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PROJECT CDA? 1 Facebook event April 14, 2014 1 Vacation rental home Hundreds present and invited 19 people arrested 5 special force teams: Idaho State Police Investigations and Patrol Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department, North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force, Coeur d’Alene Police Department U.S. Forest Service

19 people looking for a party are facing prison time instead after the police crashed a local “mansion bash” in a rented house above Hayden Lake.

Police ser viced a search warrant within the first halfhour of the approximately 300-person party after receiving a tip off about the Facebook advertised event.

Arrests were made for violations that included dispensing liquor without a license and possession of a controlled substance, in addition to over a dozen citations for minors in possession of alcohol.

The party had a cover charge of $6 for those over 21, and $10 for minors, with an open bar inside.

With over 1,400 people invited to the event over Facebook, would-be revelers reportedly continued to spill onto the property even after the police

initially arrived.

“It was fun,” said 21-year-old “I literally was stepping Coeur d’Alene resident Logan out of my car and then “boom- Mesebrink. “The cops were cool b o o m - b o o m , ” i t w a s l i k e a if you listened to them, so they didn’t have a problem with me movie,” said a 21-year old fe- sitting, drinking, waiting to be male attendee that requested processed since I was 21.” to remain anonymous. “Cops The aftermath of [were] everywhere.” the bust also raised The young considerable con“It was woman said an untroversy over social dercover officer than like movie, media, with many told her she “should that did not attend cops were probably go.” the event coming “There was this everywhere.” out to criticize the huge line of cars the foolishness of those cops had pulled over caught breaking the but they eventually law. just let us drive,” the ANONYMOUS WITNESS “I’m kind of young woman said.

Many attendees surprised it got so reported the cops much attention but to be reasonably civil during honestly they shouldn’t have the night, with some playfully advertised on Facebook,” said capturing “selfies” for social Christine Bateman, 29, Coeur media with of ficers in SWAT d’Alene, nursing. “A big party gear posing for the camera. is bound to be busted, especially One young woman who dewith the area being a high traffic clined to be inter viewed capdrug area.” tured a picture of a cop flashing an obscene hand gesture Although several NIC stubehind her while she snapped dents attended the party, all dea picture with friends. clined to comment for this story.

New beginnings for international students program North Idaho College has had attempts at creating programs to integrate international students into the college in the past, but about a year and a half ago there was a new development: a partnership between NIC and the Spokane College of English Language (SCEL).

This factor has been a driver in the development of the international student program currently in place, which has seen a lot of groundwork in communications between the two colleges, and traveling/contacting students, from NIC employee and multicultural/veterans advisor Curley Lawson.

“For some cultures they may not

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readily ask questions publically, so to go where they are and answer questions before they get here, and get as comfortable and know as much as possible beforehand, will help have a better outcome for them,” Lawson said.

“We actually kind of go and talk to the students periodically so they have a better understanding of NIC, because NIC is a community college without the word “community” in it—sometimes people don’t understand that it’s a community college.”

Because of this, it is important for the staff that contacts students at SCEL to stress where NIC would fit into their educational plans: as a community college, not a four-year.

What exactly is SCEL? SCEL is an intensive English language school created for students around

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the world to learn English to the point they can attend other colleges, or improve upon their English proficiency.

After gaining proficiency, students will become qualified in English and can transfer to a community college like NIC, where they will then transfer to their four-year.

Specifically, through this program, students will be directed to Idaho schools that NIC has relationships with already for a more defined pathway.

The program through NIC looks increasingly hopeful as SCEL continues experiencing growth. At the start of the partnership, Curley Lawson estimates there were 25 students at SCEL, while now they are at 160.

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While this number has grown, NIC has actually reduced the number of students they bring in to tour the NIC campus. During the previous tour in February there were only four students.

“The previous tour had more students, but what we’re trying to do is be a little more intentional with the tours. They take time and they take money,” Lawson said. “So, what we want to do is focus those tours on students who are very interested in going to NIC, as opposed to those who are like, ‘Maybe, maybe not.’”

Accompanying the time and the money is the effort and scheduling spent on the program, specifically the tours—they can’t do them every semester. During one tour in early September, students from SCEL

were interested in a hospitality course. But the Culinary Arts program didn’t start until October. This is why future tours will probably be held in March, when most programs are running.

Another roadblock, as International Student Advisor Lloyd Duman notes, is finding partners to help advertise the college. Duman’s position is integral to the program.

“I make sure that the international students are maintaining their status as an international student. International students have specific rules they must follow in order to remain in status.” Within the next quarter, NIC will see students who have been conditionally accepted be confirmed as accepted as they complete their coursework at SCEL.

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Thomas Hansen News Editor Big names and political candidates shared the stage of a forum hosted by NIC’s Young Republicans Club and the Kootenai County Reagen Republicans on April 7.

A total of 18 candidates running for senatorial and representative offices from districts 2, 3 and 4 in the Republican primaries showed at the forum to answer questions posed by the moderators from the NIC club.

“None of our candidates said ‘no’ to coming. They all came, and that just shows that these are the right candidates and that they have a priority for us, not only for the students at NIC but for the people that they knew would be coming as well,” said Reina Rodriguez, 17, Political Sciences, Yakima, Wash., chair of the Young Republicans Club.

Rodriguez was joined by Luke Kilcup, state chariman of the Idaho Federation of College Republicans, and club members Azra Avdagic and Jennie Williams to moderate the forum.

The moderators asked two questions of their own, as well as two questions from the audience to each set of candidates.

For the two questions posed by the moderators, the all-Republican group of candidates shared similar feelings about both issues, but were typically divided in to two groups about how the issues have been or should be handled. Both questions related to specific and relevant topics in the current political climate.

The moderators also asked two general questions to some candidates: One on their priorities if they win, and one on their opinions on term limits. Candidates answers were varied for their priorities. For term limits, many quipped that elections act as term limits, feeling that voters should decide how long someone holds

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an office.

Common Core education was the first subject called to question by the moderators. Candidates were asked about whether or not they supported common core education standards for Idaho, and their thoughts on the matter.

The candidates were largely unanimous in their disapproval of common core laws with different opinions on why they felt the Common Core standards were flawed. Many felt that Idaho should choose the standards for education and that parental choice should play a bigger role, and Students Luke Kilcup, Reina Rodriguez, Azra Avdagic, and Jennie Williams ask questions to Republican primary candidates for representative and senator positions from three different while moderating the forum. Thomas Hansen/Sentinel some felt that Idaho students untested in a real setting. It’s been “I did support the state health ance companies to operate.” are being used as “guinea pigs” tested in some test-like settings, exchange, I do support the state Audience questions were cyfor an unproven method. but I don’t want Idaho students to health exchange. It is the lesser cled through by the moderators, State Senator Steve Vick was be the first students used as guinof two evils,” said Idaho State Repwith each set of candidates being seated with District 2-A represenea pigs, so to speak, along with resentative Ed Morse. “I do not in asked two questions. tative candidates, State Represensome other states.” any way support Obamacare. The District 3 senatorial candidates tative Vito Barbieri and candidate The second question covered the state exchange allows more flexNonini and Whalen, among othFritz Wiedenhoff. Vick said that topic of the state’s health exchange, ibility, and more local control.” ers, were asked what alternatives he was glad that neither Barbieri which addressed whether or not Morse, running for re-office in they could popose to address mennor Wiedenhoff agreed with the candidates supported the enacting District 2-B, was joined by oppotal health needs in Idaho without common core laws. of Idaho’s own health exchange and nent Eric Redman. expanding Medicaid.

Candidate Patrick Whalen, their feelings on the issue.

“I do not support the state Whalen said that the mental running against State Senator Bob Candidates were split in their exchange. Once you go to the health issue in Idaho is “very, very Nonini in District 3, applauded the support of the exchange. While exchange you automatically get serious.” Nonini echoed the need effort, but didn’t feel that common some felt that the state-run exkicked into health.gov, which is for mental health counseling. core moved in the right direction. change was a good choice to allow Obamacare, and Obamacare is what Both Nonini and Whalen par“I believe that we need higher Idaho to rein control over the has all the mandates,” Redman said. alleled the opinion of other standards,” Nonini said. “My prob- issue, others felt that it was an illu- “All the state exchange did was give lem with Common Core is that it’s sion of state control. a monopoly to Idaho health insur-

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GSA president and 2-year senator to leave NIC Josh Swan reflects, says goodbye to NIC, ASNIC Christina Villagomez Webmaster With a rich 2-year histor y of ser vice, departing ASNIC senator and former president of NIC’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance Josh Swan sat down with the Sentinel to discuss some of the perks of being entrenched in the campus community.

Two-year senator Josh Swan at the beach. Haley Kurle/Sentinel

DID YOU KNOW?

