Wedoesch~, ~o,.11, 1979
Now only S87.600
College board of trustees approves budgetary reduction By Sharlene Smith The NIC Board
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Nov IS meeting approved a S87.600
cut in the maintenance and operations budget for the rest or the 1979-80 academic ye3r. The cut 10 the budget, at fir'1 thought to be Slo<>.000, wa~ ncc<:~sary because the ~hool will noi be rc·ceiving as much money ar. it had on11cipotcd from local propcny tue. because of II Koo1cno1 County Comm1~.,ioncr~ · decision not 10 accept Idaho llou~ 8111 280. which would have exempted NIC from o I percent m1t101ive tu Crceic. The board would hnve had 10 cut the origlnol SJo6.000 from the budget if u were not for 3n incren~e of S88,400 lrom ava ilable income. NJC's expected income from interest on mve!>tment.:. increased by SSS.000 to provide the l11rgcs1 binglc amount or added in, come. Each of the academic in~1ructio11:il department& were asked 10 cul 4 percent from ii~ budget. Library fund, were cut about Sl.200 from S6J,087 10 S6 l.800. Also. regula r college salarie~ were cut SS0,000, bu1 NIC Prc.:.1dcnt Burry Schul er told the board that many of the personnel hired to maiotatn the new communlcn uon-arts building were not hired os c:11rly ~ ontlclpntcd. !lchulcr uid OM mnlntcnancc man fur the new huildlng will not be lured. Schuler nlso reponcd thot no re , servt' funds c,1,1 for ocademlc fncuh y
In UH' mo, ir~ An ADC Olm crt"' sets up for 1t•tlon at the NIC t:mcn lll'Cllund Vocational Bolldlog. ~11mln~ In Coco, d'Alene area Cor a scrll'lt "•rrlng And} Griffith rall t'd " The \ eagen.," the ere" u\ed tht bl.llldlng wt "'eel.end land liOme NIC i,tudcnb) for a hospital ~Ut'O~.
for the second i.emeuer. In other words, i! another section of a such a.s English is needed to be added to the schedule because of an mcrea~ ID students, the college doe<; not ha1e the funds available to ndd another
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"Mo,t of the equipment in the communlC811011.-aru buildini: 1s still under warranty. ~ if an}1hing went wrong, the moint.enan«: man couldn't fuc ll The manufacturing compan) would ha~e 10. • Schuler "3:d. In other 1ctfon the board: -wa\ told that the final mspecuon of the addition 10 the SUB will be Dec. 3 and 1h01 the completion ceT1rfia1c will be signed Dec 11 -discussed ID executtve SCSSIOD how to ncgoiiate Cor the property which the college wishes to purchase at 415 and 42S Hubbard St 1 he property 1> ill be used ,A elimio111c traffic problems ca.used by curve~ m the street.which is one of the mnin entrances to the college. ~ appraisals of the two houses arc not yet completed. according to Schuler -di~cussed ihe dcdica11on cert· mony for Lhc nc11 communicauon,aru buil<ling. which will be held Dec Cl with the open hou~c bcginmng at I p.m. ood the combined Spokane Symphony, NIC Choir ,nd Coeur tl' Alene Community Choir t'oncert beginning at 7 p.m. Am1rding to Schuler. Idaho Co\. John cv11ns and Idaho St'n Fraalc
Church tuve notified the sc:hool th:it the) v.;11 ~ ,mending the ceremom· Tickets for the conecn 2rc SIO per person. Schuler suggested th2t those persons ho w'Uh to go to more than
one of the symphoo> conccns which IL ill be held in Coeur d'Alene bo> :i season ticket. The se.uon ticte1s S16 for on:hcstr3 st'3ts and S12 for balronv se:ats.
Campus Iranian students experience minor problems B) Jeanerte Bamlltoo The U.S. Ernba.ss> takCO\cr m lr:an b3S c;i.u.scd a lot of confusion around the United States on ~me college <1mpuscs. but the threats and problems a.re Ce" 10 studenu and fac:uln 31 MC. Dun Ra~ Stone said that there :ire no po.rucular problems with the students and that there has been no comment from che publk on lbe maner. · The ln.n11ns an: frtt to state anv \fewpoints they have.'' he said. "This Is pon of their pnvilegc bec,ause v.e aDO'I\ freedom of \peet:b in this country... ln!ormauonal Ser. .es Director John House s,aid that while anv student ma,· state v.·bat be feds. "be ts not speak1ne u an NIC student but as an in1nian." However. after this mtcr.le1o\ the Cardinal Re, 1ew received word nf verbal harossment to the lranllD students. 1Stt rebt;:-d ed11onlll on p.2.) Also, in an intc:f' ,~ Saturday in the local dait} paper. four NIC studcnt.s - Mike Sandhn. M:m J2cooS&>n Mlle Ylin1emi and Mickeln Miller - said they were offended b~ the ,.a~ 1'1C Iran.WI students criticize the U.S. government. 011m1ng 10 speak for ~ Students, the four mdic:ited they do not wont to cause trouble but wd lnnians should keep .-. lov. profile. "The fomgn students all an: IL'"Orricd to :in cKtcnt about the problem." Roger Burr. foreign Student ad~iser. said. "Their m:tin concern is their future (in this C'OUDlr\ ) ...
All the lrani.tn stndrnts must rcpon to the immigration office in Spokane by Dec. IJ 10 ha,c their ''tSU ched.:cd. Borr s;iid, &dding thnt he c.tpects to hnve no m1tknts deported Burr wd t.h.tt "'ba.t 1ran.i,an srodents understand the teut ls how "Americn is all for indt, idualism yet lumps all lrarua.DS rogether."