Friday, No,•. 9, 1979
Volame 34. Namber 5
Bieber to appoinl
Senate ·seat left vacant By Teri Worley A vacancy on the Student Board created when freshmen John Stevens dropped out of school will be fil led through appointment, ASNIC President PauJ Bciber said al a Nov. 5 meeting. The opening will be filled from among first,year students who file applications for th e position. The final deadline for submission of applications. which arc available in Room IA9, is Wednesday. Nov. 14 al 3 p.m. Although some board members expressed an interest in wing a more :ictive role in the seleetion process, Bieber said it is within his power to be the official ,.,ho reviews the 11 pplica1ions and recommends 10 the board the name of the person be feels mo5t qualified to assume the office. Sen. Mark Baune said that Biebcr's concept of qualification might differ from that held by the other members of the student government, and Sen. Tim E1henon suggested that those interested in becoming a senator appear before the board. In response to these and other suggestions and observations, Bieber said that be would be willi ng to li~te n to recommendations but that the final task of recommending nn applicun1 to the board rests with him. Bomrd Adviser Tony Stewan concurred with Bieber in that the applic:antS' right 10 prlvncy might bu violated if n number of people were to be involved In revicWU1g the applications. In a compromise measure, the boa rd decided 10 release a list of applicants to the senator~ M> that they might background themselves on the applicants to insure a_n informed decision. ASNIC Vice Pre~ident Scott Day stressed the iden that the sooner the board fills the vacancy the bet1 er . "h is lrnpcmtive to get onothcr board member before 11ny m11jor decisions arise," he said.
Cb.risiy SteJnJey photo
Heated debate Mark Bryan and Gerald &lley rehearse their lloes for Nell Slmon' s play "God's Fnorfle," wblcb will be opeufng tonlgbt. Ped'offllJUlces will conl.l.oue Nov. 10 and No, . 15,17 ai 8 p.m. ln the aod1torlam ol the commwucatloo-aru bulld1ng.
Under Title III
Career counselor to be benefit of grant award By Sharlene Sm ith Nonh Idaho College students will now have II full,time cnreer counselor 10 hsist 1hcm because or a $75,000 Title Ill federal gra nt which w11, awnrded 10 NIC. The grnnt, whk h \\ II~ given b) the Federal Office or Fducation. will also enable the school to further 11s planning, mon11gernent and cvalu11tion program Un der the Strengthening Developing Institutions Program, the ~chool recch•ed $25 .000 for career pl11nning nnd coun~eling ond SS0.000 l?r pl11nning, m11nnge mem nnd cvnlua, lion.
. In. ord.er 10 qu111ify os II developing 1ns1nut1on. t'IIC had to meet three basic c:titcria. The school had 10 be, aet?rdlng 10 the words governing the h:g1sfation, " outside the rnoinsu:carn of a~adernic life" and "Struggling for SUr>•1val." NIC also bad 10 be a school "hich has a " commitment 10 serve economiea_Uy.. deprived and/or rninonty ~~dents,_ and be a school which has .the desire and poLCntw 10 make 1 significant contribution to the higher
educauon re-source~ of the nation ... Funher, the i.chool h11d 10 rank high in the number of Buie Edueauon Opponunity Grants awa_rded 10 SIU· dents :md low m the amount of money ~pent per year per student. Although thc- school applied for the grant on IWO othf'r OC'C:lSIOOS, lhLS LS the fir)I vear the school "as St'leeted to reee1Yt' .the grant, according to Jo Wt'bb. a.s:.istani to the p~~denl. Under the program. four-,·t'u collcgt's, pri\'ate insutuuon~ and l"O· ye:ir colleges could appl} for a poruon of the S120 million "ruch "-u .1,-ai!a_ble for the 19~9-SO }CU. About 650 schools applied for the gnnt, Webb. who "ill sen e as program director, said. and 14 pe=t of the monev 11watdcd went to corn· munity colleges. The SS0.000 will be oscd to design a system for planning. management and c,'1lluauon based on 1nstitutiolllll data. This :an11.lysis will lc11d 10 a long-range plan. The mone> will also be used ro develop a management infonnation
svslem ud for i n - ~ a_dministnti,c training m t~ planning process a_nd perlormao« e-.ahutioo The S25,000 •ill be u~d LO ~clop the college· s caree r planning and C"OIUlMeh.ng capabilll.ln by providing a s~~tenutic program fcx career pbnrung. Webb said. The monc, "ill al,o enable the college to addinoa:al testing St'r-·1cc> to he1gb1en student awareness of indi,i.du:u i.n.teresLs and llptJ· tud~. Also 11dded ",11 be the i.DCTCaSC in raculn 1n,ohemen1 in tht' cueer pla.nn.ing a_spects of the educ:u:ional e:rpenencc. aa:ordmg to Webb. IC illso &pplied for a grant fcnreeruitmeru and admission guidan«. HO\\e,er, this portion of the original gnlllt w 115 ru.rned 00.."\l, Bcause of money made :.-, ailable by the s~s.ooo grant 3nd because of money =de available by Sl'iu:hing of positions. NIC,. ill hire s full-time progr.unmcr/ systems analyst. Kelvin Davis bas been hired as a half-time
pro,"lde
rcsurch associate. and Gary Coffman
will serve :is the full-time career counselor. Money available by Coffnun's change in position will allow the school to hire an assistant auxiliary seniccs director. In order to insu re that NIC follows the gnnt'~ guidelines. two external 1geDC1es. a guideline consultant and an eduaoonal consultant, were hired forS9,000 and S4.500 respccuvely. Both agt'ncies, bUt'd in Kansas. "',jfl be pa_id with a ponion of the grant money. Webb sau1 that the school will apply for a three,ycar grant for the: 1980-83 school yea rs but that applyi ng fo r grants is ao uphill struggle, and usuallv institutions 3.Te awarded only n third to a half of the amoun t of money they apply for. A long-range planning ~ mmin~e c.xi.sts on campus. The comrn1nce will assist Webb with input as t.o what programs they want inc:ludcd in the ne"' application. which must be pre· pared by Dec:. 10.