How did you originally get involved with campus politics?

That would be due to the fault of former senator Danni Bain, she pushed me into the leadership realm in two pools at once and said ‘go for it.’ For my first year at ASNIC I served as a senator and I served as president of the GSA. Do you have any previous leadership experience?

Growing up in St. Maries for a little bit, or living there for my high school career I never got the opportunity because I wasn’t there from birth on. I think I really took to it, and I took to helping people when I saw there was a need and it really helped me as a person.

Why did you decided to step down as GSA President?

I’m involved as a member; I actually had to take a step back because I knew that this was my second year at NIC. I was ready to graduate, so I was honoring my

edge and knowing I couldn’t put as much time into it and I figure if I’m going to put my time into it I might as well go all the way instead of just trying to do it half way and not let it be as big of a success as I really think it should be.

What’s been the most rewarding part of being in ASNIC for so long?

It’s been phenomenal to see the students’ voice grow and change over the two years and how we’re starting to be able to have a little more pull as ASNIC and we’re starting to get more respect. I feel like toward the beginning or in the past ASNIC had kind of wound itself down and started to lose some respect and we’ve been able to really build that back up and we’re a respected student voice now and which is really exciting to see.

What has been your proudest accomplishment at NIC? My proudest accomplishment is my work on the Intercultural Center. It was really phenomenal because it started as carrying on the project Danni Bain had started of getting an ally center for the LGBTQ community and I kind of took that up and started going even further with it. It was also the year Graydon Stanley was appointed to be the vice president of student services, and he took

[the concept] and expanded it.

The idea and got me more enthused about making an entire diversity center, and we’ve kind of progressed that through the word multicultural center now into Intercultural Center. That’s kind of the new buzzword, and it acknowledges that people have intersecting identities; while that person could be LGBTQ, they could also be a vet, they could also be an American Indian student and this center would help serve all of those needs. That’s what I’ve been working really hard on the last two years. It hasn’t been just me, but its been me pushing, prodding and poking to make things happen and to make people get on it.

Who would you say has been your most influential mentor on campus?

The top three I can think of off the top of my head that always push me for me to reach my highest potential would be H—Momma (Heather Erikson), Peaches (Alex Harris), or Pit (Graydon Stanley.)

What are some of your favorite memories of ASNIC? That’s an extremely difficult thing to select. For me its been the ability to watch some of my fellow board members grow as leaders, and

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candidates, that Medicaid expansion should be avoided.

Some candidates had specific ideas as to how to address the need, and a couple of candidates said they felt ill-informed on the subject to make any comments.

Opinions on urban renewal in Idaho was another question raised by the audience. Most candidates felt that urban renewal could be a good thing when used appropriately.

Nonini cited Nappa and Coeur d’Alene as examples of urban renewal done incorrectly, while praising Post Falls. This view was shared by District 4 State Senator John Goedde, and opponent Mary Souza.

“I think it’s a good tool for development, but as any other tool, there’s an opportunity for it to be misused,” Goedde said.

Souza cited Twin Falls as

a second example of good use of urban renewal, and called urban renewal a potential job creator if utilized to bring in businesses.

Candidates were also asked about Senate Bill 1254, which permits the carrying of guns on college campuses, by the audience.

“I believe that we are all safer when responsible, and trained, and educated people are carrying guns that they are very comfortable with,” Souza said. “I think it makes us all very safe, and I am in favor of it.”

Goedde compared the situation to cars, saying that he does not feel more cars on the road makes people safer.

“I believe in the Second Amendment, but I also believe this is a local control issue,” Goedde said. “There are a number of places the Supreme Court has already limited guns. I think college campuses ought to be limited as well.”

Several candidates pro-

NEWS vided positive feedback for the forum and its hosts.

State Representative Vito Barbieri, an attendee of another forum held by the Young Republicans Club, said that the forum was “excellent” and cited some improvements made since his previous forum.

“I thought the college Republicans did a great job of keeping it formatted. I saw they learned some lessons on keeping timing,” Barbieri said.

“Overall they did a very professional job.”

Senator Bob Nonini also felt that the forum was “excellent”, and felt that the questions asked and the audience turnout were both good.

Reina Rodriguez said that they plan to host more events like this forum in the future.

Rodriguez said that they intend to run another forum or a debate in November with the Democrats and Constitutionalists running against the winners of the Republican Primary for general election season.

Culling Rosenberry Drive

Unhealthy trees, shrubbery to be removed due to safety concerns for dike road recertification Annie Stonebreaker Staff Writer Changes to the Rosenber r y Drive por tion of the levee were discussed at the city council board on March 20, including vegetation removal, maintenance, and parking, with the NIC board of tr ustees in attendance.

Recer tification of the levee is due this July, and is a parallel process through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Ar my Corps of Engineers.

Gordon Dobler, Coeur d’Alene City Engineer, gave a synopsis of the progress over the past couple years and said that the project is about 95 percent finished and ready to submit for recer tification in the next two to three weeks.

The Army Corps of Engineers inspected the levee in 2011, and designated a thousand trees to be compromising to the levee. That number was reduced to 350

after consultants finished their assessments.

The updated number includes about 100 shr ubs, all of which are dead, unhealthy or choking out bigger trees. Most of the larger trees will continue to complement the shoreline.

Though the number of trees and shr ubber y has been reduced, the amount of vegetation designated for removal is still dif ficult for some.

“Growing up as a kid here, it’s what I associate with par t of the lake,” Rober t Montgomer y, an NIC pre-med major, said. “You get the beautiful backdrop of the mountains and then you have the trees. It’s going to be completely change the tone of the campus and par t of the city is going to be removed as well. I feel like the trees all add to the beauty that is the city.”

Dobler said it helped to get an ad hoc committee together and on the dike road to get a visual look at the trees that need to be removed.

Parking on the levee was also discussed during the meeting.

There are 127 parking spots currently, and Dobler said the goal is to at least maintain that number but also to brainstorm dif ferent options.

Fixing the erosion on the top of the dike road was one of the 125 concerns from the Army Corps of Engineers, and their assessment was that improved beach and NIC access is needed to prevent fur ther erosion.

Diagonal parking was also discussed as an option, but is more expensive and would compromise a larger number of trees, while tripling the number of parking spaces.

The recer tification process is not only a safety issue, but also a financial one. Complying is vital and af fects commercial and residential insurance rates.

NIC has provided 50 percent of funds, which comes out to about $250,000, just to assess what was needed for recer tification.

College Drive’s big makeover After the commencement of the Spring 2014, College Drive will be repaved, made safer Abbe Breeding Staff Writer NIC’s aged and damaged College Drive is to be repaved this year, and made safer.

“That road is awful and it needs to be fixed,” Samantha Ahrndt, 21, General Studies, Spokane Valley, said. “It is hard to avoid all of the potholes.”

Pedestrians also face challenges walking down the sidewalks lining College Drive because they are also in poor condition.

College Drive runs through the middle of campus and it is a difficult road to avoid, despite its dire state. It is often necessary to use while getting around campus and it is seen by most as unavoidable.

“It definitely needs repaved. It’s not any fun to ride my longboard down,” Ahrndt said.

After the conclusion of the 2014 Spring semester, NIC officials plan to begin the project of repaving College Drive as well as adding some additional safety features.

Not only will the road be torn up and repaved but crosswalks, horizontal parking spots, bike lanes, drop off zones, and handicap accessibility will be added.

Garry Stark, assistant director of facilities operations,

said he hopes the project will be complet-ed by July 1 and in time for the Fourth of July celebrations in Coeur d’Alene.

NIC officials to recycle the old pavement that is used on College Drive to save money.

The old road will be ground up into gravel that will be used for the new roadway.

One of the major differences students will see on College Drive will be vertical parking instead of the horizontal spots that line the street.

“Everyone likes the idea of the straight in parking over the horizontal parking, it will make things easier,” Stark said.

Stark, who is also on the parking commission for the city of Coeur d’Alene, watched a presentation done by a local officer about improving bicycle safety and he decided to adopt similar changes at NIC. College Drive will be made more accessible for bikers by incorporating two new bike lanes that will lead to the Student Union Building.

Along with this addition Stark, said he hopes to add more bike racks around campus, especially in areas that aren’t safe to be used as parking spots. The addition of more bike racks will likely be added to areas around crosswalks to help improve the visibility for both pedestrians and mo-torists.

“Bike racks are transparent, you can see through them. With cars you can’t,” Stark said.

College Drive was previously a city street and it was never on the list of the city’s top priorities to be repaved, Stark said. NIC of ficials wanted to repaved it seven to eight years ago but the state didn’t want to fund it.

“Since then the street has been vacated to the college. Now it is ours and that is why the state is fixing it for us,” Stark said.

