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Rebuilt Bookman’s opens in Flagstaff

Elizabeth Brandow — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:27:19 +0000

It was barely 11 months ago when the roof of Bookman’s Entertainment Exchange collapsed due to heavy snow build-up in a large snowstorm, ruining much of the merchandise and forcing the store to close so they could rebuild.

With employees preparing the store to open since 1:30 that morning, Bookman’s re-opened it’s doors for the first time in nearly a year at 9 a.m. on Dec. 16.

The people who made it out to the event walked in to see a customer service desk with a new banner: “Welcome to…

ASNAU Report

Hanna Rubin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:42:54 +0000

This is the ASNAU Report, a new feature in The Lumberjack covering the Thursday evening meetings of the Associated Students of Northern Arizona University. This edtion of the report is from the meeting on Dec. 2

Club Recognition
Hospitality Entrepreneurs: will bring together students who want to start a business in hospitality, bring speakers to campus and improve hospitality students’ skills.
Northern Arizona Fun Times Association: will bring students together to participate in outdoor games and activities designed to teach team-building skills and relieve stress.
Students for…

Renovations to cost $4.6 million more than projected

Kevin Bertram — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:42:24 +0000

The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) meets today in the Student Memorial Union of UA for the second part of its two-day conference of the three state universities. Topics under discussion include more money for campus renovations, football coach Jerome Souers’ new contract and changes to NAU’s construction project plans.

The agenda for the meeting states NAU had asked ABOR for nearly a million dollars more for the Liberal Arts building renovation project — money still originating from the Stimulus Plan for Economic and Educational Development (SPEED) fund, which, according to…

Newman priest talks about plans for student housing project

William Brown — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:40:48 +0000

The Rev. Matt Lowry is head of the Holy Trinity Catholic Newman Center here in Flagstaff, and he spoke to The Lumberjack about the center’s activities.

The Lumberjack: How do you define faith-based housing?
Matt Lowry: Some people choose to go to private schools because they like the ethos of a school, so to speak, whether it’s an Ivy League school or a Christian school or a Catholic school. There’s kind of an attitude — a subculture, if you will — where certain values are promoted. Here, you have…

Crime Log

Kevin Bertram — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:38:30 +0000

Dec. 1

At 4:08 p.m., a subject reported a male had confronted her near the Babbitt Academic Annex and attempted to hug and kiss her. The incident occurred on Nov. 30 around 5:30 p.m.
An officer was dispatched, and no further information is available.

Dec. 2

At 12:50 p.m., NAU experienced a temporary power outage affecting most of the campus.
The power outage lasted approximately five minutes, and the cause is unknown at this time.

At 1:31 p.m., the staff at facilities management called to report several subjects…

New ‘green’ café

Natalie Muilenberg — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:37:44 +0000

Next fall, in the new Health and Learning Center on campus, there will be a café focusing on community, health, education and sustainability. For the past year, a group of students, faculty and the action research teams in the Masters of Sustainable Communities program have been conversing about the café and focusing on making the idea a reality.

Bryan McLaren, a student in the Masters of Sustainable Communities program and a mentor for the café’s action research team, said the idea started out small, and it started with food.

“The…

NAU rents space to hold Skydome equipment

Kevin Bertram — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:30:31 +0000

NAU’s student athletes are going to have a new home away from home this coming semester, as the university has received approval from the city of Flagstaff to rent a commercial building in the Varsity Shopping Center west of campus, which is home to Bookman’s, Hastings and Michael’s.

On Dec. 1, Flagstaff’s Planning and Zoning Committee met in city hall to discuss and vote on several proposals, including one from NAU to place a new athletic training facility off campus.

Neil Gullickson, an urban planner for the city,…

Center handles bottles, papers and cans

Kevin Bertram — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:25:35 +0000

Thanks to university sustainability initiatives, all rooms on campus are equipped with recycling and trashcans. Every week, residents in halls across NAU take their garbage out and dump it into large, brown and green trash containers.

