary, American traveler who may be defense. In reality, the list shouldn’t have been put up in the first place; available frontiers for the private marketplace to take over. This concerned about Europeans being aware of any number of social rape is a sensitive topic today and was just as sensitive a topic seven country has benefitted from a robust private sector, and it isn’t in- deficiencies in our country). New Hampshire should be saluted for years ago. The proactive steps of rape and attack prevention need to be herently selfish or insane to think that the private model — which what they’re doing with this reform, as well as the state’s abolishment more carefully dealt with. can potentially drive down prices while increasing quality through of the “stand your ground” law the same week. April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 11 Editorial&Opinion NASA budget cuts hurt America’s education

ver the past several decades, NASA has strived to in- spire the youth of America by opening their eyes to not just space exploration but the scientific world as a Owhole. With a wide array of methods for educating the pub- lic on the most recent scientific breakthroughs, the agency has been successful in their mission to captivate audiences across the nation. Unfortunately, petty political games are now halting what NASA has diligently worked to accomplish. As a direct result of the ongo- ing sequester, NASA has announced they must suspend many of their public outreach pro- grams because of a lack of funding. As we have progressed as a nation, it has COLTON become increasingly clear space exploration DARGER should be an integral part of our nation. With- out adequate public outreach programs to ed- Political Cartoon by Brian Regan ucate the public — specifically the youth of the country — it’s inevitable younger generations will grow up as ignorant to the necessity a strong space program as our current Congress CNN forsakes morality by siding with rapists members. While it’s obvious there must be significant budget he guilty were convicted, the sentence was passed size alcohol was a factor in the case, implying the boys’ ac- cuts to reduce the federal deficit, the money should not be and CNN’s Poppy Harlow was in Steubenville, Ohio tions were somehow excusable because they were drunk, or taken from an already underfunded space program. on March 17 to report on the trial of accused rapists because the girl was drunk. As of 2012, NASA’s budget was approximately $17.8 bil- TTrent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond. As the delinquents’ ver- Then Harlow sent the audience back to the courtroom lon. With the new budget cuts brought on by the sequester, dict came down, Harlow, anchor Candy Crowley and CNN for the apologies of the two boys to the victim and her fam- the new budget for the agency will be about $16.9 billion. Legal Contributor Paul Callan discussed the consequences ily. Mays’ apology sounded forced, while Richmond broke While this may seem like an unsubstantial change, consider of the incident in Steubenville. It was a touching reflection down in hysterical tears. He was also quoted as saying “My that the space agency is already severely underfunded. For on the grief we feel when a young person’s life is over. No one is going to want me now.” I’d have liked the sake of comparison, the U.S. military’s budget is roughly life is destroyed in an instant, all that poten- to see him look the girl he raped straight in the eye while he $700 billion and Medicare spending is also several hundred tial of their once-promising future, wasted. spoke, but Harlow and the rest of the CNN crew treated the billion dollars a year. Not only does this show that reduc- In Callan’s words, “We’ve seen here a court- apology like a stirring scene of redemption. Harlow even got ing NASA’s budget is illogical, but will also lead to devastat- room drenched in tears and tragedy.” The a little misty-eyed toward the end of her report, probably be- ing cuts in the program. In order for the U.S. to maintain its only problem is these CNN reporters and cause she was now telling us about Richmond’s father, who status as a beacon of innovation and scientific knowledge, MILES analysts weren’t mourning for the rape vic- told his son he loved him for the first time in the courtroom Congress must reanalyze their priorities and realize the space SCHNEIDERMAN tim, but for the rapists. that day. What a tear-jerker. agency cannot afford these crippling budget cuts. Mays and Richmond, a pair of high After Harlow was done trying bravely to keep her com- While the agency has reported they will be able to main- school football players in Steubenville, were arrested in Au- posure, Crowley and Callan discussed the lasting effects of tain social networking programs, many of their other public gust 2012 for raping a 16-year-old girl at a party while she the two boys having to register as sex offenders. outreach activities will be drastically impacted. This includes was intoxicated and unconscious. The case made national “That will haunt them for the rest of their lives,” Callan educational programs for American students. Without these headlines when a 12-minute video and an Instagram photo said. “Employers, when looking up their background, will crucial programs, NASA’s ability to demonstrate the impor- documenting the assault were released online; both went see that they’re registered sex offenders. When they move tance of space exploration and scientific progress to kids viral. The two teenage perpetrators were tried in juvenile into a new neighborhood and somebody goes on the Inter- across the nation will be seriously jeopardized. It’s reasonable court. Richmond got a year in detention for sexual assault; net, where these things are posted, neighbors will know that to conclude this loss of interaction between the agency and Mays got two years because of an additional charge that he they’re a registered sex offender. It’s really something that students will lead to a population that is ignorant to the im- had taken and distributed a picture of the underage victim. will have a lasting impact.” portance of the space agency. They were also required to register as juvenile sex offenders. Yes, the life of a convicted sex offender is truly diffi- Through the years, NASA has gone from the agency that “It was incredibly emotional, incredibly difficult, even cult. Give me a break. This is CNN, covering a rape trial by first put a man on the moon to an agency that must buy seats for an outsider like me, to watch what happened, as these showering sympathy on the criminals, while the victim is on other countries’ shuttles. It’s obvious in order to maintain two young men, that had such promising futures — star barely mentioned. It’s sick. It’s indicative of some serious, the status so many people dedicated their lives to achieving, football players, very good students — literally watched as unresolved problems in our culture, most notably the fact American politicians must end their campaign to drain the they believed their life fell apart,” Harlow said. women are still second-class and rapists are given special agency of its already minimal funding. Congress needs to re- In other words, according to Harlow, the real tragedy treatment when they also happen to be athletes. Crowley, alize the significant damage they are inflicting on the space in this case is that a couple of really good kids are watching Harlow and Callan should resign in disgrace for this im- agency before devastating consequences begin to manifest. their whole lives go down the drain, all because they just moral mockery of journalism. As for Mays and Richmond, “happened to rape somebody.” Harlow went on to empha- they deserve castration, not sympathy. 12 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com ComicSpot

April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 13 14 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com Life