During this project NIC of ficials plan to maintain a path, or a cer tain section of the road open, so that NIC will remain accessible for students and staff.

Maintaining access to the Student Union Building and keeping the environment sur rounding College Drive safe for students during the repaving process will be emphasized to the dif ferent companies bidding for this project.

The pre-bid meeting will be held on April 22, and it will take around two weeks for the contracts to be finalized for constr uction to begin at the commencement of the Spring 2014 semester.

“The whole thing will make it safer for the students,” Stark said.

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What has been your favorite part of being in GSA? With a lot of members of the LGTBQ community, myself included, you don’t really feel as accepted before you get up to the college level and you feel like a bit of an outcast, so watching members kind of blossom into individuals and carry pride in themselves, grow and develop as humans is phenomenal to watch. I’ve really been astounded to be able to do that and it’s really been a rewarding experience.

What have been some of the perks of being a senator?

You gain a lot of leadership experience, you learn how to be a

leader among leaders; I think that’s something that having the GSA and the ASNIC roles together really helped me do. With the GSA, you’re leading with a group of students and in ASNIC you’re leading a group of leaders. That covers both aspects of leadership which are both fundamental. Besides leadership experience, there are travel opportunities.

I’ve had the opportunity to go to Boise, Missouri, New Orleans, well as our fall retreat. Our retreat is really fun, we get a cabin on the woods on the Palouse River divide and we just go and we learn about each other, we learn about leading, we start brainstorming and working together.

Things all start to pull into one.

What have been some of the challenges of being involved with student government?

One of the most difficult and challenging parts I’d say is trying to learn how to become a facilitator or learning how to help guide some of the newer senators and such. You want to step in, you want to say, “oh no, you shouldn’t do this for X, Y, and Z reasons.” You’ve got to learn to let them be leaders on their own instead of just dragging them through it. It’s a process I’m still learning, but you have to because if it’s done right they’ll grow as leaders.

What would you like students to know about ASNIC? ASNIC really has got a lot of potential to make a lot of change here at NIC and I don’t think students fully realize that we pay a third of what it takes to run this college and we should have a good say in decisions regarding the college climate.

Veterans adviser leaves NIC Thomas Hansen News Editor The veterans adviser position at NIC is now vacant.

Veterans Advisor Curley Lawson stepped down from his position last week to take up a position as a counselor for a veteran’s center in Spokane Valley.

“It’s really exciting for him. I’m very happy for him,” said Evanlene Melting Tallow, adviser of the American Indian Support group. “He’s gonna be missed.”

Melting Tallow said that he did a

“wonderful” job with the veteran’s center at NIC, and that NIC has not seen the last of Lawson, as he will continue to make weekly commutes to the campus.

“NIC lost a great asset to their campus. We were lucky to have him,” said ASNIC Senator Alex Rodal-Cubillas. “He’s really a great part of the school.”

Melting Tallow said that the open advisor position should be filled by July 1.

“He’s going to be pretty hard to replace,” Rodal-Cubillas said. “I just wish him the best.”

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March 29 - NIC campus security removed an intoxicated, nonstudent male from the Christianson Gymnasium during a karate event.

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March 29 - Campus security and the Coeur d’Alene police responded to a domestic situation involving non-students at the Siebert building.

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March 29 - Campus security and the Coeur d’Alene police depar tment trespassed from the Student Union Building juveniles who attempted to steal food and drink from the marketplace.

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April 8 - Campus security and the Coeur d’Alene police trespassed a disruptive student in the Hedlund building from the campus.

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April 9 - A disruptive person was repor ted at the center of campus and met by campus security, but left before the police arrived.

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April 10 - Campus security responded to the Hedlund building after reports of a disturbed individual, who had left before they arrived.

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April 11 - An ambulance and fire truck responded to Siebert for a medical emergency involving an NIC employee. The employee was transported to Kootenai Medical Center.

Emergency medical personnel respond at Siebert. Haley Kurle/Sentinel

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EDITORIAL

Mistaken man shot as suspect Everybody makes mistakes, right? So what happens when someone is shot due to being mistaken for stabbing suspect?

Tosh.0 production assistant John Winkler was the victim of such a case.

Winkler was believed to be the assailant of the crime due to his body movements towards one of the victims that was gushing blood from a stab wound. Officers on scene were quick to shoot down Winkler in the door way not only after his movements but the fact that Winkler somewhat resembled the description reported during the 911 call.

Once officers were able to investigate further into the apartment, they found the actual assailant, Alexander McDonald, fighting with another victim while the knife of the crime was on the floor close by.

McDonald has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of torture.

No charges have been pressed against the officers involved but should they be? It is hard to say.

With so many events happening in the quick time period of just a few minutes while people are suffering injuries, time isn’t to be wasted when lives are at risk.

How could a person not be quick to judge with Winkler’s actions?

There have been multiple cases similar to this where the innocent have been treated as awnything but. Due to the reports of how the scene unfolded, however, I can see why the deputies did what they did.

Of course this doesn’t take away from the fact that a family is out there without Winkler because of a false judgment but I don’t think there should be charges against the officers.

The job of an officer is to protect the people.

Those officers did just that: they judged the movements of Winkler and protected the victim as well as everyone else on scene from more damage than that of which was already done.

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Physics through television New FOX network show intrigues audiences

Chris Patterson Staff Writer Judging by the title of this article, you would assume that I’m going to attempt to persuade you that physics isn’t scary; well that would be a lie. Physics is scary, at least to this author, but I feel everyone should know something about this awesome force governing our world.

If you are like me, you might never have been interested in physics, or knew that a hydrogen atom has one electron and one proton. Like me, you might not have known that the electron in the hydrogen atom quantum leaps from side to side, up and down, and is only in a fixed place when it is being looked at.

Until recently I didn’t know any of this, I didn’t care and possible could have gone my whole life without caring.

Then I watched a series of documentaries on FOX called COSMOS hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The show opened my eyes to questions I wouldn’t have had the knowledge to conger in my wildest dreams.

For example, why does an electron in an atom leap from side to

side or up and down? Is the leap faster than the speed of light? If so then Einstein’s theory of relativity could be wrong, imagine how that revelation would alter your next physics textbook.

I am not a physics expert. I haven’t taken a physics class. If someone who barely knows algebra can grasp the logic of physics, I’m sure can too.

Watching COSMOS was the best, or maybe the worst thing to happen to me. The questions I keep asking myself consume me.

I am being driven to look for answers I never thought I would have questions for.

I have found out that we know why the electron leaps. It’s because of the atom absorbing light, but I want to know more. What kind of light makes the atom respond with a leap? Can we implement that into spaceship technology? If so, could we then leap from star to star? Who wants to spend ten years traveling to another planet? Hardly anyone in our society.

The implications that would have on space travel and mankind’s willingness to pursue it are mind blowing. Imagine what we would find.

I have developed many questions during this last spring break. If it wasn’t for this show, I wouldn’t have been able to open my eyes to the bigger picture.

Now I feel that this world is connected, like an invisible web has

all of us fastened to it, forever glued to its sticky blanked of space and time.

If the essence of everything we can see, touch and feel is connected to everything we can’t see, touch, and feel, how are we as a species going to bridge that knowledge gap? What kind of power would we harness, or maybe just haphazardly unleash?

We have in the past let drama and society govern our thoughts and actions, making us blind to the stars we have only barely understood. What will we find next, and better yet, how will we use it?

I encourage everyone reading this article to search for their own answers. Diligently seek out what you don’t know. Who knows, maybe you will be the next Einstein, or maybe you will inspire the next Einstein to unravel the mysteries of our existence.

With a piece of knowledge you gleaned in your search for understanding, you might be the inspiration that changes the world.

Above all, I encourage you to be proactive. Imagine you sitting wherever you are reading this.

Now, zoom out a little until you are hovering a mile above yourself.

Then keep going until you see yourself as the universe sees you; a little dot on a blue rock orbiting a large fiery ball. Don’t feel insignificant. That little dot can achieve so much. You just need to work for it.

Dusty Hamrick Jess Howell John “Risky” Boltz Leo Schnepf Robby Palmer T.J. Gossard

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Glory of early 2000’s will forever be missed millennium.

At this time, Disney also released a lot of personal favorites like Even Stevens, Alex Rodal-Cubillas where Shia LaBeouf played Features Editor the annoying little brother, Louis Stevens or Lizzie McGuire, which was portrayed Hop on board the time

by Hilar y Duff. Disney also travel express and take a produced cartoons like “Kim trip back in time to the earPossible,” “The Proud Famlier par t of the 2000’s when ily,” and “Recess” which are pop culture blossomed and to my opinion some of the filled the world with feel most memorable cartoons of good moments.

