the
Sentinel
C~ur d'Alene. lchbo
Volume
.u.
Number 9
Thursds), Feb. 25, 1988
Students won't support tuition-raising proposal by Celeste Tritz
The NIC librar} proposal has been a cooa:m for both the students and facuJ. ty, according to Pat Reilly. ASNIC
president. A resolution that would grant NIC the privilege to borrow Sl.9 million from a bank docs not guanntcc that the state Legislature would support the funding of S178,000-annual interest based on a 30-yenr loan. The burdent of pa)'lTlem would then be put on the students and facull)'. The students (represented by ASNI C) "'ere v. omed that a tuiuon increase. csumated to be S30-S35 per year, could be le-i ed. The faculty held the position t.h:11 if this proposal was passed. a s.1lary decrease-equal to ,1 di5m1ssal of 11 faculty posit.ions- also could be msugated, freshman senator Michelle Cosse:te ~id. The anitude of the lcgulature to allo" the student< and faculty the burden of pa~ mcn1 t< "rong. according to \Opbomorc ~n.11or Vicki Cade. " This IS a commumt, college and the n ate mould be the one to take r~pon\tbtlit~ for pa,mcnt." ~he ,nid.
On Feb. 10. the board of trustees met 10 discuss the libraf) issue. Deliberation over whether the board should support the present proposal or not drc,, teachers, facult) and AS IC members to the meeting. Bcnneu discussed accrcdi1ation problems in relation to the inlldequate libraf)' S)ISltm. but the main concern for members of the board and those in lll· tcndance dealt with the S178,000. Although Bcnncu talked about the possibilty of being put on accreditntion probation due to tht' libror) ·s inadequacy. Cade said in an emergency ASNIC meeting that the concern for accredication "as not C\'cn a concern. Trustee Bob Ely questioned wh>• lhcre was so much deliberation O\Cr chc proposal when it is obvious 1h01 NIC nreds a ne" o r re\'ised library. "\\'call agree that i1 1s critical that a nc" library is needed. Wh) should cver)·onc be concerned with where the SliS,000 is going to come from?" he Sllid. "\Ve need to cut through the manure co ntinued on page 2
Hopes high, funds low by Ken Allen The a.'Tlount of e~tra mone> NIC "11S to recci,c through the uncxpc.:tcd inmrollment ior 1987-8 " 3S less than initial figures suggested. Pr~i· dem Rohen Bennett told the College Senate last Thursday. "On :.he books. 11 looked like \\e were going 10 get 79,126 new dollars." BenMU s:iid. "But in fact. b«:lusc v.c went through a nc" ~ tern and people didn't ha, c 10 b.l·.e thar mone) right up front-after so many days if they don't ha~e tbra :noney the>· ba,c to drop out-we had 10 reduce that $79,000 by $63,000 because thex< people ha~e been c:inccled and dropped." Bc1111C1t said t.h~ be still believes in the delayed p:iyment of tuition for studrnu. and that the lessened (lJllOunt isn't much when the entire budget is consider cl. "Thal means 1ba1 111 terms of (the 4 percent increase o riginally budgeted) we got about Sl6,000 more than "'ha! we should have," Benneu said. Currently tl-.e school budget has a S25.000-SJO,OOO contingency. or the college IS w: amoont Ill the black. and Bcnneu said he feels that amount is not enough. H e said be pl.am to put the e,tra Sl6,000 into the contingency fund 10 CO\Cf i:nexpected cosu. "And thcrt a~.i)'J ll!C unr, pectcd cost~. " Bcnneu added. " I ..~ to rule sure that 11oe'\c 101 enough money. that we're not in debt 10 anyone~ June 30,'' be wd. "I don' t think 11oe will (still be in debt then) bccat:\C 11oc' re douii preuy good." crc.ue ID
Slol0t Zutlll>O'• onoto
Baa, baa blacksheep Student George Leonard chooses sheep ranching as a source of both Income and excitement.
Students offer opinion.s of library Page 13
Ch ildren aw ed at invention con vention Page 16
Grapp /ers ready to pay price Page 19