DJ Gahbor brings the beats NAU alumnus blows up DJ scene LEFT: The pumped-up crowd danced around the stage of the Green Room’s BY CHRISTIAN BOOZ event, “Daft Punk vs. Justice” on Mar 29. RIGHT: DJ Gahbor jams out to the music while he DJs and creates beats to entertain the audience. (Photos by Jing Wang)

ehind the turntables, mixers, laptop Gahbor got into DJing at age 20 after and array of lights stands the man playing for the Lumberjack basketball team his own particular style. With the small, col- “If you’re not organized and you do not responsible for a good night: the DJ. for one season. lege town nature of the city, Flagstaff has a know what you have, you aren’t going to do BMaking sure parties ebb and flow as they “I really started to get into music af- great environment for up-and-coming DJs. well,” Gahbor said. The business marketing should while keeping everyone on their feet is ter that season; I went to study in Germany Less fierce competition between DJs and and management degree he earned taught an extremely difficult task. Hours upon hours and my buddy gave me a very simple DJing more open spots for gigs allow Gahbor to him valuable skills he hopes will keep his DJ of finding music, understanding how to mix program when I was visiting my family in practice his passion and perfect his style. career going and take him toward Los Ange- it into a continuous style with no random Hungary,” Gahbor said about his DJ roots. As “My style is high energy — whatever I les. breaks or stops and feeding off the crowd all he practiced his craft, more equipment was play, you are going to dance to; I want you to “I really want to get into remixing and go into DJing. Flagstaff hosts a wide arrange- added: mixers, songs for his library and vari- be sweating by the end of the show,” Gahbor producing, because I already know how to do ment of DJs who play anything from hip- ous computer programs needed to DJ effec- explained. them. I just don’t have the time,” Gahbor said hop and EDM to top 40 hits to entertain the tively. According to Gahbor, DJing is about about his plans. downtown crowd. Gahbor landed his first DJ gig through showing people music they know in a differ- He currently works a full-time job as a One such Flagstaff DJ and NAU alumnus a friend and professional DJ of 15 years, Jay ent way. DJs spend about one to two minutes store manager for Pac Sun but wants to make who is rising through the downtown scene Green. Gahbor’s first show — in front of 60 playing each song and find creative and in- DJing his career. As for original songs, they is DJ Gahbor. Gahbor Wohner, a native of students at a very large house party — was a ventive ways to mix songs together, whether are in the works. Budapest, Hungary, graduated from NAU in major learning experience in his rise. by scratching, mixing or fading various songs “I’m working on a lot of remixes and 2010 with a degree in business management “My set started with a completely full into one another. edits right now with originals hopefully in and marketing. When he and his family emi- dance floor and I came out with this super Gahbor uses this knowledge to feel out the future. I just need more time,” he ex- grated from Hungary to California, they did hard song, not understanding the build-up the crowd. He never has the songs exactly plained. not know any English and worked hard for needed when DJing quite yet,” Gahbor said. picked out in his head when he performs his Gahbor is a talented DJ with a high-en- everything they had. “At the end there were only two, but it was re- sets; he looks through his very organized, ergy sound. There is nothing but growth in “My parents worked so hard for me when ally a learning experience for me.” 10,000-song library and plays what the crowd skills and increased popularity on the way for we came to the United States,” Gahbor said. Gahbor is now rocking shows at almost wants to hear. His education at NAU helped this NAU alumnus. Be sure to catch one of his “I do what I do so I can pay them back for all every bar in Flagstaff including Collin’s, Mon- him understand organization and what goes sets at any one of the popular bars downtown. they did.” soon and The Green Room, doing such with into being a DJ in regard to marketing.