Yet while most students’ involvement in recycling ends at these garbage receptacles, this is only the beginning for those involved in the trash-sorting business. One such location — and the first stop for Flagstaff’s recyclable trash — is the Materials Recovery Facility operated by Norton Environmental, Inc.

Elsbeth Inglett, an instructor for…

Fizz Out

Ashley Christensen and Bryanna Karakey — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:19:52 +0000

1. Dempsey-dumping blond Reese Witherspoon gets Hollywood star:

Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is like winning the jackpot in Vegas; it’s a HUGE DEAL. In a big city like Los Angeles, many can see why obtaining such an honor is so important. Yeah, so it’s not exactly an Academy Award (or even a Golden Globe), but hey, it’s pretty epic. After the release of her latest movie, How Do You Know, Reese Witherspoon unveiled her achievement on Wednesday with help from her two children, Ava…

Top Picks with Gary Sundt

Gary Sundt — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:10:15 +0000

After four years of reviewing movies, it seems fitting to sign off my beloved post by providing a list of my 50 favorite films. This list is by no means a “best of” list (mainly because those are almost completely pointless), nor is it a listing of the films in order of their quality (example: Mallrats is in no way a better film than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Rather, this is a list of movies that have had a large impact on me in some form or…

Obama’s Of Thee I Sing celebrates America and its youth

Trevor Gould — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:07:24 +0000

4 1/2 of 5 Stars

President Barack Obama is no stranger when it comes to putting the pen to paper. He has composed several award-winning publications, including The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream and Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Both novels are a mixture of politics, patriotism and contemplation of the American identity that defines us all. Now he has set his sights on a slightly different genre of literature: children’s books. Obama’s Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My…

SoundCheck: Nicki Minaj

Jesus Yanez-Reyes — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:02:50 +0000

3 and 1/2 out of Although it may appear she’s a newcomer to the hip-hop/R&B scene, female rapper Nicki Minaj has been making waves with her mixtapes since late 2008. A label signing and more than a year of album development later, her first solo release, Pink Friday, puts forth a well-executed confluence of pop, rap and R&B sounds with a female twist on a male-dominated genre.

Some of the most noticeable tracks on the album are catchy pop-styled songs accompanied by Minaj’s fast-paced rapping. “Fly,” a song that features…

OnTheShelf: Donkey Kong Country Returns

Ted Gardner — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:53:30 +0000

4/5 Stars

I don’t know what it is about Nintendo games, but they always put me to sleep. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess provided this reviewer another way to take a nap, and the first level of Donkey Kong Country Returns gave a similar experience.

My first impression of the Donkey Kong (DK) remake was filled with sighs as I traveled through tranquil beaches without a care in the world, but it didn’t take long for the game to crank up the difficulty and throw my monkey into chaotic…

He’s written more than 100 reviews for this newspaper, and he didn’t even get a f@#%ing T-shirt…

Gary Sundt — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:52:05 +0000

Four years and more than 100 scores ago, I took over as film critic for The Lumberjack Student Press. The then-A&E editor, Jennifer Palmer, officially appointed me to the gig, and I became the newspaper’s first staff movie critic (at least to my knowledge, though I’m sure a retraction will be in order soon enough). Eight semesters later, I have reviewed more than 100 films in print, and even more online. If you’ve read a movie review in this newspaper, and you wanted to punch the writer in the nose…

‘Irish Christmas’ hits Orpheum

Jesus Yanez-Reyes — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:50:29 +0000

Sunday’s “Irish Christmas in America” blended together traditional Irish music, the Christmas spirit, and facets of Irish culture into a memorable Christmas concert experience.

As the name suggests, “Irish Christmas” celebrates the culture, tradition and spirit of Christmas, but with an Irish twist. The show demonstrates its cultural heritage and pride through performing musical numbers using Irish instruments and lyrics. The audience reveled in stories about the Irish Christmas culture that gave the show a genuinely Celtic feel.

Flagstaff resident Cyndi Crawley, who had recently visited Ireland, said she…