R€Vl€W C~ur o Alene, daho
Friday, Dec. 11 , 1981
Volume 36, Numbe r 7
'Horror,' MD dance slated bl Laura RubbllJ"d The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and 1he Muscular DystrophJ M:irathon D:ince an: 3mong the J:inuary C'\·cnts s1udcn1s can look foNard to upon their second semes1er return. Inns NQ\'. 24 mee1ing the ASNIC Student Boa.rd voted 5·2 10 pay Sl,000 lo sho" "Rocle} Horror" for NlC students. The show 1s 1enu11ivcly schedult-d for J:111. 28 and 29 from - to 8:40 p.m. in the Bonner Room in the SUB. Fre~hm3n Sens Gn:g Tolben and Golen Schuler "ere the onl) two board members who voted against hanng the picture. Because or reponed lo" movie 1urnou1 in the past. Sl.000 is 100 much 10 spend for something not many people "ould show up for. the~ said. Ho"C'\er. Acm,ties Director Diane Whnc:- pointed ou1 t.he mo,·ic·s populari1y and said 1ha1 numerous students had requested 1h01 the college show rbe mo,~c. The "Rocle~ Horror Picture Sho"" i\ o.n audience panicipation mo,•ie ,, h1ch has gn,"n to c:ult ~taros O\Cr rhe ~ear; and i~ so popular that it b sho" n in many towns e,·er:, weekend on late nigh1 ttme ,lou. The annual Muscular D} ,1rophJ Mor:uhon Dance is being held Jan. 22·2J in the Chrullamcn G~mnas1um ThC' dance. which is :ijoint effon between NIC and Coeur d'Alene High School ~tudeni~. will ha,e a S20.000 goal this year.
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On srngc Phutl11 Wall Wagner pcirforms hb mu_slcal mag.le Wcdncsda) nJgb1 Cor an calhu.alullc crowd or only about 300 In the C.A BuJldlng auditori um.
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money, and 10 mosl Amcriea.ns, o big incon\'Cnicncc. but dc~pi1c 1hi~ ~tigma some people are turning Cnoadiian coin tnlo cold cash. An c,,c:hange rnto of nenrly 20 percent could be ,•cry temp11ng for an American willing to put up with II httle incon,-cnienc:e 10 make 20 c:-enrs on the dollar.
wlthou! lo~nag the S200 gained An NlC studen1 and her husband did
Aft~ rctumlng to Coe11r d'Alene, theI rolled the coins, maxed Canadian with Amcnca.n. and \Old them stnctlv 1obaw. · "It w·as a little inc:on, cnient Cl· changmg the mane). but we more than pl.Id for our trip." she said. On the other side of 1hc coin. another ' IC student brought SJ.500 worth of Canadian qiurters bad "ith her from C3Dlld:i but said the chances of CSC3prng 1hc enitange rate are shm "Then Is no wa~ to make money
euc.tly this with S 1.000. "We bough1 $500 wonh or C11nadian quaners 111 1\\0 different banks. and no qucs1ioos we.re asked ... she srud.
like 1ha1. 0thcf"'ise I would hn\'e." she <.aid. She said ban~ enforce the exchange rate for :iny amount over five dollllrS.
h ha, beeo ~ . and h b.u worked in some cases. Herc is how it could be done: First-ta ke an eura S 1.000 10 Canada. Sccond-exch11nge the American currency into Canadian bills and then into Canadian quarters. Wi1h the 20 i>crccnt exchange role. you will receive an additional S200. • .Tbird- retW'II t.o the Unit.eel Slates ~'llh the S 1.200 and attempt 10 conven II back in10 Unned Sta1es curren~
.and s1orcs hesi1a1e 10 accept any amount o,tr three or four dollars. Bui ihc 1s spending her money several quaner~ 31 • umc. and when 1he roms a.re gone. she "'ill have avoided losing her 20 pe1'cnt profit. The \tudcnt. ~ C:onJdaan c:111zen and re\1den1 alien. said there "'as no 1rouble bnngmg the large quantity of qumeo over 1he border because the .1moun1 1s no1 really ch:11 great and 1hc mone} as sull being spent reg.irdless of ru11onal11). Is h worth the IJ'O uble-lhe drl,·e or 1he 1ime for ~ possible 20 perceni profil? Sa,·ings accoun1s do no1 pay 20 perecn1. and in1eres1 r:11es are still high. h sounds (31rl) ea~y: mix 1he Canadian quar1ers w i1h American quancrs and slo" ly pass 1hem around in IO·dollar rolls. Conlinued on page 12