April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 15 16 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 17 Life Howling-good films: Pow-wow in the p nes Wild and Scenic Film Festival visits Flagstaff and benefits local wolf Native Americans United Club recovery project brings festival to NAU BY MIRANDA SCOTT from POW WOW page 1 t is dark and there are pretty pictures Nelson said the project works to integrate The Native Americans United Club (NAUC) style. My duty as an MC is to keep the crowd of wolves adorning tables lined up humans into the wolves’ habitat so they invited the whole community to watch the informed and I must have the knowledge to around the claustrophobic walls of can learn more about the species and un- vivid colors, immense drum beats and quick elaborate on what kind of dances there are. Ithe Orpheum Theater’s interior. A film derstand why they are currently endan- feet that took place in the Fieldhouse on I just keep the pow-wow rolling. I grew up is starting, crackling as the video player gered. March 30 and 31. with pow-wow, so I was dancing in the early comes to life. Some women are walking “By creating meaningful opportuni- Families and friends came from all ‘60s; I have been dancing for about 50 years.” around wearing wolf ears and brown wool ties for the public to learn about wolves, corners to dance and sing at the pow-wow. With so much experience in the realm dresses, carrying clipboards. Posters are experience their habitat first-hand, in- Colors of all sorts with intricate patterns of being a pow-wow MC, Yazzie has been taped on the walls urging people to “Save teract with land managers and engage in were the norm as dancers of all ages walked one of the major players in making this event the Wolves.” The clock hits 7:30 p.m. and public decision-making, we are making around. The sounds of a jingle dress are sel- come into fruition. Yazzie helps with orga- the first documentary starts, focusing on positive grassroots change to achieve im- dom heard on campus, but it gave the whole nizing and guiding the Native Americans whales and saving the planet; the Wild and proved and sustainable habitat conditions environment a different kind of charisma. United Club so they can learn and know Scenic Film Festival has officially begun. for wildlife, specifically wolves,” Nelson The pow-wow was also home to some ven- what to expect for the future. Yazzie has On March 29, a large crowd gathered explained. “Our goals are to compel lead- dors who sold earrings, bracelets and other been an MC for more than 10 years, and of- at the Orpheum Theatre to take part in ership within the Grand Canyon Nation- types of Native American regalia. The entire ten speaks in fluent Navajo at events as a re- the film festival. A nationwide festival, the al Park, surrounding land management Fieldhouse was filled with people of all ages, flection of the community. Elders come from Wild and Scenic has been traveling from agencies and the regional community to entranced by the compelling performance. great distances to support the dancers and California to Nevada to Arizona for the help lead the way for the return of Mexi- Several departments, such as the Of- singers and many of the elders only speak better part of this year, according to the can gray wolves . . . to a suitable portion of fice of the President, College of Social and Navajo. Songs are understood and it gives an group’s website, which receives over 110 their historic range in Arizona and south- Behavioral Sciences, English Department, individual a feeling of pride in their identity. film entries every year. The films focus ern Utah.” Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe and more, The Native Americans for Community on improving the conditions of the world Many who attend the event also felt sponsored the event. Supporters came from Action (NACA) is another pow-wow spon- we live in through powerful change en- passionately about this cause. all over Flagstaff and Native Americans for sor. Members of the organization believe acted by adventurous individuals ready to Andrew Mann, a junior forestry ma- Community Action were present to promote pow-wows encourage pride in being Native work toward a better tomorrow. Many of jor, attended with Barbara Sugarman, also their Methamphetamine and Suicide Pre- American. the films take place in mountainous land- a junior forestry major. Mann said he came vention Initiative (MSPI), as both are major “[MSPI] is funded through Indian scapes and are primarily interested in the for the topic of environmental awareness issues in a number of Native American com- Health Services,” said Brandy Judson of effects human interference and climate and because Sugarman, who had a more munities. NACA. “The purpose of this program is to change have on the animal and ecological personal reason for attending, convinced “It’s a way to involve all Native Ameri- provide direct therapy for clients who may life forces in nature. him to. can traditions or beliefs into one area [and] be exercising suicidal thoughts. The other is “The Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery “Well, I actually worked for the wolf just to have everyone come out and watch to increase protective factors in the commu- Project hosts the Wild and Scenic Film recovery project the summer after my some of these dances because they all have nity. One of the ways to do that is to increase Festival tour in Flagstaff each year to raise freshman year at NAU,” Sugerman said. “I different meanings behind them,” said Sean a cultural connection. Pow-wows bring awareness for the Mexican gray wolf and just find it really interesting that they ad- Begay, NAUC president. people together and increase connection not as a fundraiser to help support our work vocate public education and I think they NAUC had some difficulty with logis- just with culture, but with family communi- on behalf of wolves. Our intention with have really good science behind their phi- tics in the beginning, but with the help of ty increases a sense of belonging; that’s why hosting the film festival is to help people losophies as to why the Mexican gray wolf their pow wow MC Rick Yazzie, the club has we want to be involved. Youth having these learn about the issues facing Mexican would be beneficial to the Grand Canyon become more organized. Yazzie has been in- positive [events] happening around them wolves, be motivated to care for them area.” volved in the pow-wow circuit for a few de- increase that sense of connection and shows and strive to see them be recovered in the The sales made from the ticket prices cades and knows exactly what it takes to put them it’s a good thing to be proud of your wild,” said Emily Nelson, Project Director will fund the recovery project and be used on a successful event. culture and be proud of who you are.” of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Proj- to promote further education and activism “Way back in the early ‘60s and ‘70s, The celebration entertained crowds and ect. for the Mexican gray wolf repopulation there was a pow-wow every year in Flagstaff,” reinforced the Native American culture. It The Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery cause. The Wild and Scenic Film Festival Yazzie said. “Everyone from the reservations was a great cultural experience for those new Project is an activist group focused on is year-round and comes to Flagstaff an- would come out with a wagon train, but one to pow-wows and it brought back a feeling repopulating the area surrounding the nually. For more information about the thing I see is that it’s cultural. We let everyone of home for those who have danced or sang Grand Canyon area. Mexican gray wolves Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project or know that we are still here, still dancing and for years. were previously eradicated from the area the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, visit still having a good time, Native American- because of dramatic environmental shifts. their websites. 18 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com Life BY JUSTIN REGAN about them,” Stamer said. “I just think that is really cool to sit back and relax.” n a campus constantly evolving, a few old tra- The parlor where the tea is held contains shelves ditions still remain within the nooks and cran- that hold dozens of scrapbooks. These scrapbooks act as nies of the older areas of NAU. One tradition a historical archive of sorts for Campbell Hall, and Zarr Oin particular is held in the all-female dorm of Camp- uses them as guide to determine how long the faculty bell Hall. The women who live there host an elegant tea tea has been an event on campus. The oldest record of party every semester in the narrow parlor-type room of the tea party she has is a sign-in sheet from 1970, but the hall for professors. the scrapbooks go back into the ‘60s and farther. Emily Zarr, a junior biology major, has been living “It’s really, really amazing going through the old in Campbell for three years. She chairs the committee scrapbooks and just the things that you find in there,” for the tea party tradition and sports a green dress as she Zarr said. “There are clippings from when somebody arranges an ornate set of tea cups for the crowd to come. was getting married or engaged, anytime a hall was For Zarr, what makes this tea party stand out is how mentioned or a member of the community was men- the female students invite professors and other faculty tioned. It’s amazing going back and looking through all to partake in the food and drink. Through this festivity, of this.” they can connect with their professors on a more per- Every year, a committee creates a scrapbook. For sonal level. Amelia Ayers, a senior instrumental music education “It’s really an interesting change from the formality major, factors such as the books and committees help of talking to your professors in the classroom or in their to distinguish Campbell as a more involved hall than office,” Zarr said. “I’ve heard discussions of everything others on campus. from rock climbing to politics.” “If you sign the living agreement, you’re basically Scott Antes has been an anthropology professor at agreeing to be on one of the committees,” Ayers said. Tea time NAU for 20 years and went to his first Campbell Hall “That’s really cool, too, because it feels like it gives us Campbell Hall hosts annual faculty tea party Faculty Tea 10 years ago. He drinks tea every day and more responsibility when we have more of an influence enjoys the chance to do so with others. of what happens in the hall.” “It’s an honor. I really feel privileged that my stu- If Zarr’s calculations are correct, the tea party has dents would invite me to things like this,” Antes said. been happening for a little more than 40 years. This “It gives us a chance to talk to other faculty we wouldn’t would quite possibly make it one of the oldest traditions normally speak with.” on campus and for Amy Ruebsamen, a senior anthro- While Antes first attended a decade ago, Linda pology major, a part of the fun. Stamer, a lecturer in the musical education depart- “It’s just really neat to be able to continue that tra- ment, attended for the first time this year. Just like the dition and actually continue a tradition because we are students, Stamer also appreciates being able to converse losing a lot of them,” Ruebsamen said. with others and take some of the stress off. Campbell Hall is an honors dorm located on north “I don’t normally get the chance to visit with our campus. Visit the front desk or go on the NAU website if students as much as I would like and to learn more interested in living there or getting involved.

TOP: Vintage sign-in sheets from previous tea parties were on display at the tea party. BOTTOM: A Morton Hall resident prepares ABOVE: Senior biology major Emily Zarr and fellow Campbell Hall residents entertain guests with her tea during this year’s annual Campbell Hall Tea on March 28. stories of Campbell Hall’s history at the annual Faculty Tea in Campbell Hall on March 28. (Photos (Photos by Napua Kalani) by Napua Kalani) April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 19 20 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 21 22 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com SportsReport NAU CLUB LACROSSE FALLS TO ARIZONA BY EDUARDO GARCIA