Back when ever yone still the period.

Looking back and comwondered if Dawson got the paring programming from girl, when boy bands r uled the billboard char ts, Disney what I call “back in my day” to what’s on TV today still had good programming makes me grateful to have and Bring it on introduced been able to be par t of an us to the competitive world original generation where of cheerleading.

The early 2000 years cre- better family morals and humbleness were still porated great television and trayed rather than today’s movie phenomenons that vain and narcissistic charwill be iconic for years to acters that create an unrecome. alistic expectancy in young Some of the greatest movies of the generation in- viewer minds.

Guys can look back and cluded favorites like Sci-Fi say that they fell for “Dawthriller “Final Destination” son’s Creek” good girl Joey where death takes a modPotter or for “Buf fy the ern twist or Teen Drama Vampire Slayer” actress “10 Things I Hate About Sarah Michelle Gellar. Girls You” where the good girl falls in love with the contro- can daydream about the bad boy character por trayed by versial bad boy.

Shane West in “A Walk to The teen angst repreRemember” or for the boy sented in these films influnext door Justin Timberenced a mood for future lake from ‘N Sync. generations and unrealistic Most of us that are at a expectations about what college age can the high school experience See FLASHBACK |Page 6 would be like in the new

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idaho campaign As Chair of the Mitch Tor yanski for Idaho Campaign, I’d like to express my sincere desire that Republicans elect Mitch as our party’s nominee for Secretar y of State this May. He is by far the bestqualified candidate in the race.

Mitch’s life experience compares closely to my husband Pete who was Idaho’s Secretar y of State for 35 years. Mitch is a West Point Graduate and ser ved our Nation as a militar y officer for over three decades. Mitch worked as Deputy Attorney General and counselor to the Secretar y of State where he became an expert in election law and ethics in government. Mitch was a legislator with a conser vative voting record. Finally, Mitch worked in the private sector to include running his own small business.

Pete always felt that ser ving on the Land Board was one of the most important aspects of his job. As an experienced attorney, Mitch is wellequipped to protect the public’s right to use state lands and make good investment decisions.

Mitch’s integrity, demonstrated leadership, and experience make him the right person to continue Pete’s legacy of trust and faithful ser vice.

Freda Cenarrusa Boise, Idaho

Ridding diet of GMO’s not as hard as it seems Tyson Juarez Features Editor There are a lot of things in life that people decide to invest in.

Whether it is a house, stocks, or even a college education, people tend to spend time and money on things in order to benefit from them. What most people do not realize is that one of the most overlooked investment opportunities is their own bodies.

This investment is made by eating healthy and exercising.

Most people find this to be an unreachable goal; they try then give up, or don’t even try at all.

The goal is for people to consume foods that are free of cancer causing GMO’s, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, and other artificial ingredients.

I always hear the negatives about shopping at local organic grocery stores and how buying unmodified food is too expensive and local farms cannot compete with larger industrial farms. There are also stereotypes that organic and GMO free foods do not taste as good as the food found in conventional stores.

After switching my diet and working at a health food store for a little over a month, I can tell you that those are definitely misconceptions.

In reality, not eating foods containing genetically modified organisms and changing your diet is a goal that can be reached and is a good way to prevent cancer and other illnesses.

There are a lot of perks that come along with eating natural foods and a lot of it comes down to avoiding “fake” ingredients and knowing where to shop. It isn’t as expensive as you would think and there are plenty of outlets and grocery stores where organic grocery and dietary supplements can be found. All it takes is a little will power and a desire for a healthier lifestyle.

Food controls a lot of aspects inside of the human body. It can control your mood, affect how you develop, and even control how well the immune system can fight off diseases. What you eat is vital to how you survive and how your overall health sustains itself. If you are constantly eating genetically modified food there may be some long term affects that could be costly to your health. Most artificial sweeteners, coloring, and flavors contain carcinogens and are found in every day foods that are available in a super market.

Food like this can be avoided pretty easily. One trip to Trader Joes or my place of work, Pilgrims Market here in Coeur d’Alene, will show that buying local and natural food isn’t too tough nor is it extremely costly on your wallet.

Even if the price is a little higher on some items, the effect

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What is a GMO? (Genetically modified organism)

An organism whose genetic material has been alted using genetic engineering techiques

What are the potential side effects?

GMO’s can affect the health of future generations and it is said to outlast the effects of global warming. The genetically altered plants can produce new toxins, allergens, carcinogens, and nutritional deficiencies.

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What are you most stressed out about for finals week?

Joseph Deleechis 19, Mech. Design, Sandpoint

“My final project in mechanical design because one, it constitutes 40 percent of my final grade until it’s finished.

I’m not going to be able to rest easy.”

on one’s health is worth the cost.

It is better to spend the extra two dollars here and there, rather than spending mass amounts of money on treatments for poor nutrition caused illnesses later.

On top of all the health issues, the companies that genetically modify their products are only doing it in order to produce on a larger scale, only trying to make a profit rather than caring about what kind of side effects come along with eating foods like that.

They also don’t do much to help the local economy.

Your money spent at Wal-Mart definitely isn’t making it back into your area, and I’m sorry to say but that salad on the McDonalds “healthy” menu is as fake and nonnutritious as a Big Mac. For the good of our generation and future generations to come, we need to get a hold on our eating habits so that we can decrease the amount of GMO linked cancer cases and illnesses.

Living a GMO free lifestyle may seem hard at first as Oreo’s and Twinkies can be taunting but being strong and free of illness is the better route. Shopping smart and using money wisely can easily help make eating healthy affordable and eating less is a better option in the first place.

Hopefully, people see where their food and investments are going and decide to take a step in investing in themselves even if it seems a little out of reach, but if there is a will, there is a way.

Colten Artis 20, Mech. Engineering, Cd’A Kristianna Green 20, Fine Arts, McCall

“Not having enough time to do them all. I have a lot of work to do; I have three different physics classes and there is a lot of homework with each one.”

Kaleb Arispe 19, Nursing, Abile, Texas

“Having “It to study. I makes me procrastnervous inate a because lot. I’m I’m bad at nervous test taking. about my I thought I sociology did well for exam my grades because that class is and these finals for this year really stressful and are a huge determining hard.” factor in whether I pass or don’t pass.”

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New anime show Jess Howell Staff Writer Many people are aware of anime, an entertainment medium that’s taken the west by storm.

Most are based off of manga and light novels, with original ideas filling in the gaps.

Others are well versed with Vocaloid, a popular singing voice synthesizer that has spurned it’s own virtual idols, complete with fans who adore them worldwide.

Now, what if there was an anime, based off of a story, based off of a Vocaloid song series?

Well, that concept has been made a reality with Mekaku City Actors.

Produced by Studio SHAFT (of Monogatari and Madoka Magica fame), Mekaku City Actors is an anime airing this season that is based off the Kagerou Project, a fan made, Vocaloid song series that uses other forms of entertainment, such as manga and light novels, to connect the songs together.

The first anime adaptation of its kind, Mekaku City Actors centers around Shintaro Kisaragi, an 18-year old hiki-NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) who hasn’t left his house, let alone gone outside, in over ten

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look back and say that those moments filled our generation with aspirations and hope to someday experience life moments like our TV idols. I personally watched

years. One day, he receives an email with a program containing a female entity named Ene, who then expresses his desire to keep him company.

With his new companion, Shintaro continues his life of internet exploration until, one day, Ene’s actions causes him to spill soda on his keyboard, forcing him to go outside for the first time in years to buy a new one.

After a long overdue taste of sunlight, Shintaro arrives at the department store just as it is incidentally targeted by terrorists, and he, along with other patrons, are taken hostage.

While analyzing the situation, Shintaro notices that one of these hostages is acting completely unaffected,and almost happy.

After a short monologue, it is revealed that he has mysterious powers shortly, which are then used in assisting their escape.

After word, Shintaro is recruited to join this mysterious person’s group, learning that he isn’t the only one in possession of such powers. Mekaku City Actors is truly unique in the histor y of its adaptation, and has already provided enough variety in entertainment to keep the viewer more than interested after just one episode. It has only just started airing, but with just that episode it has proven that it is going to stay off the beaten path of anime.

a lot of MTV when I was younger and wanted to be like Carson Daly from “TRL.” After the Y2K scare was over; the world entered into one of the last iconic periods known to pop culture history.

Teens of the early 2000’s can look back and remember a generation full of boy bands, cheerlead-

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Music business changing Annie Stonebreaker Staff Writer

“They just don’t make good music anymore..”

Everyone’s heard it… The thought has popped up repetitively for those of us who find ourselves enamored by classic tunes… The question is if it’s valid statement, or if it’s just a cliché complaint coupled with stubborn nostalgia.

