Schuler calls state funding recommendation unrealistic By BID Bndabaw A 6 percent cut in state fun.ding. NIC President Barry Schuler said .. would result if the Idaho State Legislature approves the govemor·s budget rec· om mendJtions for 1982. In a presentation 10 the Legislature's Joint Finance/ Appropri3tions Committee on Jan. 19. Schuler ob· jected to the reduction io "'!C's state aid when. at the S3mc time, th e Execurive Budget recommended a I 2 percent increllSC over )981's budget for public ~ hools and n 7.4 percent inrreasc for universities and four-yenr colleges.
He also noted 1ha1 NIC. which is the fastest growing college in Idaho. has had an abnormal growth rate in recent yea rs 1hat has gone ... repeatedly unheeded.·· which ha.s resulted in a steady decline in the level of state aid in 3C3demic programs and that. "only a mioim:il st3te contribution." toward mamte nance was included in NlC's Slate aid base.
by the governor last summer. have led to a situa tion which Schuler termed. "very unfair and badly in need of a remedy."
The Executive Budget rccommen· dauons. in addition 10 the J.85 percent holdbaclt and the cancellation of a S 100.000 special appropriation ordered
In terms of 101al funds. ~3Je said 1ha1 NIC w3s to rec,:ive a 19.S percent mcrease over the 1981 budget and he said th;ir bec.luse it v.·as necessal')· 10
When questioned about the cuts in educational funding. ~rry Seale. the head of the governor's budget office. said tha1 this referred only to state aid. .. Actually the reverse is true ... he added.
CUI aid from the Stale General Fund. .. we·,·e had 10 look for other sources.·· This. he Jdded. me:inr local funds.
··w :isn·11ha1 nice of 1he go,emor 10 \'Olunteer the loc:11 tupa)er 10 CO\'Cr 1he cost?" Schuler said. 3nd 1ha1 it puts local 1:ixpJyers in. "a kind of double jeopardy... because communiry college distric,s not onl~· pa~ 1ues to the Sl3te £or educarional (acilities. but 1he, must no" increase 1he 11moun1 of locnl funding that must be spcn1 on education. "Can you imagine such a thing. politicJJly?" :Schuler added. In defense of the faecuti,·e Budget recommend:11ions. Seale said. "We all do "hat we can. we·,c had to do some things that no one is too happy with.·· Schuler did. howe,er. describe the reception he got in Boise as "friend· h."' Bui. he said. ··Whether th31 will make any difference- in the long run . I don'1 knov.·:·
Volume JS, Number 8
Frida> , Febl'Ulll) 6, 1981
Student board ponders smoking area reversal /
BJ Jcancuc Hamilton The right to sm(lke i\ choking the right 10 cle:in air m rhe NIC SUB. In a recent boMd mecunj!. r.1embers declared the main room of the SUB o non-smoking area &11d the Southv.est Dining Jnd Boundnn• Room~ as smoking 3l'C3S.
Greg DuPuls photo
Gc11ing hirc-hed NIC ~1uden1 Kalhy Prentke s11mplcs some w,cddlng we afte r being "lllllfflcd" In hu,lrurlor Oa,ld Cohen's Sociology 220 class. The ecremon) t0ok place WedncsdaJ In the Bonner Room or the SUD and lnvohcd about 12 couples.
Elec~ion process under way Pc1i1iun) mu,1 be ~ubnuttcd by J p.m. 1odoy by student~" b hing 10 run for ASNIC prc\idenuaJ and , kc pres1· dcn1l'11 nominntions. ASN IC Vice President Brad Sau~~l.'r said that pellllon~ cnn be hood ed in 01 his oflice in 1he bast'ment of 1hc UB and tho1cvcrythin~ i, running ~moo1hly with 1hc clccuon procedure~. a~ three pcthion~ for president have already been ~ubmitted. The primary election 10 nalTl)v. the licld of candidates 10 11vo is )l:11cd for Feb. 1.3. Specehe~ by candidates will be given Feb. 11 at 11 :.30 ~.m. in 1he Hedlund Voca1ionnl Lounge ond at 12:IS p.m. ID lhe South\\est Dining Room of the SUB. 2..1:1'c general elecuon is set ror Feb.