he NAU men’s Division II lacrosse team hosted, in-state rival Division I University of Arizona. Early in the game, it seemed as if the elevation would get to the Wildcats, but Tthey adapted and started playing strong and getting into their zone. They began to overpower the Lumberjacks and stopped NAU’s two-game winning streak as they defeated them 18–2. Despite the loss, the performance turned out better for the Lumberjacks than the first time the schools played on Feb. 2. The first match was held in Tucson, home of the Wildcats, and they walked all over the Lumberjacks and defeated them 21–0. Following the first game when they allowed 21 goals, the Lumberjacks had to focus more defensively, rather than offen- sively, putting their efforts on the scoring side of the ball. The only two goals came from junior midfielder Hayden Heigel. The team’s leading scorers, freshman Davis Pataky and se- nior Jake Mastro, couldn’t find the net the entire game and ended scoreless. During the game, Pataky had his nose slashed and blood gushed out as a result of a penalty committed by one of the Wild- cat defenders. Trainers did wonders and were able to stop the blood so Pataky could continue playing; after the game, Pataky was rushed to the local hospital to receive stitches. Junior defenseman Conor Hawblitzel was key in the defen- sive line and helped stop the Wildcats from scoring 21 goals again. “It’s never fun playing a team that is a division higher with a 50–60 guy roster, but I think we improved and faced off well compared to last time,” Hawblitzel said. “We still have some stuff to work on as we dropped too many passes. There is always room for improvement.” Coach Nick Adler said he is optimistic for the conference matches and believes they have a great chance, of taking the two wins this weekend. “With practice every day and sticking to our fundamentals on the weekend, we should be fine for the doubleheader,” Adler said. The Lumberjacks stand at 2–1 overall for the 2012–2013 sea- son, and have yet to play a conference game. They head into con- ference play this weekend, where they face off against Occidental College and Marymount College at the South Field Recreation NAU’s Hayden Heigel works to run past the UA’s Nolan Baker during the March 30 match at the South Cam- Complex on April 6. pus Recreation Complex. The Division II Lumberjacks lost to the Division I Wildcats 18–2. (Photo by Courtney Martin) SportShorts Follow the Lumberjack Sports Go online to JackCentral.com reporters on Twitter to read a blogs on the football Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Lumberjack Sports: @LJ_Sports team’s spring practice. • at Montana State • at Montana State Cody Bashore: @CodyBashore April 6 at 2 p.m. April 6 at 9 a.m. Brian Gosset: @Gosset41 Alli Jenney: @allijenney in Bozeman, Mont. in Bozeman, Mont. April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 23 SportsReport Women’s tennis runs win streak to seven

BY CODY BASHORE

xtending their winning streak to seven-straight matches overall, the NAU women’s tennis team took control of the second spot in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) with weekend E6–1 victories against Eastern Washington University (EWU) and Idaho State University (ISU). In a non-conference match against the University of Texas- Pan American April 1, NAU cruised to a 7–0 victory. The win capped off a trio of matches for the Lumberjacks. Against the Bengals, the Lumberjacks (13–8, 5–1 BSC) swept all three doubles points, 8–2, on March 30. With sophomore Han- nah Stone sick and sitting out the match against Idaho State, junior Tatum Rochin paired with sophomore Johanna Vang at the No. 1 spot. “I found out [I was playing] this morning when we were on our way to the match,” Rochin said. “I usually don’t practice with Johanna so it was a little unsettling at first, but we warmed up to- gether and got a little practice in.” Rochin’s doubles victory, coupled with her singles victory lat- er in the day, kept her undefeated in a Lumberjack uniform, now holding a 7–0 singles record and a 3–0 doubles record. “It feels really good, obviously at [7–0],” Rochin said. “It feels good to know I can step in when the team needs me. Director of tennis Kim Bruno said Rochin’s impact when called upon to play is what the team has needed. “You’re not going to have a whole season of being able to play six girls the whole time, so for her to come in and be undefeated at this point just speaks volumes of what the girl is ready to do for us and what she has the ability to do for us,” Bruno said. “She has filled a bigger role than we thought this year. Especially in our conference matches when we need her the most, she has been a rock for us.” Other wins came from seniors Ghizelene Doballah and Ni- cole Perez, who moved to 9–9 for the year at the No. 2 spot. Se- niors Malia Wahinepio and Alice Pacaut posted a win at the No. 3 doubles spot for the 13th time in their past 14 matches. Wahinepio and Pacaut’s overall record of 14–3 comes after Junior Tatum Rochin had eyes on the ball in the March 30 game against Idaho State held at the Continen- never playing a match together in previous seasons. Neither wom- tal Country Club. The Lumberjacks crushed the Bengals 6-1 for their fifth conference win of the season and an has totaled a higher win total with the same partner in their moved into second place in the conference. (Photo by Amanda Ray) NAU careers. “Coach made me play with pretty much everyone on the team at the No. 1 doubles, the energy that they had up there just filtered in a marathon day, but only managed a 6–1 victory. After sweeping just to get a feel, and then Alice and I finally clicked,” Wahinepio through the rest of us.” the trio of doubles matches to earn the point, rain began to fall at said. “I think we are both just great at the net. Once both of us are At the No. 5 spot, Perez improved to 14–6 overall this season Continental Country Club forcing play to move to Coconino High at the net, you can’t really break through us.” and 6–0 in conference with her straight set 6–4, 6–0 victory which School. NAU won three of the first four singles points in straight With a 1–0 lead heading into singles play, NAU lost the first clinched the victory for NAU. The 14 wins broke her career-high sets to clinch the match. singles result before cruising to victory. Vang dropped her match at for wins in season. Rochin swept her match at the No. 6 position A lack of lights forced the final two matches to return to the the No. 2 spot 6–2, 7–5 a few minutes before Wahinepio swept her 6–2, 6–3. country club. Pacaut at the No. 5 spot was forced into a third set match at the 6–2, 6–3 at the No. 3 spot. With her win, Wahinepio Lastly, Pacaut won in straight sets at the No. 4 spot 7–6 (7–2), tiebreaker, but prevailed 10–5. The only other Lumberjacks forced moved to 4–1 at the No. 3 spot this season and 4–1 in the BSC this 6–1. The win pushed Pacaut’s season record to 13–7 overall and to a third set was Stone at the No. 1 spot where she fell 10–1. year. 4–1 at the No. 4 position. “Not having a facility, we are used to adapting. We are used to “Yeah, Johanna didn’t play her best match, but that is why she Vang’s loss was only the third point the Lumberjacks had turning around, driving up the mountain at two, three or four in has six other teammates,” Bruno said. “For putting together with- failed to earn in their past 49 chances. the morning having to get up and play the next day,” Bruno said. out Hannah [Stone] in the lineup and Tatum [Rochin] stepping in On March 29, the Lumberjacks nearly swept the EWU Eagles “So I think our girls are tougher than most because of that.”