Last year in February, ITunes announced the total sale of 25 billion songs since its creation in 2003. From the year 2004 to 2009, about 30 billion songs were downloaded illegally. (5 billion more songs have been downloaded illegally in half the years ITunes has existed.)

Other multi-millionaire companies like Amazon.com and Spotify have found themselves overwhelmingly successful in the selling of every kind of music imaginable. All this doesn’t take into account the growing number of successful musicians surfacing, and the many TV shows and businesses centered on finding the next big

ing rivalries, and being introduced to the world of underground car racing in “Fast and Furious.”

It’s eye swelling when looking back at these moments and saying farewell to another great generation.

It feels as if times have changed and when we turn on the TV set we come across vapid TV

artist.

There should be no question for the growing demand and supply of fresh music.

Technology and accessibility might also be a factor, but is there less talent now than there was in the past decades?

Has mankind reached the ultimate pinnacle of talent and is just now beginning the descent? As drastic as that sounds, I believe the answer is a saying originated in ancient Greece. Found true to Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, and the philosopher David Hume, is the saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

Admitting that music isn’t as good as it once was, is like trying ice-cream for the first time, never to move on from the flavor vanilla. It’s like wearing clogs your whole life because they’re comfortable. It’s like taking the same road every day and never straying from the same parking spot. It’s like having a painfully awkward first kiss, and then committing to being single forever. It’s like buying the Louvre because you like the bathrooms.

Complacency in today’s plethora of musical revolution is in its very own degree of despair.

Music is a reflection on so-

personalities like Kim Kardashian and arrogant jackasses like Justin Bieber.

The early years of the millennium will be remembered for years to come by the generation it influenced.

We will one day look back and recall the years we spent glued to box size television sets; back when

ciety in itself, the many different turns and innovations will turn into a new album or style of music. It’s constantly evolving just like we are. Is there anything original and sweetly addicting anymore? Is there even any new thoughts or thinking anymore? Is it all a copy or mashup of something that’s been done before?

There are 7 billion humans on this planet, which means 7 billion new thought processes 70,000 times a day. Think of this over the course of a century.

There will always be the musically inclined who spend the majority of their thoughts on what they love to do and what we love to hear. The changes of each day accumulate in the limitless space that is our future.

Every new day is filled with new sets of variables and factors that make every second a multitude of outcomes.

What you need is that hunger for music, that hole that can only be filled with the search for the perfect song. You need appreciation for the sounds musicians coax out of their instruments and vocals with passion and seemingly invisible effort. You need to hear the final song without thinking, just be delightfully lost in the golden weave of raw talent and something you can’t quite place.

flip phones were still the cool new thing and cameras still required film.

With a warm heart I say thank you to the great moments I lived through during the early 2000’s and say that you will be missed but not forgotten and I hope future generations learn of your greatness.

frick frack tallywack Hydraulic fracturing risky causing a stir in the enviornment for several different areas be “completed” by first removing all of the pressurized liquid. When the liquid is removed from the well methane gas bubbles escape into the atmosphere.

According to research conducted by Cor nell University in 2011, methane is leaked into our atmosphere at rates two to three times higher than conventional gas production methods. More recent studies have found that emission rates have improved but fracking is still the largest source of methane gas pollution in the United States.

Unfor tunately air quality isn’t the only thing degraded by hydraulic fracturing and the most central debate concer ning hydraulic fracturing is groundwater contamination.

The pressurized liquid that is used in fracking is a mixture of water, sand, and more than 500 dif ferent chemicals.

These chemicals are dangerous and when they are leaked into the environment the ef fects can be catastrophic.

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During the last decade the natural gas industr y has drilled tens of thousands of new wells in the United States to drill for natural gas.

fracking, is the fracturing of rock by a pressurized liquid combined with horizontal and ver tical drilling methods.

This creates new channels within the rock from which natural gas is extracted at higher than traditional rates.

The drilling process can take up to a month, while drilling teams delve more than a mile into the ground.

After wards the well is cased with cement with the hope to prevent contamination and pollution.

These horizontal drilling techniques, now being used in 28 dif ferent states, has raised environmental concer ns that challenge the adequacy of the cur rent regulator y regimes, especially on the issues of methane gas leaks and groundwater contamination.

The air quality emissions debate sur rounding hydraulic fracturing are related to methane gas leaks originating from wells. A majority of the methane gas pollution occurs during the process of well completion.

This is the process when the well is being attached to a pipeline and it must

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Natural gas is viewed as a cheap, clean and Americanmade energy resource that enjoys the benefit of bipar tisan suppor t. Around 30 percent of our natural gas production is now coming from shale gas reser ves that, until recently, were not feasible for commercial use.

While a majority of the population is enjoying the boom in natural gas production from this new found capability, the technique used for its extraction has proven controversial and has raised environmental concer ns.

The development of the horizontal drilling method called hydraulic fracturing has been blamed from ever ything to methane gas leaks to flammable tap water. But it has revolutionized the natural gas industr y in the United States and has made mining in our shale gas reser ves commercially possible.

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fracking method argue that water supplies are safe and that there is enough space between them and shale gas reser ves to prevent contamination.

But in most cases companies say little about their drilling techniques because they are cur rently not required by law to do so.

To add fuel to the fire many of the investigations done on groundwater contamination are never seen by the general public. Many of the citizens ef fected by the polluted groundwater are forced to accept non-disclosure agreements and to settle before it has a chance to reach the public eye.

Hydraulic fracturing has the potential to bring str uggling communities jobs and encourage economic growth but before for a constr uctive debate can take place it would require public access to all of the steps concer ning hydraulic fracturing.

Scientific information about exploration, drilling, production, transpor t and waste disposal must be made available to the communities ef fected by hydraulic fracturing. W ith this evidence these communities can properly make an informed decision concer ning the risk of hydraulic fracturing.

Some communities will avoid the environmental concer ns sur rounding fracking while others will welcome the development of new jobs, but they must have all of the necessar y information to make an educated decision.

Too many communities throughout the United States have made decisions about hydraulic fracturing in the dark and are now the facing the consequences.

More citizens need to demand this information from the federal gover nment to give ordinar y people a chance to make a knowledgeable decision.

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Sentinel staffer embarks on biking trip, breaks teeth, ends up on total ride of his life Connor Coughlin Staff Writer I was lying face down on the ground. The distinct scent of the desert earth filled my nostrils and red dust was chaotically smeared across my cheeks like the face paint of a primitive warrior preparing to head into battle.

Obscenities flooded into my head and poured out lips in aggravation as I realized what had just happened to me.

Just a few moments before I had been flying freely down a steep hill at 25 mph, the arid wind gently kissing my face. But now I was staring blankly at the earth, blood dripping from my face and staining the smooth rock trail.

I was mountain biking in Moab, Utah alongside a number of other students taking part in mountain biking PE class offered at NIC. I was alone at the time and in between groups on the trail so aptly named “Baby Steps.”

The hill I came coursing down led to a trip corner that, if not rode through correctly, would send you into a nearlyunseen pothole; a pothole that unexpectedly sent me over the handlebars of my bike and, mouth agape, into the pure rock trail.

“Crap, crap, crap,” I frantically thought to myself. “I broke my teeth.”

Sure enough there lay the scattered remains of my two front teeth on the desert floor. What had once been the relatively smooth and straight results of six months of orthodontic work now were in jagged ruin.

I shattered my teeth into pieces and it was only the first day of riding.

The trip began in the early hours of March 29. Friday’s classes had long since ended and it was the start of spring break, a time for escape and all worldly responsibilities to be denied even if it were for only a week.

The class was to meet at the Outdoor Center in McClain Hall at 1:00 am for the 16-hour, 900 mile trek. I arrived around 10 pm and took up temporary residence in a raft for a couple hours of sleep before others began to arrive.

We were on the road awhile later, amidst stormy conditions throughout Idaho going through Montana. The weather calmed once after passing through Missoula and the rest of the trip held clear skies to lead us into the desert world of Eastern Utah.

We arrived into Moab in the late afternoon. The main street of the downtown area was bustling with of all shapes and sizes in the height of the town’s tourist season. On the outskirts of town lay The Lazy Lizard Hostel, a place I’d call home for the next five days.

The hostel is known, and somewhat infamous for catering to those of “dirtbag” variety. The spiritual children of hippies, dirtbags are poets and artists of land and the human body. They give up a life of convention in order to take on a life of outdoor pursuits with hopes of a sort of spiritual enlightenment to come out of this immersion in nature and physical activity. They

live in their vans and climb the worldrenown walls of Yosemite National Park. They work jobs as river guides all throughout the summer in order to be free to ski everyday throughout the winter. They go backpacking across the 2600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, only to turn around after they’re done and do it again just because it was so much fun the first time.

