Welcome Week celebrations kick off the year in style AUGUST 27,2008 VOLUME 63, ISSUE 1 Students plead New RDs add pizazz to the freshman dorms guilty to by KATIE THOMPSON the position of Ford Hall a difference, and even make Kuhl s passion for life, those moments of chaos, trespassing resident director. Justin or break a college experi­ clear understanding of but there is also a need for charges The coming of the school Wadsworth will serve as ence for a student,” said responsibility, and fun order.” year brings not only new resident director of Culver Kuhl. attitude make it clear why A s a returning member by HANNAH BEERS individuals to the NNU Hall. Kuhl hopes to use her she was chosen for the to NNU’s campus, Wads­ campus, but also familiar “Having the oppottu- RD position to not only position. worth intends to focus his Five students involved faces to fill the positions of nity to be an RA while encoutage her residents Wadsworth also intends efforts on generating a feel­ in an attempted burglaty freshman housing resident I attended N N U was a practically, but most im­ to bring both respect and a ing of acknowledgement of Best Buy last semestet directors. key part of my learning portantly, spiritually. She bit of cbaos to Culver Hall. and love. His fun-loving were sentenced in June, Both Ford Hall and experience. I now see the also desires to use the new Wadsworth said, “I want to personality and open door said the Canyon County Culver Hall welcome role of RD from a different wing teams to help reach create an atmosphere that policy will certainly help Clerks Office. new RDs. NNU alumni perspective. I see it as one all 160 incoming Ford allows a cohesive living ex­ Culver’s residents feel right After pleading guilty Lindsay Kuhl is filling that can impact lives, make residents. perience. It’s great to have at home. to trespassing, Joshua Grewe, Dane Manley, Kyle Gray, and Joseph Grewe were sentenced to 90 days in jail. 81 days of the jail time was suspended. Each of the four students were fined $225 and served eight days in jail. Construction of the Thomas Family Health & Science Center (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dan Nogales). In a separate hearing, the charges against Leon Science classes will be held in new building next fall Vasquez were amended to trespassing. Vasquez by RACHAEL FINCH was fined $227 and was dean of the school of health first floor. We are continu­ is March 1, said Nogales. right away as most of its sentenced to 38 days in A new fixture has ap­ and science. ing to fund raise for new While the building means equipment can be set up jail. The jail time was sus­ peared between the library Progress has been made equipment for the nursing big changes for the School in a day or so. Some of the pended to eight days. In and the Wiley Learn­ on the building in the last simulation lab and science of Health and Science in science equipment requires lieu of jail time, Vasquez ing Center on the NNU few months, but there is labs. We are hoping to the fiimre, it will cause a technician to be brought completed four days of campus over the summer. still work to be done in raise an additional million litde change for classes this in and can take one day to sheriffs inmate labor That fixture is the new and terms of building and fund dollars for equipment,” said academic year. a week to get the instru­ detail, said the Canyon highly anticipated Thomas raising. Nogales. “We have a lot of equip­ ment running again. For County Clerks Office. Family Health & Science “The new science lecture The two-story, 50 thou­ ment to move in, so we sure, summer research will Four of the five are Center, complete with ftdly hall has data and powet to sand square feet building is may wait until spring break be gready impacted, as of participating in various erected walls and a first each seat so that takes a lot estimated to open on Jan. to run labs in the new course all the classes and sports this fall, according floor with plumbing and of coordination before we 30,2009; however, a more building. The Department labs for next fall will be,” to N N U ’s website. electric, said Dr. Nogales, can pour concrete on the realistic completion date of Nursing can move in said Nogales. Index Weather SATURDAY NNU News Briefs Mostly sunny. affairs, was named News 2 From the National Weather Service Johnson Sports Center. Opinion ...... 