24 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com SportsReport Spring opens with offensive questions BY CODY BASHORE

ollowing its most successful record since the 2003 season, the NAU football team opened its spring practice schedule on FMarch 26 by slowly working back into their routine. “It has been fun to get the guys out on the field again and working on the fundamentals,” said head coach Jerome Souers, whose team finished the year 8–3, but missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season. “We’ve had a good offseason in the weight room and we are way ahead of where we were last year, particu- larly on defense.” One of the primary returners to the prac- tice field for the Lumberjacks has been junior- to-be, quarterback Chase Cartwright. After filling in for the graduating Cary Grossart at the upset of University of Nevada- Las Vegas in September, Cartwright hurt his knee scrambling in NAU’s home opener against Fort Lewis and missed the remainder of the season. “It feels great; it’s a blessing just to be back out on the field. I really hit rehab hard the last six months,” said Cartwright, who completed 47 percent of his passes 461 yards. “My func- tional went well about a week and a half ago and they cleared me to do some things.” While he has returned to the field to throw to receivers and work on the timing of his dropbacks, Cartwright has yet to take snaps with the first-team offense when facing Quarterback Chase Cartwright has his knee wrapped by athletic trainer Megan Marbach during the March 30 spring prac- off against the team’s defense. tice. Cartwright injured his left knee seconds before halftime on Sept. 15 against Fort Lewis. (Photo by Keenan Turner) “The team drills are up in the air; that is up to my surgeon, my main doctor, my head pete, and he did some good things. But we also linebacker Ryan Reardon, sophomore line- coached with Coach Scangarello,” Souers said. athletic trainer here,” Cartwright said. “They saw some good things out of the young guys so backer Austin Hasquet and junior safety Blair “There is a history together and with that are going to decide that. That’s not in my we are excited about them all.” Wishom. comes synergy and a level of trust, commu- hands; I just do what I can with what I can.” Whoever does win the quarterback job “Between the offense and defense, our de- nication that sometimes you don’t have when Even when he does return to full partici- will still have the luxury of leaning on junior fense is ahead of our offense,” Souers said. “We you have two guys that are new to working to- pation in practice, Cartwright is not guaran- running back Zach Bauman. As he heads into are a senior-laden unit on that side and they gether.” teed to be the Lumberjacks’ starting quarter- his senior year, Bauman already sits second all- are showing . . . promise.” Scangarello said Plough was the logical back. Between Cartwright, Jordan Perry and time on the school’s career rushing yards list. Another help to the Lumberjacks ac- target to fill the wide receivers coaching va- Kyren Poe, only Cartwright has started a game With Cartwright still on the sidelines for cording to Souers is the coaching staff nearly cancy, especially with the UC-Davis program under center for NAU. full-team drills, the Lumberjack offense has returning in full. The only new coach is Tim in transition this offseason. Perry only attempted 11 passes with 96 had some trouble early on in practice against Plough, who took over coaching the wide re- “Without question, I have known Tim yards as a freshman this past season, while a defense returning most of its core. ceivers. for almost a decade now. I have seen him as Poe spent time at wide receiver and caught one In the secondary, juniors Lucky Dozier Plough, the former play caller, co-offen- a player and he was my graduate assistant,” pass. and Anders Battle earned All-Big Sky first sive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Big Scangarello said. “I have watched his career However, offensive coordinator and quar- team defense honors. Junior Tim Wilkinson Sky rival University of California-Davis, will and mentored him and he has a gift. He is a terbacks coach Rich Scangarello said the com- earned All-Big Sky second team honors at de- still maintain some sense of stability despite very talented coach, so it was a natural fit to petition remains open among the three quar- fensive tackle. being news. He played under and coached bring him in here.” terbacks. Five other Lumberjacks earned All-Big with Scangarello at University of California- The Lumberjacks will continue holding “We have not named a starter,” Scangarel- Sky honorable mention at their positions: Davis. three practices a week for the next four weeks, lo said. “The reality is there are three guys that Junior defensive tackle Marc Thompson, “Coach Plough knows the Big Sky Con- culminating in the spring game at Lumberjack are going to get an equal opportunity to com- sophomore cornerback Mike Dosen, junior ference, played for Coach Scangarello [and] Stadium on April 27. April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 25 SportsReport Men remain winless in Big Sky

Left: Senior Patrick Schimmelbauer returns a volley against Idaho State. Right: NAU junior Dominic Bermudez returns a volley against Idaho State. The Lumberjacks failed to win their match on March 30 at Continental Country Club, losing 4–3. (Photo by Jeff Bucher)

BY ELIZABETH SEARS “We are playing pretty well lately . . . and secutive match and has a team-best of nine Senior Shaun Waters, sophomore Kester espite dropping another pair of Big Sky it is good chemistry. I enjoy playing with [Ber- wins this season. Black and junior Alan Barrios all lost their sin- Conference (BSC) matches to Eastern mudez],” Schimmelbauer said. “I just kept telling myself to be aggressive gle matches against ISU in straight sets. Washington University (EWU) and Schimmelbauer split his singles matches, no matter what and handle the first high alti- “I thought we played really well. I give a DIdaho State University (ISU), No. 1 senior sin- falling to EWU sophomore Joseph Cohen de- tude pretty well. I am very happy with my sin- lot of credit to Idaho State, they played really gles player Patrick Schimmelbauer dominated feated 6–3, 6–4. He did, however, dominate gles,” Martin said after his match against EWU. tough. We are there; we just have to put the for the Lumberjacks. against ISU freshman Christian Marian 6–2, This was not enough for the Lumberjacks pieces together,” Heckley said. “I am actually a little surprised about my- 6–0. as they lost 5–2 against EWU on March 28 The Lumberjacks are now 3–15 overall self. I played really well today compared to the Bermudez won both of his singles match- and 4–3 against BSC conference leader ISU on and 0–5 in BSC matches. The Lumberjacks last few matches,” Schimmelbauer said after es at the No. 3 singles spot, defeating EWU March 30. The Lumberjacks are still winless in will play their last road matches of the season his match against ISU. “So I am very satisfied freshman Tomas Aranguiz 6–3, 6–0 and ISU conference, but have lost four out of their five against Montana State University and Univer- and hopefully I can keep it up for the rest of sophomore Krzysztof Stempien 6–2, 6–4. BSC matches by just one point. sity of Montana on April 6 and 7. the season.” Senior Robert Martin had a successful “In singles, Pat [Schimmelbauer], Dom “The guys have to toughen up a little bit. Schimmelbauer won both of his doubles weekend at the No. 4 singles spot, but lost both [Bermudez] and Rob [Martin] all played out- We are not going to give up. We just got to play matches this weekend with junior Dominic doubles matches with sophomore Trevor Un- standing,” said assistant coach Joseph Heckley a little bit bigger at those games,” said direc- Bermudez and improved to 8–1, winning their ger. Martin defeated EWU senior Kyle Koetje after the match against ISU. “They fought for tor of tennis Kim Bruno. “We got to recognize past seven consecutive matches. 6–3, 6–2 and ISU senior Nate Gross 4–6, 7–6 every point and that is what it takes to win. We those opportunities; I don’t know if we fully (7–5), 1–0 (10–5.) Martin won his fourth con- just need to get everything else on board.” understand when those are.” 26 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com SPORTS