It was a shabby hostel to say the least. “La Casa,” the main house our group was staying at was makeshift in nature with no two floorboards in alignment. Looking out over the house was the rest of the hostel which almost resembled a post-apocalyptic wasteland; a combination of a junkyard and a trailer park. But it had an inexcusable charm to it. The hostel had a quaintness and beauty that could only be found beneath the surface and after upon meditation of it.

-I picked myself up off the ground and picked up the shattered remains of my teeth. I yelled out a couple of times in hopes that someone in the group I was riding with would hear me. I waited for several minutes before I finally saw members of my group come roaring down the hill. After a quick medical check and fixing of my contorted bike we continued to ride. Being perfectly conscious and in a minimal amount of pain I rode on for the next three miles with my group back to the trailhead, blood still dripping from the wounds on my chin and legs.

Over the next two days I received a root canal and two caps on my teeth from a generous dentist in town all while continuing to ride trails in the meantime.

On the third day the majority of the group decided to go canyoneering. We headed out to Negro Bill Canyon, a canyon located near the famous Slickrock Trail. After traversing a series of drainages along the trail we came upon the almost-unseen mouth of canyon. The first of the rappels was set up and we went down one by one, with one of the group deciding it would be fun to give those below him a good surprise and rappel down 100 feet entirely without any pants on.

The first rappel led us to the top of the 250 foot Morning Glory Arch, one of the largest natural archways in the world. This is where we did a simul-rappel. Without any anchors or protection besides the force of friction, two people rappelled off opposite sides of the arch at the same time using body weight to counteract one another. Floating down gently from 100 feet I saw the red canyon glow with life. Golden rock spires in the distance reflected the warm sun down upon the valley below. A small stream trickled quietly beneath me cutting through the middle of the canyon. In the short two decades of life I’ve lived thus far that experience remains to be one of the most amazing I have ever had.

The rest of the week was spent doing pure and raw mountain biking.

Hymasa, Klondike Bluffs, 7-Up, Slickrock, Pipe Dream, Captain Ahab, and Porcupine Rim were the trails where the rubber tread of our tires combated the dirt and rocks of the red earth. It was where our blood and flesh were sacrificed to the brutal gods of the desert in exchange for a fleeting moment of pure bliss and freedom.

We packed up and left the hostel and Moab behind in the early hours of April 4. It was quiet and clear morning. The darkness faded and the sun grew higher and higher into the sky as we passed through Salt Lake City, Montana, and finally back into Coeur d’Alene. Left behind were a multitude of memories. Carving my old dirty bike through relentless downhill switchbacks, scrambling up rock slopes to peer over monolithic canyonlands, meeting a fire-juggling hippie named Zesty, rappelling off one of the world’s largest arches.

The desert is a merciless yet beautiful beast that’s easy to underestimate.

If you don’t take in account its savage nature it will punish you without regard. But respect it and you see its beauty in a new light that will change your very being. I laid down my bones to the dust of the desert and received a life-changing experience in exchange.

There is now an inescapable spiritual connection with Moab coursing through me that will forever keep me coming back for more.

Coffee and grooves NIC vocal jazz singers perform at Calypsos

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t was a happily cramped cof fee shop and the Thursday evening flir ting with the kick of f of Spring Break when the Nor th Idaho College Vocal Jazz ensemble soothed midterm ner ves and chased away the woos of winter with fier y and inspired chor us—as well as warm Calypsos cof fee.

Highlights of the show were frequent: Aubrey Turner dedicated a per formance of the song “Misty” to her fiance, and the jazz choir quietly joined into the background of a per formance by Cour tney Swanson. Diana Smith, Maddie Nilges, and Rachel Anderson were treated to uproarious approval, and Jasha Sandford per formed saxophone in the middle of a solo per formance. Also, ending the night on a literal high note, during an ensemble r e n d i t i o n of “H o w Swe e t it Is , ” C o n n or E a ly r e ce ive d p r a i se f o r hi tti ng w ildly e ne r g e t i c a n d

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“I felt the event went extremely well,” said Rachel Anderson, 18, Rathdr um, Music. “Ever y member of the jazz choir felt we really shined on stage that night.

Our hard work as a group and as individual soloists really paid of f. It was amazing to feel that rewarded by a semester’s wor th of practice.”

The audience was ver y enthusiastic as well, and there was a good turnout. There were two seats available in the room, and that’s only because many in attendance chose to sit on the floor. While this would give the impression that all was loud, ever yone quieted completely to hear the per formances.

Members of the group had just recently retur ned from a tour to the Demiero Jazz Festival—made specifically for students to meet and have workshops with professional jazz musicians—and could utilize all of the infor mation they

gained there for a live audience.

The purpose of the event for the group, outside of bringing music to the community, is to gain experience performing in front of an audience in preparation for their big concert at the end of the semester, which this semester will be hosted in Schuler Hall, April 29.

The Vocal Jazz Choir isn’t just composed of students either.

“I really enjoy that the group is a mixture of students and community members that don’t attend NIC. It makes for a really diverse setting that allows all of us to lear n and grow,” said Anderson.

“The older members of the choir are able to provide us with musical experience and techniques that the younger members may not have yet.

And the younger members give the group a fresher and open-minded vibe. Plus, Max Mendez keeps us all professional and on task! Without him we wouldn’t be nearly as good as we were that night at Calypso’s.”

Jasha Sandford, 21, general studies, performs on his saxophone during a solo performance. T.J. Gossard/Sentinel

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Long Ear employee and NIC student Dustin Selle, 23, offers to open up a cd for a customer. Selle has been an employee for around 3 years and a faithful customer for even longer. Tyson Juarez/Sentinel

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00 r ecor ds, 88 eight-track tapes, 3 cassettes and $6,000 was all it took to launch one of the longest r unning independent r ecor d stor es in the countr y.

The year was 1973 when Terry and Deon Borchard opened The Long Ear in a 16x30 free-standing building with handmade record bins.

“Terry had never even lifted a hammer before he made those,” Deon Borchard said.

Not everybody believed in the Borchard’s dream, however.

“The post office people wouldn’t give us a regular business box because ‘you guys aren’t going to be in business long enough to warrant a big

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ployee since 2004. “We want to box,’” Deon Borchard said. help people find that song that’s It was only a matter of time been stuck in before the post their head and office changed we’ve also got their mind. the knowledge “They started to do so.” begging us to get The knowla bigger box,” edge comes Deon Borchard from a place of said. love.

Although the “I get to be store eventually surrounded moved to a larger by good music building on and people Coeur d’Alene’s who love good 4th street, the music,” said original record Dustin Selle, bins are still a Long Ear there, albeit with employee and a few alterations.

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Extra woodAlthough en slots were music lovers dropped to help of all ages still organize and frequent the accommodate store, Deon the store’s over Brochard said 17,000 new and -Deon Borchard they have still used CDs. seen changes due to the popu“We are OCD about music,” larity on downloading. said Chelsea Fritze, an em-

We consider ourselves really blessed to be able to continue to do something we thoroughly enjoy.”

“It used to be that record stores in each individual community were considered the hub, where people you’d consider to be the cool people because they liked music and anymore that’s not quite the case,”Deon Brochard said. “You’re seeing that clear across society though, its not just in record stores, people are not communicating in person as much as they are with their smart phones and their internet connections. We would love to see people realize that this is a resource, a place that they can gather and it’s a really neat atmosphere and its still vibrant.”

As a result, The Long Ear is beginning to offer more lifestyle products to bring in a wider crowd, such as unique fair trade clothing, hookah products, body jewelry, incense and home décor.

The store also offers additional rewards for purchases, such as free weekly drawings where the tickets double as $.25

coupons off any purchase.

“We had a guy turn in 370 tickets at one time once,” Fritze said.

The man walked away with several collector box sets for free.

Customers will have a chance to walk away with even more free prizes at next weekend’s Record Store Day. In addition to several top-secret exclusive releases, customers can be entered to win a pair of Beats by Dre headphones, a Spin Clean system for record players and many other smaller door prizes.

Fritze said last year’s Record Store Day drew long lines well before the store had opened for the day.

“People that used to come in with their parents are now coming in with their kids,” said Deon Borchard“We consider ourselves really blessed to be able to continue to do something we thoroughly enjoy.”

a day for the record books Record store day celebrates vinyl releases, record store culture Tyson Juarez Features Editor April is a time for many different festivities as spring has just started to make its appearance.

Many events in this month are consistent, considering Easter and seasonal changes seem to always take place during this time. One festivity that has recently become more popular is Record Store Day, and some of this year’s events, depending on your local record store, may be a hard thing to miss.

Record Store Day will be held on the 19th of April and there are plenty of things vinyl consumers may find collectible.

