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Racism surrounding Trayvon Martin scandal
04/18/2012

The culture of the American consciousness can at times be very vexing. Perhaps the most angering aspect of all is our concept of equality and justice. Since the first settlers came to this continent in the 15th century, inequality, discrimination and racism have been an integral part of our recipe for success. Within the last month we [...]

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The lost worlds of NAU: students experiment in the educational greenhouse
04/18/2012

NAU draws people from all over the world for its forested mountain landscape — and draws people from through Arizona for its four seasons. However, what many do not know is that different climates exist here on campus — and plants from all over the world thrive within them. These artificial climates, sustained within two different [...]

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Volleyball looks to spring exhibition and recruits for fall season
04/18/2012

Recognizing their dominant start to this past year, the women’s volleyball team hopes to come out with the same strength, but with a fire to remain with them through the season. Coach Craig Choate enters his fifth season as head coach, and with five seniors from his original 2008 recruiting class, has high expectations for the [...]

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New coaches turn up intensity in spring practices
04/18/2012

The 2012 college football season is over five months away, but the NAU football team is preparing itself for a new Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks have been practicing for a little over three weeks now, including one scrimmage, and according to their head coach, are getting back to basics. “We’ve been able to do a [...]

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New contract brings NAU closer to carbon neutrality
04/18/2012

The Arizona Board of Regents approved an $18,000,000 contract with NORESCO energy services company in effort to reach carbon neutrality by 2020. The contract will save approximately $1,500,000 a year in utility costs. Director of Energy Services and Sustainability Lindsay Wagner credits NAU’s future successes to the many developments — including the NORESCO contract — that have been made [...]

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Phoenix economy growing nicely. (At last!)
04/18/2012

From Elliott Pollack’s weekly newsletter; As for local news, Sky Harbor Airport announced that enplanements were up 6.1% from year earlier levels and deplanements were up 5.1% from the same month in 2011. Arizona retail sales for February increased 6.3% from February 2011 levels. In Maricopa County, retail sales increased 7.4% from 2011 levels in [...]

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Expanding Your Business
04/12/2012

Having your own business can be a wonderful feeling. Not only are you your own boss, but you are the person that calls all of the shots. That is why it is important you make sure you have the best business you can. In order to have the best business possible you need to be [...]

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Taking Your Motorcycle Seriously
04/12/2012

Owning a motorcycle is a very serious deal because you are going to be riding down the street on something that only has two wheels. The last thing you want to do is be inexperienced and get into a car accident. Educating Yourself Better About Motorcycles Taking a motorcycle course can be a wonderful thing [...]

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Hiking In Tucson
04/12/2012

Being able to go hiking in Tucson is going to be a wonderful adventure for you and your family. If you are thinking of planning a journey to Tucson, then it is time to go vacation package shopping. Planning Your Trip To Tucson The first thing you need to do is find the perfect vacation [...]

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How Will You Spend Your Refund?
04/12/2012

Getting your tax refund means you are able to buy something new or you might consider just putting the money into savings. Each individual only gets a tax refund back has a few options. Paying Off All Of Your Debt Over the course of a year most people will accumulate more debt. If this is [...]

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GSA: God save America
04/11/2012

Blasphemy; the conniving little puppets from the General Services Administration (GSA) practically stole from the stars and stripes on a 5 day drunk-a-palooza in Las Vegas, with everything from $44 meals to commemorative coins. Commemorating what, the raw abuse of the federal government’s money, America’s money? This has sparked an outcry from the rebel alliance [...]

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Olson Memorial March draws crowd, police
04/11/2012

Community members, students and faculty gathered Sunday for a peaceful memorial march in honor of NAU Professor Joel Olson. The ceremony began with a traditional Spanish prayer, words from those who were close to Olson and then a traditional Matachines dancers performed prior to the beginning of the march. The march began in front of Flagstaff [...]

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Jack Chat: Dominic Bermudez
04/11/2012

Sophomore Dominic Bermudez leads the NAU men’s tennis team with a 6–1 Big Sky singles record this season. Bermudez took time to sit down with The Lumberjack to talk about family, who is the best tennis player in the Bermudez household, his thoughts about The Hunger Games and what he misses from Tucson. The Lumberjack: You [...]