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28 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 29 Arts&Entertainment Despite technical difficulties, 2 Phillips excites at Prochnow

Phillip Phillips performs his lastest album The World from the Side of the Moon during his NAU debut concert at Prochnow Auditorium on March 28. (Photo by Jing Wang)

BY DANIEL DAW became abundantly clear: the acoustics in Prochnow Auditorium made it very difficult to hear the music rochnow was filled to the rafters for Ameri- as it was supposed to sound like. What was supposed Phillip Phillips performs while entertaining the crowd with a mix of can Idol winner Phillip Phillips as he graced to sound like two guitars, a bass, a keyboard, a saxo- the NAU and Flagstaff communities with his phone and drums sounded like a wall of sound that originals and cover songs. (Photo by Jing Wang) Pblend of country, rock and pop. did not allow the audience to pick out the subtleties The concert opened up with a five-piece, alter- between instruments. The only time the audience native-meets-country band Churchill, out of Den- would get a distinctive, individual sound was during the group to focus more on his original material rather than covers of more ver. Churchill was brimming with more instruments the solos from the guitars, saxophone or keyboards. well-known songs. than most alternative bands with their guitar, key- Compared to the polished versions in recordings, If you could get past the acoustics of the venue, there were some nice board, mandolin, bass, drums and two vocalists. there is a vast difference when unable to hear all of moments in the concert musically, with impressive solos from guitarist Er- Their sound was heart-pumping, moving the anx- the instruments that actually do work well together. rol Cooney and saxophone player Randy Gist. The strongest songs in the set ious crowd to practically burst with energy. While This was less noticeable during the mostly acoustic were his single “Home” and “Get Up Get Down” off of his debut album, The having what seemed to be a longer set than most set of the opening act but with the electricity of Phil- World from the Side of the Moon. opening acts, they did not waste a single minute of lips’ set, it was a major detriment. The crowd was excited the whole way through, shouting cheers of joy it. With a good mix of instrumental and vocals, the Surprisingly, early in the concert, Phillips broke with one particular fan holding up a decently sized stuffed dolphin. Some band was very strong. Their set culminated with vo- away from original material to perform a cover of would say the audience was more excited to be there than Phillips and the calist and guitarist Tim Bruns exiting the stage to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Unsurprisingly, this rest of the group, seeming only to interact with the crowd in-between songs. sing down the aisle inches away from the audience version did not hold up to the original. While there Unfortunately, Phillips commonly had his back to the audience during the and ending up standing on the empty seats behind a were interesting musical moments, Phillips’ vocals instrumental segments of the songs. standing crowd. are not at all in the same caliber as Jackson’s. Over- Considering these factors, the crowd — for the most part — was excited After an energizing set from Churchill, head- all, there were too many cover songs in the concert, and their good time was really the point of the concert. By that standard, liner Phillip Phillips took to the stage opening with including finishing off with Phil Collins’ “In The Air the show was mostly a success. With this initial tour as a headliner, it will be “Drive Me.” It was here one problem with the show Tonight” as an encore. It would have been nice for interesting to see what becomes of Phillips in future performances. 30 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 31 Arts&Entertainment NAU Opera to bring Così Fan Tutte to the stage BY DANIEL DAW tale of love, the naivete of young people and humor will be brought to life courtesy of the NAU Opera on April 5, 6 and 7. Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte, ACosì Fan Tutte begins with two young soldiers, Ferrando and Guglielmo, speaking to one another about how their partners, Dorabella and Fiordiligi, respectively, would never be unfaithful to them. This catches the attention of an older philosopher, Don Alphonso, who ends up making a wager for the two young men. Ferrando and Guglielmo are to say they are sent off to war and disguise themselves in order to court the other man’s partner. Nando Schellen, director of the production and the opera theater pro- gram, said this is a production great for college-aged performers and the story is an important one for young people to know. “Così Fan Tutte has a second title, School for Lovers, and the fantastic as- pect is that we all get a lesson in love, in love relationships. The opera is very much often considered a farce, a comic farce, and everybody who looks at it that way is wrong — completely wrong. It is a comedy. Young people get to be confronted with a love relationship and guide and almost nurtured by an older man and an older woman. This love relationship — we learn from it and so I find it one of the best pieces that Mozart has ever written,” Schellen said. Opera has its challenges for students. With most dialogue being sung in- stead of spoken, the performers have to be able to sing in this style, while acting and taking stage placement into consideration. There is also the language factor. Having a rich tradition in Europe, most pieces are sung in French, German, Italian and other languages. People have to know the story in English and sing in a language many students are not fluent in. “Opera is typically not in English. It has a very long tradition in Europe and so we study French, we study German and we study Italian,” said Andrew Surrena, a second-year graduate student in vocal performance who will be playing Ferrando. “It’s a lot of singing in other languages and one of the chal- TOP: Kyle Homewood and Duncan Spore lay on the stage as Catherine Thornsley, Justin Ander- lenges for Americans is you’re kind of learning the opera twice, once in the son, Rebecca Zaner and Kathy Watson stand over them during rehearsals of the opera Così fan tutte. The opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is presented in Italian with English subtitles and language and the English translations so that you know what you’re saying. will open April 4 at 9:30 a.m. at the Ardrey Auditorium. Putting it all together is challenging and fun and I enjoy the challenge.” BOTTOM: Catherine Thornsley and Kathy Watson perform during rehearsals of the opera Così fan This production of Così Fan Tutte will be set in the 1920s and has a Great tutte. at The Orpheum Gatsby theme to it. With this opera being a revolutionary story — considering (Photos by Crystal Milner) its treatment of women and the female characters — some like Schellen con- According to Maggie Bowland, a second-year gradu- period, it’s relatable in that way and it’s fun because the sider this to be the first feminist opera. According to Surrena, the time period ate student who will play the main soprano Fiordiligi, the costumes are different,” Boland said. fits with what happens in the story. time period fits with essential plot points that were in the Così Fan Tutte will have performances open to the “I think the 1920s are a great time because it’s a big time in women’s his- original production. public April 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and April 7 at 2 p.m. in tory and for women’s rights; they’re pushing for the women’s votes,” Surrena “With World War I just ending in the time period, Ardrey Auditorium. There will be a 45-minute pre-per- said. “It kind of fits in the 1920s because you have the foolish young men, you the whole reality of military duty and action is very promi- formance lecture before each show and tickets can be pur- have the females that are trying to get more respect and so it’s an interesting nent during this time and so it makes a ton of sense for the chased at the Central Ticket Office, $22 for adults and $6 comparison. To compare that to the 1920s, when there is a big feminist move- boys to leave and do their military duty. Being in this time for NAU students with ID. ment, I think it works really well.” 32 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 33 Arts&Entertainment PRISM hosts semi-annual drag show BY CALEB MCCLURE Jonathan C. Hart, social chair of PRISM and director of the “I definitely think that this one is going to have way more show. activist rhetoric involved. [We’re] trying to promote people to embers of People Respecting Individuals and Sex- Drag has been a long-standing aspect of gay culture. It try and volunteer or to call their senators,” Pena said. ual Minorities (PRISM) are putting on lipstick and is a phenomenon once considered taboo in mainstream cul- As well as fighting for the rights of LGBTQ people, they strapping on high heels for their semi-annual drag ture, but with the persistence of the gay rights movement and are also focused on giving back to the community that has Mshow. For $8, students and locals alike can watch PRISM’s best a more open youth culture, has gradually started to become supported them for eight years. They will be giving tickets at a strut their stuff at the Orpheum April 4 at 8 p.m. more accepted. reduced price for anyone who brings canned goods to donate Drag is a celebration of individualism within the queer “It’s been really big because what it does is it symbolizes to the Northern Arizona Food Bank. culture. Queer men and women get to ask themselves who living outside the normality,” Pena said. “It has really gone beyond being just a PRISM drag show they would be if they were a member of the opposite sex. The It is not PRISM’s intention to make the event a political or an NAU drag show it really is a Flagstaff event now, and performers create an alter ego who usually embodies a hyper- statement. However, the performers are free to speak their I just think it’s important that we show our support to other feminine woman or a hyper-masculine man. minds on stage, and with the recent debates on gay rights the groups around the city,” Hart said. For the president of PRISM, Tony Pena, this is a sexy, audience is likely to hear passionate civil rights rhetoric. Pena is in his senior year at NAU and many of the head- headstrong Latina named Mariposa Guadalupe Smith. “I’m going to try and get a Ph.D in communication stud- liners will be leaving as well. “Mostly [Mariposa’s] personality is very dry. She has a dry ies. What I do is study sexuality and gender and try to use that, “Performing my last show is definitely going to be sad be- sense of humor. She’s very quick witting and she’s obviously a the theory and my knowledge within my drag art form so I try cause not only are these my girlfriends but my co-performers sexy Latina,” Pena said. to really do educational drag. Some people call me terrorist and are kind of like my sisters — that’s what we call each other A drag show is not just a big gathering of men parad- drag because it’s really trying to offset the binary,” said Chris- because we’re a family,” Pena said. ing around in woman’s make-up and clothing; there is a lot tian Kolesar (stage name Candy Lipinski), graduate adviser for The senior veterans are determined to make their final of preparation to put on a show like this. The group has spent PRISM. show one to remember, wanting to leave a lasting stamp on the more than $200 on their costumes and cosmetics and has The gender binary is the term given to the two male and Flagstaff and LGBTQ community. spent countless hours choreographing and rehearsing their female gender norms prevalent in western society, which is “It’s like a capstone for a drag troupe so I think you’re parts, which consist mostly of lip-synching and dancing. detrimental to those who do not feel as though they fit per- going to get excellence, you’re going to get showmanship and PRISM has been putting on their drag show since 2005, fectly into either gender. you’re going to get mind-blowing weirdness,” Pena said. which has grown exponentially in its eight years of existence. LGBTQ rights have recently been a prevalent topic and The doors will open at the Orpheum at 7 p.m., April 4, “We started at a small café with a couple of performers the show will come with an outcry for activism by the per- and starts at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $8 or $7 with a canned food and now we’re in the biggest venue Flagstaff has to offer,” said formers. donation. Poet coalition seeks to promote artistic expression BY ANASTASIA HARPER