"There 3r.- no rcguhuion~ th:11 :1 candidate mu~1 gl\e II speech ... S3.us· ,N sn1d. "However. I think 1h01 11 is 11 fundomcn1al part of being in )!Udent go, cmmenl 10 be able 10 present ooe·s idens.·· Sau~scr obo ~td 1hat the ASNIC uffice~ c:innol ~uppon the c:ind1d.11es in nn, way. On· the· lioal election day. polhng ploet'~ ,, ill be in the Admmistr:llioo Building. the Hedlund Building aad the Commun1ca1ion-Ar1s Building. Sau~er so.id 1ha1 11 booth m1gh1 be put in the SU B dinmg room. Polls v.ill be open from a.m. through 3 p.m. Anyone intercst~d ID helping out at the polls should contact Sllusscr. The new!) elCC'led AS IC president :ind I ite pre~iden1 " ill take office during 1hc first wee k of March follo" ing the elections.
Ken Kohli. \S'>JC prntdent. told the board at ils Feb. 2 mce1ing 1h:111hc board's decision ha, not n:«1,ed a l<>t of re~pect from NJC students. Bec:iuse the la.rgcr :in:ll v.as designated as non-smoking. Kohli sdid he feels 1h1s i, causing problems He suggested possibly mo,·ing it 10 a smaller section. Director of Au.lil~ xn iCC'S Wes Ha1ch Slid there ha.s been reque~ls 10 segrega1e the SUB for ~can bu1 he "could never come 10 grips" wilh the problem. "People v.-:in1 10 1,e m 1he ma1nsrreJm. or the mmn room of the SUB." Hatch Slltd "Thcsrc ii no pbce for a oon-s:moking srudent who v.·ants 10 study:· he said. "PC('lple gentrally ear in one area. "hich is noisy. and study in l'he 01her. which is quiet. but the} both smoke ·· He suggested thit tf 1here were gomg to be designated areas. 1he current are:i.s ~ould be changed. The S<>uthv.est D1rung Room should be the non-smoking area. according 10 Hatch. lllld the mam dtning :uea should be for smoking. Sophomore Sen. Darren \'aoPo~ mbrouck nnd freshman Sen. Sena Bowe r d1~grced "'nh mo, 111g the ueas. ,·aoPunnbroud "11d J lot of students w:1n1 10 be m the moin Jre:i but not with the smoke. :ind he 1hougb1 students should be able 10 have fresh air where they eat.
\1emben voted tu put more signs runber d~glllung presenr areas nnd urging non-,mokm 10 help enforce the nev. rcstncnons. Student photo-idenulic:iuoo cards v.ill be issued nen week onlr. staning Mond.1y. All fuU-11me studems must report to the Subw:iy m the downstairs of the SUB before Fnd:ir. These cards will entitle the holders to free admission to most NIC functions.
Vocational week to be observed The !',JC \'oe3uonal Ocpiu,menl v.ill obsen·e tuonal Vocarional Education We ek . Feb. 8-1-1. b) holding an exhibition u the Coeur d'Alene t-1311 . :iccording 10 Assisu1n1 \'oc:ition.11 Director Bob Brow11. The ex_hibiuoa IS slllted for Feb. 6-8 :i.nd "ill include demonsrmions put together b)· ,·:irious programs rn the dep3.n mo:n1. Slide sho"'s. breakdowns of eog1nes and 3R"hitcctur.al designs furnished by
1he dr:iftmg program will be among fea 1ured points or interes t. Every d1ns1on 10 the voc111ional depanment 11.111 ha,e something 10 con1ribu1e, a ro ... o said. " Know-how forthe jobs of the ·80s" IS the theme for the exhibition. and the purpose is to :icquaint the public with 1he programs offered a1 NIC. Brown said. He :idded that 1ours would be arranged for small groups to view the facilities .11 the college.