Co~ur d Al~ne, Idaho
Volume 33, Number 9
Friday, Feb. 2, 1979
ASNIC candidates ready for Feb. 7 primary election A primary election for ASNIC president will be held Feb. 7, according to current ASNIC President Jim Remsen. Vylng for the opponunity to run lo the Feb. 28 general election arc sophomores Rob Faler ond Rick Coe. and freshmen Doug Palagi ond Paul Bieber. The field for the office of ASNIC vice president will also be narrowed to two at the primary election. Frosh Jon Emerson, Ray Eden, Scott Day and Kevin Anderson will be competing for that title. currently held by Lori Long. Emerson is shoring o ticket wllh Coe, Eden will be on the ballot with , Faler. and Palagi nnd Dny will be running mates. Bieber, a general studies student, and Anderson, a pre-low major, arc teamed, but were la te entries nnd could not be reached by press time for C'Ommcnu. on their plntforms. The position of student octlvilies director should al:.o hove been decided at the clcctlon, but no one nled a petition for the office. Acrordlng to Remsen, the position will probably be filled lit the some ttme a.s 1he Senine positions next foll. Faler, ci mu~,c mcrchondbing Rnd mu~ic performance double mnjor. is prc~n1ly serving a term as st udent activuies dlreeto1. He sold he foels 1h21 one of the most impor111111 duties of the president is " ju:.1 bcmg an the office - being there when people need
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Faler ~old that if elected. he ,1111 two offit>es. one 111 the current ASB office location and one loc:ued io
the vocational building. He also said that he would like to see two things happen on campus - reinstatement of the policy of dropping classes up until the last day, and abolition of wheel locks. Candidate Coe is serving as ASNIC se nator . Coe. a communications major. said that he would like to see the parking situation on campus improved. He also s aid that regardl ess of whether he wins or loses, be will continue his " Dear Rick Board" in the SUB becu se he feels that it serves the needs of the stud eois. Coe said that he and his running mate Emerson arc both experienced in ~tudent government and be said be feels that they cun do a good job. Palngl, 11 pre,low major . said. " I feel that the mo~t important i1S1Je facing the i.tudent~ at this ti me mu~t be the lac-k of parking spac-c, so natur.lly incrca:.ing the spoc-c a,•ailable ...;11 take prionty over the other issues." P11lag1 added 1h01 he and his running mate Da, foci there arc mnnr more i\sues of importance to studcnu " We plan on bringing the~c out in full force dunng our camp111gn. •· be s.i1d. Vice prc\1denttal candidate Emerson said sht- ,~ in fn"or of -.occer bc1.11g m:idc a \ nrsil\ sport She ~1d ~e 1s concerned w11h the parlmg issue also. and s:11d thnl ~he :rnd her running mate Coe h:t,e ··some great 1de35 for working 1,lgcther" th:tt thei " oold lile to implement 1f elected.
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During the month of February. s~dcnts and faculty will be able 10 view many or the old silent mo\fics popular in bygone years. The first film, "The Days of Thrills uughter," plays Feb. This mm olves a compilation of such early =~!ans as Charlie Chaplin, Laurel .ardy, Harry Langdon ond many ~~- A community sing-along will •uuow this. C~arlle Chaplin will star in t" o lllovics on_ Feb. 14 and a Bcny Boop ~ n will be run immediately after - Chaplin films. On Feb. 22 there will be a double
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feature consisting o! n.n Amos and Andy cartoon and the mo,ic " The Great Chase ... " The Gret11 Chase" is a film of great chase scenes from old mo\i~. Thi,; includes exccrpts from " The Great Train Robben·" and "The Perils of Ptiuline." A Buster Kenton film, " College." "ill pla) Feb . 27... College "' is a fast-p:1ced film :ibout Roruud, :i high sc hool \'t1ledic1orian who lo,•es his mother :1nd bis books. All the mo\·ies "ill begin at 7 p.m m the Southwest Dining roo m of the SUB.
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Board appoints R eaves The Student Board ~Oted J:in. 30 to appoint sophomore Kun Rt'11\ cs to fill the position\ acated b" Virginia Fulwn 11 the ~g1nnmg of the semn1er. Rea, c<.. a bns1ncsi. :i.dmirustr.uion ma,or v. 111 3lso head the budget comminc-e. "o .1c11011 "'U t&len 10 repl.i.:e Sen Bob Hi~ins. v.bo mi\~ thrtt consccuu, c mccung~ bee:i.u:.e he 11,;as ho~p11alu:cd tor an t!Jn~ In "thinking II O\C'r" from last "eel'i meenng. the beard ,oted to lppropriate S1.050 to the ~t;ige band t, bring to ~IC ~ c.1mpu:. 3 concert pcrtonned b) the Spob.ne Jazz
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Kent Y3rdley. st;igc blod director hld ongrn311> nsked the Board for S2.000, ~h,ch v,ould co,er the cost of bringing the soaet) to 1'1C for ~ o clinic-s t111d 3 con~rt. Yardle) said tb:it the ruson for bringing the society in i:. to help the NIC Slllge band prepatt for p:irticipanon in the lnterruuional J:uz Festival 10 be held in Reno in March. , :ud.leJ said th.11 the band would like the help of the sociCt)'. so that "we can be as best prepared as we can.·· ASNIC Prn1dent Jim Remsen sug· gested that the boa rd alloc::ne the SI .OSO for the con~n and let that be the bo3r<l's contribution 10 the trip. m111nly becouse they ha\'c helped
fin.an~ student trips before. Wes Hatch. fina.nci;iJ ;id,•iser for the bo3rd, said wt the monev would be 3\,aibble .and that it ._. as not unreason• .ible 10 gi\e the mone) to the band becau\C the board has done so in the put. In other monC'o m.111cr!>. the bonrd alrotcd S:?00 10 ,end a \'OCanonal rcprncnl:lmc rrom :-OIC 10 Idaho Falls to attend ;, tonfcren cc The conference IOOUld U1cludc an ellon 10 m.ikc n JOtnt st.1tcmen1 10 the: media concerning HE\\ ' \ Jo~ph Califano·\ ~rarc:mcnt on \Oc:rnonal school~ St'n. Muk Zeller u1d 1h;1111 1s a good Idea 10 \end a reprC$Cnta11ve because the ~chool ,~ in "danger of losing a 101 of fond~." Student Ac11v111es D1 rec1or Rob F:aler ,aid 1h111 he h3d been con1 ae1cd b) the road manogcr of the rock group Ambrosia, wondering 1f NIC "as still interested in sponsoring a concert. Faler ,iiid that 1hc cosr or 1hc concen "-ould be St>.000 and "would delinncly mal.c money: · but advised against II because of the lad of fac,htics on campus. "Wc'"e been mked o, er the roals 100 man) times.·· he snid. He added that it would be better 10 "an unul nex t }CJr "hen 1h1. fJcili11es in the nc"' hum3nities bu1td1ng "ould be :l\'tiilable.