3 Hi: 8." I Low; 55° New logo unveiled new vice president of Campus Life 6 Earlier this summer the university advancement. Sports 8 athietic department The announcement was A&E 10 THURSDAY SUNDAY released the new logo to made in July. Pearsall was be used for NNU athletics. appointed by President Humor 12 Sunny. Mostly sunny. Alexander and approved ] h: 83" I Low: 50° Hi: 83" I Low: 53° The logo was created by Quote of the week Jim Ward of Jim Ward by the Board of Trustees. "The most beautiful Designs in St. Louis, Mo. New VP of University Pearsall will continue to adventures are not those FRIDAY MONDAY Students can find the new Advancement serve as vice president we go to seek." Sunny. .“TT Mostly sunny. logo displayed on Orrin Joel Pearsall, vice of financial affairs until a •Robert Louis Stevenson ■ Hu 89° j Low: 54° . I Low: 53°. Hills Center Court in the president of financial replacement is found. 2 NEWS AUGUST 27,2008 Broken sprinkler causes damage to Riley BSU professor dies Library’s periodical section in wildfire while police and firefighters continue to battle hlazes in the West by ASSOCIATED PRESS The body of a Boise State belongings they could find. Christopher Lee, 40, and Above: Environmental service employees begin the University professor has cleanup process. Two to three inches of water flooded the been found in one of the his wife, Mindy,35, returned bottom floor of Riley Library on July 31. nearly 20 houses burned early Tuesday morning to when a wildfire raced find their home was one of Below: Library employees had to catalogue all of the wa­ through a neighborhood, several that had burned to ter logged periodicals before they were sent to Seattle for drying. The extent of the damage will not be known until officials confirmed Tuesday. the ground. the detailed drying process is completed (photos cour­ Forensic tests were pend­ The couple rifled through tesy of Sharon Bull). ing and the cause of death the ashes with the oldest of remained undetermined, their five children, Spencer, but Ada County Coroner 14. A firefighter had recov­ by KRISTIN GOTCH Services staff responded outside company was called until we know for sure,” Erwin Sonnenberg identi­ ered the melted remnants quickly to the scene. Library in to aid in repairing those said Bull. fied the woman as Mary of a college diploma and a On July 31 the faculty faculty also helped with periodicals. It is unclear It appears that the lower Ellen Ryder, a professor of scorched camping stove. of John E. Riley Library clean up efforts. “The entire at this time if there is any level will not be available to English and linguistics who "Everything's just gone," at Northwest Nazarene staff helped, especially in permanent damage. students until sometime in was scheduled to teach her said Spencer Lee, who start­ University was dismayed creating a list of materials” The wet periodicals have September because the floor first class of the semester ed school at Les Bois Junior when a fire-suppression said Dr. Sharon Bull, dean been sent to a facility near is still drying. “We were very Tuesday. High School a day earlier. sprinkler broke on the lower of learning services and Seattle where they are fortunate that the break was Firefighters discovered The blaze was reported level. The break caused 2-3 director of library services. now being put through a discovered quickly and had her body inside one of the about 7 p.m. Monday in inches of water to flood the “Our student employees detailed drying process. not had too much time to homes burned Monday a vacant field. Duane and floor and left many of the worked very hard,” said After this process is finished run,” said Bull. The staff when flames fanned by Lynn Hughes, who live library’s older periodicals Bull. the Riley faculty will be able is certainly fortunate that winds gusting to 50 mph down the street from the soaked. Employees heard Service Master came in to better assess the volumes time was on its side in what spread from a vacant field of homes that were destroyed, the alarm around 7:45 that to follow up on the efforts. and whether any enduring could have been a much sagebrush and cheatgrass up said they watched as the fire morning. At that time the Most of the mess was cleaned harm was done. more devastating situation. a ridge on the city's south­ roared up the ridge. N N U campus safety office up by noon. It took 2 more “We won’t make any east side. "It's a catastrophe," said was notified of the situation. days to prepare the damaged plans or even speculate on Assistant Fire Marshal Lynn Hughes, 40, as she NNU Environmental periodicals for shipping. An what we will need to do Mark Senteno toured the swept up debris from her neighborhood Tuesday neighbor's yard.