Volume 35, Number 7
Fridn), J1111. 23, 1981
$1 million claim submitted against ·c ollege by student By Renee Reid
The NIC 8o3rd of Trustees acknowl edged ,he receipt of o legal cloim for more thnn SI million 31 its Jan IS mcc11ng. The claim. which was not ,IC:lcd on by th e board. was submitted by Iranian student Moihtar Mollaei through h,~ a11orney. Kim J . Grosch. Apparently stemming from nn enrollment di!.putc when Mollnci was initially denied reodm,~sion last year. the claim will either be accepted lll n future board mcc11ng or rejected, in v.hich c~ a lawsuit by Mollnci will likely be filed. Also, the bonrd reorganitcd it~clf again. Beverly Bemis resigned o~ vice chairn1nn and Tom Emerson wos voted to replace her. C.O. Wendt, business monoger 01 NIC. re~1gned B~ scc.-rctory from his sccretary/ trcnw rer position, ond NI C President Barry Schuler wa~ elected 10 serve O\ secrt·rury. In other action the board: -accepted the S3,000 campus mall master plan from designer Go ry Young. He will be a.sked 10 stu dy fino_l dc1ail5 before work begins on Phosc I. -called for bids for Phosc I of the Beach Development Project. The plons ore for co nst ruC'llOn of n public rcMroom we~, of the bnscbnll field . - heord D report On the SUB basement project. The studeni board ha~ drawn up plani. for nn imt lnl design for the remodeling of the b»cmcnt that rhc board of 1rus1..-e~ must approve. Thb proicet is being fund c~ ~y 11\.e Dormit ory Housmg Commission Board and may possibly be M11rtcd th,~ ~pring. -reported on the progrc~s of the executive office expan,ion proJC(t (s« separate story).
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-nu1hori1.cd Schuler 10 panicipate m a 1ui11on reci procity project with all Washington colleges.
Get clown NlC student K) le Blcldcy on a sho" at the J\ID Super Do.nee held nt PC") Chrlslillnson C)mno.siom JM. 9-10. for more pictures and stOI') see pages 8 AJ!d 9.
-voted to seek another Tille Ill grant amounting to SJ94,000. Title 111 •~ n program for developing ins111u11on\, and Schuler said it's "helpful to us (N IC). a hfeuver."
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-nppro,•ed two g ran1 s-in °aid 101uling $2,450 for men's and women's 1roc:k. - hea rd a computer center progress rcpon from Kelvin Davis and Raymond Meyer. Ar the Dec l81rus 1ecs· meeting the
boord: - gave Gary Schne1dm1ller the oath of office~ 11 board member. Schneidmiller. n resident of Post F:ills. was chosen to fill the vacancy on the board created by Richard Bonon·s rc~ign111ion.
By s tudelll board
-announced the completion of the pon:ible clBSsroom. It was named the Busmes~ Educauon Annex and cos1 slightly under S:J0.000.
Music request rej ected
- nskcd NIC to add a re,ntmuion clou,e to the ~rudcnt insurnncc forms which would cunccrn :lll foreign ~udents c~cepl Canadian\. This clause would pay the e'.l'.tra 11moun1 needed 10 return n dectm~ed student's bod) 10 h1, home rountry.
Music hutruc."lor Bob Smgleury ...is denied SI AOO in addnionoJ funds :11 :1 recent unannounccd special board meeting. SingletoJ') v.ts budgeted Sl.000 from the srudent bo3rd and S2.000 from the adminismuion for the Jqg()-8] school yeu . He said that in the pnst three years the board has ,l,.ay>ghcn him SI 500 .ind he 11.u not a\l.arc that 1hey had ceased 10 do
- vo1ed 10 offic,alh rename the Atlmlnhtrntion Building 1111h the nnmc Lee Hall m honor of Onn E. Lee. the lim president of 1he NIC Junior college distr1c."1. -<hscu~"ed the request from the S11ue of Idaho 10 NIC to rtturo Sto.JOO. - 1obled the O\Crlond bu) propos;il indelin11el\ .
ASNIC election petitions due . Elections for _ASNIC offices are just around the comer. tnd petition~ can be picked u~ s1anmg today In the basement of the SUB. A~rdmg to Brad Sau_sscr, ASNIC vice-prcs1den1. petitions must be subn1111cd for those nominated ror presidcm. vice-president. and thrt'C SOSphomorc class representatives by Feb. 6 at J p.m. They can be haodcd in at ausser's office. Ca.ndldates will mttl Feb. 9, and speeches will be given Feb. 11. Prim:in election _for prcs,_dent &nd \11CC·pn:-Sidcnt will be Fob. IJ. and finlll ele<"rion ror \. all ~nd1d11es v. 111 be Feb. 2J.
By Jeanene llamlltoo
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Music <.rodents rettl\iog finaDC1nJ •~ards ha•e alrud) been asked 10 cut any possible e1penscs. he said. but the fund has onlv S600 remaining. ASNIC Ptts1den1 Ken Kol\h said at the regular Jan. 19 meeting that he felt the bo2rd had allo11ed the club tts fair share and did not ~e "'hy it should be given any more. Ton, Stev.:m studen1 bod\" :uhist'r. said then: v.uuld be no commitmen, broken if the boArd l'l'fused the funds. In 1u Jan I:? meeung the ~rd apprmed the mouon to gi"e the drama club S200 from both u conllllgenC) and rravcl funds. ThlS money will be added to the S400 a.Ire.id,· io the dub's fund The funds ,-;11 pa) for the erpen~ to send Mark Bryan and L)nelle Degenhardt to Den,er for 1he R«k) Moun tJ10 Film Fes11,al. These students 14CTC eho~n out of l dl5tnct of 6,e Sl31es for the lrent' R}an Av.ard. De3n Miles 11.i ll acromp:a.oy Degenhardt and 81')ll.ll. 14ho v.ill be compeung for scholarslups .uid the ch3JICC to funher com~c in Washington D.C. The board amended coos111u1ion.il by-lav. s 10 read that three permanent members and three :il1cm.1tt' members be appointed 10 the college senate. Prc\iously. only thrtt pemwient members were :ippointed. lo other ac."lioo 1he board: -d1~ssed 1hc phoro identifiaoon curds that 14111 probably be issued the first " eek in Febru:SI')', Only foll-time stUdenlS will receive these: pan-ume will get the tr:idulonal print c.irds. -organized the beginning of segregaring the SUB for smokers and non-smokers. Wes Hatch so.id the signs are DU1de, and Ken Kohli said the board "·ould appoint someone 10 put up the signs.