t started as a group of friends with a common interest in poetry. sion through writing. We’d really like to work with younger kids,” The combination of experience and their individual perspec- Experiencing a creative block, the members hoped they could Kensington said. “I would like to specifically do writing workshops tives is the essence of Necessary Poetry, and it is what makes the start a string of inspiration for their poetry by collaborating with with kids who are maybe in a facility or going to alternative schools, group a unique entity. Ione another. Soon, the small group of talented artists evolved into because I think that the slam and doing this type of thing really gives “I wanted to be a part of Necessary Poetry because I think there a cause that would spread creative expression through the Flagstaff people a sense of community.” are a lot of really talented writers and artists here in Flagstaff,” said se- community. One of the group’s biggest projects includes an anthology called nior philosophy and art education major Jackson Morris. “I wanted Necessary Poetry began in December 2012 for members of Holy Spoken Word. Inspired from a poem written by two of its mem- to be a member of the coalition of all of those people who I admire. Flagstaff’s poetry slam to publish and showcase the works — both bers, the anthology reveals the group’s passion for artistic expression It’s exciting for me to get to work with so many fun, inspiring people written and illustrated — to Flagstaff’s local community. After the and points out the poeticism of life. By using the work they have and it motivates me to improve my own poetry.” inspiration from a bumper sticker proclaiming, “Poetry is Neces- collaborated on, the group hopes to sell enough copies to become a For the members of Necessary Poetry, poetry is seen in every- sary,” local slam poets took the message to heart and gathered to fully functioning organization driving a creative force into the com- thing they do, and they want others to see the same. create a local work of art as well as spread the word about Flagstaff’s munity. “I kind of see the entire world as poetry. You can find the poetic slam poetry scene. “We need a vague amount to make those first copies to give angle to everything, if you really look at it,” Kensington said. “You All well-seasoned veterans of Flagstaff poetry slams, members back to people. That way we can invest in ourselves to continue pub- can take some of the harshest, most intense experiences and pull like Megan Kensington have worked to make Necessary Poetry lishing them, to continue selling them and to be able to fund writing something beautiful from it. I think that the ability to do that is as more than just a group of poets. workshops,” said senior art education major John Quinonez. “Even- necessary as food or shelter or water.” “What we’re hoping to do is just encourage positive expres- tually, we want to be a full-fledged, non-profit publishing company.” For more information, visit necessarypublishing.com. 34 The Lumberjack | Jackcentral.com SoundCheck Arts&Entertainment Artist: Wavves The Host Album: Afraid Of Heights Directed by: Andrew Niccol Genre: Lo-fi alternative Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, Diane Kruger Running time: 125 minutes Rated: PG-13