On past record store days, artists from a wide array of genres release special content that is exclusive to the day’s events. This could include box sets, special re-

releases, and never before heard tracks.

Record stores like The Vortex Records in Portland Oregon will be releasing a brand new Pixies album and a Devo live album as well as other record store day only gifts and prizes.

Local record store The Long Ear will also be taking part of the festivities this year with lots of free give-a-ways and plenty more. Store owner Deon Borchard said that most of their givaway’s and releases will be kept a secret until Record Store Day. On the other side of the country, Third Man Records plans to break a world record, no pun intended.

The store will feature a live concert in which performing artist Jack White will try to record and release the fastest record ever. The performance will be recorded, pressed,

and released all within the same day.

Those who attend the show will be given a copy of the record, if all goes as planned.

Other notable releases that will be coming out includes a rerelease of Joy Divisions 1978 album “An Ideal for Living,” Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes “Live at the Greek Theater,” and a Tame Impala “Live Versions” album.

Record store day has only officially been around since 2007, but with a new wave of people passionate about collecting vinyl, the festivities may continue for years to come.

The day was created by a group of independent record store owners who wanted to celebrate the unique culture that surrounds independent shops.

Record store is officially held on the third Saturday of every April.

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COMMENTARY

Baseball season in full swing Every team can dream at this point in season

GARRETT CABEZA Sports Editor

A host of Cardinals rally to a Whitman College rugby player to stop his progress on April 5 in Walla Walla, Wash. The Missionaries topped the NIC rugby club 28-17 on Whitman’s campus. Photo courtesy of Bob Gibson

Rugby club splits road games Cards break even on road trip, face Gonzaga club next for season finale Garrett Cabeza Sports Editor

The North Idaho College rugby club hit the road for a couple games against Reed College of Portland and Whitman College of Walla Walla, Wash., coming away with a win and a loss.

The Cardinals shut out Reed College’s club team 17-0 on March 29.

NIC’s team captain Jim White said it was a physical game.

The Cardinals’ Ashton Clark dislocated his jaw after a knee collided with his face.

White said he will be out six to eight weeks recovering from the injury.

As NIC held Reed College scoreless, the Cardinals went on the attack.

Sean White scored the first try of the game, which is worth five points. White scored a conversion, worth two points, to put the Cardinals up 7-0 heading into halftime.

Aside from the game’s physicality, the weather conditions also stood out. White said it rained during the match, and at one point, it started to hail.

The Cardinals put the game away in the second half

with tries by Calin Watt and Joseph Middlemore.

While NIC dominated Reed College, it was a different story April 5 in Walla Walla on Whitman College’s campus when the Cardinals fell 28-17 to the Missionaries’ club team.

“It was just a frustrating day,” White said.

White said NIC made mistakes, including poor tackling.

“Not to make excuses or take anything away from Whitman, but we could have done better,” White said.

Since the game took place over Spring Break, he said some guys were still on vaca-

tion. Clark was sidelined due to his dislocated jaw and another player was ill.

White said it was “sloppy all the way around for the most part.”

NIC did most of its scoring in the first half as opposed to its game against Reed College in which NIC sealed the game in the second half with two tries.

Middlemore scored two tries, one in each half. Andrew Petersen scored a try in the first half while White scored a conversion in the first half.

NIC will face Gonzaga’s club team Saturday, April 26 on NIC’s soccer field or in Post Falls.

A Whitman rugby player tosses the ball to a teammate before being tackled by a NIC player. Photo courtesy of Bob Gibson

It’s spring, which means the Boys of Summer are back on the field for 162 games. Major League Baseball will be taking over the sports highlights on television from here on out.

The Seattle Mariners, the most popular team around Coeur d’Alene and the Pacific Northwest, darted out of the gates with the sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, but have cooled off a little since then. They hold a 6-4 record as of early Sunday morning, which is good enough for second place in the American League West, a half-game back from the division-leading Oakland Athletics.

Robinson Cano is earning his money hitting .316 with a .409 on base percentage.

The Angels and Texas Rangers have yet to establish momentum, but are expected to play better with their star-studded lineups and compete for an AL West crown.

The Detroit Tigers hold the best record in the American League at 6-3. They are getting it done with hitting and pitching.

Seven Tigers have a .300 or better batting average, and not one of them is named Miguel Cabrera, last year’s AL MVP. That should be a good sign for Detroit since he will probably break the .300 mark by the end of the season.

Cabrera is hitting only .250 with a home run and 4 RBIs. Left-fielder Rajai Davis is hitting .320 and right-fielder Torii Hunter leads the team in home runs with three and RBIs with nine.

Detroit’s pitching staff has thrown well to start the season, holding a 3.39 team earned run average.

Reigning Al Cy Young award-winner Max Scherzer has a 1.20 ERA with 15 strikeouts in his two starts this season. Justin Verlander, a former Cy Young winner himself, has a 2.57 ERA to start the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers are off to the hottest start in baseball with a 9-2 record.

The Brewers look like they are ready to make a push toward the playoffs this season, leading the National League Central.

Third baseman Aramis Ramirez is hitting .383 with 10 RBIs, center-fielder Carlos Gomez is batting .375 with four home runs and catcher Jonathan Lucroy is hitting .357 with a .426 on base percentage. Ryan Braun, back in the lineup after being suspended the final 65 games of the regular season last year, is hitting .300 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. The St. Louis Cardinals will most likely be in the playoff hunt when September rolls around.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sit atop the NL West standings at 8-4 and the Buster Posey-led San Francisco Giants are a game back.

The Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals should contend for the NL East crown. They are both in first place in their division.

Parody has been the theme in the AL East as no team has proved to be a strong favorite to win the division.

Any team can win that division without shocking anyone. Last season, the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles finished with plus .500 records, and it wouldn’t be surprising if that happened again this season.

The season is very young, so it is tough to get a reading on any team right now. Once the dog days of July and August come around, we will see whom the contenders and pretenders are.

As for now, think World Series for your team.

Garrett Cabeza is an editor for The Sentinel.

His opinions are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Sentinel. Respond to this column online at nicsentinel.com.

DID YOU KNOW? No Major League player has hit over .400 since Ted Williams’ 1941 season, when he hit .406.

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Mens golf takes home another title

NIC ties for first for fourth consecutive victory, Montgomery claims first

NIC freshman Angus Montgomery tees off in practice at Avondale Golf Club last week in Hayden Lake.

Montgomery won the Northwest Nazarene Univeristy Intercollegiate in Nampa. Garrett Cabeza/Sentinel

Garrett Cabeza Sports Editor Bridget Rogers Staff Writer The seventh-ranked North Idaho College mens golf team earned its fourth consecutive victory of the season dating back to the fall.

Its latest victory came at the Northwest Nazarene University Intercollegiate at Ridgecrest Golf Course in Nampa, Idaho, on March 31 and April 1. NIC tied with host Northwest Nazarene in windy and rainy conditions.

NIC freshman Angus Montgomery, from Middlesbrough, England, took home the individual title shooting rounds of 70, 67 and 74 to earn his second win of the season.

NIC was the only two-year

school competing at the invitational on the mens and womens side.

“We definitely do take pride in being a two-year school and being able to beat the four-year schools, especially the ones around here that are pretty good,” NIC head coach Derrick Thompson said.

“I think even as well as he (Montgomery) played, he felt he didn’t play his best, which is kind of a good sign, a sign of a great player that they’re never really satisfied,” Thompson said.

NIC shot rounds of 295, 292 and 303. Three other Cardinals finished in the top ten individually. Chris Cremer finished sixth with a 224 and Tanner Martin and Michael Porter tied for tenth with scores of 229.

“I felt like we could have done better,” Thompson said. “We could have I think pretty easily won that tournament outright. But to still

get a share of the win is pretty good for us.”

On the womens side, the 14thranked Lady Cardinals were led by sophomore Jennie Williams, who finished 15th with a 184.

“Jennie, she’s been really solid for us,” Thompson said.

Fellow sophomore Madi Hauck made a hole-in-one on a 161-yard par 3 on the 12th hole in the first round.

“I could not believe it,” Hauck said. “I was in complete denial.”

NIC shot a 385 and 401 to finish last.

“For the weather conditions, I think we did alright for the most part,” Hauck said.

Lewis-Clark State College won the tournament shooting a tworound score of 642.

Thompson said the talented field factored into NIC’s fifth-place finish.

Previously, the NIC mens

Montgomery works on his short game in practice. His individual win was his second of the season. Garrett Cabeza/Sentinel

team came back from a sevenstroke deficit to win the Warrior Invitational on March 18th at Clarkston Golf and Country Club in Clarkston, Wash.

The Cardinal men played through cold and windy conditions on the first day to stay within seven shots of the lead.

