The North Idaho College Sentinel Vol 50 No 10, Mar 30, 1989

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Students file for offices The petitions arc in and the campaigning is ready to beg.in for the 1989-90 A.soociated Studenis or Nonh ldllho College offices. According 10 current ASNIC President Mary Jo Hansen, !hrtt candidates applied for lbl' position of president, one candidate for vice president, one candidate for thl' thrte sophomore senator positions and oo cnndidates for the position or activitk-s director. General elections will be held the third week of April, how~cr. the date has not been set by the ASNIC board. After the applicanu have been approved by the election committee the)' will be considered bona fide candidates, Hansen said. ln accordance with student govcmme:nt by-laws, studentS seeking ASNIC oflices must be full-time studentS carrying 12 or more credits 3nd they must also ha,e a 2.0 cumulative G. P.A.

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North Idaho College

Volume 50 Number 10

Allegations aired about fee dispute

Smoking ban proposed

Senate to decide fate of smokers

Decision de/a yed two months

by Da rrel Beehner

by Linette FrHman oere,ue auorney Norman C.1sscl sull coniends that the outdoor rnc1h11e, thn1 has been coll«ted from North Idaho Colle~c studcnl\ ror thr r,Mt si~ )·ran; I) 1llegol. but 01 the March 17 hc:ar· mg 111 llt Dim,~, <. ourt, wu h Judp_c R1d1ord M a1nu!on 1Hc,td111a, nothing wa, •l'II ltd ICj!Grdlng lhc pt'nding lalHUII. <.,1,\t!I, one or 1hr lo.wycr1 v.ho ho, been rcprc,cnl 1np I he A"ndatc-d 'i1udc111) or North ld,1ho COlltgc (A!>NIC) ID lhe )ear long ,h~llUll' bc1v.een I\IC\ nl,atd Pl lru)lt't'S and Ihe \ludcnu, s:itd 1ht' tee 1, illcsal bn"llu,c the IIU)tCC ) ba, r no ,dca "tifll 1hcr arc gOIDi 10 ,pend 1hc monr1 on or c,cn "hen 1hr) arc somtt 10 (pend i1 "Th(') (lhc II U)ltt,) ha\C DOI <>nc sm11lc due a, 10 "ha, 1h1• moon 1'-ill be U(c-J for - lhl') onII ~no" 1hr) "ant 11," G=l ,t1d Al:l-ording to Gii,;cl, ld:iho qa1c 1111 stt., lunll\ on the ;smount of 1u1hM Junior roll<'~~ can charge )ludcnb, and •!Jltuto hmn " hat \IUdl'nl rct1 can be U(td for \\'1lh.\m llo}d, the trustN:S ln,l'f, :ugucd that the U'U)ICCS hal"t "'t'\Jlf\'S.-td il.Ulhonty" 10 ~vi· IC\1 f~. and that thl' ,unc ta.pu~ no re:.llletio~ on hov. boan1s can u,c ,h~c fee:.. Bo,d abo ~,d 1ha1 ""' lav. aUov.~ «immurut, rol1~1:110 charge r~ for ~pccU.:J 1 cn1('('), and the board bclic"cs p&rlmg lot) t:ill under ,pccial

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Cllmbers tread on a ,rozen climb near Clar!(. Fork. See Ice chmbmg story, p.19.

Library funds in limbo

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by Forrest Hale

Norih Idaho College smolcr.. are nil fired up over the proposed campus smoking ban, Wld according to Shl'tla l..ttm, an acting rcprescna1i, e for the smokers, they" re nol going to lei 1hetr bulls gel doused 1>J1hout n figh1. Smoker. ore upset. Lttni s:ud, bec3usc they learned or the ban ~l'tond-hand nnd they feel 1hc s.:hool is tr}ing 10 "pull one o,cr on 1hem." Al the ~ugg~1ion of Dean Bennett. sluden1acth•ities coordinator, several smokers met ID the smolmg ~ec1ion of 1hc S1udcnt Union Building carctem1 Mondav, March 6. to lry 10 orgaruz~ n resistance to the ban. During the meeting. which ,. :u organized by Lttru; and Tina Calkiru. ir "'a.s decided llllOther meeting would be held \larch 9, wi1h requestS 1ha1 representtives of ASNIC ancnd. Pcwions were sent out re-

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and AP" Comminec (JFAC) deci.!cd fud:iy on a ''surphn eliminator" bill and placed :-.IC\ hopes for S3 I million at the top legjsbturt·, Joint

Li\.l' a c...ri on a ll'ild rolkrro,u1l'r ri.k c,~atiom fOJ J ncv. bran 1113, ha,l' "-'ffl .r:un, but 'llonh- Ida.ho Cotltgt-'s pnsiucru rcnwn, .:aunoll) abcti:1 1bc ourcomc o f f ~ pl:ln) 3d"P'C'd U1 a lc1;i1JaU\ t' bud~I COfflllllll~ Man:h ~4

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IK,.~ ror ~IC Prcsida:11 Robcn lkoolilt, and col~c officials v.oukl onl) have 10 raue S600,000 pm-a:cly to itlod the oev. b ~ ~ompu1er CCIIIC!T.

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qucsung 1ha1 1hc smokmg ban no1 be implcmcmcd. At the time or 1hc meeting 162 signatures had bl'en g31hcred, 42 ~rcenl of which were non-smokers. While smokers filled thl' air or the carc1cria with their endangered "pollu1ion," Leens and Calkins raised many questioru such iu why 1he ~1udcn1, wcrcn '1 formally notified or the prop0\Cd ban; do studcntS want 10 a1tend a 1ehool tha1 negate~ what o studenr can and cannot do and 1r 1he,;e (smokmg) righ15 arc be1Dg auacked, what rights will be assauhcd ne,1? Non-smokers abo spokc-ou, against the ban, one of whom was student Carla Corder. "Just because I don·1 smoke doesn't me.in people who do smoke should quit on my behalf," Corder said.''lf they ban smoking DO\\, wha1 will be our ne~, ban, coin drinking because ~ople belch?" ASN!C was rrprescntcd al

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Thursday, March 30, 1989

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