BY PAUL BEIMERS to the near eradication of mankind in love” for the human race, involving a BY MYKEL VERNON-SEMBACH mind, though not in body. desire to help them by taking control, heories abound on how life as Our heroine is Melanie Stryder prevents them from exuding any real avves has quite the tim- “Lunge Forward,” giving the listener we know it will one day end, (Saoirse Ronan) who is captured in sense of menace. Meanwhile, their ing for putting out killer a recovery period before they return but it is doubtful The Host will the process of escaping to the safety of obsession with white clothing, Spartan summer anthems and has to the mosh pit. Tmake it to the list of apocalyptic predic- a human resistance with her younger architecture and reflective surfaces is Wcertainly grown up past the well- “Lunge Forward” showcases tions anytime soon. brother (Chandler Canterbury) and too reminiscent of numerous other worn surf pop of 2012, blossoming Wavves’s shift in influence: from Hollywood’s exploitation of di- lover Jared Howe (Max Irons). Taken science-fiction pieces to be interesting. into a new realm. Cleaning up his garage punks of the ‘80s into the amond-faceted bloodsuckers has at over by the being known as Wanderer It all adds up to a plot where nothing post-production and keeping his alternative rockers of the ‘90s. The last come to its end, but it hasn’t quite (Ronan in a double role), however, much actually happens and an ending unkempt vocals goes to show Na- guitar adapts to a cleaner sound and finished with the woman behind it. does not destroy her mind as it should. that goes out with a whimper rather than Williams is more than capable unyielding rhythm while Wavves’s Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Stephanie Though no longer in control, she is than a bang. The resolution is at once of keeping up in 2013 with Afraid Of vocals take on a melody of their Meyer has returned to the big screen able to communicate with Wanderer too neat yet not neat enough, conve- Heights. own, rather than sticking within one with another inter-species romance and convince her to escape the Soul niently wrapping up some storylines The opening track, “Sail To The or two notes of the harmony; come of exceedingly awkward proportions. named Seeker (Diane Kruger) so eager while leaving others too open to feel Sun,” eases in, dreamy and melodic, on, this ain’t no barbershop quartet. The good news is this time around is to root out the pockets of defiance left conclusive. Everything else is a com- a jarring unfamiliar beginning to Afraid Of Heights a rollercoast- much, much better than anything the in the world. The pair manages to find plicated bit of romantic tension falling those who know Wavves’s distorted er of emotions, dipping in and out of Twilight saga attempted. The bad news the humans, but must contend with flat. guitars and sharp drums. Wavves sadness before coming up for air in is this improvement doesn’t make The distrust and outright hostility from Still, the film is not without its comes rushing in almost a minute “Afraid Of Heights.” Host any less silly. friends and family alike. In the process, merits. The camerawork and staging into the song, utilizing a distinc- Wavves’ title track, “Afraid Of It is the future, though the year is the two wrestle with conflicted feelings, is clean and easy on the eyes, while the tive, Strokes-like bass with a shallow Heights,” is the comedown to his unknown, and Earth has been taken which result from Melanie’s continued use of CGI is kept restrained and real- guitar. While they may be coherent, carefree tracks, such as “I Wanna over by a race of extraterrestrial life love for Jared and Wanderer’s growing istic. Despite its lack of action, the story his lyrical content crisscrosses one Meet Dave Grohl” on the EP Life known simply as Souls. Though a interest in fellow rebel Ian (Jake Abel). moves briskly thanks to the drama of another in a tangled heap; one min- Sux. “Afraid Of Heights” is a grenade peaceful race, they can only live by Unsurprisingly, the relationships the characters that manage to be en- ute it’s about getting high, another to the self-esteem, giving the song a inhabiting the bodies of other species, central to The Host’s story are messy at tertaining despite their lack of proper it’s about death, then it’s about love more addictive feeling rather than suppressing the consciousness of the best, underdeveloped and lacking real development. and then back to getting high again. catchy (although, it’s hard to deny it’s host organism in the process. As a re- chemistry, making it difficult to truly Though unexciting and half- Despite his disorganization, “Sail catchy when you’re singing along to sult, the arrival of the Souls has resulted invest in or care about the characters. baked, The Host is harmless enough To The Sun” is a soft transition that “I’ll always be on my own.”) in the ending of wars, violence and en- The Souls, meanwhile, have little and likely to win over anyone eager for presents an even greater feeling of Midway into the album, vironmental damage, but has also led impact as the antagonists. Their “hard a dose of sentimental melodrama. despair on Wavves’s next track, “De- Wavves reverts to their old sound mon To Lean On.” in “Gimme a Knife,” certainly a The acoustic guitar that sets great embodiment of the youthful QuickFlick Spring Breakers the pace is soothing compared to approach to disaster. This track is a the lyrics Wavves sings concerning great symphony of confusion when BY KATHLEEN KOMOS during this week has no consequences and Cotty (Rachel Korine) go hard- suicide and depression. “Demon Williams sings, “I loved you Jesus/ in the “real world.” However, just as core with Floridian drug dealer, Alien To Lean On” refrains from abstract you rape the world/I feel defeated/ ere we have the spring break- spring break is supposed to be a break (James Franco), and have a jolly time emo existentialism and keeps his let’s all go surf.” er in its natural habitat. The from the norm, it is relatively easy to threatening gangsters and other Flor- sadness within reality, only referenc- Wavves closes out with a lullaby female is often spotted by her lose yourself in the story and ignore ida vacationers. In the end, if you’re ing his pain in the line, “holding a of sorts in “I Can’t Dream,” as though Hcolorful bikini, lack of pants and nev- moral consequences of the four main looking for a movie with laughs, a gun to my head so send me an an- the events of a single day occurred er without a beer. These creatures are girls’ actions. crazy ending and girls plundering gel/or bury me deeply instead.” Al- in only 14-tracks and Williams con- seen in Florida around the same time Drug-induced trips, colorful through life without any true conse- though dramatic, Wavves keeps his templates the day in a drowsy state every year; it’s here they try to gather film and repeated lines in voice-over quences, then this isn’t a bad way to feelings from extremes and even his between asleep and awake. as much male attention as possible by move the story into a world where spend 90 minutes. music hints that, despite the hurt, While listeners may not be able being flashy, loud and perpetually in- “spring break is forever.” Faith (Selena The story was interesting enough there’s hope. to sing along with it quite as easily toxicated. Gomez) plays the goody two-shoes to keep people hooked and was com- “Mystic” succeeds as a nostalgic as other upcoming summer tunes, it Spring Breakers can almost be girl of the Spring Breakers group, who plemented by its pretty cinematogra- track to his punk roots from King is great for those lazy summer days watched as a documentary that details leaves Florida when things become phy — even if this included showing Of The Beach and mellows out for lacking any adventurous plans. the crazy things people do on spring weird and is never heard from again. far too many women’s breasts. What Best Tracks: “Lunge Forward,” “Afraid Of Heights” and break. It is as if the entire week is After Faith’s departure, Brit (Ashley happens on spring break stays on “Gimme A Knife” separate from reality, anything you do Benson), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens) spring break, right? April 4, 2013 - April 10, 2013 | The Lumberjack 35