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Car rental program expected at NAU by fall 2012
04/11/2012

In an attempt to reduce on-campus driving, the Office of Sustainability, ASNAU and NAU Parking and Shuttle Services are planning on incorporating a rent-a-car service for students by next semester. Along with providing students an alternative to bringing their vehicle to school, the program would contribute to the carbon neutrality plan still in effect from [...]

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81% of mortgages with 25+ percent negative equity are still making payments!
04/11/2012

From the Wall Street Journal. Right now, about three-quarters of homeowners who are deeply underwater on mortgages backed by Fannie and Freddie are still making payments.

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Doing Business Digitally
04/05/2012

Business isn’t being done the same way it was even ten years ago. We have seen amazing advantages in technology in recent years. It is amazing to think of how far we have come in such a short amount of time. It is almost unthinkable to do something by hand or by paper anymore. Everyone [...]

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Human trafficking in the United States
04/04/2012

Slavery: a word that stirs many negative feelings in Americans. It has been outlawed in almost every country, yet it still occurs in the United States and many other countries. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. It is a form of sex slavery that is made up of 80 percent  of women and 50 percent of [...]

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Track and field wins across the board, 18-year-old school record broken
04/04/2012

Three weeks into the outdoor track season, the NAU track and field team has already broken a school record. The women’s 4×100-meter relay squad set not only a school record, but also the record for the Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah, when the Jacks faced the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah. NAU’s 1994 record of 46.06 [...]

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Electronic harassment bill slowed
04/04/2012

A bill sent back to the Arizona House of Representatives from the Senate regarding electronic harassment will take longer than expected to reach Governor Jan Brewer’s desk. Rep. Vic Williams (R – Northwest Pima County) said the bill, HB 2549, has been slowed in response to public opinion. “It’s slowing down,” Williams said. “We’re listening to the [...]

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Couch Talk: Understanding our four-legged companions
04/04/2012

The similarities between humans and animals are striking. We look back at our ancestors’ journey as hunters and gatherers where we traveled in packs, similar to the way in which wolves travel. Humans and wolves both tended to travel with their families, were interdependent and were wary of outsiders. Other parallels lie in their ability [...]

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JackChat: Rich Scangarello
04/04/2012

Recently hired NAU offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello is a traveled man. He has coached at all levels of football and has now brought that experience to the Lumberjacks. He took some time off from getting adjusted to a new program and Flagstaff life to sit down with The Lumberjack to discuss his arrival at NAU, [...]

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Heartland Institute denies global warming
04/04/2012

The Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, has recently focused on questioning the science of climate change, hosting panels of climate change skeptics and endorsing numerous campaigns that deny climate change as a man-made problem that requires any action. About a month ago, a GM spokesman called the Heartland Institute “careful and considerate.” What better adjectives [...]

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NAU baseball looks past defeats into future
04/04/2012

Smiles, jokes and effort may not be what the average spectator would take away from this weekend’s NAU club baseball games against the ASU Sun Devils. The Sun Devils defeated the Lumberjacks 18–13 on Sunday at Flagstaff High School. ASU won the second game of Saturday’s double-header 20–1 at Coconino High School. The Lumberjacks cruised to [...]

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Tips from my Arizona class real estate class
04/04/2012

Looking over my notes from a class I took in February with Phoenix real estate lawyer Adam Martinez of Combs Law Group, I thought these items were useful and they might even reflect what Adam said. No SPDS is a red flag for short sale buyers because the seller could very well have filled out [...]

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Scottsdale Homes for Sale
04/04/2012

This quick video explores the Scottsdale homes for sale market situation. Scottsdale homes for sale that are bank-owned homes (also called REOs and foreclosures) and short sales have fallen by TWO-THIRDS in the last year! These Scottsdale foreclosures/REOs/bank-owned homes were the major driver of falling prices in Scottsdale during the real estate bust. Now that [...]

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