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In an effort to create a “melting pot,” a new bill would cut funding from public school programs and classes that dissuade students from adopting American values.
Senate Bill 1108, spearheaded by Rep. Russell Pearce, would disallow elementary level through in-state university schools from providing classes that exclusively focus on race, religion or culture to ensure taxpayer dollars are not being used to encourage dissent from Western civilization.
In addition, the bill would bar partially or fully…

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With the April 18 signing of Arizona’s fiscal year 2008 budget by Gov. Napolitano, a door has been opened for the Arizona Board of Regents to decide the budget cuts for the university system.
Despite being less than expected, state and university officials are still stressing the impact of budget reductions, as well as what is to come as the state legislature decides the fiscal year 2009 budget.
The ABOR passed the budget cuts to be made…

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For seniors, graduation is just the beginning of a new chapter in their lives and, for many, does not mark the end of their college career.
Allysin Alati and Liz Winkelblech have both created a four-year legacy that has had a lasting impact on them and everybody around them. Both will be receiving undergraduate diplomas this spring and both intend on continuing on to graduate school.
Alati is an active member in many aspects of the NAU…

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A six-member panel discussing campus and community safety addressed a relatively sparse crowd in the Du Bois Center ballroom on Wednesday, April 9 at 5 p.m.
The forum, titled “Campus and Community Safety: It’s Everybody’s Business” did not draw significant attention from students or residents. Panel members and other representatives in the room outnumbered the 15 to 20 audience members by almost two to one.
Representatives from local police departments, Flagstaff Fire Department (FFD), NAU’s Counseling and…

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Universities take great measures to ensure their students are able complete a bachelor’s degree in four years. However, for some international students at NAU, it is nearly impossible to finish their university schooling in just eight semesters.
The Program in Intensive English (PIE) aims to meet the academic language needs for international students on campus. This program permits international students application to American universities without first having to take the Test of English as a Foreign…

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Flagstaff law enforcement has implemented a new system of policing, which will evaluate officers not on the amount of citations they write, but instead will concentrate on trends and statistical changes on their respective beats.
Because this new system, titled comp-stat, is about accountability for positive change, it also involves a lot of learning and what Sgt. Tom Boughner of the Flagstaff Police likes to call “out of the box” thinking.
Comp-stat is a system of computer…

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The 2008-2009 winners of the President’s Undergraduate Student Recruitment and Retention Grants have been announced, and the 10 winners represent a true cross-section of NAU’s cultural and educational makeup.
The grants are awarded to colleges or programs on campus seeking to boost retention or recruitment of students in their area of the university.  The average grant is usually $2,500, although in some cases can be higher or lower. The funds for the awards are allocated from…

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SCHOLARSHIPS

NAU has awarded 74 students with $1,500 scholarships from the Raymond Educational Foundation. The majority of the scholarships were awarded to Coconino County high school students who are attending NAU in the fall. The remainder of the scholarships were presented to 16 NAU freshman who will be continuing their education at NAU in the fall.
The Raymond Educational Foundation has given more than $3.4 million to support Coconino County high school students attending NAU since 1963.

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Last month, the sales team for the Lumberjack traveled to San Antonio to participate in the national College Newspaper Business Advertising and Managers Conference (CNBAM).
Every year schools across America, ranging from giants like UCLA to the ivy league Yale to smaller schools like NAU, come together to share ideas, discuss challenges, listen to guest speakers and network.
In addition, the conference honors student achievements in advertising displays and staff positions. Michelle Gardner, a senior journalism major…

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On April 8, students and local city residents packed into Flagstaff Public Library’s auditorium for two speakers, Jim Tuck, council member of the Citizens’ Transportation Advisory Committee, and Joanne Oellers, a biologist from the Center for Biological Diversity.
Tuck discussed the proposed propositions in the upcoming election, in regards to the future of public transportation for Flagstaff.
Currently, there are over 800,000 riders yearly with 48 percent communting to work, 23 percent communting to school and 18…

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