“Day one was the harshest weather I have ever seen as a coach,” Thompson said. “It was almost impossible to control your golf ball and made scoring extremely difficult.”

Day two brought better weather conditions and better golf shots.

NIC’s men took a one-shot lead over Lewis-Clark State College, winning 654-653.

“There were a lot of really good players in the field who shot uncharacteristic scores,” Thompson said. “I was just glad we were able to hold on for the win.”

NIC posted 31 less shots than on the first day.

Martin posted rounds of 83 and 76 to earn a fifth-place finish individually and Montgomery shot rounds of 84 and 76 to earn a seventh-place finish.

The Lady Cardinals finished third, while Lewis-Clark State College won with a 776.

“I was proud of how the women handled it and kept competing,” Thompson said.

Hauck, one of only two sophomores on the womens team, led the Lady Cardinals with her tworound total of 185.

The NIC men and women compete at the Frontier Conference Tournament in Lewiston Monday and Tuesday before playing in the Sasquatch Invitational in Spokane on April 20 and 21. The NJCAA national championships will be held in mid-May.

NIC wins one, drops one to Skagit

Cards battle Skagit Valley at home, last road games this weekend Bridget Rogers Staff Writer

Hayden Fields catches the ball during practice. John “Risky” Boltz/Sentinel

The North Idaho College softball team went 1-1 in its doubleheader against the Skagit Valley College Cardinals on March 23 at Memorial Field in Coeur d’Alene.

The bats were busy in game one of the doubleheader, and when the dust settled, Skagit Valley won 13-12.

Both teams combined for 24 hits, including five extra base hits. The game was back-andforth headed into the sixth, with six lead changes.

Skagit Valley got an early start in the first inning up 5-0.

NIC had two-run rallies in the first and second innings.

In the first inning, NIC scored on an RBI by Kylene Hatton, bringing in Marissa Tarin. NIC’s Samantha Luna scored on a steal and Hatton had an RBI single in the second inning.

Skagit Valley answered back in the second inning with two more runs and matched that in the fourth inning.

NIC shut down Skagit Valley completely in the third inning and put five more runs on the scoreboard, taking advantage of errors by Skagit. It gave NIC its first lead 9-7.

NIC was shut out of the fourth inning, but answered back with three runs in the fifth, making it 12-9 NIC. A strong sixth inning

brought four more runs from Skagit Valley, leading 13-12.

Skagit Valley was sparked

by Mahina Turner and Holly Hawkins, who teamed up for five hits and seven RBIs. Skagit scored on a three-run home run by Holly Hawkins off NIC’s pitcher Tori Almos.

Almos took the loss for NIC. She allowed six runs in five innings and struck out eight.

NIC didn’t take any chances with their second shot at Skagit Valley, winning 15-7 in five innings.

After a one-run start from Skagit Valley in the first inning, NIC followed up with six runs.

NIC didn’t let up, scoring two more runs in the second inning and one in the third, to make

it 8-1.

Skagit Valley closed the gap with five runs to make the score 9-6 in the fourth inning.

NIC answered right back in the bottom of the fourth, scoring on an error by Skagit Valley to get the inning started. NIC put up three more runs in the fourth to go up 13-6.

Going into the fifth inning, Skagit Valley had its work cut out for it. It scored one run and turned it over to NIC, which scored another two runs to end the game early due to the eightrun rule.

NIC (27-17, 22-14) plays Scenic West Athletic Conference opponent Western Nevada College in a four-game set Friday and Saturday in Carson City.

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Horoscopes a Aries b

(March 21 - April 19) Thunder is on the horizon so hold tight for the storm is headed your way. Just when it is calm, you are just in the eye. All shall pass by next month so don’t let it break you.

(April 20 - May 20) Pay attention to the little things this month. Some are good and some are bad but in the blink of an eye, you could miss something small that could risk a large butterfly effect.

Taurus

(May 21 - June 20) Take it upon yourself to get things in orders so you can thrive to your max potential in your environment. It always seems to be easier to accept help when others offer but you will continue to be unhappy until you take it into your own hands.

Puzzles courtesy of mirroreyes.com, provider of daily printable crossword puzzles.

1. Approximately 6. Exhausts 10. Vipers 14. Love intensely 15. Snare 16. Not this 17. Back tooth 18. Skin irritation 19. Ripped 20. Vote 22. Leisure 23. Large N.American deer (plural) 24. One who leases 26. On the road 30. Altitude (abbrev.)

31. A late time of life 32. Have the nerve 33. Exam 35. Young sheep 39. Chest of drawers 41. Capture 43. Condition 44. Indian dress 46. A pouch in some birds 47. Estimated time of arrival 49. An uncle

50. Anagram of “Seek” 51. Dung beetle 54. Type of cereal grass 56. Unrestrained revelry 57. He works with rocks 63. Attraction 64. Constellation bear 65. Without company 66. Notion 67. Violent disturbance 68. A small island 69. Stag or doe 70. Handout 71. Loamy deposit

1. Temporary living quarters 2. False god 3. Part in a play 4. Fourth sign of the zodiac 5. Eagle’s nest 6. Martinets 7. Creative persons 8. Agreement 9. Orb 10. Number of people present 11. Young hog

12. Analyze syntactically 13. Drive 21. Tablet 25. L L L L 26. Contributes 27. Verruca 28. Region 29. Days gone by 34. Cease 36. Assign a grade 37. Scottish hillside 38. Stitches 40. Bristle 42. Daughter of a sibling 45. Spray can 48. Laughable 51. Not fluid 52. Unrefined 53. Concur 55. Electronic letters 58. Threesome 59. As well 60. Only 61. 1 1 1 1 62. Catches

d Cancer

c Gemini

(June 21 - July 22) Luck is eating out of the palm of your hands but don’t be hesitant when it comes to continuing with your daily solutions to haunting superstitions. It could run out before you know it if you are not careful with your steps.

(July 23 - Aug. 22) Reach out to a cr y for help or two because you never know when you’re going to be on the opposite side asking the same of someone else.

f Virgo

e Leo

(Aug 23 - Sept 22) Watch for those sneaking behind your path this month because they could potentially pull the rug out from under you with some major repercussions.

g Libra

(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) You may ver y well have the reward you’ve worked hard to deser ve coming your way gracefully. Patience is key so don’t fret if good things don’t fall into your hands right away.

h Scorpio

(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Love surrounds you in positive and equally supportive ways this month so now is the time to really come clean with your life, yourself, and those around you.

(Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) The stars are aligning fantastically in your favor and this will be one of your best months. All good things come to an end though so be prepared to fall back into routine after the next full moon.

j Capricorn

i Sagittarius

(Dec 22 - Jan. 19) It’s time to let go, take a deep breath, and move on.

Take time to find your inner peace again when something falls out of place in your environment.

k Aquarius

(March 21 - April 19) Be war y of your first impressions when a stranger steps in to tr y to fool you. Not ever yone is who they seem to be and you will discover that quickly this month.

l Pisces

(Feb. 19 - March 20) Some who inquires on the essence of your being will approach you this month with secret feelings that have been hidden right under your eyes.

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HERITAGE WEEK

Monday, April 14, 2014

Paying homage to heritage on NIC’s campus NIC dedicates entire week to the importance of our Native American heritage in Coeur d’Alene

Monday

Tuesday

Monday:

Guest speaker Marie Poirier from the Blackfeet tribe started off the morning with story telling. The day continued with a dancing exhibition in which participants dressed in traditional wardrobe and ended in a presentation by Coeur d’Alene tribe member Quanah Matheson.

Dancing photos by Beau Valdez/Sentinel

Tuesday:

A silent auction consisting of various items from handmade crafts to cups from New Mexico with proceeds going to the Che’nshish Scholarship. A panel discussion against discrimination when it comes to Native mascots in the media was also held in the morning. Arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations were set up in the SUB started in the morning and continued throughout the afternoon.

Photo courtesy of American Indian Student Alliance

Wednesday

Wednesday:

An Inter-Tribal Food Feast was hosted in the SUB for $6 a plate with proceeds again benefiting the Che’nshish Scholarship. Coeur d’Alene tribal member Norma Peone taught and led the traditional Stick Game as photographed. Later on, Poirier from Monday morning taught the art of fry bread making, one of the items in the dish sold earlier in the day.

Photos by Haley Kurle/Sentinel

Thursday:

Athabascon tribal member Jett Bingham accompanied by Jim Ryan performed jazz and contempory music.

Photo by Beau Valdez/Sentinel

Friday:

A craft workshop for families was held in the evening with several crafts such as dream catchers, dolls, and jewelry while the play “Rainbow Crow Saves the World” was performed in the lower level of the SUB. Photo by Rachel Single-Schwall/Sentinel

Thursday

Friday