New scholarship available
Bodybuilding contest
Art major's show
'IIC 10 ho;i the 1989 ;,;pc Great '-onbcrn Suncs Bod)bu1lding Clas•it in C-A Auditorium, April 14.
Studcru an in a wide \'llnet} of mediums is currently on displll} in :he Union Gallery.
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The .of!\\ Joyce Boswell M=onal Scholarship fund wiU be: available to 11.SSisl four lucky NIC recipiems nex1 fall, according to Steve Schenk. dean of college relatioM and dC\ elopmeru. Schenk said a family donation made in the name of Bos\\eU will prO\ide full 1ui1ion/fec scholarships and stipends for book expenses for two nudent~ majoring in roinmunialtions and for 1wo studcnu from another ma· jor or field of study here. Two of the awards will go 10 freshmen and 10 two sophomores. He said that other requirements will be a minimum GPA of3.0 and full-time status (at least 12 credits or equivalent). Applications are ava.il.3ble at lhe NIC Financial Aid Officr and must be submitted by April IS, according to JWe Sbankar, director of financial aid.
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Rising health costs raise questions Operation s fee dwarfed by n on -educational fe e by Forrest Hale
Land deal may assist college coin purses by Monica Kiddle A ll'tmingl) U)Clcss p1cc-e of land that gi\cn to NIC 4S ycan. ago ma) net the college some much-needed funds, De-an of Adm1nl)tra1ion Rolland Jurgens said NIC 0 111 ru 43 ocrcs of land (10 lalcshorc prO()m) at Spokane Point, about S<'\·cn mlb rut ofWorlc) . The lffld was donatrd to the colkge in I~ by H.C Sham~. llut the college ha, nc, CT had II rclll we for the land, Juraens ,aid. The college allowed !he COUDI) 10 COO>INCI 3 nsmp and boot docls on the site in 19"'8. but no other unpro,emtnu h11,e bttn made. 'ov. the count> has requested 111ui1e grant 10 pure~ the land, but Jurgens $aid 1h:11"no dc,cmon to sett it has bttn mode at all " "Neither the college nOI the count) Ill· tllatcd the sale," Jurgens ~1d. "President Bffl11e11 was in a meeting v,.'Jth cvunly comm~10Mr Frani. Henderson and learned that the county wamed to buy some prol!Cny. He (Bennett) ~ 1d that the coll~
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right Of rc(u~I. TIK} ba\'C until June 30 10 decide. " x~cn.1 )uggo.tioos hl\C been maek for the use of the land procccch-. mchsd.icg u.i· ID& ii 10 t,uild the new h"bruy. Jurscm s;ud , Anolhc1 idea "'-as 10 Opc"!l an mdc,,,.mmt for out.standU1g 11udenu. "Th.alls m) c.h01CC.''Jurgms S&Jd. " ~ fund 9.0Uld tO\'CJ :ill coru for oul.SWldmg srudenu-1ui1ion, boru.s .ind l'\"tll room and board. But tbOSIC vc Just suggestions. ·othins about Lhe ~ u c!efllllle yet, ~,a.1J> ho~ the money .,,11 be used." Jurgcru v.ouJd not meal lhumount Lhc coll(SC is aslmg for !he land ill ca.sc it goes to a =nd bidder. The state will not gro,1 tbe count} more than the 11ppra.iscd ruuc, and J ur~ said th.u if the count) docs not bu) I.he und, he " ill U') to "get as much for the land as he ca.n."
photo by Cheli Wohl!&,
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Student fees for insurance and health care are being Questioned by Nonh Idaho College students and adminislrntors in the wake of rising insurance costs. Of Lhe S97 fee students pay for health protccuon, $88 of it funds s1uden1 insurance, and the remainding S9 provides for a student health clinic and conll'3ct doctor for one hour each morning. The clinic often has been used by students, but NIC cannot afford 10 raise tuition and fee rates beyond those of 01her schools in the area. according 10 Dean of S1uden1S David Lindsay. Both ASN JC and NIC face the ques1ion of whether NIC should change insurance coverage or continue to make mandatory insurance a prerequisite for admission, Lindsay and ASNIC President Mary Jo Hansen said. "Should that (health insurance) be a condition of your enrollment at the college? I think not," he said. ASNIC is currently considering 1h, insurance issue, bu t finding the best insurance option is difficult because questions ~urrounding overall fees and the ongoing lawsuit over the outdoor facilities rec, Hansen said. Although his belief is unsubstantia1ed, Lindsay soid many studcnu may have insurance covera_ge before enrolling at NIC. The existing NIC health plan will 001 cover students' accidents or illness, if the treatmeOL c-0uld be covered by ano1hcr plan, he said. The largest age grou p of students is be!· ween 18 and 21 and another large group is between 3S and SO. Lindsay said: many of lhese students may be covered on parental - --
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